Obituary

Helen june davison, 92, of south charleston, passed away october 26, 2015 at camc memorial hospital.
 
helen was born in madison, in 1923 to the late c.F. And bertie baldwin, and moved to charleston at the age of 13, after the death of her father.  her father, charlie, had been principal of madison grade school, and later postmaster.  she attended thomas jefferson junior high school and charleston high school, graduating as salutatorian.  she has pursued her interests in art, creative writing, photography, and old and new testament bible studies, at night courses at the university of charleston.
 
helen married james m. Davison, a chemical engineer and group manager at the union carbide technical center and they had four children: david, a retired chemical dupont chemical engineer and retired national guard colonel;   mark, a mathematician and formerly chief computer engineer for visio corp.; beth anne, a vice-president of biometrics at momentum research, inc., durham, nc with a doctoral degree in epidemiology from unc; and rebecca jane, a family practice physician for kaiser-permanente hmo in alexandria, va.
 
helen worked briefly for the c & p telephone co., dickinson fuel co., and then 7 years at dupont construction.  after the children were grown, she worked part-time as secretary at elizabeth memorial united methodist church, and then as financial secretary at st. Marks united methodist church.
 
helen loved reading (novels, history, theology, cookbooks, craft books and gardening books) and was active in the forest ridge garden club.  she served on the charleston high school class of 41′ reunion committees for reunions in 1991, 1996, and 2001.  she edited and produced yearbooks for the garden club, reunions and the united methodist women.  she edited and wrote articles for the “remarker” from 1950 to 1994.  she was a girl scout brownie leader and a den mother for the cub scouts when the children were at that age.
 
helen has been a member of st. Marks united methodist church, since 1936, and a member of the fellowship class since its inception in 1945.  she has taught practically all grades in sunday school from kindergarten on up.  she has been very active in the united methodist women over the years, having served as officer in the local unit and district, as well as participating as a circle leader.  she also had been active in many church projects; the umw bazaars, fellowship class retreats, church stewardship campaigns, and served as a foyers group convener. 
 
in addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, maxwell paul baldwin; sisters, virginia ruth baldwin and faye baldwin.
 
she is survived by her children; david (rebecca) davison, mark (kathleen) davison, beth (gadi) cotter-davison and rebecca davison (john bikowski); grandchildren, kelly davison, lee roush, jared roush, genevieve davison (steven roll), ian davison, matthew and kristen weatherley; and great-grandchild, madison roush.
 
funeral service will be held 2:00 p.M.  saturday, october 31, 2015 at saint marks united methodist church sanctuary, charleston with the rev’d monty brown & the rev’d janet harman officiating.  visitation will be held 2 hours prior to the service in the church sanctuary.  graveside service will follow at mountain view memorial park, charleston, wv.
                                                                                                                    
in lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made in helen’s honor to:  saint marks united methodist church, 900 washington st e, charleston, wv 25301.