Obituaries
Jack Edward Patton
Oct 22, 2016
Jack Edward Patton 80, of Patton Farms, Eccles, WV passed away October 22nd 2016. He was born July 28, 1936, the son of the late Walter and Thelma Cooper Patton. Jack grew up on the Patton Dairy Farm and attended Eccles and Trap Hill schools. He was a member of the 1952 Trap Hill Wildcat basketball team and was president...
Sharon A. Meador
Oct 20, 2016
Sharon Albertine Meador, 66, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016. Born June 2, 1950 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Basil and Albertine Harvey Meador. Sharon was a teacher for the Raleigh County Board of Education. She was a 1968 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and a proud graduate of Marshall University. She was...
George Randolph Randy Long
Oct 13, 2016
George Randolph “Randy” Long, 73, of Austin, TX, formerly of Beckley, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2016. Born January 1, 1943 in Beckley he was the son of the late Robert Leslie and Frances Keith Young Long. Randy was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Marshall University. He was a retired computer programmer for the Department of Veterans...
Tommy Earl Ellis
Oct 9, 2016
Tommy Earl Ellis, 89, of Sophia, died Sunday, October 9, 2016. Born April 8, 1927 in Mullens, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Smith and Ida Mary Johnson Ellis. Tommy was a retired coal miner for Eastern Associated Coal. He liked to stay busy. His hobbies included trading and working on cars. He was a member of...
Charles Frederick Hudson
Oct 7, 2016
Charles F. Hudson, 88, of Piney View, went into eternity Friday, October 7, 2016. Born February 5, 1928 in Blacksburg, VA, he was the son of the late Robert and Esthal McGraw Hudson. In addition to his parents, Charles was preceded in death by his brothers, James and Robert Hudson and sister, Lillian Hudson White. Mr. Hudson was a graduate...
Elsie Marie Weese
Sep 27, 2016
Elsie Marie “Bush” Weese, 87, of Midway, WV, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at her residence. Born November 28, 1928 in Tanner, WV, she was the daughter of the late Ernest L. and Hester Viola Bush. In addition to her parents, Marie was preceded in death by her brothers, David, Ernest, Jr., Charles and Porter and a sister, Marjorie...
Frances Sarrett
Sep 23, 2016
Frances Jeanette Sarrett, 83, of Arnett, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House. Born January 14, 1933 in Montcoal she was the daughter of the late Freeland and Virgie Pettry Webb. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Eddie Webb and an infant child. Frances was a homemaker and took great...
Maxine J. Shaffer
Sep 22, 2016
Maxine Shaffer, 75, of Beckley, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, September 22, 2016. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother (Nannie) and great grandmother and will truly be missed by all. Born June 26, 1941 in Beaver, WV, she was the daughter of the late Maxwell L. and Josie Massie Allen. In addition to her parents she...
Ruth Ella Mooney Thomas
Sep 15, 2016
Ruth Ella Mooney Thomas formerly of Beckley, passed away on September 15, 2016, at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston with her daughters by her side. Ruth was born on April 2, 1927 in McAlpin, Raleigh County West Virginia, to the late Zora Thompson Mooney and William Gillison (Gip) Mooney. She was the youngest of 7 siblings and often shared fond...
James Stephens Kessler
Sep 13, 2016
James Stephens Kessler, 61, of Beckley passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016. Born February 10, 1955 in Beckley, he was the son of the late Thomas Arnold Kessler, Jr. and Shirley Pauline Stephens Kessler. James was a retired small business owner. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed hunting and golfing. He was a member of the Moose and Trout...
Evert Ray Mills, Sr.
Sep 11, 2016
Evert Ray Mills, Sr., 91, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House. Born September 7, 1925 in Carrollton, OH, he was the son of the late George Oscar and Lulu Koeber Mills. Evert worked in the accounting department of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel in Steubenville, OH. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Martin’s Ferry,...
Jackson Wyatt Grubb
Sep 10, 2016
Jackson Wyatt Grubb, 9, of Sophia passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016. He was born January 18, 2007 in Beckley. Jackson was affectionately known by his family and close friends as “Action Jackson”. He was a student at Sophia Soak Creek Elementary School and played basketball for the Hawks and a member of the Sophia First Baptist Church where he...
Dorothy Marie Cole Tankersley
Sep 10, 2016
Dorothy Marie Cole Tankersley, 89, of Coal City, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House. Born May 29, 1927 at Coal City, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Alice May Canaday Cole. Dorothy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She was a member of the Methodist church and attended Coal City Community...
Mary Elizabeth Avis
Sep 8, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Avis, formerly of Beckley, died on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Delmar Garden’s Nursing Home in St. Louis, MO. Born in Mann, WV on April 10, 1913, she was the daughter of Cecil H. Perry and Nancy Wooten Perry. She graduated from Mann High School and received a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University. Mary Elizabeth taught math...
Mary Ann Savino
Sep 5, 2016
Mary Ann Savino, 66, of Beckley, passed away Monday, September 5, 2016. She was born May 21, 1950 in Montgomery, WV. Mary was a homemaker and a member of the Mabscott Christian Baptist Church. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Steve J. Savino; son, Joe Savino and wife Brooke of...
Chester Cleveland Snuffer
Sep 4, 2016
Chester Cleveland Snuffer, 61, of Crab Orchard, formerly of Premier went home to be with the Lord on Sunday Sept. 4, 2016 following a short illness. Born March 21, 1955, at Welch he was the son of the late Iverson Snuffer and Edith 'StClair' Snuffer. Mr. Snuffer was a disabled Army veteran and former paratrooper. He was preceded in death...
Louise Corey
Sep 1, 2016
Though she lived in Ohio with her sister-in-law and nieces and nephews for the last ten years her heart remained in West Virginia. Louise Corey, 91, came home to take her last breaths of West Virginia air at Bowers Hospice House with her nieces and nephew and special friend at her side on September 1, 2016. Born December 18, 1924...
Lisa Carrie Kenneda
Aug 24, 2016
Lisa Carrie Fournier Kenneda 43, received her wings on Wed. August 24, 2016 at her home in Glen Rogers, WV. Lisa was born May 28, 1973, she was a breast cancer survivor and passed on due to a rare bone cancer. She shared her home with her husband (childhood sweetheart) of 24 years. They were blessed with 2 wonderful children....
Helen Delores Petitt
Aug 22, 2016
Helen Delores Mills Petitt, 80, of Fayetteville, WV, went to meet her Lord and Savior on Monday, August 22, 2016. Born August 16, 1939 in Pemberton, WV, she was the son of the late Oliver and Erma Mills of MacArthur. Helen retired from the Raleigh County Board of Education and had devoted 25 years as a first grade teacher at...
Wanda Ora Elkin
Aug 18, 2016
“Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.” Luke 1:45 Wanda Ora Lewis Elkin, age 93, of Beckley, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Bowers Hospice House, surrounded by her children. Born on October 9, 1922, in Summers County, she was the daughter of...
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