1931
Lois
2019
Lois Marie Elkins
July 26, 1931 — December 15, 2019
Lois Marie Elkins, 88, of Hamlin, WV, passed away Sunday December 15, 2019.
She was born July 26, 1931, in Hamlin WV, daughter of the late Leona Mae and Lonnie Leslie McComas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant brother Arnold, her older brother Eugene Cyril McComas, her younger brother Norman Leslie McComas, and her sister Lorraine McComas Petrie.
She is survived by her husband of 68 years James Russell Elkins, sisters Barbara Lou Lamade and Anna Gay McGhee, and her children James Randolph Elkins, Lisa Ann Wilcox, and Leslie Ray Elkins. She enjoyed her eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Lois was a member of Hamlin Methodist Church (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church) where she was a youth leader, Sunday School teacher, Vacation Bible School teacher, choir member and soloist. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, served as a member of the Silver Haired Legislature in West Virginia and was on the board of Southwestern Community Action Council.
Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Handley Funeral Home, Hamlin, WV. Visitation will be from noon to 2:00 pm Thursday prior to the service. The burial will follow in Lincoln Memorial Park, Hamlin, WV.
In lieu of flowers, donations are requested for Hamlin United Methodist Church (8036 Lynn Avenue, Hamlin, West Virginia 25523, (304-824-3383).
She was born July 26, 1931, in Hamlin WV, daughter of the late Leona Mae and Lonnie Leslie McComas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant brother Arnold, her older brother Eugene Cyril McComas, her younger brother Norman Leslie McComas, and her sister Lorraine McComas Petrie.
She is survived by her husband of 68 years James Russell Elkins, sisters Barbara Lou Lamade and Anna Gay McGhee, and her children James Randolph Elkins, Lisa Ann Wilcox, and Leslie Ray Elkins. She enjoyed her eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Lois was a member of Hamlin Methodist Church (formerly Trinity United Methodist Church) where she was a youth leader, Sunday School teacher, Vacation Bible School teacher, choir member and soloist. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, served as a member of the Silver Haired Legislature in West Virginia and was on the board of Southwestern Community Action Council.
Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Handley Funeral Home, Hamlin, WV. Visitation will be from noon to 2:00 pm Thursday prior to the service. The burial will follow in Lincoln Memorial Park, Hamlin, WV.
In lieu of flowers, donations are requested for Hamlin United Methodist Church (8036 Lynn Avenue, Hamlin, West Virginia 25523, (304-824-3383).
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
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