Sayre, Reba Miller

Passed: 2008-08-05

Age: 78

Source: Charleston Gazette

Death Notice: 2005-08-06

Obituary Date:

Information: Reba M. Sayre, 78, of Charleston, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, following an extended illness.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Dempsey I. and Pearl O'Conner Miller, and a brother, James R. Miller.  Reba retired from C & P Telephone Company in 1978 with 28 years of service.  She was a member and past president of the American Business Women's Association and the C & P Pioneers.  Those left to cherish her memory include her loving husband of 59 years, Wilmer J. ""Chiefy"" Sayre; brother, Glenn D. Miller of Kenna; sisters and their husbands, Gladys Faye and D. Keith Brown of Clendenin and Josephine and Dwain Chenoweth of Kenna; nieces, Kelli Brown Gerasimovich of Morgantown, Kimberly Brown McCrate of Columbus, Ohio, Tami Chenoweth Newton and Tara Chenoweth Williams, both of Kenna, and Sharon Miller Wolfe and Robin Miller Mitchell, both of St. Albans; nephew, Scott Chenoweth of Litha, Fla.; great-nephews, Micah Gerasimovich and Eric McCrate; great-nieces, Jamie Province, Carla and Leah Mitchell, Sara Gerasimovich and Annie Faye McCrate; great-great-nephew, Kaden Jeffers; and special friends, Richard Hess and Vicky King McLaughlin.  Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at Good Shepherd Mortuary, South Charleston, with the Rev. Walter Milam officiating.  Burial will be in Otterbein Cemetery, Evans, Jackson County.  Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary.