Obituaries

Paul Sears
Apr 26, 2007
Paul Eugene â??Geneâ?? Sears, 81, of Talcott, died April 26, 2007 in the Welch Community Hospital. He had been in the Summers Co. ARH Long Term Care for the past four and a half years. He had recently been in the McDowell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the last month. He was the son of the late John Allen Sears...

Pearl Bragg
Apr 25, 2007
Pearl Mildred Bragg, 90, of Hinton, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at the Bowerâ??s Hospice House at Beckley following a long illness. Born June 26, 1916 at Odd, WV she was a daughter of the late Dayton and Mildred Plumley Massie. She attended the First Baptist Church in Hinton and was an avid crotchetier and seamstress. She was preceded in...

Forrest Mingo
Apr 21, 2007
Dr. Forrest Matthew Mingo, 87 of Hinton died April 21, 2007 in the Summers County ARH following a short illness. Born July 4, 1919 in Richmond VA., he was the son of the late Charles â??Patsyâ?? and Daisy Elizabeth Belcher Mingo. Dr. Mingo was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hinton and was a veteran of WW II...

Melba Vest
Apr 20, 2007
Melba Maxine Lilly Vest, 80, of Nimitz, died Friday April 20, 2007 in a Summers County Nursing Facility following a long illness. Born November 11, 1926 in Jumping Branch, she was the daughter of the late Basil Webster Lilly, and Nomie Ellen Cole Lilly. She was preceded in death by her Husband of 54 years, Carl Abshire Vest, a daughter...

Wilbur Pack
Apr 17, 2007
Wilbur W. Pack, 75, of Hinton died April 17, 2007 in the McDowell Nursing Center at Gary following a long illness. Born July 12, 1931 at Zion Mt. he was a son of the late Charles L. and Grace Mae Harvey Pack, he attended Roles Chapel Baptist Church, enjoyed being around children and was full of the energetic life that...

Sadie Lipscomb
Apr 10, 2007
Sadie M. Davis Lipscomb of Southside, died Tuesday April 10, 2007 at the Springfield Center at Lindside following a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Kyle and Edna Moten Davis, a former employee of G.C. Murphy Co., lifelong resident of Summers Co. and a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Sadie was preceded in death by her...

Darrell Turner
Apr 1, 2007
Darrell Ray Turner, Jr. 18, of Hinton, died Sunday April 1, 2006 at Hinton. Born April 22, 1988 at Hinton, he was the loving son of Sharon Kay Grose Hicks of Hinton and Darrell Turner Sr. and wife Robin of Hinton. Darrell was a member of the Bellepoint Baptist Church of Hinton, attended Summers Co. High School and was a...

Joseph Adkins
Mar 16, 2007
Joseph William â??Bubbyâ?? Adkins eleven month old son of Frankie and Kim Crowe Adkins of Hilldale, went home to be with the Lord 12:35 P.M. Friday March 16, 2007 in the Women and Childrens Hospital at Charleston. Joseph was born March 28, 2006 in Beckley at Raleigh General Hospital and was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Robert Joseph...

Patricia Lewis
Mar 14, 2007
Patricia Davis Cales Lewis, 59, of 495 Stokes Dr., Hinton, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital at Beckley, following a short illness. Born February 22, 1948 at Ward, WV, she was the daughter of Albert Davis and Wife Betty of Sandstone and Virginia Charlotte Dick Newman of Cross, SC. Mrs. Lewis had worked the early...

Ralph Ballengee
Mar 13, 2007
Ralph Emory Ballengee, 69 of Sandstone went home to be with the Lord, March 13, 2007 at the home of Grayson and Barbara Brinegar his family and caregivers following a short illness. Born September 24, 1937 in Ohio he was the son of the late Jim and Hattie Sears Ballengee and he was the last surviving member of his immediate...

Charles Dawson
Mar 1, 2007
Charles William Dawson, 61, of Hilldale, died at 6:24 A.M. Thursday, March 01, 2007 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born October 3, 1945 at Hilldale, he was the son of the late William Howard and Mary Elizabeth Boone Dawson. He was a former employee of the LEAR Corporation of Covington, VA...

Robert Wynes
Feb 22, 2007
Robert Langford â??Langâ?? Wynes, 54, of Talcott, died at 1:40 A.M. Thursday February 22, 2007, at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea, following a long illness. Born October 10, 1952 at Lowell, he was the son of Patricia A. Chapman Wynes of Lowell and the late William Lee Wynes Sr. â??Langâ?? was a 1972 graduate of Talcott High School,...

James Ashley
Feb 20, 2007
James David Ashley, 50 of Beckley formerly of Hinton, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Born February 8, 1957 at Hinton, he was the son of Jack Bean Ashley of Hinton and the late Betty Jo Thompson Ashley. David was a 1975 graduate of Hinton High School and a graduate of WV Tech at Montgomery with degrees in Electrical and Mining...

Helen Farmer
Feb 18, 2007
Helen M. Farmer, 76, of Madams Creek, Hinton died at 3:00 P.M. Sunday February 18, 2007 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born February 12, 1931 at Hinton she was the daughter of the late Bessie Davis Farmer and had lived all of her life in Hinton. She was a former nurse aide...

Lennie Wills
Feb 17, 2007
Lennie Wilma Wills, 89, of Jumping Branch a loving wife, mother and grandmother went home to be with the Lord 8:50 P.M. Saturday, February 17, 2007 at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born February 19, 1917 at Ellison, she was a daughter of the late Wilbert and Susie Pettry Cox. A lifelong resident of Summers Co....

Basil Garten
Feb 11, 2007
Basil Lee Garten, 56, of Hinton, died Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born April 12, 1950 at Brooks, he was the son of the late Powell and Lorene Bragg Garten. Basil was a 1969 Graduate of Hinton High School, a U.S. Air Force Veteran of the Viet Nam...

Debbie Bower
Feb 11, 2007
Debbie Bower, 53, of Barger Springs died Sunday February 11, 2007 at her home following a long illness. Born August 19, 1953 at Talcott she was the daughter of Betty Joe Nelson Mann of Talcott and the late Joe Mann. She was a 1971 graduate of Talcott High School and a 27 year employee of the Hinton Kroger Store. She...

Mary Lawson
Feb 9, 2007
Mary Belle Lawson, 89, of Hinton, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, February 9, 2007 at her home, following a short illness. Born November 3, 1917 at Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Hattie Echoles Lawson Sr. Mary was a member of the First Christian Church of Hinton. She was retired from the Medical Records Department of...

Gary Lilly
Feb 8, 2007
Gary Wayne Lilly, 51, of Lebanon, Ky., formerly of Pipestem, WV, died Wednesday, February 8, at University of Florida Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fl.Born May 14, 1955 at Pipestem, he was the son of the late James C. â??Busterâ?? and Margie Keaton Lilly of Pipestem. Mr. Lilly spent most of his working career as a plant superintendent for a Capital...

Nicole Cales
Jan 29, 2007
Nicole Cales, 10, of Ramp, died Monday, January 29, 2007 at the CAMC General Division, at Charleston, from injuries received in an automobile accident of January 27, 2007. Born August 13, 1996 at Beckley, she was the daughter of James and Teresa Wood Cales of Ramp. Nicole was a 5th grade student at Hinton Area Elementary School and was a...