Obituaries in Fayette and Raleigh counties and surrounding areas
Obituaries list Virginia Carol Canaday aged 64 of Oak Hill died Sept 28 1998 after a long illness. Many Atkinsons and Castos are named among survivors and services are at Caffee Funeral Home Beckley. Other notices include Lucy Casto aged 90, Roger Keneda Simon aged 34, Selma MacPherson 87, Goldie McGown 80, Beuna Morrison 81, Nova Wikle 90 and multiple family and church affiliations with funeral details and burial plans in Beckley Marlinton Union Fayetteville and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Virginia
Carol” Canaday
Helen
Burliss Atkinson
Jessie Peak Atkinson
Canaday
Fayette
Raleigh
Bill Canaday
Ronnie Meadows
Alice Atkinson
Beckley
Lucille Fuller
Cathy
Sophia
Caffee Funeral Home
Ronald Adkins
Canaday Cemetery
Glen View
Funeral Home
David Canaday
William Stump Sr
William Stump Jr
Darrell Alberty
Chad Carden
Tommy Worley
Benjamin A. Casto
Louella Flint
Hines
Mary Bobbitt
Alderson
Nannie Conners
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Everette Clemons
Lake Milton
Kenneth Clemons
North Clemons
Missouri
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel
Rainelle
Keith Shumaker
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Simon
Roger William Keneda
Long Branch Freewill Baptist Church
Bluefield
Lee Porterfield Lambert
First Christian Church
Bland Street
McCraw Funeral Home
Lewisburg
Marlinton
Selma Fern MacPherson
VanReenen Funeral Home
Goldie H. McGown
Pax
Henry Haley
Minnie Shepherd Haley Lucas
Fayetteville
Beuna E Creger Morrison
Beckwith
Charles and
Susie Blake Creger
Leona Bowyer
Juanita Riffe
Ruth Ann Haga
Hanover
Janice Perry
Glasgow
Bea Writter
Coal City
Lea Akers
Princewick
Obituaries from Beckley area list multiple local deaths
Several Beckley and surrounding area residents are named in death notices. Evan S Harrrah 96 of Charleston formerly Grandview died Sept 27 with services today at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Beckley burial Grandview Cemetery. Goldie H McGown 80 Pax died Sept 27 services today Beckley with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Mattie Robbins Pollastrini 76 Montgomery died Sept 28 memorial service today at O'Dell Funeral Home Chapel Montgomery. Michael Leon Rollins 20 day old infant son of Michael Wayne and Jinnie Lynn Taylor Rollins Gatewood died Sept 25 service today at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville burial Cunard Cemetery. Gertrude Washington 83 Stanaford died Sept 26 service today Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley burial Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Kelly
Larry
Pax
Nellie Hudson
Dewitt
Oak Hill
Lillie Dillon
Mount Tabor Heights
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Beckley
Bill
Fayetteville Baptist Church
Phil Shields
Bil Withers
David Sneed
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Hess Funeral Home
Harrah Harrah
Evan S
Charleston
Grandview
Rose and Queenberry Peace Chapel
Chester Bird
Richard Wilcox
Grandview Cemetery
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
McGown McGown
Goldie H
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Pollastrini Pollastrini
Mattie Robbins
Montgomery
O'Dell Fu
Washington
Gertrude
Stanaford
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
David Allen
Charles Nicholas
Greenwood Memorial Park
Restricted burning rules until December 31
A legal burn advisory bans outdoor burning from 7 am to 4 pm during the period, permits burning after 4 pm only with a safety strip and at least 10 feet of mineral soil clearance. Only on site vegetative material may be burned, cannot be left unattended, must be fully extinguished by 7 am next day, and violations can incur fines up to 300 dollars plus damages and cleanup costs. Contact the state Division of Forestry at 256-6775 for details and additional safety tips.
Reenactment marks 135th Droop Mountain Battle anniversary
The 135th anniversary re reenactment of the Battle of Droop Mountain will be held October 9 to 11 at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park in Pocahontas County. Sponsoring group West Virginia Reenactors Association plans multiple Civil War events including a social, open air ball, cotillion, period music, and a church service. Contact Pocahontas County Tourism Commission or Droop Mountain State Park for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droop Mountain
Droop Mountain Battlefield
Pocahontas County
John Echols
Greenbrier Valley
William Averell
West Virginia
Mill Point
Soldier’s Aid Society
Fayette County drops mobile home zoning amendment
Fayette County commissioners rejected a plan to require a special permit for mobile homes in agricultural zones, citing concerns of discrimination and unresolved blight. The decision followed a Planning Commission hearing where critics argued for tighter rules and supporters urged alternative approaches to substandard housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Fayette
Jeff Moore
The
West Virginia Manufactured Housing Association
Moore
Planning Commission
Senate
Flu shots for Summers County seniors set Oct 16
The Summers County Council on Aging and Health Department co sponsor a flu clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. on October 16 at Hinton Senior Citizens Center. Free for residents 60 and over and their eligible spouses or those with Medicaid. Medicare or Medicaid card required. Those under 60 pay five dollars for the vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Summers County Council On Aging Inc
Summers County Health Department
Hinton Senior Citizens Center
Restoration Conference '98 Planned at Woodrow Wilson High School
Restoration Conference '98 will be held Thursday and Friday at the Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium with apostle Jefferson Edwards as speaker. The event is sponsored by Grace and Restoration Christian Center United Missionary Baptist Church. Youth will host a hot dog sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 205 S. Fayette St. Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Restoration Conference
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jefferson Edwards
Grace and Restoration Christian Center
United Missionary Baptist Church
S. Fayette St
Mount Hope
FYI Luncheon Spotlight on Breast Cancer Awareness
Robin Shirley RN of Raleigh General Hospital will headline the FYI for Women luncheon at Black Knight Country Club Beckley. The event runs 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, August, with a $7.25 charge for meal and program. Checks payable to the country club. For details call Carla Wiseman at 256-4166.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Shirley
Raleigh General Hospital
Shirley
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley
Carla Wiseman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lucy M. Casto
Danny Egich
Beckley Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry
Roger W. Keneda
Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home, Man
Virginia Lambert
Selma F. MacPherson
Vickie Kelly Toney
Kelly
Nova Opal Wikie
Union
Nova
Alderson College
Union Memorial Baptist Church
Edison S. Wikle
James Wikle
Regina
Bluewell
W.va
Ruby O’farrell
Anna Lee Simms
Florida
Arnold Copeland
Union W.va
Janet Sutphin
Rick
Michigan
Kim Davis
Jackie Martin
Novel
Roanoke
Billie Jean Phillips
Laban
Princeton
Groves Funeral
Bob Ratliff
Ellison
Rock Camp
Groves Funeral Home
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
McGown
Neral Home Chapel
Paul Wharton
O'Dell Funeral Home
State Division of Forestry
Joe Myers
Register-Herald
Harold Bragg
Glen Jean
Lawrence Boley
Layland
Danese Public Service District
Boley
William Fox
Summers County
Salvation Army of
Morgan Orchard Sinks Grove
Monroe County
FYI
Simpler Times
LCE
Harper Rd
Jay Roles Floral, Inc
Robert C. Byrd
Jayrolesfloral.com
Leigh County Chamber of Commerc
Rie
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