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Mary Basham Obituary
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Entombment will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
She was born April 28, 1942, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Nick and Ethel Alberts Stover.
She was preceded in death by her husband, David Basham. She is survived by two daughters, Pam and John Adkins of Huntington and Angie and Gary Parsley of Hurricane; one son, Roger Shepherd (Trish) Chesapeake, Ohio; three grandchildren, Paulina Shepherd, Garrett Hodges and Lucas Shepherd; and two great-grandchildren, Mylah and Grayson Hodges.
Visitation will be from 12 to 1 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
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