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Mrs. Bernice Mae Compton Hovatter (1924-2007)
Mrs.
Bernice Mae Compton Hovatter, 82, formerly of 603 Glen Ave., Bridgeport, passed
away Saturday afternoon, June 16, 2007 at Richmond Place in Lexington, KY
following an extended illness. She was born November 3, 1924 in Taylor County,
WV, a daughter of the late Otha and Nora J. Kisner Compton.
She
was preceded in death by her friend and former husband, Charles E. Hovatter, on
August 2, 1999.
Mrs. Hovatter
is survived by her three daughters, Terri Lusk and her husband David of
Lexington, KY; Donna Bryant and her husband Tom of Littleton, CO; and Gina Moore
and her husband Rich of Berwyn, PA; ten grandchildren including Charles Lusk,
Matthew Lusk, Heidi Lusk, Nora-Ellen Lusk, Heather Bradley, Megan Wood, Justin
Bryant, Sarah Moore, Cameron Moore, Nicholas Moore; two great-grandchildren,
Madeline Lusk and Lilly Lusk; one brother, Otha “Junior” Compton and his wife
Betty of Bridgeport and two sisters, Katherine Sinsel of Grafton and Doris
Potter and her husband Raymond of Texas.
In
addition to her parents and former husband, she was preceded in death by three
brothers, Arthur Veyon, William “Bill” Compton and Charles E. “Jim” Compton; as
well as two sisters, Edith Summers and Lillie Moran.
Mrs. Hovatter was a homemaker, a wonderful cook,
caregiver, gardener, golfer, huge sports fan – especially of the WVU
Mountaineers, and a member of the Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Bridgeport.
Friends will be received at Burnside Funeral Home, 607 S. Virginia Ave.,
Bridgeport form 2-4 and 6-8 PM on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. A funeral service will
be conducted at 11:00 AM Wednesday in the funeral home with Dr. C. Michael
Hopkins and Pastor Bob Scharnhorst presiding. Interment will follow in the
Bridgeport Cemetery.
Burnside Funeral Home of Bridgeport has been entrusted with the funeral
arrangements for Bernice Mae Compton Hovatter.