Obituaries

Jul 16, 2007

In addition to his parents, Andrew Thomas and Violet Marie Hill, Charles was preceded in death by his wife Mary Rose Hill in 1990, by a son, Charles L. Hill by a brother, Kermit E. Hll and by a sister, Elva Katherine Hill.

Jul 11, 2007

Mrs. O'Neal was a member of the Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren and served as church organist. She taught piano, former employee of Westmoreland Coal Company and the Hub & Vogue in Beckley. Mrs. O'Neal was the last surviving of her brothers and sister and had been a resident of Crab Orchard for over 70 years.

Jul 4, 2007

Gary, Jr. attended the Church of God at Sophia and had been a resident of Midway for the past 8 years. He was preceded in death by his mother, Drema Smith Cook and by his grandmother, Bertie Lilly.

Jul 4, 2007

Mrs. Culicerto was born to Guiseppe and Laura Giovenelli Pitotti. She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Beckley and was a member of the Catholic Daughter of American and the Ladies of St. Francis for over 40 years. She was a volunteer at the Shepherd's Ceneter and Pinecrest Hospital. She was preceded in death by her...

Jul 1, 2007

Kenneth was a born again Christian and was of the Baptist Faith. We was a former employee of Gray and Southland Lumber Companies and also worked for Westmoreland Cola Company at the Eccels #5 mine. Kenneth was an avid baseball and football fan and had been a resident of Coal City for the past 6 years, formerly living at Daniels.

Jun 27, 2007

Dorothy was a retired school teacher having taught at Kopperston Elementary School, teaching for over 40 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Burman Caton, by four brothers, Ernest, Fred, Cecil and Erle McKinney, by two sisters, Bethel Largent and Arlene McKinney. Dorothy was of the Baptist faith and had lived in Columbia, Maryland for the past four...

May 25, 2007

Born of September 2, 1924 to Elia and Maria Yon, immigrants of Piedicavallo, Italy. he retured to Italy at the age of 13 monts. Claudio began his careeer at a very early age as a shepard in the Alps of Piedicavallo, Italy and later becamber a baker. He married his wife Alma in 1945 in Piedicavallo. He came to the...

May 22, 2007

Mrs. Bonds attended local schools and was a 1936 graducate of WWHS. A retired educator, having taught for 35 years, Virginia was a 1940 graducate of Marshall Unviersity and received her Masters Degree from Ohio State University in 1945. Virginia was a active member for over 50 years and past matron of the Bethlehem Chapter #71, Order of the Eastern...

May 13, 2007

Clarence retired from the WV Department of Human Services after 23 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a lifetime resident of Raleigh County. He was preceded in by his wife, Betty Lou Williams Stoots.

May 13, 2007

Elizabeth retired as accounts receivable collection manager for Dunn and Bradstreet in New York after 32 years of service. She was a member of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Beckley where she served as church treasurer and was a member of the ladies auxiliary. She was also a member of the VFW ladies auxiliary, Women of the Moose and...

May 1, 2007

Mrs. Williams was a retired LPN having worked at Crestview Nursing in Medina, OH. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Durbin and had been a resident of bartow since 1978. She was preceded in death by her husband, Orville L. Williams, Jr., a son, John Williams, two grandchildren; Kitt Gibson and Kenneth R. Williams, three brothers;...

Apr 29, 2007

Apr 24, 2007

Mrl Sergent was a former employee of Ranger Fuel and Slab Fork Coal Company. He was a member of the Falling River Baptist Church in Brookneal, Va. and was a veteran having sered in the US Navy during WWII. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Leona Mae Justice Sergent, by a son Gregory S. Chambers and by...

Apr 23, 2007

Apr 19, 2007

Bea was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and resided in Fayetteville with her husband of 42 years, Robert L. Scott. Bea worked as a real estate agent for Walbrown Real Estate in Oak Hill, WV. She was preceded in death by brothers, Thomas Fisher, John Andrew, Dougal Baird, William Fisher and Alexander Cooper Smith and sister, Janet Fisher...

Apr 14, 2007

Ralph was educated in public schools in West Virgina. He attended Lincloln Elementary, Stratton Junior High and a 1979 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School where he loved to run cross country. His college career included Concord College, a BS in Aviation Management from Florida Institute of Technology at Melbourn, FL. and a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle...

Apr 10, 2007

Mrs. Bragg was a homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. While living in Lester, she attended the Church of Christ at Lester. She had been a resident of Madisonville, Kentucky for the past 15 years. She was preceded in death by her first husband; Merrill Kelly, her second husband, Lacy Bragg; by a son, Larry Kelly and by a daughter, Fada...

Apr 8, 2007

Pauline was a retired school teacher having taught at Concord College for one semester, at Mark Twain High School for one hear and finished her teaching career at WWHS, having taught there for 35 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Beckley, and was a lifelong resident of Raleigh County. Pauline was preceded in death by six...

Mar 22, 2007

Mr. Brown was a retired coal miner having worked for New River Coal Company and Westmoreland Coal Company. He was a member of the Sprague Freewill Baptist Church and UMWA Local 5770, District 29. He was certified in mine rescue, accident prevention and first aid. Ernest wasa member of the Army National Guard from May 1933 to February 1936 and...

Mar 21, 2007

Mr. Crabtree was a verteran of the U.S Air Force where he earned a WW II Victory Medal having served in the Asiatic Pacific and American theatres. He was a member of the calloway Heights Baptist Church, a mason and member of the UMWA District 17. He was employed as a coal miner with the Eastern Associated Coal Company at...