Obituaries
Lewis Buchanan
Apr 16, 2012
Lewis Campbell Buchanan, 84, of Beaver, passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House. Born September 10, 1927 he was the son of the late Garland and Olga McCall Buchanan. Lewis was owner and CEO of Buchanan Corporation, Lilly Ice & Bottling Works, Ashland Gas, Beckley Oil, Stevens Gas, Caldwell Gas Service and Buchanan Trucking. He was a...
Hansel Edward Parsons, Jr.
Apr 10, 2012
Hansel Edward (Bird) Parsons, Jr., 49, of Crab Orchard, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at a Charleston hospital. Born June 20, 1962 in Mullens, WV, Hansel was the son of the late Rev. Hansel Edward and Anna Marie Young Parsons. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, David Ray Parsons. Hansel was a...
Betty Sue McVey
Apr 9, 2012
Betty Sue McVey, 83, of Pemberton, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 9, 2012, where she will spend eternity with no more pain, sorrow or tears as she is with God in his loving care. Born February 11, 1929, in Raleigh County, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Daphna Houck. In addition to her...
Herbert Theodore Wells
Apr 7, 2012
Herbert T. Wells, 85, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012 in Daniels. Born on May 3, 1926, in Grantsville, WV , he was the son of the late Ted H. and Ruth Curry Wells. Herbert was a graduate of Richwood High School, a sergeant in the Army having fought during WWII and the Korean War . After his...
Betty Jean Jackson
Apr 4, 2012
Betty Jean Jackson, 76, of Oak Hill, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born February 21, 1936 in Russell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Florence Stump. Betty was a homemaker. She enjoyed playing bingo and loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death...
Betty Jean Jackson
Apr 4, 2012
Betty Jean Jackson, 76, of Oak Hill, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born February 21, 1936 in Russell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Florence Stump. Betty was a homemaker. She enjoyed playing bingo and loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death...
Ocal Helen Shumate
Apr 4, 2012
Ocal Helen Horton Shumate, 85, of Crab Orchard, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House. Born June 20, 1926 at Surveyor, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Monroe and Ocal Elizabeth Canaday Shumate. Helen was a retired teacher for the Raleigh County Board of Education. She was a member of the Crab Orchard Baptist...
John Johnson
Apr 3, 2012
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Betty Jo Patton
Mar 31, 2012
Betty Jo Reid Patton, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 31, 2012 following a short illness. Born August 13, 1929 in Sophia, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Eli and Wanda Mae Phipps Reid. Betty Jo was a 1947 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, a receptionist for Dr. Grover Hedrick for...
Shelby McVey
Mar 28, 2012
Shelby W. McVey, 72, of Hueytown, Al, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Graveside rites and burial will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31, 2012 in the McVey Cemetery on Sullivan Rd. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley.
Terry Dale Blankenship
Mar 27, 2012
Terry Dale Blankenship, 60, of Bolt, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House. Born August 31, 1951 in Williamson, WV, he was the son of the late Otis and Lovis Norman Blankenship. Terry was a mobile equipment operator for Peabody Coal. He enjoyed playing guitar, hunting, fishing, the outdoors and riding his horse “Lil Man.” Terry loved...
James Sydney Larrick
Mar 25, 2012
James Sydney “Syd” Larrick, 100, of Scott Depot, WV went home to the Lord on Sunday, March 25th, 2012 at the Hospice of Huntington house after enjoying a long and productive life on this earth. Syd was born in Middletown, VA on November 28, 1911 and was the son of the late Sydney and Ida May Larrick. He first attended...
John Glen Kelley
Mar 22, 2012
On Thursday, March 22, 2012, our beloved, papaw,” John Glen Kelley, 79, of Coal City, WV, got a new pair of tennis shoes when he went to be with the Lord. Born March 30, 1932 in Atkins, VA, he was the son of the late Troy and Rose Anderson Kelly. In addition to his loving parents, John Glen was preceded...
Orville Lee Stover
Mar 22, 2012
Orville Lee Stover, 74, of Clarksburg, WV, formerly of Saxon, WV, passed away Monday, March 19, 2012 in a Bridgeport hospital. Born April 17, 1937 in Saxon, he was the son of the late Orville Ray and Christie Lee Tabor Stover. Orville was the former owner of Stover Appliance Center in Saxon and most recently worked for Mountaineer Auctions in...
Donald M. Bratcher
Mar 21, 2012
Donald M. Bratcher, 88, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House. Born July 3, 1923 in St. Joseph, MO, he was the son of the late Jean and Zula Helen Engleman Bratcher. Donald was retired from the U.S. Navy. Following his time in the Navy he worked as a security officer for North Carolina School...
Helen A. Lewis
Mar 14, 2012
Helen A. (Walker) Lewis, 85, of Shady Spring, WV went to be with the Lord on March 14, 2012 while at the Bowers Hospice House. Born August 19, 1926 in Josephine, WV she was the daughter of the late Stralie and Nada Meadows Walker. Helen was the owner and manager of the S&S IGA Foodliner in Beaver, WV for many...
Madeline Peggy Diggs
Mar 12, 2012
Madeline 'Peggy' Diggs, 84, passed away Monday, March 12, 2012, at Avalon by Otterbein Nursing Home in Maineville, Ohio. Born December 6, 1927, at Stover, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Chloe Edwards. She was a retired nurse, last working at the VA Medical Center in Beckley and Hospice. Peggy was a devoted mother, grandmother, and...
Franklin Delano Scott
Mar 1, 2012
Franklin Delano Scott, 71, of Piney View, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012. Born December 27, 1940 at Grandview, WV, he was the son of the late Harold and Mae Redden Scott. Franklin was a retired electrician for Kings Mill Energy. He loved to hunt, tinker with cars and small engines and spending time with his kids and grandkids. In...
Lillian Elleen Ward
Feb 24, 2012
Lillian Elleen Ward died on February 24, 2012 following a long illness. She was born on March 15, 1924 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Her parents were the late Carl James and Minnie Sue Hughes Elliott. She grew up in Prices Fork, Virginia where she met her husband the late William K. Ward Sr. She was employed by the Radford Arsenal...
Irene Pigg
Feb 24, 2012
Irene StClair Pigg, 92, of Jacksonville Beach, FL, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012. Born October 2,1919 at Epperly Hill, WV, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Della Gray StClair. Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Cletus Pigg and siblings, Ray StClair, Elsie Saunders, Cecil StClair,Roy StClair, Mary Hall, Garnet Deweese, Irene was the granddaughter,...
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