Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices From May 1998
Boomer Joann Boalt and Summersville Edward Canterbury lead a batch of obituaries across West Virginia towns, listing services, call times, funeral homes, and officiants. Other notices include Mullens Joe Colston and Rupert Crookshanks with survivors, funeral details, and burial plans. Oak Hill Anna Kessler Errington. Rolling Hills Perc Galloway Sr. and Helen Hill. Crab Orchard’s Betty Harrah Italiano. Glen Morgan Howard Morrison Sr.. Charleston James Sherod. Wavely Toney.
Obituary notices for Ollie P Wiles and Darinka Len Zetz
Ollie Pearl Wiles, 76, of Beckley died May 18 1998 in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. She was born November 9 1921 in Van daughter of Fred and Chloe Lester. She was a homemaker and Pemberton Baptist Church member. Survived by two brothers Cecil and Howard Lester a sister Lettie Worras and several nieces and nephews. Burial at Williams Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Rev James Ford officiating today after services. Minden Miss Darinka Helen Zetz 74, died April 18 1998 in a Beckley hospital. Born August 1 1923 in Haymond Kentucky she was the daughter of George and Ida Kizer Zetz. She was a homemaker babysitter and pet lover resident of Minden for 40 years. She was preceded by brother Rudolph Zetz. Survived by nephew Randy Crawford with whom she resided three sisters Pauline and Katherine Webber and Babe Crawford and a brother Louis Zetz. Services 11 am Thursday in Oak Hill with Rev Jimmy Leach officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Friends may call one hour before services at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Robert Joseph
Joe” Colston
Beckley
Doris Ann Tate Colston
Robert Lee Colston
Colston
Mullens Church of God
Don Elkins
Marshall University
Angela Jo Colston
Eric Edward Colston
Brenda Martin Colston
Cheryl Marie Dow
Roseville
Mich
Courtney Leigh Colston
South Charleston
Michael Lynn Colston
Detroit
Michael Scott Seaton
James Wesley
Jim” Seaton
Elsa Anne Hypes
Rick
Denise Lorainne VanDynk
Todd
Trisha Gail Bell
Mike
Kevin Lee Colston
Rupert — Arvel Leroy Crookshanks
Kieffer
Ernest and
Mayo Crane Crookshanks
Crookshanks
Charles Crookshanks
Bonnie King Crookshanks
Charlene Roy
Randolph
Ala
Karen Crookshanks
Tampa
Fla
John “Red” Crookshanks
White Sulphur Springs
Ernest “Willie” Crookshanks
Mildred Hunter
Margie Hunter
Rupert
Velma Curtis
Lexington
Smathers Funeral Home Chapel
Rainelle
Gary Eisenman
Burns Cemetery
Smathers Funeral Home
Greenbrier Valley
N. Jefferson St
Lewisburg
Jack Errington
Carl Errington
Bob Errington
Carol
Oak Hill
Pete Kessler
Vera Snell
Charleston
Elizabeth Ferrell
Mary Ann Dahmer
Tyree
Tyree Funeral Home
Helen Virginia Hill
Glen White
Maben
Alderson
Alley Bailey McMillion
Dendruff McMillion
Robert Browning Jr
Richard Hill
Larry Brown
Rosie
Crab
Wilma H. Morrison
John
William Morrison
Helen Registar
Howard E. Morrison II
Mary Lou
Palmer Springs
John H. Morrison
Ellen
Alexandria
Patricia L. Morrison
Davenport
Iowa
Vernon Morrison
Greenville
N.C
Anne Olsen
Las Vegas
Nev
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
William Ross
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Ollie Pearl Wiles
Van
Fred and
Chloe Millis Lester
Wiles
Pemberton
Cecil
Howard Lester
Lettie Worras
Williams-Blue Ridge Funeral Home
James Ford
Sophia
Minden
Darinka Helen Zetz
Haymond
George and
Ida Kizer Zetz
Miss Zetz
Rudolph Zetz
Randy Crawford
Funeral notices from multiple families in West Virginia and Virginia
Versie V Brammer 89 of Midway died May 18 services 1 p m today at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Revs Daniels and Chancey officiating burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley John Jefferson Dupour 67 of Oak Hill died May 17 services 1 p m today at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Menefee officiating entombment High Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Oak Hill arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Deacon Willie Edward Glenn 81 of Beckley died May 13 services 11 a m today at Second Baptist Church F Street with Bishop McConnell Elder Rosetta Keith Evangelist Bernie Graves Elder Louise Staples Elder Gordon Ford and Rev Walter Leach burial Greenwood Cemetery Beckley arrangements by McConnell Funeral Home Bluefield Betty Ann Hornsby 75 of Fayetteville died May 16 services 2 p m today at Fayetteville United Methodist Church with Rev John Wildman officiating burial Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville arrangements by Dodd Payne Hess Funeral Home Fayetteville Opal Allizer Price 79 of Blacksburg VA died May 17 services 3 p m today at Glade Baptist Church with Rev Kelly Sisson officiating burial Westview Cemetery arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home Blacksburg VA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brammer, Versie V
Midway
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Charlie Daniels
Charles Chancey
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Dupour
John Jefferson
Oak Hill
Tyree
Glenn
Willie Edward
Second Baptist Church
F Street
Alvester McConnell
Rosetta
Price
Opal Allizer
Blacksburg
Glade Baptist Church
Kelly Sisson
Westview Cemetery
McCoy Funeral Home
Bennett defends himself amid suspension at Nicholas County meeting
Nicholas County board suspended Richwood High Principal Dennis Bennett for three days without pay after a four hour executive session. Superintendent William Grizzell said details could not be released. Bennett denied wrongdoing and claimed miscommunication over grant funds. The board approved other recognitions and delayed preschool expansion pending more information. A June 2 special meeting will address expulsions and a June 8 personnel hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craigsville
Richwood
Dennis Bennett
Craigsville Elementary
Nicholas County
William Grizzell
Bennett
Grizzell
Mount Lookout Elementary
Nicholas County High School
Birch River Elementary
Richwood High
Jim Meadows
Jessie Overbaugh
Richwood Junior High
James Giles
Panther Creek
Beaver Elementary
Marshall names two vice presidents at Marshall University
President J Wade Gilley announced two faculty promotions to vice president roles. Charlotte Weber becomes vice president for federal programs after leading the Robert C Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing as director and CEO. James Hooper is named vice president for research after previously serving as executive dean of the Graduate School of Information Technology and Engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Marshall University
J. Wade Gilley
Charlotte Weber
James Hooper
Gilley
Weber
Marshall
Robert C. Byrd Institute For Advanced
Hooper
Graduate School of Information Technology and Engineering
Columbia/HCA to sell 22 hospitals for 1.2 billion
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp plans to sell 22 hospitals in Tennessee North Carolina Kentucky and Alabama to a nonprofit consortium for 1.2 billion as part of a broader restructuring. Buyers include Alliant Health Care System Baptist Health Duke University Health System and others. it remains unclear if any will close or merge. The firm would still own 314 hospitals after the sale amid an ongoing government antitrust inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Columbia
HCA Healthcare Corp
South
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama
Thomas Frist
Alliant Health Care System of
Louisville, Ky
Baptist Health of
Frist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boomer
Joann Boalt
Pennington Funeral Home
Gauley Bridge
Lisa
East Bend
Black Eagle Road
J.L. Riffe
Gilbert Dotson
Tankersley Funeral Home
Edward E. Canterbury
Summersville
Edward Eugene Canterbury
Waters Funeral Home
Robert
Joe’’ Colston
Arvel Leroy Crookshanks
Anna M. Errington
Anna M. Kessler
Errington
Fayette County
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro Methodist Church Women’s Circle
Percy L. Galloway Sr
Rolling Hills
Calif
Percy Lee Galloway Sr
Torrance
Lobban Funeral Home
Helen V. Hill
Homer McMillion
Hazel
Arnold McMillion
Sandra
Evans Memorial Chapel
Raymond Bishop
Silas Mullins
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Evans Memorial
Evans and Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Betty M. Italiano
Betty M. Heath Harrah Italiano
Crab Orchard
Howard Morrison Sr
Glen
James E. Sherod
Montgomery
Dunbar
Durgan Funeral Home
Wavely Lee Toney
North Beckley
Welcome Baptist Church
Luther Hairston
Azel Colston
Walter Leach
Ronald Dyer
Charles White
David Allen
Stanaford
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Ollie P. Wiles
Darinka
H. Zetz
Chrissy McClune
Register-Herald
Webbs Florist & Greenhouses
Jay Roles
Song Ae
Robert C.byrd
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Columbia/HCA
Harper Road
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