Ressie Darlene Kyle Lewis, 78, a lifelong resident of Beverly, passed from this life Friday morning, November 2, 2012 at the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center. Ressie was born June 22, 1934 at Dailey, a daughter of the late Lester Kyle and Mary Ola Ware Kyle. On May 19, 1951, she was married to Jay Hugh Lewis, who survives at Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center. Ressie is survived by nine children, Rev. Donald G. Lewis and wife, Rita, of Kentucky, Mary Leanette Cook, and husband, Jim, of Elkins, Robert Jay Lewis and wife, Becky, of Beverly, Rev. Terry Keith Lewis, and wife, Rev. Debbie Lewis, of Arnold, MD, Jerry Floyd Lewis of Beverly, Brenda Lea Tackett and husband, Rick, of Mill Creek, Mark Allan Lewis and wife, Tamara, of Elkins, Patricia Arlene Loftin and husband, Jeff, of Elkins, and Sarah Nicole Haden and husband, Greg, of Huttonsville, four siblings, Lester Kyle, Jr., James Kyle, Maureen Vandevender, and Libby Licwov, twenty-four grandchildren, thirty-three great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Preceding Ressie in death was one son, Gregory Hugh Lewis, and five siblings, Retha Welch, Lorraine Pritt, Phyllis Kyle, Alice Kyle, and Timothy Kyle. Ressie was a homemaker, and she enjoyed canning, camping, gardening, crocheting, quilting, and loved spending time with her family. She was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Visitation will be held at the Randolph Funeral Home and Cremation Services on Friday, November 9, 2012 from 11AM until 1PM, the funeral hour. The Reverend Donald G. Lewis and Reverend Marshall Williams will officiate and interment will follow at the Mt. Vernon Cemetery at Beverly.
