James Poston
September 3, 1941 — August 16, 2009
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Mr. James Eugene Poston, Sr., 67, of Lower Licking Road, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009 in the St. Claire Regional Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.
He was born on September 3, 1941 in Morehead, Kentucky, a son of the late Lennie Flannery Poston.
Mr. Poston was a retired maintenance engineer for the Chrysler Corporation. He was a United States Navy Veteran having served on the USS Allen M Sumner DD692. Mr. Poston was a Kentucky Colonel, a member of AmVets, the American Legion and the USS Allen M Sumner Reunion Association. He enjoyed gardening, watching birds and listening to and playing music.
In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Malcolm Poston, Don Poston and Ricky Poston and one sister, Pansy Pitts.
Survivors include one son, Jim Poston and his wife, Ann Marie of Hudson, Ohio, one daughter, Nicole Flower and her husband, Andrew of Akron, Ohio, special friend, Brenda Stanley of Morehead, two brothers, Lilburn Poston of Xenia, Ohio and Bill Poston of Morehead, five sisters, Mary Jo Jessee of Clearfield, Dottie Durham, Mercedes Glover and Karen McClurg all of Morehead and Sue Miller of Xenia, Ohio, three grandchildren, Elizabeth Poston, Mark Poston and Isabella Flower, special nephew, Phillip Swim of Morehead, several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends and the mother of his children, Patricia Poston of Streetsboro, Ohio.
A gathering of friends and family will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 22, 2009 in the chapel of the Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home. The family will be receiving visitors beginning at 11:00 A.M. Saturday.
Contributions are suggested to St. Claire Hospice.