This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durst, Roush, Thorton, Hunt Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4178 Message Board Post: Ruth Virginia Durst, 83, of Cottageville, departed this life February 28, 2005 in Jackson General Hospital, Ripley, following an extended illness. She was born April 23, 1921 in Millwood, WV, a daughter of the late John and Gertrude Mae (Thornton) Roush. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Eudell, and brothers, Ray, Bernard, and Harold. She was a retired cook for the Jackson County Board of Education with 21 years of service. She was a member of the Cottageville United Methodist Ladies Aid for 35 years and member of the Cottageville Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary for 35 years. Survivors include her sons, Clinton E. Durst of Charleston, and Larry Joe Durst of Cottageville; sister, Ruby Hunt of Cottageville; 4 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren. Service was at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2005 at Casto Funeral Home, Evans, WV, with the Rev. Gerald Sayre officiating. Burial followed in Jackson County Memory Gardens, Cottageville. Visitation was from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.