Prema Kines

Prema Lee Wotring Kines, 88, a resident of Shaffertown, passed from this life Friday, June 7, 2024 at Cortland Acres Nursing Home, surrounded by her loving family.

Prema was born on Monday, August 26, 1935 in Shaffertown, a daughter of the late Harvey Lee Wotring and Judithia Almeda Lipscomb Wotring. On July 7, 1958, at Parsons, WV she married Walter Ross "Tunney" Kines, who preceded her in death on July 31, 2001.

She loved her Kines family and was thought of as a second Mom to many of them, as well as those in the Leadmine community her children grew up in. She was a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on for many family and friends. Prema graduated from Parsons High School with the class of 1953 and was a homemaker. She was a lifetime member of the Leadmine Community Church and Choir. She was a member of the Women of Faith and loved doing Family History and nurturing plants.

Left to cherish Prema's memory are her children, Karen J. Hockman and husband Scott of Parsons; Kathy L. Arnold and husband Pat of Davis and a special daughter, Ronda Cavalier of Shaffertown; four grandchildren, Sonja "Sunny" Klus and husband Nick of Cleveland, TN, Lauren "Laurie" Godfrey and husband Justin of Shaffertown, Joshua Hockman of Libson Falls, ME, and Emma Jo Hockman of Parsons; and three great grandchildren, Shelby Hicks, Geno and Robbie Klus. Prema so loved her special nieces, Marilyn and Judy and their Phillips, Crosten and Hile families as well as her nephew, Lee Kelley and his family. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by her sister, Lavera Kelley.

Friends will be received on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, from 5 to 8 PM, at the Hinkle-Fenner Funeral Home 567 Thomas Ave., Davis. A funeral service will be held on Wednnesday, June 12th, 2024, at 11 AM in the Leadmine Community Church, 5144 Horseshoe Run Rd. Parsons, with Pastor Brad Barton officiating. Interment will follow in Shaffertown Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Leadmine Community Church P.O. Box 92, Parsons, WV 26287.