Susan Lynn Noyes Day, 71, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, died August 16, 2017.

She was the daughter of Opal Bender Noyes and William C. "Doc" Noyes of Dunbar, WV. Mrs. Noyes died in 1989 and Mr. Noyes died in 1959.

Mrs. Day attended Dunbar public schools and earned a bachelor's degree in English and French Education from Marshall University. In 1965 she was chosen as one of four college students in the United States to participate in the White House Conference on Education. Later she earned a master's degree in counseling and guidance from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies.

Her teaching experiences began in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hamilton Township Junior High School and continued at Hayes Junior High School in St. Albans. In her thirty-one years at Hayes, she coached the Cheerleaders, sponsored the Pep Club and the French Club. She was chosen to plan and implement a program for those students identified as intellectually gifted. Students were provided many academically challenging opportunities. Many students won speech contests and scholarships through training and experiences that began at Hayes with Mrs. Day. In 1991 she was named St. Albans Teacher of the Year and honored at a luncheon. In 2005 Mrs. Day was recognized as an outstanding teacher at the Governor's Honors Academy.

Travel and reading were sources of joy to Mrs. Day. She was a volunteer tutor through the St. Albans Housing Authority and later through the Kraft Family YMCA in Apex, NC. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fuquay-Varina where she taught Sunday school, organized the Angel Tree, and served on the outreach committee.

Surviving Mrs. Day are her husband, Phillip H. Day, her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and Kevin Coulter of Holly Springs, NC, her beloved grandchildren, Mihret Coulter, Tsion Coulter, and Ezra Coulter, also of Holly Springs, NC, and her son, the Rev. Stephen Day of Miles City, MT.

Visitation will be held Monday, September 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar with a procession leaving the funeral home for a 2 p.m. burial in Grandview Memorial Park, Dunbar. A funeral service was celebrated at an earlier date in Fuquay-Varina, NC.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be directed to St. Francis of Assisi School PTA, 525 Holly St., St. Albans, WV 25177 or to the charity of your choice.

Arrangements are in care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, Durham, NC and Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.