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Newspaper

Register Herald

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1998

Page

6

Obituaries from Beckley area and surrounding towns

Obituary notices report Glida Meyers Banas 82 of Beckley died May 25 1998 after long illness with arrangements by Caffee Funeral Home. James J Bivens 70 of Crawley died May 24 1998. former agriculture official and National Guard lieutenant colonel with ties to Rupert Rotary Club All Saints Episcopal Church and various Crawley ventures. services at Wallace and Wallace Chapel Rainelle and burial at At the End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Other notices list Pearly Marie Blankenship 81 Princeton and Lorena R Bullock 72 Beckley with services and arrangements by local funeral homes. Robert Shannon Burgess 63 Fayetteville, a former Air Force and lumber company employee, with services at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home Chapel London. Renick El sie Louise Byers 69 Renick died May 25 1998. Larry Michael Byrd 21 Craigsville DOA May 24 1998. Deborah Ann Martin Cunnin gham 41 North Beckley died May 24 1998. multiple calls and visitations noted.

Glida Meyers Banas Beckley Caffee Funeral Home James Jarrett Bivens Crawley Rich Wood Ames Jarrett Erma Myrtleume Bivens Bivens West Virginia Department of Agriculture West Virginia National Guard West Virginia University Rupert Rotary Club Prison Fellowship Frank Bivens Wallace and Wallace Funeral Rainelle Jim Johnson Eddie Keeney Trail Cemetery Clintonville All Saints Episcopal All Saints Episcopal Church, South Charleston All Saints Episcopal Church MacCorkle Ave S.W South Charleston Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Princeton Pearly Marie Blankenship Memorial Funeral Directory Athens Road Renick Elsie Louise Byers Esther Hammons Lewisburg Larry Michael Byrd Craigsville D.O.A Richwood Locust Grove Baptist Church Simons-Coleman Funeral Home Deborah Ann Martin Cunningham North Beckley Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor

Elizabeth Lester longtime resident dies at 95 in Daniels

Elizabeth Granny Frances Blankenship Lester 95 of Daniels died Sunday May 24 1998 in a Daniels care center after a long illness Born August 2 1902 in Wyoming County she was the daughter of Obey and Ritta Cameron Blankenship She lived in Roderfield and Havace for 35 years and attended Little Vine Church later joining Glen Morgan Missionary Baptist Church She was a homemaker and enjoyed her grandchildren She was preceded in death by her husband Matthew James Lester two sons Elmer and James Lester three daughters Edna Lester Violet Breeden and Leona McCoy two brothers and a sister Survived by son Billy Ray Lester Logan Ohio two daughters Janice Lacey and Gladys Cadle Daniels a sister Louise Varney Chicago 30 grandchildren 58 great grandchildren and 25 great great grandchildren Service at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Grayson Lilly Burial in Lester Family Cemetery Huff Creek Wyoming County Friends may call 6 to 9 p m Pallbearers grandsons Arrangements by Melton Mortuary Beckley

Elizabeth Granny” Frances Blankenship Lester Daniels Wyoming McDowell Counties Wyoming County Obey Ritta Cameron Blankenship Roderfield Havace Little Vine Glen Morgan Missionary Baptist Church Matthew James Lester Elmer James Lester Edna Lester Violet Breeden Leona McCoy Billy Ray Lester Logan Ohio Janice Lacey Gladys Cadle Louise Varney Chicago Ill Melton Mortuary Grayson Lilly Lester Family Huff Creek Beckley

Obituaries From Conover and Nearby Areas May 24 1998

Heather Sizemore of Conover NC died Sunday May 24 1998 at age 25 no service planned arrangements by Bass Smith Funeral Home Hickory NC Violet Stover Smith 87 of Ameagle WV died at home after a lengthy illness born July 24 1910 in Cabin Creek daughter of Mose and Anne Williams Stover survived by husband Frank Smith four infant children and many relatives services set at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Beckley WV with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Ballard Walter C Toler 46 of Ballard WV died May 24 1998 at WVU Hospital worked as a mechanic for Carter Equipment Company Bluefield survived by two sons two brothers and a sister services at Pivont Funeral Home Hinton WV burial in New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery Maine Leonard Harvey Yates 79 formerly of Hinton and Covington VA died May 24 1998 in Christiansburg VA born Aug 5 1918 son of Chester and Mamie Yates longtime Army Corps of Engineers retiree and DA V member survivors include two sons a daughter six grandchildren services at McCraw Funeral Home Lewisburg WV burial Rosewood Cemetery Graveside rites by McDaniel Lodge AF&AM No 86 and Eastern Star chapters.

Conover N.C Heather Marie Beisner Sizemore Bass-Smith Funeral Home Second St. N.W Hickory Violet Ethel Stover Smith Fayetteville Cabin Creek Mose Anne F. Williams Stover Ella Williams Maudie Aldridge Virginia Runion Etta Dillon Ovatta Dickerson Frank L. Stover Jo Ann Morenci Mich Elsie Richards Tom Beckley Coretta Jarrell Ronald Ameagle Muriel Jarrell Freddie Marie Jarrell Georgina Stover Twilla Meadows Blue Ridge Funeral Home Jerry Lawrence Noble Jarrett Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Ballard Walter Calvin Toler West Virginia University Hospital Morgantown Maine Irene Whitten Toler Martin Sidney Toler Toler Carter Equipment Company Bluefield Calvin Andy Toler David Bernard Toler Lake City Tenn Carolyn Lee Brook Park Ohio Pivont Funeral Home Chapel Hinton Eddie Hawdock New Hope Methodist Church Gary Glen Toler Dennis Lee Bill Richmond Mike Boone Joe Gill Pivont Funeral Home Christiansburg Leonard Harvey Yates Hinton and Covington Columbia Greenbrier Valley Medical Center Unus Greenbrier County Chester and Mamie Harvey Yates Yates St. Paul United Methodist Church Coane U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wainwright Disabled American Veterans Summers County D.A.V. Hinton McDaniel Lodge AF & AM Taylor Lucille Farren Steven M. Yates Edward M. Yates Leonard A. Yates Glen Allen Patricia Sue Yates Symons Charlottesville Pauline Casdorph Lewisburg Stella Blackhurst Cass Chester A. Yates Preston Quick Marshall Musser Martin Dahmer Jr McCraw Funeral Home Doug Kanney Chuck McHose Rosewood Cemetery McDaniel Masonic Lodge AF & AM No. 86 Ces Box

Clay County teen charged in shooting

BOMONT AP A 17-year-old boy was charged with murder after a family dispute ended in the shooting death of Gerald Burton Taylor 38 of Jones Hollow. State Police Trooper M L Bailey said the uncle died from a 12 gauge shotgun wound as he tried to remove his nephew from the home.

Bomont M.L. Bailey Clay County Gerald Burton Taylor Jones Hollow Bailey Taylor

Funeral notices from Beckley area May 1998

Obituaries list several residents including Lucy Andrews 70 Beckley died May 21 1998. Services at Gracian Funeral Home Cleveland OH with burial at Riverside Cemetery. Other notices include Willie Bailey 86 Beckley, Alvin C. Bob Bishoff 63 Rainelle, Helen C. Bowyer 79 Daniels, Todd Simpson Cooke Jr 72 Anthony, Virginia Mae Fox 76 Oak Hill, Percy L. Galloway Sr 96 Rolling Hills CA formerly Alderson, and Richard Edward Hassel 66 Beckley. Services set in local chapels and churches with burials and memorials.

Bowyer Helen C Daniels Melton Mortuary Chapel David Carrico Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Beckley Melton Mortuary Cooke Todd Simpson, Jr Anthony Fox Virginia Mae Oak Hill Oak Hill Baptist Church David White Walter Brown Tom Oxley High Lawn Memorial Park Tyree Edward D.D. Elwell

Doris Steinhoff Dies at 64 in Daniels Residence

Doris L Steinhoff 64 of Daniels died Monday May 25 1998 at 145 am at her home. Arrangements by Rose and Que senberry Funeral Home Shady Spring.

Doris L. Steinhoff Daniels Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring

Deadly dialysis tubing linked to illnesses in three states

Defective tubing from Cobe Gambro Healthcare used in dialysis may have caused hemolysis in patients across Nebraska Massachusetts and Maryland. At least one death in Maryland is linked to the issue while centers in Lincoln and Baltimore halted or moved patients as federal investigators probe shipments and recalls.

Lincoln Neb Maryland Nebraska Massachusetts Cobe/Gambro Healthcare Lakewood Colo Tom Safranek Safranek Cobe/Gambro Centers For Disease Control U.S. Food and Drug Administration Ann Stivers Lincoln Center Stivers Illinois Ohio Bon Secours Baltimore

Lightning strikes Mercer County Church at Montcalm

A Sunday morning fire gutted the Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church in Mercer County after a lightning strike. Reverend R C Turner, neighbor of the church established about 1905 with roughly 200 members, described a loud, bomb-like blast and noted the building was insured. No damage total yet, but officials say the roof blaze destroyed the structure.

Montcalm (Ap Mercer County Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church Bluewell T.A. Warden Jr R.C. Turner Turner

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