Ursley D. Burdette
KEATLEY SPRINGS - Ursley D. Burdette, 83, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at Heartland of Beckley after a short illness.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral Home, Hinton.
Buddy J. Cobb
PAGE - Buddy J. Cobb, 65, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel, Oak Hill. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
Margaret B. Coldiron
Margaret Mary Bolash Coldiron, 82, of Westline Dr., Beckley, formerly of Eccles, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, in a Beckley hospital following a long illness.
Born Feb. 22, 1918, in High Coal, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Rose Bero Bolash.
Mrs. Coldiron spent her childhood at Sun and Eccles. She was a 60-year resident of Eccles coming to Beckley in 1980. She was of the Christian faith.
She will be remembered by her children as a devoted and hard working mother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph T. Coldiron, who died at an early age in a mining accident at Eccles. A grandson, Stephen Matthew Weeks and three brothers, Johnny, Andrew, and Frank Bolash also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Ronald Coldiron of Ocala, Fla.; three daughters, Betty June Gall and her husband, Louie, of Beckley, Janet Peyton of Fredericksburg, Va., and Sue Weeks and her husband, Bernard, of Bradley; a brother, Louis Bolash of Rhode Island; a sister, Rosie Lawson of Eccles; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Paul Blizard officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.
Friends may call one hour before the services Saturday at the funeral home.
Family members will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Dorse D. Dillon
HILLDALE - Dorse Douglas Dillon, 55, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2000, near Custer, S.C., due to an airplane accident.
Born Feb. 2, 1945, in Talcott, he was the son of Gertrude Allen Dillon Miller of Pence Springs and the late Charles L. Dillon.
Mr. Dillon was a locomotive engineer with CSX Corp., and a U.S. Army veteran, a member of the Central Baptist Church in Hinton, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Hinton Masonic Lodge and the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Besides his mother he is survived by his wife, Becky Payne Dillon; a son, Darren Dillon of Huntington; a daughter, Kelly Briers and husband, Greg, of Huntington; stepfather, Harold Miller of Pence Springs; three brothers, John W. "Bill" Dillon and wife, Becky, of Hilldale, Dale Dillon and wife, Cheryl, of Talcott, and Charles Dillon of Lehigh Acres, Fla.; three sisters, Donna Wykle and husband, Ellery, of Talcott, Clara Lou Graham and husband, Jimmy, of Clayton, and Jo Ann Boyd and husband, Billy, of Mount Hope; and two grandchildren, Grant and Delaney Briers.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Pivont Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with the Rev. Glen Kuhn officiating. Burial will follow in Greenbrier Burial Park, Hinton.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
The Hinton Masonic Lodge will serve as pallbearers and conduct graveside rites.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the D.D. Dillon Aviation Scholarship Fund, c/o the First Century Bank in Hinton.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral Home, Hinton.
Eunice Z. Fogus
RENICK - Eunice Zenah Fogus, 88, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg.
Billie Roy Gill
Billie Roy Gill, 63, of Beaver, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000, at a Beckley area hospital following a long illness.
Born June 15, 1937, he was the son of the late Charles F. Gill and Viola E. Smith Gill of Bellwood.
Mr. Gill was a former employee of John W. Eye and a coal miner for Rural Coal Company. He was also a member of the Meadow Bridge Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. Gill was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Eugene Gill.
Survivors include his wife, Faye Hall Gill; two daughters, Rhonda Kay Marshall of Grand Rapids, N.C. and Rita Faye Bier of Ohio; four stepchildren, Robin Todd of Beckley, Curtis Todd of Beckley, Lisa Todd Haynes of Daniels, and Jamie Plumley of Pennsylvania; five brothers, Calvin Gill of Bellwood, Willis Gill of Trafalgar, Ind., Findley Gill of Buckhannon, Floyd Gill of Trafalgar, Ind., and Larry Gill of Indianapolis, Ind.; five sisters, Linda Syrus of Bargersville, Ind., Nellie Hicks of Trafalgar, Edith Castle of Criders, Va., and Kelley Gill and Christy Gill, both of Harrisonburg, Va.; four grandchildren, Jonathan, David, Sarah, and Katie Marshall; seven stepgrandchildren, Justin Rodgers, Harlen and Savannah Todd, Christina, Felichia, and Junior Haynes, and Tracie Floyd.
Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Frank Pittman officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Justin Rodgers, Gary Gill, Matthew, Syrus, Daniel Syrus, Larry Castle, and Randy Gill.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley.
Bobby G. Hammons
ABERDEEN, Md. - Bobby Gene Hammons, 43, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000.
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg.
Jeannette F. Ligocki
Jeannette Frances Ligocki (Legursky), 72, of Beaver, formerly of Raleigh, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000, in Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital.
Born Sept. 1, 1928, in Raleigh, she was the daughter of the late Frank Kerr and Pauline Underwood Kerr.
Jeannette was a homemaker and had lived most of her life in Raleigh, having lived the past 11 years in Beaver.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Ligocki; and a sister, Margaret Kerr.
Survivors include a daughter, Martha Lucas and her husband, James, of Beaver, with whom she made her home; a granddaughter, Jamie Stump and her husband, Jeff, of Daniels; a grandson, Shawn Lucas of Beaver; a brother, James Kerr and his wife, Doris, of Raleigh; and a special niece, Mary Chapman and her husband, Willard, of Raleigh.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the Rev. Stanley Metz officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Ron Lucas, Ernest Lucas, Joe McDougal, Brandon McDougal, Matthew McDougal, Willard Chapman, and Donnie Pack.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley.
James G. Martin
MOUNT HOPE - James Garland Martin, 42, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000, at a Beckley hospital.
Born Oct. 6, 1957, in Greenbrier County, he was the son of Mae Martin Kincaid of Maple Fork and the late Garland G. Martin.
Mr. Martin was employed by Catenary Coal at Cabin Creek for the last eight years. He was a member of the UMWA and was of the Baptist faith.
Other survivors include his son, Michael Martin and his wife, Sarah, of Maple Fork; a daughter, Angela Martin and friend Curtis Martin of Athens; two brothers, Phillip Martin and his wife, Becky, of Sweeneysburg and Ronnie Martin and his wife, Teresa, of Mt. Tabor; a sister, Debbie Wells of Bradley; a stepbrother, Jacob Kincaid of Maple Fork; a stepsister, Kayla Kincaid of Maple Fork; his stepfather, Dencil Kincaid of Maple Fork; his grandmother, Lorine Holliday of Rupert; and a host of uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Gardens, Clintonville.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley.
Mark L. Powers
RAINELLE - Mark L. Powers, 53, passed away Monday, Sept. 11, 2000, in Wadesboro, N.C. following a short illness.
Born May 10, 1947, in Winchester, Va., he was the son of Theda Fleshman Powers of Jacksonville, N.C., and the late French Blaine Powers.
Mr. Powers was a former businessman in Rainelle and a member of the Rainelle Moose Lodge.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Gary Powers.
Survivors include his wife, Johna "Cricket" Powers; a son, Jason Brock Powers of Wilmington, N.C.; two stepsons, Jason Sloan of Rainelle and John Glen Young of Rainelle; a daughter, Kirsten Paige Powers of Charmco; two sisters, Nell Gwinn and husband, Danny, of Jacksonville, N.C., and Lisa Brown and husband, Mark, of Tobaccoville, N.C.; three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be 7 p.m. today at Smathers Funeral Home Chapel, Rainelle, with the Rev. Dana Gatewood officiating.
The body will be cremated.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Family will receive friends from noon until 3 p.m. today at the Powers' Farm.
Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle.
Rickey Quesenberry
HUNTINGTON - Rickey A. "Rick" Quesenberry, 38, of 3686 Mount Union Rd., formerly of Daniels, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2000, at the Charleston Medical Center.
Born Aug. 16, 1962, in Passaic, N.Y., he was the son of Gay Bragg Quesenberry of Daniels, and the late Forrest Quesenberry.
Mr. Quesenberry was employed by Oakwood Mobile Homes as district manager. He was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and attended Marshall University.
He had been a Huntington resident for the past five years, and was a board member of Virginia Manufactured Housing Association.
He enjoyed motorcycles, golfing and boating and was an avid outdoorsman.
Other survivors include his wife of 16 years, Susan Pachuta Quesenberry; a son, Jacob Forrest Quesenberry at home; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Quesenberry at home; two brothers, Randy Quesenberry and his wife, Debbie, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ed Quesenberry and his wife, Natalie, of Beaver; nieces and nephews, Megan and Amber Quesenberry, Ammie Quesenberry, Luke, David, Sarah, and Joshua Canterbury, and Hannah and Nicole Pachuta.
Services will be 1 p.m. today at Rose and Quesenberry Shady Spring Chapel with Pastor Greg Mullis officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
Friends called 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Joey Childers, Butch Smith, Rick White, Charlie Parkulo, Norman Brumfield and Rich Farhat.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Scholarship Fund of Covenant School, 5800 U.S. 60, East Barboursville, WV 25504, or to the Rickey Quesenberry Memorial Trust Fund, in care of Bank One, WV-NA, P.O. Box 289, Beaver, WV 25813.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Shady Spring.
Charles J. Sisson
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Charles Joseph Sisson, 32, formerly of Beckley, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000, at his home following a short illness.
Born Aug. 4, 1968, in Beckley, he was the son of Blaine Sissoin of White Oak, and the late Jane Wood Sisson.
Mr. Sisson was a mechanic. He was a member of the Hollywood Baptist Church.
Other survivors include his maternal grandmother, marion Patton of Charleston; a sister, Vicki Parsons and husband, Bill, of Pensacola, Fla.; two brohers, Michael Sisson and wife, Lorie, of Beckley, and Christopher Sissoin and wife, Melanie, of Shady Spring.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. John Lares officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.
Friends may call one hour before the services at the funeral home.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley.
Beulah Stewart
MATHENY - Beulah Stewart, 80, passed away Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, following a long illness.
Arrangements by Evans Funeral Home, Oceana.
Lorena O. Waid
RICHMOND, Va. - Lorena O'Connor Waid, 94, formerly of Beckley, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000, under the care of Central Virginia Hospice in Richmond, Va.
Born Sept. 1, 1906, in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Patrick Simon and Mary Elizabeth Fox O'Connor.
She was the beloved wife of the late John Barksdale Waid of Beckley.
Mrs. Waid was a graduate of Concord College and a teacher in the Raleigh County School System for more than 20 years.
She is survived by her sister, Drusilla Catherine O'Connor of Richmond, Va.; three children, Richard File Waid and his wife, Pamela, of Atlanta, Ga., Joyce Waid Bonner and her husband, Sidney, of Richmond, Va., and John Robert Waid and his wife, Lynne, of Charlottesville, Va.; eight grandchildren, Richard Lane Waid and his wife, Leslie, John Thomas Waid, Sarah Bonner Young and her husband, Mark, Scott Hudson Bonner, John Patrick Waid and his wife, Michele, Matthew Burns Waid, Mark Robert Waid, Adam Luke Waid and his wife, Kimberly; three great-grandchildren, Courtney Waid, Matthew Waid, and Nathaniel Young.
A funeral liturgy will be recited at noon Saturday at St. Francis deSales Catholic Church with the Rev. Perry Malacaman as celebrant. A rite of committal will follow in Greenbrier Memorial Park, Hinton.
Friends may call 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Saturday at the Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley.
The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Virginia, 5540 Falmouth St., Richmond, Va., 23220 or to St. Francis deSales Catholic Church, 626 S. Oakwood Ave., Beckley, WV 25801.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley.
Esther B. Whittaker
Esther Burnside Scarbrough Whittaker, 95, of Glen Daniel, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, in a Beckley hospital following a long illness.
Born Aug. 6, 1905, in Clear Creek, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Mandona Cook Scarbrough.
Mrs. Whittaker spent her childhood at Clear Creek and was a resident of the Coal River area for 65 years, moving to Stover in 1990. She attended the Van Chapel and the Arnett Chapel, and was an avid bird watcher.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, John S. Burnside; her second husband, Leonard W. Whittaker; a son-in-law, Tommy L. Brown; a sister, Roena Cantley; and five brothers, Henry, Theodore, Manoah, Herbert, and Lacy Scarbrough.
Survivors include two daughters, Jane Clay and her husband, Lewis, of Glen Daniel, and Eileen Brown of Beckley; eight grandchildren, Alan, Greg, Janie, and Stephen Brown, Roger, Randy and Jeff Clay and Susie Wills; 13 great-grandchildren: Jason, Melissa, Benjamin and Zachary Brown, Jennifer, Morgan and Jarrett Clay, Brian, Sara, Meredith, Jordan and Tyler Clay and Colin Wills; two great-great-grandchildren, Andrew Clay and Ethan Wills and two sisters-in-law, Annie Scarbrow of Columbus, Ohio, and Lillian Pack of Crab Orchard.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Revs. Larry Brown and Russell Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery, Rock Creek.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Mack A. Woodson
ELMIRA, N.Y. - Mack Arthur Woodson, 57, formerly of Beckley, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2000.
Services were held 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13, at James D. Barrett Funeral Home, Inc., 1004 Lake St., Elmira, N.Y. Burial was also held in New York.
Submitted by Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley.
