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Obituary
FRED BLAKE,
86, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2013, at his
residence. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013,
at 1 p.m. at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Pastor Rodney Hale. Entombment will
follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va. Military rites will be
provided by the American Legion Post 93 of Kenova and the U.S. Navy and
Masonic Rites will be provided by the Crescent Lodge #32 AF&AM of Ceredo.
Fred was a retired foreman with the CSX Railways and a veteran of WWII
serving in the U.S. Navy. Fred was a member of the 1st Baptist Ceredo
Church, American Legion Post 93 of Kenova, WV and Crescent Lodge #32 AF&AM
of Ceredo. Fred was born on November 14, 1926, in Walnut Hills, W.Va., the
son of the late Ernest Edwin and Mae Carver Blake. In addition to his
parents he was preceded in death by his two brothers and sisters, Charles
Earl and Edward Lee Blake and Kathleen Blake David and Elizabeth Mae Lewis
and one niece, Ramona A. Bell. He is survived by his wife of 62 years Alice
Leighty Blake; two brothers and sister in law, Donald Blake and Larry and
Gerri Blake; two sisters and brothers in law, Dorothy and Bruce Hubbard and
Nellie and Curtiss Todd; two nephews, Mark Swann and Robert Bell, and
several other nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,
July 16, 2013, at the Reger Funeral Home.
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