Connie Zene Gilbert

Connie Zene Gilbert, 68, of Rock, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, VA.

Born on December 24, 1950 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Marie Ball Sexton. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.

Survivors include:

Husband: Thomas Wayne Gilbert, Sr. of the home

Son: Thomas Gilbert, Jr. and wife Seanna of Rock

Daughters: Greta Smith of Rock
Lisa Hanshaw of Rock
Lea Gilbert of Rock

6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren

Brother: Paul Sexton of Sandlick

Sisters: Bernice Lusk of Bluefield
Louise Sexton of Bluefield

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel in Bluewell with Rev. David Lusk officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bluewell with Kenny Hazelwood, Dennis Hanshaw, Jr., Andrew Shrader, Johnny Tooley, David Copley, and Michael Gilbert serving as pallbearers.

Friends may call on Thursday from 10:00-11:00 at the funeral home.

Arrangements by Cravens-Shires Funeral Home 3431 Coal Heritage Road, Bluefield, WV.

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