Blanche Bias, of Alum Creek died on July 22, 2005 in Saint Frances Hospital, Charleston after a long illness.
Born March 28, 1924 at Midkiff, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James Haskell and Anna Agnes Perry Adkins. She graduated from Barboursville High School, Charleston Business College and attended West Virginia State University. She worked as a secretary at Morris Harvey College, for the West Virginia Department of Highways and as a legal secretary and Kelly Services. She volunteered at Thomas Memorial Hospital for several years and was a member of the Forks of Coal Missionary Baptist Church.
She was also preceded in death by her husband Harold L. Bias and a sister Faye Bledsoe.
Blanche is survived by her:
Daughter and Son-in- Law: Sharon and Gary McMellon of Alum Creek; Son and Companion: Harold Perry Bias and Diana Hudson and children Ryan and Britany Hudson all of Alum Creek. Grand-daughter and her husband: Mia McMellon Morin and her husband Shawn, and a Great Grandson: Jacob Morin all of Surprise, Arizona. Brothers: William Jackson Adkins of Chesapeake, Virginia; James A. Adkins of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Ray Adkins of Kent, Ohio.
Funeral service will be 8:00 PM Monday July 25, 2005 at the Curry Funeral Home Alum Creek, with Pastor David Cyphers and Pastor Frank Chapman officiating. Graveside service will be 11:00 AM Tuesday July 26, 2005 at the Enon Cemetery on Tyler C