Obituaries
Ruby Cook Daraban
Feb 26, 2011
Ruby Cook Daraban, 84, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 after a short illness. Born December 10, 1926 in Glen Rogers, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alven Arnold and Bessie Brinegar Cook. Ruby was a retired head bookkeeper for Mosler Safe Co. and attended the Church of God. Besides her parents she was preceded in...
Rachel Imojean Perkins
Feb 25, 2011
Rachel Imojean Perkins, 78, of Glen View, WV, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House following a short illness. Born September 29, 1932 at Beeson, WV, she was the daughter of the late Vesper and Dorothy Bailey Shrewsbury. Rachel was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed quilting, cooking and canning, bird watching...
Herman H. Harvey, III
Feb 23, 2011
Herman H. Harvey III, 96 of Beckley left this earth and entered a new life on February 23, 2011, at Bowers Hospice House, after a short illness. Born January 13, 1915 in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of David H. and Chloe Farley Harvey. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Ruth Harvey Holding, Eula Harvey McKinney,...
Ernest Johnson Blevins
Feb 18, 2011
Ernest J. Blevins, 84, of Crab Orchard, died February 18, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House. Born March 12, 1926, in Hot Coal, WV, he was the son of the late Roby Blevins and Flora Fortner Blevins. He worked in maintenance/construction for Darrell Williams Builders. He was a life-time resident of West Virginia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Twyla Grace Harouff
Feb 18, 2011
Twyla Grace Harouff, 94, of Beckley, passed away on February 18, 2011 at McDowell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gary, WV. Born October 29, 1916, in Sunburst, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Huffman and Ethel Edmonia Harouff. During her life, Twyla was Secretary to Charles Neff, Board of Directors, WVU for 12 years, the Secretary at...
Linda Gay Midkiff
Feb 17, 2011
After a brave four month battle with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Linda is currently making footprints on heaven’s beaches. Linda Gay Midkiff, 59, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House. Born May 4, 1951, in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Cleo and Katherine Hagerman Haga. Linda was a member of St. Stephens...
Marie Sigmond
Feb 6, 2011
Marie (Sissy) Sigmond, 85, of Beckley, formerly of Kopperston, WV, passed away February 6, 2011, at 3:35 a.m. at the Bowers Hospice House after a long illness. Born January 23, 1926 in Giles, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Frances Messer Holbrook. Marie was a member of Cross Point Church of God in Beckley and...
Genevieve Easter Lehman
Feb 1, 2011
Genevieve Easter Lehman, 88, of Glen White, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at the Bowers Hospice House. Born April 16, 1922 in Lundale, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Lelia Honaker Nickell. Genevieve was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Raleigh Co. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry...
Richard Franklin Wiseman
Jan 19, 2011
Richard Franklin Wiseman, 55, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Born December 1, 1955 in Beckley he was the son of Peggy Burleigh Wiseman of Beckley and the late Richard Lane Wiseman. Richard was a retired truck driver and was also involved in construction and strip mining. Besides his mother he is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Elaine...
Joseph David Evans
Jan 18, 2011
Joseph David Evans, age 65, of Beckley, died at the Bowers Hospice House on January 18, 2011. He was the son of the late Joseph and Ruth Rakes Evans. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Lois Anita Evans, son, Joseph David Evans, II and his wife Alisa of Concord, NC and his two grandchildren, Lilly and Paul Evans....
Betty P. Lilly
Jan 16, 2011
Friend to all and stranger to none. Betty P. (Nana) Lilly, 78, of Beckley, was taken up peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, January 16, 2011. She was the daughter of the late I. Howard Phillips and Jessie Lee Oliver Phillips. Also preceding her in death were her brothers, Howard Lee Phillips and Thomas Earl Philips. She is survived by...
Nola T. McNicol
Jan 15, 2011
Nola T. McNicol, 79, of Lester, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011, in a local hospital. Born November 13, 1931, in Beckley WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas H. Trail and Mary Catherine Trail of Lester. Nola was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years Jack B. McNicol, her parents, and a brother, Nathan Preston...
Kwan Ho Lee
Jan 9, 2011
Dr. Kwan Ho Lee, 88, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Born September 17, 1922 in Seoul, Korea, he was the son of the late Kyo Sung Lee and Wan Yong Lee. Dr. Lee practiced in Beckley for many years prior to his retirement. He was a member of St. Francis deSales Catholic Church, Knights...
Francesco Paul Fulco
Jan 9, 2011
Francesco Paul Fulco, 84, of Beckley died peacefully in his sleep on January 9, 2011. He was a dedicated husband and family man. He was born in Enna, Sicily on April 9, 1926 to Luigi and Maria Verde Fulco where he began his woodworking art of cabinetry at a young age. He lived in Brazil, married and then came to...
Peggy Alice Cochran
Jan 7, 2011
Peggy Alice Cochran, 66, of Beckley, passed away Friday, January 7, 2011 in a Beckley hospital following a short illness. Born August 25, 1944 in Sumter, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Esther Ardis. Peggy was a former bookkeeper for Injection Services in Winston-Salem, NC and most recently was a tour guide at the Beckley Exhibition...
Ruth Hedrick Tully
Jan 5, 2011
Ruth Hedrick Tully of Beckley died peacefully in the hands of the Lord on January 5, 2011. She was a gracious, compassionate, and talented lady. The daughter of the late Grover C. and Ethel M. Hedrick, she was born, raised, and educated in Beckley. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley College, and West Virginia University. Ruth taught Biology...
Harry L. Snodgrass
Jan 4, 2011
Harry Lee Snodgrass, 69, of Arnett, WV, passed away January 4, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital. Born December 10, 1941, in Arnett, he was the son of Jessie James and Nellie Wills Snodgrass. Harry was a retired coal miner/electrician for Peabody Coal Company. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife Icie Mae (Clay) Snodgrass; two daughters,...
Mary Alice Rahall
Jan 2, 2011
Mary Alice Rahall, 78, of Daniels, WV, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2011 in a Boonsboro, MD nursing center following a short illness. Born on August 4, 1932 in Summerlee, WV, she was the daughter of the late Mike and Myrtle Leoma Morton Cafego. Mary was a retired bookkeeper, a member of St. Frances deSales Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters, and...
Michael John Smith
Dec 30, 2010
Michael John Smith, 56 of Beckley, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 after a long illness. He was born August 18, 1954 in Beckley, WV. He was preceded in death by his father, John Edgar Smith, his grandfather, Jason Shuck, brother-in-law, Roger Neal and sister-in-law Terri Smith. Those left to cherish his memory are his son, Danny Keith Smith, two grandsons,...
James L. Fink, Sr.
Dec 22, 2010
James Lewis Fink, Sr., 66, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at the Beckley Veterans Medical Center. Graveside rites and burial will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 10, 2011 at the Tom Lilly Cemetery at Ghent. There will be no visitation. On line condolences may be left at www.calfeefh.com Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Bekley.
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