Obituaries
Barbara Ann Booker
Feb 19, 2012
Barbara Ann Francis Booker, 71, of Beckley, passed away at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born January 19, 1941 at Slab Fork, WV, she was the daughter of Charles Francis and the late Dorothy Winston Francis. Barbara was a member of the United Apostolic Faith Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Francis, Jr. and...
Nancy Jean Rickards
Feb 19, 2012
Nancy Jean Rickards, 66, of Oak Hill, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House. Graveside services and burial will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Palm Memorial Gardens in Matheny, WV. . Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley.
Nancy Carolyn Brierley
Feb 16, 2012
On February 16, 2012 at 7:10 p.m. at Bowers Hospice House, Nancy Carolyn Buckland Brierley won her battle with cancer and Alzheimer’s as she entered into heaven to be with her Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Born march 29, 1934 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the Carl and Lucille Finch Buckland. She was a 1952 graduate of Woodrow...
Anthony Sokola
Feb 15, 2012
Anthony Sokola, 80, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in the Beckley VA Medical Center. Born December 28, 1931 at Sun, WV, he was the son of the late Andrew Stephen and Hattie Teresa Musial Sokola. Anthony was a retired mechanic having last worked for Lewis Terminal Garage. He was a member of Price Hill Freewill Baptist Church...
Arthur Henson Dunlap
Feb 14, 2012
Arthur Henson Dunlap, 87, of Crab Orchard, passed away, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at his residence surrounded by his family. Born July 19, 1924 at Train, WV, he was the son of the late Percy E. and Amy Pricilla Pauley Dunlap. Henson was a retired railway mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. He was a member of the...
David Allen Daniel
Jan 26, 2012
David Allen Daniel, 57, of Glen Daniel, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born January 22, 1955 in Saxon, WV, he was the son of the late Winford and Anna Belle Moore Daniel. David was a former coal miner having worked for Kopperston Coal. He was an avid gardener and outdoorsman. He enjoyed spending time...
Ernest Lee Green
Jan 19, 2012
Ernest Lee Green, 62, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 at his residence. Born April 4, 1949 in Wyoming County, he was the son of the late Charles and Zelva Blankenship Roach. Ernest was a retired coal miner for Beckley Coal Co. He was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Glen Daniel and the UMWA. He enjoyed...
Rita Sue Bowling Tennant
Jan 17, 2012
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. Reta Sue Bowling Tennant of Parkersburg, WV,...
Marsha Ann Walters
Jan 13, 2012
Marsha Walters, 35, of Midway, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012. Born November 28, 1976 in Beckley, she was the daughter of Nollie Hatfield and the late Ronald Atvill Hatfield. Marsha was an LPN at Raleigh General Hospital. Survivors include her two daughters, Brooklyn Walters and Kayden Brown of Midway; two sisters, Teresa Adkins of Saulsville and Toni Gibson of...
Marguerite Word St. Clair
Jan 10, 2012
Marguerite Word St Clair went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 10, 2011. Marguerite was born in Winding Gulf, West Virginia on April 18, 1920. She was the daughter of James Walker Word and Dora Tolley Word. Marguerite was raised on Oakwood Avenue in Beckley, West Virginia. She was a graduate of Beckley College, Marshall University and Florida...
Glen Dale Tabor, Sr.
Jan 10, 2012
Glen Dale Tabor, Sr., 88, of Naoma, passed away Tuesday at Bowers Hospice House after a long illness. Born April 15, 1923 at Saxon, WV, he was the son of the late C.W. and Arizona Massey Tabor. Glen was the owner/operator of the former Tabor Supermarket. He was a member of Masonic Lodge # 62 in Whitesville, member of the...
Mildred Kathleen Cox
Jan 9, 2012
Psalm 116:15 “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.” Mildred Kathleen Cox, 86, of Beckley, passed away Monday, January 9, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House. Born April 14, 1925 at Lillybrook, WV, she was the daughter of the late James and Lois Griffith Whitely. Mildred was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where she...
Arless Ward Cozart
Jan 8, 2012
Arless Ward Cozart, 90, of Fairdale, WV, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House. Born April 21, 1921 at Tipple, WV, he was the son of the late Robert T. and Sarah Evelyn Poke Cozart. Arless was a former coal miner retiring from Slab Fork Coal Co. He had been a member of the Akers Baptist Church...
Robert J. Williams
Jan 7, 2012
Robert J. Williams, 82, of Beckley, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Raleigh General Hospital after a short illness. Born October 2, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, he was the son of the late William G. and Margaret Smith Williams. He was a resident of Beckley since 1970. Mr. Williams was a retired Senior Master Sergeant (USAF) with over 23 years...
Ina Lucille Maples
Jan 2, 2012
Ina Lucille Eye Maples, 85, of Beckley, passed away Monday, January 2, 2012 at a local hospital following a short illness. Born August 11, 1926 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Gertrude Richmond Eye. Ina was a former secretary for the president of the Raleigh County National Bank and secretary at the John W....
Robert Ronald Sexton
Jan 2, 2012
Robert Ronald “Red” Sexton, 65, of Marion, VA, passed away at his residence. Monday, January 2, 2012. He was born in Fireco, WV to the late Stanley Edward and Dora Marie Adkins Sexton. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ginger Marie Johnson of Chatsworth, GA, a brother, Roy Lee Sexton, a niece as he called her Robin “Bird”...
Robert Joe Keaton
Dec 30, 2011
Robert Joe (Bob) Keaton, 88 and a longtime resident of Beckley, passed away peacefully surrounded by members of his loving family on December 30, 2011, at The Oaks of Brevard in Brevard, NC. He had resided there since December 2010 because of declining health. Born Robert Roscoe Meador on July 18, 1923, to George Meador and Ollie (Pack) Meador in...
Mary Lee Frazier
Dec 30, 2011
Mary Lee Frazier, 84, of Beckley passed away Friday, December 30, 2011 following a long illness. Born May 2, 1927 in Huntington, she was the daughter of the late Mott and Opal Blake. Mary was an avid bowler for over 50 years. She was a member of the senior bowling league at Leisure Lanes and volunteered at Helping Hands Community...
Sally Jean Wilson
Dec 28, 2011
Sally Jean Wilson, 45, of Mt. Hope, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at a local hospital following a long illness. Born November 11, 1966 in Mullens, WV, she was the daughter of Ida Fae Graham and the late Arlie Jean Wilson. Sally was a loving mother and grandmother who cherished her time spent with family and friends. In addition...
Donald Edward Neil
Dec 20, 2011
Dr. Donald Edward Neil, 85, of Beckley, died early Tuesday morning, December 20, 2011. Born April 8, 1926 in Gratiot Co., Michigan, he was the son of the late Wilbert L. and Julia Morse Neil. Following his high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S Army Air Corps and served in Germany during World War II. Following the war, Neil...
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