Obituaries
Martha S. Gillespie
Oct 31, 2010
Martha S. “Marty” Gillespie, 82, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born March 3, 1928 in Guam, she was the daughter of the late Capt. Tyler W. Spear (USN) and Cora R. Wickes Spear. She was of the Episcopal faith, a homemaker, and lived in the Beckley area for the...
Gale Lewis Redden
Oct 22, 2010
Master Sergeant (Ret) Gale Lewis Redden, 73 of Boonville, NC, formerly of White Oak, WV, passed away Friday, October 22, 2010 following a lengthy illness. Born March 6, 1937 in Beaver, WV, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Myrtle Arnold Redden. Gale retired as a Master Sergeant from the U.S. Air Force after 21 years of...
Doris Joan Stone
Oct 19, 2010
Doris Joan Stone, 75, of MacArthur, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at her residence. Born April 19, 1935 in Vanceburg, KY, she was the daughter of the late Ancel and Nellie Eunice Wigal Caseman. Doris was a homemaker and a lifetime member of the Church of God. She had been a resident of Raleigh County for the past 9...
Billie Jean Shumate
Oct 14, 2010
Billie Jean Shumate, 73, of Beckley, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010 following a long illness with her loving family by her side. Born February 10, 1937 in Bramwell, WV, she was the daughter of the late Ancil Cecil and Mary Ethel Rigney Mullens. Billie Jean was a homemaker, a member of the Bramwell Presbyterian Church and attended Memorial Baptist...
Howard Dennis Holt
Oct 13, 2010
Howard Dennis Holt, 74, of Beaver, passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in a Beckley hospital. Born March 12, 1936, in Sullivan, WV, he was the son of the late George Allen Holt and Mary Elizabeth Surface Holt. Howard was a proud West Virginia coal miner, retiring from Eastern Coal. He was a member of Maple Fork Baptist Church and...
Maxine Whitman
Oct 10, 2010
Maxine N. Whitman, 87, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2010 at Bowers Hospice House following a short illness. Born August 8, 1923 in Canvas, WV, she was the daughter of the late Eunice Dexter and Della Groves Bryant. Maxine was a former sales clerk for J.C Penney and George’s Fashions. She was a member of the United Methodist...
Jeanette Lilly
Oct 6, 2010
Jeanette Lilly, 82, of Beaver, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born February 27, 1928 in Beaver, she was the daughter of the late H. Cleve and Callie N. Sullivan Lilly. Jeanette was a retired transportation and insurance clerk for the Raleigh County Board of Education. She was a member of the Beaver...
Pamela Powers Gallagher
Oct 5, 2010
Pamela Powers Gallagher, 62, of Shady Spring, passed away Tuesday, October 05, 2010, in a local hospital. Born March 17, 1948 in Prosperity, WV, she was the daughter of the late Willie Edward and Ora Hill Powers. Pamela had a B.S. degree in accounting. She was a member of St. Francis deSales Catholic Church, Single Action Shooting Society, and the...
Dolly Sue Brannen
Oct 5, 2010
Dolly Sue Brannen, 34, of Beckley, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in a Beckley hospital. Born April 13, 1976 in Beckley she was the daughter of David Crockett Hutchison of Beckley and Cleta Mullins Williams of Arizona. Dolly was a homemaker who loved spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church...
Margaret Lilian Peggy Giompalo
Oct 2, 2010
Margaret (Peggy) Lilian Giompalo, 61, of 108 Goldcrest Drive, Beckley, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010 in the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, following a long illness. Born January 13, 1949, in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Ival Brown and Margaret Kennedy Brown. She attended Marshall University where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of...
Douglas Green Hopkins, Jr.
Sep 30, 2010
Douglas Green Hopkins, Jr., 51, of Crab Orchard, passed away Thursday, September 30, 2010, at his home. Born November 29, 1958, in Beckley, he was the son of Douglas Green Hopkins, Sr. and Patricia Faye Greco Hopkins. He was a self-employed construction worker, and a life-long resident of Raleigh County. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine Hopkins,...
Donna Grace Williams
Sep 28, 2010
Donna Grace Williams, 74, of Arnett, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the Bowers Hospice House. Born November 9, 1935 in Mozer, WV, she was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. E.I. Calhoun. She graduated from the West Virginia School for the Deaf in Romney, WV. Donna was a microfilm technician retiring from Blue Cross Blue Shield...
Agnes Marie Mundy
Sep 28, 2010
Agnes Marie Mundy, 84, of Oak Hill, formerly of Beckley, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 1, 1926 in Beaver, WV, she was the daughter of the late Henry S. and Lucy A. Dillon Bragg. Agnes was a former waitress and a member of St. Francis deSales Catholic Church. She...
Linda Jeanette Stump
Sep 14, 2010
After a long illness, Linda Jeanette Linkous Stump of Beckley, joined the Lord and the love of her life, Robert Stump. Linda passed away early Tuesday morning September 14, 2010. Linda will be missed by her survivoring family members, her daughter, Sylvia Stump and fiance, Jason Holt. She will also be missed by her cherished grandson, Jason Robert (JR) Holt...
Robert Edward Bob Keiling
Sep 11, 2010
Robert “Bob” Edward Keiling, 83, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Raleigh General Hospital. Born May 12, 1927 in Gary, WV, he was the son of the late Ernest and Elizabeth Nameth Keiling. After completing high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of WW II. After his service in the Navy Bob...
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...
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