Phyllis Kay Luyster, 65, of Flushing, Ohio died Friday, April 13, 2007 at Wheeling Hospital.

She was born in Flushing on August 2, 1941, a daughter of the late Harold and Wilma VanCuren Pickering.

Phyllis was a retired employee from the Consolidation Coal Company. She was proud to be one of the first women miners in the area. She was a very creative person, an avid painter of various arts and crafts for Shaker Woods Craft Show, she loved to cook for her family and she enjoyed gardening. Phyllis was a member of the Flushing Christian Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Elton Pickering.

Surviving are her husband, Ray Luyster; four children, Debbie Carr of Moyock, North Carolina, Tom Thompson of Oxford, North Carolina, Bill Thompson of Seattle, Washington and Ray Luyster of Flushing; eight grandchildren; four sisters, Eurylee (Peter) Forster of Bradenton, Florida, Maxine Donaldson of Bannock, Louanne Maroni of Barnesville and Lila (David) Murphy of Flushing; and a brother, Doyle Pickering of Flushing.

Family and friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville. Visitation will also be held on Monday from 11 a.m. until time of services at 1 p.m. with Rev. Robert Merritt officiating. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Flushing Christian Church.