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Augustine Virginia “Augie” Phelps

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Augustine Virginia “Augie” Phelps

Birth
Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA
Death
14 Nov 2012 (aged 62)
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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Augustine Phelps




Heaven received another Angel on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, when Augustine Virginia Phelps passed away at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley.

Born on August 17, 1950, at Philippi, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ison Phelps and Vernie Shomo Phelps.

Augie, as she was affectionately known by her family, was a homemaker, and had lived most of her life at Flemington, W.Va. She had made her home in Beckley since 1999. Augie enjoyed her plants, and her dogs, Lil Bit, Angelique, and Sasha.

Survivors include her children, Robert Phelps and his fiancée Leigh Ann Persinger of Beckley, and Hellen Shreve of Daniels. Her former son-in-law, Joseph Shreve Sr. of Beaver. Grandchildren: Ryan Phelps, Sean Phelps, Cpl. Joseph Shreve Jr., Ashleigh Shreve, Carrie Bland, Haileigh Persinger, Koalton Persinger, and Braxton Phelps. A brother, Sherman Phelps of Danville, Va.; three sisters, Betty Jackson Phelps of Lake Mack, Fla., Roseann Carts of St. Petersburg, Fla., Stella Forinash and her husband Ken of Martinsville, Va.; and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted to Celebrate The Life Of Augustine Phelps on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 3 p.m., at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring Chapel, with Rev. Gary Devart officiating.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Online condolences may be sent to our guestbook at www.roseandquesenberry.net.

In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to the Bowers Hospice House, 454 Cranberry Drive, Beckley.

Arrangements are by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring Chapel, 729 Flat Top Road, Shady Spring

Augustine was great friends with the singing group "Taylor Made". She and their mom were good friends to the end, and she knew them as children, and they remained friends. This group (2 brothers and 1 sister) sang at her funeral. They wrote and sang the song, "Things You Don't Grow Out of" and the song "Taylor County Line". Augie lived many years at the Taylor/Barbour County line, and her parents had a business there for many years in the Astor Community in Flemington, Taylor County, WV. She also lived in Philippi and Grafton, WV as well as Orlando, FL.


Augustine Phelps




Heaven received another Angel on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, when Augustine Virginia Phelps passed away at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley.

Born on August 17, 1950, at Philippi, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ison Phelps and Vernie Shomo Phelps.

Augie, as she was affectionately known by her family, was a homemaker, and had lived most of her life at Flemington, W.Va. She had made her home in Beckley since 1999. Augie enjoyed her plants, and her dogs, Lil Bit, Angelique, and Sasha.

Survivors include her children, Robert Phelps and his fiancée Leigh Ann Persinger of Beckley, and Hellen Shreve of Daniels. Her former son-in-law, Joseph Shreve Sr. of Beaver. Grandchildren: Ryan Phelps, Sean Phelps, Cpl. Joseph Shreve Jr., Ashleigh Shreve, Carrie Bland, Haileigh Persinger, Koalton Persinger, and Braxton Phelps. A brother, Sherman Phelps of Danville, Va.; three sisters, Betty Jackson Phelps of Lake Mack, Fla., Roseann Carts of St. Petersburg, Fla., Stella Forinash and her husband Ken of Martinsville, Va.; and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted to Celebrate The Life Of Augustine Phelps on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 3 p.m., at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring Chapel, with Rev. Gary Devart officiating.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Online condolences may be sent to our guestbook at www.roseandquesenberry.net.

In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to the Bowers Hospice House, 454 Cranberry Drive, Beckley.

Arrangements are by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring Chapel, 729 Flat Top Road, Shady Spring

Augustine was great friends with the singing group "Taylor Made". She and their mom were good friends to the end, and she knew them as children, and they remained friends. This group (2 brothers and 1 sister) sang at her funeral. They wrote and sang the song, "Things You Don't Grow Out of" and the song "Taylor County Line". Augie lived many years at the Taylor/Barbour County line, and her parents had a business there for many years in the Astor Community in Flemington, Taylor County, WV. She also lived in Philippi and Grafton, WV as well as Orlando, FL.




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