Obituaries
LaVerna M. Mills
Jan 17, 2015
LaVerna Mae Mills, 88, died on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Glenwood Retirement Home in Princeton, WV. Born February 20, 1926 in Martins Ferry, OH she was the daughter of the late Raymond H. and Gladys Doughtery Wilson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by brothers, Robert “Shorty” Wilson and Thomas Edward Wilson and sisters, Betty...
Lloyd C. Wills
Jan 16, 2015
Lloyd C. Wills, 81, of Daniels, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015. Born August 27, 1933 at Blue Jay, WV, he was the son of the late Earl and Ruby Southall Wills. Lloyd was a retired surface mine equipment operator for Hobet Mining/Arch Coal. He was a member of the Beaver Baptist Church where he served as deacon. Lloyd served...
Jackie Lee Dempsey
Jan 15, 2015
Jackie Lee Dempsey, 68, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015. Born April 3, 1946 in Fayette County he was the son of Frances Shumaker Dempsey and the late Wallace Dempsey. Jack was owner of Jack Dempsey Painting. He started in the painting business with James R. Webb Contractors before starting his own company. Jack was a member of...
Erma Jean Thompson Ayers Allen
Jan 14, 2015
Erma Jean Thompson Ayers Allen 85, of Beckley, formerly of Glade Springs, Coal City and Epperly Hill was called to Heaven to be with her Lord on Wednesday, January 14 2015. She was carried away by her angels. Born at Stephenson, WV (Devil’s Fork) in Wyoming County August 3, 1929, she was the oldest daughter of the late Wesley and...
Betty Lee Brown
Jan 14, 2015
Betty Lee Brown, 88, of Elyria, OH, formerly of Glen Daniel, WV passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Born April 29, 1926 in Glen Daniel, WV, she was the daughter of the late James Corbett and Dorthy Faye Wahls Webb. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Austin C. Brown; brothers, James L. and...
Debbie Sue Williams
Jan 13, 2015
Debbie Sue Williams, 53, of Beckley passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House. Born January 7, 1962 in Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Theodore Carl and Ellen Mae Bruno Nelson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Stanley Nelson and a step-brother, Bobby Lee Nelson. Debbie was...
William H. Bill May
Jan 11, 2015
William “Bill” H. May, 68, of Lerona, WV passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown following a courageous battle with leukemia. Born March 10, 1946 in Camden, NJ he was the son of the late William Vincent and Lauretta Virginia Waddy May. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Howard Eugene...
Sarah Jane Sallie Word
Jan 7, 2015
Sarah Jane (Sallie) Powers Word passed away on January 7, 2015. Sallie was born in Beckley, West Virginia on September 8, 1928, the daughter of Matthias W. Powers and Hilda Brabban Powers. Sallie was preceded in death by her husband, James (Jim) W. Word Jr, her brother Matthew W. Powers, and her sister Hilda Powers Walters. She is survived by...
Ireland B. Trent
Jan 5, 2015
Ireland B. Trent, 82, of MacArthur, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015. Born March 25, 1932 in Iaeger, WV he was the son of the late Arthur and Myrtle Cline Trent. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his sister, Irene Marshall. Ireland was a coal miner having worked for Peabody Coal. He attended Sophia Freewill Baptist Church...
Aurora Grace Vaughn
Jan 4, 2015
Aurora Grace Vaughn, still born daughter of Timothy Aaron and Summer Ly Vaughn entered into a new life on Sunday, January 4, 2015. Private family committal services and burial were held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in the Athey Family Cemetery at Surveyor with Pastor Dean Adams officiating. On line condolences may be left at www.calfeefh.com. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral...
Paul Stewart Williams
Jan 4, 2015
Paul Stuart Williams, 70, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House. Born December 13, 1944 in Beckley he was the son of Wanda Mae Hewlett Williams Hughes of Beckley and the late James Alva Williams. Paul moved to Boston in the 1970s and later to New York where he studied under some of the most...
Susan Chandler
Jan 4, 2015
Susan F. Chandler, 60, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015. There will be no service or visitation..
Shirley Pearl Carter
Jan 2, 2015
Shirley Pearl Carter, 78, of Shady Spring, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, January 2, 2015. Born April 10, 1936 in Raleigh County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Elva Rorer Phipps. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, William “Billy” Carter; sister, Mary Jane Gilkerson; brother, Dallas Phipps and many nieces and...
Jessie Stover
Dec 31, 2014
Jessie Marie Stover, 100, of Prosperity, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Born March 29, 1914 in Rock House, WV she was the daughter of the late Josephus and Bessie Carter Jarrell. Besides her parents Jessie was preceded in death by her husband Freeman Stover; son, Larry Stover; sisters, Juanita Hendricks, Beatrice Vanoy and Flora Dillard and brothers Ervin...
Louise Goldie Ivan
Dec 21, 2014
Louise Goldie Ivan, 98 of Beckley passed away Sunday December 21, 2014 at the Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born in Princeton, West Virginia on December 18, 1916, she was a daughter to Alonzo G. and Emma Ramey Hearn and granddaughter to Hon. James Hearn and Esther Catherine Deweese. She had been a resident of Beckley since 1943....
Peggy Daniel Elkin Hughes
Dec 17, 2014
Peggy Daniel Elkin Hughes, 83, of Beckley, passed away on Wednesday, December, 17, 2014 at Bowers Hospice House. Born April 12, 1931 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Louis Jackson and Nancy Maude Walker Daniel. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Tom Elkin; her second husband, Ronnie Ray Hughes;...
Charlotte Mae Birchfield Davis
Dec 16, 2014
Charlotte Mae Birchfield Davis, 91, of Winston-Salem, NC, formerly of Lester, passed away Tuesday December 16, 2014. Born May 1, 1923 to Stephen E & Eliza McKinney Birchfield. The sixth of seven children. She leaves to mourn 4 children: her oldest daughter, Ms Jan Fuqua, Winston-Salem, NC; daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Smith, Winston-Salem, NC, Son, Jerry Richardson (Aleta) Rock Island TN;...
Douglas W. Adams
Dec 14, 2014
Douglas Willard Adams, 61, of Beaver, entered into eternal rest at Bowers Hospice House in Prosperity, WV on December 14, 2014. Doug was born to the late Wilburn and Julia Adams on March 12, 1953 in Logan County, WV. He was married to his lifelong sweetheart, Hope Johnson on April 30, 1983, in Holden, WV by Brother Roy Phillips. Those...
Shirley Arnold Gray
Dec 7, 2014
Shirley Arnold Gray, 77, of Beckley, WV passed away Sunday December 7, 2014 at Select Hospital in Charleston, WV following a short illness. Born September 22, 1937 in Slab Fork, he was the son of the late Lacy and Goldie Gray. In addition to his parents he was preceded by his brothers Herbert, Henry and James (Jim) and sisters Glida,...
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