Ms. Vernie Cuniece Byrd Doughty

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Wilford D. Doughty; her daughter Amy G. Doughty Anderson; and a grandson, Adam Baker. She was also preceded by her parents Mary Sally Burdette Byrd and James E. Byrd, her step-mother Virginia O. Thaxton Byrd, her sister Dorothy Dalton Byrd, as well as nine step brothers & sisters.

She is survived by five children Sally Baker (Jim) Sayre, PA; Debbie Pegg (Robert) Gallipollis OH; Azalea Boehm, TX, Wilma Garbett (David) Charleston WV, and Aaron Doughty (Joyce) Henderson NC; 12 Grandchildren and 9 Great-Grandchildren; as well as 7 half-siblings: Esther Warner, Angeline O'Dell, Pearl McWatters (WV), Virginia Gay, Jimmy Byrd, (Ohio), Correnia Chapin and Henry Byrd (FL).

Vernie enjoyed listening to preachers and gospel music on TV. She was a member of Nitro Church of God, Nitro, WV, and the Women’s Missionary Circle. She was a homemaker who raised her children & also took care of some of her grandchildren. She enjoyed doing crafting & going to craft shows with her husband, Wilford as well as doing crosswords, word searches, puzzles & painting birds & flowers. One of her favorite things to do was taking broken things and making them new again.

There will be visitation on Monday, December 18th, at 1:00 pm followed by service at 2:00 pm, at Tyler Mountain Funeral Home & Memory Gardens in Cross Lanes where she will also be laid to rest. Service will be officiated by Rob VanFossen.

Flowers can be sent to Tyler Mountain Funeral Home & Memory Gardens, 5233 Rocky Fork Rd, Cross Lanes, WV 25313. Gifts & memorials can be made: In memory of Vernie Doughty c/o Church of God, 1517 15th St, Nitro, WV 25143.