JAMES DAVID "DAVEY" STANLEY, 41, of South Point, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 16, 2009. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Heather Louise Stanley. He attended Lighthouse Freewill Baptist Church, Chesapeake, Ohio. He is survived by his wife Patricia; three sons, Zach of Scottown, Ohio, Jeremy of South Point, Ohio, and Quinton Larrimore of S.C.; one daughter, Brittany of Scottown, Ohio; one step-daughter, Adrionna Carter; two very special children, Jo Jo and Philiph of South Carolina; his parents, Betty and Ralph Henson of South Point, Ohio and James and Kathy Stanley of Sidney, Ky.; two sisters, Cindy McDonald of Chesapeake, Ohio and Kristie Preece of Varney, Ky.; two brothers, Adam and Jason Swiney; two special cousins, Larry Dean Salmons and Paul Lee Johnson both of Chesapeake, Ohio; one special niece, Amber McDonald and one special nephew, Joshua McDonald, both of Chesapeake, Ohio; several nieces and nephews; and a host of aunts, uncles and cousins; and too many special friends to list. Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio, by Pastor Clint Walker and Pastor Bert Combs. Burial will follow in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Hall Funeral Home, Proctorville, Ohio. Proctorville VFW Post 6878 will conduct military graveside rites. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/hall.
Ambition that flowed in oncoming streams
Flooding the depths of each days new scheme
A king in the moonlight by dusk will be gone
To make way for a new man and a new way to carry on
He shouted his dreams from amidst the streets
Then rooftops, then mountains, now from the heavens he screams
He screams out emotion and does it show clear
For the words fell as snow to ensure we would hear
And so it was, the earth then turned white
To brighten the darkness that's now in our lives
That's not what he wanted, though intentions unclear
He asked for his calling and the Lord being near
Then set him on his throne where he could be king
That's where he'll be with a smile on his face,
To greet each one of us as we walk through those gates
~~Joshua McDonald
