Letha M. (Areford) Vernon
Letha M. (Areford) Vernon, age 79, of Greensboro, Pa., died Monday, October 26, 2015 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia following a brief illness.
Born in Waynesburg, Pa., on Tuesday, February 25, 1936 she was a daughter of now late Ewing Areford and Cecil (Knight) Areford.
Her husband of 58 years, Lawrence M. Vernon Jr., passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013. Also deceased are seven brothers, Walker, James, Daniel, Frank, Billy, Dale and Ewing; and a sister, Dorothy Headlee.
A loving mother and grandmother, she is survived by her ten children: Debra Lee Jones of Nemacolin, Pa., Leona ‘Onie’ Stallard of Rices Landing, Pa., Laura Phillips of Glassworks, Pa., James Lawrence Vernon, Gale Hunnell and Nicholas Vernon all of Greensboro Pa., Jeanette Borsodi, Tracy Ann Daniels and Denise Vernon all of Point Marion, Pa., Wendy Vernon of Morgantown, West Virginia; 26 grand children, 18 great grand children; a brother, Sam Areford of Waynesburg, Pa.; two sisters: Betty Rockwell of Jefferson, Pa., and Sarah Boone of Greensboro, Pa.
Friends will be received in RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, Pa., on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 10 until 11:00 a.m., the hour of Service with Rev. John Hodge officiating.
Interment will follow in Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Greensboro.
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