Obituaries and funeral notices from May 1998 region
Multiple notices report deaths in west Virginia areas including Lashmeet Princeton Beckley Daniels Hurricane and Roanoke. Names include Rita Bailey William Bailey Ira Blankenship Helen Bowyer Robert Burgess Jessie Canaday Walter Charlton Tillson Drennen Ernie Dirickson Todd Cooke Jr. George Hankins Dick Hassel Margaret Mason and others. Services are scheduled at various chapels and churches with details on callers, arrangements, and burial plans.
Obituary notices for Mary Robertson and Thomas Smith
Two obituaries list Mary Robertson of Lester and Thomas Walter Smith of Beckley. Smith, a WWII veteran and former lab supervisor, died May 20 1998 after a long illness, with services in Daniels and Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home arrangements. Mary Evelyn Thomas of Lochgelly died May 22 1998 in Cleveland at 72, with memorial park services planned in Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shannon Burgess
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Dodd-Payne- Hess Funeral Home
Aiken, S.C
Jessie Junior Canaday
Crab Orchard
Aiken Medical Center
Aiken
S.C
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Beckley
Ernie Dirickson
VA Regional Medical Center
Huntington
Dirickson
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Hurricane
Teamsters
Charleston
Kanawha Valley
U.S. Marine Corps
Betty Worley Dirickson
Joyce Rollins
Vesta L. Sobczyk
Omaha
Neb
Lisa Dirickson Webb
Tornado
Betty June Matherly
Buckeye
Ariz
Juanita Sue Shaffer
Phoenix
Ella Mae Clark
Sandwich
Ill
John Dirickson
Burley
Idaho
Albert Dirickson, Jr
Horatio, Ark
Tillson U. Drennen
Clifftop
Beckley Hospital
Opert Drennen
Hattie Cool Drennen
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Tillson
Gene” Drennen Jr
Wichita Falls
Texas
Gary Drennen
Donna Mann
Piney View
Marie Tate
Christina Johnson
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Bill Parker
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
W. Margaret Jeffries
Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home
James B. Miller
Huse Memorial Park
Dodd Payne- Hess Funeral Home
Elizabeth
Granny” Frances Blankenship
Lester
Daniels
Wyoming
McDowell Counties
Mary Robertson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Thomas Walter Smith
N. Kanawha St
Blue Jay
Adolphus A
Davie Gouge Smith
Lori
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
David Randal Smith
Linda
Tampa
Richard Wayne Smith
Donna Shefflett
Daniel
Billings
Mont
Marie Louise Carter
Garry
Richmond
Clarence Smith
Frances
Tacoma
Wash
Mary M. Winston
Phillip Lilly
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary Evelyn “Shorty” Thomas
Lochgelly
William R. “Buster” Thomas
High Lawn Memorial Park
Tyree
Arts advocate Roberta Emerson dies in Huntington
Roberta Shinn Emerson longtime arts advocate and former Huntington Museum of Art director died Friday at Cabell Huntington Hospital at 76. Born in Hancock Point Maine she shaped the Huntington Museum of Art starting as an artist and teacher and retired as director in 1987 after 16 years in that post. A Northwestern and University of Chicago graduate she founded what became the Arts Advocacy Committee of West Virginia and volunteered for several state charities, earning numerous honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Arts Advocacy Committee of
West Virginia
Funeral notices list several area deaths among Princetons and Mount Hope
Funeral notices report Ira Blankenship of Princeton died May 22 1998 with services at Concord United Methodist Church Athens. Margaret Carmen Mason of Mount Hope died May 1998 with services at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. Avice H Smith of Falls Church formerly Quinwood died May 21 1998 with service at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Rainelle. Wa Roy Young of Alvon died May 22 1998 with services at Alvon United Methodist Church and burial at Rosewood Cemetery Lewisburg.
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Ira Blankenship
Athens Road
Princeton
Slab Fork
Noah and
Pear King Blankenship
Blankenship
Concord College
Concord
Concord United Methodist Church
Athens
American Red Cross
American Legion
Naia Coaches Association
Wviac Coaches Association
WVEA
NEA
Jaeger High School
West Virginia University
U.S. Navy
Elkins
Duffie June Beane Blankenship
Ira Neal Blankenship
Vivian Alien
Betsy Lambert Blankenship
Dana Kee Houck
Edd
Fredericksburg
M. Renee Garner
Russ
Germany
Rhonda Lee Sizemore
Beaver
Gertrude Lester
Brenton
Betty Collins
Litwar
Naomi Collins
Speedway
Morgantown
W. Brent Sturm
O.S.L
Capital Improvement Fund
P.O. Box
Margaret Carmen Mason
Mount Hope
Cittsville
Sidney
Minnie Gilliam
Columbus
Ohio
Lynn Kern
Stafford
Jackie Mason
Michael Mason
Tyree
Tyree Funeral Home
Blankenship Blankenship
Ira
0.S.L
George W. Seaver
Mason Mason
Margaret Carmen
Daniel Legg
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckiey
Young
Roy
Alvon
Alvon United Methodist Church
Phil McClain
Rosewood
Lewisburg
Trae
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Ae ‘of
Rita Bailey
Lashmeet
Roland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home
Funeral
Willie Bailey
Clear Fork
Newton and
Corey Cantaberry Gunnee
Bailey
Auta Garland
Jack” Bailey
Remona Jean Sizemore
Marybelle Lucas
Robert
Shirley Woody
Woody
St. Albans
Phyllis Harrah
Jackie
Stamford
Adalee Bailey
Gracie
Roanoke
Nelson Bailey
Quennie
Glen Rogers
William Dean Bailey
Garland Bailey
Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel
David Trump
Blue Ridge Funeral Home
Bland Street
Bluefield
George W. Seaver Funeral Home
Helen C. Bowyer
Falcon
Floyd
Daisy Conley Bailey
Bowyer
Ashland High School
Lilly's Drug
First Baptist Church
Justus Bailey
Arnold Bowyer
Nancy Keatley
Hugh
Jim
Inga
Dallas
Mike
Joyce
Kansas City
Betty Painting
Don
Manchester
N.H
June Hagans
Tommy
Mobile
Ala
Nella Bailey
Lexington
James R. Bailey
Nell
Randy Keatley
Karen
Charlotte
N.C
Sue Keatley DeValdes
Greg
Virginia Beach
Beth Keatley Lane
Bobby
Shady Spring
Andrew Bowyer
John
Joey DeValdes
David
Hallie Keatley
Melton Mortuary
David Carrico
David Kendricks
John Kirby
Don Lilly
Bill Waint
Charlie Farmer
Royce C.R. Brown
Ron Lily
Beckley Area
Jessie Junior
Canaday
Walter W. Charlton
Newport News
Keenan
Fairview Cemetery
Broyles- McGuire Funeral Home
Union
Todd Simpson Cooke Jr
Anthony
Greenbrier Valley Medical Center
Maxwelton
Todd S
Helen Cruikshanks Cooke
Cooke
Anthony Baptist Church
U.S. Army
National Associa
Tion
Columbia Greenbrier Valley
McCraw Funeral Home
Frankford
George Thomas Hankins
Richard Hassel
Richard “Dick” Edward Hassel
Sharon
Harold Salem
Ruth Eileen Fitzgerald Hassel
Hassel
Youngstown State University
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Pittston Coal Group
Richard Eric Hassel
Chesapeake Beach
Margaret Anne
Meg” Sofranko
Frank
Nicholas Wood
Eric Francis
Alex Richard Sofranko
Brenda Bragg
Harold Hassel
Naples
Gerald Hassel
Donna
Masury
Diane O’hara
D.D. Elwell
Elizabeth Lester
Maurice Mann
Greenville
Broyles- Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Peterstown
Geremy Lee McCoy
Christina Patten
Patrick McCoy
Summersville
Mt. Vernon
Glade Creek
White Funeral Home
George Daniel
Dan’”’ Melvin Jr
Dan” Melvin Jr
Memorial Funeral Directory
Drennen
Roberta Emerson
State Charities
National Bank
West Virginia’s Bank
FDIC
Memorial Day Banking
Uptown
Main Street
Gulf
Rt. 16
Sophia
Crossroads Mall
Bradley
Raleigh Mall
EGNOR
Glen White Road
Prddv
Jay Roles
Een
Ridion
Robert C.byrd
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Oakwood Avenue
Price H. Calfee, JR
Dan R. Calfee
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