Dupont High School Belle, WV

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IN Memory


Mike HandcockMichael Lee Hancock, 35, of Belle, died April 25, 2009, after being struck by an automobile in the Belle area.

Mr. Hancock was preceded in death by his grandparents, who were also his foster parents, Henry Lee Hancock Sr. and Euretha Hancock; stepfather, Hobert Johnson; foster sister, Eva Whatley and foster brother, Kenneth Hancock; cousins, Richard, Samuel Lee and Ashton Hancock.

Survivors include his wife, Christine Bishop Hancock; mother, Therese Johnson of South Charleston; brother, Charles Hudson Jr. of Florida; sister, Vestina McNeely of Cedar Grove; foster siblings, Cheryl Johnson, Henry Lee Hancock Jr., John Hancock, Deborah Armes, Wanda Levitt, Cherie Hobbs, Ronald Hancock, Samuel Hancock and Zellia Bishop; special brother, Thomas J. Clyburn; special friends, Elmer McKinney and Kevin Medford; several nieces and nephews and many, many friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Fidler & Frame Funeral Home, Belle, with the Rev. Randy Wilson officiating. Burial will follow at the Bishop Cemetery, Hanshaw Road, Pinch, W.Va.

Friends may call one hour before the service at the funeral home.