Lucille (Denney) Palmer

Lucille M. Palmer, 83, Cheshire, went home to be with the Lord Monday, July 3, 2006 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. Born March 5, 1923 in Gallia County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Playford and Sylvia Mink Denney.

Lucille was a member of the Cheshire United Methodist Church and attended the Cheshire Baptist Church. She helped run her family's grocery business in Cheshire, prior to becoming a homemaker and wonderful mother. Lucille married her husband, Wayne D. Palmer, September 3, 1943 in Bidwell, and he preceded her December 1, 2002. She was also preceded by one sister, Betty Green Davis.

Surviving are three sons and daughters-in-law: Gary (Marie) Palmer, Cheshire; Danny (Shirley) Palmer, Cheshire and David (Connie) Palmer, Cheshire; one daughter, Kay (Marc) Hardway, Cheshire; seven grandchildren: Christi (Kevin) Deemer, Lora (Stan) Jones, Michelle (Keith) Darst, Amy (Raymond) Robie, Christopher Palmer, Brittany Hardway and Dayton Hardway; eight great-grandchildren, Brycton and Brayden Robie; Dylan and Caitlin Darst; Ethan, Garrett and Wesley Jones, Hannah Deemer; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be 1:00 PM Friday, July 7, 2006 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with the Rev. Paul Stinson and Rev. Steve Little officiating. Interment will follow in the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:00-8:00 PM Thursday, July 6, 2006.