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1920 - 2009
Martha Ward Rife, 88, of Bidwell, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, in the Four Winds Nursing Facility at Jackson.
She was born April 2, 1920, in Braxton County, W.Va., daughter of the late Martin and Arizona Carpenter Mollohan.
She married Kenneth Ward on Dec. 7, 1940, in Ashland, Ky., and he preceded her in death in 1994. Also preceding her in death were a brother, Woodrow Mollohan, and sisters, Macel Adkins, Alsie Russell, Ethel Rife and Becca Carter.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kendra and Bob Bence of Bidwell; and two brothers and three sisters, Dewey Mollohan of Kalamazoo, Mich., Darrell Mollohan of Ivydale, W.Va., Clovie Pet Brown of the Wilkesville Community, Reva Brown of Vinton, and Opal Hardesty of Richmondale.
Martha attended the Morgan Center Christian Holiness Church, and was a member of Vinton OES Chapter No. 375 and Huntington Grange No. 721.
Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, at the Pine Grove Cemetery near Vinton. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton on Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, from 5 to 7 p.m.
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