Boone County, WV Obituaries

Truman L. Dent
     Truman L. Dent, 89, of Lochgelly, formerly of Madison, Boone County, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, March 6, 2009 after an extended illness. Truman was born November 21, 1919, and was the son of the late John S. Dent and Ida M. Barker Dent. He was a retired coal miner, an Air Force veteran of World War II, and a constable, deputy sheriff, and jailor of Boone County. Truman was also a member of the UMWA and a Freewill Baptist. Preceding him in death was his wife, Arlene Ellis Dent; brothers, Silmer, Braxtol, Sherman, Sherlie and Norman Dent; and sisters, Adria Nicholas and Hazel Barker. Surviving are his daughter, Anna Jean Fisher of Oak Hill; son, Ward Fisher of Beckley; brother, Howard Dent of Lake Wales, Fla.; sisters, Gladys Williams of Chapmanville and Jewell Bonham of Belle; three grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.|
     Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Handley Funeral Home, Danville, with Earl Akers officiating. Burial will follow in Dent Cemetery on Meadow Fork in Hewett with military graveside rites by Daniel Boone Post VFW 5578, Madison. [Charleston Daily Mail, 3 Mar 2009 - Submitted by K. Torp]

Jeweldean Miller
     Jeweldean Miller, 78, of Hewett, died Saturday, February 14, 2004, at her home after a short illness.  She was born August 27, 1925, in Boone County, a daughter of the late Charlie L. and Emma Dent Spencer.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Fred Miller, and two sons, Frederick and Roger Miller.   Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and a member of the Log Chapel Church on Mike’s Fork of Hewett.
     Survivors include two daughters, Evelyn Bias of Jeffrey and Charlene Jackson of Hewett; one sister, Dorothy Workman of Six Mile; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Wallen Cemetery at Hewett with Earl Akers officiating. Friends may call from 6-9 p.m. today at the Stevens Funeral Home in Madison. Stevens Funeral Home of Madison is in charge of the arrangements. [February 14, 2004 - Submitted by K. Torp]

Charles Thomas Smith
     SMITH, Charles Thomas — 67, of Comfort, Boone County, died Saturday in his home after a long illness. He was a retired miner and a member of the Camp Creek Gospel Tabernacle. Surviving are his wife. Addie: a daughter, Mrs. Mollis Coon of Belie: four sons, Arthur of Cleveland, Ohio. Hershel of Indianapolis. Alton of Comfort and Owen Smith of Sylvester: a brother. Roy Smith of Martinsville; three sisters, Mrs. Oma Krepps of Comfort, Mrs. Virginia Schoolcraft of .Mill Creek and Mrs. Sadie Carr of Bloomingrose; nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Camp Creek Gospel Tabernacle by Rev. Maycel Raines. Burial will be in Memory Gardens at Low Gap. The body will be taken to the home at 2 p.m. today from Vance and Dodd mortuary in Danville, and to the church an hour before the service.
[Sunday Gazette-Mail, Nov. 1, 1959 - Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy]