Obituaries
Emma Lee Lilly
Jan 22, 2010
Emma Lee Lilly, 85, of Coal City passed away at her residence Friday, January 22, 2010. Born May 7, 1924 at Oxley, WV, she was the daughter of the late Lowell and Maude Snyder Lilly. Emma was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Willard Lilly and a...
Donald Ray Lilly
Jan 18, 2010
Donald Ray Lilly, Sr, 76, died January 18, 2010, at the River Garden Hebrew Home in Jacksonville, FL, following a long illness. He leaves his loving and devoted wife of 56 years, Phyllis Marie (Deal) Lilly; two sons, Donald R Lilly, Jr. and his wife Karen of Roanoke, VA and Randall L Lilly and his wife Bonnie of Orlando, FL;...
Mary Ann Burgess
Jan 17, 2010
Mary Ann Burgess, 51, of Mt. Hope, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2010 at her residence. Born December 1, 1958 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Garnet Bailey Bennett. Mary was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by and infant daughter, Crystal Flint...
Frank Fred Fragile
Jan 15, 2010
Frank Fred Fragile, Jr., 48, of Beckley, passed away Friday, January 15, 2010, in a local hospital. Mr. Fragile was born February 3, 1961, in Beckley, the son of the late Frank Fred Fragile, Sr. and Betty Moore Fragile. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Kevin Michael Fragile in 1998. Mr. Fragile was...
John Otis Smith
Jan 12, 2010
John O. “Buster” Smith died peacefully on January 12, 2010 at the Villages of Greystone in Beaver, WV. The youngest and last of seven children, Buster was born on March 22, 1920 to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith. His father was a prominent coal mine owner in Beckley, WV. Growing up in Beckley, Buster graduated from Woodrow Wilson High...
Mildred Louise Robertson
Jan 3, 2010
On Sunday, January 3rd, 2010, Mildred Robertson went to meet the Lord. She passed quietly and comfortably after a full life and a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She will be sadly missed by all whose lives she touched. Born in Macalpin WV on Oct. 24th 1925 to her parents, Everette and Nellie Aldridge, “Millie” graduated from Woodrow Wilson High...
Jafar Hussain Jafary
Dec 29, 2009
Jafar Hussain Jafary, 84, of Beckley, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009 in a Beckley hospital following an extended illness. Born December 2, 1925 in Jhang, Pakistan, he was the son of the late Shar Muhammad and Ghor Bibi. Mr. Jafary was a civil servant for the government of Pakistan. He was a member of the Islamic Association of Beckley...
Mary Retha Fink Price
Dec 18, 2009
Mary Retha Fink Price, 93, of Beckley, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2009 at her home. A lifelong resident of Raleigh County, she was born April 3, 1916 at Sprague. She was the daughter of the late Leonard Jackson and Viola Bolen Fink. The granddaughter of the late John F. & Sara Elizabeth Cole Bolen and Alexander “Etch” &...
Andrew Martin DeCoster
Dec 10, 2009
Andrew Martin DeCoster, 71, of Beckley passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009 in the Beckley VA Hospital. Born December 12, 1937 in Lawrence, MA, he was the son of the late Frank and Alice Pamyla DeCoster. Andrew was a computer analyst. He was a radio operator for the U.S Air Force and a former instructor at the West Virginia Business...
Nelle Weir Keefer
Dec 5, 2009
Nelle Weir Keefer, age 94, of Beckley, took the hand of an angel and left her earthly home on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Born January 12, 1915, in Beckley, she was one of three daughters of Charles and Eva Richardson of Beckley. Others who left for their heavenly homes before her were her two infant sons, her mother Eva, father...
Anise Trail Collins
Nov 27, 2009
Anise Trail Collins, 95, of Lester went to be with our Lord and Savior on Friday, November 27, 2009. Born February 8, 1914, on the Thomas Holt Covey Farm on Tam’s Mountain; she was the youngest child of the late James H. Trail and Susan Covey Trail. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first...
Marylee Hutchinson Fournier
Nov 25, 2009
Marylee Hutchinson Fournier, 74, of Glen Rogers, died at her residence surrounded by her family from a short battle with cancer on Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Born July 1, 1935 at Tolleytown, she was the daughter of the late Fred Cline and Freeda Hutchinson Broyles. She was a graduate of Trap Hill High School in 1953, and she enjoyed quilting...
Nancy Pat Lewis-Smith
Nov 23, 2009
Nancy Pat Hamilton Lewis-Smith, 90, of 104 Virginia Street, Beckley, died Monday, November 23, 2009. Born January 21, 1919, in Oak Hill, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Edward St. Clair and Kate Boone Hamilton. Nancy Pat was an involved owner and president of the many corporations that comprised Lewis Automotive Group, a Beckley landmark since...
William D. Dr. McLean
Nov 19, 2009
Dr. William D. McLean, 80, of Beckley passed away Thursday, November 19, 2009. Born December 10, 1928 in Beckley, he was the son of the late David Waddell and Margaret McTaggart McLean. Dr. McLean graduated from Hampten-Sydney College and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia. He served his internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Following his...
Sadie Reed McKinney
Nov 18, 2009
Sadie Reed McKinney, 89, of Beckley, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House. Born May 3, 1920 at Amigo, WV, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Virginia Elizabeth Graham Reed. Sadie was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard and sons,...
George Thomas Coker, Jr.
Nov 18, 2009
George Thomas Coker, Jr., 83, of Beckley passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House. Born January 2, 1926 in Macon, GA he was the son of the late George Thomas and Fannie Angeline Holt Coker. Mr. Coker was founder of Morris-Coker, Inc. George was a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II participating in the invasion of Okinawa...
Eugene Grose
Nov 7, 2009
Eugene “Totsie” Grose 51, of Beckley passed away Saturday, November 7, 2009 in a Beckley hospital following a massive stroke. Born May 20, 1958 in Beckley he was the son of the late Solomon Earl and Lena Cobb Grose. He was a maintenance worker for McDonalds and a lifelong resident of Raleigh County. Totsie was a loving and kind person...
Irene Snow Williams
Oct 31, 2009
Irene Snow Williams, 82, passed away in her home in Beckley on October 31, 2009, following a long illness and under the care of Hospice of Southern West Virginia. Born in Mabscott, she was the daughter of the late George W. Williams, Sr., and Fleda Snow Doss Williams, and sister to the late George W. Williams, Jr. Surviving family includes...
Teresa Elaine Reid
Oct 27, 2009
This rainy day, Tuesday October 27, 2009 can only show the sadness for the loss of our beautiful and beloved wife, mommy, ma maw, daughter, sister, and friend. Heaven has taken a great Angel! Teresa Elaine Massey Reid, 52, of Oak Grove Road, Beckley, left this world, October 27, 2009, to join her Lord and Savior. Born May 2, 1957,...
Gloria Faye Jones
Oct 20, 2009
Gloria Faye Jones, 77 of Crab Orchard, went to be with our father, Bruce Everette Jones, in heaven Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at a local hospital. Born February 5, 1932 in Powellton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Alderman and Thelma (Tiny) Hudnal Alderman. Our mother was a homemaker whose life consisted of her kids and grandkids...
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