Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Dunbar, WV. and surrounding areas.
Carol M. Brogan
Sep 12, 2013
Carol Sue (Mitchell) Brogan, 78, of Ravenswood, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Jackson General Hospital after a long illness. Carol graduated in 1952 from Sherman High School, Seth, WV, and then graduated from WV Tech with a degree in Secretarial Science. She worked for both Columbia Gas and Mountaineer Gas and retired as Supervisor after 34 years...
Velva M. Price
Sep 11, 2013
Velva M. Price, 83, of Charleston joined her Lord and Savior on September 11, 2013. Velva was devoted to her family. She was a very loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother; who loved animals. She was preceded in death by her husband whom she dearly loved, James Dayton Price; parents, Emmitt and Beulah Bowen; and grandson, Damian Price. Velva is survived...
Larry G. Selbe
Sep 9, 2013
Larry G. Selbe, 70, of St. Albans, went to be with the Lord on September 9, 2013 after a short illness. Larry worked 26 years with ARA-Smith Transfer, ran his own contracting business for 20 years, and was currently working for the Kanawha County Board of Education. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ethel Eloise Selbe, and his...
Ralph Joseph Baldwin
Sep 7, 2013
Ralph Joseph Baldwin, 78, went home to be with the Lord on September 7, 2013 at Cedar Ridge Nursing Home. He was preceded in death by parents, Ellie and Goldie Baldwin and sisters, Iona (Bill) Dent and Irene (Ed) McNeely. He pastored Legg Fork Community Church and Faith Bible Church. He was a Member of Union Valley Gospel Tabernacle. Ralph...
Ernestine C. Settle
Sep 7, 2013
Ernestine C. Settle of Dunbar went to her Heavenly home with her children by her side as they placed her hand into the Savior's hand on Saturday, September 7, 2013. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and will be missed by all her family and friends. She was born in Fairfield, Connecticut to the late Dominick and...
Alma Lumadue
Sep 2, 2013
Alma Humphries Lumadue, 82, of Dunbar passed away September 2, 2013. She was a loving mother who always put her children first. After a difficult first marriage, she married Harold "Jake" Lumadue who was a wonderful partner for the duration of his life. She was a spirited, energetic and caring person who also had many friends. After raising her two...
Sharon Martin
Sep 2, 2013
Sharon Martin, of Spring Hill, passed away on September 2, 2013 from complications of cancer. She worked as a waitress for most of her life. She loved animals especially horses. She was preceded in death by her brother, Travis Kilgore; grandfather, Merritt Martin; father, Lonnie Kilgore; mother, Margaret Kilgore. Sharon leaves behind her two beautiful daughters, Samantha Heureman of Mt....
Ethel Virginia Mccue
Sep 1, 2013
Ethel Virginia McCue, 89, of Charleston, went to be with The Lord on September 1, 2013 after a long illness. She was retired from Dunbar Printing and was a volunteer grandmother at Piedmont Elementary. She also worked Triumph Ordinance Factory in Elkton, Maryland during World War II. She was formerly employed by Matthew Printing and Jarrett Printing. She was preceded...
Deloris Pauline Walker
Aug 25, 2013
Deloris Pauline Walker, 76, of Charleston, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013, at Dunbar Center. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of the Charleston area. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Howard Walker and parents, Early and Carolyn Young. Surviving are her sons, Howard W. Walker and Gary D. Walker of Ohio; daughters, Karen Cetner...
Sue Elkins
Aug 24, 2013
Sue Monday Elkins, 81, left this world to begin her new life on Saturday, August 24, 2013. She passed away peacefully at her home.
Sue was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Dunbar United Methodist Church. She retired from Columbia Natural Resources as a Drilling Analyst with many years of service. She was...
Dorothy Mae King
Aug 22, 2013
Dorothy Mae King, 86, of South Charleston, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013, at Thomas Memorial Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of the Red Oak Christian Community Church of Nitro. She had been a South Charleston resident for almost 40 years. Surviving are her sons, Charles William King of South Charleston and Robert Monroe King of Savannah,...
Pauline Eshenaur
Aug 20, 2013
Pauline Carder Eshenaur, 69, of Winfield, has gone to be with The Lord surrounded by her loving family at Hubbard Hospice House on August 20, 2013. Pauline was the daughter of Howard and Hazel Carder, a 1963 graduate of Point Pleasant High School. She was a member of the Red House United Brethern Independent Church, a cosmetologist, former owner and...
Betty Sue Branum
Aug 20, 2013
Betty Sue Branum, 97, of Dunbar, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Valley Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Tyler Mountain Church of Christ. She is survived by her sons, Richard Finney and his wife, Charlotte of Cross Lanes, Lowell Finney and his wife, Mary Ann of Kanawha City and James Finney of Maulden, SC;...
Willard Brooks Legg
Aug 20, 2013
Willard Brooks Legg, 83, of Dunbar, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 of cancer. He was born at Whipple, WV on April 23, 1930. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jane Legg, his parents, Otis Brooks and Clara Grace Legg of Oak Hill, WV and by his sister, Erma Ione Kirby of Virginia Beach, VA. He is...
Clyde V. Tucker
Aug 19, 2013
Deacon Clyde V. Tucker, 80, of South Charleston, formerly of Armstrong Creek, went home to be with Jesus on August 19, 2013 in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Marting, Fayette County, on March 24, 1933, son of the late Arthur Tucker and Marthenia Belser Tucker. He was a deacon at Faith Tabernacle in Rand...
Robert Ferrell
Aug 17, 2013
Robert "Bob" Ferrell died peacefully and among loved ones on Saturday, August 17, 2013. Born on January 26, 1935 in Charleston, Bob was 78 years old. Bob was known as a strong man of faith and a fighter for all of the things and people he held dear to him - his wife, his church, his country, his brothers and...
Jeffery C. Morgan
Aug 16, 2013
Jeffery C. Morgan, Sr., 51, of South Charleston passed away on Friday, August 16, 2013 after a short illness. Jeff graduated from WV State University, was formerly employed by the State of West Virginia, and he attended God's Tabernacle of Praise where he was baptized on August 26, 2012. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, George and Madeline...
Lillie A. Young
Aug 16, 2013
Lillie A. Young, 85, of Dunbar, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 16, 2013. Lillie was a member of Main Street First Church of God, serving in all areas of music. In 1947, she began teaching piano at Gorby's Music in South Charleston, before retiring in 2009. Surviving are her children, Tammy Barker and Terrie Young;...
Walter Leland Wagner
Aug 16, 2013
Walter Leland Wagner, Jr., 81, of Dunbar passed away peacefully after several years of illness on August 16, 2013. Born September 4, 1931 he was the son of the late Ruth Elliott Wagner and Walter Leland Wagner Sr., also preceding him in death was his brother Elliot "Bill" Wagner and his wife, Dorothy. He is survived by his loving wife...
Eustace Gorman Kiser
Aug 12, 2013
Eustace "Crip" Gorman Kiser, Jr., 86, of South Charleston, passed away August 12, 2013 at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston after a long illness. He retired from Union Carbide with 39 years of service and was a veteran of the United States Army. He is survived by his wife, Emogene, daughters Connie L. Atwood (Dave) of Raleigh, NC and Linda...
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