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Nedra Jones
Mar 24, 2008
Nedra Wilhelm Jones Nedra Wilhelm Jones of Point Pleasant, WV died Monday at home after a long illness. She was the wife of the late E. Bartow Jones. Nedra, known affectionately as "Mama J," was born August 14, 1909 in Point Pleasant. She was the daughter of Susanna Dixon Heslop of Point Pleasant and John Compton Waters of Somerset, Maryland...
Lucille I. Dean
Mar 20, 2008
Lucille Ina (Donigan) Dean, 92, of Point Pleasant, died Thursday morning, March 20, 2008, at Pleasant Valley Hospital. She was a homemaker, a member of Main Street Baptist Church, was a lifelong Republican, and enjoyed playing tennis and bridge. She was born, August 9, 1915, in Lincoln County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late James Francis and...
Mary Joan Rose
Mar 13, 2008
Mary Joan "Jodie" Kapp Rose, 78, of Point Pleasant passed away, Thursday, March 13, 2008, at Holzer Assisted Living. Jodie was preceded in death by her loving husband Thomas J. "Tommy" Rose whom she married on June 4, 1948. Jodie retired from Citizens National Bank (Bank One) after 40 years of service. She was a long-time member of Trinity United...
Harry S. Franklin
Mar 9, 2008
On God's chosen day, Sunday, March 9, 2008, He recalled a beautiful soul and precious gift, Harry S. Franklin, to spend eternity with Him. He passed away on his 82nd birthday at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center, Point Pleasant, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 9, 1926, in Point Pleasant, a son of the late...
Norma Virginia Sturgeon
Mar 4, 2008
Norma "Sis" Virginia (Buffington) Sturgeon, 91, of Point Pleasant, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at Belle's Residential Board and Care Home, St. Albans, West Virginia. She graduated from Point Pleasant High School and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Point Pleasant. She was also a member of the Point Pleasant Chapter #75 Order of the Eastern Star....
Dortha Bacchus
Mar 3, 2008
Dortha Bacchus, age 89, of Silver Spring, MD, and formerly of Point Pleasant, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at Manor Care Nursing Home, in Wheaton, MD. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2008, at Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, with Robert L. Patterson, II, officiating. Burial will follow. Dortha's care has been entrusted to...
Lionel Smith
Feb 28, 2008
Lionel Leon "Lon" Smith, 94, of Point Pleasant and Newton died February 28, 2008 at St. Mary's Medical Center from complications of injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born September 3, 1913, to William Cary and Ida Boggs Smith. He was the youngest of six children, all of whom preceded him in death. Born and raised in Uler...
Roger Lee Handley, Ii
Feb 19, 2008
Roger Lee "Rocky" Handley, II, 51, of Point Pleasant, WV, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at his home. He was a son of Roger Lee Handley and the late Bonna Jean Handley. The family will receive friends on Monday, February 25, 2008, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, in Point Pleasant. There will be a...
Brenda Hamm
Feb 18, 2008
On February 18, 2008, Brenda Mae Hamm, 54, a loving mother, nana, daughter, sister and friend was taken to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ due to an automobile accident. She was born on June 20, 1953, to LeRoy and Louise Durst. She was a member of the First Church of God in Point Pleasant, where she was...
Lonnie Spurlock
Jan 28, 2008
Lonnie Spurlock, Jr., 78, of Point Pleasant, died Monday evening, January 28, 2008, at the Emogene Dolin Hospice House, Huntington, WV. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Point Pleasant. He had served in the U.S. Air Force from 1948-1952 as a staff sergeant and had worked 34 years as a coal miner (electrician) where he retired...
Annis Morrison Blessing
Jan 15, 2008
Annis Morrison Blessing, beloved mother, grandmother and great- grandmother, went to be with her Lord on Jan. 15, 2008, at the Inn of Marietta in Marietta, Ohio. She was a long-time resident of Point Pleasant, W.Va., having moved there when she married Roy E. Blessing in 1935. She was born on September 24, 1914, in Leon W.Va., one of 13...
Alice Sauer
Jan 8, 2008
Alice Carder Sauer, 89, of Point Pleasant, died, January 8, 2008, in Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant. Alice was born, at Duncan, Jackson Co., WV, on January 2, 1919, and she was the daughter of the late Rev. Orton H. and Chloe Wilson Carder. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eldridge Sauer;...
Elaine Harper
Dec 18, 2007
Elaine (Smith) Harper, 91, of Point Pleasant, WV, died, Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the Pleasant Valley Hospital. She was the granddaughter of William Finley Smith, noted riverboat builder and owner of Point Pleasant Dry Docks; she was a retired bookkeeper and manager of Harper Furniture in Point Pleasant and a member of Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church and a member...
Christa Mcdaniel
Dec 5, 2007
Christa Belle (Mayes) McDaniel, 80, of Pickerington, Ohio, and formerly of Point Pleasant, died, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Echo Manor Extended Care in Pickerington, Ohio. She was a member of the Henderson Church of Christ, retired from GC Murphy in Point Pleasant, had worked at Central Elementary School in the library as a foster-grandparent and was a member of...
James Leo Matheny
Dec 5, 2007
James Leo Matheny, 76, of Leon, West Virginia, died, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at his home. He was a retired craft worker at WV Department of Highways and was a member of Pine Grove Church in Leon, West Virginia. Born, November 30, 1931, in Leon, West Virginia, he was the son of the late William Sampson and Goldie Irene (McDade)...
Gladie M. Anderson
Nov 26, 2007
Gladie M. Anderson, 91, of Weston, West Virginia, and formerly of Point Pleasant, died Monday, November 26, 2007. She was a homemaker and was a Christian. Born, May 3, 1916, in Gay, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Alice (Payne) Ice. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Reba Mae Vance
Nov 22, 2007
Reba Mae (Lovejoy) Vance, 77, of Point Pleasant, died early Thursday morning, November 22, 2007, at St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia. She was a homemaker and had attended Evergreen Hills Church and was a member of Krebs Chapel Church. She had loved angels and we rejoice because now she is one. She also loved making crafts with beads....
Stephen K. Noble, Jr.
Nov 22, 2007
Stephen K. Noble, Jr. 64, of Armada, MI and formerly of Point Pleasant, died Thursday evening, Nov. 22, 2007. He was a graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology and West Virginia State University. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering and a Board of Regents Degree. He taught music at the University of Charleston and was a...
Mathew Shaffer
Nov 13, 2007
Mathew P. Shaffer, 17, of Point Pleasant, died Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant. He was a Junior at Point Pleasant High School and was employed at Little Caesar's Pizza. He had many friends and was loved by all that knew him. Born, August 2, 1990, in Monterey Park, California, he was the son of the...
Worthy "Hop" Love
Nov 4, 2007
Worthy Wayne "Hop" Love, 80, of Southside, West Virginia, died Sunday evening, November 4, 2007, at Pleasant Valley Hospital. He worked 40 years and had retired from AEP River Transportation, as a deckhand. He had also attended Hambrick Church. Born, November 13, 1926, in Mason County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late George and Garnett (Bechtel) Love....
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