Obituaries
Janet Pauline Gunnoe
Apr 4, 2021
Janet Pauline Gunnoe, 90 of Beckley passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021. Born December 11, 1930 in Petersburg, Wv, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Virginia Digman Lewis. Pauline was a former legal secretary for Meadows, Crews, Hoover and Truman. She was a member of the Beckley First Baptist Church and Deborah Rebekah Lodge. She enjoyed reading,...
Everette Matthew Acord
Apr 4, 2021
Everette Matthew (Matt) Acord, age 61 of Slab Fork, passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021. He was born to the late Evert and Geneva Acord of Slap Fork on March 26, 1960. He served in the United States Army as a member of the Airborne. He worked as a caregiver. Matt was preceded in death by a sister Kathy...
Arnold Mounts
Apr 2, 2021
Arnold Mounts, 83 of Lester, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021. Born August 4, 1937 in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Mitch Mounts, Jr and Leatha McClanahan Mounts. Arnold was a retired coal miner. He was a faithful, active member and trustee of the Lester Baptist Church for 43 years. In addition to his parents,...
Patricia Lenora Goss
Mar 30, 2021
Patricia Lenora Goss, 80, of Beckley passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Born December 6, 1940 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Montague Albert and Violet Mae Stump. Patricia was a graduate of Bluefield State College. She was a Registered Nurse retiring from Beckley Hospital. She is survived by her husband, James David Goss; children, Sara Morris...
Anna Rae Lester
Mar 28, 2021
Anna Rae Lester, 76, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2021. Born January 2, 1945 in Iaeger, WV, she was the daughter of the late Gid and Molly Matney Bailey. Anna was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Robert, Vernie, Elzie, Edward; sisters, Alice, Maggie and Pauline. Anna is survived by...
Almeda Frances Mallamas
Mar 28, 2021
Almeda Frances Karnes Mallamas, age 95, of Beckley, WV passed away on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at the home of her son, Paul Mallamas. A lifelong resident of Beckley, born September 7, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Hobert Karnes and Pearl Karnes Pilkington. Almeda was a dedicated mother and homemaker. She was an avid reader and loved...
Margaret Mary Staton
Mar 28, 2021
Margaret Mary Staton, 84, of Beckley passe away Sunday, March 28, 2021. Born August 13, 1936 in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Mike and Margaret Mack Kujbus. Margaret was a retired Registered Nurse having worked at Beckley Hospital and Pinecrest Hospital. She was a member of St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church and Beckley Moose Lodge....
Glenna Sue Priddy
Mar 25, 2021
Glenna Sue Meadows Priddy, 74 years old, passed away on March 25, 2021. She was born December 27, 1946 in Beckley, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Virgil Woodrow Meadows and Eileen Margherita Thurmond Meadows. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Max Edward Priddy of Crab Orchard, West Virginia; daughter Lisa Priddy Dykes (Keith Alan Dykes)...
Michael Bryan Lockhart
Mar 23, 2021
Michael "Mike” Bryan Lockhart formerly of Gassaway WV, died peacefully at his home in Beckley WV on March 23, 2021. Mike is survived by his loving mother, Nellie King Lockhart and stepmother Wilma Fox Lockhart, both of Gassaway; his son Michael Bryan Lockhart, Jr. and wife Danielle of Summersville, WV; sister, Pamela Lockhart Shrader and husband Rev. Mark Shrader of...
Teresa Ann Buchanan
Mar 23, 2021
Teresa Ann Buchanan, 58, of Beckley passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Born April 6, 1962 in Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Arnella Osborne Maynor. Teresa was a former supervisor at Ollie’s. She loved to read. She is survived by her husband, Flint; daughters, Stacie Whitt and husband Bruce of Charleston, SC and Kayla...
Larry Bruce Raines
Mar 21, 2021
Larry Bruce Raines, 77, of Beckley passed away at the Bowers Hospice House on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Born October 1, 1943 in Montcalm, WV, he was the son of the late Arthur Lee and Mabel White Raines. Larry was a former assistant Vice President, retiring from First Community Bank and Chase Bank. He was a U.S. Army veteran of...
John Charles Hightower
Mar 14, 2021
John Charles Hightower 70, born September 23,1950 of Stanaford WV. His passing followed a sudden illness. He was preceded in death of his father Dorsey Hightower, mother Genieve Hightower, a sister Barbara Hightower, and a brother-in-law Kenneth Browning. He leaves behind a sister Dorothy Browning. John was a U.S. Army veteran. Graduated from Woodrow Wilson. He spent his whole life...
Bernard Joseph Menghetti
Mar 13, 2021
Bernard Joseph Menghetti, 85, passed on March 13, 2021. He was born February 26, 1936 in Rhodell, West Virginia to the late Joe and Julia (Garnett) and referred to himself as “Mr. Menghetti’s little boy, Bernie”. He met many of his lifelong friends at Woodrow Wilson High School where he was a football three- year letterman. He was honored to...
Josephine Elizabeth Pachuta
Mar 7, 2021
Josephine Elizabeth (Peelish) Pachuta 1931-2021 In the early morning hours Sunday, March 7, 2021 our beloved Mother and Momaw left her earthly body and joined her husband Gazie to rest in Eternal Paradise. Josephine Elizabeth (Peelish) Pachuta was born July 14, 1931 in Raleigh, West Virginia to John and Paulina (Jasicniewska) Peelish. Josephine grew up in Raleigh, one of eleven...
Gary Dale George
Feb 27, 2021
Gary Dale George, 68, of Crab Orchard, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2021. Born September 27, 1952 in Terry, WV, he was the son of the late Clarence Junior and Eula Jordan. Besides his parents Gary is preceded in death by his brother, Clarence Jordan, Jr. and sisters, Karen Mullins, Barbara Davis and Betty Gillum. Gary was a retired coal...
Larry Paul Ward, Jr.
Feb 25, 2021
Larry Paul Ward, Jr., 42, of Mabscott passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021. Born June 28, 1978 in Beckley, he was the son of Larry and Debra Smith Ward. Larry was a former concrete finisher for PCM and last worker as a window installer for Window World. He attended the Maynor Freewill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by...
Latha Fay Pettrey
Feb 24, 2021
Latha Fay Pettrey, 82, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Born April 15, 1938, in Crab Orchard, she was the daughter of the late James Preston and Nancy Ann Meadows. Besides her parents, Fay was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald E. Pettrey Sr.; brothers, Page, Lacy, Emerson, Tom and Frank Meadows; sister, Maxine Henline; and son-in-law,...
Wanda Lucille Summers
Feb 23, 2021
Wanda Lucille Oakley Summers, 91, of Beckley, passed away at the home of her daughter, Sarah, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Born December 24, 1929 in Cumberland, KY, she was the daughter of the late Virgil Hayes Oakley and Ethel Browning Oakley. Wanda moved to Beckley in 2007 after living in Kopperston, WV for more than 40 years. She was...
Thomas L. "Tommy" Puckett
Feb 22, 2021
Thomas (Tommy) L. Puckett, 75 of Sophia, Wv went to be with his Lord and savior on February 22, 2021 after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family and friends. Tommy was born April 7, 1945 to the late Thomas L. Puckett, Sr. and Betty Smith Puckett in Stotesbury, WV. Tommy was a 1963...
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