Obituaries

Ola Mansfield
Jul 31, 2007
Ola R. Mansfield, 70, of Nimitz, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning, July 31, 2007 at the Harmony House Care Home, following a long illness. Born September 27, 1936 in Summers County, she was the daughter of the late Darrell D. and Nellie B. Lilly Cooper. She was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., was a homemaker,...

Dorothy Crook
Jul 29, 2007
Dorothy Ernestine Crook, 87 of Hinton, died 1:47 P.M. Sunday July 29, 2007 following a long illness. Born April 20, 1920 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late Ernest Lee and Florence Meadows Moss. A homemaker and a member of the Church of the Living God, she was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who loved...

Vivian M.
Jul 28, 2007
Vivian M. Hay, affectionately known as â??Sissyâ?? to her dear family and friends, 67, of Columbus, OH, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Kobacker House surrounded by her family. Born July 30, 1939 at Thrumond, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Eland and Mabel Naomi (Yancey) Via. In additional to her parents, she was preceded...

Shirley Wheeler
Jul 28, 2007
Shirley Ruth Ann Wheeler, 87 of Willowood Road departed from this life on July 28, 2007 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center following a long illness. Born December 16, 1919 in Summers County she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Virginia Ann Carson Keffer. Preceded in death by three sons, Jackie, Donald and Pete Wheeler; four brothers, Asel,...

David Rodes
Jul 27, 2007
David Gary Rodes, 56, formerly of Hinton, died Thursday, July 27, 2007 after a short illness; at the home of his sister. Born January 13, 1951, at Hinton, he was a son of the late Gelvin Knapp and Doris Jean Bishop Rodes and he had lived most of his life in the Bellepoint and Brooks area of Summers Co. David...

Nora Hicks
Jul 22, 2007
Nora Alice Garten Hicks, 89, of Kernersville, NC formerly of Ramp died July 22, 2007 at the High Point Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born January 21, 1918 at Judson, she was a daughter of the late Elijah Joseph and Priscilla Alice Hogan Garten. Retired from Burlington Socks, Kernersville, NC. She was of the Pentecostal Faith and the last...

Nellie Miller
Jul 18, 2007
Nellie Wallace Miller, 96, of Hinton, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at the Rocking Chair Residential Care at Lerona, following a long illness. Born May 31, 1911 at Lowell, she was the daughter of the late James Manuel and Arminta Jane Manning Wallace. She was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. and a retired Summers Co. School Teacher with more...

John Deeds
Jul 17, 2007
John Milton Deeds Jr., 76, of Jumping Branch went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley following a short battle with cancer. Born March 19, 1931 in Summers Co. he was a son of the late John and Hazel Yago Deeds, a member...

Alice Cooper
Jul 3, 2007
Alice Kay Cooper, 62, of Cleveland, Oh, formerly of True, entered into rest and peace with the Lord Jesus on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at the Metro Health Medical Center at Cleveland, following a short illness. Born October 24, 1944 at Pemberton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Herbert B. and Alice Elizabeth Lucas Palmer. She was a...

Irene Lipscomb
Jul 2, 2007
No Obituary Information Viewing Information: None Funeral Information: Graveside Services at 2:00 P.M. Thursday at the Fox Cemetery at Brooks.

Raymond Wills
Jun 23, 2007
Raymond E. Wills, 63 of Tug Creek Mountain, Hinton died Saturday June 23, 2007 in the Summers Co. ARH following an apparent heart attack at his home. Born September 14, 1943 at Hinton he was a son of the late Roy R. â??Jackâ?? and Vada J. Gill Wills. Employee of the Summers County Board of Education with fifteen years of...

Margie Hamm
Jun 18, 2007
Margie Lee Reed Hamm, 82, of Hinton passed away at her home, Monday June 18, 2007 after a long illness. Born October 10, 1924 at Madams Creek in Summers Co. She was the daughter of the late Lonza L. and Nina S. Deeds Reed. Margie was a beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. As long as her health...

Leonard Wood
Jun 18, 2007
Leonard Wood, 84, of Beckley formerly of Hinton, died at 6:00 A.M. Monday at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley following a long illness. Born January 5, 1923 at Hinton, he was the son of the late William L. and Etta Foster Wood. Mr. Wood lived all of his life in Summers and Raleigh Counties. He was a Retired Postal...

Harold Lilly
Jun 13, 2007
Harold Dempsey Lilly, 74 of Lamonte, Missouri formally of Ellison Ridge, West Virginia died Wednesday June 13, 2007 at sea off the coast of Bermuda following an apparent heart attack. Born September 9, 1933 at Ellison, Harold is the son of the late Tennie Wilson and Mary Macil Meadows Lilly. Harold was retired owner and operator of an automotive repair...

Josephine Burnett
Jun 9, 2007
Josephine Grimmett Burnett, 82, of Meadow Bridge, died 9:20pm. Saturday June 9, 2007, at Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division following a long illness. Born June 23, 1924 at Clifftop, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo Bragg and Nellie Aldridge Bragg Davis. Mrs. Burnett was a member of the Meadow Bridge Missionary Baptist Church and had lived...

Dessie Lilly
Jun 6, 2007
Dessie Bragg Ward Lilly, 85, of Brooks, died at 12:09 A.M. Wednesday, June 06, 2007 at the Summers Nursing and Rehab Center at Hilldale. Born February 11, 1922 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late John Bragg and Josie Cales Bragg Neighbors and was a lifelong resident of Summers County. Preceded in death by her 1st Husband,...

Vera Johnson
Jun 4, 2007
Vera Y. Johnson, 83, of Hinton, died at 4:45 P.M. Monday June 4, 2007 at the Summers Co. Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born December 18, 1923 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Oscar B. and Martha Smith Yancey. Vera had lived all her life in Summers Co., she retired from teaching...

Patricia Richmond
Jun 4, 2007
Patricia Ann Richmond, 77, of Hinton went to be with the Lord on June 4, 2007 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born December 5, 1929 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Robert James and Evelyn Mann James Shull. Patricia attended the First Christian Church of Hinton and was a graduate of Hinton...

Sherry Adkins
Jun 4, 2007
Sherry Lynn Walker Adkins, 44, of Hinton died Monday June 4, 2007 at the Charleston Area Medical Center following a short illness. Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday June 7, 2007 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel with Pastor Bill Fox officiating. Burial will follow in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville. Friends may call from noon till...

Grace Hatcher
Jun 2, 2007
Grace B. Hatcher, 87 of Warrenton, VA died Saturday June 2, 2007 in Fairfax, VA following a long illness. Born June 15, 1919 at Ellison, she is the daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Lilly. Mrs. Hatcher was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Roy L. Hatcher and three brothers Ernest, Paul and Larry Lilly. She...