Jerry Lee Yost, 88, of Statler Run, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 9, 2022. He passed away at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his lovely wife, Audra Errol Donley Yost of 57 years.
Jerry was born on Oct. 18, 1933, at his residence in Crossroads, to the late Henry J. Yost and Garnet Ogerette Tennant Yost. Jerry retired from the Carnegie Natural Gas Company, Mannington Division, as a meter reader, well tender and lineman.
He is survived by his two daughters, Leanne Yost Durst and husband Michael Durst and Glenda Yost Cummins and husband Jess Cummins; four grandchildren, Beth Durst Hutson and husband Andrew Hutson, Michael Durst II, of Fairmont, Luke Cummins and Scott Cummins, of Statler Run; and two great-grandsons, Spencer and Nikolai Hutson. Also surviving are two sisters, Eileen Kucera, of Deltona, Fla., and Mary Alvarez and husband Victor, of Kingman, Ariz.; and four brothers, Gene Yost and wife Sarah, of Mount Morris, Pa., Gary Yost, of Frederick, Md., Larry Yost and wife MaryLou, of Mount Morris, Pa., and Roger Yost and wife Nancy, of Core. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Jerry served in the United States Army from 1953-1957. He spent a major portion of his active-duty time in Fountainebleu, France. Jerry was a member of the Liming Ridge Church of Christ in Burton. He and Errol attended the Miracle Run United Methodist Church for several years. Following Errol’s passing, he has attended the Jakes Run Assembly of God with his daughters. Jerry has also been a member of the Monongalia County Farm Bureau for 47 years. He actively served as the president for 26 years. He thoroughly enjoyed leading their annual bus trips to lobby for farmers at the state capital in Charleston. He also served as the chairman and as a member of the Farm Service Committee in Morgantown.
Jerry and his brother, Gene, had numerous joint occupations together in their younger years, including the Yost Brother’s Logging Co., for which they utilized a horse and one of the first one-man chainsaws. When Jerry was 18, he and his brother purchased the Yost Brother’s Sawmill. They later bought a milk truck and hauled milk for the Carnation Milk Co. out of Cameron and the Garrison Ridge in Greene County, Pa. Jerry also started working for Pennzoil Gas Co. in Wetzel County and later in Jakes Run. He then worked at Carnegie Natural Gas Co. for the next 25 years and retired in 1996. He retired to enjoy his lifelong passions of drilling water wells and farming.
Friends will be received at the Jakes Run Assembly of God Church, 1790 Jakes Run Road, Fairview, for visitation, from 4-8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14 and from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. with Pastors Robert Bennett, Jerry Teter, Rose Saunders and Dave Spears officiating. Internment will follow at the Tennant Cemetery in Pentress. All are welcome to attend the funeral dinner at the Jakes Run Assembly of God Youth and Family Center following internment. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Tennant Cemetery. Please send to the Huntington Bank, Blacksville, WV 26521.
The Tennant Funeral Home in Hundred is in charge of arrangements.
