FRANKFORD — Donald Gene “Ridge Runner” Legg, 58, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, from injuries received in a tractor-trailer accident on Route 33 near Seneca Rocks.
Mr. Legg was born Dec. 27, 1947, in Frankford, and was the son of Louise Spence Legg of Renick and the late George Thomas Legg.
Donald was an over-the-road trucker and the owner of the Lazy “L” Farm, breeder of Texas longhorn cattle and Boer goats. He held membership in the TLBAA, American Boer Goat Association, American Donkey and Mule Society and Over-the-Road Truckers. His enjoyments in life were spoiling his kids, grandkids and all of his “adopted kids and grandkids,” hunting, fishing, collecting and trading, farming, trucking and raising donkeys, mules and Boer meat goats.
He was preceded in death by his father; a brother, William Dwain Legg; a niece, Tammy; and a nephew, Eric.
Survivors include his mother, Louise Spence Legg of Renick; a lifetime friend, “The Cook” Joyce Jackson Case of Frankford; former wife of 25 years, Donna Johnston Legg of Lewisburg; daughter, Shaunda Renee Legg of Columbia, Md.; a son, Thomas Gene Legg and his wife, Meagan, of Ronceverte; grandchildren, Gaven and Brodie Legg; a sister, Rebecca Johnson and her husband, Daniel, of Renick; three brothers, Eddie Legg and his wife, Vera, of Asbury, Thomas Legg and his wife, Brenda, of Frankford and Robert Legg of Charlotte, N.C.; nephews, Mike, Chris, Remington, Dalton, Dakota, Tony and Chris; nieces, Laura, Alanna and Madeline; uncles, Lloyd Spence and wife, Catherine, of Chester, Va., Dave Allen of Salem, Va., and Billy Legg of Maxwelton; aunt, Annie Fuller and husband, Seldon, of Frankford; and special friends and trucking buddies.
Service will be 2 p.m. today at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with the Rev. Emory Hanna officiating. Burial will follow in Morningside cemetery, Ren-ick.
Friends called 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Chuck Parrish, John Layton, Gary Pennington, C.W. Brown, Eddie Mullenax, James Hoke, Shayne Monteith, Duane Sheets, Bart Mowery and William Case, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bruce Kershner, Dick McClung, Jack Wykle, Richard Shields, Bill Warner, Walter Hanson, Darrell Hoke and Curtis Gillian.
Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg.
Phyllis June Evans Logan
ORLANDO, Fla. — Phyllis June Evans Logan, 64, formerly of Bradley, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at HCR Manor Center, Winter Park, Fla.
Born Feb. 18, 1941, at Price Hill, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Brookie Williams Evans.
She was preceded in death by eight brothers, Norman, Larry, Jerry, Roger, Ray, Andy, Jimmy and Garrett Evans; and two sisters, Marie Shepherd and Haze Sweeney.
Survivors include daughters, Teresa Durdan and Linda O’Connor, both of Orlando; a son, Paul Logan Jr. of Orlando; seven grandsons, Timothy, Derek, Justin, Cody, Christopher, Wesley and Casey, and granddaughter, Victoria, all of Orlando; two brothers, Carol Evans and wife, Mary, of Ameagle and Denny Evans of Charlottesville, Va.; and three sisters, Jean Webb and husband, David, of Sand Branch, Joan Taylor and husband, Mitchell, of Clear Creek and Sharon Basham of Coal City.
Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, with the Rev. Forrest Gray officiating. Burial will follow in Maynor cemetery.
Friends may call 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope.
Dr. Otho Karl ‘Kayo’ Mann Jr.
LEBANON, Tenn. — Dr. Otho Karl “Kayo” Mann Jr., 54, formerly of Princeton and Columbia, S.C., died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006.
Service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Lobban Funeral Home Chapel, Alderson, with the Rev. BillyReed Wickline officiating. Burial will follow in Alderson cemetery.
Friends may call 10 a.m. until time of service Monday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Dr. Karl Mann Marketing Scholarship Fund, c/o TTU College of Business, Campus Box 5023, Cookeville, TN 38505.
Arrangements by Lobban Funeral Home, Alderson.
Patrick L. McGuire
CUNARD — Patrick L. McGuire, 56, of Cunard, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, at Charleston Area Medical Center following a long illness.
Born May 15, 1949, in Fayette County, he was the son of the late Edward McGuire and Beulah Holcomb McGuire.
Patrick was an automobile mechanic, having last worked for the former Blackburn Ford Motor Co.
Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Joann Adkins, on Sept. 15, 2004.
Survivors include his children, Patricia Johnson and her husband, Jerry, of Kimberley, Lora McQueen and her husband, Kenneth, of Kincaid, Patrick Shane McGuire and his wife, Ashley, of Cunard, Vickie Roberts and her husband, Kenneth, of Fayetteville and Carrie Tilley and her husband, Jesse, of Beckwith; a brother, Tim McGuire of Cunard; and eight grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at High Lawn Funeral Home Chapel, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Jack McGuire officiating. Burial will follow in McGuire Family cemetery on Willis Road.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by High Lawn Funeral Home Chapel, 1435 E. Main St., Oak Hill.
Mary Kay Nickell
SINKS GROVE — Mary Kay Nickell, 55, passed away Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, after a short illness.
Born April 8, 1950, at Ronceverte, she was the daughter of the late Glen E. and Ina G. McMillion Lewis.
Mrs. Nickell was a lifelong resident of Sinks Grove, member of McMillion Methodist Church of Friers Hill, a stock room clerk for Bendix Corp. and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Patricia McClintic.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas W. Nickell; a daughter, Jennifer Nickell, and a son, Charles T. Nickell, both of Sinks Grove; and a brother, Charles G. Lewis of Ronceverte.
Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Longanacre Funeral Home Chapel, Fairlea, with the Rev. Jonathan Hunt officiating. Burial will follow in New Lebanon cemetery, Pickaway.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Longanacre Funeral Home, Fairlea.
Ramona Gail Payne
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — Ramona Gail Payne, 68, recently of Morristown, formerly of Mossy, ran to her beloved Jesus on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. A devoted daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and niece, she was known to her friends as Gail, but to her beloved “children,” she will always be our precious Sissie.
Dedicating her life to others as an angel, she nurtured and loved seven nieces and nephews as her own and cared for her mother and father, Thomas and Velva Payne. As each new child, grandchild and great-grandchild was born into the family, she would be there to hold them, rock them and watch them grow in eagerness.
She spent her life worshiping the Lord in prayer and song, sharing that faith with everyone she met. She was a member of Mossy Living Word Pentecostal Church. Her faith was simple, pure and innocent, like that described by Jesus in Matthew 18:2-4. He called a child and had him stand among them. And he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Thomas and Velva Payne; two infant sisters, Corena Joyce and Kathrine Ann; and recently, a sister, Adabelle Sue Moore, with whom she now shares a joyful reunion.
She is survived by a sister, Linda (Jack) Dawson; brother-in-law, Raymond Moore; seven nieces and nephews, Thomas (Pamela) Moore, Stephen (Joy) Moore, Kevin (Sonja) Dawson, Mitzi (Carl) Simpkins, Jeffery (Mary) Moore, Karen (Brett) Weger and Kathy (Steve) Murray; grandnieces and nephews, Jonathan, Tara, Danny, Thomas and Brittani Moore, Amy (Michael) Chambers and Maria Moore, Erica Dawson, Samantha (Rick) Alexander and Christopher Simpkins, Jeffery Moore, Jesse (Vanessa) and Travis (Beckie) Weger, Chad, Nina and Eric Murray; and great-grandnieces and nephews, Joshua Ryan, Talon Aaron and AdriAnne Estelle.
To all those who have known and loved her she will be deeply missed.
Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Paul Basham officiating. Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, is in charge of arrangements.
Lundy ‘Levi’ Taylor
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Lundy “Levi” Taylor, 86, formerly of Summersville, passed away in a San Jose hospital of an apparent stroke.
He spent his early years in the Summersville area. He worked with the CCC on several county roads and the Little Beaver Lake Dam.
He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Perry and Elwood; and a sister, Gladys Sullivan.
Left to remember “Levi” are his first wife, Beulah Phillips of Shady Spring; two daughters, Sue Strassburger and husband, Al, of Odd and Catherine Ramos, with whom he made his home the past several years; six grandchildren and four great-grandchidlren.
Oak Hill Funeral Home in San Jose is in charge of arrangements.
Jeff E. Thomas
CHARLESTON — Jeff E. Thomas, 47, passed away Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at Charleston Area Medical Center, General Hospital.
Mr. Thomas was a licensed registered nurse and licensed mortician.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Charleston, and was a 15-year resident of Charleston, coming from Mullens.
He was a 1976 graduate of Mullens High School, attended West Virginia Tech, was a graduate of Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and was a graduate of CAMC Nursing School.
He loved to garden. He was an avid traveler and had just recently returned from Australia.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Roy and Beulah Dorman and Hubert and Mamie Thomas.
He is survived by his parents, Earl and Delores Thomas of Mullens; special friend, Sherwood Sturgell of Charleston; stepdaughter, Carrie Green and her husband, Kenny, of Bud; stepgrandchildren, Nick and Kelsey Green; sister, Vickie Caldwell and her companion, Rick Bradshaw, of Falls Mills, Va.; brother, Jerry Wayne Thomas and his wife, Sheree, of Mullens; nieces, Jana, Allison and Kristen Caldwell and Kara and Brooke Thomas; a nephew, Andrew Thomas; and great-nieces, Rileigh Mullins and Addison Powers.
Service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston, with Monsignor P. Edward Sadie officiating.
Friends may call two hours before service Monday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Kanawha Hospice Care, 1143 Dunbar Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064.
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.
Edmund Goff Vance
BIM — Edmund Goff Vance, 46, of Bim, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 1, 2006, from a coal mining accident.
He was a member and deacon of the Star of Bethlehem Freewill Baptist Church of Twilight, where he was Sunday school superintendent and also drove the church van. He was employed at Long Branch Energy No. 18 and was a coal miner for 28 years. He was a member of the Christian Motorcycle Association and a member of the UMWA.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Elizabeth Vance; two sons, Edmund Goff Vance II and Aaron Wesley Goff Vance, both at home; his parents, Harry Goff Vance and Mary (Cotton) Vance of Harper Road, Beckley; two sisters, Gwendolyn and her husband, James Bias, of Foster and Merilene and her husband, Mike Manning, of Beaver; two nieces, Heather Manning and Talitha Bias; two nephews, James Bias II and Michael Manning; and a host of family and friends.
Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Handley Funeral Home, Danville, with the Rev. John Frame, the Rev. Albert Smith, the Rev. James Bias and the Rev. Scotty Elswick officiating. Entombment will follow in the Garden of Devotion Mausoleum, Memory Gardens, Madison.
Pallbearers will be Jim Bias, Michael Manning, Geno Elswick, Mike Manning, Robert Perry, Tony Hall, Eddie May and Chuck Workman.
Friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
A fund for the education of Edmund II and Aaron Vance will be established and contributions can be forwarded to: Vance Education Account, c/o Talitha Bias, 46303 Southward Terrace, Apt. 102, Sterling, VA 20165.