Joan Elaine Kinzer

March 8, 1942 - November 15, 2020

LERONA– Joan Elaine Kinzer, 78 of Lerona died Sunday, November 15, 2020 after a battle with Covid-19. Born March 8, 1942 in Rock she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Mills and Thelma Anderson Mills. Elaine attended Matoaka High School. She married Kyle Kinzer and moved to Alexandria, Virginia for several years, moved back to Lashmeet, then settled in Lerona. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church where her son is the pastor. She was a member of Rich Creek Baptist Church in Spanishburg for more than thirty years. Elaine enjoyed her alone time to read and study the Bible. She especially loved spending time with her family. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Kyle (Buddy) Kinzer in 2004; daughter, Nicole Kinzer; sister, Yvonne Hurst and two brothers, Dempsey Mills and Darryl Mills. Elaine is survived by four sons, Doug Kinzer and wife Rhonda of Lerona, Greg Kinzer and wife Sharon of Lerona, Steve Kinzer and wife Melissa of Speedway and Dylan Kinzer and wife Erika of San Diego, California; grandchildren, Doug Kinzer, Rick Kinzer, Steven Kinzer, Adam Kinzer, Megan Biggs, Malinda Lambert, Manda Fletcher, Kyle Kinzer, Katie Morsberger and Arianna Kinzer; twenty seven great grandchildren and two on the way. There will be no services at the funeral home. A private burial will be in the family cemetery at Lerona. In lieu of flowers those who wish to remember Elaine may make gifts in her memory to “Missionary Fund,” Liberty Baptist Church, 260 Windy Hill Drive, Princeton, WV 24739. Arrangements by Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.bailey-kirk.com.