Obituaries – Their Stories Live On

Mr. Jimmie Dailey, 87, of Beckley, WV died Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Born February 20, 1929 in Linden, AL, he was the son of the late Ella Louise Mosley. Mr. Dailey served six years in the US Nav...

Millard Murray Francis, Jr. , 82, of Beckley, WV died Saturday, July 2, 2016. Born October 6, 1933 in Slab Fork, WV, he was the son of the late Millard Murray and Cordie Coleman Francis. He reti...

Mrs. Marie Rose Parks, 103, of Mt. Hope, WV died Friday, July 1, 2016. Born May 5, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Rose Lee Payne. She attended DuBois High School and was a co...

Philip Douglas "Buck" Thompson, 54, of 320 Bair St. , Beckley, died Monday, June 27, 2016. Born April 25, 1962, in Beckley, WV, he was the third son of the late Elgin "Buck" Thompson and Madeline ...

Mr. Clinard "BB" Bernard Bowles, Jr. , 51, of Scarbro, WV, formerly of Ansted, died Monday, June 20, 2016. Born December 19, 1964 in Montgomery, WV, he was the son of the late Clinard and Martha Ta...

On Friday, June 10, 2016, Coach Jerome David Fruit of Oak Hill, WV left this world only to be remembered by those who loved him. Born on March 3, 1954 in Lanark, WV, Jerome was the son of the late Lac...

Mrs. Phyllis Elaine Simms Parker, 64, of Detroit, MI. , died Monday, May 30, 2016. Born November 22, 1951 in Pence Springs, WV, she was the daughter of the late George and Audrey Simms. Also prece...

Mr. Darius Alexander Damone Toney, 29, died Monday, May 30, 2016. Born March 29, 1987, in Bluefield, West Virginia he was the son of Robert Towns of Columbus, OH and Tina Toney of Beckley, WV. M...

Mrs. Lucy G. Watson Wooten, 89, of Glen White WV died Thursday, May 19, 2016. Born September 21, 1926 in, Lynchburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Bertha Woodson and Jeremiah Watson. She ...

Mrs. Mattie Geneva "Miss Mattie" Bolling, 101, of Galax, VA, formerly of Long Branch, WV, died Friday, May 13, 2016, after living a blessed life for over a century. Born September 3, 1914, in Kimbe...

Mrs. Lillie Mae Harbinson Berry Shepherd, 88, of Mabscott died Saturday, May 7, 2016. Born October 3, 1927 in Mabscott, WV, she was the daughter of the late Molten and Lillie Mae Dooley Harbinson. ...

Mr. Antonio Scott Thomas, 52, of Mead, WV died Friday, May 6, 2016. Born December 16, 1963 in Mullins, he was the son of Cynthia Thomas and the late William Thomas. He worked as a cook and mecha...

Mr. Thomas Roland Hosey, 78, of Fayetteville, went home to be with our Savior Lord Jesus Christ on Monday, May 2, 2016. Born December 10, 1937 at Minden, WV, he was the son of the late Ed and Odess...

Mr. Ralph Edward Walton, 67, died Monday May 2, 2016 at home in Martinsburg, WV. Born March 12, 1949 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late Hubert Abbott and Gertrude Armstead Walton. A Dis...

Mrs. Odessa Wynn, 99, of Matteson, IL, formerly of West Wickham, died Sunday, May 1, 2016. Born November 9, 1916 in Mabscott, WV, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Ellen Ray Stanton. ...

Mr. Samuel William Brown, Sr. , 80, of Beckley, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Born February 14, 1936 in Manville, OH, he was the son of the late William Brown and Anna Brown Watson. He was a c...

Mrs. Phyllis Ann Neely passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born July 10, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the only child of the late William and Add...

Mrs. Rosetta Marie ôChummieö Dow Burger, 75, died Tuesday, April 12, 2016 following a long illness. Born June 13, 1940 in Raleigh, WV, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Luther Dow and Mar...

Mrs. Elsie Choice Hopkins, 93, of Schenectady, NY, formerly of Edmond and Winona WV, died Thursday, April 7, 2016. Born October 6, 1922 in Winona, WV, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Allen ...

Mr. David Lawrence Shepard, 47, of Beckley, died Monday, April 4, 2016. Born April 14, 1968 in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Willie Lawrence and Mary Jean Saunders McNeil. He worked as ...

Clara Adams, 88, of Beckley, W. Va. , went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Visitation and Homegoing Services will be 11 a. m. on Friday, April 8th at St. Matthew AME Church, 103 ...

Mr. Ronald V. Mason, age 69, of Beckley, passed away at Raleigh General Hospital on the morning of Friday, April 1, 2016 with his wife, children, and siblings by his side. He was born in Washington...

Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Dickerson Dixon, 98, of White Sulphur Springs, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. Born October 19, 1917 in Hot Springs, Virginia, she was the da...

Mrs. Ethelene ôPluckieö Henry, 85, of Beckley, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Born September 17, 1930 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Tommy Joyce and Lucy Ellen Joyce...

Mrs. Hazel Mae Johnson, 88, of Mt. Hope went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Born April 9, 1927 in Dunloup, WV, she was the daughter of the late John and Yula Mae Bradley. In ad...

Marie Staples Williams, 85, of Beckley, died Thursday, March 10, 2016. Born December 10, 1930 in Besoco, West Virginia, daughter of the late Nelson and Martha Carson Staples, she was the last survi...

Quetta Tyree Muzzle, native of Charleston, WV, daughter of Walter Jefferson and Eulalia Peeks, exhausted her earthly destiny on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Accomplished in a myriad of fields and discip...

Mr. William Leander "Bill" Moore, 51, of Beckley, died Monday, March 7, 2016. Born July 27, 1964 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Emma Sears Moore of Beckley and the late Reverend Calvin Moore Sr....

Mrs. Rosetta Teresa Swain, 71, of Beckley, died Friday, February 26, 2016. Born August 25, 1944 in Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late James and Annie Moore. A 1962 graduate of Stratton Hi...

Mr. Karl Edward Pugh, 56, of Beckley, died Thursday, February 25, 2016. Born October 17, 1959 in Beckley, he was the son of Carol Edwards of Beckley, WV and Issac Pugh. He was preceded in death ...

Mr. Carlton Pierre Mims, 48, of Greentown, WV departed this life on Monday, February 22, 2016, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, WV. Born April 7, 1967 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of Carolyn...

Mrs. Eunice Nicholas passed away peacefully Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV after an extended illness. Born December 16, 1925 in Jefferson, (now Clarksville) VA, to t...

Mrs. Delores Hannah, 80, of Stanaford, WV died Friday, February 19, 2016. Born September 14, 1935 in Lanark, WV she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Willa Hayworth Dobbs. She was a membe...

Mr. Donald C. ôThe Generalö Owens, 72, of Fayetteville, died Friday, February 5, 2016. Born May 19, 1943 in North Beckley, he was the son of the late William and Virginia Owens. Mr. Owens was ...

Juanita Garcia, 82, of Bronx, NY, formerly of Beckley, WV died Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Born November 26, 1933 in Beckley, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Essie Morgan. ...

Ms. Chante Jamese Shivers, 21, of Beckley, died Saturday, January 30, 2016. Born June 17, 1994 in Beckley, WV, she was the daughter of Kimberly Michelle Shivers of Summerville, SC. , and the late S...

Rev. Peter ôPeteö Easley, 51, of St. Albans, WV died Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Born May 18, 1964, in Brooklyn NY, he was the son of Carol Ann Easley Robertson of Baltimore, MD and raised by his ...

Mr. Phillip Lamont "Corn Dog" Gray, 50, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, January 22, 2016. Born March 8, 1965 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late Lee Phillip and Carolyn Ann Brown Gray. Lamo...

Mr. Frank J. Barrett, 62, of Martinsville, VA, formerly of Beckley, WV died Thursday, January 14, 2016. Born July 8, 1953 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of the late Millard L. and Flora M. Barrett....

Mr. Charles Leo Shepherd, 77, of Scarbro, formerly of Thayer, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Born April 28, 1938 he was the son of the late Clarence Odell and Lula Mae Brown Shepherd. Mr. Sh...

Mrs. Marion Catherine Henry, 64, of Beckley, died Sunday, December 20, 2015. Born December 29, 1950 in Mullens, WV she was the daughter of Elder Bernice Wilson- Graves of Mabscott and the late Mose...

Mrs. Vernita V. Laster aka ôThe Queenö, 68, of Beckley died Sunday, December 13, 2015. Born December 28, 1946, she was the daughter of the late James Otis and Selena Wright. Mrs. Laster was a ...

Mrs. Ophelia M. Belcher, 90, passed away, Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital, she was the daughter of the late George and Queen Victoria Collier (Madison). She was a faithful m...

The matriarch of the Staples family and the Mother of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Beckley, West Virginia was called home on Monday, November 30, 2015. God in his infinite wisdom picked one of his most ...

ECCLES ù Mrs. Gladys Lovella Smith, 88, of Eccles, died Thursday, November 19, 2015. Born October 7, 1927, in Gary, WV, she was the daughter of the late Reverend William B. and Ginny Griffith Murr...

Mr. Ryo J. Wesley, 26, of Beckley, died Wednesday November 18, 2015. Born July 4, 1989, in Beckley, he was the son of Melissa Miller Wesley and Stephen ôBuckö Thompson. RyoÆs life would seem ...

Reverend Wade Hosea, 82, of White Sulphur Springs, formerly of Beckley, died Sunday, November 15, 2015. Born February 14, 1933, he was the son of the late Reverend Floyd Hosea Sr. and Louise Onion ...

Mrs. Vivian Imogene Patterson, 87, of Beckley, WV, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Born January 15, 1928 in Monytown, WV, she was the daughter of the late Spencer and Mamie Coles Young. A wom...

Polly Ann Williams, 68, of Colcord, WV, died Saturday, November 7, 2015. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8. ...

Mary Elizabeth ôSisterö Carson Benson, 86, of Oak Hill, W. Va. died Thursday, November 5, 2015. Born in Sharples, W. Va. , she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Sr. , and Gladys Carson. Sh...