Marilyn Kitchen Adkins

November 20, 1939 - December 31, 2018

Marilyn Kitchen Adkins, 79 of Huntington, WV, graduated this life, Monday, December 31, 2018 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington, WV surrounded by her family. She was born November 20, 1939 in Huntington, WV the daughter of the late Leonard Kitchen and Avis Blankenship Kitchen Adkins. She was a homemaker, formerly worked as a Book Binder at Standard Printing and Publishing Co, Commercial Printing Co, Appalachian Life Insurance Printing Co and also worked as a home health care provider, a member of New Birth Church, Barboursville, loved her cats and more than anything she loved to laugh. In addition to her parents, in 2004, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Lloyd Adkins; four sisters, Dorothy "Sweety" Kitchen, Linda Kitchen, Dixie Sharp, Janice Johnson; five brothers, Leonard Van Buren Kitchen, Daniel "Dan" Kitchen, John Kitchen and James "Jim" Kitchen and Bob Kitchen. She is survived by her daughter, Vickie Lynn Adkins (Chris) Altizer of Barboursville, WV; her brother and sister-in-law, Frederick E. and Marcia Kitchen of Huntington; sister-in-law, Lena Kitchen of Pikeville, KY; three nephews whom she was very close, David E. Kitchen of Huntington, WV and Fred H. (Amber) Kitchen of Milton, WV, Mike Johnson of Jacksonville, AL and a host of additional nieces, nephews, family and friends that she so dearly loved. Funeral services honoring her life will be conducted at 7:00 PM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at Henson and Kitchen Mortuary, 6357 East Pea Ridge Road, Huntington, WV with Pastor E.S. Harper officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Henson and Kitchen Mortuary. A committal service and burial will follow at 1:00 PM on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Huntington. The family would like to thank to the amazing staff of caregivers at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House for their wonderful care to both Marilyn and to her family. Online condolences and memories may be shared with the family by visiting www.hensonandkitchen.com.