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Don Bernard Killingsworth

Obituary Don Killingsworth

Don Bernard Killingsworth, 76, of the Glady Fork community died at his home on Saturday, July 3, 2021. 

He was born on January 20, 1945, in Clarksburg, W.Va. a son of the late “D.E.” Donzil Ernest and Beatrice Mardell Ritter Killingsworth. 

He was united in marriage on August 3, 1963, to Nancy Sue Capicola Killingsworth, who survives.  In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son Don “Kevin” Killingsworth and wife Marlene of Pickerington, Ohio and one daughter Diana “Dee” Killingsworth Visarriagas and husband Rey of Arlington, Texas; grandchildren:  Brianna and Alyssa Killingsworth; one sister Ann Carie Smith of Clarksburg.  He was preceded in death by one sister Mary Ellen Satchet.

Don was a graduate of Salem College, he was a member of the Lions Club and a member of the Rock Cave Lodge #81 A.F. & A.M.  He served as Chairman of the Adrian Water Board for approximately twenty years.  He was retired from Mon Power Company where he worked several years as a Customer Service Representative.

Friends will be received at the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, from 4-6 p.m.  Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at 11 a.m. at the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel with Pastor Teresa Crites officiating.  Interment will follow in the Rocky Ford Cemetery. 

Online condolences may be extended to the Killingsworth family at www.heavnerandcutright.com. The Killingsworth family has entrusted the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services with the funeral arrangements. 

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