Obituary

Cecil Genes Tatum
(September 11, 1928 - April 27, 2012)

Cecil Genes Tatum, 83, of Barboursville, WV, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, April 27, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 5:00 pm Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Rev. Ted Hambrick and Rev. Judy Fisher. He was born September 11, 1928, in Steelsburg, VA, a son of the late Ernest Garnet and Vera Harrison Tatum. He was a retired employee of CSX Transportation, a member of the Barboursville First United Methodist Church, a veteran of the US Army, having served during WWII, and a member of Minerva Lodge # 13, A.F. & A.M., Barboursville. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois June Thomas Tatum. He is survived by children, Patty Hambrick and her husband, Ted, of Charleston, SC., Michael G. Tatum, and his girlfriend, Kim Merritt, Ginger Chapman and her husband, Rick, and Chris Tatum, all of Barboursville; sisters and brothers, Ken Tatum, Joe Tatum, Doug Tatum, Helen Steele, and Jenny Tatum, all of Richlands, VA; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Sunday from 3-5 pm at the Wallace Funeral Home.