Verlin L. Stevens
May 15, 1927 — April 16, 2009
Verlin L. Stevens, 81, Vinton, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio. He was born on May 15, 1927 in Owsley, Kentucky, son of the late Whetzel and Minnie Burgess Stevens. Verlin was a retired coal miner, a member of the United Mine Workers and a member of Debbie Drive Chapel Church, Gallipolis.
He married Georgia Murphy Stevens on July 13, 1945 in Williamson, West Virginia and she survives with two sons and three daughters; Fred (Melissa) Stevens, Banner, Kentucky; Tim (Jenny) Stevens, Scott Depot, West Virginia; Ruby Turton, Banner, Kentucky; Donna (Richard) Mollohan, Gallipolis, Ohio and Leisha (Ken) Baylor, Gallipolis; eleven grandchildren: Steven Wheeler, Jeremy (Lisa) Wheeler, Erica (Chris) Hampton, Michael (Gwynn) Mollohan, Allen Stevens, Nick Buck, Ashley Baylor, Brad Baylor, Nathan Stevens, Nathan Embree, and Grace Embree; fifteen great-grandchildren: Amanda, Mike, Gene, William, Cameron, Emleigh, Alexis, and Madison Wheeler; Seth and Tyler Carpenter; Brady and Kali Hampton; Matthew Mollohan, Saige Taggart, and Rhiannon Lynch.
In additon to his parents, Verlin was preceded by one grandson, TJ Stevens; two brothers, Orvel and Columbus Stevens and sister, Maudine Wolford.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Sunday April 19, 2009 at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton, Ohio with Pastor David Johns officiating. Burial will follow at Ohio Valley Memory Gardens in Gallipolis. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday 4:00-7:00 PM.