Loretta “Lori” Jane Conner, 63, passed away on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. She was born in Kingwood on Oct. 24, 1957, a daughter of the late Richard Franklin LaRue and Wilma Dean Lewis.
She graduated from Morgantown High School. She was a homemaker and a mother. She had worked for Walmart as a pharmacy manager. She then worked with her husband at Conner Trucking as the company’s secretary.
She was a talented organist at several local churches. She enjoyed time with family. She most enjoyed traveling with her husband to many places especially their getaways to Florida.
She is survived by her loving husband, Paul E. Conner, whom she married on July 4, 2008; her son, Ricky McDonald and his wife Candi, of Morgantown; her daughter, Tessa Bowman and her husband Nathan, of Morgantown; grandchildren, Caydence Marie Bowman, Dakota Nathaniel Bowman, Austin Allen McDonald, Wyatt Dale Bowman, Marissa Michelle McDonald, Lena Jane Bowman and Brayden Michael McDonald, all of Morgantown; four sisters, Wilma Gibson and her husband Paul, of Preston County, Verna Helmick and her husband Bill, of Morgantown, Rebecca Rodgers and her husband Ray, of Florida, and Gladys Gillium and her husband Greg, of Preston County; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Walter “Junior” Rye; and her grandparents that raised her, Page and Lourdine Lewis.
Friends may call at Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home from 1-8 p.m. Tuesday and from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday. A service will be conducted by Pastor Scott Krepps at the funeral home at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Interment will follow at Glady Creek Cemetery.
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