Southern High School West Virginia Alumni Obituaries

Coleman Lee Leslie lifelong resident of Hinton and Summers County made his final heavenly journey to be with the Lord on December 2 2025. Coleman was born and raised in his hometown of Hinton. After graduating from Hinton High School he served for six years in the West Virginia National Guard. He la...

Robert Bobby Slade 82 of Bluefield Virginia passed away peacefully on January 11 2026 surrounded by his loving family. Bobby was born on November 13 1943 in Bishop Virginia to Ralph and Pansy Slade. He was a graduate of Northfork High School. Bobby spent more than 50 years in coal truck sales workin...

James D. Jim Croy 79 of Princeton died peacefully Saturday evening January 3 2026 at his home. Jim was a graduate of Princeton High School Class of 1964.Jim had served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a lifetime member of the BlueGray Chapter 628 of the Vietnam Veterans. He ha...

Fayetteville W.Va. Dr. Margaret Anne Staggers a trailblazing emergency physician and dedicated West Virginia Legislator passed away on January 1 2026 at the age of 80. Know for her unwavering commitment to public health and her tireless service to the people of West Virginia Dr. Staggers leaves behi...

Frank Jones Jr. died at home in Ballengee WV on January 15 2026 at the age of 91 following a short battle with brain cancer. He was born in Hinton WV to Frank and Anna Faye Garten Jones on January 7 1935. Frank was raised in the Hilldale community and graduated from Talcott High School in 1954. He w...

G. Jeane Chaffin Altare GilBhrighde or Doctor Jennie 65 passed away on her 65th birthday December 12th 2025 at Bowers House Hospice Beckley WV after a short and aggressive battle with cancer. Jennie was born and raised in Bluefield WV to Myrtle Louise Stewart and Donald Chaffin on December 12th 19...

David was born on July 24 1947 in Charleston West Virginia to the late Oliver Lee McAllister and Cora Jane VanReenan McAllister. He was a proud graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1966 and continued his education at Morris Harvey College and Concord College. David lived a life rich in cu...

William Thomas Tom Bone III cartoonist and writer died on October 20 2025 at Roanoke Memorial Carilion Hospital in Roanoke Va. A son of the late William T. Bone and Janis Julia Wall Bone he was born in Bluefield W.Va. on Sept. 11 1954 and raised in Union W.Va. He graduated from Union High School in ...

Charles Anthony Chuck Scamack 86 from Gettysburg PA passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 10 2025. Born in 1939 to Anthony J. and Delena Doff Sotta Scamack in "Northside" Allegheny County PA Pittsburgh. When Charles was five his parents hitched up an Airstream trailer and t...

Robert E. Bob Dely was born in Newark New Jersey and raised for most of his early life in Bloomfield and West Orange N.J. died on Thursday July 17 2025 in York County Virginia where he had lived since June 1974. Bob joined the United States Air Force in July 1955 after graduation from West Orange Hi...

Ruby Kathleen Orndoff of Capon Springs West Virginia passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday February 8 2026. Born in Hancock County Tennessee on June 10 1931 Ruby was the daughter of Joseph Edens and Lillie Louise Edens. She graduated from Clarke County High School in Berryville Virginia in 19...

A Funeral Service for Dolly F. Landrum, age 94, of Heath, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026, at The Heath Chapel of Henderson-Van Atta-Stickle Funeral & Cremation Service, 1249 Hebron Road, Heath, with Pastor Wally McLaughlin and Pastor Gary Kirkpatick, officiating. Burial wil...

Patricia Ann Moore was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on December 10, 1938 and passed away on January 12, 2026. Patty Ann was the second of four children, and the only girl, born to Merril Carl Moore and Genevieve Lois (Reese) Moore. She was raised around a large extended family in both Norfolk, Vir...

TOPSHAM Betty Getzwillers long journey is over. She passed away March 2nd 2015 in Topsham Maine at the age of 92. She was born Betty Lou Willis on August 11 1922 in Marion Ohio the youngest child of Karl J. and Minnie Marie Preuninger Willis. She was just a baby when her family moved westward event...

Willard Kenneth Hill, age 88, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior on February 5, 2026. He was born on November 22, 1937, in Bluefield, West Virginia, to the late Willard and Willie B. Hill.Known to family and friends as Ken, he graduated from Bluefield High...

Elaine Baker, 99, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 12, 2026, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. Elaine was born on October 5, 1926, in St. Michael, Nebraska. She was the middle daughter of Vera Mae Wilks and Orville Harvey Timm. She graduated from Carthage High School and the...

Deaconess Vivian H. Jackson was born on March 11 1947 in Brunswick Georgia to the late Ernest and Obie Henley. As the youngest of eight children Vivian grew up wrapped in the love laughter and protection of her siblings Bessie H. Mormon Edward Henley Thomas Henley Louise H. Johnson Jessie Henley Rob...

Edward Fast Eddie Chapman Powell 78 passed away at home after a sudden medical event on Thursday December 11 2025. He was born March 4 1947 to the late Walter E. Powell Jr. and Christine Price Powell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his beloved wife Joyce Elaine Williams Powel...

Jack Howard Mayfield passed away on November 2 2025 at the Banner Wyoming Health Center in Casper Wyoming. Jack was born in Cheyenne Wyoming on April 28 1956 as the third of four children born to Conrad and Marjorie Lawrence Mayfield. As a child his family moved around a lot but lived mostly on the ...

Margaret Wright Odell 101 faithful Christian loving wife and mother dedicated homemaker and home economics teacher passed away in her home at The Hidenwood Retirement Community in Newport News on Thursday morning September 12 2024. Margaret was born in Norfolk Virginia the fifth of five surviving ch...