Obituaries
Henry Ballard
Mar 31, 2008
Henry Wilson Ballard Jr., 96, of Beckley, formerly of 200 Maple St., Hinton, died Monday morning, March 31, 2008 in a Beckley care home, following a long illness. Born April 4, 1911 at Hinton, WV, he was the son of the late Henry Wilson and Sarah Lilly Ballard Sr. Mr. Ballard had worked a plasterer during the early part of...
Mary Lilly
Mar 27, 2008
Mary Belle Vest Lilly, 83, of 109 Maple Avenue, Hinton, formerly of Nimitz, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at her home following an apparent heart attack. Born January 14, 1925 at Streeter, she was a daughter of the late Howard A. and Opal Harvey Vest Lilly. She had lived most of her life in Summers Co. She moved with her...
John Rudisill
Mar 22, 2008
John Robert Rudisill, 44 of Pence Springs passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008 at his home following an apparent heart attack. Born March 25, 1963 at Pence Springs he was a son of the late Glen Rudisill and Goldie Cooper Rudisill Wyrick. John was a member of Pence Springs Community Church, attended Talcott High School and worked the biggest part...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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