Obituary of Erma Virginia Harned

Erma Virginia Gibson Harned, 95, of Bruceton Mills, WV, passed away October 31, 2024. The daughter of the late Thomas Hall and Alta May Christopher Gibson, she was born February 11, 1929, in Hudson/Mt. Nebo, WV. She was delighted to share her birthday with her great nephew, Randy Rhodes, and great niece, Shannon O’Connor. She was a 1948 graduate of Kingwood High School and attended Mt. Moriah Church. Erma was a bookkeeper for most of her working career and retired from Rockville Mining. She loved crafting, but her greatest love was piecing and quilting with her mother, sister, and niece, Debbie. Surviving are her nephews, Harold Gibson and Robert (Lela) Bishop; nieces: Vida McCord, Debra (W. Allen) Wolfe, Joyce Tatham, and Judy Anne (Robert) O’Connor; and niece-in-law, Shirley Bishop. Also surviving are sisters-in-law, Judy Harned and Betty Harned; brothers-in-law, Max (Regis) Harned and Ronald (Julia) Harned; and several other nieces and nephews. Erma never had children of her own but always spoiled her nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Paul E. Harned; brothers and their spouses: Howard (Irene), Darvin (Myrtle), and Roy (Jean) Gibson; a sister and spouse, Vernace (Fred) Bishop; nephews: Everett (Frances) Bishop, A. Lee Bishop, Roy Dean (Joyce and J. R.) Gibson, and Dennis Gibson; and nephew-in-law, Christopher Tatham. Others who preceded her in death were several nieces: Berlene (Richard) Miller, Violet (Perry) Rhodes, Juanita Moran, Janet Gamble, and V. Blanch Taylor; brothers-in-law, Donald and Harold Harned; sister-in-law, Virginia (Marvin) Sypolt; and two infant nephews. Family and friends will be received at the Carl R. Spear Funeral Home in Brandonville-Bruceton Mills, WV, Sunday, November 3, 2024, from 4:00-7:00 p.m., and Monday, November 4, from 12:00 until the 1:00 p.m. service, with Pastor Linda Masters officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery (Pisgah) in Bruceton Mills. Contributions may be made to WV Caring, PO Box 760, Arthurdale, WV 26520. Condolences: spearfuneralhome.net