Obituary Highlights From Sept 1998 West Virginia Notices
Thomas L Atha 81 of Sophia died Sept 12 1998 in Charleston after a long illness. Survived by wife Maudie Payton Atha two sons Steve Lee Atha Thomas Allen Atha a brother and sister and two granddaughters. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Beckley. Henry Pierce Pruett 63 Oceana died Sept 10 1998. Owner of Lambs Gulf and Oceana Auto Parts husband of Shirley Lamb Pruett with daughters Rhonda Bragg Kara Bragg and son Henry Allan Pruett. Burial Palm Memorial Gardens Oceana. Michael David Korman 36 Beckley died Sept 12 1998 after a long illness. Survived by parents Elmer and Julia Korman a brother and sister and extended family. Memorial service Sept 15 at Melton Mortuary Beckley. Additional notices for Elvin Farley James Fertig Stella Hackett Willa Simms Frank Slater James Tolliver Elsie Williams listed. Services set in Beckley and surrounding areas with multiple survivors and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Atha
Sophia
Charleston
Fayette County
Thomas Nathan
Wabie Ethel Harry Atha
Mr. Atha
AFCIO
Pierpoint Freewill Baptist
Cathran Boggs
Maudie Payton Atha
Steve Lee Atha
Beckley
Thomas Allen Atha
Donald Ray Atha
Tennessee
Elizabeth Whitt
Norfolk
Cynthia Dawn
Jennifer Lynn Atha
Williams Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Sophia/Midway VFW Post
Williams-Blue Ridge Funeral Home
Elvin G. Farley
Pineville
Welch
Charlie
Flora Farley
Farley
Fel-Pro
Curtis Farley
Sylvia Wooten
Evelyn Rose Farley
Michael David Kerman
West Hendrick Street
Elmer “Cotton
Oceana
Henry Pierce Pruett
Helen
Harvey Albert
Lillian Grace Sheppard Pruett
Pruett
Eastern Associated Coal Company
Lambs Gulf and
Oceana Auto Parts
Toneda Baptist Church
Shirley Jean Lamb Pruett
Rhonda Gail Brown
Damon
Kara Sue Bragg
Jimmy
Henry Allan Pruett
Connie
Christy
Billy Brown
Jeremy
Drew Bragg
Allison
Willa G. Simms
Rainelle
Hollywood
Brady and
Relda Hoke White
Vicki Hoover
Phillip Wayne Simms
Anita
Jason Stuart Simms
Dale E. Shires
Dayton
Ohio
Nellie Eagle
Gracie Bowyer
Fairlea
Jessie White
Rupert
Ian Wayne Simms
Michael Dale Shires
Halmesville
Serina Lynn Hoover
James C. Tolliver
Bluefield
Tralee
Calloway and
Adie Margaret Cozort Tolliver
Elsie Williams
Neola
William C
Verdie Smith Donelson
Russell L. Williams
Elizabeth Mullins
James
Jacksonville
Texas
Debbie Stewart
Tommy
Loran Michelle Whittaker
Edna Marie Sloan
Keyrock
Linda Craft
Tabetha Mullins Tipton
Anthony
Jason Aliff
Pineville Church
Notable local obituaries outline multiple deaths
CAPPS Charles K. 67 of Fayetteville died Friday Sept 14 1998. Services 11 a.m. today at Dodd Payne Hess Fayetteville with Rev Robert Mattox officiating. Burial Montgomery Memorial Park London. ARRANGEMENTS Dodd Payne Hess Funeral Home Fayetteville. PRUETT Henry 63 of Oceana died Thursday Sept 10 1998. Services 2 p.m. today at Toneda Baptist Church with Rev Dewight Stafford officiating. Burial Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny. ARRANGEMENTS Evans and Evans Funeral Directors Oceana. SNUFFER Ewell 85 of Morgantown died Wednesday Sept 9 1998. Services 1:30 p.m. today at Breckenridge Baptist Church Balt with Rev Dewey Lowe officiating. Burial Miller Cemetery Rock Creek. ARRANGEMENTS McCulla Funeral Home Westover. UNDERWOOD Robert Lowell 67 of Charleston died Saturday Sept 12 1998. Private services 11 a.m. today at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Chapel Beckley with Rev Fred Villinger officiating. Entombment Garden of Faith Mausoleum. ARRANGEMENTS Blue Ridge Funeral Home Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Oceana
Capps Capps
Charles K
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home
Robert Mattox
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Pruett Pruett
Henry
Toneda Baptist Church
Dewight Stafford
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Snuffer Snuffer
Ewell
Morgantown
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Balt
Dewey Lowe
Miller Cemetery
Rock Creek
McCulla Funeral Home
Westover
Underwood Underwood
Robert Lowell
Charleston
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Chapel
Beckley
Fred Villinger
Garden of Faith Mausoleum
Blue Ridge
Milkman Delivers Groceries by Car, Catering Bay Area
Moraga based The Milkman run by Pat Borella expands beyond milk to cheese ice cream bread and soap. With two trucks and 600 customers in five Bay Area regions the venture aims to capture 1 2 percent of households pending a $1 million capital pool. It operates midnight to 6 a m three days weekly from Moraga and plans growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moraga
Calif
Pat Borella
Borella
Milkman
San Francisco
Bay Area
Berkeley Farms
Kathy
Santa Rosa
San Mateo
Piedmont
Berkeley
Contra Costa County
Burlingame
Palo Alto
Wall Street Journal
Pam DeMarco
Skokie
Peapod Inc
Safeway
San Jose
Houston
Dallas
Austin
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Patrick Kirschling
St. Joseph’s University
Philadelphia
Long Valley
New Jersey
Welsh Farms
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
Ken Salzinger
Kathy Borella
Barbara Michards
Danville
Oakland
Williams
Michardi
Argentina
Paraguay
Four year old saves family from flood in Mexico village
In Buenos Aires Mexico a 4 year old boy Suriday Cigarroa awakened to rising water as rivers overflowed after days of rain. His parents fled with him and siblings to higher ground then returned to salvage belongings before seeking shelter with 80 villagers. The family credits Suriday with saving their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Mexico
Suriday Cigarroa
Pacific
Suriday
Jose
Norma
Sion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Odilvallos
Caffee Funeral Service
Bob Varney
James B. Fertig
White Sulphur Springs
Elisha Bearing
Estella Eunice Foster Fertig
Fertig
Greenbrier
Carpenter’s Union No
Mary Maxine Fertig
William Eugene Fertig
Lewisburg
Mildred Fertig
Mapledale Cemetery
Lloyd Camp
Shanklin
Stella D. Hackett
Dunns Road
Ellison
Shady Spring First Baptist Church
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Korman
Julia Wray Korman
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Mark Korman
Carma
Alderson
Mary Gragan
David
Julia
Sarah
E.B. Wray
Ruth Gray
Richmond, Va
Melton Mortuary
Dan Johnson
Funeral Home
Smathers Funeral Home
Charles F
Frank’ Slater
Charles Francis
Frank” Slater
Detroit
Mich
Joseph Edward
Margaret Allison Slater
Slater
Bailey Lumber Company
Oak Hill
Janet
Jan” Slater
Patty Teeter
MacClenney, Fla
Steven Slater
Glenn St. Mary
Fla
Curtis Slater
Seinfeld
Germany
Carl Slater
John Whimley
Potter, Neb
Joe Slater
Vandalia
Ill
Warren Slater
Southfield
Lloyd Higginbotham
Tyree
Offa Tolliver
Dallas Tolliver
High Point
N.C
Ronnie Tolliver
Sadie Ellison
Mullens
Mazie Church
Sylvia Billings
Francis Adkins
Caffee
Beatrice Staton
Jackie Lusk
Fair View
Pinnacle Creek Road
J.J. Tolliver
Leroy Adkins
Roger Adkins
Rick Ramsey
Pokey Tilley
Ronnie Billings
American Cancer Society
Raleigh County
Raleigh Regional Cancer Center
Jay Roles
Robert C.byrd
Raeflora
The
Beckely-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Ben
Stover
Harmon Davis
Dan R. Calfee
Price H. Calfee, JR
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