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William H. “Billy” Adkins, Jr., 67 of Huntington, WV passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Graveside services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Woodmere Memorial Park with Pastor Lennie Romans officiating. He was born June 18, 1953 in Huntington, WV the son of the late William H. Adkins, Sr. and Dorothy Phillips Adkins. He was also preceded in death by several aunts and uncles. He retired from CSX Railroad with twenty-two years of...

Arthur Joseph “Joe” Sortet III, 80 of Huntington, WV passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Dustin McCune officiating. Online streaming may be viewed on Beard Mortuary Facebook page. The family will receive friends after 1:00 p.m. Masks and social distancing will be observed. Joe was born November 3, 1940 in Huntington, WV the son of...

Jimmie H. Reeves, 79 of Huntington, WV passed away on Monday, February 8, 2021. A Celebration of Life Reception will be held on Saturday, March 6, 2021 from 11:00 – 12:00 at Beard Mortuary. He was born January 3, 1942 in Huntington the son of the late Harry Lee and Cora Esther Saunders Reeves. After graduating high school, Jim received a degree in Business from the University of Michigan. He had an accomplished career as a professional photographer with Olan Mills. Jim also held...

Gloria Wilhoit Harris, 89, of Huntington, WV, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Woodland’s Retirement Community. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Rev. Eric Porterfield officiating. Service will be livestreamed on Beard Mortuary Facebook page. Burial will be in Woodmere Memorial Park. She was born July 24, 1931 in Huntington, WV the daughter of the late George Dewey and Lucille King Wilhoit. She was also preceded...

Charles “Chuck” Stephan Pletka 92, of Huntington, WV passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Wyngate at RiversEdge, Proctorville, OH. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church with Rev. Fr. Paul Yuenger officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 10:00 a.m. at the church. He was born December 26, 1928 in Cleveland, OH the son of the late Charles J. and Cecelia Krejci...

Paul Edward Christian, 84 of Huntington, WV passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at the VA Medical Center, Huntington. Funeral and Military Rites will be held on Friday at 12:00 p.m. at White Chapel Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with Pastor Bob Withers officiating. Entombment will follow. He was born July 23, 1936 in Wellston, Ohio the son of the late Paul Edward Christian and Lula Belle Fout Christian. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Fern Nickels and Helen Christian and a...

On the 9th day of January 2021, the gates of Heaven opened to welcome a wonderful husband, son, father, brother, uncle, and friend.  This is the day that Edward Clay Hedrick that all knew as “Bub” was called home. We love him truly, and rejoice in his victory, as much as we grieve his taking. On Tuesday, the 19th of January 2021, a brief visitation will be held at Beard Mortuary at 1:00 p.m. and a service will follow at 2:00 p.m. to give friends and family an...

Reba Gladys Carrier Stone, loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, lately of N. Richland Hills, Texas moved peacefully and quietly in her sleep from this world into the gentle arms of the Lord during the late evening hours of January 9, 2021, at The Hills Nursing & Rehab Home in Decatur, TX. She was 96 years of age. Gladys was born in Charleston, WV on December 7, 1924 (she shared the same day and month as her mother). She was a 1942 graduate of Stonewall Jackson...

Mildred Karen Wilson, 74, of Bear, Delaware passed away on Wednesday the 6th of January at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia following a long illness. She was born on January 2, 1946 in Matewan, West Virginia, the daughter of Eugene Warren Dean and Mildred Katherine (Kennedy) Dean. She was a graduate of Man High School, class of 1963. She attended Marshall University and received a degree in Teaching in 1967. She was one of the first teachers to teach kindergarten in the state of...

Michael Wayne Webb, 54 of Huntington, WV passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Pleasant Valley Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Beard Mortuary with Pastor Chuck Smith officiating. The family will receive friends after 12:00 p.m. He was born November 28, 1966 in Hamilton, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his father, Cletus A. Webb, mother, Margaret A. Goode, step-mother, Mary Ann Webb, brother, Cletus A. Webb Jr. and two sisters, Deborah Patterson...