McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

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Betty Gaye Ellis

1. Stafford Funeral Home; Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Betty Gaye Ellis Burgess, 74, of Ravencliff, WV passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. She was born on April 8, 1950 in Glen Rogers, WV a daughter of the late Virgil Andrew and Mary Hazeline Brown Ellis. Betty was a retired Psychometrician employed by Mari Sullivan Walker, INC. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by five siblings Carl (Isabell) Ellis, Jimmy (Mary) Ellis, Virgil (Dolores) Ellis, Clyde (Alice) Ellis, and Magdalene Ellis, brother and sister in laws, Nathan “Leroy” Tweed, Richard Poore, Jewell (Lawrence) Bailes, Ivan Dale Burgess, and Gary Lee Burgess. Those left to cherish her memory include her loving husband Larry Donald Burgess, two children Larry Donald (Carissa Sanders) Burgess, Jr. of Knoxville, TN and Mary Beth (Allen Ray) Adams of Pineville, WV, seven grandchildren, her only granddaughter Skyler Brooke Burgess, Dyland David Burgess, Keaton James Burgess, Allen Ray Adams, Zachary Charles (Derek Kennedy) McMillion who she raised, Jackson Christopher Lattie who she raised, a step grandchild Seth Allen Adams, a sister Patty Walker, a brother Roger (Joann) Ellis, sister in laws Edna (Jeff) Farris, Charlotte ”June” (Connie) Bailey, Charlotte Burgess, Rebecca Tweed and Geraldine Poore, special friends Rachel and Willis Tolliver and Linda Wiker. In keeping with her wishes she will be cremated and there will be no public service. Family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home"


Peter "Pete" Toler

1. West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Pete Toler
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Dora Stafford
Spouse Gender Female
Marriage Date 1963
Marriage Place Wyoming, West Virginia, United States"


Dora Elizabeth Stafford

1. West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Pete Toler
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Dora Stafford
Spouse Gender Female
Marriage Date 1963
Marriage Place Wyoming, West Virginia, United States"
2. Stafford Funeral Home; Lynco, WV; Posted Obit.
"Dora Elizabeth Stafford Toler, 81, of Oceana, WV went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday May 22, 2024 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. She was born February 19, 1943 in Matney Town, WV, a daughter of the late George Early and Agatha Chandler Stafford. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers Gene, Bill, John, James, Donald, Jack, Charles, Curtis and George Stafford, her sisters Natalee Buckland, Anna Sizemore and Neoma Stafford, two great grandsons Jaxon and Conner Toler, her ex-husband and best friend Pete Toler. She was a member of Apostolic Faith Tabernacle in Lillydale, WV. Survivors include a son Randy Toler and wife Robin, grandsons Aaron (Kassi) Toler, Jeremy (Kashawna) Toler and Donavon (Haleigh Sparks) Toler, a great granddaughter Raylynn Toler, brothers David (Millie) Stafford of OH and Bobby Stafford of Shady Spring, sisters in law Donna Stafford of Fayetteville and Carol Stafford of Beckley, and a host of other loving family and friends. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday May 28, 2024 at the Apostolic Faith Tabernacle, Lillydale, WV, with Bro Gary Stafford officiating. Burial will follow in Toler Cemetery, Sunhill, WV. Friends may gather with the family from 12:00 pm until time of service at the church. The family is being served by the Stafford Family Funeral Home, Lynco, WV. "