Arthur C. Alt, 93


Arthur Canter Alt, 93, of Valley Bend, W.Va., and formerly of Petersburg, W.Va., died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins, W.Va.

Mr. Alt was born Aug. 13, 1913, in Upper Tract, W.Va., and was the son of the late Kenny H. Alt and Etta Virginia Lambert Alt.

He was the retired owner and operator of Alt’s Body Shop in Petersburg. He was a member of Memorial Church of the Brethren in Petersburg and was a lifetime member of Odd Fellows 408 and the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department 400.

Survivors include his wife, Martha Rebecca Hedrick Alt of Elkins, W.Va.; two daughters, Rosalie Leatherman of Alamogordo, N.M., and Elinor Evans of Beverly, W.Va.; a son, Arthur "Buddy" Alt Jr. of Valley Bend, W.Va.; two sisters, Bessie Kimble of Buchannon, W.Va., and Elsie Hedrick of Petersburg, W.Va.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pastor Harold Cullers will conduct the funeral 1 p.m. Thursday at the Basagic Funeral Home in Petersburg, W.Va. Burial will be at South Branch Valley Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 this evening at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Care, P.O. Box 760, Arthurdale, WV, or the Elkins Regional Convalescent Center, P.O. Box 188, Elkins, WV 26241.