Cumpston, Lana

Passed: 1956-05-27

Age: 78

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1956-08-31

Information: STROKE IS FATAL TO RIPLEY LADY - Mrs. Lana Cumpston, 78-year-old West Ripley resident, died Monday night at Charleston Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since she suffered a stroke at her home last Saturday morning.  She died without ever regaining consciousness, members of the family said.  She was the widow of the late John Cumpston and had been a resident of the West Ripley section of the town for many years.  The body is at the Vail funeral home where the service will be held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon and the burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.  Mrs. Cumpston is survived by a brother, Mason Morton of Pennsylvania; a sister, Mrs. Emelyn Morton Myers of Charleston and a nephew, William Morton, also of Charleston.