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Martha Jane Ruffner
Mar 22, 2019
Martha Jane "Marty" Ruffner, 88 of Huntington, WV passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Heritage Center. Services will be held on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. John Minihan officiating. Inurnment will be held on Friday at 9:30 a.m. at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV. She was born April 27, 1930 in Charleston, WV...
Helen E. (Swartwood) Pack
Mar 20, 2019
Helen Pack nee Stewart, nee Swartwood, fondly known as "Miss Helen", 101 of Huntington, WV answered her Lords summons on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at Woodland's Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Jennifer Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after...
C. Carolgene "Nick" Nicholas
Mar 10, 2019
Mr. Carolgene "Nick" Nicholas, 87 of Huntington, WV passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Woodland's Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 12:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Darrell Buttram officiating. Burial will follow at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends after 11:00 a.m. He was born July 25, 1931...
Daphne Joan Goodall
Mar 1, 2019
D. Joan Goodall, 87 of Huntington, WV passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at Woodland's Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. David Lemming officiating. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. She was born February 27, 1932...
Frances Lee Major
Feb 25, 2019
Frances Lee Major, 88 of Proctorville, OH passed away on Monday, February 25, 2019 at Heartland of Riverview. Services will be held on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Steve Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. She was born June 20, 1930 in...
Paul Edward Hargis
Feb 16, 2019
Paul Edward Hargis, Sr. went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 16, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Monday at Living Waters Free Methodist Church, Altizer, at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Tony Mays officiating. Burial will follow in Plyburn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church after 12:00 p.m. Â He was a loving...
Charles C. Beard
Feb 10, 2019
Charles C. Beard, 87, of Brandon, Florida formerly of South Point, Ohio passed away on Sunday, February, 10, 2019 in Melech Hospice House of Tampa, Florida. He was born September 17, 1931 in Burlington Ohio the son of late Gilbert and Fern Whitehead Beard. He was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas Beard, a son-in-law, Mark Grindley, and...
Dr. Joe Richard "Dick" Hannan
Jan 19, 2019
Dr. J. R. "Dick" Hannan, 96 of Huntington, WV passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was born June 14, 1922 in Huntington, WV son of the late Charles Malcolm and Edith Nibert Hannan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brothers, Malcom, Raymond and Tom Hannan. Dr....
Geraldine "Jerry" E. (Withers) Perry
Jan 14, 2019
Geraldine "Jerry" Elizabeth Perry, 93 of Huntington, WV passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019 at St. Mary's Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Skip Siebel officiating. Entombment will follow at Woodmere Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after 1:00 p.m. on Friday. She was born June...
Mary Elaine (Kathman) Manilla
Jan 13, 2019
Mary Elaine Kathman Manilla, 95, died peacefully at St. Mary's Hospital on January 13, 2019.Born June 24, 1923 in Covington, KY, Elaine was the daughter of the late William and Blanche Kathman. Elaine graduated from La Salette Academy and worked at Western & Southern Life Insurance Company. She met Charles Manilla, a University of Cincinnati student, on a blind...
Richard S. "Rick" Logan
Jan 10, 2019
Richard Seldon "Rick" Logan 56 of Huntington, WV passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Norway Avenue Church of Christ, 1400 Norway Avenue, with Minister Jeff Garrett officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery. He was born August...
Alta Lorsa (Roach) Scarberry
Jan 9, 2019
Alta Lorsa Scarberry, 77 of Barboursville, WV passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at St. Mary's Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Jamie Jefferson officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. She was born October 19,...
Michael Allen Woodard
Jan 7, 2019
Michael Allen Woodard  57, of Huntington, WV passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Pastor Denver Prater officiating. Burial will follow in Culloden Cemetery.  The family will receive friends after noon. He was born November 16, 1961 in Huntington, WV. He was...
Elizabeth "Sissy" Abshire
Dec 30, 2018
Elizabeth "Sissy" Abshire, 83, of Huntington, WV passed away from causes related to dementia surrounded by her family in Columbus, Ohio on December 30th. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 11, at 11:00 a.m. at Beard Mortuary. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at...
Leo Deforest Schley
Dec 24, 2018
Leo DeForest Schley, 78, of Proctorville, Ohio, died on Monday, December 24, 2018 at St. Mary's Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a fall. He was born December 25, 1939, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, son of the late Ervin and Ethel Schroeder Schley. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Leo hired on at INCO Alloys...
Lori Ann Zundel
Dec 22, 2018
Lori Ann Zundel, 54 of Crossville, TN formerly of Proctorville, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018. Services will be held on Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Jana Stoner officiating. The family will receive friends after noon on Friday. She was born May 7, 1964 in Wayne, Michigan the daughter of Fred and Joan...
Geraldine E. (Dillon) Gibbs
Dec 21, 2018
Geraldine E. Gibbs, 87 of Ona, WV passed away on Friday, December 21, 2018 at Paramount Senior Living, Ona, WV. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Pastor Tim Messinger officiating. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends after noon on Thursday at...
John Stuart Cordingley
Dec 16, 2018
John Stuart Cordingley passed away on December 12, 2018, at his home in Huntington, WV. John was born May 22, 1953 to Doreen Hoyle and Francis Cordingley in Keighley, West Yorks, England. John loved his native England, and spoke often of the Yorkshire moors, steam trains, pubs, and bilberries. John earned his bachelor's degree in Zoology from The University...
Earl Stanley Walton
Dec 8, 2018
Earl Stanley Walton, 94 of Huntington, WV passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Emogene Dolin Hospice House. Services will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at White Chapel Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with Rev. David Lemming officiating. Military Rites and Entombment will follow. He was born July 8, 1924 in Huntington, WV the son of the late...
Shirley Jean Clagg Hughes
Dec 7, 2018
Shirley Jean Clagg Hughes, 83 of Lesage, WV went to be with her Lord on Friday, December 7, 2018 at Paramount Senior Living, Ona, WV. She was born February 21, 1935 in Huntington, WV the daughter of the late Frank C. and Goldie Radford Wood. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, William Thomas Clagg, her...
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