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Wanda Lea Cole

June 20, 1939 — May 3, 2024

Wanda Lea Cole of South Point, Ohio passed away on May 3, 2024 at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland Kentucky. Funeral services will be held  May 7 at 11:00 am at the  Reger Funeral Chapel, Huntington, WV. Burial will follow at Greenbottom Memorial Park.

Visitation will be held from 10:00am until service time Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at the Reger Funeral Home, Huntington.

She was born in Glenwood, WV, (Mason County)  to Ira and Bertha McComas on June 20, 1939. She was one of ten children. She graduated from Barboursville High School in 1957. She married John H. Cole on April 3, 1959 in Ashton, West Virginia. They both worked for Owens Illinois and lived in Huntington, WV, where they welcomed a daughter, Rhonda Lynn, and a son, John Martin. They moved to Charlotte, MI in 1963 and Toledo, OH in 1970 before returning to the Tri-State area in 1978 and settling in South Point, OH. She sold AVON products and enjoyed shopping, entertaining, spending time at her sister Lou’s pool, and taking drives with John. She was an avid collector of Hallmark products and Owens Illinois glassware. She was a member of Westmoreland Baptist Church in Westmoreland, West Virginia and actively involved in her Sunday School class and volunteering for the Upwards sports program.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ira and Bertha McComas and siblings Rachel Henry, James McComas, George McComas, Louise Kearns, Everett McComas, and Waneda McComas.

She is survived by her husband, John Cole of South Point, OH; children Rhonda (Ed) Davis of Huntington, WV and Marty (Shelby) Cole of Shelby Township, MI; siblings Grover (Naomi) McComas of Glenwood WV, Frank McComas of Columbus, OH, and Carolyn Adkins of Huntington, WV; grandchildren Jamie Davis of Huntington, WV, John Davis of Ennis, TX, Dr. Megan Cole of Urbana, IL, and Travis Cole of Shelby Township, MI; and great-grandchildren Liam Davis and Hayden Davis of Ennis, TX.

Pallbearers will be Travis Cole, Rob Kearns, Curtis Henry, Dr. Steve Howerton, Bill Pugh, and Jim Galloway. She will be interred at Greenbottom Memorial Park.



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Visitation

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

10:00 - 11:00 am (Eastern time)

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

11:00 - 11:30 am (Eastern time)

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Burial

Greenbottom Cemetery

, Lesage, WV

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