Obituaries
Ilene Vivian Bleigh
Feb 24, 2017
Ilene Vivian Bleigh, 86 of Beckley, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017. Born February 14, 1931 in Dust Camp, WV she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Dorothy Pringle Rowh. Ilene was a clerk at Kroger and former co-owner of The Place in Rainelle. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church and volunteered at...
Geraldine Marie Sibray
Feb 23, 2017
Geraldine Marie Sibray, 82, of Beckley, W.Va., was taken to Heaven on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Born August 5, 1934, in Uniontown, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Ledvar and Sophia Irene (Farris) Staun. In 1958 she married James Lee Sibray, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and soon thereafter moved to Beckley. Mrs. Sibray was a lifelong community leader,...
Samuel Paul Rahall
Feb 23, 2017
Samuel Paul Rahal, 58, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017. Born February 17, 1959 in Beckley he was the son of the late George Rahal and Phyllis Jean Houchins Rahal of Beckley. Sam was a retired equipment operator for the WV Parkways Authority. He loved cars, his family, especially his grandbabies and his dogs. He never met a...
Doris Clemens Hall
Feb 23, 2017
Doris Clemens Hall, age 90, died on 23 February, 2017, at The Bowers House in Beckley West Virginia. Doris was born on 06 Aug 1926 and is survived by her son, George (Beno) Hall, of Rock Creek: her Grandsons, Joe Elswick, Sam Elswick, George Holtzapfel, Jim Blanton, Paul Blanton and several great grands and great, great grands. She is preceded...
Dorothy Jean Ayers
Feb 22, 2017
On Wednesday morning, February 22, 2017, Dorothy Jean Ayers went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dorothy came into this world on March 9, 1927, as Gina Galluccio, born to Italian immigrants, Dominick and Maria Galluccio, who came to America in search of a better life. She spent her early life living in the coal mining town...
Elmer A. Adkins
Feb 20, 2017
Elmer A. Adkins, 64, of Princewick went home to be with the Lord February 20, 2017. He was born August 16, 1952 in Beckley to the late Elmer L. and Opal Marlene Farley Adkins of Princewick. Elmer owned Adkins Body Shop for many years. He had hands of magic and a talent like no other. He worked at Coca Cola...
Cassandra Marie Meador
Feb 20, 2017
Cassandra Marie Meador, 29, of Prosperity passed away Monday, February 20, 2017. Born June 24, 1987 she was the daughter of Deborah Kay Dunkley and the late James Allen Dunkley. Cassandra was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she was an officer, the extra meeting coordinator and member of the Women’s Relief Society....
Larna Bartlett Cavendish
Feb 17, 2017
Larna (Bartlett) Cavendish, 94, of Beckley, died Feb. 17, 2017, in Chesterfield, Va. Larna was the oldest daughter of Aaron and Catherine Bartlett of Harrison County. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Lawrence Cavendish, her parents and five brothers, Les, Lawrence, Arnold (Babe), Mike and Carl. Larna is survived by her sisters, Bernice Schulz of...
Noel Rettas Walton
Feb 17, 2017
Noel Rettas Walton, 85, of Beckley passed awayat home surrounded by family, Friday, February 17, 2017. Born February 21, 1931on McKinney Ridge at Slab Fork, WV she was the daughter of the late Kermit and Hazel Martin Horton. Noel was a 1949 graduate of Trap Hill High School. She worked as a Black Lung Advocate for Raleigh County Community Action....
Randy Cecil Sweatte
Feb 17, 2017
Randy Cecil Sweatte, 57, of Beckley, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017. Born June 4, 1957 in Beckley he was the son of Gwendolyn Ward Sweatte Grant of Beckley and the late Nathaniel Sweatte. Randy was a telemarketer and car detailer. He was a Star trek fan and was a member of New Life Fellowship Church. In addition to his...
Ricky Lee Kiblinger
Feb 13, 2017
Ricky Lee Kiblinger, 57, of Crab Orchard, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017. Born March 9, 1959 in Beckley he was the son of the late Hazel Atlas “Bud” and Margaret Lucille Vaughn Kiblinger. Ricky was a former laborer and mechanic. He loved cars, hunting, fishing and playing pool. He is survived by his wife, Robin Renee Ferrell Kiblinger; daughters,...
Elliott Ira Deck
Feb 1, 2017
Elliott Ira Deck, 89, of Crab Orchard, passed away February 1, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House. Born October 31, 1927 in Crab Orchard he was the son of the late Ennis Ira and Rose Etta Belcher Deck. Elliott was a former collection agent for the Internal Revenue Service. He was a member of the Crab Orchard Baptist Church. Elliott enjoyed...
Leighton Caris Farley, Jr.
Jan 30, 2017
Leighton Caris Farley, Jr 80, of Midway, WV went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 30, 2017. Born on October 9, 1936 on Farley Hill in Winding Gulf, WV. He was the son of the late Leighton C. & Ethel Darnell Farley. Leighton was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Mae McGraw Farley and daughter, Pamela Darlene...
Lucille Frisbee Conelly
Jan 28, 2017
Lucille Frisbee Conelly, 97, of Charleston, formerly of Beckley, passed away peacefully at the Arthur B. Hodges Center on Saturday, January 28, following a short illness. She was born on December 21, 1919, in Asheville, NC, the daughter of the late Ellis Francis Frisbee and Annie Green Frisbee. Lucille was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Hubbard Conelly, her...
Charley Waitkus
Jan 22, 2017
Charley Waitkus, 81, of Crab Orchard passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Charleston. Born January 12, 1936 in Lester, WV he was the son of the late Frank and Mary Jarvis Waitkus and stepmother Merle Strickland Waitkus. Besides his parents, Charley was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Raymond Chesser. After graduating from Trap Hill High School Charley...
Vernon Dale Stover
Jan 19, 2017
Vernon Dale Stover, 84, formerly of Glen Daniel and The Villages of Greystone, died Thursday, January 19, 2017at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. Born August 2, 1932 in Stickney, WV, he was the son of the late James and Gertrude Scarbro Stover. Mr. Stover was a graduate of Marsh Fork High School. He served in the Air Force and worked for...
Ethel Irene Lambert
Jan 19, 2017
Ethel Irene Lambert, 96, of Oak Hill passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House. Born September 15, 1920 in Patrick County, VA, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Maude Goins Going. Ethel was a homemaker and a member of the Sophia Freewill Baptist Church. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, cooking and spending time with...
Harriet Ennis Hedy Teel
Jan 17, 2017
Harriet “Hedy” Ennis Teel, 77, of Beckley passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Born April 13, 1939 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Noel and Elsie Smith Ennis. Hedy was a retired school teacher for Raleigh County Schools with 26 years of service. She was a member of...
Kenneth Snuffer
Jan 7, 2017
Kenneth Snuffer was born to Dorr and Estell (Blevins) Snuffer on June 13, 1935 in Glen View, WV and later graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. Kenneth served in the U.S. Army at Ft. Gordon, GA. After the military he became a police officer and detective in Norfolk, VA. A new handpicked set of officers from across the state were...
Jerry Louise Shriver
Jan 4, 2017
Jerry Louise (O'Leary) Shriver , 69, of Beckley, WV died Wednesday, January 4, 2017. She was born February 5, 1947 in Muskogee, OK to Col. Robert Jeremiah and Lois Anne (Brandt) O'Leary of Las Cruces, NM. She was raised in an Army household living in many parts of the world including Japan, Germany and Turkey. She graduated from Radford College...
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