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Michelle Faye Dowdy Zierer

Michelle Faye Dowdy Zierer

Sep 25, 2015

UNION, WV --- On the evening of September 25, 2015 Michelle Faye Dowdy Zierer, age 44, of Union, WV received a call that she could not refuse. An appointment that she will not be returning from, it will be a reunion with family and friends she has not seen for awhile. Her new mission will take her to a wonderful...

Ethel Pauline Dowdy Fisher Hylton

Ethel Pauline Dowdy Fisher Hylton

Sep 22, 2015

LEWISBURG, WV --- Ethel Pauline Dowdy Fisher Hylton, age 95, of Lewisburg, WV surrounded by family, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 after spending 21 years battling the frontlines of many health issues at the Briar Nursing Home in Lewisburg. Pauline was born July 13, 1920 at Union, WV. She was the daughter of the...

Hamp Arnold Kirk

Hamp Arnold Kirk

Sep 18, 2015

UNION, WV --- Hamp Arnold Kirk, age 78, of Union, WV passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea, WV following a long illness. Born June 13, 1937 at Gap Mills, WV he was the son of the late Herman and Lucy Humphries Kirk. Mr. Kirk was a retired box cutter operator at a cardboard box...

Virgil Thurmond Helvey

Virgil Thurmond Helvey

Sep 17, 2015

Sinks Grove, WV --- Virgil Thurmond Helvey, age 88, of Sinks Grove, WV completed his journey on earth on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea, WV. Born November 1, 1926 at Hollywood, WV he was the son of Jesse Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Hoke Helvey. Mr. Helvey was a U.S. Army World War II Veteran. He...

Charles Cleveland Shaver

Charles Cleveland Shaver

Sep 4, 2015

UNION, WV --- Charles Cleveland Shaver, age 81, of Union, WV, passed away Friday, September 4, 2015 at his residence following a short illness. Born August 5, 1934 at Union, WV he was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Pearl Faulkiner Shaver. Mr. Shaver was a 1955 graduate of Union High School. Later, he was the Farm Manager...

Riki Lee Miller

Riki Lee Miller

Aug 30, 2015

UNION, WV --- Riki Lee Miller, age 35, of Union, WV passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at his residence. Born January 31, 1980 at Princeton, WV he was the son of Raymond Miller of Narrows, VA and Melinda Allen of Peterstown, WV. Riki was a 1998 graduate of James Monroe High School. Following graduation he attended Concord College. Later...

Windell Wilkie Shull, Jr.

Windell Wilkie Shull, Jr.

Aug 21, 2015

GAP MILLS, WV --- Windell Wilkie Shull, Jr. age 57, of Gap Mills, WV, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born September 9, 1957 at Milton, WV, he was the son of Windell W. Shull, Sr. and stepmother, Linda of Milton, WV and the late Beatrice "Ann"...

Clara Anna Walker

Clara Anna Walker

Aug 16, 2015

SINKS GROVE, WV --- Clara Anna Walker, age 96, of Sinks Grove, WV passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015 at Springfield Center, Lindside, WV following a long illness. Born January 12, 1919 at Maggie, VA, she was the daughter of the late Grover C. and Rebecca Clementine Stegar Hutchison. Mrs. Walker retired from the Greenbrier Manor in Fairlea after 24...

Lois Velleda Beane

Lois Velleda Beane

Jul 30, 2015

RONCEVERTE, WV --- Lois Velleda Beane, age 76, of Ronceverte, WV passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, WV following a long illness. Born August 2, 1938 at Georgetown, Indiana she was the daughter of the late Henry Conrad and Irene Banet Dreher. Mrs. Beane was a retired Commissioner for the Monroe County Council on...

Gertrude Elizabeth Mccullough

Gertrude Elizabeth Mccullough

Jul 29, 2015

Gap Mills - Gertrude Elizabeth "Gertie" McCullough, 81 of Gap Mills, WV passed away Wednesday morning, July 29, 2015 at her residence following a long illness. Born September 14, 1933 at Gap Mills, WV she was the daughter of the late Lacy and Elsie Crowder McCullough. Gertie was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...

Telford Gilmer Dowdy

Telford Gilmer Dowdy

Jul 15, 2015

Union - Telford Gilmer Dowdy, 79 of Union passed away Wednesday morning, July 15, 2015 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea following a short illness. Born April 12, 1936 at Eads Mountain, WV of the ten children born to the late Gilmer Gilchrist and Sadie Christine Weikle Dowdy; Telford was the oldest of the surviving children. He loved...

Cassie Yvonne Ballard

Cassie Yvonne Ballard

Jul 7, 2015

UNION, WV ---Cassie Yvonne Ballard passed away at home at the age of 79 on the 7th of July 2015 while surrounded by her loving family. Cassie was born to the late Noah and Bernice Newhouse of Charleston, WV, Feb 24, 1936. She was a devout Christian and her church membership included Mt. Alexander United Methodist of Sarton, WV and...

Marvin Alston Snedegar, Sr.

Marvin Alston Snedegar, Sr.

Jul 6, 2015

Hollywood - Marvin Alston Snedegar, Sr., 62 of Hollywood, WV went to be with the Lord on Monday evening, July 6, 2015 at his home following a long illness. He was born at Lewisburg, West Virginia, June 3, 1953 a son of the late Rev. Roy and Helen Blankenship Snedegar. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...

Carl Franklin Bragg, Jr.

Carl Franklin Bragg, Jr.

Jul 6, 2015

Gap Mills - Carl Franklin Bragg, Jr., 75 of Gap Mills, passed away Monday morning, July 6, 2015 at the Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea following a short illness. He was born at Hinton, West Virginia, January 10, 1940 a son of the late Carl Franklin, Sr. and Bessie Bennett Bragg . Mr. Bragg was a truck driver for Houff...

Virginia P. Lowman

Virginia P. Lowman

Jul 3, 2015

Roanoke, Virginia - Virginia P. Lowman, 101, of Roanoke, Virginia, passed away Friday morning, July 3, 2015 at Friendship Assisted Living in Roanoke, Virginia following a short illness. She was born in Craig County, Virginia June 28, 1914 a daughter of the late James William and Cleva Hannah Porterfield. Mrs. Lowman was a retired bookkeeper for Fink Jewelry at Covington,...

William Davis Adkins

William Davis Adkins

Jun 27, 2015

GAP MILLS --- William Davis "Bill" Adkins, 92 of Gap Mills went to be with the Lord on June 27, 2015 at the Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea following a short illness. Born April 13, 1923 at Orchard, WV a Son of the late Wilbur and Clara Mae Wickline Adkins In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...

Iva June Thompson Riffle

Iva June Thompson Riffle

Jun 26, 2015

UNION, WV --- Iva June Thompson Riffle, age 54, of Union, WV passed away Friday, June 26, 2015 at her home following a sudden illness. Born August 4, 1960 at Pearisburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Evelyn Amos and step-father, Henry Turner. June was a loving and caring homemaker. She also enjoyed gardening and working with her...

John Thomas Fullen

John Thomas Fullen

Jun 23, 2015

SALT SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV --- John Thomas Roles Fullen, age 90, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Born April 18, 1925 at Salt Sulphur Springs, WV to the late John Elmer and Lila Ashworth Fullen. He was raised on the farm, which has been in the family since 1846. John descended from...

Lorena Elizabeth Houck

Lorena Elizabeth Houck

Jun 18, 2015

UNION, WV --- Lorena Elizabeth Houck, 77 of Union passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Country View Assisted Living at Peterstown following a long illness. Born April 15, 1938 at Washington, DC she was the daughter of the late Howard Elmer and Daisy Elizabeth Williams Rhodes. She was a census bureau employee and office manager and bookkeeper for the...

Glen Arnold Betler

Glen Arnold Betler

Jun 18, 2015

UNION, WV --- Glen Arnold Betler, age 89, of Union, WV passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea, WV following a long illness. Born September 19, 1925 in Helvetia, WV he was the son of the late Arnold L. and Ella Karlen Betler. Glen was a U.S. Army World War II Veteran. He saw action...

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