Leona Mae (Lewis) Kimble, age 79, of Petersburg, WV died Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV where she had spent the past 5 weeks.

     She was born May 21, 1932 in Petersburg, WV and was a daughter of the late Arthur McKinley Lewis and Margarite EllaMae (Bunner) Lewis. 

    She was preceded in death by her husband, Sheldon D. Kimble on January 7, 2000; also preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers.

    Leona was a homemaker and a member of Victory Church in Falls Church, Virginia.

SURVIVING:  One daughter:  Donna Kay Kimble Thorne of Dorcas, WV

Four Grandchildren:  Timothy Thorne Jr. of Fairmont, WV

                                      Curran Thorne of Morgantown, WV

                                      Amanda Thorne Dye of Dorcas, WV

                                      Elisabeth Thorne of Dorcas, WV

   One sister:  Mildred Riggleman of Winchester, VA

Funeral service will be Tuesday 2 p.m. (Feb. 14th) at the Schaeffer Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Burkhart officiating.

Family will receive friends Tuesday from 12 noon till time of service.

Interment will be in the South Branch Valley Memorial Gardens in Petersburg, WV.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to tWounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL   32256.