Obituaries – Their Stories Live On

Mr. Michael Sumpter of Burnsville, WV died Thursday, October 10, 2019. As per his request, he was cremated. There will be no service or visitation. Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funera...

Ms. Anna B. Thompson Gwinn, 91, of Beckley, died Sunday, October 6, 2019. Born May 10, 1928 in Dorothy, WV, she was the daughter of the late Stanford and Willie Ellen Hall Thompson. Ms. Anna Gwinn a...

On October 1, 2019, Bernice Sue Evans Taylor, received her heavenly wings and entered into eternal peace in Beckley, West Virginia. On March 20, 1937, she was welcomed as the third daughter to the lat...

Mrs. Lois Lorene Holmes, 85, of Beckley, WV, was called home, Saturday, September 21, 2019. Lois was born February 24, 1934, in Lenoir, NC. She was the seventh child of seventeen children born to the...

Mr. Bobby McKeever of Beckley died Friday, September 20, 2019. Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley

Mr. Bobby Lamont Hoover, 44, of Beckley, died Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Born March 27, 1975 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Robert and Euretta Wilkes Hoover. Bobby was a tire and lube technic...

Ms. Joann Steelman, 74, of Beckley, died Sunday, September 15, 2019. Born March 26, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Mae Moore Steelman. A retired daycare provider, she was ...

Mrs. Alder Irene Harrison Allen, 86, a long-time resident of Greentown, WV, passed away on August 15, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV. Born on May 26, 1933, she was the daughter of the lat...

Mrs. Ethel L Gilbert Kidd, 81, departed this life on Monday, August 12, 2019 after an extended illness. Ethel was born August 13, 1937 in Winding Golf, WV, she was the daughter of the late Walter and...

Ms. Norma Lee Dues Anderson Smith, 77, of Beckley, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Born December 2, 1941 in McAlpin, WV, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Annie Dues. Sister Smith was a d...

Mr. Edward Allen Hosey, 89, of Minden, WV, died Tuesday. July 23, 2019. Born November 4, 1929 in Summerlee, WV, he was the son of the late Ed and Odessa Hooper Hosey. Mr. Hosey was a coalminer. ...

Pastor Alfred Taylor, 72, of Harper Heights, died Monday, July 22, 2019. Born April 9, 1947 in Beckley, he was the son of the late Alfred and Hattie Howard Taylor. He was the Pastor of Church of God...

Mr. Ed Allen Grasty of Oak Hill (Harlem Heights), WV departed this life at his home Sunday, July 21, 2019. Ed was born May 18, 1957 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late Hewitt Melvin Grasty Sr...

Mr. Charles Arthur “Charlie” Ross, 82, of Mt. Hope, WV went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 12, 2019 at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born April 5, 1937 in Mt. Hope, he was t...

Mr. Eugene Ashe, known to his fellow veterans as “Hard Rock”, was born to Virginius S. Ashe Sr. and Theresa Louise Bland Ashe on May 22, 1938 in The Bronx, NY. After a brief illness, God calle...

Mr. Zachary Kellen, 41, of Beckley, WV died Wednesday, June 26, 2019. As per his request, he was cremated. There will be no visitation or service. Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funera...

Ms. Barbara Karen Walters, 62, of Beckley, gained her angel wings Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born May 1, 1957 in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late...

Dr. Margaretta Seay-Bell, 93, daughter of the late William McKinley and Lucy Rose Puryear Pankey, was called to her heavenly home on Friday, June 21, 2019. In addition to her parents, she was prec...

Ms. Peggy Ann Staunton, 77, of Ingram Branch, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Born February 15, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Garland and Mattie Christine Staunton. She attended Ingram ...

Mr. Arthur Devon Young Sr. went home to be with the Lord as he slept peacefully during the night on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in his home. Born October 1, 1955 in Ansted, WV, he was the son of the la...

Mr. Phillip “Phil” Aubrey Carson, 59, of Beckley, died Monday, June 17, 2019. Born October 31, 1959 in Beckley, he was the son of the late William Hugh and Frances Aretha Carson. Phil was a memb...

Zen Daya Ah' Love Wilson Hatcher, stillborn infant daughter of Ada Wilson and Jeremiah Hatcher, departed this life Sunday June 9, 2019. Graveside service will be 2:00pm Thursday June 13, 2019 ...

Mrs. Audrey “Robin” Scott Christian of Charleston, WV died Thursday, June 6, 2019 Born December 18, 1954 in Covington, VA to Dorothy Penn Scott of Huntington, WV and the late Joe L. Scott. Rob...

Mrs. Ebony Lashea Leftwich, 41, of Beckley died Saturday, June 1, 2019. Born January 10, 1978 in Beckley, WV, she was the daughter of Raymond Day and Sherry Diane Sweatte. Ebony worked ...

Mrs. Ollie Mae Moore, 84, of Lanark, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday. May 22, 2019 after a long illness. Born April 27, 1935 in Spratt, AL, she was the daughter of the late James Richard and...

Mr. Maurice Emmanuel Webster, 22, of Beckley, WV died Friday, May 17, 2019. Born April 27, 1997 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of James Crider and Lisa Webster Crider, both of Beckley. Maurice was...

Mr. Jarrod Darin Bradley, 50, of Beckley, WV died Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Born February 3, 1969 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Sandra Bradley Wallace of Beckley, WV and the late James Kirkpatrick...

Mr. Theodore Mack “Ted” Pinckney, 76, of Beckley departed this life on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, due to a serious illness. Born August 10, 1942 in SC, raised in Queens, ...

Mr. Alfred “Les” Taylor, 49, of Harper Heights died Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Born April 10, 1970 in Medina, OH, he was the son of Pastors Alfred and Billie Paris Taylor. He was preceded in death...

Mr. Carman Maurice Moss, 69, of Beckley, WV died Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Born December 9, 1949 in Beckley, WV, he was the last of six children born to the late John E. and Viola Clark Moss. In a...

Mr. Sammie Robinson Jr. , 74, of Winston-Salem, NC formerly of Coalburg, WV died Sunday April 28, 2019. Born in Coalburg, Kanawha County, WV on October 24, 1944, he was the son of the late Sam and Wi...

Our beloved, Dianna Sabrina Morris, left this world bound for her Heavenly rest on Sunday morning, April 28, 2019. She was born in Newark, NJ on Sept. 15,1969, the youngest daughter of Leon and Dais...

Ms. Michelle Lisa Brown, 53, of Oak Hill, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Michelle was preceded in death by her brother, Pat Puckett and her significant other, Diana Murr...

Ms. Tonya "Tutu" Marion, 46, of Mt Hope, WV died Saturday, April 27, 2019. Born May 28,1972 in Fort Campbell, KY, she was the daughter of Curtis Marion of Charlotte, NC and Mary Nicholes of Beckle...

Mr. Alphonso Morrow, 86, of Stanaford, WV died Friday, April 26, 2019. Born November 25, 1932 in McAlpin, WV, he was the son of the late Fred and Minnie Hunt Morrow. A US Air Force Vetera...

Mrs. Denise Hopkins-Cabell, 55, of Huntington, WV died Thursday, April 25, 2019. Born April 18, 1964 in Minden, WV, she was the daughter of Elouise Lester and the late Robert Sims. A 19...

Mr. Sandy Dowdin, 63, of Oceana, WV Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Memorial service will be 1:00PM Friday April 19, 2019 at Manna House Ministries 700 F St. Beckley with Bishop Hermon Bryant officiating. ...

Evangelist Billie June Leftwich, 85, of Beckley went to God Monday, April 1, 2019. Billie was born October 11, 1933 in Slab Fork, WV, she was the daughter of the late Rev Grover Cleveland Gilbert,...

Mr. Robert Levale Gray, 44, of Cincinnati, OH, formerly of Mt. Hope, WV died Sunday March 31, 2019. Born January 31, 1975 in Montgomery, WV, he was the son of Frederick Gray Sr. of Mount Hope, WV a...

Mr. Richard McDaniel, 59, of Beckley, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Richard was born April 21, 1959 in Beckley, WV he was the son of the late Henry Shephard and Nellie Mae McDaniel. Rich...

Mrs. Josephine Louise Mealy Wooten was born January 9, 1942 to the late Hembry and Levosia Townsend Mealy in Garten, WV. She was the seventh of eight children. On March 25, 2019, the Lord called Sist...

Mr. James Wesley “Rabbit” “Jim" "Pat” Johnson Sr. , 95, of Cannelton, WV died Saturday, March 23, 2019. Born May 25, 1923 in Nuttallburg, WV, he was the son of the late Wallace and Sarah J...

Mr. Kevin Cousins, 33, of Beckley died Saturday, March 16, 2019. Born February 18, 1986 in Lanark, WV, he was the son of Tracy Cousins of Parkersburg, WV and Raymond “Don” (Cheryl) Moore of Bec...

Mr. Jalen Laqua Joe, 23, of Beckley was a fatal victim of a senseless act died Thursday, March 14, 2019. Born July 19, 1995 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Juanita Chevon Joe of Beckley, WV. ...

Mrs. Frances E. Hughes, 93, of Beckley, WV died Sunday, March 10, 2019. Born February 22, 1926 in Tams, WV, she was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Willie B. Moore Hughes. She worke...

Mrs. Wyeamer Wyufolla Robertson Banks, 55, of Beckley WV, went to be with the Lord on March 7, 2019. She was born on March 24,1963, in Beckley WV to Aubrey R. and Daisy E. Benson Robertson. Wyeame...

Mrs. Evelyn Louise Berry Younger, 99, of Stanaford, WV died Sunday, March 3, 2019. Evelyn was born July 3, 1919 in Stanaford, WV, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Maude Clark Berry. Eve...

Mrs. Ellen Verna Loving Gray, 69, of Oak Hill, WV died Thursday, February 28, 2019. Born July 18, 1949 in Summerlee, WV, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Loving and Willie F. Willis Davis. ...

Mr. Milton Thomas, 58, of Beltsville, MD, formerly of Whipple, WV died Friday, February 22, 2019. Funeral service will be 1:00PM Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel, ...

Ms. Korrisa Brown, 29, of Beckley died Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Memorial service will be 1:00PM Tuesday March 5, 2019 at the Salvation Army 312 S. Fayette St. Beckley. Friends may call one hour pr...