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Obituary
John Roach
passed on peacefully from his home in LeSage, WV, to his new home in Heaven
on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, joining his two beloved sons, Keith Allen and
Gary Lee Roach. John was born on August 16, 1928 to his now deceased
parents, George and Ethel Price Roach. He is survived by his loving wife of
63 years, Dorothy Carter Roach and his loving daughter and son in law, Janet
Carol and Donald H. Knapp of LeSage. He was also preceded in death by one
sister, Rodella Muth, his father in law and mother in law Corbett and Josie
Irene Fife Carter. He is survived by five brothers, Carl, Mike (Debbie),
Millard (Mary), Wylie (June) and O’Dell (Joyce) Roach and six sisters,
Fannie (Clyde) Blake, Rosie Beaver, Ruth Reger, Roberta (Dave) Collins, Alta
Scarberry and Joyce (Gary) Adkins. John loved being a “Paw Paw” to Amy
(Ronnie) Hay, Deanna (Joe) Chapman, Rose (Greg) Pratt, Wendy (Roy) Roberts,
Charles Roach, Kati Harless, Alyson Ross, Sarah Ross, Alyssa Roberts,
Jennifer Roberts, Clay Pratt, JoeDe Chapman, EmmaLee Chapman, Natalie Pratt
and Ivy Pratt. He was a veteran of the US Army having served during the
Korean War. John retired from Leffingwell Construction where he was a
carpenter by trade and his handiwork will live on in all the homes he has
built and remodeled in the area. He will also be sadly missed by his
brothers in law and sisters in law whom he loved very much, Corbett (Ginia)
Carter, John Bruce (Diana) Carter, Steve (Debbie) Carter, Bernice Scott,
Evelyn (George) Surgeon and Sharon (Jack) Brayton and a host of aunts,
uncles, nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 2
pm Friday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Rev. George Surgeon and James
Jefferson. Burial will follow in Greenbottom Cemetery, LeSage, WV.
Visitation will be from noon until service time Friday at the Reger Funeral
Home. The family would like to thank Dr. Robert Turner and Hospice of
Huntington for their care and compassion.
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