Obituaries
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...
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...
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