Carma Uphold

Carma (Dillion) Uphold, 70, of Kingwood, WV, died on Friday, December 30, 2016, in her sleep.

Carma was born March 25, 1946, in Terra Alta, a daughter of George and Effie (Wicklin) Dillion.

She was a 1964 graduate of Kingwood High School. Carma attended the Albright Baptist Church. Carma was an Avon lady for 50 years; she worked as a waitress for Mary's Restaurant for 20 years, for Marrara's Restaurant and as a custodian for the Preston County Courthouse for many years. She belonged to Mary's Coffee Club and she never met a stranger. Carma loved her Avon, yard sales, and time with her grandchildren and great-grandchild.

She is survived by one son, Mark and Dorothea Uphold of Morgantown; one daughter, Michelle and Brian Edman of Columbus, OH; one brother, Richard "Dick" Hunter of Fort Wayne, IN; one sister, Georgia Lee Williams of St. Anderson, IN; seven grandchildren, Shannon Uphold, Spencer Dumire, Brianna Lisman, Chelsye Uphold, Adrianne Uphold, Bryce Uphold, Eric Edman; one great-grandchild, Elaina Lisman.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Rodney Allen Uphold; one brother-in-law, William Robert Williams; two sisters, Katherine Wyatt, Virginia Louise Dillion.

Friends will be received at the Rotruck-Lobb Kingwood Chapel, 295 South Price Street, on Monday, January 2, 2017, from 4-8pm; on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Reverend Joe Lamm officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kingwood.

The family requests that any memorial donations be made in Carma's memory to the Preston County Humane Society, P.O. Box 395, Kingwood, WV 26537 or the American Heart Association, 211 35th Street, Charleston, WV 26305.

Personal condolences may be offered to the family online at www.rotruck-lobb.com.

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