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Charles Lanham Obituary

CHARLES ROSCOE LANHAM, 69, of Lesage, WV, passed away November 6, 2025. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, November 10, 2025 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Burial will be in Greenbottom Memorial Park, Lesage.
He was born December 19, 1955, in Lebanon, KY, a son of the late Charles McDonald and Louise Dever Lanham. He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Dorothy Rachel Lanham and one sister, Donna Michele Lanham.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Short Lanham; one son, Charles Fredrick Lanham of Huntington; three sisters, Wanda Porter of Lesage, Marsha Beard of Huntington and Rachel Kay Short of Lesage; one brother, Charles M. Lanham Jr. of Lesage; and three grandchildren, Lucy Rose Lanham, Alice Diana Lanham and Zelda Rain Lanham.
Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday prior to the service.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Herald-Dispatch on Nov. 8, 2025.

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Barboursville, WV

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