| A 39-year-old Wirt County woman was killed Friday on WV-53 when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a tree, according to police.
Katherine D. Hancock of Elizabeth was taken to a Parkersburg hospital were she was pronounced dead.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Matheny Whited Funeral Home of Elizabeth. Interment will be at K of P Cemetery of Elizabeth.
Police said she was traveling north on WV-53 in a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer when she drove off the road and struck a tree near the intersection of WV-5, according to a press release from the West Virginia State Police.
Officials indicated speed could have been a factor in the wreck.
See complete obituary Katherine Nutter Hancock
| 
