Leola A. Halstead

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Leola A. Halstead, 91, of Bowling Green died at 3:49 p.m. Sept. 2, 2007, at The Medical Center.

The Hinton, W.Va., native was born Sept. 2, 1916. She was a retired bookkeeper for Gardner Buick Dealership in Charleston, W.Va., and a member of Christ Episcopal Church. She was a daughter of the late Wilbur H. Anderson and Georgia E. Michael Anderson and the wife of the late John W. Halstead. She was preceded in death by a sister; two brothers; and a grandson, Michael Carney.

Memorial service is at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10 at Christ Episcopal Church, with burial at a later date in Tucson Memorial Parks East Lawn Cemetery in Tucson, Ariz. Cremation was chosen. J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Christ Episcopal Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.jckirbyandson.com.

Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Ann Carney and her husband, William, and Lynne Brown, all of Alvaton; a son, John William Halstead Jr. of Dunbar, W.Va.; a brother, Robert Anderson of Chillicothe, Ohio; five grandchildren, David Brown and his wife, Christina, Paul Carney and his wife, Penny, Peter Brown and his wife, Pilar, Mark Halstead and his wife, Amy, and Kevin Halstead; three great-grandchildren, Kris and Megan Brown and Chase Carney; two great-great-grandchildren, Aiden and Westin Brown; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.