Obituaries – Their Stories Live On

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...

Mr. James David Lawson, I, 58, of Beckley, WV died Friday, October 23, 2015. Born February 23, 1957 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Virginia LaBelle Berger Lawson, Sr. ...

Elder James E. Denson, 89, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Born July 11, 1926 in Red Star, WV, he was the son of the late Willie O. and Esther Mae Hockett Denson. He professed faith in Christ ...

Rev. Albert Leon Simms, 84, of Harlem Heights (Oak Hill) died Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Born January 21, 1931 in Claremont WV, he was the son of the late Robert T. and Carrie B. Early Simms. ...

HARLEM HEIGHTS - Audrey Gay Board, 58, of Harlem Heights, WV, died Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Born December 15, 1956, in Oak Hill, WV, she was the youngest child of eleven born to the union of the ...

Mrs. Geraldine Lash, 73, of Big Stick, died Monday, October 12, 2015. Born May 3, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Earnest and Eleanor Smith. Mrs. Lash was a homemaker and member of First ...

MARIETTA, Ga. ù Mrs. Dorothy Mae Toler, 90, of Marietta, GA, formerly of Beckley, died Sunday, October 11, 2015. Born March 23, 1925, in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late James and Elnora ...

NEWBURGH, N. Y. ù Andrew J. Evans, 58, of Newburgh, NY, formerly of Beckley, WV, died Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Born February 22, 1957, in Montgomery, WV, he was the son of Velma Evans of Beckle...

Mr. Larry Junior Goins, 70, of Beckley, died Saturday, October 3, 2015. Born August 28, 1945, in Galax, Virginia, he was the son of the late Chap and Agnes McMillian Goins. He attended public sc...

Mr. John Bastam Robinson, 97, of Beckley, formerly of Huntington, WV died Saturday, October 3, 2015. Born June 29, 1918 in Speedwell, VA, he was the son of the late Brown and Francis Montgomery Rob...

Mr. William Randall "Pick" Simley, 51, of Charleston, WV died Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Born April 1, 1964 in Montgomery, WV, he was the son of the late William and Patricia Mae Prieto Simley....

Mrs. Isabelle F. Godfrey, 75 of Montgomery, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Born August 23, 1940, in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Oretha Simley. Preceding her in dea...

Mr. Robert McDowell, 65, of Beckley, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Born June 30, 1950, he was the son of the late Dewey B. McDowell and Amy Winston Phillips. Mr. McDowell attended Stratton H...

Mrs. Dorothy Bennett, 88, of Beckley, died Saturday, September 12, 2015. Born December 2, 1926 in Toshes, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Algie and Lula Berger Robertson. Mrs. Bennett...

Mr. Gary Lamont Leftwich, 61, of Beckley died Thursday, September 3, 2015. Born March 16, 1934 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Etta Vene Moore Leftwich of Beckley and the late Leroy Leftwich. ...

Mrs. Dorothy Mae Spradley Jackson, 86, of Beckley, died Thursday, September 3, 2015. Born February 15, 1929 in Skelton, she was the daughter of the late Moses J. and Beatrice M. Seay Spradley. M...

Mr. James Webster Weatherby, 31, of Oak Hill, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Born December 29, 1983 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of the late James Allen and Marie Evangeline Evans Weatherby. ...

Mr. John Maceo Watson Jr. , 96, of Beckley died Monday, August 31, 2015. Born January 24, 1919, in Keystone, WV, he was the son of the late John A. and Katie Clanton Watson. Mr. Watson was a Boi...

Mr. Gregory A. "G-Nice" Gray, 48, of Oak Hill, died Sunday, August 30, 2015. Born March 5, 1967 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late Lee Phillip and Carolyn Ann Brown Gray. He worked for ...

Ms. Fran Laveeta Jackson, 54, of Huntington, formerly of Mt. Hope, WV, died Saturday, August 29, 2015. Born June 2, 1961 in Charles Town, WV, she was the daughter of Galvin Jackson of San Jose, CA ...

OAK HILL ù Mr. Desmond TuRon Newsom, 26, of Oak Hill, died Thursday, August 27, 2015. Born October 11, 1988, he was the son of Ronald Newsom of Glen Jean and Tonya Marion of Mt. Hope. Mr. Newso...