Obituaries
Margaret Bowling
Sep 9, 2005
Margaret Emily Caudell Bowling 91, of Rock Hill, S.C. died Friday September 9, 2005. Born April 12, 1914 at Dotson, N.C. she was the daughter of the late Jesse Thompson and Nancy Craft Caudell. She was the postmistress at the Whitby, W.V. post office and a member of the Beckley Regular Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband Otis...
Leatha Bowles
Sep 3, 2005
Leatha Loraine Bowles, 89, of Hix, went to be with the Lord on September 3, 2005 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton. Born June 10, 1916 at Hix, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Nannie Harrah Martin. Mrs. Bowles had lived most of her life at Hix and was a member of the Chestnut...
Leonard Richmond
Aug 21, 2005
Leonard Curtis Richmond, 84, of Clayton, died at 9:00 A.M. Sunday at the Brier Nursing Home at Fairlea, following a long illness. Born September 03, 1920 at Judson, he was a son of the late Jacob Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Boone Richmond. A lifelong resident of the Judson-Clayton area who spent most of his life farming and a member of...
Joe Blankenship
Aug 18, 2005
Joe Michael Blankenship, 28, of 606 Greenbrier Ave., Hinton, died Thursday, August 18, 2005 in a swimming accident, in the New River at Hinton. Born November 29, 1976 in Beckley, he was a son of Joe Blankenship of Hinton and Linda Meadows Snider and husband Greg of Hedgesville, WV. Joe Michael was a 1996 graduate of Summers Co. High School,...
E. Neely
Aug 17, 2005
E. B. Neely, 86, of Jumping Branch died at 6:00 A. M. Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at his home. Born August 26, 1919 at True, WV, he was a son of the late Brady and Pearl Grace Farley Neely. Mr. Neely had lived most his life at Jumping Branch and was a member of the Bluestone Baptist Church and also...
Hayden Richmond
Aug 16, 2005
Hayden Eldridge Richmond, 71, of Alderson, formerly of Hix, died at 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at the Brier Nursing Home at Fairlea, following a long illness. Born May 23, 1934 at Hix, he was a son of the late William Harrison and Nora Ward Richmond. Mr. Richmond had lived most of his life in the Kernersville and Greensboro,...
Juanita Basham
Aug 14, 2005
Juanita Moore Basham, 94, of Hinton, WV, went to our Lord in Heaven on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at the home of her son and daughter-in-lawâ??s in Barboursville, WV.Juanita was born May 10, 1911 in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Alta Castijo (Castle) Moore of Houston, TX. She was the...
Georgia Lowe
Aug 10, 2005
Georgia Vernice Lowe, 93, of Jumping Branch went home to be with the Lord on August 10, 2005 at 12:51 A.M. following an extended illness. Born April 4, 1912 at Garden Ground in Fayette Co. she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Estee Wright Underwood. Mrs. Lowe was a lifelong resident of Jumping Branch and a member of...
Mary Brown
Aug 8, 2005
Mary Kathleen Lilly Brown, 90 of Huddleston, Va. Formally of Forest Hill, WV. Passed away 1:30 A. M. Monday, August 8, 2005 at the Bedford Memorial Hospital in Bedford, Va. Born August 26 1914 at Junta, WV. She was the daughter of the late Ballard Chapman and Mary Magdalene Sweeney Lilly. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Palestine Baptist...
Wanda Bragg
Aug 5, 2005
Wanda Lee Lane Bragg 64, of Greenville, went to be with her Lord on Friday, August 5, 2005. Born September 25, 1940 at True she was the daughter of the late James and Lelia Lucas Lane. Wanda was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Brooks Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband of...
Deborah Triplett
Aug 2, 2005
Deborah Y. Triplett 49, of True died Tuesday, August 02, 2005 at her home following a courageous bout with cancer. Born December 15, 1955 in Hinton, she was the daughter of Betty Edwards Spangler Ellison of True and the late Woodrow Spangler. Debbie was a former manager of Bob Evans Restaurant. She was an avid football fan who enjoyed cooking...
Novagene Keatley
Jul 29, 2005
Novagene â??Novaâ?? Keatley, 72, a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend from Pence Springs passed away early Friday afternoon following a brief but serious illness. Nova was born on September 13, 1932 to her parents Stires and Cleo Sherwood. Her parents preceded her in death, Her sisters Tressie Atkinson, Wilma Sherwood, and Leah â??Nadineâ?? Carter also preceded her...
Edith Coffman
Jul 28, 2005
Edith Eckle Coffman, 94, of Beckley, formerly of Hinton, passed away at a Beckley Care Center, Thursday, July 28, 2005, following a long illness. Born March 22, 1911 at Sandstone, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Celia Hanshaw Eckle. Mrs. Coffman attended school at Sandstone and was the 1st woman school bus driver, during WWII, while...
Patricia Farley
Jul 24, 2005
Patricia Lee Thompson Farley, 66, of Indian Mills, died of leukemia Sunday, July 24, 2005 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. Born October 14, 1938 at Epperly, she was the daughter of the late Oka Meador Thompson and Wesley Thompson. She was a graduate of the class of 1956 at Stoco High School. Patricia worked in the assessorsâ??...
Arthur Ward
Jul 22, 2005
Arthur Jennings Ward, 62 of Elk Knob Road, Hinton, went to be with the Lord, Friday July 22, 2005 at 5:45 P.M. at his home following a long illness. Born July 25, 1942 at Hix he was a son of the late Hobart L. and Julie F. Ward Ward. Arthur attended the Chestnut Grove Baptist Church and was a retired...
Carol Fleshman
Jul 17, 2005
Carol Bernice Smith Fleshman, 41, of Sandstone, died unexpectedly, Sunday, July 17, 2005 at the CAMC General Division at Charleston. Born February 26, 1964, in Fairfax, VA, she was a daughter of the late Ronnie Martin and the late Eleanor Sue Smith. Former resident of Ft. Myers, Florida and had been a resident of Sandstone for the past ten years....
Bobby Hocum
Jul 14, 2005
Bobby Lewis Hocum, 59, of Sandstone formerly of Wilson, N.C. died 11:15 P.M. Thursday, July 14, 2005 at his home surrounded by his family, following a long illness. Born October 21, 1945 at Charleston, W.V., he was a son of the late Edgar Alexander and Virginia Ellen Bowles Hocum. Retired from Saint Gobain Container Co. where he worked as a...
Macil Ward
Jul 10, 2005
. Macil G. Ward, 88 of Ellison died at 1:00 P.M. Sunday, July 10, 2005 in the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born November 16, 1916 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Ulysses Adkins and the late Mary Susan Adkins Cales. Mrs. Ward was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., she was...
Ruby Steers
Jul 7, 2005
Ruby Kay Steers, 61, of Castlewood, VA, formerly of Summers Co., died Thursday, July 7, 2005 at the Russell Co. Medical Center, at Lebanon, VA, following a long illness. Born May 18, 1944 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Amos and Vida Martin Martin. Preceded in death by her husband, John L. Steers. Survived by one daughter,...
Margaret Apostolon
Jul 6, 2005
Margaret Louise Angell Apostolon, 71, of 1406 Greenbrier Drive, Hinton, departed this life July 6, 2005. Born June 27, 1934 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Zina Earl and Minnie Cox Angell. She was of the Baptist Faith and attended the Beech Run Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Dr. Billy M....
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