Obituary notices from West Virginia area
Claude Bays 8 of Hilton Village Fayette County died Monday at Montgomery General Hospital after a long illness. Surviving daughter Berthel Millorn and sons James and Carl. Service at Hilton Village Missionary Baptist Church with burial at Chestnut Grove Cemetery. Teresa Bess Fenwick died at Fenwick aged week old. graveside service Thursday. Bower Seer of Parkersburg, widow Lydia and family survive. Cecilia Casdorph Casdorph aged 45 of Ronceverte died Tuesday. service Thursday. Woodrow Conley Jr. infant son of Woodrow C. and Glenda Conley of Arnoldsburg died at birth. Stump Funeral Home in charge. Freda Keeney of South Charleston and extended family. Marie Griffith 76 of St Albans died Tuesday. service Thursday at St Marks Episcopal with burial at Cunningham Memorial Park. Includes multiple survivor lines and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Bays
Hilton Village
Fayette County
Montgomery General Hospital
Woodrow Conley Jr
Arnoldsburg
Woodrow C. Conley Jr
Woodrow C
Glenda McClain Conley
Calhoun County
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital
Weston
Karen
Gary
Lawrence D. Conley
Looneyville
Lovie. McClain
Burnsville
Edward Conely
Barnes Run
Fred Nichols
Husk Cemetery
Stump Funeral Home
Grantsville
Marie Griffith
Marie E. Griffith
McQueen Blvd
St. Albans
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Oil and Gas Division
West Virginia Department of Mines
Marguerite McAreavey
Listonburg
Joseph F. Rennar
Miami
Fla
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Hal White
Cunningham Memorial Park
Wilson Funeral Home
Death notices from Fenwick and Winifrede residents
Shearl T Chapman 75 of Fenwick Nicholas County died Tuesday at Sacred Heart Hospital Richwood and is in White White Funeral Home Richwood. Goldie Green 86 of Winifrede died Tuesday and attended Old Glory Freewill Baptist Church in Winifrede. survivors include daughters Edith Stone of Winifrede and M Jarrett of Chelyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shearl Chapman
Fenwick
Shearl T. Chapman
Nicholas County
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Goldie Green
Winifrede
Old Glory Freewill Baptist Church
Edith Stone
M@ Jarrett
Chelyan
Death of Henry Haas 71 Elkview WV
Henry Haas 71 of Elkview died Tuesday in Memorial Division of Charleston Area Medical Center. Retired employee Evans Lead Co. Survived by wife Frances. sons Garrie Joseph Charleston Henry E. at home Ray Jennings Elkview William H. Detroit. daughter Grace Whitehair Big Chimney. brother Harry Charleston. sister Hattie Machines Charleston. 15 grandchildren 3 great grandchildren. Funeral 1 p.m. Thursday Hafer Funeral Home Elkview Rev John Parks officiating. Burial Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. Friends may call 2 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haas Henry Herman Haas
Elkview
Memorial Divison
Charleston Area Medical Center
Evans Lead Co
Frances
Garrie Joseph
Charleston
Henry E
Ray Jennings
William H
Detroit
Grace Whitehair
Harry
Hattie Machines
Hafer Funeral Home
John Parks
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Funeral held for Nora Hammond Boomer resident at 90
Mrs. Nora Hammond 90 of Boomer formerly of Wheeling died Tuesday at Montgomery General Hospital. She belonged to Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Wheeling and lived in Boomer five years with Wilda Grounds. Her son H Edward Hammond of Wheeling survives. Body sent from Montgomery to Body Funeral Home Wheeling. Service Friday at 2 p.m. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Hammond Boomer
Nora Hammond
Boomer
Wheeling
Montgomery General Hospital
Fourth Street
Body
J. Elbert Perkins
Greenwood Cemetery
Hancock Rites Held for Clarence Hancock in Hopewell
Clarence W Hancock 61 of Hopewell formerly Charleston W Va died Thursday at Medical College of Virginia Hospital Richmond after an extended illness He was a Calvary Baptist Church member native of Diamond W Va Survived by wife Mary two sons Clarence W Jr in Hopewell and Robert L in Prince George sister Gladys B Harper Charleston W Va half sister Lena Ferguson Pecks Mill W Va Burial in Southlawn Cemetery Prince George Funeral home to receive friends 7 to 9 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hancock
Hopewell
Clarence W. Hancock
W.va
Lena Ferguson
Pecks Mill
Gould Funeral Home
Southlawn
Prince George
Hendrick 85 dies in Harvey after long church service
Mrs Florence E Hendrick 85 of Harvey Fayette County died Tuesday in Oak Hill Hospital. She was a member and mother of the First Baptist Church in Harvey. Surviving: son Robert of Prudence daughter Mrs Mary Baldwin of Prudence brother Fred Isabell of Prudence four grandchildren. Body lies at Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Florence E. Hendrick
Fayette County
Oak Hill Hospital
First Baptist Church
Robert
Prudence
Mary Baldwin
Fred Isabell
Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home
Beckley
Mrs Goldie Kennedy Obituary in West Virginia Town
Mrs Goldie Kennedy aged 67 of 101 Wyoming Street died Tuesday at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Lester. Funeral services Thursday at Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Clark officiating. Burial in Fisher Cemetery. Visitation after 6 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Kennedy
Wyoming St
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Lester
Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home
Bill Clark
Fisher Cemetery
Edith McGraw of Lochgelly Dies in Wisconsin
Edith Marie McGraw 47 of Cudahy Wisconsin formerly of Lochgelly Fayette County died Saturday in Trinity Memorial Hospital Cudahy She was a nurse aide native of Minden Surviving husband Joe daughter Margaret Oak Hill etc Funeral Thursday Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev Randolph F Johnson Burial Ellison Cemetery Scarbro Friends may call 6 to 9 PM
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith McGraw
Margie Humphrey
Willis Branch
Norma Dunford
Hinton
Mary Wilson
Oak Hill
Tyree
Randolph F. Johnson
Ellison Cemetery
Rt. 1
Scarbro
Ruckman Mrs Minnie Olives Cowen Obituary
Mrs Minnie Olive Ruckman Cowen 85 died at home after 20 years in Webster County She was a Cowen Baptist Church member Survived by son Blair Randallstown Md and daughters Irene Roberts Cowen Alma Weese Richwood Funeral service Thursday at Cowen Baptist Church Rev Dwight Lowther officiating Burial in IOOF Cemetery Cowen Friends may call after 5 pm today at Collins Funeral Home Cowen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Ruckman Cowen
Minnie Olive Ruckman
Cowen
Cowen Baptist Church
Webster County
Blair
Randallstown
Irene Roberts
Alma Weese
Richwood
Dwight Lowther
Ioof
Collins
Obituary: Hubert D. St. Clair 74 of Nitro
Hubert Dewey St. Clair 74 of 1514 15th St Nitro died on arrival after a heart attack at Thomas Memorial Hospital Survived by wife Rosa sons Dewey Edlin daughter Hilda step daughters and several relatives Services 3 p.m. Thursday at Nitro Church of God with Rev Arlie Cravens officiating Burial Grandview Memorial Park Dunbar calling hours 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Cooke Pauley Funeral Home Nitro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Dewey St. Clair
15Th St
Nitro
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Old Fletcher Enamel Co
Dunbar
State Department of Highways
Nitro Church of God
Rosa
Dewey
Tacoma
Wash
Edlin St. Clair
Tulsa
Okla
Hilda Good
Pensacola
Fla
Bertie Jane Mathis
Lake Washington
Hurricane
Jo Ann Steur
Front Royal
Fred
Addison
Ohio
Shila Richardson
Mable Whitten
Arlie Cravens
Grandview Memorial Park
Cooke-Pauley Funeral Home
Drowning of Ellen Wright in New River Reported
Miss Ellen Staska Wright aged 17 of Hansford drowned May 24 with her body recovered Monday. She was a First Baptist Church member and senior at East Bark High School. Survived by her mother Lou Helen Claytor Newton and stepfather Roy William Newton of Hansford, brothers Phillip Maurice Robert Lee Donald Howard at home, sisters Debra Gay Sonia Kay Debra Ann at home, grandmother Mrs. Ethel Hampton of New York. Burial Monday at Meadow Haven Memorial Park Ingram Branch. Anderson-Hairston Funeral Home Montgomery oversaw arrangements. Memorial service to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Wright
Ellen Staska Wright
Hansford
New River
First Baptist Church
East Bark High School
Roy William Newton
Lou Helen Claytor Newton
Phillip Maurice
Robert Lee
Donald Howard
Debra Gay
Sonia Kay
Debra Ann
Ethel Hampton
New York
Meadow Haven Memorial Park
Ingram Branch
Anderson-Hairston Funeral Home
Montgomery
Mary Ann Crouch 92 Died At Nitro
Mrs. Mary Ann Crouch of 3320 Second Ave Nitro died Monday after a long illness at home. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Cooke Pauley Funeral Home Nitro with Rev Joseph Phillips officiating. Burial in Teays Hill Cemetery St Albans. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crouch
Mary Ann
Cooke-Pauley Fueral
Nitro
Joseph Phillips
Teays Hill
St. Albans
Second Ave
Paul Ray Smailes Funeral Service Details
Paul Ray Smailes, 96, of Rainelle died Monday at Sacred Heart Hospital Richwood. Services will be held at 1 a.m. Friday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home Rainelle with Rev Harold Flint officiating. Burial will follow at Wallace Memorial Cemetery Clintonville. Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smailes
Paul Ray
Wallace-Wallace
Rainelle
Harold Flint
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Funeral service Thursday for Capt. Van G Brown
Capt. Van G Brown 66 retired Charleston Police Department dies after long illness. He joined in 1939, headed traffic division, acted as police chief briefly, bodyguard for ex mayor John Copenhaver. Survived by wife Helen and two sisters. Burial at St Matthews Cemetery with Rev Yoak officiating. Friends may call this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van G. Brown
Charleston
Elizabeth Memorial United Methodist Church
Elks Lodge
American Legion
Fraternal Order of Police
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brown
John Copenhaver
Helen Brown
Virginia Moore
Nellie Henderson
Tampa
Fla
Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
St. Matthews Cemetery
Historical Society to Meet Monday in St Albans Library
The St Albans Historical Society will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the St Albans Library for a workshop on objects found around the Chilton House which was moved recently for urban renewal. Ronald L Brillhart 49 of 115 Central Ave South Charleston died Tuesday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a long illness. True Temper Corp veteran of World War II survived by wife Velma stepsons Allan Chancey and Bill Chancey father Okey and sisters. Service Thursday 2 p m Wilson Funeral Home burial Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. Friends may call after 6. Robert Hensley 52 of Rt 4 Lewisburg formerly of St Albans died Tuesday at home after a heart attack. Survived by wife Bobbi sons Jereald Steven Thomas daughters Susie Childers Legina Steel Robin Shelia. parents Lloyd and family in St Albans. five grandchildren. Body in Good Shepherd Funeral Home. Stella Shaffer Smith 42 Scott Depot died Monday in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Survived by parents Carl and Carl A Shaffer of Scott Depot stepgrandfather Lester Hale Rio Grande Ohio. Body in Chapman Funeral Home Teays Valley.
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The
St. Albans
Ronald L. Brillhart
Central Ave
South Charleston
Charleston Memorial Hospital
True Temper Corp
Velma
Allan Chancey
Clearwater
Fla
Bill Chancey
Okey
Ft. Lauderdale
Maxine Marino
Coral Mallory
Huntington
Barbara Wright
Tennessee
Wilson Funeral Home
Earl Cochran
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Robert Hensley
Robert Elbert Hensley
Rt. 4
Lewisburg
American Legion
Bobbi
Jereald
Akron
Ohio
Steven
North Carolina
Thomas
Susie Childers
Legina Steel
Robin Hensley
Shelia Hensley
Lloyd Hensley
Arthur
Donald
Betty Hill
Good Shepherd Funeral Home
New Borden Restaurant Opens Friday in Charleston
Borden launches Homer Filby’s Restaurant at 10 a.m. Friday on Washington and Laidley streets in Charleston. It marks the chain’s first outlet outside Columbus and features an 1900s photographic interior with a Charleston theme. A public officials dinner precedes the grand opening and a Town-origin oak tree was gifted to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden
Washington and
Laidley
Columbus
Ohio
Charleston
Borden Burger
James E. Buenger
Borden Restaurant Operations
Washington Streets
Kanawha Valley Bank
Summers County Sheriff Dies After Heart Attack
Nimitz Odie C Meadow 51 longtime Summers County sheriff since 1972 died Monday at Summers County Hospital likely from a heart attack. He owned a lumber mill and was a lifelong resident. Survived by wife Jean son Kenneth at home daughter Diana Perdue brothers Okie sisters Opal Grimmett Harold Williams Janice Woodard. Service at Nimitz Baptist Church with Rev Leo Lambert and Rev Elmo Alderman. Burial Meadow Family Cemetery near Nimitz. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home Hinton and to be moved to church an hour before service.
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Nimitz
Odie C. Meadow
Summers County
Meadow
State Gets Health Grants for West Virginia Children
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved 909 099 in grants to the West Virginia Department of Health for prenatal postnatal and pediatric care in seven central counties. A 592 238 grant supports fifth year of care for 575 prenatal and 4800 children under six in Braxton Clay Greenbrier Nicholas and Webster counties. A 316 861 grant funds fourth year maternal and child health services for 200 prenatal and 1430 pediatric cases in Calhoun Gilmer and Pocahontas counties. An additional 75 711 grant to the Department of Mental Health funds a third year centralized development diagnosis program for up to 100 preschool children at Charleston Area Medical Center with transportation and lodging costs.
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Washington
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia Department of Health
Central
Braxton
Clay
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Webster
Calhoun
Gilmer
Pocahontas
ARC
West Virginia Department of Mental Health
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston
Mrs. Sadie Wellens Riley Dies in Florida
Mrs. Sadie Wellens Riley, mother of Shelley Moore and mother in law of Gov Arch Moore Jr, died Tuesday in Miami Shores Florida after a long illness. Surviving are J L Riley husband daughter Mrs A P Tillman and Col J L Riley Jr. Final arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sadie Wellens Riley
Shelley
Arch A. Moore Jr
Miami Shores
Fla
Florida
A.P. Tillman
Miami
Col
JL. Riley Jr
Columbus, Ga
Feneral
Engineer notes traffic signal poles set back for safety
A Charleston engineer explains new traffic signal poles are installed away from street curbs for safety. He states the poles cannot be lowered any further. Gazette photo credits Leo Chabot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Gazette
Leo Chabot
West Virginia shows split retention of Alderson-Broaddus PAs
Eleven of a 27 member class from Alderson-Broaddus remain in West Virginia. Two stay in Charleston, Bruce Adkins with Dr H M Hills and Monty Cary with Dr R Thomas Singer. Others stay in Graf ton Buckhannon and at Broaddus Hospital, Fairmont Clinic, or Alderson-Broaddus College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson-Broaddus
West Virginia
Charleston
Bruce Adkins
H. M. Hills
Monty Cary
R. Thomas Singer
Grafton
Broaddus Hospital
Alderson- Broaddus College
Fairmont Clinic
Buckhannon
Hugh
Rand Considers Street Signs
Rand Improvement Council will discuss purchasing street signs at 7 30 p m Thursday during its regular meeting. The gathering takes place at the Rand Volunteer Fire Department and will be the last council session until September with no meetings during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand
Rand Improvement Council
Rand Volunteer’ Fire Department
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Fewick
Tracy
John Bess
Bailey Frame
Birch River
Taylor Cemetery
Tina Collins
White-White Funeral Home
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of &B
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Alma Thomas
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Parkers
Hurg
Vail Funeral Home
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Independence Cemhetéry
Cecilia Casdorph
Ronceverte
Cecilia O’brien Casdorph
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Fairlea
Wallaces Wallace Funeral
William Price
Ric Morrison
Riverview Cemetery
the Gazette
Freda Keeney
Orville
Freeman
Cleveland
Shrewsburgs
Stanley Barker
Bruce Cooper
Cooper Cemetery
Leonard Johnson Funeral Home
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Florence Hendrick
Hubert St. Clair
van Brown
Virginia Street
Tom Boyd
Beltone Hearing Aid Center
Hroab ST
Homer Waveright
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