Darst Services
POINT PLEASANT - Funeral services for Alonzo (Lonnie) Darst, 30, Cheshire Route, whose body was recovered Saturday from the Ohio River, will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the McCoy-Wetherholdt Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Darst was killed in the collapse of the Silver Bridge Dec. 15.
He was the son of Douglas and Mary Gilmore Darst of Gallipolis. Also surviving are his wife, Georgia Barton Darst; two sons, David and Daniel; a daughter, Debra; a brother, Richard of Cheshire; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Ellis of Mesa, Ariz., Helen Gilbert of Gallipolis and Ellen Gilbert of Cheshire.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Athens Messenger
January 22, 1968.
ALONZO LUTHER DARST, son of Douglas and Mary Gilmore Darst. was born at Cheshire, Ohio, on December 9, 1937, Died at Gallipolis, Ohio December 15, 1967, Age 30 Years 6 Days. He was united in Marriage to Georgie Barton December 20, 1959. To this union were born three children.
Lonnie was a Kind son. Loving Husband and father, and was loved by all who knew him. His beliefs and desires were expressed in deeds rather than words. We are even glad to trust him in the hands of him who knoweth all things and does all things well. Death came very suddenly, leading him to a higher life where pain, sickness, and death never comes.
He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, two sons, one daughter: David Alonzo, Daniel Ray, and Debra Ann all at home. One Brother, three sisters: Richard Darst, Cheshire, Ohio; Mrs. Dale (Grace) Ellis, Mesa, Arizona; Mrs. Brady (Ellen) Gilbert, Cheshire, Ohio; Mrs Gleason (Helen) Gilbert, Gallipolis, Ohio. His Father and Mother, Mr and Mrs Douglas Darst of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Darst Services
POINT PLEASANT - Funeral services for Alonzo (Lonnie) Darst, 30, Cheshire Route, whose body was recovered Saturday from the Ohio River, will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the McCoy-Wetherholdt Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Darst was killed in the collapse of the Silver Bridge Dec. 15.
He was the son of Douglas and Mary Gilmore Darst of Gallipolis. Also surviving are his wife, Georgia Barton Darst; two sons, David and Daniel; a daughter, Debra; a brother, Richard of Cheshire; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Ellis of Mesa, Ariz., Helen Gilbert of Gallipolis and Ellen Gilbert of Cheshire.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Athens Messenger
January 22, 1968.
ALONZO LUTHER DARST, son of Douglas and Mary Gilmore Darst. was born at Cheshire, Ohio, on December 9, 1937, Died at Gallipolis, Ohio December 15, 1967, Age 30 Years 6 Days. He was united in Marriage to Georgie Barton December 20, 1959. To this union were born three children.
Lonnie was a Kind son. Loving Husband and father, and was loved by all who knew him. His beliefs and desires were expressed in deeds rather than words. We are even glad to trust him in the hands of him who knoweth all things and does all things well. Death came very suddenly, leading him to a higher life where pain, sickness, and death never comes.
He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, two sons, one daughter: David Alonzo, Daniel Ray, and Debra Ann all at home. One Brother, three sisters: Richard Darst, Cheshire, Ohio; Mrs. Dale (Grace) Ellis, Mesa, Arizona; Mrs. Brady (Ellen) Gilbert, Cheshire, Ohio; Mrs Gleason (Helen) Gilbert, Gallipolis, Ohio. His Father and Mother, Mr and Mrs Douglas Darst of Gallipolis, Ohio.
Inscription
DARST
FATHER
AND
MOTHER
OF
DAVID
DEBRA
DANIEL
ALONZO L.
1937 - 1967
Gravesite Details
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