Mary Ann Culbertson

MARY ANN JONES CULBERTSON was born on August 24, 1926, in Huntington, W.Va., and passed from death to life eternal on May 5, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Chancellor Jones and Uldene Alley Jones, her brother, John Edward Jones, and her husband, Robert Harry Culbertson, who died in 1969. She graduated from Huntington High School and attended Marshall University. She and her husband, Robert, High School sweethearts, married on November 25, 1944. She is survived by her Daughters: Sue Culbertson Jarrett and her husband Joseph of St. Albans, and Nancy Culbertson Thompson and her husband Tom of Huntington. She is also survived by her Grandchildren, Charles Robert Thompson, Jennifer Ann Thompson, Mark Joseph Jarrett and his wife, Sarah-Elaine Benda Jarrett, and Sarah Jarrett Sturm and her husband, Alan Mace Sturm II and her three great-grandchildren, Lydia Joy Sturm, Cayden Dean Sturm, Emilie Ruth Thompson, her sister- in-law, Laura Pauline (Polly) Scranton Jones, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was a member of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church for 78 years where she served as Communion Steward and member of the Altar Guild for many years, was a member of the United Methodist Women, helped with the Mrs. Claus Mission Project each year and participated in the Good Friday Prayer Vigil at the Church each year with her good friend, Amy Inghram. She was a member of the PEO, a Hospice volunteer, a member of the Woman's Club of Huntington and worked for Dr. Alan Wild for many years. She loved tennis and golf and her tennis and golf friends. Visitation will be at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday, May 8, 2013, and 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Funeral Services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. John Lipphardt and the Rev. Joseph Hill, will be held at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Ridgelawn Memorial Park. The family wishes to thank Dr. Kathleen O'Hanlon and her nurse, Billie Call, Dr. Charles McCormick, the wonderful, kind, and caring people who serve through Hospice, and her kind and devoted caregiver, Judy Smith. Pallbearers - Robert Thompson, Jennifer Thompson, Mark Jarrett, Alan Sturm, Paul Davis, Dutch Davis and Ronald Adkins. Family guestbook at www.klingelcarpenter.com.