Lavania "Granny" Weatherholt (1918-2005)
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Posted: 06/10/05 - 12:05:37 am EDT
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Lavania "Granny" Weatherholt, 86, of Ashland, Ky., died Wednesday, June 8, 2005, in St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va.
Mrs. Weatherholt was born Nov. 30, 1918, in Covington, Ky., a daughter of the late Floyd and Sevilia Franks Washum.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Guy Kenneth Weatherholt I, who died in 1993.
She was a retired school teacher with District 9 in Covington, and a substitute teacher at Rose Hill Christian School. She was a member of Heritage Temple Freewill Baptist Church, and Lady of the Moose chaplain, was a Kentucky colonel, was state teen & youth director of FCRV and on the board of Poage Landing Days. She was Mrs. Santa with the Christmas decorations on Skyline Drive.
Surviving are a daughter, Lavania Marie Weatherholt of Ashland ; a grandson, Guy Kenneth "Elvis" Weatherholt II of Ashland; and a host of family and friends.
The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at Steen Funeral Home-Central Avenue Chapel in Ashland by the Rev. Robert Schocky. There will be a graveside service at 1 p.m. Monday at New Bethel Cemetery in Verona, Ky.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with a Lady of the Moose service at 7.
Online condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhomes.com.
Honorary pallbearers will be Terry Bowling, Larry Christopher, Charlie Watkeys, Charlie Dillon, Dan'o Moore, James Duffer and Bruce Peters.
Pallbearers will be Paul, Stan, Wayne, Roger, Kelly and Kevin Ryan.
