Obituaries

Gregory Scott
Jan 3, 2007
Gregory Cole Scott, 59, of Jumping Branch died 6:00 a.m. Wednesday January 3, 2007 at the VAMC Beckley following a long illness. Born May 21, 1947 at Hinton, he was a son of Mildred Cole Scott of Jumping Branch and the late George B. Scott. Greg was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. Disabled Clerk and...

James Raines
Jan 2, 2007
James Raymond Raines, 56, of Pence Springs, died at 5:40 A.M. Tuesday January 2, 2007 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born October 8, 1950 in Summers County, he was a son of the late Jesse and Thelma Louise Meadows Raines. James was a United States Marine Corp veteran who served in the Vietnam Conflict and...

Carl Amick
Dec 30, 2006
Carl William Amick, 76, of Nimitz, passed away Saturday, December 30, 2006 while working on his farm at Nimitz, WV. Born January 31, 1930 at Russellville, WV, he was the son of the late William Bartlett and Lena Nutter Amick. Mr. Amick was a 1948 graduate of Nutall High School. Following high school he joined the U.S. Navy and became...

Donna Lilly
Dec 24, 2006
Donna L. Lilly, 46, of Sutton, died from injuries received in an automobile accident at 9:00 A.M. Sunday on U.S. Rt. 19 near Sutton. Born November 4, 1960 at Elk Garden, WV, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Gladys Powell Hartman. Donna was a homemaker, a member of the First Baptist Church at Martinsburg and a 1979...

Mary Maddy
Dec 19, 2006
Mary E. Maddy, 85, of 201 Summers St., Hinton, died Tuesday morning Dec. 19, 2006 at the Summers Co. ARH at Hinton following a long illness. Born December 10, 1921 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Belle Lilly Lilly.Mrs. Maddy was a lifelong resident of Hinton, a homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church...

Kenneth Reed
Dec 19, 2006
Mr. Kenneth K. Reed, 77, of Beech Run, Hinton, died at his home on December 19, 2006. Born January 6, 1929 at Summers Co., he was the son of the late Lonnie and Virginia Meador Reed. Mr. Reed was retired from the C&O Railroad and was a U. S. Air Force Veteran. He is survived by his wife Willa Hatcher...

Jahue Meador
Dec 18, 2006
Jahue T. Meador Jr., 84, of Pipestem, died at 8:00 P.M. Monday, December 18, 2006 at his home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born April 28, 1922 at Lick Creek, WV he was the son of the late Jahue Tolliver Meador Sr. and Luzzannie Bell Blair Meador. Mr. Meador was a retired Jeweler, a trade he practiced for the...

Ernest Berry
Dec 16, 2006
Ernest Ralph Berry, 87, of Brooks, died Saturday evening at the Springfield Center at Landside, following a long illness. Born December 10, 1919 in Raleigh Co. near Hinton, he was the son of the late Sampson and Viola Plumley Berry. Mr. Berry was a former timberman and a former window factory worker for the Graham Window Co., he was an...

Ruby Parker
Dec 6, 2006
Ruby Erma Parker, 71, of 417 Temple St. Hinton, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at Hinton. Born February 16, 1935, at Athens, WV she was a daughter of the late Claude Masten and Mazie Sue Weiss Trivett. A homemaker and a member of the Central Baptist Church of Amelia, OH and was active in the affairs of the Church. Ruby...

Madlean Adkins
Nov 27, 2006
Madlean T. Adkins, 83, of Hinton, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2006 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital, following a long illness. Born August 4, 1923 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Burman and Emma Jane Bennett Adkins. Madlean was a very loving Mother, a lifelong resident of Hinton and attended the Freedom Baptist Church...

Charles Steers
Nov 14, 2006
Charles Dempsey Steers, 74, of Keatley Springs, died at 7:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born August 29, 1932 at Hinton, he was the son of the late William and Rosie Lea Gill Steers. Charles had lived most of his life at Hinton, he was a member...

John Pitzer
Nov 7, 2006
John Robert â??Bobâ?? Pitzer, 78, of Hinton died 10:40 A.M. Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born May 22, 1928 in Monroe County, he was the son of the late Fleet Ellen McCormick Pitzer. A former employee of the Hinton Taxi Co. and was involved in the Evangelistic Outreach Ministry and...

Delford Ward
Nov 7, 2006
Delford Jennings Ward, 68, of Hix, died at 6:22 A.M. Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at the home of his son, with family by his side, smiling as he entered glory. Born April 25, 1938 at Hix, he was the son of the late Howard and Macil Carter Ward. He was a member of the Ramp Holiness Church and a retired...

Goldie Wyrick
Nov 5, 2006
Goldie Mae Wyrick, 78, of Pence Springs, died Sunday morning at the Allegheny Regional Hospital at Low Moor, VA, following a long illness. Born January 15, 1928 at Maybury, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter Cooper and Alice Cooper Hylton. Goldie retired from the Summers Co. Hospital at Hinton where she worked as a nurse aide. She...

Ralph Jones
Oct 30, 2006
Ralph Eugene Jones, 77, of Hinton, WV, died peacefully on October 30, 2006 after a long illness at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born January 12, 1929 in Hinton, he was the son of the late Shields Landon and Hazel Bowyer Jones. A lifelong resident of Summers County he attended Talcott High School and then served as a Corporal...

Elinore Cales
Oct 27, 2006
Elinore Cales, 73, of Tempa, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 27, 2006 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton. Born March 31, 1933 at Hix, she was the daughter of the late Allen Preston and Effie Lillian Richmond Cales. Elinore had dedicated her life to her church and family. She had been always been...

Charles Spade
Oct 27, 2006
Mr. Carrington Spade, 84, of Hinton, went to be with the Lord Friday, October 27, 2006 at a Welch hospital, following a long illness. Born at Hinton on September 7, 1922, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Bertie McGhee Spade. Carrington was on the Cradle Roll at the Central Baptist Church and was a faithful member...

Mable Bennett
Oct 25, 2006
Mable Catherine Bennett, 86, formerly of Summers Co., died Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at a Point Pleasant hospital, following a long illness. Born March 10, 1920 at Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Marvin â??Bardâ?? and Mazzie Elizabeth Bigony Lilly. Preceded in death by her husband, Jackson Bennett in 1984. Survived by one brother, Robert Lilly address...

Ira Wyant
Oct 18, 2006
Ira G. Wyant, 96, of Temple Terrace, FL, formerly of Raceland, KY and Summers Co., died Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at Brandon Regional Hospital at Tampa, FL, following a long illness. Born April 18, 1910 in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Walter Grant and Cora Elizabeth Allen Wyant. Mr. Wyant was a retired Fireman for the...

Ernest W.
Oct 12, 2006
Ernest W. â??Buckâ?? Via, 92, of Madams Creek, Hinton, died Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born May 1, 1914 on Beech Run, in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Joseph Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Shrader Via. Mr. Via was a retired Carmen Helper for the...