Jul 11, 2016
Betty MacQueen, a charter member of West Virginia Writers, Inc., passed away in her sleep this morning. According to her son, Steve, It was a very peaceful passing. Her wishes are for her body to be donated to the medical community thru the State of Virginia...
Feb 9, 2010
(This news courtesy of Renita Sue Lloyd.)Joyce "Joy" Lackey, a resident of Richwood, author of Ghosts on Buffalo Creek, and a long time member of West Virginia Writers, passed away in her home on February 6. Her funeral arrangements are as follows...Viewing and...
Feb 9, 2010
(This news courtesy WVW's own Susanna Holstein)Friends, sharing this because some have wanted to know. Jonathan was the second of my five sons.Jonathan Scott Ford, 39, of Leesburg, VA passed away on February 2, 2010 from injuries received in an auto accident in Grundy...
Dec 23, 2009
Kirk Judd alerted us that West Virginia has lost another of its best poets. Paul Curry Steele, originally of Charleston, died Monday, December 22, at the Edgewood Manner in Lucasville, Ohio. Mr. Steele was 81.From his obituary in the Logan Banner: "Paul was the son of...
Dec 22, 2009
Received some sad news today from friend of WV Writers, Pops Walker, regarding the passing of another friend of our organization, Keith Pitzer.Pops writes... Friends and loved ones…. It’s with a heavy heart that I write to you today, for we have lost a great friend...
