LORETTA VON JOHNSTON, 51, OF GRIFFITHSVILLE DIED SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1996 AT THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN SO. CHARLESTON AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF NEW BEGINNINGS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, A SUMMA CUM LAUDE GRADUATE OF HILLSDALE FREE WILL BAPTIST COLLEGE IN MOORE, OKLAHOMA, A MEMBER OF WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, WAS AN ORDAINED MINISTER, A BIBLE TEACHER AND A LOVING MOTHER.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY: 1 DAUGHTER: TERRI TALEBI OF COCONUT CREEK, FL; 2 SONS: LEVI JOHNSTON AT HOME; DUSTIN JOHNSTON AT HOME; MOTHER: GLADYS MCCORMICK OF YAWKEY, WV; 1 BROTHER: LEONARD MCCORMICK OF YAWKEY, WV; 2 SISTERS: SHARON MARKER OF SOD, WV; TERESA MCCALLISTER OF YAWKEY, WV.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT MCCORKLE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1996 AT 2:00 PM WITH PASTOR OSHEL BELL AND REV. NICK CASTO OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE HELD IN THE JOHNSTON FAMILY CEMETERY AT ALKOL. FRIENDS MAY CALL ON MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1996 FROM 7 TO 9 PM AT THE CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK.
Thank you for posting this from your archives. I haven’t seen my mother’s obituary in a long time.