Ernest L. Koontz, 93, of Hundred, WV died Thursday, July 4, 2013 in the New Martinsville Health Care Center in New Martinsville.
He was born November 30, 1919 at New Martinsville, a son of the late Edward Koontz and Clara Haught Koontz Watkins.
Mr. Koontz was retired from Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation where he worked as a plant operator.
Ernest was a member of the Hundred Church of Christ.
Surviving are two sons and their spouses, Edward and Nelda Koontz of Burton and Ronald and Janet Koontz of Hundred; nine grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death in addition to his parents were his first wife, Laura Koontz; his second wife, Olive Koontz; one son, Paul Koontz; three sisters, Rosie Driggs, Virginia Kirkland, and Ada Wable; one brother, Andrew Koontz; and one half-brother, Joe Haught.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home in Hundred from 6-9 PM Friday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 1:30 PM Saturday with Evangelist Steve Stevens officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park in New Martinsville.