Obituaries
Vernice Maxine Lilly
Mar 30, 2011
Vernice Maxine Lilly Vernice Maxine Cole Calfee Lilly, 84, of Beckley, left this life Wednesday, March 30, 2011. She died peacefully at Bowers Hospice House. Maxine was born Nov. 23, 1926, in Pemberton, West Virginia, to Julia Elizabeth Young Baugess Cole and John Kelly Cole. She had been a lifelong resident of Raleigh County, with the exception of the last...
Henry L. Stump, Jr.
Mar 22, 2011
Henry L. Stump, Jr., 85, of Beckley, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in a Beckley hospital following a short illness. Born August 22, 1925 in Fitzpatrick WV, he was the son of the late Henry Lee Stump, Sr. and Mary Stump. He was retired from the US Postal Service where he worked as a clerk. He served in the...
Chloie Marie Falin Thomas
Mar 18, 2011
Chloie Marie Falin Thomas, 84, of Princeton, passed through the gates into Heaven on Friday, March 18, 2011. Born June 29, 1926 in Bishop, VA, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Virginia Pearl Smith Falin. Chloie was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. Besides her parents she was preceded in...
Clifford Brown
Mar 16, 2011
Clifford Lee Brown, 69, of Surveyor, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at home following a long illness. Born June 3, 1941 at Glen Fork, WV, he was the son of the late Elbert Lee and Mary Rosalee Chrystal Reed Brown. Clifford was a former lineman for General Motors in Baltimore, MD. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a...
Hazel G. Snuffer
Mar 14, 2011
On March 14, 2011, once more walking in her husband Edward’s footprints, she succumbed only 4 days following his death. We believe it truly was from a “broken heart”. She was married 71 years to her soul mate, Herbert Edward Snuffer. Born May5, 1920 at Chilhowie, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Grover Ferguson and Mary E....
Mildred Louise Pittman
Mar 11, 2011
Mildred Louise Pittman of Glen View, WV, finished her course on March 11, 2011, at the age of 92. Born July 1, 1918 in Eccles, WV, the daughter of the late Frank Day and Susie Day Spence. She was greeted by those family and friends who had preceded her, husband Alvin Pittman; her sisters, Sally Hanson, Nora Hayes, Margaret Murphy;...
Herbert Edward Snuffer
Mar 9, 2011
Herbert Edward Snuffer, 90, of Beckley, entered into a new life on March 9, 2011, at his home in the loving care of his bride of 71 years Hazel Ferguson whom he married in October 1939. Born January 19, 1921 in Bolt, WV, he was the eldest son of the late Herbert Cyrus Snuffer and Elsie Jane Shrewsbury Snuffer. Edward...
Juanita Martin Ford
Mar 9, 2011
Juanita Martin Ford, 94, of Shady Spring passed away March 9, 2011 at the Bowers Hospice House. Born June 3, 1916 in Abney WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin and Delilah Lavenia Lilly Martin. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of the community. Juanita was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shady Spring...
George Gail webb
Mar 3, 2011
George Gail Webb, 62, of Beckley, passed away at the Beckley Veterans Area Medical Center, Thursday, March 3, 2011. Born November 20, 1948 in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Virgil George and Doris Holmes Webb. George was retired from the U.S. Navy serving 13 years including two tours in Vietnam. He was a former member of...
Russell Lee Floyd
Mar 2, 2011
Russell Lee Floyd, 89, of Beckley went to be with his Lord on March 2, 2011 at the Hospice House in Cranberry surrounded by his family and special caregivers. He fought a courageous battle with COPD and remained strong in his faith throughout the illness. Born May 11, 1921 at Holleytown, he was the son of the late Eugene and...
Ruby Cook Daraban
Feb 26, 2011
Ruby Cook Daraban, 84, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 after a short illness. Born December 10, 1926 in Glen Rogers, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alven Arnold and Bessie Brinegar Cook. Ruby was a retired head bookkeeper for Mosler Safe Co. and attended the Church of God. Besides her parents she was preceded in...
Rachel Imojean Perkins
Feb 25, 2011
Rachel Imojean Perkins, 78, of Glen View, WV, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House following a short illness. Born September 29, 1932 at Beeson, WV, she was the daughter of the late Vesper and Dorothy Bailey Shrewsbury. Rachel was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed quilting, cooking and canning, bird watching...
Herman H. Harvey, III
Feb 23, 2011
Herman H. Harvey III, 96 of Beckley left this earth and entered a new life on February 23, 2011, at Bowers Hospice House, after a short illness. Born January 13, 1915 in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of David H. and Chloe Farley Harvey. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Ruth Harvey Holding, Eula Harvey McKinney,...
Ernest Johnson Blevins
Feb 18, 2011
Ernest J. Blevins, 84, of Crab Orchard, died February 18, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House. Born March 12, 1926, in Hot Coal, WV, he was the son of the late Roby Blevins and Flora Fortner Blevins. He worked in maintenance/construction for Darrell Williams Builders. He was a life-time resident of West Virginia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Twyla Grace Harouff
Feb 18, 2011
Twyla Grace Harouff, 94, of Beckley, passed away on February 18, 2011 at McDowell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gary, WV. Born October 29, 1916, in Sunburst, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Huffman and Ethel Edmonia Harouff. During her life, Twyla was Secretary to Charles Neff, Board of Directors, WVU for 12 years, the Secretary at...
Linda Gay Midkiff
Feb 17, 2011
After a brave four month battle with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Linda is currently making footprints on heaven’s beaches. Linda Gay Midkiff, 59, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House. Born May 4, 1951, in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Cleo and Katherine Hagerman Haga. Linda was a member of St. Stephens...
Marie Sigmond
Feb 6, 2011
Marie (Sissy) Sigmond, 85, of Beckley, formerly of Kopperston, WV, passed away February 6, 2011, at 3:35 a.m. at the Bowers Hospice House after a long illness. Born January 23, 1926 in Giles, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Frances Messer Holbrook. Marie was a member of Cross Point Church of God in Beckley and...
Genevieve Easter Lehman
Feb 1, 2011
Genevieve Easter Lehman, 88, of Glen White, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at the Bowers Hospice House. Born April 16, 1922 in Lundale, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Lelia Honaker Nickell. Genevieve was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Raleigh Co. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry...
Richard Franklin Wiseman
Jan 19, 2011
Richard Franklin Wiseman, 55, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Born December 1, 1955 in Beckley he was the son of Peggy Burleigh Wiseman of Beckley and the late Richard Lane Wiseman. Richard was a retired truck driver and was also involved in construction and strip mining. Besides his mother he is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Elaine...
Joseph David Evans
Jan 18, 2011
Joseph David Evans, age 65, of Beckley, died at the Bowers Hospice House on January 18, 2011. He was the son of the late Joseph and Ruth Rakes Evans. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Lois Anita Evans, son, Joseph David Evans, II and his wife Alisa of Concord, NC and his two grandchildren, Lilly and Paul Evans....
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