Jerry Blankenship
GLEN ROGERS — Jerry Blankenship, 61, departed this life Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
A celebration of Jerry’s life will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Pinegrove Community Church, Ravencliff. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at the church.
Services entrusted to Adam Toler Memorial Funeral Home, Oceana.
Ella Sue Romm Bugin
Ella Sue Romm Bugin, 79, of Daniels, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va.
Arrangements are incomplete at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
Carl Wayne ‘Crow’ Caldwell
KETTLE ISLAND, Ky. — Carl Wayne “Crow” Caldwell, 51, of Kettle Island, passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at the Pineville Community Hospital.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at the Mill Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Barry Gibson and the Rev. Ron Howard. Music will be by Shirley Caldwell, Mickey Wilder, Jim Miracle, Benny Howard, Roger Howard and Ron Howard. Burial will follow in the Howard Family Cemetery at Kettle Island. The family received friends after 6 p.m. Sunday at the Mill Creek Baptist Church.
Light a virtual candle and sign the online register at www.arnettsteele.com.
The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home in Pineville, Ky., is honored to be serving the Caldwell family.
Ruth E. Darlington
HINTON — Ruth E. Darlington, 95, of 403 Cedar Ave., Hinton, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in Summers County A.R.H. in Hinton following a long illness.
Arrangements are incomplete at Pivont Funeral Home, Hinton.
Belva Mae Hawkins
HANOVER — Belva Mae Hawkins, 73, of Hanover, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at Logan Regional Medical Center.
Funeral will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Mounts Funeral Home, Gilbert, with Brother Kevin Blankenship and Brother David Blankenship officiating. Burial will be in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny. Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today, Oct. 26, at the funeral home with a service at 7 p.m.
Visit www.mountsfuneralhome.com.
Mounts Funeral Home of Gilbert is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Fay Key
POOL — Dorothy Fay Key, 81, of Pool (Nicholas County), passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Mt. Vernon Cemetery at Glade Creek with Pastor Stanley Cadle officiating. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today at White Funeral Home in Summersville.
Clarence Nicholas
Mr. Clarence Nicholas, 78, of 602 E St., Beckley, died Oct. 24, 2009, at Raleigh General Hospital.
Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley.
Robert Payne
Mr. Robert Payne, of Beckley, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in Raleigh General Hospital.
Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley.
Shirley Jane Williams Perry
Shirley Jane Williams Perry, 56, of Artie, W.Va., was called home to her Lord on Oct. 23, 2009, at Appalachian Hospital in Beckley, W.Va., following a brave fight with a long illness.
Born Aug. 24, 1953, in Charleston, W.Va., she was the daughter of Martha Carol Williams and the late Alexander “Bobby” Williams.
Shirley was a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and faith-filled child of God. She had a smile and a kind word for anyone she meet, having a light inside her that warmed your soul. Though this world seems darker without her, Heaven’s a lot sweeter because she’s there.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Phillip Perry of Artie; daughter, Jennifer Jennings and husband, Craig; mother, Carol Williams of Dorothy; sister, Sandra Scarbro and her husband, Eddie, of Clear Creek; brothers, Alex “JR” Williams and wife, Melody, of Artie, Early Dale Williams and wife, Ginger, of Rocky Mount, Va., Gary Williams and wife, Ina, of Artie, W.Va., David Williams and wife, Felicia, of Clear Creek, Randall Williams of Dorothy and Steven Williams of Horse Creek; JoAnna McGraw, Debbie Evans; three grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, and family pet Roady.
In addition to her father, Shirley is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Bill and Dicey Collins; fraternal grandparents, Early “Poppy” and Emma Williams; and two family pets, Sunshine and Roxy.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Sycamore Free Pentecostal Church, Colcord, W.Va., with Rev. Jerry Tyree and Rev. Gary Williams.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Armstrong Funeral Home, Whitesville.
In lieu of flowers the family will be accepting donations to pay for services.
Afterglow
I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when day is gone.
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.
Roy Lee Spinks
LEWISBURG — Roy Lee Spinks of Lewisburg died Oct. 22, 2009, in Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Memorial Chapel of McCraw Funeral Home, followed by burial in Enon Church Cemetery at Vago. Family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to service.
McCraw Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements.
Betty Ann Vickers
Betty Ann Vickers, 78, a resident of Pinecrest Hospital, formerly of Mabscott, passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley.
Samuel Lee Walton
Mr. Samuel Lee Walton, 78, of 118 Westwood Drive, Beckley, died Oct. 24, 2009, at Raleigh General Hospital.
Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley.
James L. Webb
James L. Webb of Pikeview Drive, Beckley, passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at his home in Beckley.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.meltonmortuary.com.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
