LONGTIME ELIZABETH MAYOR-COUNCILMAN LEW FULL DIES

(09/13/2012)
Well-known Elizabeth resident Lewis H. Full has died at 83, a nearly 30-year servant as mayor and councilman for the Town of Elizabeth.

During his tenure as mayor, the town initiated and completed the significant expansion of the town's water and sewage facilities to many of the outlying communities in Wirt County.

Full was a veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Elizabeth Baptist Church. He retired in 1990 from the DuPont Washington Works with 27 years of service.

Visitation will be from 10-12 a.m. Saturday at the Busch-Kimes Funeral Home in Elizabeth, followed by services at the Elizabeth Baptist Church with an hour of visitation at 2 p.m. and the memorial service at 3 p.m.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Iris Mae (Stalnaker) Full; four sons and spouses: Gene and Jo of Vienna, Mike and Ruth Anne of Elizabeth, Steve and Treva of Elizabeth, and Jeff and Renee of Wexford, Pa.; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Lew is also survived by two siblings and spouses, Billy A. and Doris Full of Mineral Wells and Homer and Karen S. McFee of Melbourne, Fla., and brother-in-law, Howard H. Hunter of Carey, Ohio.

Born Aug. 11, 1930, he was preceded in death by his parents Cecil L. and Laura S. (Brown) Full; brother and sister-in-law Bobby J. and Marjorie (Givens) Full; and sister, Wanda L. (Full) Hunter.