Obituaries
Michael John Birchfield
May 21, 2011
Michael John Birchfield, 55 of Stevensville, MD, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at the Lester First Church of God with Pastor Dale Birchfield officiating. Burial will follow in the Birchfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to service on Wednesday. Arrangements by Calfee...
Evelene June Gentry McMillion
May 19, 2011
Evelene June Gentry McMillion, 80, of Raleigh, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born June 8, 1930 at Matewan, WV, she was the daughter of the late John and Louise Carter Meredith. Evelene attended the Family Worship Center and had been a resident of Raleigh Co. for the past 37 years. Survivors...
Louise Malinowski
May 16, 2011
Louise Malinowski, 90, passed away May 16, 2011 in Jacksonville, FL following an extended illness. She was a resident of Beckley, WV for 28 years and was a member of St. Francis deSales Catholic Church and choir. Louise was born June 18, 1920 in Dubois, PA and her family moved to Chicago, IL when she was a child. In Chicago,...
Timothy Ray Hatfield
May 12, 2011
Timothy Ray Hatfield, 34, of Stanaford, woke up in the arms of Jesus on May 12, 2011 after a long illness. Born December 21, 1976 in Beckley, WV he was the son of Hibbard Ray and Elizabeth Darlene Morgan Hatfield. His grandparents, James and Cora Hatfield and Sonny and Tessie Morgan preceded him in death. In addition to his parents,...
Larry Adrian Cruise
May 7, 2011
Larry Adrian Cruise, 62, of Baltimore, MD, formerly of Coal City, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011 in a Baltimore hospital following a long illness. Born December 11, 1948 in Welch, WV, he was the son of Rita Massey Cruise of Coal City and the late Obie Cruise. Larry formerly owned and operated a flower shop in Coal City and...
Thomas Alan Williams
May 1, 2011
Thomas Alan Williams, 49, of Beckley passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 at his residence following a short illness. Born August 17, 1961 in Beckley, he was the son of Samuel and Kathleen Crouch Williams of Beckley. Thomas was a self employed musician. Besides his parents he is survived by four sons, Jeremy Williams of Beckley, Thomas J. Williams and...
Margarete Smith
Apr 30, 2011
Margarete Smith, 86, of Mabscott, passed away at her home following a long illness. Born October 19, 1925 in Wiesbaden, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Emil Schaper and Auguste Fiedler Schaper. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ray Smith, and by a daughter, Judy Ruth Blankenship. She is survived by one son, Danny...
Patricia Louise Furrow
Apr 21, 2011
Patricia Louise Furrow, 34, of Beaver, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011, at a local hospital. Born July 28, 1976, in Beckley, she was the daughter Dolly Goode Ward and the late Sidney Ward. Patricia was a substitute teacher’s aide for the Raleigh County School System. She was a member of the Crow Missionary Baptist Church and enjoyed spending time...
Jack Edward Standifur
Apr 14, 2011
Jack Edward Standifur was born in Robinette,WV on March 6, 1937. He was the son of the late Zack and Mabel Standifur. Jack grew up on Buffalo Creek and was a 1955 graduate of Man High School. He worked various jobs to put himself through school and in 1960 graduated from Concord College with a Bachelor of Science degree in...
Linda Lou Miser
Mar 31, 2011
Linda Lou Miser, 63, of Mabscott, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 at her residence following a long illness. Born August 26, 1947 at Marsh Fork, WV, she was the daughter of the late William and Minnie Belle Phipps Miser. Linda loved to attend church, sing, color and bowling. She was a member of the Church of God and a...
Vernice Maxine Lilly
Mar 30, 2011
Vernice Maxine Lilly Vernice Maxine Cole Calfee Lilly, 84, of Beckley, left this life Wednesday, March 30, 2011. She died peacefully at Bowers Hospice House. Maxine was born Nov. 23, 1926, in Pemberton, West Virginia, to Julia Elizabeth Young Baugess Cole and John Kelly Cole. She had been a lifelong resident of Raleigh County, with the exception of the last...
Henry L. Stump, Jr.
Mar 22, 2011
Henry L. Stump, Jr., 85, of Beckley, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in a Beckley hospital following a short illness. Born August 22, 1925 in Fitzpatrick WV, he was the son of the late Henry Lee Stump, Sr. and Mary Stump. He was retired from the US Postal Service where he worked as a clerk. He served in the...
Chloie Marie Falin Thomas
Mar 18, 2011
Chloie Marie Falin Thomas, 84, of Princeton, passed through the gates into Heaven on Friday, March 18, 2011. Born June 29, 1926 in Bishop, VA, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Virginia Pearl Smith Falin. Chloie was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. Besides her parents she was preceded in...
Clifford Brown
Mar 16, 2011
Clifford Lee Brown, 69, of Surveyor, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at home following a long illness. Born June 3, 1941 at Glen Fork, WV, he was the son of the late Elbert Lee and Mary Rosalee Chrystal Reed Brown. Clifford was a former lineman for General Motors in Baltimore, MD. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a...
Hazel G. Snuffer
Mar 14, 2011
On March 14, 2011, once more walking in her husband Edward’s footprints, she succumbed only 4 days following his death. We believe it truly was from a “broken heart”. She was married 71 years to her soul mate, Herbert Edward Snuffer. Born May5, 1920 at Chilhowie, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Grover Ferguson and Mary E....
Mildred Louise Pittman
Mar 11, 2011
Mildred Louise Pittman of Glen View, WV, finished her course on March 11, 2011, at the age of 92. Born July 1, 1918 in Eccles, WV, the daughter of the late Frank Day and Susie Day Spence. She was greeted by those family and friends who had preceded her, husband Alvin Pittman; her sisters, Sally Hanson, Nora Hayes, Margaret Murphy;...
Juanita Martin Ford
Mar 9, 2011
Juanita Martin Ford, 94, of Shady Spring passed away March 9, 2011 at the Bowers Hospice House. Born June 3, 1916 in Abney WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin and Delilah Lavenia Lilly Martin. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of the community. Juanita was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shady Spring...
Herbert Edward Snuffer
Mar 9, 2011
Herbert Edward Snuffer, 90, of Beckley, entered into a new life on March 9, 2011, at his home in the loving care of his bride of 71 years Hazel Ferguson whom he married in October 1939. Born January 19, 1921 in Bolt, WV, he was the eldest son of the late Herbert Cyrus Snuffer and Elsie Jane Shrewsbury Snuffer. Edward...
George Gail webb
Mar 3, 2011
George Gail Webb, 62, of Beckley, passed away at the Beckley Veterans Area Medical Center, Thursday, March 3, 2011. Born November 20, 1948 in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Virgil George and Doris Holmes Webb. George was retired from the U.S. Navy serving 13 years including two tours in Vietnam. He was a former member of...
Russell Lee Floyd
Mar 2, 2011
Russell Lee Floyd, 89, of Beckley went to be with his Lord on March 2, 2011 at the Hospice House in Cranberry surrounded by his family and special caregivers. He fought a courageous battle with COPD and remained strong in his faith throughout the illness. Born May 11, 1921 at Holleytown, he was the son of the late Eugene and...
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