Willard Glenn Wamsley, age 84, a resident of Mill Creek, passed from this life Monday afternoon, June 25, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness. Willard was born Wednesday, November 30, 1927 at Mill Creek, a son of the late Genus Wamsley and Mary Bell Pingley Wamsley. On September 8, 1949 in Elkins, he was married to the former Ruth H. Haddix, who survives. They had celebrated sixty-two years of marriage. A lifelong resident of Tygarts Valley, Willard graduated from Tygarts Valley High School with the class of 1945. He enlisted in the United States Army following high school and served in post-war Germany until 1947. He worked as a storekeeper until opening the Wamsley General Store which everyone referred to as Willard’s. He owned and operated the store for thirty-three years until his retirement in 1993. Besides his parents, Willard was preceded in death by a grandson, Stephen Wamsley, two sisters, Mary Mallard and Virginia Wamsley, and two brothers, Wilson Wamsley and Ernest Wamsley. Left to cherish Willard’s memory along with his wife are two daughters, Patrice Wamsley and husband, David, of Annapolis, MD and Amy and husband, Bill Harris, of Brazelton, GA, four grandchildren, Sean and Shaina Wamsley and Alexis and Clint Taylor and one brother, Denver Wamsley and wife, Gatha of Mill Creek and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at the Randolph Funeral Home on Thursday, June 28, 2012, from 6 until 8 PM. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home chapel on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 2PM. Interment will follow at the Brick Church Cemetery at Huttonsville where members of the H.W. Daniels Post #29, American Legion and the WV Honor Guard will present the American Flag.
