SWEET SPRINGS, WV --- Beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, and aunt Phyllis Louise Starcher Fetty died Wednesday, March 22 after many years of Alzheimer's disease followed by a stroke. She was laid to rest March 25 in Sweet Springs, WV.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years Patrick Allen Fetty.

Her four children are Amber Renee Fetty Harrison of Sweet Springs, WV; Kimberly Ann Fetty of Charleston, WV; Michael Allen Fetty of White Sulphur Springs, WV; and Beverly Dare Fetty of Lewisburg, WV. Grandchildren are Wesley Fetty Haynes (Dawn Riley) of Morgantown and Meredith Jill Fetty Haynes of Charleston. The youngest of her family is great grandson William Rhett Haynes of Charleston.

She is preceded in death by her mother and father Geraldine Marie Bland Starcher and Alton Starcher of Parkersburg and two sisters Carolyn Justine Starcher of San Pedro, CA and Janet Ramona Starcher Holliday of Newark, OH. Surviving sisters are Roberta Rae Starcher McCoy of Big Springs, WV and Beverly Ann Starcher Prince of Parkersburg, WV. Nieces and nephews include John, Mary, Tyler (wife Lynn) and Charlie (wife Tracey) Holliday; James McCoy (deceased) and Michelle McCoy Hatfield; Ann-Marie Prince Sweeten (husband Mike). Several great nieces and nephews also survive her.

Phyllis was born in Nobe, WV on December 4, 1935, and graduated Calhoun County High School in 1952. She became an accomplished weaver and made rugs for the WV Governor's Mansion and the private home of former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalyn. Former Greenbrier Hotel decorator Carlton Varney used her rugs in his clients' homes and yachts.

Her rugs are treasured possessions of family members and many who visited the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair in Ripley, WV and Tamarack near Beckley, WV.

More than anything, Phyllis was a kind, generous friend to most who knew her as well as an unassuming woman who never got "above her raisin'."

Phyllis' family would like to thank those who provided medical care for her in the recent past. They include James Griffith, M.D. of WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine in Charleston, WV; Charleston Area Medical Center, General Division, Surgical & Trauma ICU; Peyton Hospice House in Lewisburg, WV.

The family suggests donations to the Alzheimer's Association in memory of Phyllis. Those wishing to send the family online condolences or would like to sign the online guestbook, please do so by visiting www.groves-mann.com Arrangements by Groves-Mann Funeral Home in Union, WV.