Register Herald Obituaries for May 19, 2000 


Clara Shockey Broach FAYETTEVILLE - Clara May Shockey Broach, 87, died Thursday, May 18, 2000, in Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, following a short illness. 
Born March 13, 1913, in Fayetteville, she was the daughter of the late Haden Shockey and Sarah Jane Martin Shockey. 
Mrs. Broach was a housewife and member of Fayetteville Baptist Church. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas N. Broach; a daughter, Patsy J. Johnson; three brothers, John, Dennis and Walter Shockey; and three sisters, Annie Bennett, Lena Holstein and Patty Nugen. 
Survivors include a son, Thomas N. Broach Jr. and wife, Doris, of Oak Hill; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. 
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Fayetteville Baptist Church with the Revs. David Sneed, Bill Withers, and Pastor Ron George Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Huse Memorial Park, Fayetteville. 
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. 
Arrangements by Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville. 


Marion D. Forren Marion Drewry Forren, 82, of 904 Woodlawn Ave., Beckley, formerly of Hinton, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at her home following a long illness. 
Born Dec. 19, 1917, in Clifton Forge, Va., she was the daughter of the late William White and Edna Cahoon Drewry. 
Mrs. Forren was a former employee of Raleigh General Hospital, where she served as business manager in the 1950s. She was also a member of the Hinton Woman's Club and a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Hinton, where she held several church offices and was an active member of the Addie Gooch Sunday School Class. She was currently a member of the United Methodist Temple of Beckley. 
She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Harry Brown Forren, on Sept. 13, 1993; a son, Randall Wayne Forren, on Oct. 17, 1958; six brothers, Lawrie, William, Ralph, Carl, W. Norman and Howard Drewry; a sister, Anna D. Boerner. 
Survivors include her only daughter and her husband, Janet and Michael Halstead of Beckley, with whom she made her home; a loving granddaughter, Bethany Lynn Turner; two stepgrandsons, Erie A. Halstead and Jason M. Halsted and his wife, Rachel; two stepgreat-grandsons, Eric Michael and William Hunter Halstead, all of Beckley; a loving sister, Lois A. Drewry of Clifton Forge, Va. 
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge, with the Revs. Daniel B. Johnson and Ellen File officiating. Burial will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery, Clifton Forge. 
Memorial donations may be made in her name to the United Methodist Temple, 3871 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, WV 25801. 
Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge, Va. 

Kathleen O. Gentry FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Kathleen O. "Kitty" Schuman Gentry, formerly of Wyoming County, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in the Highsmith-Rainey Hospital. 
Mrs. Gentry was born in West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Hugo Schuman and Evelyn Stewart Schuman. 
Mrs. Gentry was a counselor for an employment agency. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy B. Gentry Sr. 
Survivors include two sons, R.B. Gentry Jr. of St. Simmons Island, Ga., and Hank K. Gentry of York, S.C.; two brothers, Stuart Schuman of Beckley and Ted Schuman of Bolt; three sisters, Barbara Stacy of Jacksonville, Fla., Virginia Lohnes of Dayton, Ohio, and Helen Pizzino of Glen Fork; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 
Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, with the Rev. Kenneth Killen officiating. 
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. 
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley. 

Jimmie Kincaid Jimmie Kincaid, 71, of Abraham, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at his home following a long illness. 
Born July 2, 1928, at Abraham, he was the son of the late Charlie Kincaid and Lora Plumley Kincaid. 
Mr. Kincaid was a retired farmer and attended the New Salem Baptist Church at Abraham. He was a lifelong resident of Abraham. 
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Dollie and Lillian Kincaid; and two brothers, Bobby and Jessie Kincaid. 
Survivors include four sisters, Kathleen Richmond and husband, Paul, of Daniels, Ethelene Ballengee and husband, Billy, of Pluto, Gladys Ballengee and husband, Arthur, of Pluto, and Ruby Harmon and husband, Larry, of Glen Morgan. 
Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at New Salem Baptist Church, Abraham, with the Rev. John Richmond officiating. Burial will follow in New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Abraham. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, and one hour before the services Saturday at the church. 
Nephews and friends will serve as pallbearers. 
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley. 

Mary E. Ladoucer WALBRIDGE, Ohio - Mary E. Ladoucer, 82, formerly of Princeton, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, following a long illness. 
Born April 22, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Betty Bennett and Cleveland Pugh. 
Mrs. Ladoucer was a member of the Baptist faith. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred La-doucer; eight sisters and one brother. 
Survivors include a son, Raymond Ladoucer and wife, Brenda, of Princeton; three daughters, Alfreda Flannagan of Hinton, Ellen M. Page and husband, Jack, of Lenexa, Kan., and Evelyn L. Callas and husband, Peter, of Walbridge, Ohio; two brothers, Kemper Pugh of Piney View and Alvie Pugh and wife, May, of Danese; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. 
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. David Chrisman officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 
Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers. 
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley. 

Elaine Matney MATHENY - Elaine Matney, 73, died Thursday, May 18, 2000, in a Heartland of Charleston following a long illness. 
Born July 27, 1926, in Elk-horn City, Ky., she was the daughter of the late James H. and Delphia Stiltner. 
Mrs. Matney was a homemaker and resident of Matheny for the past 15 years. 
She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Bartley; her second husband, James S. Matney; and a grandson, James "Bucky" Bartley. 
Survivors include a daughter, Debra Griggs of Matheny; two sons, Lester Bartley and James Bartley, both of Matheny; two sisters, Joyce Belcher of Elkhorn City, Ky., and Imogene Coleman of Kenosha, Wis.; a brother, James E. Stiltner of Elkhorn City, Ky.; four grandchildren, Dianna Lynn Griggs, Crystal Gail Griggs, Christina Michelle and Jamie Allen Bartley; and one great-granddaughter. 
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Calfee Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Bryce Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 
Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Service, Pineville. 

Ruby R. Pugh WILLIAMSON - Ruby Ruth Smith Paynter Pugh, 82, formerly of Chesapeake and Oak Hill, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, Fla., following a long illness. 
Born March 12, 1918, in Kanawha County, she was the daughter of the late Williams and Eveline Elswick Smith. 
She was a homemaker and of the Protestant faith. 
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Des Paynter Sr.; her second husband, the Rev. Glen Pugh; a son, Des Paynter Jr.; three brothers and two sisters. 
Survivors include three sons, David Paynter of Ocala, Fla., Michael Paynter of Comfort, and Mark Paynter of Tampa, Fla.; three daughters, Betty Birchfield of Iverness, Fla., Jean Denton of Warren, Mich., and Linda Carter of Tampa, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. 
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Dorothy Osborne officiating. Burial will follow in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Oak Hill. 
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill. 

Alfie L. Smith MOUNT HOPE - Alfie Lewis Smith, 87, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in the VA Medical Center, Beckley, following a long illness. 
Born March 24, 1913, at Backus Mountain, he was the son of the late Alfred and Julia Smith. 
Mr. Smith was a retired restaurant cook and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. 
He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn M. Redden Smith, on Aug. 19, 1992; and two brothers, Lonnie and Okey Smith. 
Survivors include a son, Jerry Smith of Beckley; a brother, Gilbert Smith of Piney View; two sisters, Kathleen Harrah of Stanaford and Donnie Bragg of Stanaford; and two grandchildren. 
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, with a eulogy by Robert Barley. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley. 
Friends may call 12:30 p.m. until time of the services Saturday at the funeral home. 
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope. 

Gerald S. Smith SEBRING, Fla. - Gerald Steven Smith, formerly of Oak Hill, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in the Heartland Medical Center, Sebring, following a lengthy illness with muscular dystrophy. 
Born Aug. 29, 1941, at Oak Hill, he was the son of the late Roby Grat and Gola Myrtle McLain Smith. 
Mr. Smith was a retired installer/repairer for Bell Atlantic in Washington, D.C. 
He was a member of the Sebring Community First Church of God, and served as treasurer of the church for several years. 
In 1960 he was a graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill. 
He was a Vietnam era Air Force veteran, and a member of the American Legion in Sebring. 
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Jesse Greene and Mary Margaret Shreve McLain of Oak Hill; and his paternal grandparents, James Elmer and Ardelia Carter Smith of Princeton. 
Survivors include his wife, Starlette Nester Smith of Sebring, Fla.; a brother and sister-in-law, Mack and Ruth Nester Smith of Rockville, Md.; a sister, Barbara Gail Smith of Oak Hill; his brother-in-law and his wife, David and Patricia Wilkins Nester of Henderson, Nev.; mother-in-law and husband, Mildred Neuhouser and Peter Brown of Alexandria, Va.; his ne-phew, Mark Smith of Gaith-ersburg, Md.; two nieces, Teresa Smith Black of Mount Airy, Md., and Donna Nester Vine of Denver, Colo.; his maternal aunts, Glenna Godby and Evelyn McLain, both of Oak Hill; and many cousins, including Elizabeth Calhoun of Fayetteville, Martha Huddleston, Joann Burgess, and Merry Hanning, all of Oak Hill. 
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Ralph Shupe officiating. Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill, where the VFW Post No. 3110 of Oak Hill will conduct military graveside rites. 
Friends may call one hour before the services Sunday at the funeral home. 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the New Hope, Sebring, Fla., or the Muscular Dystrophy Association or the American Heart Association. 
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill. 

Polly Jo Smith Polly Jo Smith, 50, of 321 E. Prince St., Beckley, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in the Cross Lanes Hospital following a short illness. 
Born Oct. 26, 1949, at Mabscott, she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel Sweatte and Louisana Traynham Sweatte. 
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and member of the Heart of God Ministries. She was a member of the United Way Board of Directors for Raleigh and Fayette County. 
She was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil L. Sweatte; an aunt, Evella Smith; and her grandparents, John and Lula Traynham. 
Survivors include her husband, Alphonso T. Smith; two stepdaughters, Jennifer Smith and Shari Smith, both of Atlanta, Ga.; a granddaughter, Jenee M. Render of Atlanta; a brother, Gary L. Sweatte of Chesapeake, Va.; a sister, Sherry D. Sweatte Lawson of Cleveland, Ohio; two aunts, Thelma Jones of Cleveland and Marion E. Staples of Beckley; her godmother, Louise Mabry Moore of Detroit, Mich.; a sister-in-law, Rose Phillips of Atlanta, Ga.; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. 
Services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Heart of God Ministries, 1703 S. Kanawha St., Beckley, with Bishop Fred T. Simms, the Rev. Ronald Smith and Evangelist Drema Robinson officiating. Entombment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley. 
Friends may call one hour before the services Saturday at the church. 
Arrangements by Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley. 

Mona F. Stewart OCEANA - Mona Fay Stewart, 54, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in a Beckley hospital following a sudden illness. 
Born April 23, 1946, at Iaeger, she was the daughter of Eva Helmandollar Taylor of Fanrock and the late Charles Sherman Taylor. 
Mrs. Stewart was a homemaker and had been a resident of Oceana for the past 30 years. She attended the Matheny United Methodist Church. 
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard and Harold Taylor; her father-in-law, Ralph Stewart; and a nephew, Dennis Taylor. 
Other survivors include her husband of 29 years, Emerson Stewart; a son, Ralph Emerson Stewart at home; eight brothers and sisters, Shirley Thompson of Beckley, Charlotte Parker of Bluefield, Blonnie Mullins and her husband, Gene, of Jacksonville, Fla., Lema Bays and her husband, Edsel, of Charleston, Jack Taylor and wife, Chris "Mary" Taylor, of Culpeper, Va., Jacqueline Kyer of Indian Creek, JoAnn Werner and her husband, Martin, of Granite Quarry, N.C., Sylba Deane Reynolds of Lima, Ohio; his mother-in-law, Beulah Stewart of Oceana; a brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Catherine Short of Baileysville; 15 nieces and 13 nephews. 
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Evans Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Tim Conrad officiating. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 
Nephews will serve as pallbearers. 
Arrangements by Evans Funeral Home, Oceana. 

Josephine T. Toliver GREENTOWN - Josephine Theresa Toliver, 93, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in the Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, following a short illness. 
Born Oct. 14, 1906, at Greentown, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Toliver and Josephine Hawkins Toliver. 
Ms. Toliver was a custodian at C&P Telephone Co. in Oak Hill with 42 years of service. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Greentown, where she also served in the church choir and served as Sunday school superintendent. She was also a member of the Pioneer Club with C&P Telephone Co. 
She was preceded in death by 14 brothers and sisters. 
Survivors include her caregiver, Norma "Toots" Christian of Greentown; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. 
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Greentown, with the Rev. David Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Oak Hill. 
Friends may call one hour before the services Saturday at the funeral parlor. 
Arrangements by Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley. 


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