John M. Adkins John M. Adkins, 53, of St. Albans died Monday, April 13, 1998, in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness.He was a mechanic for the city of St. Albans and a lifelong resident of St. Albans.Surviving: wife, Clarinda B. Adkins; daughters, Kimberly Hively and Edith O. Wells of St. Albans; son, John M. Jr. of Poca; sister, Martha Russell of St. Albans; brother, Henry of Hurricane; five grandchildren.Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral...
By:CHERRY WAGSTAFF Living Reporter Are you ready for this thing called love?Ok, so it never seems to happen the way it does on the silver screen. But take heart. If our readers are an accurate indicator, romance is still alive and well.We asked readers to tell us their love stories and more than 40 letters arrived, filled with touching tales of love.While more women were eager to talk from the heart, the men who did reply spent a great deal of time on their romantic stories....
Soprano Felicity Brown opened with Thomas Hardy songs. Written last year by Christopher Meux for voice and strings, they were receiving their first performance with piano accompaniment.All three musical settings (A Church Romance, The Ruined Maid, During Wind and Rain) were beautifully tailored to the poetry. The tonalities sounded more in the Benjamin Britten than the Finzi tradition.Meux had in Felicity Brown an interpreter of outstanding artistry.Later, she applied the same...
Walter L. Backus ALTA - Walter L. Backus, 63, of Alta, Fayette County, died Sunday, July 14, 1996, at home after a short illness.He was a retired body shop foreman from Brown Chevrolet, Montgomery, and an Army veteran of the Korean War. He attended Laurel Fork Missionary Baptist Church, Lizemores.Surviving: sons, Robert Pritt of West Salem, Ohio, Charles Pritt of Alta, Vernon Backus of Beckwith; daughters, Mattie Kincaid, Arlene Perdue and Mary Whisman, of Fayetteville, Dessie...
Paul E. Allen SALT ROCK - Paul E. Allen, 47, of Salt Rock, Cabell County, died March 23, 1997, at home.Surviving: wife, Ilene Lively Allen; sons, Paul D. Allen of Michigan, George Allen of Sumerco, Julian Plumley and Junior Plumley, both of Salt Rock; daughters, Rhonda Allen of Charleston, Betty Allen of Zanesville, Ohio; brothers, Michael and Steve, both of Huntington, Timmy of Milton, Wyson of Michigan, Bruce of Sod, Chapman of Julian; sisters, Patty Hensley and Linda Allen, both of St....