Obituaries

Arliss Eugene Smith

Arliss Eugene Smith

May 10, 2024

Pastor Arliss Eugene Smith, 82, a lifelong resident of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024 at CAMC Memorial Hospital in Charleston. Born August 25, 1941, he was the son of Alma Cuckler Smith and “Papa” Smith also of Fayetteville. Arliss was a 1960 graduate of Fayetteville High School. Went on to graduate from Concord College in 1964, then continued...

WILLIAM BOYD DAVIS

WILLIAM BOYD DAVIS

May 8, 2024

William Boyd Davis, 82, of Oak Hill passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley.Born January 2, 1942, in Gilboa, WV he was the son of the late Emerson and Minnie Green Davis.William was a proud United States Army Veteran and was a retired coal miner. In his leisure he enjoyed being outside...

Bobby Dean Adkins

Bobby Dean Adkins

May 7, 2024

Bobby Dean Adkins, 70, of Prudence, West Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at CAMC Plateau Medical Center. Bobby was born on December 23, 1953, in Mullens, West Virginia to the late Wallace and Violet Adkins.Bobby was an evangelist for 46 years. He went to Shepherds Worship Center and Daystar Worship Center. Bobby loved to hunt deer and...

Betty Jo Nahodil

Betty Jo Nahodil

May 2, 2024

Betty Jo Nahodil, 92, of Jumping Branch, passed away at Bowers Hospice House, Thursday,  May 2, 2024, after a long illness.

She was born July 20, 1931, the daughter of the late Earl Olen and Mary Louise Moses Epperly.

She was a graduate of Fayetteville High School, in Fayetteville, WV, and she was of the Baptist faith.

Taking care of her family and...

Mary Jane Burns

Mary Jane Burns

Apr 24, 2024

“With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love”. Eph. 4:2Mary Jane Burns, 73, of Beckley, WV, formerly of Mullens, WV, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on April 24, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Harry Victor Gill and the late Ruth Rachel Jenkins-Gill. She is preceded in death...

Janice Ann Stover McCoy

Janice Ann Stover McCoy

Apr 17, 2024

Janice Ann Stover McCoy, 75, of Minden, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in a Beckley hospital. Born September 8, 1948, at Minden, she was the daughter of the late, Serbert R. Stover, Sr. and Almeda (Dooley) Stover. In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, James R. McCoy; and one brother, Serbert R. Stover,...

Diane Elizabeth Adkins

Diane Elizabeth Adkins

Apr 16, 2024

Diane Elizabeth Adkins, 78, of Beckley, WV passed away, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Bowers Hospice House. Diane was born on June 9, 1945, in Beckley, WV to the late George and Ian Smith Daniels.Diane was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.Diane enjoyed golfing, talking on the C.B. and telephone to friends and family, bowling in her league at Leisure...

Betty Jean Mahood

Betty Jean Mahood

Apr 8, 2024

Betty Jean Mahood, 89, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024. Services will be at 12 PM on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at High Lawn Funeral Home, Oak Hill. Friends may visit from 11 AM until the time of service.

Wanda Jean Lewallen

Wanda Jean Lewallen

Apr 2, 2024

Wanda McCoy Lewallen, 79, of Oak Hill, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2024.Wanda was born on August 25, 1944, in Oak Hill, the daughter of the late Herbert Edward McCoy and Freda Hodge McCoy Hitchcock.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Herbert Edward McCoy, Jr., and sister-in-law Ann Thompson McCoy.Those left to cherish her...

Jeanette Lee Lawson (Foster)

Jeanette Lee Lawson (Foster)

Mar 27, 2024

Jeanette Lee Foster Lawson, 79, of Scarbro, WV passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at her home. Jeanette was born on April 4, 1944, in Scarbro, WV to the late Thomas Marcus Foster and Myrtle Maude Martin Foster.Jeanette was a retired data entry operator at Raleigh General Hospital.Jeanette loved sewing, quilting, going to yard sales, doing paint by numbers,...

Howard Pettry

Howard Pettry

Mar 24, 2024

Howard Pettry, 82, of Glen Daniel passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley.Born March 22, 1942 in Peachtree, WV he was the son of the late Dewey and Daisy Mae Hendrix Pettry.Howard worked in timber and in his leisure he enjoyed hunting and spending time with his family.Along with his parents he is...

Roger Lee Hurd Sr.

Roger Lee Hurd Sr.

Mar 22, 2024

Roger Lee Hurd ObituaryRoger Hurd, 72, passed away on March 22, 2024. He was born in Mount Hope, West Virginia, and was the son of the late James Hobert and Dorothy (Carter) Hurd. Roger is survived by his son, Roger Lee Hurd Jr.; grandchildren, Trinity Kerns (Jessie), Zoe Hurd, and Kaylee Hurd; great-grandchild, Oaklynn Hurd; sister, Nancy Hurd; loving girlfriend,...

Roger Lee Hurd

Roger Lee Hurd

Mar 22, 2024

Roger Hurd, 72, passed away on March 22, 2024. He was born in Mount Hope, West Virginia, and was the son of the late James Hobert and Dorothy (Carter) Hurd. Roger is survived by his son, Roger Lee Hurd Jr.; grandchildren, Trinity Kerns (Jessie), Zoe Hurd, and Kaylee Hurd; great-grandchild, Oaklynn Hurd; sister, Nancy Hurd; loving girlfriend, Tori Shackett; and...

Patricia Ann Higginbotham

Patricia Ann Higginbotham

Mar 22, 2024

Patricia Ann Higginbotham, 81, of Oak Hill, WV, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 22, 2024, at home. Patricia was born on November 2, 1942, in Robson, WV, to the late Elijah Aleric Treadway and Mary Alice Pennington Treadway.Patricia was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, cooking, and taking care of her pets, but her greatest joy...

Billy Gene Mourey

Billy Gene Mourey

Mar 20, 2024

Billy Gene Mourey, 91, of Summersville, WV, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. He was born in Nettie, WV, on October 12, 1932, to the late Kessler and Rilda Mourey.Billy wore many hats during his life, from a Retired Air Force Master Sgt., a meat cutter, a produce man, a minister, a farmer, and more. Though he wasn’t able...

George Elbert Miller

George Elbert Miller

Mar 18, 2024

George Elbert Miller, 73, was born on December 7, 1950, in Charleston, WV, and passed unexpectedly at home on March 18, 2024. As the youngest of nine siblings, he grew up in Horse Creek, WV, and lived most of his life there until he moved to Fayetteville, WV after he retired as a coal miner in 2015.George was a veteran...

Georgia Gail Coleman

Georgia Gail Coleman

Mar 14, 2024

Georgia Gail Coleman, 70, of Fayetteville, WV passed away, Thursday, March 14, 2024 at CAMC Memorial. Georgia was born on February 22, 1954 in Oak Hill, WV to the late Paul Haynes and Neva Smith.Georgia loved to crochet quilts for her family and friends, sitting on the front porch with her family, and was a pure soul who gave so...

Michael Forrest Hambrick

Michael Forrest Hambrick

Mar 12, 2024

Loving husband, father, and grandfather, Michael Forrest Hambrick, 71, of Charleston, WV, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2024, at Hubbard Hospice West after a long illness. Mike was born in Wriston, West Virginia, on April 19, 1952 to Charles S. and Evelyn Hambrick.  

 

Shortly after graduating from Collins High School in 1970, Mike enlisted in the Air Force.  After...

Faith Ann Myers (Keenan)

Faith Ann Myers (Keenan)

Mar 12, 2024

Faith Ann Myers, 65, of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Raleigh General Hospital. Faith was born on October 4, 1958 in Barboursville, WV to the late Raymond and Garnie Keenan.Faith was the head cashier at Lowes in Fayetteville.She was a member of the Alderson Church of the Nazarene, loved coloring, playing with her granddaughter, visiting...

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