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    Elza Otho Erwin, Jr., 
    84 of Ashland, Ky., formerly of South Point, Ohio passed from this life on 
    Sunday, October 21, 2012 surrounded by his family, at the Kingsbrook Life 
    Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 
    25, 2012 at the Reger Funeral Chapel, by Pastor Phillip Warren; burial will 
    follow in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, Ohio. Mr. Erwin was born 
    May 24, 1928 in Huntington, WV a son of the late Elza O. Erwin, Sr., and the 
    late Helen Fulford Erwin. He was a retired employee of the Ashland 
    Oil/Marathon Refinery and a member of the OCAW Local #3-505. In addition to 
    his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Ella Ruby Napier Erwin and 
    one sister Deloris Young. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law 
    Rodney and Teri Erwin and Robert Erwin; two daughters and one son-in-law 
    Marsha and Phillip Warren and Jennifer Hieronimus all of South Point, Ohio. 
    Also surviving him are seven grandchildren and their spouses: Andrew, Nikki 
    and Skylar Erwin, Jessica Warren Black and her husband Rick, Jarod Warren 
    and his wife Julie, Courtney Hieronimus and Diana Erwin; three great 
    grandchildren: Chelsea Grace Warren, Gavon Warren and Ryleigh Erwin; in 
    addition, one brother and sister-in-law, Glenn and Geri Erwin of Longview, 
    Texas; and one sister Mary Modrow of Charlotte, North Carolina. The family 
    would like to say thank you to the staff of Kingsbrook Life Care for ten 
    years of loving care. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Reger 
    Funeral Home. 
    
      
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