Obituaries
Lorrie Ann Cunningham
Dec 6, 2021
Lorrie Ann Cunningham, 51 of Sophia, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 6, 2021. She was born on June 15, 1970, the daughter of Jackie and Janis Blankenship. She was preceded in death by a sister, Jeanne Blankenship. Lorrie was a former employee of the Beckley Hotel and ResCare. She was a member of the Beckley...
James "Jimmy" Curtis Handy, Sr.
Dec 5, 2021
James (Jimmy) Curtis Handy, Sr., 87 of Hinton, WV, formerly of Helen, WV went home to be with the Lord Sunday, December 5, 2021, at rest at his home surrounded by those he loved. Born November 20, 1934 in Lego, WV, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Altie Farley HHandy. He graduated from Stoco High School...
Dixie Lee Stegel
Dec 2, 2021
Dixie Lee Thomas Stegel, 80 of Beckley, WV went home to be with the Lord Thursday December 2, 2021 following a short illness. Born October 6, 1941 in Oak Hill, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Alexander Thomas and Helen Francis Higgenbothan Thomas. Dixie was a strong and compassionate woman, who always put others before herself. She...
Eddie Carl Lilly
Nov 30, 2021
Eddie Carl Lilly, 68, of Beaver passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Born July 7, 1953, in Beckley he was the son of the late Carl Lilly and Bertha Redden Lilly. Eddie worked for several different electrical contractors and several coal mines as a certified and master electrician. He retired from Patriot Coal in 2015 to travel and spend more...
Donna Lee Adkins
Nov 24, 2021
Donna Lee Adkins, 69, of Beckley, passed away Nov. 24th, 2021 at the Raleigh General Hospital. Born October 22nd, 1952, in Oak Hill, WV, she was the daughter of Pat Stone Renfro and the late Donald Renfro. Donna, a retired federal employee, was also a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, niece, and cousin who always strived to love and support...
Elgie Daniel "Felix" Shumate
Nov 23, 2021
Elgie Daniel “Felix” Shumate of Charleston, WV, formerly of Beckley, WV passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Born December 8, 1929 in Beckley to Daniel Brisco “Slick” and Eula Mae Tucker Shumate. Felix was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He served with the Army Air Corp, U.S Air Force from 1946-1949. He owned and operated Slicks License Service...
Victoria Carol Cochran
Nov 22, 2021
Victoria Carol Higgins Cochran, 63, of Crab Orchard, passed away at her home on November 22, 2021 following a long illness. Born April 18th, 1958, she was the daughter of the late William (Bill) Higgins and the late Phyllis Faye Harper Higgins. She is preceded in death by her husband of 16 years, Roy Junior Cochran. Being born into a...
Cheryl Lynn Fairchild
Nov 21, 2021
Cheryl Lynn Fairchild, 62, of Beckley, received her wings on November 21, 2021 at home surrounded by family and friends following a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 24, 1959, in Beckley, WV, she was the daughter of Drema Norris Donaghue of Beckley and the late Robert Meador, who passed away in December, 2020. Cheryl was a Christian and her...
Roy Waddell Bazzarre
Nov 20, 2021
Roy Waddell Bazzare, 99, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, November 20, 2021. Born August 9, 1922, in Beckley, he was the son of the late Thomas Edward and Minnie Black Bazzarre. Roy enjoyed deer hunting and fishing. He loved animals and was active in the Beckley First Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Genevieve "Gen" Alvers
Nov 20, 2021
Genevieve “Gen” Alvers, 94, of Winter Springs, Florida passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 20, 2021 after a brief illness. Genevieve was born on January 20, 1927 in Sophia, West Virginia. She lived in Beckley, West Virginia until 1961 when she remarried and moved to Ohio. From the early 1960’s Gen would come to Palatka, Florida every year with her...
Paul A. Andis
Nov 16, 2021
Paul A. Andis, 62, died Tuesday, November 16, 2021, in a Beckley hospital following a short illness. Born January 22, 1959, in Welch, WV, he was the son of the late Kenneth W. Andis, Sr. and Betty L. Burks Andis. Mr. Andis graduated from S. Fayette High School and last attended church at the Calloway Heights Baptist Church in Beckley,...
Warren Neal Aldridge
Nov 14, 2021
Warren Neal Aldridge, 72, of Shady Spring, WV, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021. Born October 29, 1949 in Cohutta, GA, he was the son of the late Silas Lloyd and Nannie O’Dell Heitt Aldridge. Warren was a maintenance technician for the National Mine Health and Safety Academy. He was a U.S. navy veteran and served in the Army reserves...
Eunice (Riffe) Canaday Deck
Nov 3, 2021
Eunice (Riffe) Canaday Deck, 88 years young, got her angel wings on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 following a long battle with dementia. She was a lifelong resident of Crab Orchard, WV and lived the last 2 years of her life at the Rockin Chair in Lerona, WV. Born in Crab Orchard on October 22, 1933 along with her twin brother,...
Kenneth E. Buck
Oct 30, 2021
Kenneth E. Buck, 80, of Shady Spring, WV passed away Saturday, October 30, 2021. Born January 21, 1941 in Waseca, MN, he was the son of the late William and Leola Zachgo Buck. Kenneth was a former electrician for Mining Controls. He served as a Green Beret with the U.S. Army. He was a member of Clifftop Baptist Church and...
Freda Phipps Cook
Oct 29, 2021
Freda Phipps Cook, 86 of Beaver, formerly of Sprague, WV, passed away on November 29, 2021 following a long illness. Born August 3, 1935 in Crab Orchard, WV, she was the daughter of G. Cleve Phipps and Laura Mae Phipps. Preceded in death recently was her husband of 66 years, Richard L. Cook. Freda and Richard enjoyed many years of...
Bobby Ray Bonds
Oct 29, 2021
Bobby ‘Sonny’ Ray Bonds, 77, of Sophia, WV went home to be with the Lord, on Friday morning, October 29, 2021, at 6:16 a.m. He was born on February 11, 1944, in Stotesbury, WV to the late Sidney Johnson and Willie Marie Bonds. Bobby was a retired coal miner and proud Veteran of the United States Army, Military Police. He...
Anna Zornes
Oct 28, 2021
Anna Marie Zornes born on September 3, 1943 passed away on October 28, 2021 at her home in Princewick WV. She was the daughter of Harold Adkins and Mary Virginia Thompson. Anna was preceded in death by her sister, Dorthy Martin; brother, Harold Adkins, Jr.; late husbands Theodore Garretson and David Zornes. Anna and Theodore had 4 children together, son...
Ronnie Cleveland Fink, II
Oct 28, 2021
Ronnie Cleveland Fink, II, 41, of Beckley, left this earthly plane on Wednesday,October 27th, 2021 after a long, hard-fought battle with multiple illnesses. At approximately 6pm on that evening the Holy Spirit came into his room and gently escorted Ronnie out of that pain ridden body into the Kingdom of Heaven. Ronnie was born in Beckley on April 14th ,...
Terry Joe Brooks
Oct 28, 2021
Terry Joe Brooks, 77, of Beckley WV, passed away October 28, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Washington DC following a short illness. Terry was born June 6, 1944. He was the son of the late Vaughan and Regina (Bales) Brooks. Terry was a veteran and had served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Currituck. He received the...
Ronnie Cleveland Fink, II
Oct 27, 2021
Ronnie Cleveland Fink, II, 41, of Beckley, left this earthly plane on Wednesday,October 27th, 2021 after a long, hard-fought battle with multiple illnesses. At approximately 6pm on that evening the Holy Spirit came into his room and gently escorted Ronnie out of that pain ridden body into the Kingdom of Heaven. Ronnie was born in Beckley on April 14th ,...
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