Buffington, Orpha

Passed: 1987-06-10

Age: 79

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1987-06-17

Information: Orpha Buffington, 79, of Rockport, died Wednesday morning, June 10, 1987, in St. Joseph's Hospital.  She was born in Silverton, a daughter of the late H. E. and Nellie Carmichael.  She had been a teacher in West Virginia and was employed with the former FMC (Viscose).  She was retired from the Wood County Board of Education.  She was a cook from the Rockport and Mineral Wells schools.  She is survived by one foster son, Michael Blankenship of Rockport; three sisters, Helen Gudger and Ruth Carmichael, both of Ravenswood, and Fay Wells of Sandyville; two brothers, Joe Carmichael and Clark Carmichael, both of Ravenswood; several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Roy Buffington, in 1984; two sisters and one brother.  Services were Friday at the Vaughan Funeral Home, with the Rev. Phillips R. Newhart officiating.  Burial was in Pond Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Jerry's Run, Wood County.