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Ballengee, Donald Elbert
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ObituaryJudith Marguerite
Earls
Judith Marguerite Earls, 76, of Barboursville, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2017 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, by Rev. Kevin Lantz and Rev. Ralph Sager. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington. She was born September 25, 1940 in Logan, WV. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim J. Earls, her father and mother, John and Marguerite Perry Asbury, her maternal grandparents, Ada and Millard Perry, and her paternal grandparents, Ira and Eliza Asbury. Judy received her BA and MS degrees in early childhood education from Marshall University. She began her teaching career in the Logan County School System in 1963. She later returned to Barboursville in 1967 and taught Kindergarten and First thru Third Grade at Barboursville Grade School for the next thirty-three years. She was dedicated to her profession and always felt she made an important contribution to the lives of hundreds of young students that passed through her classroom. She continued to follow their educational development throughout their school lives and even into their adult lives. She received the Outstanding Young Woman of America Award in 1972, the Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America Award in 1974 and was past president of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She was a member of Steele Memorial United Methodist Church. She is survived by one brother, Rodney Asbury on Huntington and three nieces, Cindy, Anne and Johnna. Visitation will be from 6-8 pm Thursday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, 3100 Staunton Road, Huntington, WV 25702 or to Little Victories Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 247, Barboursville, WV 25504. The family wishes to express their gratitude to Ginger and the staff at the Village of Riverview for the loving care they gave to Judy, the Huntington Hospice, and the nurses at the fourth floor Urology section of St. Mary’s Medical Center. They are wonderful and caring people.
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