Obituary Listing

Mar 24, 2015

LEWISBURG, WV--- Edward "Ed" Allen Vass, Sr., age 76, of Lewisburg, WV passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, WV following a short illness. Born November 13, 1938 at Wayside, WV he was the son of the late Bradley Dunn and Clara "Frances" Allen Vass. Mr. Vass retired in 2000 from Davis Industries recycling Company...

Mar 23, 2015

Pirtle, James R. Sr., 74, of Louisville, KY passed away on March 23, 2015. James was born on July 22, 1940, in Logan County, KY the oldest of 11 children of the late Ewing R. Pirtle and Ruby E. Dillihay Pirtle. He was a member of the first graduating class of Suda E. Butler High School in 1958. Jim worked...

Mar 18, 2015

LEWISBURG, WV--- Mary Lee Tabor Howard, age 67, of Lewisburg, WV passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Springfield Center, Lindside, WV following a long illness. Born March 25, 1947 in Monroe County, WV she was the daughter of the late Ernest Glenn and Mary A. "Edith" Harvey Tabor. Mary was a loving caregiver and a member of the Alderson...

Mar 18, 2015

RONCEVERTE, WV --- Emma Lee "Tinky" Smith, age 83, of Ronceverte, WV passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA following a short illness. Born March 1, 1932 at Greenville, WV she was the daughter of the late Oather W. and Mary Sue Holland Ford. Mrs. Smith was a loving and caring homemaker. In addition...

Mar 9, 2015

UNION, WV – Mason O. Atkins, age 93, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at The Brier in Ronceverte, WV following a short illness. He was born May 26, 1921 in Fort Springs, WV, a son of the late Birtle Mason and Viola Armentrout Atkins. Mr. Atkins was a lifelong farmer and a pioneer in farm equipment and agricultural sales...

Mar 7, 2015

UNION, WV--- Ernest Lee Holland, age 84, of Union, WV passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Brier Nursing and Rehab Center, Fairlea, WV following a long illness. Born August 24, 1930 at Alderson, WV he was the son of the late Charlie and Eunice Holland. Mr. Holland was retired from the B.F. Goodrich plant in Union. He enjoyed spending...

Mar 6, 2015

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV--- Jeffrey Scott Cliver, age 46, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 at White Sulphur Springs Center, White Sulphur Springs, WV. Born September 14, 1968 at Mount Holly, NJ he was the son of the late Herbert W. and Doris Jean Major Cliver. Jeff was a cross country trucker prior to becoming ill. He also enjoyed spending...

Mar 1, 2015

UNION, WV--- Wilma Gail Martin, age 55, of Union, WV passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at her residence following a long illness. Born November 19, 1959 at Union, WV she was the daughter of James Martin of Union and the late Hilda Hoke Martin. Wilma had worked for several years at B.F. Goodrich in Union. Survivors include one son,...

Feb 24, 2015

UNION, WV--- Charles "Charlie" Harold Johnson, age 84, of Union, WV formerly of Ashtabula, OH passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center Fairlea, WV. Born February 27, 1930 at Union, WV he was the son of the late Charlie and Olive Dunbar Johnson. Charlie had retired in Ashtabula where he was a metal fabricator. He was...

Feb 10, 2015

GREENVILLE, WV --- Elah Belle Snyder, age 74, of Greenville, WV passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at her residence following a sudden illness. Born May 5, 1940 at Greenville, WV she was the daughter of Porter and Eunice Ballard Bostic. Mrs. Snyder was a homemaker and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband Michael David Snyder...

Feb 7, 2015

UNION, WV--- Benny R. Wilson, age 76, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015 at his home following a long illness. Born October 31, 1938 in Monroe County, WV he was the son of the late Robert Luther and Mary Ratliff Wilson. Benny was a lifelong farmer and a retired owner of Wilson Farm Equipment in Union. He was currently serving...

Feb 1, 2015

GAP MILLS, WV---Eloise Marie Ballard, 76 of Gap Mills, passed away at her home Sunday morning, February 1, 2015 following a long illness. She was born November 25, 1938 at Organ Cave, WV, a daughter of the late Edith Boone Jones. Mrs. Ballard attended the Crimson Springs Church at Zenith and was a retired employee of B. F. Goodrich at...

Jan 30, 2015

CALDWELL, WV--- Michael Dale Dowdy, age 36, of Caldwell, WV passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 following injuries sustained in a logging accident. Born August 5, 1978 at Fairlea, WV he was the son of Lewis and Dorothy Boggs Dowdy of Glace, WV. Mike was a 1997 graduate of James Monroe High School. He played football and baseball all his...

Jan 25, 2015

GREENVILLE, WV--- Sandra Jean Mann, age 66, of Greenville, WV, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born July 7, 1948 at Ronceverte, WV she was the daughter of the late Paul Erastus and Minnie Katherine Collins Smith. Mrs. Mann was retired from the Monroe County Board of Education with...

Jan 21, 2015

UNION, WV--- Edna Mae Thomas Mohler, age 79, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Springfield Nursing Home, Lindside, WV following a long illness. Born March 31, 1935 at Black Diamond, TN, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Gladys Boffel Thomas. Mrs. Mohler was a homemaker and a member of the Appalachian American Indians of West Virginia....

Jan 20, 2015

UNION, WV--- William Carl "Bill" Sibold, age 88, of Union, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Peyton Hospice House at Fairlea, WV following a long illness. Born August 3, 1926 at Springton, WV he was the son of the late George Carl and Mary Sue Peck Sibold. Bill was a 1944 graduate of Union High School and a...

Jan 9, 2015

WAITEVILLE, WV --- Jennifer "Ginger" Naylor Cox age 52, "As long as there is someone in the sky to protect me, there is no one on Earth who can harm me". Ginger Cox formerly of Mullins, WV went home to that mansion in the sky on January 9, 2015 at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea, WV. She fought endlessly to...

Jan 8, 2015

James William Banks II, M.D., 93, of Union, WV, celebrated his Hallelujah Day entering into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Thursday, January 8, 2015. Jay was born in Raleigh, WV, on October 14, 1921, the son of Dr. McRae C. Banks and Caroline Caperton Banks. He was raised in Raleigh and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in...

Dec 20, 2014

WAYSIDE, WV - William Austin Bradley, 78 of Wayside, passed away Saturday morning, December 20, 2014 at his home following a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born at Sweet Springs, West Virginia, December 25, 1935 a son of the late Ottie Clarence and Mamie Lee Carper Bradley.

Austin was a farmer and a retired...

Dec 10, 2014

Judy Porterfield Magrum died December 10, 2014. Born March 3, 1949 to the late Grover Baker Porterfield and Ethel Clarkson Porterfield. Beloved wife of the late Ronald Paul Magrum who passed in 2005. She is survived by her son Kenneth Magrum and daughter Heather Magrum, of Bowie, MD, twin brother Jim Porterfield and his wife Sue of Crows, VA. ,...