Obituaries

Homer Richmond

Homer Richmond

Mar 21, 2008

Homer E. Richmond, 86, of Chestnut Mt., Hinton, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, March 21, 2008 at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital at Beckley. Born March 4, 1922 at Sandstone, he was the son of the late William Harrison and Nora Ward Richmond. At the age of 18 he joined the U.S. Army and was sent to...

John Shrader

John Shrader

Mar 9, 2008

John Henry Shrader, 71, of Pipestem, died Sunday Morning, March 9, 2008 at his home, following a long illness. Born April 23, 1936 at Pipestem, he was the son of the late William Henry and Della Susan Meadows Shrader. He was a retired employee of Pipestem State Park and was of the Baptist Faith. John was an outdoorsman who enjoyed...

Bessie Pack

Bessie Pack

Mar 8, 2008

The world seems a little dimmer today, but heaven shines brighter now that another of its precious saints has been called home. Bessie Magdalene Bower Pack, 90, of Jumping Branch, went to be with her blessed Savior, March 8, 2008, following a long illness.Born Sept. 26, 1917, at Jumping Branch, she was the daughter of the late John L. and...

M. Ward

M. Ward

Mar 7, 2008

Columbus M. Ward, 80, of Sandstone died Friday, March 7, 2008 at the Select Special Hospital in Charleston following a short illness. Born July 29, 1927 at Hix he was a son of the late Johnny M. and Ida Graham Ward. Columbus spent the early years of his life working in the coal mines and in a manufacturing plant in...

Earnest Adkins

Earnest Adkins

Mar 6, 2008

Earnest Franklin Adkins, 72, of Meadow Creek died Thursday, March 06, 2008 at the Greenbrier Manor Nursing Home at Lewisburg, following a long illness. Born June 28, 1935 in Summers Co. he was a son of the late Lena Emma Adkins. Earnest was a member of the Meadow Creek Baptist Church and had lived his entire life at Meadow Creek....

Charles Neely

Charles Neely

Mar 3, 2008

Charles Joseph Neely, 86, of Pipestem, went home to be with the Lord, Monday morning March 3, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton. Born May 3, 1921 at Ronceverte, he was the son of the late Sweeny and Mary Sue Bowden Neely. Mr. Neely had lived most of his life in Summers Co., he had worked...

Boyd Gill

Boyd Gill

Feb 29, 2008

Boyd Ray Gill, 60, of Beckley, formerly of Tug Creek, Hinton, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at the Bower Hospice House at Beckley, following a battle with cancer. Born December 26, 1947 at Hix, in Summers Co., he was the son of Naomi Gill of Hinton. Preceded in death by one son, Raymond Boyd Gill. Besides his mother, he is...

Vivian Raines

Vivian Raines

Feb 27, 2008

Vivian Raines, 82 of Kaufman, TX, formerly of Hinton, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at the Sunflower Park Nursing Home, Following a long illness. Born April 18, 1925 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late French and Lottie Ballengee Williams. She had lived most of her life in Summers Co. and had been a resident of Texas...

Lola Bennett

Lola Bennett

Feb 27, 2008

Lola Delpha Bennett, 95, of Longbottom, died at 1:30 P. M. Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born April 9, 1912 at Longbottom, she was the daughter of the late John Henry â??Docâ?? and Clementine Vance Adkins. Mrs. Bennett was the former Pastor of the House of Prayer at...

Alvin Reed

Alvin Reed

Feb 25, 2008

Alvin Dennis Reed Sr., 80, of 116 Grace St., Hinton, died at 3:33 P.M. Monday at the VA Medical Center at Beckley, following a long illness. Born September 29, 1927 at Clayton, he was the son of the late Otis C and Grace Fox Reed. He was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., and a U.S. Army Veteran of the...

Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee

Feb 24, 2008

Jerry Lee Fox 48, of Tug Creek went to heaven at 1:15 P.M. Sunday, February 24, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston following a short illness. Born November 1, 1959 at Hinton he was the son of the late William F. Fox and Virginia â??Mogeneâ?? Adkins Fox of Tug Creek. Jerry was employed at Pipestem State Park and had...

Rufina Bragg

Rufina Bragg

Feb 24, 2008

Margaret Smith Bragg, 83, of Meadow Creek died Sunday, February 24, 2008 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born April 24, 1924 at Meadow Creek she was the daughter of the late Arthur Jackson and Rufina Myrtle Plumley Smith and she had lived her entire life at Meadow Creek. Margaret worked at Summers County Hospital...

Vella Wilson

Vella Wilson

Feb 19, 2008

Vella Evelyn Wilson, 93, of Hinton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, February 19, 2008 at Country View Assisted Living at Peterstown. Born July 23, 1914 at Ballengee, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. and Ida Allen Wilson. Evelyn lived most of her life at Wayside where she cared for her parents and ran the farm with...

Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay

Feb 16, 2008

Robert C. Lindsay, 85, of Talcott, died Saturday morning at his home, following a long illness. Born January 20, 1923 at Talcott, he was the son of the late Clifford C. and Hettie Ellis Lindsay. Robert was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII, retired from the C&O Railroad where he worked on the carpenter force and had worked at the...

James Shanks

James Shanks

Feb 14, 2008

James William â??Budâ?? Shanks, 79 of Hinton died Thursday morning February 14, 2008 at his home following a long illness. Born January 8, 1929 at Bellepoint, he was a son of the late James Paris and Kate Stella Crawford Shanks. Bud was a retired conductor and brakeman for the C&O Railroad, member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, owned...

Billy Cales

Billy Cales

Feb 4, 2008

Billy Jack Cales Jr., 39, of Judson died Monday, February 4, 2008 at his home following a sudden illness. Born October 8, 1968 at Hinton, he was the son of Billy Jack and Karen Buckland Cales Sr. of Hilldale and his biological mother, Imogene Jeffries Cales. He was a 1987 graduate of Hinton High School, a lifelong resident of Summers...

Robert Holland

Robert Holland

Feb 3, 2008

Robert W. Holland, 92, of Sandstone went home to be with the Lord, Sunday February 3, 2008 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility following a long illness. Born August 2, 1915 at Green Sulphur Springs he was a son of the late Robert H. and Ledonia Surbaugh Holland. A lifelong resident of Summers County who was employed by the...

Jayne Farley

Jayne Farley

Feb 3, 2008

Jayne E. Settle Farley, 43, of Goose Creek, near Talcott died Sunday, February 03, 2008 at Kingsport, TN following a long illness. Born June 16, 1964 at Fairfax, VA she was the daughter of James E. and Helen Lilly Settle of Judson Road, Talcott. She had lived most of her life in Summers County except for the past 20 years...

Ruth Ratcliffe

Ruth Ratcliffe

Jan 27, 2008

On the morning of January 27, 2008, Ruth Carol Ratcliffe took her heavenly flight. Known to many as â??Boopieâ??, she began her life on February 29, 1932 as one out of ten surviving children born. Ruth made her life as a homemaker in Hinton and was a faithful member of the Jumping Branch Tabernacle.Preceded in death by her husband, Alpha...

Hubert Williams

Hubert Williams

Jan 27, 2008

Hubert A. Williams, 88, of Nimitz, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital, following a brief illness. Born November 14, 1919 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Robert H. and Mary Via Williams. Mr. Williams was a member of the Bluestone Baptist Church at Jumping Branch, he was a retired...