Staats, Wallace Waid

Passed: 2002-03-19

Age: 89

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2002-03-30

Information: Wallace Waid Staats, fondly known as ""Waid"" or ""Dub"", died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, just 20 days before his 90th birthday.  A lifelong resident of Ripley, Waid died at Jackson General Hospital after a long illness.  He was born April 8, 1912 in Pittsburgh PA. He graduated from Ripley High School in 1929, and attended West Virginia University.  He served in the U. S. Army in World War II, working in communications in Northern Africa.  He was the owner and operator of Ripley Radio and Refrigerator Store.  An avid ham radio operator, Waid also raised tropical fish.     He is survived by his nephew, Robert Carson ""Bob"" Maddox of New Smyrna FL; nieces, Helen Louise Staats Harris of Thomaston GA and Dorothy Marie Staats Kerns of Ripley; great-nephews, Rodney Hayden Maddox, Robert Matthew ""Bob"" Maddox, Enon Waid Harris, Noah Seth Harris and Brandon Todd Kerns; great-nieces, Jane Ellen Maddox Bishop, Page Louise Maddox Parramore, Ann Elaine Maddox, Johnson Walls, Thelma Susan ""Susie"" Maddox Smith, Morgan Harris, Kathryn Carson ""K.C."" Kerns and Kristen Elizabeth ""Kit"" Kerns; several great-great-nieces and nephews; and many friends.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Cornelius C. ""Neil"" Staats and Elizabeth Evelyn ""Bessie"" Carson Staats; his older sister, Theo Carson Staats Maddox; his older brother, Enoch ""Dwight"" Staats; and a nephew, Max Edwin Maddox.  His grandparents were Enoch Staats, Sr. and Louisa Casto Staats, and Arthur Melanethon ""A.M."" Carson and Cordelia Susannah ""Cora"" Lasher Carson.  He requested his body be donated to West Virginia University Medical School in Morgantown and that no funeral service be held.  A memorial service will be held at a future date.  In Waid's memory, the family askes that donations be made to his favorite charities, Care International and the Catholic Medical Mission.