Obituaries

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...

Jessica Pittman
Nov 7, 2007
Jessica Lee Pittman, 22 of Cool Ridge died Wednesday morning November 7, 2007 at home. Born August 3, 1985 in Beckley she is the daughter of Paula Ann Pittman of Charleston and James Leroy Pittman of Cool Ridge. Jessie was a fantastic artist who loved music and hanging out with her friends.She is preceded in death by her maternal grandfather...

Mary Wallace
Oct 24, 2007
Mary Rose Wallace, 90, of Hinton passed over to her eternal reward, Wednesday October 24, 2007 at her home surrounded by family and friends following a short illness. Born January 22, 1917 at Hinton she was a daughter of the late John R. and Mae Miller Hobbs. She was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., a Charter Member of the...

Betty Mann
Oct 23, 2007
Betty J. Mann, 74, of Talcott, died Oct. 23, 2007 at the Giles Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born March 29, 1933 at Braeholm in Logan Co., she was a daughter of the late E. B. and Elizabeth Brooks Nelson. She had lived most of her life at Talcott, a homemaker, Member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, The...

Luther Basham
Oct 19, 2007
Luther V. Basham, 88 of Jumping Branch, died Friday October 19, 2007 at the Harmony House Nursing Home following a long illness. Born June 6, 1919 in Summers Co. he was a son of the late Aden and Ollie Pack Basham. A Veteran of the United States Army who served his country in World War II, avid outdoorsman who attended...

Harold Reed
Oct 13, 2007
Harold Elmer Reed, 78, of Hinton, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born October 5, 1929 in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Lonza L and Nina S. Deeds Reed. Harold served his country proudly in the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1959 during...

Stella Lilly
Oct 11, 2007
Stella Cleo Worley Lilly, 96 of Beckley, formerly of Ellison, died at 4:20 A.M. Thursday, October 11, 2007 at the Pinecrest Nursing Home, following a long illness. Born August 18, 1911 at Dunns, she was the daughter of the late Logan and Dosie Pettrey Lilly and had lived all of her life in Summers and Raleigh Counties. She was a...

James Vallandingham
Oct 8, 2007
James Walter Vallandingham, 72, of San Antonio, TX, formerly of Hinton, passed away on October 8, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born the son of the late Marvin and Lois Bennett Vallandingham on March 8, 1935, in Hinton, West Virginia. After graduation from Hinton High School, he had his first tour in the US Army from 1953 to...

Violet Pack
Oct 5, 2007
Mae Pack, 91, of Jacksonville, FL, formerly of Jumping Branch, died Friday at 2:30 A. M. October 5, 2007 at the Community Hospice of North East Florida, following a short illness. Born June 7, 1916 at Slab Fork, she was the daughter of the late Wilson and Maggie Meadows Maddy. At the age of 14 she went to the Pack...

Mary Stephens
Sep 30, 2007
Mary C. â??Margaretâ?? Stephens, 87, of Madams Creek, Hinton, died Sunday September 30, 2007 at 2:06 P.M. at the Bowerâ??s Hospice House, following a long illness. Born October 12, 1919 at Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late Josie Snuffer Montgomery. Mrs. Stephens was a homemaker, a member of the Church of the Brethern at Crab Orchard and...