RUSSEL J. POLING age 81, OF PINE GROVE, WV, PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016 AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY. HE ATTENDED CHURCH AT THE PLEASANT CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BARBOUR COUNTY AND THE ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN PINE GROVE. HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 20, 1935 IN BARBOUR COUNTY, WV, THE SON OF THE LATE MILLARD AND ORA (PROUDFOOT) POLING. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 59 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, EVELYN D. (MITCHELL) POLING, A SON, WILLIAM “CHIP” AND HIS WIFE DENISE (BUCHER) POLING OF READER, WV, A DAUGHTER, SHIELA D. AND HUSBAND TOM WYATT OF JACKSONBURG, WV, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, KAYLA POLING OF MORGANTOWN, WV AND MATTHEW POLING OF NASHVILLE, TN. RUSSEL RETIRED FROM CONSOLIDATED NATURAL GAS COMPANY AS A DISTRICT FOREMAN IN 1993 WITH 37 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL GUARD. AFTER RETIREMENT RUSSEL ENJOYED GARDENING, CAMPING AND HIS BELOVED CATS TIGER AND BLACKIE. FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED ON MONDAY FROM 11AM UNTIL THE TIME OF FUNERAL SERVICES AT 1PM AT WRIGHT FUNERAL HOME, PHILIPPI, WV. INTERMENT AT MARY’S CHAPEL CEMETERY, PHILIPPI, WV. I LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE IN RUSSEL’S NAME TO THE PLEASANT CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. C/O MISTY FINCH, 124 BROWNLOWE AVE, GRAFTON, WV 26354 OR TO THE WETZEL COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER 399 MOLLOHAN DR, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV 26155.