Helen V. Elkins, 88, of Alkol passed away at the Boone Health Care Center, Danville, following an extended illness.
Helen was born March 17, 1915 at Fraziers Bottom. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Elkins and her parents, Albert and Mary Gillispie. She was a member of the Sycamore Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Alkol. She was director of the Ladies Missionary Society, ladies Sunday school teacher and the pianist for several years. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Chapter 121 Madison, where she was a Past Worthy Matron. She is survived by her three brothers, Alva Gillispie of Elizabethtown, KY; Eugene Gillispie of Milton, WV; and Cleatis Gillispie of Pliney, WV; three sisters, Pauline Grant ofFraziers Bottom, WV; Wanda Lively of Taylor, MI and Emma Jane Miller of Alkol, WV; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday, December 15, 2003 at 1:00 PM at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek with Rev. Bill Pistore officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Orchard Hills Memory Gardens, Yawkey, WV.