Obituaries

Amy Rena' Birchfield, age 51, of Beckley, West Virginia, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2025, surrounded by her family after a long illness.
Amy was born June 07, 1974, in Charleston, West Virginia, a daughter of Alan K. Birchfield and Paula I. Long.
Amy was a kind and loving soul, who loved her family...

Thomas "Tom" Franklin Cochran, 78, of Aurora, OH passed away November 24, 2025 in Medina, OH.

Tom was born in Oswald, WV to Dennis & Merrill Cochran on March 24, 1947. He graduated Mount Hope High School in 1965. He was attending Beckley College when he enlisted in the Air Force, in 1967.

Tom retired from Austin...

Mrs. Elizabeth Doyle Gilliam, 94, of Ellicott City, MD formerly of Wyoming County, WV passed Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

Funeral service will be 12:00PM Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Heart of God Ministries 1703 S. Kanawha St. Beckley. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity.

Friends, while...

It is with great sadness, the children of Neal Lee Hawkins and Linda Kay Wright Hawkins announce their passings.
Neal died on Saturday, November 29th, and Linda passed on Tuesday, December 2nd.
The family will be receiving friends on Friday, December 5th at the Melton Mortuary Chapel. Their service will be...

David Glen Pierson Sr., 77, Sunhill, WV passed away on Tuesday, November, 25, 2025, at his home. Born August 3, 1948 at Lundale, WV a son of the late Edgar and Mabel Trimble Pierson. David was a retired coal miner, previously employed by Amherst/Arch Coal Company in Logan County. During his younger years, he proudly...