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Helen Ann Jackson, 94, of Locust Grove, Virginia, died on July 31, 2020 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She was born August 1, 1925 in Ona, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Ernest Ward and Emma Elmira Epling Ward. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Naaman Barrett (Sonny) Jackson; two brothers, Ernest H. Ward and Jack Layne Ward and four sisters, Thelma Leona Adkins, Emogene Ernestine Williams, Francis Alberta Ward and Martha Epling Ward. Helen was an accomplished artist in...

Joseph Elmer Rogers, 83, of Huntington, WV passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Eric Porterfield officiating. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park. The family will receive friends after 11:00 a.m. He was born October 29, 1936 the son of the late Herbert and Eva Young Rogers. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a...

   “Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.” On July 27, 2020 Bob Yost passed on with hope in a loving and merciful God. He did his best to live according to Christian principals and was a practicing Roman Catholic. He attended Our Lady of Fatima Church in Huntington. His life was inextricably tied to his wife Janet who he loved from the first night they met in 1963. He and Janet have two loving daughters; Cathy Templeton and Amy Parent (Doug), two granddaughters...

Dallas Landon Lovejoy, 83 of Culloden, WV passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Jared Briggman officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Memorial Park, Milton, WV. The family will receive friends after 12:00 p.m.  He was born July 29, 1936 in Hamlin, WV the son of the late Aaron and Thelma Spurlock Lovejoy. He was also preceded in death by a brother, David Lovejoy. Dallas was a...

Mary Margaret Gill, 77, of Huntington, WV passed away on Tuesday July 21, 2020 at home with her family at her bedside. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Woodmere Memorial Park with Pastor Richie McNiel officiating. Burial will follow. Please follow COVID restrictions and wear a mask. She was born December 23, 1942 in Huntington, WV the daughter of the late Lee Austin and Lorena Boyd Jarnagin. Mary was a 1960 graduate of Huntington East High School....

William H. “Okie” Adkins, 94 of Huntington, WV passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at Emogene Dolin Hospice House. Graveside services with Military rites will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Woodmere Memorial Park with Pastor Lennie Romans officiating. Burial will follow. He was born December 1, 1925 in West Hamlin, WV the son of the late Hubert and Ida Smith Adkins. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy F. Adkins, three brothers, Ralph, Bethel, Darrell,...

James Dean “Pee Wee” Gibson, 79 of Chesapeake, Oh passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. He was born June 18, 1941 in Ironton, Ohio the son of the late Lawrence Victor and Betty Louise Bryson Gibson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Faye Wilds. He was retired from the Symmes Valley School System where he was a teacher and coach. He was a member of Burlington United Methodist Church. He is survived by his loving family, his wife, Julia Beard...

Mackenzie Leigh Heiner, 26 of Chillicothe, OH formerly of Huntington, WV passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Eric Porterfield officiating. The family will receive friends after 10:00 a.m. and ask those attending to observe COVID guidelines. She was born March 26, 1994 in Huntington, WV the daughter of Terri Guthrie Heiner of Charleston, WV and Earl W. “Dutch” Heiner, III of Huntington....

Patricia J. “Patty”  Meadows went home to be with the Lord July 4, 2020. There she will be reunited with her beloved husband Roy J. Meadow.  loving daughter Kathy Meadows Webb, infant great grandson Charlie Roy McGuire, her Daddy Elbert Winters, her Mother Ola Cooper Winters, her sisters Mildred Harbour and Eloise Faulkner.  Also a special niece Sherre Harbour Chapman.  In life she was interested in everything and everyone.  She always wanted to know what...

Gilbert Clinton Lester, 87 of Proctorville, OH passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Emogene Dolin Hospice House. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Beard Mortuary with Zachary Lester and Andrew Tschop officiating. Burial and Military Rites will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, OH. The family will receive friends after 10:00 a.m. He was born February 27, 1933 in South Point, OH. He was preceded in death by his parents, King and Olive Freeman Lester,...