Helen Rose Preast

F, (7 December 1926 - 25 October 2005)
     Helen Rose Preast was born on 7 December 1926. She was the daughter of Gaymond Golden Preast and Norah Virginia Ewing. Helen Rose Preast died on 25 October 2005 at age 78 years, 10 months and 18 days.
     Her obituary was published on 27 October 2005 in the The Register-Herald, printed in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. Her obituary stated:

     VICTOR - Helen Rose Skaggs, 78, of Victor, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005, at Plateau Medical Center following a long illness.

     Born Dec. 7. 1926, at Jodie, she was the daughter of the late Gaymond Golden and Norah Virginia Ewing Preast.

     She was preceded in death by her husband, Basil L. Skaggs, on May 10, 2001, to whom she had been married for over 50 years.

     Survivors include her brothers, William Edward Preast and Hazel of Goldsboro, N.C., Ralph Damon Preast and Frances of Russellville and Gaymond G. Preast and Judy of Cheney, Wash; a sister, Betty Jean Preast Hahn and Joe of Bath, Maine, and Largo, Fla; and a brother-in-law, Byrl Skaggs of Fredricksburg, Va.

     Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at The Chapel of Rest Mausoleum, Victor, with Pastor Greg Auxier officiating. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum.

     Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Ansted.

     Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Ansted.
Last Edited=14 Dec 2011