Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Dunbar, WV. and surrounding areas.
Donna Lou Carter
Jan 10, 2011
Donna Lou Carter, 81, of Poca, went to be with her Lord on January 10, 2011 at Dunbar Care and Rehabilitation Center. She lived in Ocala Florida and attended the Williston Church of God. After moving back to Poca she attended the Cornerstone Church of God and the Dunbar Mountain Mission. Mrs. Carter was retired from the West Virginia Water...
Calvin Coolidge Smith
Jan 10, 2011
Calvin Coolidge Smith, 87, of Dunbar, passed away Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at Thomas Memorial Hospital. He was retired from the Wells Fargo Armored Car Service and was a former employee of Fletcher Enamel Co. in Dunbar. Mr. Smith was a member of the Dunbar United Methodist Church and was a US Army veteran of WW II. He was preceded...
Jessie Juanita Baisden
Jan 9, 2011
Jessie Juanita Baisden, 83, of Dunbar, passed away January 9, 2011, at Hubbard Hospice House. Teresa Hammonds, Darrell Hammonds, Lisa Litton, Terri and Steve Sigmon, Stephen Humphreys, James Kendall and Casey Sigmon were at her bedside when she went to Heaven. She was preceded in death by her son, Roger Baisden, parents, Jess A. and Trudy Wilburn, brothers, James, Joseph...
William Curtis Martin
Jan 7, 2011
William "Curtis" Martin, Jr., 70, of Dunbar went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 7, 2011 after he lost his battle with cancer. Curtis retired from Agsten Construction, and was a member of Dunbar Nazarene Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Opal Delores Martin. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Diana L. Martin;...
Thomas Wright
Jan 2, 2011
Thomas " Tom" Wright of South Charleston, born January 28, 1938, son of the late Scott T. and Freda Wright, ran to Jesus on January 2, 2011 surrounded by family and friends at Thomas Hospital. Tom graduated from South Charleston High School, class of 1956. He was an avid hunter, recently taking a trophy moose in Canada, diehard fisherman, best...
Howard Prowse
Dec 31, 2010
Howard "Dink" Prowse, 87, of Charleston, passed away early Friday, Decemeber 31, 2010. He was born in Charleston February 7,1923. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dan and Myrtle Prowse, and brothers Marle and Dan. Surviving are his wife, Marion Agsten Prowse, daughters Jade (Mike) Doyle of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rachel(Bill) Fitzgerald, of Stuart, Virginia, Teresa (Wayne) Wilson...
Clarence Harold White
Dec 28, 2010
Clarence Harold "C. H." White, 62, of Charleston, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, after a long illness. He was a member of the Operating Engineers Local #132. C. H. was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Surviving are his loving wife, Nancy White; son, Craig White and his wife, Barbi of Charleston; daughter, Angel...
Betty Jane Hanshaw
Dec 27, 2010
Betty Jane Hanshaw, 84, passed away Monday, December 27, 2010, at Golden Living-Riverside Nursing Home after a long illness. She was a homemaker and attended the Davis Creek Church of the Nazarene. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Florence Eplin, brothers, Roy and George Eplin, sister, Virginia Scarberry and son-in-law, Mike Leach. Surviving are her daughter,...
Mary Frances Dean
Dec 27, 2010
Mary Frances Dean, 90, died December 27, 2010 after a long illness. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Golden and Thomas Farrier and by her husband, Godfrey Dean. Mary was a homemaker and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dunbar. Many thanks to the staff of the Dunbar Care and Rehabilitation Center for their...
James Elden Clark
Dec 27, 2010
James Elden "Big Jim" Clark, 70, of Tyler Mountain, passed away Monday, December 27, 2010, at Putnam Health Care and Rehabilitation after one and one half years of battling multiple myeloma. He was a retired Truck Driver for Capital Light Co. and a native of Hernshaw. He was preceded in death by his father, John Clark, brother, Delmar Clark, sister...
Shirley A. Sigmon
Dec 23, 2010
Mrs. Shirley A. Sigmon passed peacefully on December 23, 2010, at Hubbard Hospice House following a long illness. Shirley was a graduate of Stonewall Jackson High School. She had been an employee of Staats Hospital. She spent her life loving and caring for her family and friends. She always put everyone else first never thinking of herself. For this, we...
Rose Musser
Dec 17, 2010
Rose Hanna Musser, 89 of Dunbar died peacefully Friday, December 17,2010, at Chateau Grove Assisted Living home in Barboursville. Born and raise in Webster County, Rose then attended Glenville St. College and later WV State College, where she received a degree in elementary education. Rose married Ray Baxter Musser in 1941, and after World War II they moved to Dunbar,...
E. Monty Pfundheller
Dec 16, 2010
E. Monty Pfundheller, 68, of Cross Lanes, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2010, at Hubbard Hospice House. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and was a retired sales manager for Dana Corporation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Mabel Pfundheller and sister, Barbara Ahmundson. Surviving are his wife, Martha Hill Pfundheller; step-daughters, Lisa...
Patricia Kay Allen
Dec 14, 2010
Patricia Kay Neatfeld Allen, 69, of Dunbar, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at her home. She was a Christian and a member of the Dunbar Church of the Nazarene. Patricia was a seamstress and loved crafts and sewing quilts. She was native of Walton. Patricia was preceded in death by her daughter, Catherine Rogers, her nephew, Nathan Hawley and...
George Franklin Waugh
Dec 14, 2010
George Franklin Waugh, 87, of Cross Lanes, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, December 14, 2010. He passed away peacefully at home. He was a decorated Navy combat veteran in WW II. He earned a purple heart and several other medals from the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. He worked at the Union Carbide Institute Plant for 34...
Wailand Carl Figgatt
Dec 10, 2010
Wailand Carl Figgatt, 73, a lifelong resident of Tyler Mountain, passed away on December 10, 2010 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born March 2, 1937, he was the oldest child and only son of the late Carl H. Figgatt, who preceded him in death in September of 1978, and the late Mary Cordelia Figgatt who preceded him in...
Harriet Hudson
Dec 9, 2010
Harriet Hudson, 89, of Dunbar, departed this life on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Thomas Memorial Hospital. A life long resident of Dunbar, she is preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Mary Ann Hudson, brothers Carson "Bump" Hudson, and Verl "Wick" Hudson. Harriet, a devout Christian family woman, was the historian and matriarch of the Hudson family. Having...
Delphia Phillips
Dec 7, 2010
Delphia Phillips, 100, of Dunbar, departed this life on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, after a long illness. She was born June 21, 1910 in Jackson County, WV. She was a retired school teacher for the Jackson County Board of Education and was a member of the Clendenin Advent Christian Church. Delphia was preceded in death by her husband, Grady Phillips;...
Donald A. Stewart
Dec 6, 2010
Donald A. Stewart, 83, of Charleston went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 6, 2010 surrounded by his family. Don retired from Columbia Gas with 35 years of service. He enjoyed camping at Bemis, WV where he and Peggy would hunt and fish with their many friends and family. He is survived by his loving wife of 62...
Lottie Clara Thomas
Dec 2, 2010
Lottie Clara Cisco Thomas, 87, of Dunbar, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation for Dunbar. She was a former employee of the Ramada Inn in South Charleston. Lottie was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Backus Thomas, parents, Floyd and Sarah Simpkins Cisco, sons, Harold Backus Thomas and Dana Daryl Thomas, two brothers, Noah...
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