RAY ELKINS, 88, OF SOD DIED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1996 AT THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN SOUTH CHARLESTON AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
HE WAS A RETIRED ELECTRICIAN FROM UNION CARBIDE WITH 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF COBBS CREEK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AT SOD WHERE HE HAD SERVICED AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, A SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND A CHOIR MEMBER.
HE IS SURVIVED BY: HIS WIFE: OPAL ELKINS; 1 DAUGHTER: DINAR HOLSTEIN OF SOD, WV; 1 SISTER: LULA MURPHY OF ST. ALBANS, WV; 2 GRANDCHILDREN: APRIL ESTEP OF SOD, WV; CRAIG MCCOY OF SOD, WV.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 AT 2:00 PM WITH PASTOR PHIL SUSTER AND PASTOR CLARENCE HUTTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE HELD IN LIVELY CEMETERY, SOD. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE FUNERAL HOME ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996 FROM 7 TO 9 PM.