This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QEC.2ACE/2096 Message Board Post: Ritchie Gazette, 12 Feb 1998, pg 7 Wayne ECHARD, 61, of RR 1, Little Hocking, OH, died Wednesday, 4 February 1998. He was born in Mellin, Ritchie County, WV, a son of Goldie TOOTHMAN of Harrisville, WV. He was a self-employed John Deere mechanic and worked for Gress Equipment in Marietta. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife of 24 years, Rosie ECHARD; two sons, Oren ECHARD and Lincoln ECHARD, both of the home; five brothers, Denzil ECHARD of Parkersburg, WV, Stephen ECHARD of Arizona, David ECHARD of Cairo, WV, Mark ECHARD of Glenville, WV, and Amos ECHARD of Clendenin, WV; three sisters, Katyrn ADAMS, Carolyn BARTLETT, and Angela DEVERICKS, all of Harrisville; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held at Leavitt Funeral Home, Belpre, OH, with Paston Delton Smith officiating. Burial followed in Newberry Cemetery, Little Hocking. (submitter not related)