Obituaries
Fefa M. Passalaqua
May 21, 2010
Fefa M. Passalaqua,88, of Oak Hill, formerly of Beckley, passed away, Friday, May 21, 2010 at Plateau Medical Center after a long illness. Born August 8, 1921 at Winding Gulf, WV, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Randazzo Passalaqua. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her twin sister, Lena F. Passalaqua...
Gerald Ray Day
May 11, 2010
Gerald Ray Day, of Besoco, passed away May 11, 2010 in a local hospital following a short illness. Born January 8, 1963 in Beckley, he was the son of the late Edward “Skip” Day and Sue Ann Stewart England of Besoco. Gerald was a disabled coal miner and a lifelong resident of Raleigh County. Besides his father he was preceded...
Larry Gene Mann
Apr 28, 2010
Larry Gene Mann, 63, of Shady Spring, passed away Wednesday April 28, 2010 in a local hospital. Born March 26, 1947 in Beckley, he was the son of Harold Mann of Cool Ridge, WV and the late Louise Taylor Mann. Larry enjoyed Nascar, fishing and hunting. Besides his father he is survived by his wife, Arlene P. Chamberlain Mann, brother,...
Emma Lucille Clark
Apr 25, 2010
Emma Lucille Clark, 92, of Mechanicsville, MD, formerly of Lester, passed away at her residence Sunday, April 25, 2010. Born May 17, 1917 in Lexington, KY, she was the daughter of the late Paris Floyd and Mahalia McKinney. Emma was a homemaker and a member of the Lester Baptist Church. She had been a resident of Mechanicsville for the past...
Peggy Delene Blevins
Apr 23, 2010
Peggy Delene Blevins, 72, of Victor, WV, passed away Friday, April 23, 2010 at Plateau Medical Center. Born August 29, 1937 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Dale and Percy Kate Lilly Epling. Peggy was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Fayette County. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by sisters, Ramona Ellison, Belle...
John Dale King, Jr.
Apr 23, 2010
John Dale King, Jr., 28, of Glen Daniel, WV, died Friday, April 23, 2010 in a Charleston hospital from injuries received in a mining accident at ICG Coal. Born January 14, 1982 in York County, SC, he was the son of John Dale and Nancy Head King. John was a coal miner for ICG Coal and a member of the...
Margaret Rose Shanks
Apr 22, 2010
Margaret Rose Shanks, 86 of Beckley passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010 in a Beckley hospital. Born January 7, 1924 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late James and Hilda Tolbert Prince. Margaret was a retired nurse anesthetist having worked at Raleigh General Hospital for many years. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Beckley and...
Patricia Hudson
Apr 21, 2010
PATRICIA MILES HUDSON, 78, of Leesburg, Virginia since the early 1970’s passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 in Lansdowne, Virginia. Mrs. Hudson was born March 21st 1932 in Washington, DC to the late Paul and Nancy Reynolds Miles. Her husband, James Mathew Hudson predeceased her in 2002. She was raised in Washington and received her B.A. degree from American...
Lucreata Mae Miller
Apr 20, 2010
Lucreata Mae Miller, 75 of Hilltop passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Born September 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Estel Christian Lawson and Oretha Mae James Lawson and Wilton Gillenwalter. Lucreata loved to play bingo, go to church and read her Bible. She was of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded...
Nellie B. Melito
Apr 20, 2010
Nellie Bowling Melito Nellie B. Melito, age 77 of Beckley, WV went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at her home surrounded by loved ones. Born January 23, 1933 in Lester, WV, she was preceded in death by her first husband Charles E. McMillion and her second husband Carmelo Melito. She is survived by four children;...
Roger Dean Blevins
Apr 19, 2010
Roger Dean Blevins, Sr., 53, of Coal City, passed away Monday, April 19, 2010, in a Beckley hospital. Born March 19, 1957, he was the son of the late Ben Blevins and Virginia Bolen Blevins. Mr. Blevins was self-employed as a mechanic, and a life-long resident of Coal City. Mr. Blevins is survived by three sons, Roger D. Blevins, Jr....
Marie Ada Brown
Apr 9, 2010
Marie Ada Brown, 89, of Beckley, passed away Friday, April 9, 2010 in a Beckley hospital. Born March 20, 1921 at Sun, WV, she was the daughter of the late Roy Lee and Mary Ballard Sweeney. Marie was a homemaker and had been a resident of Raleigh County since 1934. She was a member of the Sprague Freewill Baptist Church...
Martha Ann Underwood
Apr 7, 2010
Martha Ann Underwood 74 of Mabscott passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at her residence. She was born September 6, 1935 in Calloway Heights, WV, the daughter of the late Roy L. Vass and Erma Mae (Long). She was a homemaker and life-long resident of Raleigh County. She was the last survivor of her immediate family. Besides her parents, she...
Aliyah Brooke King
Apr 5, 2010
Aliyah Brooke King, infant daughter of Phillip King and Chrissie Richmond of Mt. Hope, went to be with the Lord, Monday, April 5, 2010. Besides her parents she is survived by a sister, Makayla Barringer of Mt. Hope, maternal grandparents; Lonnie and Johanna Richmond of Red Star, WV, paternal grandparents; Thomas King of Oak Hill, WV and Cathy and Eugene...
Richard Keith Rick Lane
Apr 5, 2010
Richard (Rick) Keith Lane, age 45 of Cool Ridge, died tragically along with his crew and co-workers in the Performance Coal’s Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion on April 5, 2010. Rick was born the middle son on July 14, 1964 to Mason and the late Ann Coburn Lane in Albany, Oregon. He graduated from Shady Spring High School in...
George Andrew Thornley
Mar 26, 2010
George Andrew Thornley, 67, of Beckley and Titusville, FL, passed away Friday, March 26, 2010 at Bowers Hospice House following an extended illness. Born May 9, 1942 in Beckley, he was the son of the late Peter and Ethel Bodo Thornley. George was co-owner of Mallimar Truck Parts. A big part of George’s life was being the “CEO” of the...
Charles Frank Lannutti
Mar 24, 2010
Charles “Big Charlie” Frank Lannutti, 63 of Lester, WV, passed away on March 24, 2010, after a sudden illness. He was the son of the late Charlie and Frances Yannie Lannutti. Charlie owned and operated Big Charlie’s Packette in Lester for many years. Besides his parents and loving stepfather, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Don and Darien...
Mary K. Venable
Mar 23, 2010
Mary K. Venable, 89, of Coal City, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at Bowers Hospice House. Born May 16, 1920 at Ballard, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Amos and Viva Holdren Thompson. Mary was a homemaker and had been a resident of Raleigh County since 1948. She was a member and former secretary of Mabscott...
Cunningham Diana F
Mar 22, 2010
Diana F. Cunningham, 61, of Coal City, entered into a new life Monday, March 22, 2010. Born January 9, 1949 in Stickney, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Burnette and Myrtle Woddall, and was the baby girl of 13 children. Diana was an amazing woman who dedicated her life to her family and to know her was...
Ruby Lee Furrow
Mar 21, 2010
Ruby Lee Furrow, 88, of Beckley, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2010 in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. Born July 26, 1921 at Blue Jay, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Minnie Lemon Lilly. Ruby was a homemaker and lifelong resident of Raleigh County. She was a member of the Pemberton Missionary Baptist Church. Besides...
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