Callender Funeral Home (2024)

CHRISTINA LEIGH PLEASANT, 57 of Charleston, WV, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2024, at CAMC Memorial Hospital. Callender Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DAREL EUGENE CHAPMAN, 72, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2024. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 8, 2024, 6 p.m., at Callender Funeral Home, 706 Rebecca St., Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

ALICE ELIZABETH STRAUGHTER (SMITH), 97, of Charleston, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, May 16, 2024. She was born June 18, 1926, in Cedar Grove, WV, to late parents, Green and Laura Green Smith.

ALICE ELIZABETH STRAUGHTER, 97, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024. Funeral services will be Friday, May 24, 2024, 1 p.m., at Grace Bible Church, 600 Kanawha Blvd, W, Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Callender Funeral Home is entrust…

DANIEL WILLIAM HUGHES, 52, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Friday, May 3, 2024. Memorial services will be Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11 a.m., at Central Community Tabernacle, 1340 Elmwood Ave., Charleston. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

DARRELL LESLIE BYRD, 65, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2024.

FREDERICK WOODS, 86, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024. An Honor Ceremony will be Thursday, May 2, 2024, Noon, at Donel C. Kinnard State Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Dunbar. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

CHARLES LARON MOSLEY, 54, of Dunbar, West Virginia, passed away Monday, April 22, 2024. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

MERCEDES MARIE CHAMBERS, JR., 66, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2024. She was born October 29,1957, to late parents, James Howard Chambers, Sr., and Mercedes Chambers, Sr., and raised in Rand, West Virginia.

MERCEDES MARIE CHAMBERS JR., 66, of Rand, W.Va., passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Callender Funeral Home, 706 Rebecca St., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service.

PATRICIA ANN CRAFT, 74, of Dunbar, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Funeral services will be Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Noon, at Callender Funeral Home, 706 Rebecca St., Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

DARRELL LESLIE BYRD, 65, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

WILLIAM HOWARD "BILL" BRADY, 83, of Dunbar, West Virginia, passed away peacefully Friday, January 19, 2024, at Hubbard Hospice West at Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston. He was the first of five children born to the late Ernest Edward and Mattie Brady in Charleston.

THERESA YVETTE WELLS GARRETT, 61, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

WILLIAM HOWARD "BILL" BRADY, 83, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Friday, January 19, 2024. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 27, 2024, 12 p.m., at King of Glory International Ministries, 320 Delaware Ave., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Entombment…

WELFORD "LIL LARRY" HAINES, JR., 44, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2024. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

KAI EDWARD HAYNES, 73, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

BELINDA G. SAUNDERS, 63, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Friday, December 22, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 30, 2023, 2 p.m., at Faith & Truth Apostolic Church, 1405 2nd Ave., Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Callender Funeral Ho…

MICHAEL EMMETT HOWARD, SR., 73, of Cross Lanes, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2023. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, cousin, a friend to many, and a true hero to many more.

BRANDON DEWAYNE RUSH, 35, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 9, 2023, Noon, at Heart of God Charleston, Inc., 2213 Washington St., West, Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Callender Funeral Ho…

MICHAEL EMMETT HOWARD, SR., of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

RALPH GENE DUDLEY, 87, of St. Albans, W.Va., died Nov. 28. Funeral services will be at noon Dec. 6 at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 821 B Street, St. Albans. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Burial in Donel C Kinnard Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Dunbar. Callender Funeral Hom…

KAREN KAI LYLE-OBIOZOR, 72, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2023. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

BRANDON DEWAYNE RUSH, 35, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2023. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

EUGENE HUNTER, 79, of Charleston, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord Friday, November 17, 2023. He was born to the late James Hunter and Ada Carter November 20, 1943, in Laing, West Virginia.

DENISE JONES, 64, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at CAMC, Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 30, 2023, noon, at Father's House Missionary Baptist Church, 500 29th St., Charleston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the se…

EUGENE R. HUNTER, 79, of Charleston died Nov. 17. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

JOANN PAULINE JONES-WITTEN, 80, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 25, 2023, Noon, at First Baptist Church, 432 Shrewsbury St., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Entombment at Sunset Memorial…

Sunrise for the life of ROBERT FRANCIS EVANS began on November 16, 1934, in Charleston, West Virginia. He was the youngest of eight children born to William and Ollie Brown Evans. Affectionately known as "Bobby" to his family and friends, his formative years were spent in the East End of Cha…

ROBERT FRANCIS EVANS, 88, of Dunbar, W.Va., died Nov. 8. Arrangements are being directed by Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

KENRIC LOWELL SMITH, 57, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

MARLENE ODESSA MELLS, 65, of South Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 4, 2023, 1 p.m., at Powerhouse of Deliverance, 512 Carver St., Dunbar. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Callender Funeral Home is entru…

BLANCHE DELORES ATKINS, 91, of Charleston, West Virginia, departed this life Sunday, October 22, 2023, after a long illness. She was born January 24, 1932, in Glen White, WV, to Robert L. Atkins, Sr., and Sallie T. Atkins. While a young girl, the family moved to Charleston, where she remaine…

RODNEY LAMARR CRISP, 31, of Grayson, Kentucky, formerly of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2023, in South Charleston. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

JULIUS THOMAS JACKSON, JR., 94, of Nitro, West Virginia, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023. Celebration of Life services will be Monday, October 23, 2023, Noon, at Callender Funeral Home, 706 Rebecca St., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Interment at Tyler Mt. Me…

DARIN PHILLIP MOORMAN, 40, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023. He was born in Charleston on March 7, 1983, to Phillip Moorman and Pamela Valentine.

CHARLES ARNOLD PANKEY, 86, of Charleston, WV, passed away Monday, October 9, 2023, at his home. He was born August 2, 1937, in Kimberly, WV and was the son of the late Benjamin F. Pankey and Henrietta M. Floyd.

CHARLES ARNOLD PANKEY, 86, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Monday, October 9, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 21, 2023, noon, at First Baptist Church, 432 Shrewsbury St., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Interment at Montgomery Memorial Park…

DARIN PHILLIP MOORMAN, 40, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Funeral services will be Friday, October 20, 2023, 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 432 Shrewsbury St., Charleston. Visitation is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interment at Meadow Haven Cemetery, Ingram Branch…

LORRAINE HANKINS, 84, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Friday, October 6, 2023, at CAMC Memorial. She was born February 22, 1939, the daughter of late parents, Jack and Luvenia Hankins, in Charleston, WV.

JAMES LESLIE POWERS, 51, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 14, 2023, Noon, at First Missionary Baptist Church, Powellton. Interment at Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens Glasgow. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted…

LORRAINE HANKINS, 84, of Charleston died Oct. 6, 2023. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Oct. 16 at First Baptist Church, 432 Shrewsbury St., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Burial in Grandview Memorial Park, Dunbar. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

ELLA MAE GOODE, 62, of Blakely, Georgia, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023, in Charleston, West Virginia. Celebration of Life services will be Saturday, September 30, 2023, 1 p.m., at New Life Church, 21st St., W., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Callender Fun…

WANDA LEE SCOTT, 88, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023. Funeral services will be Friday, September 29, 2023, 1 p.m., at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1401 W. Washington St., Charleston. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Interment at Sunset Memorial …

WANDA LEE SCOTT 88, of Charleston, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 16 at CAMC Memorial.

ESSIE MAE CREACH CANADA, 101, formerly of Charleston, West Virginia, died Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at home in Racine, Wisconsin.

ESSIE MAE CANADA, 101, of Racine, Wisconsin, formerly of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 23, 2023, 11 a.m., at Shining Light Celebration Church, Charleston, WV. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston. Vis…

MARY McCRAY PARKER, 82, of Dunbar, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2023. Memorial services will be Saturday, September 16, 2023, 11 a.m., at Callender Funeral Home, 706 Rebecca Street, Charleston.

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PATRICIA WESLEY "PAT-PAT" PITTS, 78, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Callender Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.