Ralph Arthur Chapman, 86, of St. Albans, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Arbors, Gallipolis, OH.

He graduated from Charleston High School and attended the Cincinnati Art Academy. He gave his life to Jesus in 1971 and was a member of the Brown United Methodist Church. Mr. Chapman was a US Navy veteran of WW II and a US Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He retired with 26 years of service from the WV State Departments of Finance and Administration and Human Services.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Ann Chapman and by his parents, Charles and Dealie Chapman.

Surviving are his wife, Annetta Jean Mullins Chapman; sons, Ralph A. Chapman, II and his wife, Diana, Danny Chapman and his wife, Celleste; daughters, Anita Nasby and her husband, John, Patty James and her husband, Karl, Vicki Monley, Leslie Chapman and her companion, Nick Anella, Carol Hughes and her husband, Gary, Cathy Gurley and her husband, Bill and Cindy Bowling. Also surviving are twenty-one grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, January 26, at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar, with Pastor Brian Donze officiating. Burial will take place on Monday in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens.

Friends may call one hour prior to the service at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.