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Hester Evelyn Adkins
LAYLAND — Hester Evelyn Adkins, 87, of Chestnut Knob Road, Layland, died Wednesday morning, July 23, 2008, at her home.
Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Wallace & Wallace Chapel, Rainelle. Burial will follow in Layland Cemetery. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.
Lawrence Asbury
Lawrence Asbury, 56, of Crab Orchard, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008, at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville, Va.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry, Beckley.
Howard Edward Brown
RICHWOOD — Howard Edward Brown, 92, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Graveside service will be 2 p.m. today at the Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, with the Pastor Brant Seacrist officiating.
In lieu of flowers make donations to: Nicholas County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center For Resident Council Fund, 18 Fourth St., Richwood, WV 26261.
Arrangements by Simons-Coleman Funeral Home, Richwood.
Marion F. Chapman
WILKINSON — Marion F. Chapman, age 84, departed this life on Thursday, July 24, 2008.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Honaker Funeral Home in Logan. Entombment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill. Friends may call on Saturday, July 26, 2008, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home in Logan.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial contributions to: National Parkinson Foundation Inc., 1501 N.W. Ninth Ave. / Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136-1494, telephone: 305-243-6666, toll-free national: 1-800-327-4545.
For e-mail condolences or to make memorial contributions go to www.honakerfuneralhome.org and click on “online condolences.”
Honaker Funeral Home in Logan is in charge of service.
Letha Allene Ash Cooper
NEW CUMBERLAND — Letha Allene Ash Cooper, 80, formerly of Follansbee, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville, Ohio.
Born March 2, 1928, in Minden, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Samuel Floyd and Mary Elizabeth Persinger Goins.
Letha was also preceded in death by her first husband, Paul Ash, on Oct. 20, 1993; a son, Richard E. Smith, on Nov. 19, 1973; and two sisters, Phyllis Bibb and Janice Canterbury.
Letha was a homemaker and a member of the Mercy Baptist Church where she volunteered as school records secretary. Letha was also employed at the Wigs Department Store, and the Oak Hill Ferris Aid.
Letha is survived by her husband, Henry Cooper of New Cumberland, whom she married in 1997; stepchildren, Susan Phillips, Sharon and Ray Neely, Jackie and David Pulver, Robert and Rickey Smith; brothers, Curtis and Betty Goins of Oak Hill, Leonard and Drema Goins of Cleveland, Ohio, and Darrell and Alma Goins of Spencer, Ohio; three grandchildren, Lisa and Randy Williams, Tracy and Michael Jackson and Jennifer and Dan Carter; seven great-grandchildren, Brandon, Ashley, Hunter, Kristy, Noah, Caitlen, Harley Hobbs; stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Friends will be received 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today, Friday, at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main St., Weirton, where funeral services will be celebrated at 8 p.m. Friday, with Pastor James Rhodes officiating. Interment will be 1 p.m. Saturday at High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill.
Share tributes and memories at www.grecohertnick.com.
Arrangements by Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, Weirton.
Almeda Toney Dixon
EASLEY, S.C. — Mrs. Almeda Toney Dixon, 64, of 533 Old Saluda Dam Road, Easley, died Monday, July 21, 2008, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Dixon was born Oct. 14, 1943, in Fayette, W.Va., to Pauline Pemberton Toney of Scarbro, W.Va., and the late Leon Toney Sr.
She was educated in the Fayette, W.Va., schools and was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith.
In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband Allen Smith and a brother Leon Toney Jr.
Surviving in addition to her mother are sons, Arnold Dean Jr. and wife Teresa of Liverpool, N.Y., Delrio Dean and wife Michelle of Aurora, N.Y.; daughters, Laura Haley and husband Shane of Easley, S.C., Allison Sieburg and husband Chris of Jacksonville, Fla.; brothers Larry Toney and Cooper Toney, both of Tennessee, Clyde Toney of Oak Hill, W.Va.., Billy Toney of Virginia; sister Vermeda Snuffer of Scarbro, W.Va..; and 10 grandchildren.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date in upstate New York.
Palmetto Cremation Service of Greenville, S.C., is in charge of arrangements.
Ann Woolfolk Johnson Dunkin
Ann Woolfolk Johnson Dunkin passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at the Brier Nursing Home, Ronceverte.
Ann was born in Lewisburg on Jan. 20, 1928; her parents were the late William Henry and Margaret Nelson Johnson.
She graduated from Greenbrier College for Women and Centre College in Danville, Ky., where both her father and grandfather had attended. She taught reading in the Broward County Florida School system, returning to Lewisburg in 1973 to continue teaching in the Greenbrier County School System. She was one of the founding owners of The Open Book bookstore here on Washington Street and continued in that capacity until well after her teacher’s retirement. Reading was her passion and she felt that enabling all children to read was her life’s chosen endeavor.
Ann was a deacon and elder at the Old Stone Presbyterian Church, a member of PEO Chapter V; the DAR; Colonial Dames and an avid gardener and bird watcher. She continued playing her keen hand of bridge right up to her death. But, perhaps, her greatest joy many years after her retirement was having her former students greet her in fond affection for their days in her class.
Ann is survived by a son, William C. Dunkin of Greenbrier county; his children, Lexie and T.J. Dunkin; sister, Elizabeth Scott and her husband, Mitch, here in Lewisburg; niece, Paige H. Hayes and her husband, Joe, of Jacksonville, Fla.; their children, Chris Hayes of Jacksonville, Samantha Pierson and her husband, Chris, of Dallas and their new baby Joey, Heather Ashley of Jacksonville; nephew, Walker S. Henderson and his wife, Anne, and their children, Margo and Laura of Delray Beach, Fla., and Lewisburg.
Ann gifted her body to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine for medical research. A memorial service will be held at Old Stone Presbyterian Church on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dexter Taylor officiating, followed by a church reception.
In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Greenbrier County Library.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace of Lewisburg.
Betty Lou ‘Reba’ Vance Ellis
JUSTICE — Betty Lou “Reba” Vance Ellis, 82, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Mounts Funeral Home Chapel, Gilbert. Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral chapel.
Online at www.mountsfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by Mounts Funeral Home, Gilbert.
Earl Ray Huddle
Earl Ray Huddle, age 81, of Beckley, peacefully departed this life Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Bowers Hospice House.
Born May 13, 1927, he was the son of the late Jo-seph Vernon and Garnet Biggers Huddle.
Mr. Huddle owned Earl’s Studio for over 55 years. He was an avid photographer and expert in hand-painted coloration.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 31 years, Christine Huddle, and a brother, Joe Huddle.
Those left to cherish his memory include his son, Chris and wife Kim of Beckley; three grandchildren, Lynsey, Emily, and Reece, all at home; a sister, Elouise Henderson of Ormond Beach, Fla.; a niece, Vickie Copp of Daytona, Fla.; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Huddle of Washington, W.Va.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 26, 2008, at 12 p.m., at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with Pastor Robert Barley officiating.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blueridgefuneralhome.com.
Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, is in charge of the arrangements.
Leonel ‘Pancho’ Jenkins
ITMANN — Leonel Carl “Pancho” Jenkins, 33, of Itmann, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in a Beckley Hospital.
Born Oct. 15, 1974, at Mullens, he was the son of Preston Dale Jenkins Sr. and Betty Lou Goode Jenkins of Maben.
Pancho was a former roofer with 15 years experience and was of the Pentecostal faith.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Preston Dale Jenkins Jr.; maternal grandparents, James and Lulabell Goode; and his paternal grandfather, Preston Jenkins.
In addition to his parents, those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Genia Hess Jenkins; a son, Jason Lance Jenkins of Stephenson, and a stepson, Casey Wood of Corinne; two stepdaughters, Savannah Wood of Mullensville and April Wood of Corinne; two sisters, Sebrina Reed of Itmann and Jordon Jenkins of Maben; two brothers, Mark Jenkins of Mullens and Dustin Jenkins of Maben; paternal grandmother, Margaret Jenkins Garza, and stepgrandfather, Leonel Garza of Houston, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be 12 noon Saturday at Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Patricia Grasser officiating. Burial will follow in the Goode Cemetery, Bud Mountain.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of services Saturday at the funeral home.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Online condolences can be made at www.tankersleyfh.com.
Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.
Clayton E. McMillion
NETTIE — Clayton E. McMillion, 82, of Nettie, passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 22, 2008, en route to Summersville Hospital on Route 39, following a long illness.
Born April 11, 1926, at Nettie, he was the son of the late James Aquilla and Elcie B. O’Dell McMillion.
Mr. McMillion was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II, and for many years, he owned and operated Nettie Sand Quarry.
Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Zella McMillion and Myrna Loy McMillion; and four brothers, Charles, Lorne, Walden, and Daren McMillion.
Survivors include a niece, Christine Young of Mount Nebo; four nephews, Lane McMillion of Craigsville, Billy McMillion of Quinwood, Colin McMillion of Beckley, and Steward McMillion.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Olive Branch Baptist Church at Nettie, with the Rev. Stuart Stover officiating. Burial will follow in the O’Dell Cemetery, on O’Dell Town Road, Nettie.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church.
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace, Rainelle.
Devonda Faye Muncy
Devonda Faye (Carter) Muncy, 54, of Beckley, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at her home in Beckley.
She was born May 7, 1954, the eldest daughter of Brookie (Cline) Carter of Kopperston and the late Everette Carter.
She worked as a homemaker for five years, all while being a loving and caring wife and mother.
Devonda was preceded in death by her father, Everette “Bud” Carter; a brother, Tony Carter; and niece Sarah Toler, with whom she is having a blessed reunion now.
Survivors include her husband, Itha Muncy of Beckley; son, Erick Muncy and wife Nicole Muncy of Dayton, Ohio; daughter, Mindy (Carter) Ratliff and husband Kennard Ratliff of Christiansburg, Va.; mother, Brookie (Cline) Carter of Kopperston; two sisters, Linda Toler and husband Ellis Toler of Kopperston, Tena Browning and husband Randy Browning of Kopperston; and brother, Everett “Boo” Carter Jr. of Kopperston. She had one grandson, Eli Ratliff, and several nieces and nephews.
Devonda had the most loving, unselfish heart for all of those that were bless-ed to have known her. She will be missed indescribably by family and friends. We are all very blessed to have known her.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. John Toler officiating. Burial will follow in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley. Friends may call Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Condolences may be mailed to the family at melton@wvdsl.net.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Rayburn Alton New
BAISDEN — Rayburn Alton New, 71, of Baisden, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Service will be 1 p.m. Sunday at the Freedom Full Gospel Assembly House of Prayer at Hampden. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today and Saturday at the church.
Arrangements by Mounts Funeral Home, Gilbert.
Cecil Ray Okes
NIMITZ — Cecil Ray Okes, 83, of Nimitz, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 24, 2008, at the Rocking Chair Residential Care following a long illness.
Born May 14, 1925, at Ellison, he was the son of the late Clarence and Elizabeth Wills Okes.
Cecil was a member of the Nimitz Missionary Baptist Church; he enjoyed gardening and caring for his yard. He was retired from Ford Motor Co. and during his early working years he had worked construction. This included the initial phase of the Bluestone Dam Construction.
Preceded in death by his wife, Wilma R. Hamrick Okes, in 1994, and four brothers, Kermit, Clinton, Lonnie and Joseph “Joe” Okes.
He is survived by one son, Edward Chrysler of Illinois; seven sisters, Alice Basham of Jumping Branch, who followed him in death on July 24, 2008, Mary Dorsey of Ghent, Monnie Lilly of Cool Ridge, Kathryn Dameron of Piney View, Pansy Ellison and husband William of Hopewell, Va., Estelle Thompson and husband Bill of Nimitz (with whom he had made his home for the past 14 years), and Lula Belle Okes of Nimitz; and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel in Hinton with Pastor Don Hannah officiating. Burial will follow in the Okes Family Cemetery at Ellison. Friends may call at the funeral parlors from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. His nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The family would like to thank the Bluestone Care Home and the Rockin Chair Residential Care for their continual care of Cecil during his illness.
Condolences may be sent to the family at info@ronaldmeadowsfp.com.
Arrangements are by the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors of Hinton.
Mary Rose Shumate Parsons
Mary Rose Parsons, age 86, of Beckley, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 24, 2008, in the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following an extended illness.
Born April 14, 1922, in Rush Run, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Vince L. and Hallie Snuffer Shumate.
Mrs. Parsons was a member of the First Christian Church in Beckley, a retired head bookkeeper of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and a member of the UFCW Local No. 400 in Charleston.
Mary Rose was a dedicated friend to many, always putting the needs of others before her own. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by a son-in-law, John “Mack” Phillips; sisters, Eloise Broome and her husband, Junior, and Helen Slemp and her husband, Tom; brothers, Vince Junior Shumate and his wife, Imogene, William Richard Shumate and his wife, Wilma Lee, and a brother-in-law, Frank Ubeda Jr.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Reta J. Elkins and her fiance, John Maybin of Beckley, Wilma Sue Phillips of Monroe, N.C.; a sister, Ann Lee Ubeda of Beckley; grandchildren, Debra Green and her husband, Joey, of Monroe, N.C., Pamela Elkins and her husband, Tim Humphrey, of Charleston, W.Va., and Kevin D. Elkins and wife, Angie, of Conover, N.C.; great-grandchildren, Amanda and Joshua Green of Monroe, N.C., and Joey and Jessie Elkins of Conover, N.C.; and numerous other family and friends.
Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel in Beckley with Pastor Robert Barley officiating.
Visitation will be between 1 p.m. to 3 before the funeral. Entombment will follow at the Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum, Beckley.
Pallbearers will be John Maybin, Tim Humphrey, Kevin D. Elkins, Frankie Ubeda, Joshua Green and Bill Shumate.
Online condolences may be sent to our guest book at www.roseandquesenberry.net.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations of sympathy be made to Bowers Hospice House, 454 Cranberry Drive, Beckley, WV 25801.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley.
Diana Kay Ramsey
ANSTED — Diana Kay Ramsey, 60, of Ansted, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at CAMC General Division Hospital.
Diana was born Oct. 2, 1947, in Romont, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Cecil H. and Ina Rachel Morton Bailey.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Judy Peck, and a brother, Roy Bailey.
Diana was a homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother and sister.
She is survived by a daughter, Cynthia Ramsey of Beckwith; two sons, Sterling Ramsey of Scarbro and John Denzil Ramsey of Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren, Sidnee Ramsey and Hannah Ramsey; three brothers, Kenneth Bailey of Ansted, Cecil Bailey and Herbert Bailey, both of Washington.
Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Ansted, with Pastor Kenneth Hayes officiating. Entombment will follow at the Chapel of Rest Mausoleum in Victor.
Friends may call 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers family request that you make donations to the funeral home to help with funeral expenses, Wallace & Wallace Inc., P.O. Box 335, Ansted, WV 25812.
Wallace & Wallace of Ansted is in charge of the arrangements.
Jo Ann Calfee Stanton
Jo Ann Calfee Stanton, 56, of 156 Primrose Lane, Beckley, left this world Tuesday, July 22, 2008, as the result of a second battle with cancer.
She died at home, after spending her final days with family, close friends and the Hospice nurses whose care comforted her.
Born Dec. 6, 1951, at Beckley, she was the daughter of Vernice Maxine Cole Calfee (now Lilly) and the late Hershal Robert Calfee.
Jo Ann was the director of the Doug and Lucy Bowers Hospice House, operated by Hospice of Southern West Virginia. As such, she oversaw a staff of dedicated nurses who provided comfort to those for whom death was imminent. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the spring of 2007, fought it and was victorious by the end of that year. Sadly, the disease had returned by June of 2008 and spread rapidly throughout her body.
Jo Ann devoted her adult life to the care of others, having received her Registered Nurse certification from Saint Mary’s School of Nursing in Huntington in 1972. She went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bellarmine College in Kentucky and worked in a variety of health care settings. Among them were a Chicago emergency room, the Beckley VA Medical Center and Raleigh General Hospital, where she eventually worked her way up to vice president-chief nursing executive. Before joining the Hospice team, she worked as a health care consultant for Charleston-based McKenna and Associates, which afforded her the opportunity to travel throughout the country and abroad while providing hospitals with advice and education necessary to comply with national standards.
Her nursing career led to friendships with some of the same nurses who would care for her when she found herself in the same predicament as those she served during her short career with Hospice of Southern West Virginia.
Outside of work, Jo Ann was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and companion who enjoyed spending time with close friends, fishing, reading, camping, trips to the beach, and singing alto in the choir at United Methodist Temple, where she was a member.
Other than her father, she was preceded in death by a half brother, Hershal Robert Calfee Jr.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 33 years, William David Stanton, of Beckley; two daughters, Audrey Jo Stanton Smith and her husband, Jarrod, of Beckley, and Rebecca Ann Mann and her husband, Geoff, of Richmond, Va.; two grandsons, Jon David Schwitzerlette of Beckley, and Jackson Wilde Mann of Richmond, Va.; a third grandchild due to Rebecca in October; her mother, Vernice Maxine Lilly of Hilltop; two sisters, Julia Robinson of Lebanon, Tenn., and Janet R. Warden and her husband, Homer A., of Stanaford; her mother-in-law, Alice Virginia Stanton; brother-in-law James Jeffrey Stanton; nieces Jane Spruill and her husband, Rick, and Sarah Robinson, all of Lebanon, Tenn., and Cassie Stanton of South Carolina; nephews Josh Robinson of Blacksburg, Va., Robert and Alan Warden of Beckley, and Stephen Stanton of South Carolina; two great-nephews, Michael Eds and Will Spruill of Tennessee; several close friends she considered as dear as family; and a faithful little dog named Tippy.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at United Methodist Temple, Beckley, with Dr. Chuck Pullins officiating. Friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call two hours prior to the service at the church. Entombment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Doug and Lucy Bowers Hospice House, where Jo Ann helped to build a much needed service for those whose end-of-life care needs could not be met at home; or Hospice of Southern West Virginia, parent agency of the Bowers House and the organization that provided health care services to Jo Ann in her final weeks.
Online condolences may be sent to our guest book at www.roseandquesenberry.net.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapels, Beckley.
Edmund Trent
Edmund Trent of Hoo Hoo Hollow, Lester, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008, in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. He was 82 years of age.
Condolences may be mailed to the family at melton@wvdsl.net.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
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