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    DIANNA JEAN ARTHUR, 
    60, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away Monday, December 3, 2012, at St. 
    Mary's Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday 
    at the Reger Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial 
    Gardens, Barboursville, W.Va. She was born December 9, 1951, in Cabell 
    County, W.Va., daughter of Merlin Ball of Huntington and Helen Chambers 
    Adkins of Barboursville. She was a retired LPN at Huntington State Hospital. 
    She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, the Catholic 
    Daughters, the Confederate Daughters, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She 
    was an author of children's books. She was also active with the Guyandotte 
    Civil War Reinactors. She was preceded in death by her husband Roger L. 
    Arthur and her step-mother Mary Ann Ball. In addition to her father and 
    mother, survivors include her step-father Herman Adkins; a son Jason Arthur; 
    two daughters Peggy Arthur and Carla Arthur; a granddaughter Sarah Arthur; 
    two brothers and sisters-in-law Larry and Margaret Ball and Johnny Ray 
    Bowman, Jr. and his wife Hilda Bowman, all of Huntington; and several nieces 
    and nephews. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Reger Funeral 
    Home.  
    
      
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