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Shirley Marie Saunders
Sep 20, 2017
FAIRLEA, WV --- Shirley Marie Saunders, 78 of Fairlea, WV passed away Wednesday morning, September 20, 2017 at her home following a sudden illness. She was born in Monroe County, WV, February 26, 1939 a daughter of the late William Herman and Irene Mottesheard King. She was a homemaker and attended the Second Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church at Second Creek....
Genevieve Myrtle Gillen
Sep 16, 2017
UNION, WV --- Our beloved Mother, Teacher, Friend, Genevieve Myrtle Sowards Gillen passed on Saturday, September 16, 2017. She was born August 2, 1929 in Burma; where her parents, the late, Erville Ellis Sowards and Genevieve Elizabeth Sharp Sowards, were both Baptist Missionaries. Genevieve taught for fifty years, most of which were in Miami-Dade County Florida. She taught English and...
Pauline A. Wilson
Sep 9, 2017
UNION, WV --- Pauline A. Wilson, 76, of Union, WV who made her home with a daughter, Lisa Sprowls and a granddaughter, Shayla Sprowls, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Peyton Hospice House at Fairlea following a long illness. She was born at Second Creek, WV, May 8, 1941 a daughter of the late William Herman and Irene...
Joyce Copley
Sep 2, 2017
GREENVILLE, WV --- Joyce Copley, 72, of Greenville, WV passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at the home of her son Tommy Mullins. She was born in Logan County, WV, January 6, 1945 a daughter of the late McKinley and Mae Osborne. She was a homemaker and attended the Victory Pentecostal Church at Lindside and the Centerville Presbyterian Church at...
Steve & Kristi Long
Aug 19, 2017
UNION, WV --- John Stephen "Steve" Long, 67 and Kristi Jo Allen Long, 66, of Union, WV passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Marietta, Ohio from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Steve was born at Red Sulphur Springs, WV, February 14, 1950 a son of Reba Saunders Long of Greenville and the late Orville "Shorty" Long. He was...
Robert F. Wilson
Aug 16, 2017
UNION, WV --- Robert "Bob" F. Wilson, 71, of Union, WV passed away Wednesday evening, August 16, 2017 at Peyton Hospice House following a short illness. He was born at Union, WV, May 1, 1946 a son of the late Basil L. and Velma Martin Weiss Wilson. He was a retired employee of Virginia Power with 23 years' service and...
Veva A. Helms
Aug 14, 2017
UNION, WV --- Veva Adelle Nichols Helms, 88, of Union, WV passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea following a short illness. She was born at Sinks Grove, WV, September 28, 1928 a daughter of the late Alexander Clifford and Alice Eades Nichols. She was a homemaker and a member of the Crimson Springs...
Robert Douglas Ferguson
Jul 26, 2017
PICKAWAY, WV --- Robert Douglas Ferguson, 98, of Pickaway, WV passed away Wednesday evening, July 26, 2017 at the Alleghany Health and Rehab in Clifton Forge, Virginia following a long illness. He was born at Sun, WV August 22, 1918 a son of the late James Harvey and Josie Mae Smith Ferguson. He was a retired Celanese Fibers Company employee...
Landon M. Lowe
Jul 24, 2017
GAP MILLS, WV --- Landon Maguire Lowe, 17, of Gap Mills, WV passed away Monday, July 24, 2017 at Union from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born at Lancaster, PA., April 22, 2000 a son of Christopher Walter and Sherry Porterfield Lowe. He was a senior at James Monroe High School where he played football and baseball,...
John E. Ballard
Jul 22, 2017
GREENVILLE, WV --- John E. Ballard, 85, of Greenville, WV passed away Saturday evening, July 22, 2017 at Springfield Center in Lindside following a short illness. He was born at Rock Camp, WV February 24, 1932 a son of the late Roland and Mabel Copeland Ballard. He was a retired carpenter, a member of the Crimson Springs Church at Zenith...
Jerry L. Lester
Jul 22, 2017
LEWISBURG, WV --- Jerry Lee Lester, 62 of Lewisburg, WV passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea following a short illness. He was born at Man, WV September 13, 1954 a son of the late Sherman and Arminta Bartram Lester. He was a disabled coal miner and a member of the UMWA. In...
Ronald Ray Weikle, Jr.
Jul 4, 2017
UNION, WV --- Ronald Ray Weikle, Jr., 54, of Union, WV passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Beckley, WV following a short illness. He was born at Union, WV February 24, 1963 a son of Doris Lemon Weikle of Hinton and the late Ronald Ray Weikle. Ronnie was a disabled millwright who loved hunting, fishing and horseback riding, and...
Lewis I Canterbury
Jun 25, 2017
SINKS GROVE, WV --- Lewis I. Canterbury, 72, of Sinks Grove, WV passed away Sunday, June 25, 2017 at his home following a sudden illness. He was born at Rock Camp, WV June 22, 1945 a son of the late Aaron V. and Minnie Faye Harvey Canterbury. Mr. Canterbury was a retired Alleghany Power Employee having worked as a operations...
Mary Pearl Compton
Jun 21, 2017
UNION, WV --- Mary Pearl Compton, 86, of Union, WV passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea following a long illness. She was born at Renick, WV Sept. 24, 1930 a daughter of the late Russell K. and Susie Shisler Geyer. Mary Pearl was a retired educator in Monroe and Greenbrier Counties, a member of...
Caryll Carmela Lilly
Jun 13, 2017
FOREST HILL, WV --- Caryll Carmela Lilly, 72, of Forest Hill, WV passed away Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born at Windsor, Ontario, Canada, March 29, 1945 a daughter of the late Norman and Kay Caliguri Slaunwhite. She was a retired florist having worked with Hinton Floral and...
Judy Dunbar Wickline
Jun 3, 2017
UNION, WV --- Judy Dunbar Wickline, 75, of Union passed away Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 at the Charleston Area Medical Center in the presence of her loving family. Judy was born in Sinks Grove, WV on January 26th, 1942, the daughter of the late Everett and Lena Taylor Dunbar. She was a graduate of Union High School in 1960, Little...
Myrtle Ruth Willard
May 22, 2017
WAITEVILLE, WV --- Myrtle Ruth Willard, 95, of Waiteville, WV passed away, May 22, 2017 at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Willard was born at Greenville, NC April 15, 1922 a daughter of the late Arthur Garfield and Myrtle Mae Garris Walters. A son, Joe Edward Willard, Jr. preceded her in death. She was a member of the...
Geneva Lee Allen
May 13, 2017
UNION, WV --- Geneva Lee Allen, 86, of Union, WV passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Lewis-Gale Hospital Montgomery, Virginia following a long illness. She was born at Sarton, WV May 17, 1930 a daughter of the late Dollie Weikle. She was a retired employee of B. F. Goodrich and a member of the Union Church of God. In...
Brandan Elliot Ballard
May 2, 2017
UNION, WV --- Brandan Elliot (Bookie) Ballard, 24, of Knob's Road Union, WV passed away in his sleep Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at his home. Bookie was born at Charleston, WV June 1, 1992 a son of Bruce Edward and Tina Marie Allen Ballard of Knob's Road Union. Bookie was loved by most people he encountered. He was a construction...
Malcolm T. Lively
Apr 13, 2017
SINKS GROVE, WV --- Malcolm T. Lively, 83, of Sinks Grove, WV passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 at his home following a short illness. He was born at Wayside, WV July 27, 1933 a son of the late Glenn Fletcher and Pauline Amanda Greene Lively. He was a retired Columbia Gas employee having retired with 34 years' service, a...
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