DOLORES BAILEY
Dolores Bailey, 85, of Poca, went Home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
Dolores graduated from Poca High School and retired from Viscose in Nitro. She was an avid sports fan, especially the WVU Mountaineers, she loved to watch game shows and talk on the phone to her family and friends. Dolores was a loving wife, mother, mawmaw, great-mawmaw, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were so special to her. She attended Rock Branch Independent Church.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 50 years Ray H. “Garbell” Bailey, parents Mary and Carl Pickens, brothers and sisters Carl Pickens, Jr., Eugene Null, Harold Null, Milton Null, Emma Null, and June Priddy.
Dolores is survived by her children Daniel Ray Bailey and wife Kitty, Jodie Withrow and husband Richmond, grandchildren Justin (Alanna) Bailey, Angel (Anna) Withrow, Logan Withrow, great-grandchildren Jayce, Lillie, Tate, and Amelia, sister Lois Ann Hogan, “Special sister” Lou Null, and a host of friends and other family.
A Celebration of Life service for Dolores was held Friday, April 21, 2023, at Rock Branch Independent Church with Pastor Delbert Hawley officiating. Burial was in Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens, Red House.
EUNICE LEE BOGGESS
Eunice Lee Boggess, 89, of Owensboro, Kentucky, formerly of Eleanor, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023 following a long battle with dementia. She attended the Wesleyan Heights United Methodist Church and Immanuel Baptist Church, both in Owensboro, and Hometown Independent Mission in Hometown, WV. Before the onset of her dementia, Eunice loved cooking, working in her yard, helping at church functions, making apple butter in the fall with her family, and camping in the mountains. Her infectious laugh brought smiles to many. She also loved baking wonderful desserts and there would often be a small sliver missing, which she always blamed on a mouse.
Born July 28,1933, she was the daughter of the late Carl Wayne Meadows and Sally Hester Snyder Meadows. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dencil Lee Boggess; triplets, Gary Wayne, Larry James, and Mary Jane Boggess; siblings, Basil (Sally) Meadows, Gladola (Monteville) Mullins, Helen (Howard) Cunningham, Carl (Maudolean) Meadows, Ada (Harry) Darnell, and James (Genevieve) Meadows, and an infant sibling.
Survivors include her son, Rick (Betty) Boggess of Owensboro; grandchildren, Andrew (Jennie) Boggess of Owensboro, Nathan Boggess of Louisville, and Brandon Boggess of Freeport, Florida.
Funeral service was Friday, April 28, 2023 at Raynes Funeral Home, Eleanor, with Pastor Paul Boggess and Pastor Darren Persinger officiating. Burial was in Grandview Cemetery, Red House.