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Nathaniel “Nat” Cassle

March 17th, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (6 Comments)

Nat CassleNathaniel “Nat” Cassle, Yawkey, WV passed away Monday, March 14, 2016 just one day short of 90 years old. He was a decorated WWII Army Veteran, retired FMC employee. A devoted member, deacon, and youth leader at Beach Grove Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Faith,  Parents: Malen and Bessie Cassle, and Brothers: Don, Marvin, Melvin, John, Malen Jr, & Russell, Sisters – Rhoda, Lorrane, &Bessie.

He is survived by his best friend and soul mate of 66 years Anna Lou Ryan Cassle, his beloved nieces and caregivers, Tammy Lowery Presley, Sunny Hicks Jackson, Kati Presley, and Symone Walker, sisters: JoAnn McMellon, June Rose Hill, Sue Welch and brother Bobby Cassle, and a host of other loved nieces and nephews.

Services will be 2:00 Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home Chapel, 2097 Childress Rd, Alum Creek, WV 25003 with Pastor Oshel Bell officiating.  Friends will gather 1 hour prior to the service.  Burial with military graveside honors conducted by the Alum Creek VFW Post will be in Orchard Hills Memory Gardens, Yawkey, WV.

Curry Funeral Home, 2097 Childress Road, WV has been family owned and operated since 1950.

Chapman “Wayne” Allen

March 17th, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (5 Comments)

Allen ChapmanChapman “Wayne” Allen, 45 of Julian passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness.  He was preceded in death by his parents: Chapman & Carolyn Allen and sister, Priscilla Hager

He is survived by his wife: Mary, Son: Bobby (Jessica); daughters Tara (Adam) and Jeannie (Ricky); sister: Regina (Mark) Truman; brothers: Bobby and Danny (Tammy) and five grandchildren.

Services will be 2:00pm Monday, March 21, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home Chapel, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek.  Burial will follow  at Old Pine Grove Cemetery, Sumerco.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made toward funeral services.

 

 

Phyllis R. McKinney

March 15th, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (1 Comments)

Phyllis McKinneyPhyllis R. McKinney, 77, of Sod, WV, went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 13, 2016 at home.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie, and grandson, Michael Sebastian.

She was a member of Joes Creek Baptist Church.

She is survived by daughters: Darrell (David) Tudor and Shelly (Charlie) Beam, Son: Mike (Amy) McKinney; grandchildren: Jamie, Jimmie, Heather, Anthony & Candice; and great-grandchildren: Zack, Josh, Lynnzie & Lakin,  and one on the way.

Services will be 2:00pm Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home Chapel, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastor Robert McCallister officiating.  Burial will follow in  Pauley Cemetery at Joes Creek.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made toward funeral service.

Wilma Dempsey

March 5th, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (1 Comments)

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Wilma Elizabeth “Liz”  Dempsey, 85, of Julian passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 At Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston.

She was owner and operator of J & L Tavern at Ruth for 20 years.

She is survived by daughter, Ruth Browning of Julian; sister, Reba Taylor of Elkview; 4 grandchildren, Hope, Gary, Angie and Joshua; 10 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.

There will be no services.

Edith Pearl Stover

March 5th, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (12 Comments)

Stover, EdithEdith Pearl Stover, 96, of Charleston went home to be with the Lord Friday, March 4, 2016 at Hospice West, South Charleston.

She was a member of Ivy Dale Baptist Church and also loved to work in her garden and can.

Edith was preceded in death by her husband, Delmer L. “Smokey” Stover; infant son, Billy Ray Stover; parents, Arthur and Louisa Hudson; and 4 brothers and 2 sisters.

She is survived by son, Earl (Sue) Stover; daughter, Karen (Fred) Akers; grandsons, Tim and Todd Stover and  Jon and  Chris Akers; step grandsons, Johnnie and Gary Shamblin; 3 great grandchildren and one step great granddaughter.

Service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 7, at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek with  Pastor Mike Long and Ron McClung officiating. and Chris Akers giving the eulogy.    Burial will follow at French Cemetery, Davis Creek.  The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

The family would like to express a special thank you to the staffs at Valley Transitional Unit at Valley Center and Hospice West.

 

Mary B. Rader

March 5th, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (7 Comments)

Mary RaderMary B. Rader

After a short, courageous battle with cancer, Mary B. Rader of Dunbar died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at the Hubbard House at the age of 62 with her daughter by her side.

She leaves behind her children Angel Miller-Nantell (Michael Nantell) and Jason Winnell (Sang Ah Koh). Grandchildren; Justin, Haley & Madison Miller and Tyler, Nathan & Isabelle Nantell.

Mary was born on June 26, 1953 in South Charleston, WV, to father Harold Thornton & mother Frances Thornton  who predeceased her. She grew up in a loving home with 4 brothers; Chester Thornton (Janet), Douglas Thornton (Phyllis), William Thornton & Timothy Thornton.
She enjoyed various crafts, gardening, traveling and exploring. She will be forever remembered by her many friends for her love, loyalty & sense of humor. She was employed by West Virginia Housing Development Fund since 2003. Previous employment includes BB&T, One Valley Bank, Atlantic Financial & Magnet Bank.

Mary requested to be cremated and a “Celebration of Life” Service will be held at Curry Funeral Home 4:00pm Sunday, March 13, 2016.  In lieu of flowers, family requests donations be made to Hospice Care, 1606 Kanawha Blvd., W., Charleston, WV 25387-2536.

Eileen Shaffer

March 3rd, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (1 Comments)

Eileen ShafferEileen Shaffer, 78, of Alum Creek, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at CAMC-General.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lonnie,  parents Ernest & Effie Steele and sisters Velma (Nan) Staats and Linda Paul.

She was a member of Hopewell Independent Missionary Baptist Church.

She is survived by son: Jackie (Sharon) Blankenship, Alum Creek; step-daughter: Carolyn VanCamp, Greenville, VA; step-son: Rob Shaffer, Quantico, VA and former daughter-in-law Sandra Shaffer; brothers: Donnie Steele, Alum Creek and Stanley (Carol) Steele, Woodbridge, VA; grandchildren: Deanna, Ann, Leigh and Tristan and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be 1:00PM Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home Chapel, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastor Dwight McClure officiating. Burial will follow at Hudson Cemetery, Alum Creek.  Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00pm Friday, March 4th.

In lieu of flowers family requests contributions be made to Hopewell Independent Missionary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 518, Alum Creek, WV 25003.

The family would like to send a special thanks to the doctors and nurses on 4-South at CAMC-General Division who provided her care and family support; especially to Dr. Collins for her care and support.  Many thanks to special friends Sue Eskew, Jean Bell, Nancy Means and Joyce Bailey.

Nora Mae Moore

March 2nd, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (2 Comments)

Nora Mae MooreNora Mae Moore, 81, of Mechanicsburg, PA., formerly of South Charleston, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Messiah Nursing Home Mechanicsburg, PA .

She was born May 12, 1934 to the late Lester E. and Mary V. Gardner Moore.

Nora was known in her Springhill community as “the girl on the bicycle”.  She was a volunteer at the YMCA for 30 years.

She is survived by her cousins, Faynelle Evans of Mechanicsburg, PA, and Wayne Newland of Maine.

A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the Church of Christ, 309 – 4th Avenue, South Charleston, where she was a member for many years.

 

Forest Ray Burdette

March 1st, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (3 Comments)

Forest BurdetteForest Ray Burdette, 94, of South Charleston passed away  on Monday, February 29, 2016 at Hospice West in South Charleston.

Forest was retired from Libby Owens Ford.    He was an avid horse lover and blacksmith; and formerly attended Davis Creek Church of the Nazarene.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Vera; and parents, Sylvester and Lena Burdette.

Forest dearly loved his family and is survived by his daughter, Lena (Rodney “Tiny”) Carter with whom he resided in his latter years; sons, Danny (Sandy), Dennis (Cindy) and Tim (Lori) all of South Charleston; sisters, Macel Bailes, Thelma (Rev. Benny) Pauley and Frances (Bob) Buckland; brother, Orville (Altha) Burdette; 10 grandchildren, several great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.

Service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek with Pastor Sandy Burdette officiating.  Burial will follow at Graceland Memorial Park, South Charleston.  The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

 

Gene Lee Williams

March 1st, 2016 | Posted by curryfuneralhome in Obituaries - (2 Comments)

Gene Williams PhotoGene Lee Williams, 89, of Charleston, WV, went home to meet the Lord on Sunday, February 28, 2016, after a short illness.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Rev. Arch R. & Edna Williams, maternal mother Gladys, brother Arch “Denver” Williams and son, Michael Lee Williams.

He was retired salesman from Purity Bakery Company.  He was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Charleston, member of Charleston Masonic Lodge AF & AM, Scottish Rite and Beni Kedem Shrine Temple.  He served in the US Navy during WWII on the USS Baltimore and USS Bristol witnessing Japan signing their surrender.

He is survived by his brother: Paul Ray Williams, Raleigh, NC, and nephews Paul Eugene of Texas, Gary of Cross Lanes, Joey of Charleston and Paul T. Williams of Winfield and niece, Sharon Wigglesworth of Cross Lanes and his long-time friend and caregiver Jack Bossie.

Services will be 2:00pm Thursday, March 3rd at Curry Funeral Home Chapel, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastor Rodney Smith officiating. Burial with Masonic graveside rites will follow at Forks of Coal Memorial Park, Alum Creek.  Visitation will be from 2 hours prior to the service.