Elwood Edgel Dunlap of Alum Creek passed away on his 89th birthday.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ezra J. and Bessie Lee Dunlap.
A private burial was held Friday, December 16, 2016 at Pine Grove Cemetery, Sumerco.
Dessie C. Lovejoy, 65, of Woodville went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 9, 2016 at CAMC General Division.
She was a longtime member of Summit Community Church, and was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend.
Dessie was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Duckie Hughes and brother, Michael Hughes.
She will be greatly missed by her husband and best friend of 49 years, Thurman Lovejoy, who adored her; children, Lavonna Lacy, JoAnn (Mark) Kessinger and Robert (Susan) Lovejoy; special niece, Sondra Clark and special nephew, Russell (Deah) Allen who loved her dearly; siblings, Freda Crocket, Gloria Pauley, George (Sharon) Hughes and Danny (Teresa) Hughes; grandchildren, Chris and Raven Lacy, Bailee Kessinger, Avery Lovejoy, Nikki (Andrew) Linville, Hailey (Tyler) Bunting, Cassi, Tori and Maci Allen; great grandchildren, Carter and Alexis Linville, Raelyn and Rylee Bunting and Isaac Jones who were the joy of her life. Also a host of friends and loved ones who will deeply miss her.
Service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home in Alum Creek with Pastors Dwight McClure, Chuck Adkins and Aaron Graley officiating. Burial will follow at Lively Cemetery, Sod. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Carl R. Dunlap 82, of St. Albans, passed from this life to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, December 9, 2016 after a long illness.
Carl was born on July 2, 1934 to Percy and Amy Dunlap in Sod, WV. He attended Duval High School and served his country in the U S Army. He retired as a pipefitter from Union Carbide Construction with 30 years of service. He was a long time volunteer for Union Mission. He also enjoyed camping, and was always helping those in need.
Carl was a member of Bible Center Church, Charleston, and currently attended Grace Baptist Temple in St. Albans.
He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are his loving wife of 61 years, Patty Dunlap; sons, Mark and wife Gloria of Cross Lanes and Brad and wife Brenda of St. Albans; grandchildren, April, Chris, Andrew, and Dustin Dunlap; great grandchildren, Ryleigh and McKenzie Dunlap; brother, Jack Dunlap and wife Joann of Dunbar; and several nieces and nephews.
Service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 12, 2016 at the Grace Baptist Temple, 1901 MacCorkle Ave., St. Albans with Rev. Butch Leadman, Rev. Brian Dean, and Rev. Rex Whiteman officiating. Burial will follow at Cunningham Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
The family would like to thank the staff of Braley Care Home, Orthopedic ward of St. Mary’s Hospital and Hubbard Hospice House West for their wonderful care during Carl’s illness.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Union Mission Ministries, 700 South Park Road, Charleston, WV 25304 or Grace Baptist Temple, St. Albans.
Nina Fay Dunlap, 81, of Sumerco went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 9, 2016 at CAMC Memorial Division in Charleston.
She was a homemaker and member of Pine Grove Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dean; sisters, Freda, Lula, Gladys, and (infant)Sharon; brothers, Junior, Hassell and (infant) Lester; and son-in-law, Bobby Pauley.
Nina is survived by daughters, Kay (Claude) Clay, Carolyn Pauley and Barbara (Jeff) Pauley; sons, Justin (Karen) Dunlap and David (Donna) Dunlap; brother, Ray Pauley; 16 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren.
Service will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home in Alum Creek with Pastors Oshel Bell and Butch Brogan officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery, Sumerco. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Nile Edsel Duncan, age 94, of Gordon Drive, Charleston, W. Va., left this life Friday, December 9, 2016. He died from complications of a fall in August 2011 and since that time has resided at Genesis Nursing Home in Dunbar.
He is now joined with family who had gone on to Heaven before him, parents, Lawrence & Tressa Duncan; sister, Betty Belcher; brothers, Darrell and Bobby; and nephew, Mark Duncan.
Nile attended the Alum Creek Independent Missionary Baptist Church and was a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church.
He was employed by Dickinson Properties where he did many jobs including running a coal tipple and the coal train; he also worked at Jamoca as a coal sampler. Nile went to schooling and worked at FMC Ordinance when they began manufacturing personnel carriers. He worked on the assembly line and was a test water driver. Later he worked at Charleston Newspapers and was Circulation Manager when he retired.
Nile belonged to the South Charleston Masonic Lodge #168 and was a Master Mason and Scottish Rite Member.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Echo V. Duncan;
Daughter, Sherry Miller and her family – husband, Kevin; children, Monica Tompa, Becky Tompa, Rick and Morgan Ramsey, Jacob and Taylor Miller; grandchildren, Gage, Hunter, Braydon, Brice, and Cami Ramsey.
Daughter, Sonja Davison and her family – husband, Bob, children, Robbie and wife Katie Davison, Christy and husband, Bora Yatagan. Grandchildren, Ayla and Davis Yatagan.
Daughter, Sheila Midkiff and her family – husband, Rick, children, Cody and Emily McCormick and Austin McCormick and his special friend, Lexi Roop.
Brother, Dexter and wife Helen Duncan.
Service will be noon Monday, December 12, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek with Pastors Frank Chapman, Travis Bradley and George Webb officiating. Burial will follow at Forks of Coal Memorial Park, Alum Creek. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Edward (Eddie) Lee Pauley, 49 of Alum Creek, WV, exchanged his earthly body for his glorified one on December 5, 2016 while surrounded by family and friends.
Eddie fought a 6 month battle with cancer like he went about everything in his life–with everything in him. Eddie was an all or nothing kind of guy who loved life and loved to laugh. He was proud of his work as a hardwood floor installer/refinisher and very gifted and skilled at it. He loved deer hunting and church and God. His belief held strong that God would heal him either here or in Heaven and that he was a winner either way. But most of all, he LOVED his family with passion and abandon.
He is reunited in Heaven with his mother Sharon Pauley, who loved and spoiled her baby boy while here on earth.
His family who survive him, who deeply loved him and aren’t quite sure how to live without him are his wife, Tammy, daughters, Debon (Christopher) Weekley, Tessa Jones, and Erika Pauley, son Jacob Pauley, father, Fray Pauley, sisters, Debra (Randy) Griffith, Sonya (George) Core, and Leatha (Ronnie) Flowers, and brother, Steve Pauley, along with a great many other family members and friends.
There will be a public memorial service to honor and celebrate Eddie’s life at McCorkle Free Will Baptist Church on Thursday, December 15 at 6:30 pm. A dinner for family and friends will precede the service at 4:30 pm in the church auxiliary building.
From the family: a special thank you to McCorkle Free Will Baptist Church and family and friends for all they’ve done for Eddie and his family in his illness and their time of need.
Jeremy Dewayne Alford, 37, of South Charleston, died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at CAMC – General Division.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Connie Daughenbaugh and grandfathers, Elvin, Jr., Alford & Steve Crist.
He is survived by Daughter, Connie Marie Alford; Son, Jeremy Dewayne Alford, Jr., Father, David Alford; Brothers, James and Brian Alford; Sister, Crystal Alford, Grandmothers, Peggy Alford and Nina Cypert and a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, and other family and friends.
Memorial celebration Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 4:00pm at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek, with Rev. David Mitchell officiating. Friends will gather one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Cleo Fredrick Abbott, 92 and 10 months of age, of Alkol, went to his Heavenly home Friday, December 2, 2016, after a long illness. He retired from Libby Owens Ford Glass. Cleo was a faithful member of Sycamore Grove Missionary Baptist Church for many years.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Joyce Miller; parents, Fred and Lottie Vickers Abbott; brothers, Charlie, Herman and Homer Carl; sisters, Gladys Mason, Irene Abbott and Iola Bostic.
Cleo is survived by his wife of 68 years, Maggie; sons, Freddie, Stanley (Nona), and Joe Abbott; daughter, Kathleen (Roger) McCallister; 11 grandchildren; several great-grandchilddren; and sisters, Emma Keffer and Eloise (Arthur) Thompson.
Service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 5, at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek with Pastors Darrell Searls and Gene Pauley officiating. Burial will follow at Stone Cemetery, Alkol. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
William F. “Bill” Cruitt, 63, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at CAMC – Memorial.
He was a manager and valve specialist working for Furmanite Corporation for whom he traveled all over the world.
He is survived by his brother, Donald Cruitt of Lyman, SC; sister, Connie (Richard) Savage of Salome, AZ; step-daughter, Brenda (Lawrence) Worley and their children (to whom he was PaPa Bill), Kenneth (Haley) Bell, Michael (Ashley) Worley, Adrienne Worley, Kevin Perry, & Kendra Worley; great-grandchildren, Austin & Grace Bell, Mikilah, Honor, Laylah & Cambria Worley; niece who was also his best friend, Kari (Darian) Fields, Dunbar, WV and her children, Mikayla Clark of Parkersburg and Andrew Clark of Nitro; along with a host of other nieces, nephews, family and friends.
A private memorial service will be held at a later time.
The family would like to give a special thanks to Charleston Internal Medicine, Dr. Witt Durden and Dr. Cynthia Collins-Stump.
Paul L. Graley, 79, of Sod, West Virginia, died at home Wednesday, November 30, 2016, after a long illness. He was a beloved husband, father, friend, and neighbor.
A 1955 graduate of Duval High School, he served in the U. S. Army and was stationed at Ft. Lawton U. S. Army base in Seattle, Washington, from Sept. 1962 to Sept. 1964 , where he lived as a newlywed with his wife.
Upon his return from Washington, he and his wife built a house in Sod. He worked through Local No. 625 Plumbers and Pipefitters, where he was a member 51 years, and was employed by West Virginia Heating and Plumbing in Charleston until his retirement in 1999.
He was a member of Cobbs Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Sod.
He is preceded in death by his father Okey A. and mother Dessie (Paul) Graley, of Sod.
Paul is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years, Joyce D. (Masker), Sod; daughter Lisa Graley, Lafayette, Louisiana; son Michael Graley, Sod; his border collie Nellie, and a host of relatives and friends.
The family would like to thank Michael’s employer West Virginia Heating and Plumbing for high quality service in Howard County, MD and also for allowing him time to help Joyce care for Paul during a two-year convalesence and decline, as well as Lisa’s friends and colleagues who provided support at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette so she could travel to help in her father’s care. If you are looking for professional plumbing services, you can find out this here and get quality services at affordable prices.
The family would like to thank Hospice workers, Melanie Martin, Libby Smith, Sallie Starkey, and Sharon Madden for his most recent care; as well as Amedysis physical therapist Tiffany Wilson who helped him walk again after a three-month hospitalization.
If donations are considered, the family would like to encourage support to HospiceCare, 1606 Kanawha Blvd. W., Charleston, WV 25387-2536.
Service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Curry Funeral Home in Alum Creek with Pastors Dr. Phil Suiter and Clyde Gwin officiating. Burial will follow at Lively Cemetery in Sod. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service.