Pamela Woods 64 of Alum Creek went home to the Lord Wednesday December 7, 2011 at home after a short illness.

She was preceded in death by her parents John and Mary Smith Holstein and brother Bill Holstein.

She was a member of Forks of Coal Missionary Baptist Church Alum Creek.  Pam was a dedicated nurse and spent many years ministering , caring and comforting families and patients in their last stage of life.  She was a loving wife, mother and “Mawmaw”.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Elmer, daughter Dawn (Thomas) Hong of Hurricane, son Patrick (Sherry) Woods of St. Albans, sisters Retsy (Jack) Matheny of Liberty, Sheila (Dick) Kelly of Ocala, FL, and brother John Holstein of Charleston. Three grandchildren Joey, Matthew and Zoe.

A memorial service will be 11:30am Monday, December 12 at Forks of Coal Missionary Baptist Church Alum Creek with Pastors Keith George, Frank Chapman and Gale Pauley officiating. Family and friends will gather one hour prior to the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be sent to Hospice Care 1606 Kanawha Blvd. W. Charleston WV 25387-2536.

Janet Carol Abshire McCallister, 70, of South Charleston, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at CAMC-Memorial Division.

She was a January 1958 graduate of Sherman High, Seth, WV

She was preceded in death by her parents Griff Alvin Abshire and Nina Evalena Turley, husband, Davy, son, Griff Ivan McCallister, brother, James Abshire and sister, Jean Pauley.

She is survived by her children: Joetta (Tommy) Kuhn and David Angelo (Lynn) McCallister; 2 Grandsons: Cody Allan and Sean Austin McCallister and many close friends who will greatly miss her.

Services will be held at 1:00pm on Friday, December 10, 2010 at Curry Funeral Home with Eddie Belcher officiating. Burial will be at Andrew Jackson Turley Memorial Gardens, Alum Creek, WV.

Family and friends will gather one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alum Creek Alliance, P.O. Box 76, Alum Creek, WV 25003.

 Howard Escue, 93 of So. Charleston went home to the Lord Saturday, December 3, 2011.

He was preceded in death by his wife Lyndell Lucille and son Charles.

He was a member of Briar Creek Missionary Baptist Church and a retired coal miner.

Howard is survived by his son, David (JuLea) Escue of Charleston, daughter Carol (Charles) Lavender of Gainsville, FL, 4 grandchildren; Lisa (Eddie) Walker of Orlando, FL, Randy Lavender of Gainsville, FL Susan (Richard) Weingart Levelland, TX and Timothy Escue of Mesa, AZ and daughtger-in-law Shirley Escue of Levelland, TX, 7 great grandchildren.

A special thank you to Howard’s niece Katherine Brumfield for her loving care during his illness.

Service will be 11:00 am Thursday December 8, at Curry Funeral Home 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastors Gene Pauley and Tommy Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in Forks of Coal Memorial Park Alum Creek. Family and friends will gather from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to Hubbard Hospice House 1606 Kanawha Blvd.W. Charleston, WV 25387-2536.

Stevenson Ray “Punkin” Page, 52, of Ashford died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at home.

He is survived by his sister, Ellen “Tincy” Owen of Emmons; brother, Ira “Manzy” Page of Ashford; nieces and nephew, Crystal Schoolcraft, Lily Owen and Ronnie Owen.

Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Curry Funeral Home, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Rev. Lee Turley and Rev. Charles Hardy officiating. Burial will follow in Barker Cemetery, Ashford. Family and friends will gather 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Ralph Arnett, 88 of Dunbar formerly of St. Albans passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday November 27, 2011 at Sweetbrier Extended Living facility.

He was born February 2, 1923 in Spencer, West Virginia to the late Blanche and E. C. Arnott. He was one of 12 brothers and sisters.

Upon graduation from Spencer High School, Ralph went to Baltimore, Maryland to help build planes for WW II. There he met Arietta the love of his life. They moved to Charleston and later to St. Albans where they had 3 children. He worked for FMC as a maintenance foreman and retired in 1978.

Ralph was an active man who built his own house, was a faithful church member at Highlawn Baptist and enjoyed coaching the church youth basketball league. He was also an active member of the St. Albans High School Sponsors Club.

He was a wonderful family man and had an abundance of friends in the Kanawha Valley. Ralph never met a stranger and love to talk and tell stories about his past to friends and family.

He was also preceded in death by his wife Arietta, daughter Linda, brothers Omar, Harlan, Romie, Ray, Roy, and Herb, sisters Thelma, Beulah, Juanita, and Evelyn.

He is survived by his sons Alfred and wife Mary of Lewisburg, Denny and wife Debbie of St. Albans, grandsons: Jon of Huntington, Mark and wife Laura and great granddaughter Alexis of Virginia and grandson Davin of Charleston, and brother Kenny Arnott of Dunbar.

Ralph also loved the staff and residents at Sweetbriar. He lived there for 2 plus years, was easily a favorite there of many. The Arnett family thanks the staff there for keeping Ralph happy to the end.

Service will be at ll:00 AM Thursday December 1, 2011 at Highlawn Baptist Church in St. Albans with Pastor Mark Stauffer officiating. Burial will be at Cunningham Memorial Park St. Albans. Family and friends will gather from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday at the church.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Highlawn Baptist Church 2304 Jefferson Ave. St. Albans, WV 25177.

Curry Funeral Home Alum Creek has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Rev. Forrest W. Curry, 84, of Hamlin went home to meet his Heavenly Father Wednesday, November 23, 2011 after a short illness.

He was a Pastor in area churches for more than 60 years and a retired superintendent for Ryder Construction.

 He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Alberta Roberts Curry; brother, Gene Curry; sister-in-law, Linda Burns Curry; daughter-in-law, Carol Bailey Curry, and great grandson Dalton Bills.

 He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Kathleen Barrett Curry; daughter, Kathy Hodge (companion, John Welbourn);sons, Rodney (Kathy Sue) Curry, Charles (Valorie) Curry; sisters, Helen Curry, Ruth (Larry) Bays; Brother, Fred Curry; 10 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews and other family and friends.

 Funeral service will be 11:00 am Sunday, November 27, 2011 at the First Baptist Church, State Street, Hamlin, with Pastors David Burch and Jim Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in Harvey’s Creek Cemetery. Family and friends will gather Saturday from 5 – 8:00 pm at the church.

 In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, c/o Pastor David Burch , 106 Burch Lane, Hamlin, WV 25523 or the Emogene Jones Dolin Hospice House, PO Box 464, Huntington, WV 25702.

 Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek is in care of arrangements.

Tyler Forest Trammell, 21, of Ottawa, departed this world after a short illness on Monday, November 21, 2011 to dance with the angels in heaven. He was born September 16, 1990 in Logan, WV.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Nina Lois Trammell and his uncle, James R. Burgess, both of Ottawa, WV. Also, by his maternal grandfather, Larry W. Chambers of Danville, WV, and Barry J. Ulbrich and Scotty Ulbrich, uncle and cousin of Chapmanville, WV.

Tyler graduated from Scott High School in 2009. He was a former player and board member of the Washington District Midget Football League. He attended Spruce Laurel Church; he enjoyed music, knife collecting, four-wheeling, and playing with his dogs, Zero, Pebbles and Midnight. His interests included working on vehicles and being a helper to his friend, Terry Anthony. Tyler was a big fan of WVU Football and liked to watch wrestling with his dad. He was a true joy to everyone and will be greatly missed.

He is survived by his parents, Kent and Ann Trammell; sister, Allison all of Ottawa; maternal grandmother, Corine Chambers of Bim; papaw, James Marvin White of Bim; uncle, John (Karen) Burgess of Greenview; aunt, Jean Myer of Seacoal; uncle, Kevin (Susan) Trammell, Danville; aunt, Myrtle (Brian) Miller, Salem, VA; aunt, Marilyn (Thomas) Jarrell, Greenview; aunt, Kim (Denzil) Ross of Alum Creek; best friends, Justin Chambers and Zach Ross and numerous other cousins and friends.

Funeral service will be 1:00 PM Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Spruce Laurel Church, Clothier with Pastor Paul Little and Ralph Caudill officiating. Burial will be in Danville Memorial Park, Danville. Family and friends will gather 2 hours prior to the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Spruce Laurel Church, PO Box 202, Ottawa, WV 25149 in Tyler’s name.

Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek is in care of arrangements.

William F.( Freddy) Thomas, born October 3, 1939, of Thomas Mountain Road, South Charleston, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, November 19, 2011.

He was preceded in death by his parents; John Henry and June I. Thomas, brother James H. Thomas and sister Helen Blalock and granddaughter, Lavonna June Thomas.

He was a member of the Crooked Creek Church of God/Church of The Word of South Charleston and a retired construction worker and member of the UMWA.

He is survived by his; children; William H. (Sophia) Thomas of Parkersburg, Debbie (John) Erice of Lewiston, Idaho, James C. (Janeen) Thomas of Parkersburg, Paula Thomas of Cleveland Ohio, Anthony (Retha) Thomas of Parkerburgh, Troy L. (Janet) Thomas of Danville, Lisa White of Madison, Angie (Robert) Erwin, Lisa (Dallas) Acres, and William F. (Dina) Thomas III all of Fraziers Bottom.

He is also survived by his sister June I. (Patty) Thomas, and brothers; Gene R., and Edward R. (Valerie) Thomas, John L. Thomas all of So. Charleston, Danny Joe (Sharon) Thomas of DeFuniak Springs, Florida and Larry D. (Anne) Thomas of Ravenswood.

Mr. Thomas is also survived by 28 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren, and aunts Mary (Ernest) Pauley of Dunbar, and Joanne Fletcher of Brounland.

He will be sadly missed by his cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and many friends.

Service will be 1:00 PM Wednesday November 23, at Curry Funeral Home 2097 Childress Road Alum Creek with Pastor Mark Thaxton officiating. Internment will be in the Thomas Family Cemetery on Thomas Mountain Road,off Ballard Road, So. Charleston. Family and friends will gather from 6 to 8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.

Our Mother, Agnes Marie Pauley, passed from this life Saturday, November 19, 2011 at age 90.  Agnes was born Christmas Day, 1920 and lived a full active life at the place she loved most, Ivy Mountain, McCorkle, WV.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Seth and son, Roger; mother and father, Ethel and George Graley; brothers, Leroy, George, Arley and Bruce Graley; and sister, Delores Dunlap.

Agnes is survived by her children, Christine Holt, Ronald (Alma Lou) Pauley, Glen Pauley, Sharon (George) Hughes, and Donald Pauley; sister-in-law,  Eloise Graley; grandchildren, Anthony Arnold, Ricky Pauley, Melissa Ferrell, Tina Curry, Tony Pauley, Timmy Pauley, Denise Branham, Roger Pauley, Jason Elkins, Glen Pauley, Jennifer King, Krista Williams and D. J. Pauley; 30 great grandchildren; 17 great great grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Curry Funeral Home, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastors Rexal Cooper and Dwight McClure officiating.  Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, McCorkle.  Family and friends will gather from 12 Noon to 2:00 PM prior to the funeral service.

 Glenn Allenn Arrington, 73, of Alum Creek, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011, at home.     

Glenn was born on May 14, 1938, in Landisburg, WV to the late Hester Anderson Arrington Hanshaw and the late Harold Arrington. He attended Charleston High School. Glenn was a member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters United Association for 54 years.

 Glenn was known to many as the “Singing Plumber”. With his happy-go-lucky attitude, he always had a song ready. He was proud to have worked as the General Foreman on the remodeling of the WV Water Company. It was the largest mechanical contract of its time. He was privileged to work alongside his step-father and brother on the Charleston National Bank Building (now known as the Chase Bank building).

His step-father, Frank, started the plumbing  job there and Glenn and his brother, Dallas were the last two plumbers to leave when the building was finsihed.  Glenn could often be foundworking in his garden or taking his grandchildren for rides on his tractor.  He was a hard worker and always found time to help his friends and neighbors.

 Glenn is preceded in death by his mother, Hester Arrington Hanshaw, father, Harold Arrington, step-father Frank Hanshaw, and sister Ruth Burdette Clark.

Glenn is survived by his wife of 44 years, Virginia Ann Withrow Arrington; three daughters, Bonita McClure (Buddy) – Alkol, Lori Smith (Allen) – Alum Creek and Lynn Reynolds (John) – Alum Creek; brother, Dallas (Norma) Arrington – Charleston; sister, Karen Sue (James) Comer – Ravenswood; seven grandchildren, Amber Holestin, T.J. Meadows, Zeke Smith, Levi Smith, Caleb Smith, Samuel Reynolds and William Reynolds and several great-grandchldren.

 In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to a favorite charity in his name. Being the giving man that he was, Glenn’s last request was that his body be donated to the Human Gift Registry.

 A celebration of Glenn’s life will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Alum Creek Independent Missionary Baptist Church at 12:00 noon with Pastor Frank Chapman officiating. Family and friends may gather one hour prior to the service.