Virgil L. Adkins

Virgil L. Adkins, 81, of Piney View, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009.

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 29, at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley. Friends may gather with the family from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the Funeral Home.

Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, is in charge of the arrangements.

Wallace R. ‘Cabby’ Bennett Jr.

Wallace R. “Cabby” Bennett Jr., 59, of Oak Hill, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital at Weston.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel, Oak Hill, with burial to follow in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Online condolences may be sent to www.tyreefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.





Richard Farrell

FAYETTEVILLE — Richard Wayne “Ricky” Farrell, 51, of Fayetteville, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2009, at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Arrangements are pending. Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, 350 W. Maple Ave., Fayetteville, will be assisting the family.

Lynnette Salmons Francis

Lynnette Salmons Francis, 26, of Delbarton and Varney, died Friday, June 19, 2009, at her residence.

Memorial service will be 6 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Fundamental Christian Church at Varney, with Pastor Jason West officiating. To honor her wishes she was cremated.

Mounts Funeral Home of Gilbert is in charge of arrangements.





Robert Sterling Holcomb

Robert Sterling Holcomb, 22, of Richwood, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 25, 2009, from an automobile accident.

Services will be 2 p.m. today, June 27, in Simons-Coleman Funeral Home, Richwood, with the Rev. Tim Skaggs officiating. Visitation was 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 26, in Simons-Coleman Funeral Home, Richwood. Interment will be in Mt. View Memorial Park, Richwood.

Arrangements by Simons-Coleman Funeral Home, Richwood.





Nancy Marie Keil

Nancy Marie Keil, 40, of Oak Hill, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Plateau Medical Center.

Born July 16, 1968, at Pittsburgh, Pa., the daughter of the late William Keil and Nancy Scheuring Keil of Oak Hill.

Nancy was a 1986 graduate of Oak Hill High School and a graduate of Valley College. She was previously employed as a nanny for Chris and Jerod Kaplan; was a waitress at Pizza Plus in the Crossroads Mall; and was employed by The Register-Herald, where she was a customer service representative for eight years.

In her spare time, she enjoyed traveling, working puzzles, doing crafts such as latch hook and cross stitch, shooting pool and spending time with family and friends. She was a loving daughter, wife, and friend.

She was preceded in death by her father, William Edward Keil of Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 26, 2005; her maternal grandmother and grandfather, Mary Rothert Scheuring and Jerome Scheuring of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and paternal grandmother and grandfather, Marie Rausch Keil and William Keil of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Those left to cherish her memory include her mother, Nancy Ann Keil of Oak Hill; her husband, Roger McComas of Oak Hill; her brother, William J. Keil and his wife, Gail, of Maryland; a niece and nephew, Ester Keil and Benjamin Keil, of Maryland; aunt and godmother, Kathy Chiocca of Gainesville, Fla.; aunt Theresa Belcher, and her husband, Don, of Conyers, Ga.; special friends, Bert and Helen Kidd, and their children, of Crab Orchard; lots of relatives in Pittsburgh; and many loving friends at Beckley Newspapers.

A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Arrangements by High Lawn Funeral Home Chapel, 1435 E. Main St., Oak Hill.



After Glow

(author unknown)

I’d like the memory of me

to be a happy one.

I’d like to leave an after glow

of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo

whispering softly down the ways,

Of happy times and laughing times

and bright and sunny days.

I’d like the tears of those who grieve,

to dry before the sun

of happy memories

that I leave when life is done.





Samuel Ray Kelly

Samuel Ray Kelly died at the Beckley VA Hospital after a long illness.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Monday, June 29, at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley.

Blue Ridge Funeral Home in Beckley is in charge of the arrangements.





Ella Graye Lilly

DUNNS — Ella Graye Lilly, 81, of Dunns, W.Va., died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 4:20 a.m. at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness.

Born on September 24, 1927, at Dunns, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Otis Oscar Meador and Lily Dail Meador.

She was a retired machinist and had made her home in Ohio for many years, before returning to Dunns, W.Va., to make her home.

Mrs. Lilly was a member of the Mountain Creek Missionary Baptist Church at Dunns, W.Va.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Margie Eillison, by a brother, Wilford Meador, and a grandson, Joel Rowsey.

Surviving are her husband, Dallas Golf Lilly; sons, Dallas Mitchell Lilly and wife Joanne of Gas City, Ind., and Jeffrey Mark Lilly of Lorain, Ohio; daughters, Janet Kay Venefra and husband Julius of Olmsted Township, Ohio, and Donna Rene Lilly of Cleveland, Ohio; brothers, Dan Meador of Ohio, Jimmie Meador of Ohio; sisters, Tean Bowling, Mae Parker, Brenda Smerek, Rose Adkins, Wanda McNeil and Jo Hanel, all of Ohio; and grandchildren, Jay Venefra, Jamie Venefra, Jonathan Venefra, Jeff and Erin Lilly and Joseph and Jordyn Lilly.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, June 29, 2009, at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Shady Spring Chapel with Pastor Tom Ellison officiating. Burial will follow at the Dunns Cemetery at Dunns, W.Va. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

Online condolences may be sent to our guestbook at www.roseandquesenberry.net.

Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Shady Spring, W.Va.





David Preston Morgan

David Preston Morgan of Forestview Drive, Beckley, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, following an extended illness. David was 79 years of age.

Born on June 15, 1930, in Guyann, he was the son of the late Clyde and Essie Perry Morgan. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Gladys Hatfield, and a brother, Jimmy Morgan.

Mr. Morgan was a five-year veteran of the U.S. Army and served for over 23 years in the U.S. Air Force. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart Med-al and a Silver Star during his two tours in Korea during the Korean Conflict; he was also stationed in Japan for quite some time. David retired, in Colorado Springs, from the Air Force as a Senior Master Sergeant that specialized in Explosive Ordnance Disposal.

In 1972 he moved his family to Beckley and went to work for Beckley National Bank, retiring in 1995 from Raleigh County National Bank as a Vice President. David was a faithful member of the Oak Grove Christian Church and a former member of the Spokane, Wash., Masonic Lodge. David will be lovingly missed and remembered always.

Survivors include his loving wife Rosalie Sexton Morgan; a son, Michael “Tony” Morgan and wife Lisa of Kalamazoo, Mich.; daughter Terry Humphrey and husband Randall of Suwannee, Ga.; six grandchildren: Matthew, Michael and Jacob Morgan and Ryan, Zachery and Morgan Humphrey. He is also survived by two sisters: Maxine Maynor of Hanover and Marcelene Maynor of Pineville, as well as his church family.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, June 29th, in the Oak Grove Christian Church with Pastors Joseph Schmidt and Ken Overdorf officiating. Entombment will follow in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity. Friends may call Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Melton Mortuary and on Monday one hour prior to the service time at the church.

Condolences may be mailed to the family at melton@wvdsl.net.

Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Inc., Beckley, W.Va.