Obituaries
Chessie Mae McGraw Barker
Sep 5, 2010
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free, I'm following the path God laid for me. I took His hand when I heard him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, to laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way. If my parting has left a...
Margie R. Beckett
Sep 2, 2010
On Thursday, September 2, 2010, Margie R. Beckett, 84, of Crab Orchard, joined her beloved husband and became a member of the heavenly choir. Born February 12, 1926 in Hinton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Theodore and Luda Mae Yancey Smith. Margie was a former secretary retiring from the VA Medical Center after 33 years of...
Wayne Cochran
Aug 30, 2010
Wayne Cochran, 83, of Alderson, WV, passed away Monday, August 30, 2010 in Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte, WV. Born October 6, 1926 in Lester, WV, he was the son of the late John and Myrtle Acord Cochran. Wayne was a steel worker, retiring from LTV in Warren, OH. He was a WW II Army veteran and had been...
Connie Sue Hubbard
Aug 29, 2010
Connie Sue Hubbard, 57, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2010 in a Charleston hospital following a long illness. Born April 26, 1953 in Ohio, she was the daughter of Ada Ashby Shamblin and the late Virgil Shamblin. Survivors include her son, Brian Hubbard and wife Leslie of Crab Orchard, daughter, Sarah Hubbard-Wallace and husband Larry of Beckley, sisters;...
Nancy Wickham
Aug 24, 2010
Nancy Wickham of Beckley died at her home at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010 after a long illness. She was born in West Chester, PA on August 5, 1916, the daughter of the late Thomas H. Wickham and Louise Bates Wickham. She attended Beckley public schools and graduated from Stuart Hall in Staunton, VA in 1935. She was a...
Isabelle Finch
Aug 23, 2010
Isabelle Finch, 82, of Beckley, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010 in a Beckley hospital. Born November 22, 1927 in Bath, England, she was the daughter of the late Percy and Lily Redjeb. Isabelle was a loving mom and grandmother. She attended the Church of the Bible Covenant and had been a resident of Raleigh County since 1948. She was...
Catherine C. Smith Scott
Aug 21, 2010
Heaven’s golden bells rang and the angels sang to welcome Catherine C. Smith Scott home on August 21, 2010. Her long illness had ended. Catherine was born in Armadale, Scotland on March 14, 1927 to the late William Fisher Smith and Catherine Cooper Smith. She, her mother, her three brothers, Dougal, Alexander and William and her sister Janet Fisher arrived...
Oscar Samuel Suttle
Aug 13, 2010
Oscar Samuel Suttle, better known as 'Curley' by his many friends and family, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday morning, August 13 at BARH with his family by his side. Born in Cashmere, WV, he was the son of the late Sherman and Glenna Copeland Suttle. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Dennis,...
Nancy Hamilton Lewis Haley
Jul 17, 2010
Nancy “Teetie” Hamilton Lewis Haley, age 69, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Scott Lewis Jr. and Nancy Pat Lewis-Smith. She is survived by her two daughters Kate Marie Hatfield (husband Eric Hatfield) and Ann Hamilton Donegan (husband Tom Donegan) both of Beckley WV; two sisters Langhorne Abrams (husband David...
Jo Ann Malcolm
Jul 16, 2010
Jo Ann Hutchison Malcolm, 81, of Beckley, died Friday, July 16, 2010 at the Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born May 26, 1930 at the Beckley Hospital in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Carroll and Eva Scott Hutchison. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother John Hutchison. Jo Ann was a...
Jim Rahall
Jul 10, 2010
Jameel (Jim) Rahall, 77, of Beckley, passed away Saturday July 10, 2010 at a local hospital following a short illness. Born November 18, 1932 in Beckley, he was the son of Lebanese immigrants Abraham Rahall and Farida Rahall. Before retiring he was self-employed as owner and operator of The Slack Rack, a mens clothing store in Beckley. Jim served with...
John Julius Rahall
Jul 9, 2010
John Julius Rahall, Sr., 88, of Daniels, passed away Friday July 9, 2010, at his home following a short illness surrounded by his family. Born March 17, 1922 in Tams, WV, John was the son of the late John (Hreha) Rahall and Susie Vargo Rahall. He was a retired electrician from West Moreland Coal Company and a member of Saint...
John Henry Keppe, Sr.
Jul 5, 2010
John Henry Keppe, Sr., 69, of Beckley, passed away Monday, July 5, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. Born January 7, 1941 in New Brunswick, NJ, John was the son of the late John Henry Keppe and Mary Ann Smolisky. John was a retired Route Salesman for Frito Lay. He was a member of the Oak Grove Christian...
Lucille Evelyn Thacker
Jul 2, 2010
Lucille Evelyn Thacker, 84, of Beckley, died Friday, July 2, 2010 at Pine Lodge in Beckley following a long illness. Born January 14, 1926 in Sun, WV, she was the daughter of the late Arba and Pearl Harsh. She was a homemaker, a life-long resident of Beckley, and a member of the First Church of God in Beckley. Besides her...
Noka Faye Farley
Jul 1, 2010
Noka Faye Farley, 92, passed away July 1, 2010, after a short illness. She was born March 31, 1918, the youngest of three daughters. Noka graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1936. She was a longtime resident of Beckley. She worked as a dental hygienist for many years. After she retired she volunteered her services to the Dental Health...
Julia Virginia Shoemaker
Jun 30, 2010
Julia Virginia Shoemaker, 78, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in a local hospital following a long illness. Born February 12, 1932, Julia was the daughter of the late William and Bernice Veid Diclaro. Also preceding her in death, a granddaughter, Nicole F. Runge and a brother, John DiClaro, and a step son, Howard Shoemaker. Julia was a homemaker and...
Anna Booth Saylor Herman
Jun 27, 2010
Anna Booth Saylor Herman, 83, formerly of Beckley, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2010, in Dania Beach, FL. Born May 17, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Whitten Booth and Mary Nugen Booth. In addition to working for Publix, Anna was a retired florist having owned her own floral company. Survivors include her two daughters Vicki Gibb Bristow...
Tiny Emogene Manning
Jun 24, 2010
Tiny Emogene (Foley) Manning, 90, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2010, at the Bowers Hospice House. Born April 12, 1920, she was the daughter of the late George T. and Lora Dodd Foley. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church in Shady Spring. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Hazel Bibb Clark Williams
Jun 16, 2010
Hazel Bibb Clark Williams of Shady Spring, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at The Raleigh Center in Daniels. Born January 6, 1917 in Shady Spring, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Flora Bell Rakes Bibb. She was a graduate of Shady Spring High School class of 1934. Hazel graduated from Beckley College with a business associates...
Thelma Rose O'Dell Hale
Jun 14, 2010
Thelma Rose Wills O’Dell Hale-Passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at the Manor House Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. She had lived in Beckley, West Virginia from birth through a large part of her adult life. She had also lived in Mississippi, Japan, Alaska, New Mexico, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, and in her later years, Bainbridge, Georgia. She was born...
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