ASHLAND —
Edith LaVerne Judd, a longtime resident of Ashland and Huntington, W.Va., passed away Sept. 1, 2012, in Sundale Nursing Home in Morgantown W.Va..
She was born July 7, 1918, in Raceland, to Roe and Dorthea Bustetter Mitchell, who preceded her in death.
She was married to Walter Kirk Judd at her parents’ home in Westwood on April 11, 1941; he preceded her in death in 1988. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Eloise Holmes; a nephew, Roe Darrell Holmes of Ashland; and a brother, Charles Mitchell of Dallas, Texas.
She is survived by a son, Kirk Mitchell Judd and his wife, Janet Lee Judd, of Morgantown; two granddaughters, Lara Jane Judd of Huntington and Ashley Lynn Frost and her husband, Jak Frost, of McLeansville, N.C.; a great-grandson, Dionte Coleman of Huntington; two great- granddaughters, Addison Grace Frost and Reese Avlyn Frost of McLeansville; a special niece, Bonnie June Holmes Campbell of Ashland; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
LaVerne graduated from Ashland Senior High School in 1935 and Booth Business School in 1936. She was employed by the Ashland Board of Trade from 1936 to 1945, Standard Ultramarine Co. from 1946 to 1951, Investors Diversified Services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics and King’s Daughters Hospital (medical records) from 1972 to 1983. She was a commissioned Kentucky colonel, a longtime member of the Westmoreland Woman’s Club, the West Virginia Women’s Bowling Association (West Virginia State Champion Bowling Team in 1962), St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, chairman of the Kanawha Conference of Episcopal Church Women — Diocese of West Virginia from 1959 to 1963, treasurer of Southwestern Convocation of West Virginia from 1958 to 1960, Huntington Bridge Club, Glenbrier Bridge Association, Calvary Episcopal Church, Westwood Woman’s Club, Ironton Bridge Association, Huntington Friends of the Library, Paramount Arts Center and the YWCAs of Ashland and Huntington.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Huntington. Interment will be in Bellefonte Memorial Gardens in Flatwoods. A luncheon will be at the church at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Sept. 4 at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary in Huntington.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
Condolences may be sent to klingelcarpenter.com.
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