Fordyce "Faud" Wyatt

Fordyce Chapman "Faud" Wyatt, 83, of Ripley, WV passed away May 21, 2016 at Eldercare Rehabilitation Center in Ripley after a long illness of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's. Fordyce attended Spencer High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a retired employee of Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Charleston, WV) as a glass cutter, Jackson County Board of Education, and West Virginia Department of Highways. Fordyce enjoyed Mountaineer football, WWE wrestling, and stock-car racing with his brother-in-law. He built several homes for his family. He was preceded in death by his father Okey Frances "Pete" Wyatt and mother Mable Farnsworth Wyatt; brothers Charles Wyatt and Clarence "Dick" Wyatt; sisters Madge (Mel) Mellinger, Ruth (Harold) Harris, and Wanda Drake; and brothers-in-law James Cottle, Jim Miller, Frank Lee, and Clifford Hays. Surviving is his wife of 49 years Alice (Hays) Wyatt; daughters Terri (Dean) Fahy of Jacksonville, FL, Janice Wyatt of Cottageville, WV, and Sarah (Jason) Miller of Ripley, WV; sisters Dorothy Lee of Norton, OH, March Cottle of Liverpool, WV, Elaine (Ivan) Miller of Barberton, OH, Doris Miller of Wadsworth, OH, and Barbara (Bernard) Greathouse of Uniontown, OH; brother-in-law Earl Drake of Charleston, WV; grandchildren Kevin, James, and Brian Pauley, Nate and Lexi Miller, and Beth (Ted) Banner; and great-grandchildren Theo, Chloe, and Aidan Banner. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley with Pastor Rick Perrine. Friends may call on the family from 6-8 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home. Burial with Military Rites performed by the Jackson County Honor Guard will following in the Fairplain Cemetery. Following the burial there will be a meal prepared at the Parsons-Vail Family Center located inside the funeral home. Online memories and condolences can be sent the family by visiting www.waybrightfuneralhome.com. Service: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:00 a.m. Waybright Funeral Home Ripley, West Virginia Visitation: Monday, May 23, 2016 6-8 p.m. Waybright Funeral Home Ripley, West Virginia