Obituary notices from May 1998 list Roy Akers and others
Obituaries note Roy Albert Gillespie and Floyd Green Jr among the deceased. Roy Akers, 64, of Flat Top died on May 4 at Princeton hospital after a sudden illness. service details listed with burial at Roselawn in Princeton. The notice includes survivors, church and civic ties, and memorial arrangements. Additional obituaries cover Loretta Carden Lashmeet, Nancy Crotty, Bobbie Davis, Irene Hoops, Cleo Hoskins, Lum McGlothlin, and others with service times, locations, and funeral home details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque, N.M
Floyd Green Jr
Herndon Heights
Albuquerque
Welch
Floyd Green
Mary B. Belcher Green
Death of Billy J Watson of Skelton
Billy J Watson 63 of Skelton died May 4 in a Beckley hospital after a career as a mechanic for Raleigh Motor Sales and Purity Maid Bakery and later a coal miner with Peabody Coal Co. He served in the Army National Guard, belonged to UMWA, and lived in Skelton 30 years. Survived by wife Margaret, son John with Devonna, three grandchildren, two brothers, a sister. Services Thursday 2:30 at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call today 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Junior
B.J.” Watson
Skelton
Beckley
MacArthur
William James Watson
Dorothy Ellen Hammock Watson
Watson
Raleigh Motor Sales
Purity Maid Bakery
Peabody Coal Co
UMWA
Army National Guard
Heber
Cecil Water
Dorothy
Margaret
Ruth
Florence
Thelma
Margaret Rose Lopez Watson
John Watson
Devonna
Surveyor
Desonja
Jenisha
Johnathan
Burl Watson
Florida
David Hammock
Gladys Watson
Serena
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Fred Dinkler
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Hood JoAnn Griffith Funeral Notices in Beckley and San Diego
JoAnn Griffith Hood 67 of Chula Vista California formerly Beckley died April 22 graveside 6 p.m. today Sunset Memorial Park Beckley arrangements Glen Abbey Mortuary Beckley California. Irene Elizabeth Dickens Scarbrough 79 of Clear Creek died May 3 services 1 p.m. today Clear Creek Presbyterian Church Rev David Pettry burial Toneys Fork Cemetery Ewings Creek arrangements Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarbrough Scarbrough
Irene Elizabeth Dickens
Clear Creek
Clear Creek Presbyterian Church
David Pettry
Toneys Fork
Ewings Creek
Tyree
Flood control plan eyed for Greenbrier watershed
Monroe County officials heard flood coordinator Stephanie Connolly outline a sustainable redevelopment plan for the Greenbrier River watershed to curb floods since 1985. She seeks a $3 million federal grant with $12 million already earmarked for an early warning system and will coordinate with the Greenbrier Valley EDC for a May 13 presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County Commission
Greenbrier River
Stephanie Connolly
Pocahontas
Nick Joe Rahall
D-W.va
Greenbrier
Connolly
Federal
Department of Energy
Federal Emergency Management Agency
North Dakota
Red River
Grand Forks
Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation
Man receives concurrent terms for burglary arson
William Merrill Chapman 36 of Lindside pleaded guilty April 1 to first degree arson and two counts of nighttime burglary. He received two to 20 years on arson and one to 15 years on each burglary, to be served concurrently. He awaits transfer to Mount Olive Correctional Complex. Teresa Robin Meadows 34 pleaded guilty April 6 to accessory after the fact to daytime burglary and aiding and abetting petit larceny. Sentencing set for May 18 with Meadows free on bail. Palmer appeals sentences to state Supreme Court over a claimed improper search. Meadows has prior probations and now works and no longer cohabits with Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
Monroe County
William Merrill Chapman
Lindside
Chapman
Jeffry Pritt
Robert Irons
Southern
Mount Olive
Irons
Hinton
Teresa Robin Meadows
Monroe
Summers County
Meadows
Michael Wayne Palmer
Nimitz
Raleigh
Greenbrier
Summers
State Supreme Court
Palmer
West Virginia MS Society Teleconference Set for Saturday
The West Virginia Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will hold its annual teleconference Saturday with the theme Promise and Progress in MS Treatment. Timothy L Vollmen will speak by speakerphone and a video on new treatments will be shown. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with the program at 9:30 a.m. A total of 15 sites exist in the state including Beckley at the Center for Independent Living on Prince Street. Call 1 800 628 5645 for locations or to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
National
Beckley
Center For
Independent Living
Prince Street
NMSS
Kentucky
Ohio
MS Society
Sweet Springs EMS Funding Fight Draws County Attention
Five Sweet Springs rescue squad members met Monroe County Commission to push for saving the volunteer service amid a turf clash with Union Rescue Squad. The panel heard updates on a Thursday re certification inspection, mutual aid deals, and plans to train new first responders. A May 14 courthouse meeting was scheduled to air concerns and seek a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
Sweet Springs
Union Rescue Squad
Jerry Kyle
Region I Ems
Wickline
Paint Bank
Dunlap
Union Rescue
Monroe County
Andrew
Medic One
Union Squads
Commissioners
Kyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy E. Akers
Roy Edward Akers
Flat Top
Princeton
Winding Gulf
Andrew Arthur
Corda E. Meadows Akers
Akers
Spanishburg High School
Concord College
Athens
U.S. Air Force
General Services Administration
Washington, D.C
Winchester
Primitive Baptist Church
Dunns
Flat Top Copperheads
Edwin Akers
Betty G. Southern Akers
Terry Akers
Mary
Cool Ridge
Kevin Akers
Hollywood
Sharon Geragi
Joseph
Goose Creek
8.C
Janet Johnson
Karen Sovoda
John
Bobby J. Lilly II
Jennifer M. Lilly
Fonda Moye
Janet Messler
North Easton
Mass
Arnet Akers
Fenton, Mich
Arthur V. Akers
Burns-Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Tom Ellison
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Memorial Funeral Directory
Loretta Carden
Lashmeet
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home
Nancy H. Crotty
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Bobbie Mae Davis
Rich Creek
Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Peterstown
Roy A. Gillespie
Quinwood
Roy Albert Gillespie
Smathers Funeral Home Chapel
Rainelle
Smathers Funeral Home
Eran
Green’s Plumbing
Diane Aranda
Tommy
Farmington
N.M
Linda Kerr
Bruce
Yukon
Okla
Gloria Tillman
Barbara Yates
Minnie Wyatt
Fayetteville
Beulah Reed
Greenwood
Ind
Carole Cox
Richard
Columbus
Thelma Mills
Wanda Kuhlke
Roger
Hillcrest Funeral Home Chapel
Dave Wynn
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Paul Garcia
Anthony Aranda
Robby Irvin
Tommy Lee Yates
Justin Conley
Terry Miller
Hillcrest Funeral Home
Irene A. Hoops
Irene Ann Hoops
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Cleo W. Hoskins
Lorain
Cleo Wilson Hoskins
Brown’s Funeral Home
Broadway
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Lum McGlothlin
Funeral Home
Billy
B.J
MS Chapter
Jay Roles
Richoman
Robert C.byrd
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Fatale
Harper Road
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