Register Herald Obituaries for September 4, 1999 


George A. Barber

George A. Barber, 41, of Beckley, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, 
Sept. 1, 1999, at his home following a short illness.

Born May 3, 1958, in Beckley, he was the son of Louise Hoskins of 
Sweeneysburg and the late Frank Barber.

Mr. Barber was owner of Computer Village, a former employee of Lillys' Crown 
Jewelers and Burgess Pic Pac. He was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School 
and the College of West Virginia. He was a faithful member of Maynor Freewill 
Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Eva J. Hoskins.

Other survivors include his wife and companion of 19 years, Paula Daniels 
Barber; a son, Scott Allen Barber at home; his father-in-law and 
mother-in-law, Richard and Drema Daniels of Mabscott; a brother-in-law and 
sister-in-law, James and Lori Lilly of Roanoke, Va.; two aunts, Janice Nicely 
of Sweeneysburg and Jeanne Hoskins of Manassas, Va.; three uncles, Harry 
Hoskins and his wife, Nancy, Howard Hoskins and his wife, Patricia, and Grady 
Hoskins and his wife, Peggy, all of Beckley; and numerous cousins and friends.

Services will be 11 a.m. today at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, Beckley, 
with Pastor Forrest Gray officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge 
Memorial Gardens, Beckley.

Friends called 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be David Crouch, Ureal Allen, Mike Tucker, Glen Williams, 
Jim Bowyer and Warren Bailey.

Donations of sympathy may be made to the Scott Allen Barber Trust Fund, c/o 
City National Bank, Trust Department, P.O. Box D, Beckley, WV 25802.

Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley.


Dr. Ann K. Clark

LATROBE, Pa. - Dr. Ann Kinzer Clark, 51, formerly of Charleston, died 
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999, following a bone marrow transplant at the Fred 
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

Born Oct. 10, 1947, in Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Virginia 
Smith Kinzer and the late A.G. Kinzer, formerly of Kanawha City.

Dr. Clark was a member of the Class of 1965 at Charleston High School, 
earning the honor of National Merit Scholarship Finalist. In 1969 she 
graduated with honors in chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 
Blacksburg, Va., and received her doctor of medicine degree from West 
Virginia University in 1973. She completed her residency in obstetrics and 
gynecology at West Virginia University Hospital in 1976 and was board 
certified in 1978.

In 1976, she began private practice in Fairmont, and from 1982 until the time 
of her death worked as a partner at Gyno Associates in Latrobe. She also 
served as the director of the Pre-Natal Clinic at Latrobe Area Hospital and 
as a clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at 
West Virginia University Medical School, where she was honored with the 
school's Distinguished Teaching Award.

She was a lifelong member of the Church of God, Anderson, Ind. While living 
in Charleston, she was a member of the First Church of God, Main Street, and 
later helped found the Laurel Highlands Church of God in Greensburg, Pa., 
where she served on the church's steering committee. Dr. Clark also performed 
as a member of the St. Vincent Camerate Choral Ensemble in Latrobe.

Survivors include her husband, Doug Clark; two sons, Andrew, a graduate 
student at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and Patrick, an 
undergraduate at Duke University in Durham, N.C.; her uncles, Dan W. Mooney 
and Henry Cleveland Smith Jr., both of Charleston; a cousin, Mary Mooney Biel 
of Columbus, Ohio; as well as other aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and 
nephews across the country.

No visitation will be held. However, all friends are invited to a memorial 
service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Four Points Sheraton Inn in 
Greensburg, Pa. Interment will be held privately at Mount Tabor Cemetery, 
Beckley.

In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to the Latrobe Area 
Hospital Charitable Foundation, Latrobe, PA 15650, or to the Laurel Highlands 
Church of God, 103 Westminster Ave., Greensburg, PA 15601.


Benjamin Ray Hodges


CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - Benjamin Ray Hodges, 46, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999, in 
a Winston-Salem, N.C., hospital following a short illness.

Born June 29, 1953, in Princeton, he was the son of Paul Benjamin and Dorothy 
Kennedy Hodges of Princeton.

Mr. Hodges attended Pierpoint Freewill Baptist Church. He formerly taught CPR 
classes for the Red Cross and taught mining classes at Southwest Virginia 
Community College, Richlands, Va.

He formerly worked as an electrician for Amigo Smokeless Coal Co. and was an 
employee of Hunter Paving.

Other survivors include his wife, Carol McGlothlin Hodges; four sons, Rocky 
Hodges and his wife, LaCosta, Daniel Hodges and Andrew Hodges, all of 
Princeton, and Adam Hodges of Camp Lejune, N.C.; three brothers, Kenneth 
Hodges and his wife, Jill, of Pineville, Benny Hodges and his wife, Sissy, of 
Basin and Steven Kennedy and his wife, Ruby, of Abingdon, Va.; four sisters, 
Mrs. Ernie (Debbie) Vance of Pineville, Mrs. Clayton (Shirley) Dickens of 
Wyco, Mrs. Butch (Kathy) Acord of Crab Orchard and Mrs. Gene (Versie) Hall of 
Bluefield, Va.; and two grandchildren, Gracilyn Hodges and Mason Kroll, both 
of Princeton.

Services will be 2 p.m. today at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, 
Princeton, with the Rev. Charles Acord officiating. Entombment will follow in 
the mausoleum.

Those wishing to attend services may gather at the mausoleum at 1:45 p.m.

Friends called 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at Singleton Funeral Service, Cedar 
Bluff.

Nephews and brothers-in-law will serve as pallbearers.

Arrangements by Singleton Funeral Service, Cedar Bluff.


William J. Kinsler

SCARBRO - William John Kinsler, 73, died Friday, Sept. 3, 1999, in an Oak 
Hill medical center following an apparent heart attack.

Born March 26, 1926, in Mount Hope, he was the son of the late Anthony and 
Lucy Wingrove Kinsler.

Mr. Kinsler was a disabled miner, retired from West Virginia State Road 
Commission (Division of Highways), attended First Church of God, Mount Hope, 
and was a member of the UMWA.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Oather Wingrove and Elvin Kinsler; 
and a sister, Katherine Craver.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Warwick Kinsler; a daughter, Wilma Conner 
and husband, Bennie, of Scarbro; three grandchildren, Benji Conner and 
Lynette Smith and her husband, Pete, all of Pilot Mountain, N.C., and 
Kimberly Conner and her fiancee, Brandon Stover, of Scarbro; two sisters, 
Marie Byers of Maryland and Louise Harper of Beckley; a half sister, Esther 
Ferrall of Baltimore; three brothers, Ralph Kinsler of Sun, Otto Kinsler of 
Sophia and Carl Kinsler of Columbus, Ohio; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel, Mount Hope, with 
the Revs. Ronnie Stapleton and Richard Allen officiating. Burial will follow 
in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.

Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Family will serve as pallbearers.

Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope.


James K. Lovell Sr.


PARKERSBURG - James K. Lovell Sr., 80, of 5004 Elmwood St., died Tuesday, 
Aug. 31, 1999, at his home.

Born Nov. 29, 1918, in Kingston, Fayette County, he was the son of the late 
Samuel Wade Lovell and Anna Lulie Stone Lovell.

Mr. Lovell was a 50-year member of IBEW 968 of Parkersburg. In 1963 he was 
hired as a senior field engineer and technical adviser for the design, 
construction and operation of the NASA Mission Control Center, Johnson Space 
Center, Houston. He also assisted in the data installation of the NASA Flight 
Acceleration Laboratory at Houston NASA facility and was later assigned as 
superintendent of the NASA Mississippi test facility, Data Handling Center, 
near Gulfport, Miss.

In 1970, he was employed by Service Technology Corp. at the Houston NASA site 
and was obliged to have been assigned to Mission Control during the Apollo 
XIII flight to the moon. He gave technical support to the Apollo XIII 
investigating team following the astronauts' safe return to Houston after 
their aborted mission.

Mr. Lovell was a member of Edgelawn United Methodist Church, where he served 
as Boy Scout master, official board member, Sunday school teacher and Annual 
Methodist Conference delegate, Building Committee and lay leader.

He was a charter member of Fort Neal Kiwanis Club, where he served as a board 
member, International delegate and state chairman of the Children's Miracle 
Network Telethon. He had been honored as a distinguished president and 
lieutenant governor of Kiwanis. He helped with the Parkersburg Safety Town 
Program for pre-schoolers. He was a member of the Gideons International, 
Parkersburg Camp. He was also a member of the National Eagle Scouts 
Association, Mt. Olivet Masonic Lodge No. 3, 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, 
Royal Arch Masonry, Jerusalem Chapter No. 3, Calvary Commandery No. 3, 
Knights of the Illustrious Order of the Red Cross, Knights of Malta, Knights 
of Templar, Nemesis Temple of the Shrine, Ohio Valley Shrine Club, Veterans 
of Foreign Wars Post No. 1212, DAV and American Legion Post No. 15. Lovell 
served in the U.S. Army, Infantry 457 Reinforcement Battalion, during World 
War II, landing at LaHavre, France, during the Normandy Allied Invasion.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 42 years, Margaret Lovisia Walker 
Lovell; an infant brother, William Carliss Lovell; a brother, Wade Dudley 
Lovell; and two infant grandchildren.

Survivors include his constant companion and close family friend of many 
years, May Belle Frazier; his children, James K. Lovell Jr. of Morgantown, 
Joyce Suzanne Tewes of Pearland, Texas, Michael D. Lovell of Elizabeth and 
Robert L. Lovell, Rodney D. Lovell and Lynford C. Lovell of Parkersburg; 
three sisters, Betty Prillaman of Martinsburg, Va., Lena Darnell of Sophia 
and Martha McMillion of Blacksburg, Va.; a brother, Frank Lovell of New 
Smyrna Beach, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services were 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with 
the Rev. Carroll McCauley officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Olivet 
Cemetery, Parkersburg.

Friends called 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, 
where Scottish Rite services were held at 8 p.m.

Arrangements by Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg.


Lisa L. Belcher Martin

CLEMMONS, N.C. - Lisa Lea Belcher Martin, 40, formerly of Sophia, died 
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999, at her home.

Born Dec. 7, 1958, in Beckley, she was the daughter of Robert and Mary 
Belcher of Sophia.

Mrs. Martin was a graduate of Independence High School and attended the 
College of West Virginia.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Mark Combs; her maternal 
grandparents, Aurora and Doss Lopez; and her paternal grandmother, Rose 
Clyburn.

Other survivors include her husband, Kelly Martin; two daughters, Jessica and 
Keri, a son, Mark, and two stepsons, Adam and Aaron, all of Clemmons; a 
brother, Robert Belcher and his wife, Debra, and their children, Robert and 
Linsy, all of Beckley; a sister, Aurora Walker and her son, David, of Crab 
Orchard; an aunt and uncle, Mary and Oakley Blevins of Beckley; and the Rev. 
Combs of Soak Creek.

Arrangements for cremation were made in North Carolina.


Mildred M. Smith

DANESE - Mildred M. Smith, 79, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999, in a Beckley 
hospital following a short illness.

Born Nov. 21, 1919, in Winona, she was the daughter of the late Mable Goff 
and Edgar Critchley.

Ms. Smith was a retired nurse's aide who had worked at Beckley Appalachian 
Regional Hospital.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clona Smith.

Survivors include two sons, E. "Jack" Smith of Waldorf, Md., and Robert Smith 
of San Marcos, Calif.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, 
Rainelle, with the Rev. Betty Lusk officiating. Burial will follow in Wallace 
Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.

Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle. 


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