Beckley Obituary Notices and Related Deaths Across Counties
Obituary notices report the deaths of Lelia Allen 90 in Beckley with service at Blue Ridge Funeral Home and burial at Wayside Cemetery. Other obituaries include Prior Blake of Ronceverte World War I veteran and Benjamin Board of Mason with church and civic ties. Charles Gum of Marlinton Hallie Harrah of Leander Hallie Ramsey Harrah 8 and Clara Happney of Maysel, plus Rev William Holstein of Charleston and William Hughes of West Hamlin. Surviving family lists and funeral home arrangements noted.
Clarence R Burford 77 obituary in St Albans
Clarence R. Burford 77 of 905 West Ave died Sunday at Mountain State Nursing Home after a long illness. He was a retired pipefitter and a member of East St. Albans Church of Christ. Survived by wife Pearl W and sisters Macel Bailey of Columbus Ohio and Elsa Richardson of Charleston. Funeral service 2 p.m. Tuesday Bartlett Bardette Funeral Home. Burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hamlin
William
Bill
Milton
William Hughes Jr
Bobbie Hughes
Lillie Jones
Charlie Bias
Cleveland
Ohio
Center Point Baptist Church
Farris Burton
Jackie Weaver
Shelton Cemetery
Eall
McGhee Funeral Home
Clarence R
Jerry” Burford
West Ave
Mountain State Nursing Home
East St. Albans Church of Christ
Pearl W
Macel Bailey
Columbus
Elsa Richardson
Charleston
Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home
Spring Hill Cemetery
Burns Sr. Dies at 60 in Lewisburg Gun Shop Owner
Clarence J. Burns Sr. 60 of Lewisburg died at home after an apparent heart attack. He owned Burns Gun Shop and was a Mount Vernon United Methodist Church member. Surviving: wife Geneva, daughters Deanna McCallister Charlotte Ann Falls Carmen L. Ratiff, son Clarence J. Burns Jr., eight grandchildren. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. Burial Fort Springs Cemetery. Friends may call 2–9 p.m. today at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Burns Sr
Lewisburg
Clarence J. Burns Sr
Burns Gun Shop
Burns
Mount Vernon
Ronceverte
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Mark A. Farron
Ernest Booth
Fort Springs
Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home
Obituary notes for Huffman Gassaway and Nina Jones
Mrs Mabel Huffman Gassaway 82 of Gassaway dies at Heritage Home Bridgeport survived by two sons five grandchildren and eight greats services at Skidmore Funeral Home Gassaway burial Sutton Cemetery donations to American Cancer Society Miss Nina Macel Jones 75 Charleston former Superior Laundry employee dies at Mountain State Nursing Home survived by sisters and brothers Bardette Funeral Home in charge Willard Parker Hinton 23 of Hinton drowns in the Monongahela River at Fairmont
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gassaway
Mabel Newton Huffman
Heritage Home
Bridgeport
Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church
J.C. Huffman
Buckhannon
W.W. Huffman
Skidmore Funeral Home
Dean Leak
Donald Coleman
Nina Jones
Nina Macel Jones
Sixth Ave
Mountain State Nursing Home
Superior Laundry
Charleston
Lou Fowler
Lillian Jones
Herbert “Doc” Jones
Galden Jones
Florida
Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home
Willard Parker Hinton
Willard C. Peter Parker
Hinton
Monongahela River
Fairmont
Obituary for Local Resident Parker Jr. of Hinton
A Hinton native and WVU senior, Parker Jr. was a graduate of Hinton High School and member of First United Methodist Church. Survived by parents and grandparents, funeral service set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at E.M. Meadows Funeral Home with burial at Greenbrier Burial Park. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton High School
West Virginia University
First United Methodist Church
Hinton
W.C. Parker Jr
W.C. Parker Sr
A.E. Gulley
E.M. Meadows Funeral Home
John Smith
William Fox
Greenbrier
Richmond 80 of Meadow Creek Dies After Illness
Moses Richmond of Meadow Creek Summers County died Sunday at Summers County Hospital Hinton after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran and retired locomotive engineer for the C&O and B&O Railroads. Survived by wife Claress Taylor Richmond sons Charles T. Richmond William Richmond Jr. Robert T. Richmond Melvin Richmond daughters Geraldine Thompson Deloris Thompson Margie Moon Carol Kelley 26 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren. Ronald Meadows Funeral Home Hinton in charge of arrangements.
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Prior Blake Ronceverte
Prior Blake
Ronceverte
McGuire Veterans Hospital
Richmond
Clayton Blake
Bradford Blake
Baltimore
Layton Blake
Melvin Blake
Annie White
Jack K. Wallace
Lewisburg
Moses Richmond
Meadow Creek
William Moses Richmond
Summers County
Hinton
C&o
B&o
Claress Taylor Richmond
Charles T. Richmond
Daniels
William Richmond Jr
Reynoldsburg
Ohio
Robert T. Richmond
Newcastle
Ruby Gene Roby dies at 64 in Summersville
Mrs Ruby Gene Roby 64 of Summersville died Sunday in Summersville Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Survived by son Morris Roby Radford Va daughter Nancy Dawson Summersville three grandchildren two great grandchildren. Service 2 p m Tuesday Waters Funeral Home Summersville Rev Hobart Prunty officiating cremation follows. Friends may call after 6 p m today.
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Clara Happney Maysel
Clara €. Happney
Maysel
Clay County
Montgomery General Hospital
Montgomery
Cecil Happney
Pulaski
Ross K. Happney
Clinton, Tenn
Mark Happney
Ravenswood
Dora Markle
Eula Happney
Jean Davis
Charleston
Irene Davis
Parkersburg
Maxine Lane
Newport News
George Rogers
Wilson Funeral Home
Clay
Richard Thurston
Blue Knob Cemetery
Ruby Roby
Summersville
Ruby Genevieve Roby
Summersville Memorial Hospital
Muddlety
Richard Smith Sr. longtime local resident dies at 60
Richard Smith Sr., 60, of 1412 Second Ave., died Sunday at home after a long illness. He was formerly employed by Edgewood Country Club, Holley Hotel, and Elks Club. Surviving: wife Virginia. daughters Santina Merchant of Charleston and Bundie Snodgrass of Clinton, Md.. sons Richard G. Jr. of Dayton, Ohio and Gregory of Washington, D.C.. sister Roslyn and Maxine Carr of Ossing, N.Y.. brother Walter Smith of Ossing. eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Smith
Richard Garfield Smith Sr
Second Ave
Edgewood Country Club
Holley Hotel
Elks Club
Virginia Smith
Santina Merchant
Charleston
Bundie Snodgrass
Clinton, Md
Richard G. Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Gregory
Washington, D.C
Roslyn
Maxine
Retired miner Yates served UMWA veteran of WWI
William Yates a native of Elkhorn and longtime miner for New River and Pocahontas Coal Company at Kaymoor died. He leaves a wife Gladys Ruth Boyd Yates and children in New Jersey and West Virginia. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday at Freewill Baptist Church Oak Hill with burial in Gethsemene Gardens. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River and Pocahontas Coal Company
Kaymoor
UMWA
Yates
Elkhorn
Gladys Ruth Boyd Yates
James Ray Yates
Charles Yates
Minden
Bill Yates
Toms River
N.J
Ruth DeCarlo
Pauline Boyd
Corinne Maas
Gracie Niston
Fredricksburg
Sylvia Neal
Beckley
Myrtle Rhodes
Viola Antonia
Cincinnati
Ohio
Freewill Baptist Church
Oak Hill
Bill Menefee
Gethsemene Memorial Gardens
Obituaries and funeral notices from local area
Mayfield William X Service at 2 30 p m Tuesday Preston Funeral Home burial Spring Hill Cemetery Mayfield 78 died Thursday after long illness Richards Harold Service at 2 p m Tuesday Bethel Baptist Church Spring Hill burial Cunningham Memorial Park body taken to church one hour before service Friends may call 5 9 p m today Good Shepherd Mortuary South Charleston Richards 41 of 915 Blue Sky Dr died Saturday in Bethesda Md Underwood 3 D Service today 2 p m Cunningham Funeral Home burial Floral Hills Gardens of Memories month old son of Mr and Mrs David W Underwood Rt 5 Box 351 died Saturday Memorial Division CAMC
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Centerville Presbyterian Church
Greenville
Regan Gibbs
Green Hills Cemetery
Union
Friends
Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home
Mayfield
William X
Preston Funeral Home
Spring Hill Cemetery
Mr. Mayfield
Lippert Terrace
Detroit Woman Gail Vesaw Obituary
Gail Vesaw 33 of Detroit formerly of Coal City Raleigh County West Virginia died Saturday in a Detroit hospital after a short illness. She was a Beckley West Virginia native. Surviving daughters Cheryl Donna and Vickie all at home mother Hettie Mullins Ellison of Coal City West Virginia brothers Bobby Johnny Ellison Chicago Owen Ellison Rockingham Jacky Ellison Los Angeles and Lewis Ellison Wilmington plus Michael Billy and Cecil Ellison Coal City sisters Louise Jakobus Detroit Margie Spence Coal City. Rose Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley West Virginia is in charge of arrangements.
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Detroit
Mich
Gail
Vesaw
Coal City
Raleigh County
W.va
Beckley
Cheryl
Donna
Vickie
Hettie Mullins Ellison
Bobby
Johnny Ellison
Chicago
Ill
Jacky Ellison
Los Angeles
Calif
Owen Ellison
Rockingham
N.C
Lewis Ellison
Wilmington
Del
Michael, Billy
Cecil Ellison
Louise Jakobus
Margie Spence
Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home
Janet West 19 Died After Illness in Charlottesville
Janet Lee West of Oak Hill died Sunday at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after a long illness. She was a 1974 graduate of Collins High School and services are under Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet West
Oak Hill
Janet Lee West
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Collins Highs School
Tyree Funeral Home
Enos Wilson CLENDENIN dies at 89 in Charleston
Enos Colonel Wilson, 89, of Clendenin, a retired Elk Refining Co. security guard, died Friday at Lexington House Nursing Home Charleston. Survived by wife Mary, son Herbert, daughters Jew el Chisler Audom Barksdale Ruby Wilson Ruth Hanson Mary McGrath, 22 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren. Visitation 7-9 p.m. tonight at Knight-Young, Clendenin. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday at funeral home. Rev. Don Blackwell officiating. Burial Koontz Cemetery, Clendenin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Wilson Clendenin
Enos
Wilson
Clendenin
Lexington House
Charleston
Elk Refining Co
Mary
Herbert Wilson
Jewel Chisler
Fairview
Audom Barksdale
Ruby Wilson
Ruth Hanson
Fairfax
Mary McGrath
St. Albans
Blissfield obituary for Lucy Woods and Rock Lick death of Lee Yates
Lucy Margaret Woods 84 of Blissfield Michigan died Friday in Adrian after a long illness. She was born in Fayette County West Virginia and survived by son D C Woods brothers Owen Tom and Everett Fitzpatrick five grandchildren 12 great grandchildren one great great grandchild. Funeral service 2 30 p m Tuesday at Rose Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley with burial at Highlawn Memorial Park. Friends may call 6 to 9 p m. Lee Roy Yates 76 of Rock Lick Fayette County died Saturday at Appalachian Regional Hospital Beckley after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Woods
Blissfield
Mich
Lucy Margaret Woods
Skelton
Raleigh County
W.va
Adrian
Fayette County
D.C. Woods
Owen Fitzpatrick
Oak Hill
Lee Yates
Rock Lick
Lee Roy Yates
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Funerals Today Across Communities
Funeral services are scheduled today for multiple residents. Notable listed are Mrs Oma Bainbridge at Oakland Church at 1 p.m. and Chester Blakeney at Graceland Memorial Park in Ruthdale. Other services include Mrs Ora Butcher at Skidmore Funeral Home in Gassaway and Marshall Evans at Summersville Memorial Baptist Church.
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Bainbridge
Oma
Oakland
God
Smithers
Blakeney
Chester
P.m
Graceland Memorial Park
Ruthdale
Teachers Reject Pay Hike Offer In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh 3,700 public school teachers vote to strike at midnight as the board’s offer of a 1000 a year across the board raise and a contract extension to December are rejected. Union leaders forecast a long strike with picket lines at 104 schools starting 7 a.m. Monday.
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Pittsburgh
Board of Education
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Oakland
Albert Fondy
Fondy
Jerry C. Olson
Dedham widow seeks right to die amid incurable cancer
A 75 year old Dedham widow with incurable cancer urges a public dialogue on the right to die to spur a bill allowing an ill person to end life. She requests withholding non essential treatment and envisions a formal procedure with doctors and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Mass
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Fife
Jane Knost
Pittsburgh Press urges Scott to retire from Senate
The Pittsburgh Press in a Sunday editorial urged Republican Hugh Scott to retire from the U.S. Senate at 75 rather than seek a fourth term. It also urged five Pennsylvania congressmen aged 69 to 79, including Bar rett, Flood, Nix Sr., Morgan and Johnson, to retire.
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Pittsburgh
The
Pittsburgh Press
Hugh Scott
U.S. Senate
Scott
Senate
Pennsylvania
William A. Barrett
Philadelphia
Daniel J. Flood
Wilkes-Barre
Robert N.C. Nix Sr
Thomas E. Morgan
Washington County
Albert W. Johnson
McKean County
Congress
Arrangements Incomplete For Woman In Rainelle Crash
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Linda Ellen Martin a 24 year old Rainelle woman killed in a one car crash near Rainelle West Virginia State Police said her car ran off a secondary road struck an embankment and overturned She was employed by Kellwood. Survived by parents Dock and Beulah Simmons siblings Robin Lynn Martin and several brothers grandmothers Esta Simmons and Mary Ellen Cook Wallace Wallace Funeral Home Rainelle in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainelle
Greenbrier
Linda Ellen Martin
Hunting Injuries Kill Jefferson County Man in Maryland
James E. Weister Sr., 39, of Shenandoah Junction died in a Maryland hospital from injuries suffered in a Hampshire County hunting accident. He and his son, James Jr., 15, were along U.S. 40 when the son’s rifle discharged after his finger snagged the trigger, striking the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney. W.va
Jefferson County
Maryland
Hampshire County
Department of Natural Resources
James E. Weister Sr
Shenandoah Junction
U.S. 40
James Jr
DNR
Mass Tuesday for Cartier former Cartier Inc. leader
A mass of the resurrection will be offered Tuesday for Claude Cartier 90 former president and chairman of Cartier Inc Fifth Avenue jewelers who died Friday from ALS at his home His father Louis had led Cartier Paris and his uncle Pierre Cartier founded the New York branch He led the New York operation from 1948 to 1962 Burial will be in the family crypt in Versailles France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Claude Cartier
Cartier Inc
Fifth Avenue Jewelers
Cartier
Louis
Cartier of
Paris
Pierre Cartier
Versailles
France
Putnam Deputies Hurt in Wreck on U S 35 near Winfield
Two Putnam County sheriff's deputies Charles Martin and Ronald E Wilmouth were injured in a Sunday collision with an overturned fully loaded tractor trailer on U S 35 near Winfield. They were treated and released at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Traffic was rerouted to W Va 34 and I 64 as wreckage was cleared. The tractor trailer driver escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Three Year Old Fatally Shoots Sister in Car
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a 3-year-old boy killed his 2-year-old sister after parents left them unattended with a pistol in a car. Columbus Jones Jr. remained in the vehicle as authorities called the shooting accidental and said no charges had been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
API
Columbus Jones Jr
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Kathleen Robbins
Capitol Heights
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Beckley Hospital
Richmond Chapel Methodist Church
Paul P. Ramsey
Lyle L. Ramsey
Ramsey
Alla M. Bell
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Joe Combs
Ansted
Richmond Chapel Cemetery
William Holstein
William H. Holstein
St. Francis Hospital
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Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Hazel
Charles E. Holstein
Margarett Gann
Cunningham Funeral Home
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Clarence R. Burford
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Hurricane United Methodist Church
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Holly Jackson
Jack” Coyner
Scott Depot
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Inez Teyronnet
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Tony Cooper
Samuel Starling
Hurricane Cemetery
Chapman Funeral Home
Teays Valley
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John V
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Silver Springs
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Covington
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Rogers, John
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John W. Rogers
Sures
Putnam
Columbus Jones
Champaign
Stacy
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