Obits: WICKER,Virginia M. Prater, d.02/17/2000 Oct, 2001 Magoffin County, KY Submitted by: Ky.quest@gte.net (Diane Montgomery Parsons ************************************************** VIRGINIA M. PRATER WICKER LIMA, OHIO -- Funeral services for Virginia M. Wicker, 85, of Lima, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Chiles and Sons-Laman Shawnee Chapel, Lima, the Rev. Douglas Adams officiating. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery, Carey. Visitation will be held from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Wicker died at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000 at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 15, 1914 in Magoffin County, Ky. to Frank and Louise (Collinsworth) Prater. She married Virgil May, and he died in December 1955. She then married Luther Wicker on June 1, 1959, and he died Oct. 29, 1991. Surviving are a son, Paul E. May, Carey; a daughter, Linda Neidemire, Elida; 17 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Lorine Russell and Lou Ray McGaffie; two brothers, Boyd Prater and Reuben Collins; and two sisters, Sissie Fletcher and Laurie Eastepp. Mrs. Wicker was a homemaker and a bending machine operator at DWG Cigar, retiring in 1976. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Ky.quest@gte.net (Diane Montgomery Parsons http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************************