Obituaries – Their Stories Live On

Tonya Lavette Jackson departed this life on November 2, 2017 at Raleigh General Hospital. Our beloved Tonya was born in Beckley, WV on July 3, 1973 to Thomas and Wanda Jackson. She was the youngest...

WELCH - Mrs. Sandra Faye Parker, 68, of Northfork, WV died Sunday, October 22, 2017. Born July 21, 1949 in Meade, WV, she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Beatrice Brown Austin. Sandra...

Mrs. Teresa Eloise Dews, 80, of Beckley, WV, died Sunday, October 8, 2017. Born March 26, 1937 in Harper, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Lee and Ruth South Pennix. She was a homemaker...

Deacon Curtis Robinson, 61, of Beckley, died Saturday, October 7, 2017. Born November 18, 1955 in Beckley, he was the son of Lois Harbison Holmes of Beckley and the late Walter Robinson. A gradu...

Mrs. Helen Wiley, 89, of Lewisburg, WV died Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Born July 1, 1928 in Lewisburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Richard Lewis and Anna Brown. She worked as a caretaker...

Mr. Elbie Rutland, 92, of Beckley WV, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Born April, 25 1925 in Smock, PA, he was the son of the late Edward West and Evelyn Williams. Elbie retired from Facilities...

Mrs. Johnnie Frances Watkins, 91, of Page, WV died Sunday, August 6, 2017. Born February 18, 1926 in Leslie, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mattie Hamm. Frances was a homemaker,...

David Donnell McDowell, 35, of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Born January 18, 1982 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of David Lewis McDowell, Jr. and Jacqueline Grasty Coleman. Donnell ...

Mrs. Margaret Delores "Ms. Jackie" Marshall, 84, of White Sulphur Springs died Saturday, June 10, 2017. Born October 19, 1932 in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late James W. Graham and Ma...

Mrs. Blonzetta Jasper Walker, 92, formerly of Mt. Hope, WV died Monday, June 5, 2017 in Brandermill Health Services Assisted Living in Midlothian, VA. From birth in Mt. Hope, WV on April 23, 1925 t...

Ms. Marion Evangeline Scruggs 64, of Mt. Hope died Friday, June 2, 2017. Born July 14, 1952 in Oak Hill, she was the daughter of Marion Scruggs of Cleveland, OH and the late Odessa Adkins Scruggs. ...

Marshall A. Ross, 75, of Pittsburgh, PA died Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Born July 3, 1942 in Woodbay WV, he was the son of the late Thomas A. Ross Jr. and Pauline Poole Ross. Marshall retired from t...

Mr. Arnold Agee Jr. died Sunday, May 7, 2017. Born February 11, 1958 in Newark NJ, he was the son of Arnold Agee Sr. and the late Shirley Lee Agee. He was a floor mechanic and member of St. Matt...

Katherine Hairston of Beckley, WV transcended to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at home following an extended illness. She was born on May 9, 1926 in Eccles WV to the union of Nancy Jo S...

Mr. Calvin Curtis Lee, 63, of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Service noon May 12, 2017 at the Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel, 748 S. Fayette St. , Beckley. Arrangements by Ritc...

Mr. Ernest E. Fleshman, 72, of Harvey, WV died Monday, May 1, 2017. Born August 30, 1944 in Prudence, WV, he was the son of the late Bennie and Beaulah Fleshman. He was a member of Harvey Missio...

Mr. George "Skeets" Blakey, Jr. , 82, of Mt. Hope, WV, formerly of Whipple, WV died Sunday April 30, 2017. Born July 18, 1935 in Anjean, WV, he was the son of the late George Blakey Sr. and Polly H...

Mr. James Burger, 84, of Beckley died Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Born September 14, 1932 in Raleigh, he was the son of the late Charlie Burger and Mary Crowder Burger. He worked for Earhart Car ...

Mr. Daemian Odonde Martin, 45, of Mt. Hope, died Sunday, April 16, 2017. Born February 14, 1972 in Nuremburg, Germany, he was the son of Hanan Anderson Khaaliq of Fayetteville, WV and the late D...

Mr. Stanley Cook, 70, of Beckley died Monday, April 10, 2017. Born March 31, 1947 in Jacksonville, FL, he was the son of Reva Martin Cook of Beckley and the late Andy Lee Cook. He was a Retired ...

Ramona Elizabeth Cosby Saunders, 66, of Fayetteville, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Born January 3, 1951 in Whipple, WV, she was the daughter of the late Morris Henry Williams and Juanita Cosby Nich...

Mr. George Gaylor Stephens, 72, of Mt. Hope died Sunday, March 26, 2017. Born May 15, 1944 in Mt. Hope, WV, the seventh son of the late Shirley E. and Eva M. Miller Stephens. George moved to Cle...

Mrs. Marie Martin Knight, 87, of Mt. Hope, WV died Saturday, March 25, 2017. Born April 15, 1929 in Montgomery, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clarence OÆDell Shepherd and Louise Davis. S...

Mr. Bernard Jerome "Stogie" Owens Sr. , 92, of Mt. Hope, WV died Thursday, March 23, 2017. Born March 24, 1924 in Turkey Knob, WV, he was the son of the late Ella Miles Baker. He was a member of...

Mrs. Clementene Gray, 93, of Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Mt. Hope, died on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Born July 20, 1923, in Martinsville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Frank D. Spencer and ...

Mrs. Helen Whitlow Blanks, 91, of Skelton, WV died Thursday, March 9, 2017. Born December 16, 1925 in Raleigh, WV, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Whitlow Sr. and Hattie Lee Price Whitlow....

Mr. Charles Hooper 70, of Minden died Thursday, March 9, 2017. Born April 6, 1946 in Minden, WV, he was the son of the late Henry and Lola Yancey Hooper. Mr. Hooper worked as an automobile mecha...

Ms. Cynthia L. Jackson, 67, of Mt. Hope, WV, died Saturday, February 18, 2017 after a short illness. Born March 23, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Barbara Ann Jackson. In...

Ms. Eva Mae Harris, 91, of Beckley, formerly of Amigo and Rhodell, died Thursday, February 16, 2017. Born December 21, 1925, she was the daughter of the late George and Mammie Simpson Harris. Ms...

Mark T. Portee, 52, of Mt. Hope, WV died Monday, February 13, 2017. He was born at August 15, 1964 in Rockville Center, NY. He was the son of Kathleen Leonard (Howard A. ) of Mt. Hope and the late ...

Mrs. Violet Virginia Norman Hickman, 86, of Beckley, died Thursday, February 9, 2017. Born March 7, 1930 in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Annie Mae Rawley Norman. Vio...

Mr. James Jones Jr. , 30, of Beckley, WV died Monday, February 6, 2017. Born August 12, 1986 in Charleston, WV, he was the son of Bishop James Sr. and Delena Mays Jones of Beckley, WV. Mr. Jones...

Ronald Edward Davis, 56, long term resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, died February 3, 2017 following a sudden illness. Ronald was the eighth child of James N. Davis and Maggie Lee Fisher Davis. Ronald...

Mrs. Fran Allen, 57, of Mt. Hope died Thursday, February 2, 2017. Born March 2, 1959 in Oak Hill, WV, she was the daughter Marion Scruggs and the late Odessa Adkins Scruggs. She was a dedicated ...

Deacon Charles Louis Clements, 72, Beckley, WV died Sunday, January 29, 2017. Born November 16, 1944 in Helen WV, he was the son of the late Louis Russell Clements and Lois Eulene Burks. After g...

Evangelist Nellie Mae Jones, 88, of Beckley died Thursday, January 26, 2017. Born February 17, 1928 in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Moore and Lola Ann Gilbert. She was a ...

Mr. Lawrence "Bo Bo" Deskins, 77, of Beckley died Monday, January 23, 2017. Born August 14, 1939 in Skelton, WV. he was the son of the late James Dooms and Gladys Morris Deskins. Mr. Deskins gra...

Ms. Carolyn A. Crawl 65, of Woodbridge VA, formerly of Harvey, WV, Toledo, OH and Huntsville, Al died Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Born March 19, 1951, Harvey, WV, she was the daughter of the late ...

Evangelist Bertha I. Carpenter, 76, of White Sulphur Springs, WV died Thursday, January 5, 2017. Born November 3, 1940 in Blue Sulphur, WV she was the daughter of the late Deacon Otis L. Carpenter ...

Mrs. Dorothy Lee Harvey, 75, of Beckley, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Born September 17, 1941 in Whitby, WV, she was the daughter of the late James Howard and Ethel Hattie Thaxton Oliver. Mr...

Mr. William Kent ôSmokeyö Bradley, 69, of Beckley, entered his Heavenly Home on Friday, December 9, 2016 after an extended illness. Born June 19, 1947 in Lynchburg, VA, he was the son of the late...

Mrs. Ruth Alma Harper, 91, of NC, formerly of Minden, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Born November 24, 1925 in Slab Fork, WV, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Walter Jackson and Elvira Lu...

Ms. Loretta Jean Morris, 69, of Beckley, died Monday, December 5, 2016. Born November 6, 1947 in Lillybrook, WV, she was the daughter of the late Sammie and Minnie Hall. Mrs. Morris was employed...

Mrs. Clara Mae Booker Johnson, 90, of Mt. Hope died December 1, 2016. Born April 15, 1926 in Horseshoe Bend, WV, she was the daughter of the late Jerry A. and Alice Ware Booker. Mrs. Johnson was...

Mrs. Arjean Virgil Thompson, of Southgate, Michigan, formerly of Beckley, WV died Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Born in Slab Fork, WV, she was the daughter of the late Loranzy and Beatricie Moore. ...

Ms. Margarette Jenkins, 96, of Beckley, WV died Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Born November 25, 1919 in Logan, WV, she was the daughter of the late John and Maggie Harris Jenkins. Ms. Jenkins grew...

Hewitt "Hillbilly" Grasty Jr. 60, of Harlem Heights died Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Born April 1, 1956 in Summerlee, WV, he was the son of the late Hewitt Sr. and Thelma Johnson Grasty. A 1975 ...

Mr. Richard Gray, 65, of Mt Hope, died Saturday, November 19, 2016. Born December 29, 1950, he was the son of the late William and Louise Gray. He graduated from Mt Hope High School, where he ra...

Ernest Harold Robertson, 84, of Glen Jean, WV died November 17, 2016. Born August 16, 1932 in Buckingham Co, VA, he was the youngest born to the late William Henry and Cora Johnson Robertson. In...

Mrs. Bernice Berger, 94, of Bartonville, PA, formerly of Beckley died Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Born March 23, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Luvenia Mahan. Mrs. Berger reti...