Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Dunbar, WV. and surrounding areas.

Carol Seaton

Carol Seaton

Aug 20, 2008

Carol Gillenwater Seaton, 63, of Cross Lanes, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at her home. She was a member of the Cross Lanes United Methodist Church and was retired from Old Colony Co. Mrs. Seaton was a former member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Cross Lanes Junior Women's Club. She was also a former member of...

Effie Elizabeth Hicks

Effie Elizabeth Hicks

Aug 19, 2008

Effie Elizabeth Hicks, 93, of Nitro, went to her heavenly home on August 19, 2008, at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation for Dunbar. She was born July 20, 1915 in Roseland, Va., the daughter of the late Napoleon Dewey and Rose Ella Coffey Fitzgerald. On April 30, 1932, she married Clyde Hicks in Nelson County, Va., and that marriage lasted for...

Cynthia Lynn Williams

Cynthia Lynn Williams

Aug 18, 2008

Cynthia Lynn Barnett "Cindy" Williams, 35, of Dunbar, went to be with the Lord on August 18, 2008 after a short illness. She was a Respite provider for Rescare and Braley & Thompson of Dunbar. Cindy was the daughter Ida J. Barnett of Dunbar and the late Andy L. Barnett. She is also survived by her beloved husband of 7...

Ruth Mildred Mollohan

Ruth Mildred Mollohan

Aug 14, 2008

Ruth Mildred Jarvis Mollohan, 91, of Dunbar, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2008. Ruth was one of nine children born on April 18, 1917 at Camden - on - Gauley to Rev. Curtis C. Jarvis and Mary Susan Shawver Jarvis. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Paul Hampton Mollohan to whom she was happily married for 56...

Helen Holdren

Helen Holdren

Aug 13, 2008

Helen Sarno Holdren, 86, of South Charleston passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at her home following a long illness. Born August 22, 1921 at Creek Mine near Henryetta, OK, she lived through the dustbowl days of the Great Depression before making her journey to Boomer, WV at age 16, and graduating from Montgomery High School two years later....

Raymond Lee Endricks

Raymond Lee Endricks

Aug 13, 2008

Raymond Lee "Buddy" Endricks, 78, of Dunbar, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at his home after a long illness. He was born in Elwood, Indiana on May 3, 1930, son of the late Cecil May and Fred Endricks. He was a Pro Bass Fisherman and was a retired Captain with the Dunbar Fire Department. Buddy also served as a...

Robert A. Carroll

Robert A. Carroll

Aug 13, 2008

Robert A. Carroll, 51, of Dunbar, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2008 after a brief illness. Although originally from Charleston, he had spent most of his adult life in Florida, having returned home five years ago to be closer to his family. Surviving members of his immediate family include his mother, Drema Conaway of Dunbar and his brother, William Carroll...

Harry Forest Hardman

Harry Forest Hardman

Aug 11, 2008

Harry Forest Hardman, 81, of Nitro, passed away Monday, August 11, at Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, after a short illness. He was the son of the late Johnie and Mary Hardman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene, son, Forrest, brothers, Harpo and Charles and by his sister, Pauline Rose. Harry was an avid WVU football fan...

Fannie Mae Starcher

Fannie Mae Starcher

Aug 10, 2008

Mrs. Fannie Mae Starcher, 87, of Charleston, went to be with her precious Lord and husband, Clifford, Sunday, August 10, 2008. She was born in Doe Hill, Va., on November 17, 1919 and was the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth (Simmons) Moats. Fannie was united in marriage on July 21, 1949 to Clifford Orton Starcher, who preceded her...

Lawrence E. Duncan

Lawrence E. Duncan

Aug 8, 2008

Lawrence "Pete" Duncan, 88, went home to heaven on August 8, 2008, at Thomas Memorial Hospital from complications of pneumonia. He was a life long resident of Dunbar. He was born August 29, 1919 in Dunbar, son of the late Esther and Edward Duncan. Pete retired from Union Carbide in 1981 and was an active volunteer for the city of...

Pauline Fields

Pauline Fields

Aug 1, 2008

Pauline Fields, 90, of North East, Maryland, formerly of South Charleston, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 1, 2008 after a short illness. She was born in Clendenin, WV, on August 14, 1917. Miss Fields spent her career as a nanny in Charleston. She was a member of the Southwest Church of God and loved her...

Alda Randolph

Alda Randolph

Jul 31, 2008

Alda Boswell Randolph, 89, of Dunbar, WV, died Thursday, July 31, 2008. She was born and raised in Neola, WV and had been a 52 year resident of Dunbar, where she was co-owner of the Dunbar Upholstery Co. for 30 years. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Draema and Hoy Young of Tornado, son and daughter-in-law, David and...

Rose L. Solomon

Rose L. Solomon

Jul 31, 2008

Rose L. Solomon, 77, of St. Albans, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Hubbard Hospice House. She was a homemaker and attended the Church of God. She was a member of the Nitro Moose Lodge and was an avid CB communicator, known as "Honey Bun." She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry E. Solomon and her sons,...

Ronald Earl Mcfarland

Ronald Earl Mcfarland

Jul 31, 2008

Ronald Earl McFarland, 54, of Dunbar, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Thomas Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Juanita McFarland. Surviving are his brothers, Elmer McFarland, II of Winfield, Randy McFarland and James McFarland of Dunbar; sisters, Wanda Spradling and Sandy Kee of Pinch; niece, Kelli Papiernik...

Timothy W. Brown

Timothy W. Brown

Jul 29, 2008

Timothy W. Brown, 55, of St. Albans, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Surviving are his sons, Timothy "T. J." Brown of Raeford, NC and Christopher Brown of St. Albans; brother, Harlen Eads of St. Albans; sisters, Yolanda Johnson, Frances Bishop and Loretta Cottrell of St. Albans; one granddaughter, Cierra Brown. Also surviving are seven step-sisters...

Betty Milam

Betty Milam

Jul 23, 2008

Betty Watts Milam, 80, of South Charleston, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation for Dunbar. She was a graduate of South Charleston High School and was formerly employed by FMC in South Charleston as well as Haddad's and Kanawha Country Club. She was a member of the South Charleston Christian Church. Betty was preceded in...

Richard Albert Mccown

Richard Albert Mccown

Jul 22, 2008

Richard Albert "Dickie" McCown, 87, of Charleston, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Hubbard Hospice House. He was a truck driver for McCown Meat Packing Co. and was a US Navy veteran of WW II, having served on the USS South Dakota at Pearl Harbor. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gohean and Hallie McCown, wife, Marie...

James R. Settle

James R. Settle

Jul 17, 2008

James R. Settle, Jr., 64, of Dunbar, went to rest with the Lord on Thursday, July 17, 2008. He was the son of Ernestine and the late James R. Settle, Sr. of Dunbar. Jim was a graduate of Dunbar High School and retired from Union Carbide/Dow Chemical as a lubrications engineer. He started as an operator at SEVIN, and then...

Ruth Bostic

Ruth Bostic

Jul 16, 2008

Ruth Cook Bostic, 86 years old, of Dunbar, formerly of Lewisburg, WV, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, after a short illness. She was born in Wyoming County and was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Lewis "Dry Bones" Bostic, her parents, Charles and Julia Cook of Oceana, WV and by three brothers and...

Shirley Gail Courts

Shirley Gail Courts

Jul 16, 2008

Shirley Gail Courts, 71 years old, a former 50 year resident of Dunbar, passed away July 16th, 2008 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, NC after a long illness. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Winford Haskel "Jim" Courts; son, Gary Courts and wife Robin of Richmond, VA; daughter, Teresa Campbell and husband Gary of Lincolnton, NC;...

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