Nuzum, Forest Wesley

Passed: 1986-03-11

Age: 61

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1986-03-19

Information: Forest Wesley Nuzum, 61, of New Cumberland, W. Va., died Tuesday in Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., after a long illness.  He was born in Ritchie County, March 16, 1924, a son of the late Howard Z. and Winona Cummins Nuzum.  He was retired from Weirton Steel, was a World War II veteran and a member of the True Blue Foxhunters Club.  He is survived by his wife, Justava Kerns Nuxum; a son, Donald Wesley Nuzum of New Cumberland; a daughter, Terry Winona Kirkland of Proctor; three brothers, Lloyd Nuzum of Georgetown, Pa., Alvin Nuzum of New Cumberland and Howard Nuzum, Jr. in Alabama; four sisters, Alva Reed of Weirton, Ruby Robinson, Mrs. Paul Edwards and Mrs. Ralph James, all of East Liverpool, Ohio; three grandchildren.  Services were held Thursday at Parsons Funeral Home Chapel, Ripley, with the Rev. Emmit Adkins officiating.  Burial was in Miner Kerns Cemetery, Ripley.