Malta Pelfrey

MALTA PELFREY, 89, of Prichard, W.Va., passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Autumn Lake Healthcare, Elkins, W.Va.  She was born May 20, 1934, in Wayne County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Henderson “Danco” Dingess and Frankey Wallace Dingess Caldwell.  Also preceding her in death was her husband, Howard T. Pelfrey; infant daughter Frankey Marie Crabtree; grandson Robert Howard Pelfrey Jr.; brother Aldridge Dingess; and half-brother Pat Dingess.

                Survivors include one son, Robert Howard Pelfrey, Sr. of Huntington; grandson Chase Pelfrey; three great grandchildren, Robert Howard Pelfrey III and his fiancé Madison Spence, Jasmine Marie Pelfrey, and Colt Allen Pelfrey; two great-great grandchildren Everly Spence and Kinley Pelfrey; granddaughter-in-law and devoted caregiver Rose Pelfrey; special friends Pat Lowe of Texas and Myrtle and Elgin Ward of Ceredo; along with a host of cousins and family too numerous to mention.

                Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2024, at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in the Dan Wallace Cemetery, Dunlow, W.Va.  Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.   

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