Opal A. Gilkeson
1923 - 2013 (89 years)-
Name Opal A. Gilkeson Birth 19 May 1923 Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 4 Apr 2013 Centerville, Montgomery Co., OH [2] Burial 9 Apr 2013 Ridgelawn Memorial Park Mausoleum, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV [2] Person ID I46441 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 27 Dec 2025
Father Orion Mitford Gilkeson, b. 24 Jul 1895, Cornstalk, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 25 Aug 1949, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 54 years) Mother Ollie Maudest Fisher, b. 3 May 1902, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. Sep 1980, Deland, Volusia Co., FL (Age 78 years) Marriage 8 Mar 1921 Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV [3] Family ID F16046 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joseph Broaddus McClung, b. 27 Oct 1912, Talcott, Summers Co., WV d. 10 Jan 2010, Centerville, Montgomery Co., OH (Age 97 years) Family ID F18195 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Dec 2025
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Birth - 19 May 1923 - Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 
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Notes - Henson & Kitchen Mortuary, Barboursville, WV
https://www.hensonandkitchen.com/obituaries/Opal-McClung-24447/
Opal Gilkeson McClung, 90 of Centerville, OH, formerly of Huntington, WV passed away, April 4, 2013 in Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Center, Centerville, OH. She was born May 19, 1923 in Clintonville, WV the daughter of the late Orion Mitford and Maudest Fisher Gilkeson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph B. McClung; three brothers, Orion Arlou Gilkeson, Ashby A. Gilkeson and Arlle D. Gilkeson. She was a retired Administrative Assistant with CSX Railroad and was a member for over fifty years of Pea Ridge United Methodist Church. She is also survived by one sister, Oretha McClung of Belair, OH. and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 AM on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Henson & Kitchen Family Funeral Home, Barboursville, WV with Rev. Dr. Gary Shepard and Rev. Sue Jarrett officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington. Family will receive friends on Monday, April 8, 2013 from 6-8 PM at Henson & Kitchen Family Funeral Home, Barboursville, WV. In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to Pea Ridge United Methodist Church.
- Henson & Kitchen Mortuary, Barboursville, WV
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Sources - [S1728] West Virginia, Greenbrier County, FCR: Greenbrier Co., WV 1930, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), 11 Jan 2015, T626, roll 2533, Williamsburg, enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 6A, p. 167, dwelling 100, family 100, Opal A. Gilkeson, accessed 11 Jan 2015 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2552] Henson and Kitchen Mortuary and Cremation Services, Huntington, West Virginia, Henson & Kitchen Mortuary, ((https://www.hensonandkitchen.com/)), accessed 27 Dec 2025), Opal Gilkeson McClung (1923-2013); https://www.hensonandkitchen.com/obituaries/Opal-McClung-24447/. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1475] West Virginia. Greenbrier County., Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 4: 189, Gilkeson-Fisher, 1921; accessed 11 Jan 2015. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1728] West Virginia, Greenbrier County, FCR: Greenbrier Co., WV 1930, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), 11 Jan 2015, T626, roll 2533, Williamsburg, enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 6A, p. 167, dwelling 100, family 100, Opal A. Gilkeson, accessed 11 Jan 2015 (Reliability: 3).