Bernice Ceola (Bond) Vanmeter, 80, of Rutland, OH, passed away March 19, 2022, at Cabell-Huntington Hospital following a brief illness.

She was born July 25, 1941, in Ripley, WV, a daughter of the late John Stump and Ruby Lee (Scarberry) Bond. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Walter Vanmeter; brother, John Charles Bond; sisters, Ruby Arline (Bond) McDermitt, Delores Jean "Peggy" (Bond) King and Patsylou Bond; grandparents, Brooks Bentley and Rebecca Bernice (James) Bond, James C. and Inez Ceola Scarberry; nephew, John David King; nieces, Cathy Arline Kearns and Ellen Rene Harris. She was also preceded by several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

She was a graduate of Wahama High School. She was a former employee of the Jones Boys Store, Pomeroy, OH, Bank One, Athens, OH and H&R Block, Athens, OH.

Survivors include her son, Brian Scott McKinney of Rutland, OH; daughter, Cynthia Lynn Bowling of Pomeroy; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Graveside service will be 1 p.m. ~ Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at Kirkland Memorial Gardens, Point Pleasant, WV, with Pastor Mike Finnicum officiating.

Arrangements provided by Foglesong-Casto Funeral Home, Mason, WV.