Obituary

Roger Allen Hesson
(October 11, 1937 - July 30, 2011)

Roger Allen Hesson, 73, of Barboursville, WV, passed away Saturday July 30, 2011, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Rev. Monty Brown. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. He was born October 11, 1937, in Hamlin, WV, a son of the late Charles Edgar and Mary Jane Dunfee Hesson. Roger was a former employee of Marshall University, a former manager of Oakwood Mobile Homes, retired from Setzer's World of Camping, a member of Barboursville First United Methodist Church where he sang in the choir, a 28 year member of Barboursville Lions Club, Past District Governor of District 29-0, and a former Barboursville City Councilman. He was preceded in death by his brother, Charles Edgar Hesson. Roger is survived by his wife, Bernice Day Bernie Hesson; one daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Steve Forman of Barboursville; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jeff Hesson of Huntington, and Scott and Regena Hesson of Barboursville; one brother and sister-in-law, Greg and Debby Hesson of Ona; five grandchildren, Chris and Trisha Forman of Colorado, Justin Forman, Ashley Hesson, Matthew Hesson and Kaitlyn Hesson, all of Barboursville; and one great-granddaughter, Rayann Forman of Colorado. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville.