Obituary

Carl Edward Vance
(April 17, 1925 - July 10, 2013)

Carl Edward Vance, 88, of Barboursville, WV passed away July 10, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Rev. Brent Beckett. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. He was born April 17, 1925 in Huntington, a son of the late William Pearley and Bertie Taylor Vance. Carl was a retired foreman from INCO, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served in the South Pacific. He was a member of Barboursville Baptist Church, a member of Gideons International, a member of the Minerva Lodge #13, A.F. & A.M., Barboursville, and a member of the Marine Corp League, Huntington. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Gibson Vance; brothers, Paul, Chester and James Vance; sisters, Bessie Anderson, Regenia Estep and JoAnn Holley. He is survived by his daughters, Carla Lovelace of Myrtle Beach, SC and Tammy Galford of Barboursville; one sister, Armenda Wallace of Huntington; two grandsons, Sean Corder of Myrtle Beach, SC, and Brett Corder of Summerville, SC; two granddaughters, Korenne Morrison of Milton, and Michaela Richardson of Durham, NC; four great-grandchildren, Cannon and Sutton Corder of Summerville, SC and Zachary and Mackenzie Morrison of Milton. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm Wednesday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville.