Marquetta, Brown, 72

Marquetta Brown, 72, of West Portsmouth, died Monday August 1, 2016 at SOMC Hospice. She was born May 23, 1944 in Portsmouth to the late Oran and Emma Jean Hanley Ruggles. She was a homemaker and a member of Stoney Run Tabernacle. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by a son, Ora Ruggles, 2 daughters; Brenda Lee Kelley and Robin Marquetta Kelley, a brother Wayne Ruggles and 2 sisters; Judy Doyle and Brona Jean Ruggles.

Marquetta is survived by her husband of 43 years, William “Bill” Brown, 2 sons; Roy (Rachel) Craft of West Portsmouth and Rusty (Cindi) Blevins of Stout, a daughter Kathy (Bill) Harriman of Zanesville, a brother Roger Dale Ruggles of Wheelersburg, 8 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Friday August 5, 2016 at Stoney Run Tabernacle in West Portsmouth with Junior Wiley officiating. Interment will be in Anderson Cemetery in Kentucky.Friends may call at the church on Friday starting at 11:00 AM. Condolences may be sent to www.rogerwdavisfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of the Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth.

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