Obituaries

Rita Harvey
Jan 20, 2008
Mrs. Rita Mae Harvey, 85, of Nimitz, died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at the Harmony House Care Home at Lerona, following a long illness. Born July 2, 1922, in Summers County she was the daughter of the late Clate and Laura Mooney Neely. Mrs. Harvey was a homemaker and a member of the Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church. Preceded in...

Gladys Smith
Jan 14, 2008
Gladys Elizabeth Canterbury Smith, 78, of Hinton, died Monday, January 14, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born August 4, 1929 at Bellepoint, she was the daughter of the late Andrew L. and Mamie Arbella Mann Canterbury. She was a member of the Springfield Primative Baptist Church at Greenville; Valedictorian of Hinton High School...

Edward Lilly
Jan 8, 2008
Edward T. Lilly, 86, of Nimitz, died 6:15 P.M. Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born August 29, 1921 at Hinton, he was a son of the late Cecil C. Lilly and Mabel Lilly Lilly Lazio. Edward had lived most of his life at Nimitz and in Florida, was a graduate of...

Guy Hatcher
Jan 8, 2008
Guy Lester Hatcher, 99, of Beckley formerly of Streeter died at 4:25 P.M. January 8, 2008 at Heartland of Beckley following a long illness. Born October 29, 1908 at Hatcher Flats in Summers County he was a son of the late Henry Hatcher and Luziana Frances Wills Hatcher. Member of the Rhoda Ann Missionary Baptist Church, former member of the...

Ula Trout
Jan 1, 2008
Ula Viola â??Midgeâ?? Trout, 60 of Hilldale died 8:00 am January 1, 2009 in the Summers County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. Born October 1, 1948 in Rainelle, WV she was the daughter of the late Ben F. and Nellie J. Harron Hammonds. She was a former employee of the Summers Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, Summers...

David Williams
Dec 25, 2007
David R. Williams, 66, of Jumping Branch, died at 1:45 A.M. Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at the Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, following a short illness. Born October 20, 1941 at Green Sulphur Springs he was a son of the late Robert and Grace Pack Williams. A lifelong resident of Summers County, David was a retired barber who owned and operated...

Jane Conner
Dec 20, 2007
Jane G. Conner, 86, of Greenbrier Drive, Hinton died 9:00 A.M. Thursday, December 20, 2007 following a long illness. Born September 3, 1921 in Hinton she was a daughter of the late Otis â??Oatâ?? Garrison and Lula Burger Garrison. A member of the Central Baptist Church, she was a homemaker who was a fifteen year volunteer of the Summers County...

Ruby Ann
Dec 17, 2007
Ruby Ann Fix, 77, of Salem,VA, formerly of Summers Co. died 12:40 AM, Monday, December 17, 2007 at Lewis Gale Medical Center at Salem, VA following a long illness. Born February 18, 1930 at Madams Creek, Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Leah Deeds Dennis. Former employee of the G.C. Murphy Co. in Hinton; member of...

Mary Meadows
Dec 15, 2007
Mary Ethel Meadows, 69, of Beckley, formerly of Meadow Creek, went to be with the Lord, Saturday December 15, 2007. Born April 27, 1938 at Green Sulphur Springs, she was the daughter of the late William Edgar and Elizabeth Martin Bennett. Mary lived most of her life in Summers Co., she had lived the past 15 years in Raleigh Co....

Alfred Keatley
Dec 15, 2007
Alfred â??Byrdâ?? Keatley, 76, of Pence Springs, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Bowers Hospice House, Beckley following a short illness. Born May 10, 1931 at Summers Co. he was the son of the late Earl and Cleo Keatley of Pence Springs. During his lifetime he worked at many occupations with his last being when he was co owner...

Virginia Wills
Dec 9, 2007
Virginia Dare Wills, 72, of Oak Hill, formerly of Madamâ??s Creek, Hinton, died at 1:20 P.M. Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Hidden Valley Care Home at Oak Hill, following a long illness. Born February 23, 1935 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Willie M. and Grace Ellison Wills. Graveside services and burial will be held...

Maddy Bolton
Dec 9, 2007
Colean Maddy Bolton, 82, of Orange Park, Florida, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Florida. Born March 1, 1925 at Bellepoint, WV, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Clara Meador Maddy. Mrs. Bolton moved to Charleston, WV with her first husband, Arnold Houchins, where she lived for several years. Following his death, she moved to...

Harold Hatcher
Dec 6, 2007
Harold â??Halâ?? J. Hatcher, 51 of Nimitz died December 6, 2007 at the Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley following a short illness. Born December 13, 1955 in Summers County he was a son of the late Wilbur and Ruie Mae Hatcher. A member of the Hinton Masonic Lodge #62 A.F. & A.M., employed by Serve Pro as a Crew Supervisor,...

Clifford Meadows
Nov 24, 2007
Clifford Arnet Meadows, 27, of Gun Club Road, Hinton, died Saturday, November 24, 2007 at his home. Born September 25, 1980 at Summers Co., he was the son of Geneva Tincher and husband Edgar of Charleston and the late Tony Ray Richmond. He was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., a construction worker and an avid outdoorsman. Preceded in death...

Edward Cyrus
Nov 24, 2007
Edward Franklin Cyrus, 62, of 405 17th Ave., Hinton, died at 12:50 P.M. Saturday, November 24, 2007 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born December 30, 1944 at Thurmond, he was the son of the late Walter Franklin and Burl Elizabeth Parker Cyrus. He was a former truck driver and construction worker and had worked...

Arthur Adkins
Nov 19, 2007
Arthur Dale Adkins, 57, of Hilldale died suddenly Monday morning November 19, 2007 at his home. Born May 28, 1950 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Hubert Dean and Genevieve Ward Adkins Sr. Arthur was an employee of the Sam Perdue Detention Center at Princeton, WV, a life long resident of Hinton, a member of the Hinton...

Amma Bragg
Nov 16, 2007
Amma Ruth Lilly Bragg, 93 of Hopewell VA formally of Jumping Branch died Friday morning November 16, 2007 at the John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell VA following a Short illness. Born September 26, 1914 at Flat Top WV, she was the daughter of the late Henley Taylor and Della Blaine Farley Farley. Mrs. Bragg had been a resident of...

Helen Stephens
Nov 14, 2007
Helen Elnora Stephens, 68 of Alderson, a loving wife, mother and grandmother went home to be with the Lord, November 14, 2007 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center following a long illness. Born March 30, 1939 in Maryland she was a daughter of the late George and Addie Louise Sprouse Shaver. A former nurse who had worked and retired in...

Violet Reed
Nov 13, 2007
Violet Crawford Reed, 88, of Wayside, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born September 23, 1919 at Ballengee, she was the daughter of the late Claude H. and Rebecca Shanks Crawford. Mrs. Reed was a longtime member of the War Ridge Freewill Baptist Church, and was a...

Charles Richmond
Nov 9, 2007
Charles O. Richmond, 61, of Elk Knob passed away Friday November 9, 2007 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born August 6, 1946, at Elk Knob he was a son of the late E.M. and Mildred Grimmett Richmond. Charles was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., a deacon of the Bennett Memorial Chapel and a...