If I could think of all the memories; && save up all the tears; I'd take them && build a stairway to heaven; && bring you home to me; 03.11.41 - 04.10.09 ♥This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Mary Wharton who was born on March 11 1941 in Blacksville WV. She left this Earth on April 10 2009. Mary was a fantastic cook, a good mother, a wonderful grandmother and a best friend!? She helped everyone and anyone who needed it!? Shell always be in our hearts!?
Gone but not forgotten
CLARKSBURG — Mary Ellen Lemley Wharton, 68, of Broaddus Avenue, Clarksburg, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2009, in the United Presbyterian Medical Center in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Wharton was born in Blacksville, WV on March 11, 1941, a daughter of the late Ray and May Simpson Lemley.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph Thomas Wharton, whom she married May 25, 1968.
Also surviving are four children, Rebecca McCombs and her husband Danny, Smithsburg, David Wharton, Atlanta, GA, Martha Wharton, New Milton, and Daniel Wharton and his wife Marlana, Clarksburg; 14 grandchildren, Jolene America, Butch America, Jacob America, Angelia McCombs, Kyla McCombs, Jessica Pratt, Michael Pratt, Chance Wharton, Dalton McCombs, Emily McCombs, Ethan Wharton, Brendon McCombs, Shiann Wharton and Kassidy Wharton; two brothers, Denzil Lemley and Kyle Lemley, both of Daybrook; and three sisters, Lucille Calvert, PA, Pauline Gee, Ohio, and Alberta Merrifield, Daybrook.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Delbert Lemley and Arzie Burl Lemley.
Mrs. Wharton was a member of the Wolf Summit Wesleyan Methodist Church. Mrs. Wharton was known as “grandma” to everyone and loved all children and accepted each and every one of them into her home. She was a very loving and devoted grandmother to her 14 grandchildren, who were her life.
