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DATE: THURSDAY, July 5, 1990                   TAG: 9007050020
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PETERSTOWN, W.VA.                                LENGTH: Medium

OBIT--KERSEY, DR. W.

KERSEY, DR. W.W., JR.\ Dr. W.W. Kersey Jr., age 70, died Wednesday, July 4, at his home after a short illness. He was born at Bluefield, W.Va. and was the son of the late W.W. Kersey Sr. and Bess Ratcliffe Kersey. After graduating from Bluefield High School, he attended Bluefield College and the University of Richmond before receiving his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1944. After serving overseas in the U.S. Medical Corps during World War II, he began his practice of medicine at Bartley, W.Va. He moved to Peterstown, W.Va. in 1955 where he established and continued his practice of medicine until shortly before his death. He was a member and past president of the Peterstown Rotary Club, director of the Bluefield AAA Club, director of the First National Bank of Peterstown, a member of the American Medical Association. He was a member of the American Academy of General Practice, a life member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and was of the Methodist faith. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margueritte Johnson Kersey, M.D. Surviving are his wife, Gene P. Kersey; one son, W.W. Kersey, III, Peterstown, W.Va.; one daughter, Margueritte K. Carman, Morgantown, W.Va.; a stepdaughter, Donna Akers, Narrows, Va.; stepson, Wayne Peck, Peterstown, W.Va.; a brother, Donald M. Kersey Sr., Bluefield, W.Va.; a sister, Betsey Ann Kersey, Bluefield, W.Va.; four grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Broyles Funeral Home Chapel in Peterstown with the Rev. John Sauvage officiating. Burial will follow at Monte Vista Park Cemetery at Bluefield, W.Va. Pallbearers will be E.K. Boggess, Bobby Dillon, Randy Morrison, Burl Compton, Tony Noble, Paul Wagner, Keith Boggess; honorary pallbearers, Dr. John Sproles, Gene Shuff, Otto Whittaker, and members of the Peterstown Rotary Club. Friends may call from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 510 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, W.Va., 26506. 


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