Donald Watson COUNTS

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The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 4 Mar 2012

MEADOW BRIDGE \emdash Donald Counts, 67, of Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Ronceverte, WV, following a long illness.

Born May 14, 1944, at Crawley, he was the son of the late Ballard W. Counts, and Virginia G. Murphy Counts of Smoot.

Donald was a U.S. Army Veteran, having served in Vietnam. He worked as a coal miner and a mechanic.

In addition to his father, he was also preceded in death by an infant sister and a great-granddaughter, Bella Counts.

Survivors include his wife: Juanita Louise Lowe Counts; 3 daughters: Gwen Webb (Terry), Lisa Harmon (Neal), Donna Angle (Kenny); 3 sons: Dwight Counts (Karen), Charlie Counts (Tammy), John Counts (Sonjia); 1 sister: Carolyn Browning (Russ), and sons Jason and Jared; 1 brother: Glen Counts (Sue), and son, Ricky; 10 grandchildren: Jennifer Counts (Vince) and Amber Counts, Wesley and Ashton Webb, Heather Erickson, Hailey, Elijah, and Sasha Counts, Andrew and Ava Angle; 1 great-grandson: Trey Erickson.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Wallace & Wallace Chapel of Rainelle, with Pastor Jay Talbott officiating. Burial will follow at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, WV.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday evening at the funeral home.

The family requests donations of sympathy be made to: Hospicecare at 223 Maplewood Avenue, Lewisburg, WV 24901.

Arrangements entrusted to Wallace & Wallace of Rainelle.

Donald married Juanita Louise LOWE, daughter of Lewis Pal LOWE and Margie Carrie PHIPPS, on 25 Aug 1973 in Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., VA.¹⁰¹² (Juanita Louise LOWE was born on 7 May 1939 ²¹².)