Steve E. Marks
GLEN JEAN - Steve E. Marks, 50, of Glen Jean died Nov. 14, 2002. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Elizabeth Penix Mullins
MARMET - Elizabeth Penix Mullins, 90, of Marmet died Nov. 15, 2002, in Marmet Health Care Center after a long illness. She was a retired school teacher from Marmet Elementary with 38 years of service, and was a member of Marmet First Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Hillary Stanford Mullins of Marmet; brother, Fred Penix of Aiken, S.C.; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet with the Rev. Dennis Vance officiating. Burial will follow in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Larry Joe Paris
DANVILLE - Larry Joe Paris, 51, of Danville died Nov. 14, 2002, in Boone Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Larry was born March 3, 1951, to Anderson and Meda Toney Paris. He was a loader operator for Hobet Mining and was a member of UMW. He is survived by his wife, Linda Francine Paris; one son, Larry Joe Paris II at home; two daughters, Joie Porter of Hamlin and Dee Dee Paris of Van; two grandchildren, Ashely Nicole Porter and Ethan Micheal Porter; three brothers, Charles and Johnny of Big Ugly and Herman Toney of Big Creek. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Handley Funeral Home, Danville with Harry Estep officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Memorial Park, Danville. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

David Ryan Pittman
SHERMAN - David Ryan Pittman, 54, of Sherman, W.Va. died Nov. 14, 2002, in Sherman. He was born Feb. 7, 1948, in Charleston, a son of George Ryan and Laura Fitzwater Pittman. He was a machine operator with Ravenswood Polymer and a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Air Force. David was a member of the Ravenswood Church of the Nazarene. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association. He also worked at O. Ames in Parkersburg, W.Va. Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Sandy Adams Pittman of Sherman; mother, Laura Pittman of Ripley; children, Lori Eshenaur and her husband, Dr. Steven of Kenna, W.Va., Cindy Dunlap and her husband, Cameron of Ravenswood, and Lisa Casdorph and her husband, Craig of Charleston; six grandchildren, Victor and Miciah Eshenaur, Ethan and Evan Dunlap, and Corey and David Casdorph; brother, Gary Pittman and his wife, Shirley of Charleston; several nieces and nephews; a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his father. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Ravenswood Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Scott Mapes officiating. Burial will be in Ravenswood Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Roush Funeral Home.

Geraldine "Gerry" Raynes
POCA - Geraldine "Gerry" Raynes, 65, of Poca died Nov. 13, 2002, in CAMC General Hospital, Charleston. Gerry was retired from Diehl's Restaurant, Nitro with 37 years of service and attended Mount Union United Methodist Church, Pliny. She was born May 20, 1937, in Pliny, a daughter of the late Huber and Evelyn Bowcott Wears and was a 25 years resident of Poca. She graduated from Point Pleasant High School and was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Mac Raynes; and sisters, Pansy Wears and Audry Young. Surviving are daughters, Carla Gale Stewart of Hurricane; sons, Brent Allen Raynes of Poca, Todd Eric Raynes of Nitro; sisters, Jewell Scites and Fern O'Neil, both of Point Pleasant, Freda Rawlings of Pensacola, Fla., Irene Sanders and Doris Boster, both of Nitro, Nina Wright of Winfield; brothers, Weldon Wears and Jack Wears, both of Pliny; grandchildren, Erica Nicole Stewart and Kobe Nicholas Stewart. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Chapman Funeral Home, Teays Valley with the Rev. Richard Work officiating. Burial will be in Mount Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pliny. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. You may email condolences to the family at chapmanfuneralhome@charter.net.

Hayverd R. Skeens
CROSS LANES - Hayverd R. Skeens, 56, of Cross Lanes passed away Nov. 15, 2002, at his home after a long illness. He was owner and operator of Skeens Stone. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawson Loyd and Gracie Belle Skeens. Mr. Skeens is survived by his wife, Donna S. Skeens; son, Mark William Skeens of Teays Valley; daughters, Sharon Lynn Deusenberry and Rebecca Gayle Skeens, both of Cross Lanes; brothers, Alfred J. Skeens of Poca, Gerald D. Skeens of Buffalo, Ricky L. Skeens of Sissonville, Ray Skeens of Tyler Mountain; sisters, Ruby B. Jones of Cincinnati, Ohio; Inez Jean Breeden of Tyler Mountain, Linda M. Carr of Charlotte, N.C.; five grandchildren. Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes with the Rev. Buck Casto officiating. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002, at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.

Anna Catherine Johnson Smith
Anna Catherine Johnson Allen Smith, 71, of St. Albans went home to be with the Lord, Nov. 10, 2002, in Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, W.Va., after a long illness. She was born May 24, 1931, in St. Albans, W.Va., to the late Press and Mozell Washington Johnson. She was a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, St. Albans, W.Va., and a 1949 graduate of Garnet High School. She was formerly employed at Americare (Sunbridge of Dunbar), Dunbar, W.Va., and was a retiree of Valley Health Center, South Charleston, W.Va. Surviving are daughters, Jennifer King and her husband, Theodore Jr. and Cheryl Allen and her companion, Reginald Jackson Sr. of St. Albans, Tina Ballard and her husband, Bruce, of Union, W.Va., and Claudia Walton and her husband, John of South Charleston; sons, Ronald W. Allen and Wayne Allen and his wife, Anita of Columbus, Ohio, Jerry Allen and his wife, Dorlessa of Dunbar, Claude Allen and Christopher Allen and Bruce Smith and his wife, Bonnie, all of St. Albans; sisters, Virginia Turner of Baltimore, Md., and Mary Jo Chester of St. Albans; brothers, Ruben Johnson Sr. and Sherman H. Johnson of St. Albans; aunt, Beatrice M. Washington of St. Albans; 19 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 821 B Street, St. Albans, WV, with the Rev. Michael A. Poke Sr. and the Rev. Roi T. Jonson officiating. Burial will be in Teays Hill Cemetery, St. Albans. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Preston Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.

Deloris Maxine Spencer
MAYSEL - Deloris Maxine Spencer, 75, of Maysel went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002, at CAMC General Division. She was born on March 8, 1927, in Shelton, to the late Norris White and Narda Walker White. She was a homemaker, a born-again Christian, a charter member of the Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, and a member of the Eastern Star and the Ladies Auxiliary. She was preceded in her homegoing by her husband, Chester Spencer. Survivors include her son, and daughter-in-law, Michael and Joyce Spencer of Poca; daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Michael Scott of Maysel; grandchildren, Michael Jr. and Kelley Spencer of Cross Lanes, Christina and Brandon James of Cross Lanes, and Heather, Johathan and Shannon Scott of Maysel; great-grandchildren, Marcus Hartwell, Cierra Dawn James and Mallory Deloris James; brother, Leo White of Scott Depot. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, 2002, at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church with Ministers Geary D. Legg and Ralph Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Clay Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday at Carl Wilson Funeral Home, Clay.

Ruby Ellen Bailey
CURTIS - Ruby Ellen Bailey, 89, of Curtis died Dec. 3, 2002. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Curtis Missionary Baptist Church. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home, Man, and one hour prior to service Friday at the church.

Sue Ella Nicely Brackenrich
CRAWLEY - Sue Ella Nicely Brackenrich, 93, of Crawley died Dec. 3, 2002, in Greenbrier Manor, Fairlea, following a long illness. Born June 12, 1909, in Clifton Forge, Va., she was a daughter of the late George E. Nicely. Mrs. Brackenrich was a member of the Church of God in Rupert, member of the Greenbrier Valley Senior Friends, former US mail carrier and was a homemaker. She is survived by daughters, Sallie Frances Brown of Rupoert, Nova Rutherford and husband, Kenny, of Virginia, Hilda Childs and companion, Cleo Clendenin, of White Sulphur Springs; sons, Lemuel Brackenrich and wife, Velma, of Vago Road, Frankford, George S. Brackenrich and wife, Ruth, of Rupert, Laburn W. Brackenrich and wife, Nadine, of Rupert; sisters, Elsie Nicely and Mary Lucy Nicely, both of Clifton Forge, Va.; 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with Pastor Frank Jones officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, is in charge of arrangements.

Aubrey E. Browder
Aubrey E. "Fub" Browder, 89, of St. Albans died Dec. 2, 2002, in Vineyard's Personal Care Home, St. Albans. He was retired from Union Carbide Corp., South Charleston Plant, with 41 years' service, and was a member of Highlawn Baptist Church, St. Albans. He was a lifelong resident of St. Albans. He was preceded in death by his son, Jerry Douglas Browder. He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Irene Browder; daughter, Gretta Santo of Jupiter, Calif.; son, John A. Browder of St. Albans; sisters, Bernice Nichols and Helen Pauley, both of St. Albans; grandchildren, Michael Browder, Karen Webb, Lisa Slusser and Steve Browder; great-grandchildren, Kaycy and Billy Webb. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Albans, with the Rev. C.T. Bullington and the Rev. Joe Hyde officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may call from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. You may email condolences to the family at bartlettchapman@charterbn.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Kanawha Hospice Care, 1143 Dunbar Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064. Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Albans, is in charge of arrangements.

Lester Earl Cantley
Lester Earl Cantley, 76, of Racine died Dec. 4, 2002, at home. Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet, is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Virginia Clogg
OAK HILL - Mary Virginia Clogg, 94, of Oak Hill died Dec. 1, 2002. Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Oak Hill. There will be no visitation. Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, is in charge of arrangements.

Matthew R. Estep
Matthew R. Estep, 18, of Dry Branch died Dec. 3, 2002, in a logging accident at Carbon. He was a timberman for TBB Service, Inc. He is survived by his daughter, Alexis Jane Estep; mother and stepfather, Carolyn and Bob Slack of Dry Branch; father, Dannie Estep of Little Creek; twin sister, Sarah and her husband, Ron Crow, of Little Creek; brothers, Bobby Slack, and wife Carrie, of Chesapeake, Michael Slack of Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C.; grandmother, Alice F. Hendricks-Jarrell of Chesapeake; great-grandmother, Frances Peck of Ansted; one nephew and a host of family and friends. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Slaughters Creek Freewill Baptist Church, Little Creek, with Pastor John Hudson officiating. Burial will be in Massey Cemetery, Winifrede. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Pryor Funeral Home, East Bank. Pryor Funeral Home, East Bank, is in charge of arrangements.

Johnny Adam Ferguson
Johnny Adam Ferguson, 13, of Charleston died Dec. 3, 2002, at home. He was a student at Elkview Middle School and a member of Hanson Chapel Church, Mill Creek. He is survived by his mother, Shirley Ferguson of Charleston; sister, Kentrie Muncy, at home. Service will be 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Hanson Chapel Church, Mill Creek, with the Rev. Jay Mace and the Rev. Kenny Beasley officiating. Burial will be in Perry Cemetery, Mingo County. Friends may call one hour prior to service Friday at the church. Hafer Funeral Home, Elkview, is in charge of arrangements.

Larry J. Gentile
RAINELLE - Larry J. Gentile, 85, of Rainelle died Dec. 3, 2002. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rainelle. Friends may call from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, where a Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m.

Elizabeth Allen Green
Elizabeth Allen Green, 96, of St. Albans died Wednesday Dec. 4, 2002, in Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, after a short illness. She was a homemaker and was a member of First Baptist Church of St. Albans, Fidelis Sunday School Class, Order of the Eastern Star #79, St. Albans, the St. Albans Women's Club and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frazure F. Green. She is survived by her caregivers, Houston and Anna Goodall of St. Albans. Service will be 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Albans, with the Rev. Joel M. Harpold officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may call one hour prior to service Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to First Baptist Church of St. Albans, 523 2nd St., St. Albans, WV 25177. You may email your condolences to the family at bartlettchapman@charterbn.com Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Albans, is in charge of arrangements.

Violet Hardwick
GLENWOOD - Violet Hardwick, 84, of Glenwood died Dec. 3, 2002. Private graveside service will be Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Pete Meadows Cemetery, Glenwood. Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, is in charge of arrangements.

Leon Ray Hartwell
Leon Ray Hartwell, 63, of South Charleston died Dec. 1, 2002, at his home after a short illness. He was a self-employed brick mason. He was a US Army veteran and served during the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Hartwell is survived by his daughters, Rose M. Mazza of Charleston, Lea Ann Blankenship of Dunbar; brother, Elvin Hartwell of Miami, Fla.; sister, Hanna Lee of Dover, Fla.; grandchildren, Tony Randall Blankenship Jr., Tabitha Lindsay Blankenship, Crystal Schultz, Bobby Schultz; niece, Pamela Lamb of Robinville, N.C.; nephews, Dwayne Johnson of Mulberry, Fla., Timmy Johnson of Tampa, Fla.; additional nieces and nephews. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar. Burial will be in Schultz Cemetery, South Charleston. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Sheldon E. Haynes
LEWISBURG - Sheldon E. Haynes, 93, of Lewisburg died Dec. 3, 2002, in Greystone Landing, Lewisburg. Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg, is in charge of arrangements.

Norma E. Holcomb
Norma E. Holcomb, 74, of Point Pleasant died Dec. 3, 2002. Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Grace Baptist Church, Point Pleasant. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant.

Frank Giles Holland
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Frank Giles Holland, 92, died Dec. 3, 2002. Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at Greenbrier Memorial Gardens, Lewisburg. There will be no visitation. Shanklin Funeral Home, White Sulphur Springs, is in charge of arrangements.

J. McKinley Holliday
BELLBROOK, Ohio - J. McKinley Holliday, 87, of Bellbrook, Ohio, formerly of Nicholas County, W.Va., went to be with the Lord, Monday, Dec. 2, 2002. He spent the last few years at the Oak Creek Terrace Nursing Home, Kettering, Ohio, prior to a short hospital stay. Born June 24, 1915, in Beauty, W.Va., he was a son of the late Jacob Flora and Sarah "Sally" Ida McClelland Holiday. Pastor Holliday was saved on May 2, 1932, and was called to the ministry and licensed on Sept. 14, 1932 and ordained on March 27, 1942. He was instrumental in helping to organize 31 churches in West Virginia and Ohio. He pastored nine churches over a period of 54 years before retiring in 1996. He helped lead in the purchase and organization of Mountain State Christian Schools in Alderson, W.Va., and served as its Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1953 to 1996. He also served on the Board of Directors of Baptist Faith Missions for 15 years. He was an author who published several books, namely, "The Baptist Heritage," "Sitting and Clothed in His Right Mind," and "Modernism, Its Origin, Its Purpose, Its Destiny." He was a noted speaker on Baptist history and the Tabernacle, and also the Headmaster and teacher of Mountain State Bible Institute and Headmaster of Mount Gilead Day School. For over 40 years he ministered through "The Sunrise Service," a weekly Sunday morning radio broadcast. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Homer Vaughn Holliday, Harry Volmer Holliday and Theodore Jennings Holliday; sisters, Eva Grace Skaggs, Ivaloo Frances Hoke and Willie Opal Tully. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Grace Ann McClung Holliday; daughters, Grace Annette Holliday of Bellbrook, Ohio, Barbara June Holliday Blake of Lexington, Ky.; son, Jack McKinley Holliday of Bellbrook; sisters, Cora Blanche Holliday Darlington of Clio, Mich., Ida June Holliday Waggoner of Wichita Falls, Texas; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Glade Creek Baptist Church with Pastor Jim Rader and Pastor Jim Martin officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. White Funeral Home, Summersville, is in charge of arrangements.