All Obituaries

Charles Terrance “Terry” Bowman 74, of Naoma, WV passed away peacefully November 24, 2022 in the Princeton Community Hospital, Princeton, WV. He was born November 15, 1948 in Charleston, WV. Terry was a retired union coal miner who loved to be outdoors, hunting, fishing, and camping.  He enjoyed racing cars and he was a  great mechanic, telling stories and cracking a joke to make people laugh. He enjoyed gardening and canning vegetables, sitting on the porch and...

Jo Ann Riffle, 52, of Sylvester, WV passed away, Monday, November 14, 2022. She was born April 11, 1970 in Amhurst, OH. She enjoyed the outdoors and loved all children very much.  She was preceded in death by her father, Jack Riffle. Those left to cherish her memory include, her mother, Lelia Harkless Riffle; three sisters, Tonya Osborne, Joyce Moore, Sarah Parsons and two brothers, Bobby Parsons and Jackie Riffle; two nieces, Natalyah Osborne, Amber Moore; three nephews, Nicholas...

SALAMY, Alfred Essa, age 90, of Pettus, West Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at home. He was born on September 30, 1932 in Charleston, West Virginia to Louis and Aileen [Zegeer] Salamy, the first of two sons. As the son of a Lebanese immigrant, Alfred was proud of his heritage and traveled with his family to Beirut, Lebanon in 1950 as a teenager. He would later recount the many exotic locations and amazing sites he experienced while visiting Lebanon and Egypt,...

Joseph Hestel Coon, 64, of Glen Daniel, WV passed away, Saturday November 19, 2022 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley, WV. He was born November 26, 1957, at Charleston, WV. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Hestal and Cannissa June Arehart Coon and Johnny Massey. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on old cars and being a coal miner. Those left to cherish his memory include, Duby Coon (Kelly) and husband, Emery, Joe Massey, Steve  Coon and wife, Deb, Scotty...

Lisa Lynn Dye Miller, 44, of Seng Creek, WV passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022, at the CAMC Memorial Hospital, Charleston, WV.   Lisa was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Dye just a year ago on October 17, 2021. She is survived by her mother, Judy Hamrick Dye of Seng Creek, WV; sons, Adam Miller and wife, Kaitlyn of Culloden, WV, Matthew Miller of Seng Creek, WV; a granddaughter, Evelyn Miller; a brother, Scott Dye of Seng Creek, WV; aunt, Joan Hamrick of Seng Creek,...

    Denise "Niecy" Hendricks Johnson Denise was born in Cleveland, OH to Mary Alice (Dorsey) and Teddy Boyd Hendricks. She grew up in Coopertown, WV and graduated from Sherman High School in 1982. She followed a career of caregiving, becoming an LPN and choosing to care for the elderly. She loved her "old people". She also cared for her parents as they aged and eventually passed, both in her home and under her loving care. She was someone you could depend...

Robert Lee Sesco of Naoma, WV passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at the Bowers Hospice House Beckley, WV after a long illness. He was born May 25, 1958 in Chicago, IL to the late Jessie James and Josie Louise Parton Sesco. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters: Mary Lou Sesco, Sherry Ledford, and Gracie Butcher and a brother, William Sesco. Robert worked as a punch press operator and spot welder in Chicago, IL and a janitor in Charleston, WV in his youth. He was loved...

Herbert Parsons, 69, of Arnett, WV passed away Thursday, November 3, 2022 at his home after a long illness. He was born on April 3, 1953 at Costa, WV to the late Clemen and Haley Maxine Drennen Parsons. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by brothers: Norman Parsons, Darrell Parsons, and Douglas Parsons and one sister, Etta Dillon. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 42 years, Louella Combs Parsons; a son, Herbert Parsons and wife Kelly, a daughter, Brittany...

Rodney Joe Honaker, 44, of Martinsburg, WV died suddenly on Oct 31, 2022, at his home in Martinsburg, WV. He was born April 11, 1978, in Beckley, WV. He was preceded in death by his father, Vernon Dale (Bimbo) Honaker and the mother of his children and best friend, Kerri Anne Alpaugh; his nephew Tyler Eugene Crawford, his paternal grandparents, Delmar and Lou Cook Honaker, his maternal grandparents, Joe Roy Wills Sr. and Theda Barker Wills, and many dear aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was...

Benjamin Franklin Perdue (Papaw, Frankie, or Ben as he preferred), 78, of Racine, WV, went home to be with the Lord on October 31, 2022. He was born on January 25, 1944, to the late John W. Perdue and Virginia Ruth Hamrick. He is preceded in death by his brothers James,Claude, Opie, and Charles Perdue. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Rosemary CremeansPerdue,...