Westfall, Roy Camden
Passed: 1982-01-06
Age: 28
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1982-01-13
Information: Services were held Saturday for Roy Camden Westfall, 28, of Ripley, who was found dead Jan. 6 near Route 7 in Athens County, Ohio. Westfall's body was found lying on the bank of the highway and an autopsy was conducted in Columbus. No foul play was suspected. Westfall had reportedly been treated for an illness at Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, and the death may have been related to the illness, an Athens County Sheriff's Department spokesman said. He was born in Ripley, a son of Rhonda Mays Koon and the late Lewis Koon. He was a disabled American veteran. Surviving: six brothers, Foy Koon and Ernest Koon, both of Ripley, Floyd Koon of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, James Koon of Athens, Ohio and Andrew Koon of Burnsflat, Okla.; four sisters, Joy Rhodes of Leon, Janet Anderson of Leroy, Nancy Sayre of Buffalo, W. Va. and Virginia Boswell of Gatesville, Texas; four half-sisters, Patsy Livingston of Leon, Virgie Westfall of Reedy, Mamie Moore and Gladys Murphy, both of Columbus, Ohio. The Rev. Herman Robinson officiated at the services held at the Vail Funeral Home, with burial in the Baptist Grove Cemetery.