Charles L. Sizemore

July 20, 2013 - December 1, 2013

Charles Luther "Charley" Sizemore, 78, of Corinne passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at a Beckley hospital following a long illness. Born July 20, 1935 at New Richmond, he was the son of the late Luther Erving and Dana Evelyn Blankenship Sizemore. Charlie was formerly employed by Bartlett Tree Experts and he was Baptist by faith. In his leisure he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and woodworking, especially whittling. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by a daughter, Linda June Sizemore McKinney; and two brothers, Gideon Sizemore and William Franklin Sizemore. Those left to cherish his memory include a son, Charlie R. Sizemore and his wife, Alice, of Corinne; four sisters, Mary Lopez of Corinne, Virginia Slavey of Mabscott, Linda Skaggs and her husband, Wilbert of Pluto Road, and Edna Beverly and her husband, Leslie of Welch Pineville Road; three brothers, Walter David Sizemore and his wife, Nellie of Herndon Heights, Robert Sizemore and his wife, Karen of Georgia, and Ronnie Sizemore and his wife, Gladys of New Richmond; four grandchildren, three step grandchildren, six great grandchildren, seven step great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Services will be Noon, Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gilbert Dodson officiating. Burial will follow in the Thomas Wayne Shrewsbury Cemetery, Barkers Ridge. Friends may call one hour prior to services Thursday at the funeral home. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.