I saw this obit in the Register Herald & wondered if Helen . . . Was a Callison
relative.Do Helen or her parents fit into one of our known databases? Just by her
location, I would assume this is a descendant of Anthony and Abigail McClung Callison.
Juhling McClung
FAYETTEVILLE -- Helen Virginia Callison Hudson, 87, of Fayetteville, died at home Monday,
Aug. 22, 2005, following a long illness.
Helen was born March 29, 1918, in Ravens Eye to the late Myrth B. Callison and Stella Emma
Amick Callison.
She was a homemaker and a former employee of the West Virginia University Extension
Service in Fayetteville under the Green Thumb program for older workers. She was an avid
seamstress and gardener most of her life.
On March 11, 1938, she married William David "W.D." Hudson, and he preceded her
in death on Dec. 14, 1969. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Fenton Ashmer
Callison, Frantz Boone Callison and George Henry Callison; and two sisters, Wilma Ilene
Foster and Gladys Agnes Brown.
Survivors include her three children, William David Hudson III of Ormond Beach, Fla.,
Roger Fedric Hudson of Fayetteville and Patricia Louise Crabill of Palm Coast, Fla.; three
sisters, Elizabeth Catherine Skaggs of Oak Hill, Mary Lou Maroney of Charleston and Martha
Ann Thornton of Beckley; nine grandchildren, Jennifer Lea Hudson, Stephanie Dawn Hudson,
David Louise Crabill, Charles Fredric Crabill, Joseph Milton Crabill, Jessica Leigh Hudson
Parker, Zachary Adam Hudson, Laura Jane Hudson and Lisa Kate Hudson; and a
great-grandchild, Sydney Rae Parker.
Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home Chapel,
Fayetteville, with the Rev. Ron George Jr. officiating. Mrs. Hudson had requested her body
be donated to the Human Gift Registry of West Virginia University, Morgantown.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the memorial service Saturday at the
funeral home.
Online condolences and information available at
http://www.doddpaynehessfuneralhome.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Southern West Virginia, P.O. Box 1472,
Beckley, WV 25802.
Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville, is in charge of arrangements
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