Hershel V Timmons(Carter)

Hershel Timmons(Carter)

MR. HERSHEL V. (CARTER) TIMMONS, 69, PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2016,
AT THE VA MEDICAL HOSPITAL, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
HE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1947, IN HARWOOD, WV, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JULIA HILL TIMMONS AND SYLVESTER CARTER
HE WAS A GRADUATE OF STRATTON HIGH SCHOOL. HE HELD AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE.HE WAS A U.S. VETERAN, (VIETNAM ERA). HE WORKED ON THE WV STATE ROADS. HE WAS A WELDER FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN MICHIGAN AND WAS EMPLOYED AT A US NAVAL SHIPYARD.
IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS DAUGHTER, YVETTE TIMMONS COOK, MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, JAMES AND BARBARA TIMMONS, AND WIFE BETTY TIMMONS.
THOSE LEFT TO MOURN HIS PASSING IS ONE SON, MARLON CURRY TIMMONS, FOUR STEPS SONS: LORENZO ASHFORD, JACKSON DUMAS,ANTHONY DUMAS AND WILLIAM(WILLIE) DUMAS,BECKLEY,WV;THREE STEP-DAUGHTER;FEDELMA DUMAS,SHARON DUMAS,TINA(JOE)THORTON ALL FROM COLUMBUS ,OH. THREE SISTERS; JUDY CARTER TERRY,LETINA CARTER AND BEATRICE HILL ALL OF BECKLEY,WV;TWO BROTHERS CHARLES HILL OF BECKLEY,WV AND JERRY CARTER,BATTLE CREEK,MI. TWO AUNTS ;HELEN GROOM OF KIMBERLY,WV AND BARABARA TIMMONS OF ROCHESTER,NY.FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.HOST OF NIECES,NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
SERVICE WILL BE AT 1:00P.M. AT ST.PAUL BAPTIST TEMPLE.129 RICE ST.VISITATION FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE TWO HOURS PRIOR TO SERVICE. REV WALTER M .LEACH, OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT BLUE RIDGE MEMORIAL GARDENS. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO DURGAN FUNERAL HOME.CONDOLENCES CAN BE SENT TO DURGANFUNERALHOME1@FRONTIER.COM.