Obituaries
Erma Virtue Lawson
Mar 10, 2008
Born July 10, 1908 at Maple Fork, Erma was the daughter of the late Dennie Edwin and Melissa Agnes Painter Davis. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Beckley and had been a resident of Bethesda for the past twenty years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Lawson
Robert Scott Sprague
Mar 8, 2008
Born June 11, 1963 in Parkersburg, WV, Robert was the son of Donald and Wanda Loudermilt Sprague. Robert was a disable farmer. He attended the Calloway Heights Baptist Church and had been a resident of Raleigh County for the past three years.
Noah Salango
Mar 7, 2008
Noah was born in Beckley, July 21, 1924 to the late Vito and Carmela Giradi Salango. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Cindy, brothers Tony and James and by sisters Pauline Severino and Carrie DeLuca. Noah served in the US Navy and US Air Force. In his younger days he was an avid boxer...
Samuel Poff Vest
Mar 6, 2008
Sam was born February 1, 1945 in Beckley, the son of the late Archie Allen and Mary Vest Gill. He was a former superintendent for the Lillian James Center. Sam was well liked by many. He was always quick with a humorous response. He was a personal caretaker for immediate family members for a span of 25 years. Sam loved...
Mabel Browning
Mar 5, 2008
Mrs. Browning was a mother and homemaker. She was of the Methodist faith.
Ronald Dale McGrady
Mar 3, 2008
Dale was the son of the late Avery and Zelma East McGrady of Lester, WV. He was employed by Vecellio & Grogan, Inc. for 49 years. He began as a laborer, then heavy equipment operator and then working his way to superintendent. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, spending time with his family and was a faithful member of the Bolt Church...
Russel R. Withrow
Mar 1, 2008
Russel was born November 3, 1921 at Keith, WV, the was the son of the late Lon Willis and Blanche Henrietta King Withrow. He retired from the Signs and Lines Department of the New Jersey State Highway Department in 1984. He was on the Board of Directors of the Raleigh County Commission on Aging, a member of the Silver Hair...
Price H. Calfee, Jr.
Feb 29, 2008
Born November 7, 1918 in Beckley, he was the son of the late Price H. And Helen Tompkins Calfee. He was a third generation funeral director owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home, a firm his grandfather started in 1900. He graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1935, Beckley College in 1937 and the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1938....
Santa Thompson
Feb 12, 2008
Santa passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008 in a local hospital following a short illness. Born August 21, 1923 at Wickham, WV, she was the daughter of the late John and Nancy Nucita Abbott. Santa was a homemaker and a member of St. Francis deSales Catholic Church. She was a life long resident of Raleigh County. She was preceded in...
Earl V. Pittman
Feb 8, 2008
Earl was graduate of Shady Spring High School and Beckley College. He was a mechanic for the West Virginia State Police, Beckley Detachment. He was a U.S. Army veteran of W.W. II and a member of the Air National Guard. Earl was a member of the Grace Gospel Church at Beaver, WV.
Beatrice Marie Scott
Feb 1, 2008
Born February 14, 1916 at Eccles, she was the daughter of the late H.A. and Bessie M. Hylton Holt. Marie was the owner/operator of the former Scott's Grocery in Mabscott. She was a member of the Women of the Moose and had been a resident of Mabscott since 1920. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jennings Scott, sisters;...
Bobby Milo Phillips
Jan 11, 2008
Born at Coal City, December 31, 1932, he was the son of the late Clinton and Clara Jervis Phillips of Daniels. He was a 1951 graduate of Stoco High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force 82 nd Air Borne Division during the Korean Conflict. He lived most of his life in Lake Charles, LA. He was of the...
Vonnie Evelyn Kauff
Jan 9, 2008
Mrs. Kauff was born February 8, 1918 at Grandview to the late Gordon L. and Artha Lee Massie Conner. She was a homemaker, a member of the Grandview Christian Church and had been a lifelong resident of Raleigh County. She was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Kauff, her son, John L. Kauff, Jr., son-in-law, Larry Lemon and...
Mildred Evelyn Grimmett
Dec 19, 2007
Mildred moved to WV at a young age where she lived until relocating to Hickory, NC, and later to lake Wales, FL. In August 2006 country roads lead her home to WV once again where she made her home at Greystone. A devoted mother and homemaker, she will be greatly missed by both family and friends. She was a long...
Lawrence Cavendish
Dec 10, 2007
Larry was a veteran of WWII and a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. He was the last surviving of ten children of Walter S. and Nettie Mae Kenny Cavendish. He held a Masters Degree in Agriculture form WVU and taught in public schools in West Virginia for 6 years, including advising the National Gold Emblem Chapter at Ripley High...
Dwight B. Reed
Dec 2, 2007
Mr. Reed was a veteran of the US Army earning the rank of Sergeant. He was a retired self employed accountant and had been a area resident for over 60 years. He was preceded in death by a son, Brian Reed, by a granddaughter, Victoria Reed, by a sister, Joyce Fleming and a brother, Ezra Dale Reed.
Doff D. Daniel, Jr.
Nov 14, 2007
Dr. Daniel obtained both his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Virginia. He was a veteran of World War II having served his country in the Air Force as a physician with the rank of captain. While attending the University of Virginia he met the late Joan Crawford Daniel to whom he was married for 40 years until...
Dwight Collins
Nov 12, 2007
Mr. Collins was a 1941 graduate of Trap Hill High School. He first worked for the Celanese Corporation in Narrows, Va. and then served with the US Navy during WWII. He was a graduate of Beckley College and Concord College where he earned his teaching degree. His first teaching assignment began in a one room school at Maple Meadow and...
Irene O'Shinski
Oct 25, 2007
Irene lived at Killarney, WV until 1942 at which time she moved to the Crab Orchard area for the remainder of her life. She was of the Baptist faith and was retired from the office staff of UMWA Health and Retirement Funds. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry O'Shinski; by an infant son, Jerry Wayne O'Shinski; by...
Holly Rakes
Oct 24, 2007
Holly attended Woodrow Wilson High School and was a student at Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center. She was preceded in death by her materal grandparents, Mary and Pete Salazar and by paternal grandfather, Arthur Bill Alberty. Holly was a lifelong resident of Raleigh County.
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