Ella Mae Goode, 62, of Blakely, Georgia, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023, in Charleston, West Virginia. She was born February 5, 1961, in Blakely, GA, and is the daughter of the late Jessie Mae Goode. Ella Mae, as she preferred to be called, was educated at Avon Avenue Elementary School, Southside High School, and Essex County College, all in Newark, New Jersey. She valued education and believed in the power of knowledge. Ella worked as a home health aide. Ella Mae loved her three...

Wanda Lee Scott, 88, of Charleston, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Memorial Division. Wanda was born  July 21, 1935, to the late Beatrice Leonard Harris and was raised by her stepfather, Ernest Odell Harris. Wanda attended Boyd Elementary/Junior and Garnet Senior High Schools. She was employed as a social worker for Kanawha County schools until she retired.   Wanda was a member of New Covenant...

Evangelist Essie Mae Creach Canada, 101, formerly of Charleston, West Virginia, died Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at home in Racine, Wisconsin. Essie attended Excelsior High School and Washington High School where she sang in the school choir and played on the basketball team as point guard. Essie was preceded in death by her husband, Carnell Robert Canada, Sr., children, Barbara Frasier, Carolyn Canada, Betty Canada, Curtis Canada, Ronald Canada, grandson, Gregory Monroe Jackson, sisters,...

Robert Lee “Robbie” Desmond, 56, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2023, of an unexpected illness. Robbie was born December 29, 1966, and graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1984. He was a former employee of Fifth Quarter restaurant, where he really enjoyed working. Robbie consistently volunteered at Orchard Manor Switzer Food Pantry in his community, where Ms. Virginia is in charge. Robbie was preceded in death by his mother, Geraldine...

Patricia Mae Wesley “Pat-Pat” Pitts, born March 5, 1945, peacefully went home to the Lord  Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division after valiantly fighting a short illness.  Our beloved mother, sister, aunt, and cousin, who was lovingly called Pat-Pat, grew up in Charleston, WV, and attended Stonewall Jackson High School. Pat-Pat was a trailblazing woman who lived life exactly as she desired and, in 1971, joined the Army where she...

Margaret Frances Henderson, 84, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Born August 7, 1939, in Ingram Branch, WV, she is daughter of the late William and Lenora Taylor, . Margaret was a graduate of Simmons High School in Fayette County. After high school she moved to Charleston where she worked for the WV State Department of Education and retired after 25 years of service. Margaret’s passion was working on the Simmons High School Reunion, where she...

Margo Diana Bond McGill, 80, passed away peacefully after an extended illness Sunday, August 13, 2023, at Edgewood Manor in Lucasville, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, OH, she is the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy Bond. Margo accepted Christ at age eleven at Wherman Avenue Christian Church where she attended Sunday School and youth activities. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1966 from Knoxville College and worked as a Child Protective Services worker in Chicago, Illinois....

Donna Mae Courts, 67, of Charleston, West Virginia, went home to be with God Friday, August 4, 2023. She was born May 7, 1956, to the late Esther Courts and William Gravely, in Stoneville, North Carolina, only three minutes apart from her twin brother, Donald. Donna was a graduate of Charleston High School and studied at Morris Harvey College. Known for her fried chicken and pasta salad, Donna loved to be around her family and friends. Even in later days when she was not as mobile, she would...

William Henry Lindsay, Jr.,was born in Charleston, WV on April 22, 1964, to the late William Henry Lindsay, Sr. and Macel Desper Lindsay.  He has an older sister, Bessie Renee Lindsay-Henry and a younger brother, Richard Howard Lindsay.  William attended Garfield Elementary, Hillcrest Heights Elementary, Benjamin Stoddert Jr High School and graduated from Potomac Sr High School in 1982. William was a star player on the 1981 Potomac Sr High School Maryland State Championship...

Nevonia Lee Parker, 76, of Charleston, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord Friday, July 21, 2023. She was born May 2, 1947, in St. Albans, WV, to the late Stellman Strawther and Richenda Jenkins Strawther. Lee, as was referred to by many, attended Kanawha County schools. She was a joy to be around and met no strangers. Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Alfonzo Parker, parents, grandmother, Rosalyn Jenkins and sister, Karen Strawther. Left to cherish Nevonia’s...