Vevia B Gorrell

Vevia B. Shepard Gorrell, 96, of Parkersburg, passed away on Dec. 31, 2010 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital.She was born May 26, 1914, in Wood County, W.Va., a daughter of the late Joseph W. and Marie J. VanFossen Shepard.Vevia was formerly employed by the Wood County and Putnam County Board of Education as a cook and had worked at the American Viscose in the spinning room and as a cook. She was a member of The Trinity United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and belonged to the Star of Hope Circle.She is survived by one daughter, Elma (Cecil ) Lang of Parkersburg; five grandchildren, Vicki D. (Brent) Viers, Steven (Donna) Barker, Kevin (Cindy) Lang, Mary Ann (Barry) Dickerson, and Wayne Gorrell Jr.; six great-grandchildren, Kia Viers Hoops, Amber Viers, Chase and Page Lang, Elizabeth Ann Dickerson and Stephanie Bryant; and three great-great-grandchildren, Addison and Carter Hoops and Mia Bryant.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth R. Gorrell; one son, Wayne R. Gorrell; one granddaughter, Kimberly Barker; two brothers, Earl B. Shepard and Harold D. Shepard; five sisters, Gertie Grimm, Ruby Deem, Dora Hayes, Elma Wamsley and Garnet and two infant sisters.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 3 at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 10th and Thomas St., south Parkersburg with Pastor David Stilgenbauer officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 2, at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Pike St., south Parkersburg.The family wishes to thank her special friends, Audriana, Sue, Mary Ann, Pat, Pearl and also her �Mall� friends.