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- The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, 24 June 2007
Longtime Fairdale resident Audrey Wahl died Thursday, June 21, 2007, at Raleigh General Hospital. She was in her 98th year.
Born Audrey Irene Phipps on June 9, 1909, in Fayette County, Mrs. Wahl was the third of 12 children. Her parents were Walter Phipps and Lottie Mae Smith Phipps.
A lifelong homemaker, Mrs. Wahl married Jesse Wahl on May 18, 1927. The couple soon moved into a two-bedroom house on Spanker Branch Road in Fairdale, where they raised eight children.
Family and Christian principles were the cornerstones of Mrs. Wahl's long life. Her house bustled throughout her life with the comings and goings of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was known for her generosity and graciousness and her love of cooking for family, friends and neighbors. Education also was important to Mrs. Wahl. She insisted that all of her children receive high school diplomas. She spoke of her own school years into her final years of her life and recited poetry she learned in school into her 90s.
Mrs. Wahl is survived by six daughters, Edith and Maxine, both of Fairdale, Janice (and Dwaine) Price of Elizabethton, Tenn., Carol (and Jim) Phillips of Brunswick, Ohio, Shirley Daniel of Kingston, Tenn., and Marcia Elaine (and Ed) Gay of Tega Cay, S.C.; surviving sons are Don (and Treva) of Lester and Orville Bolin of Honolulu, Hawaii. She is also survived by a sister, Edna Tessa of Bluefield, as well as 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Mrs. Wahl was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Jesse; their son, Roger; and two sons who died shortly after birth.
Services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Melton Mortuary Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. Dewey Lowe officiating. Burial will follow in Callaway Cemetery, Glen Daniel.
Friends may call one hour before service Monday.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at melton@wvmwvdsl.net.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
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