Lathey, Jane Kessel
Passed: 2011-01-01
Age: 99
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice: 2011-01-04
Obituary Date:
Information: RIPLEY - Jane Kessel Lathey, 99, of Ripley, passed away January 1, 2011 at Eldercare of West Virginia, Ripley, following a long illness. She was born June 14, 1911 at Ripley, a daughter of the late Dennis and Ella Corbin Kessel. She graduated from Dunbar High School, was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Hill Church at Given. She is survived by a son, Stanley Lathey and his wife, Mary of Given; a daughter, Ella Faith Johnson and her husband, Everett of Given; a sister, Mary Casto of Atlanta; grandchildren Cindy Sansbury, Rick Lathey, Annette Griffith and Michael Johnson; great-grandchildren, Ashli Samples, Ambra Lathey, Mandy Sansbury, Derek Lathey, Rebecca Griffith and Zane Griffith and a great-great-grandchild, Blake Samples. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Clyde H. Lathey; brothers, Curtis Kessel, Troy Kessel, Oliver Kessel and Vaughn Kessel; sisters Faith Frey, Alice Lankfoote and Zora Harbert. The family would like to thank Eldercare of Ripley, Dr. John Snyder and Pastor Daryl Tackett for all their care. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Given. Friends may call two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Fund, c/o Annette Johnson, HC 88, Box 83A, Statts Mill WV 25271.