Obituaries
Ronald Surbaugh
Jul 4, 2005
Ronald E. Surbaugh, Jr., 61, of 313 14th Ave., Hinton, died Monday, July 4, 2005 at his home, following a sudden illness. Born February 12, 1944, he was a son of the late Ronald E. and Mildred Marie Ellison Surbaugh Sr. and had lived most of his life in Chicago. Mr. Surbaugh was a retired Bus Driver for the Chicago...
Melvin Williams
Jun 30, 2005
Melvin Edward Williams, 78, of Tempa, died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at his home, following a long illness. Born October 14,1926 at Tempa, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary Skaggs Williams. Melvin was a former Coal Miner, Logger, and Farmer. He was a member of the Tempa Baptist Church and enjoyed music and spending time with...
Philip Gill
Jun 26, 2005
Philip W. Gill, 55, of Esmond, RI, formerly of Hinton, died Sunday at 1:00 P.M. at the Massachusetts General Hospital, at Boston, MA, following a sudden illness. Born October 5, 1949 at Hinton, he was a son of Mrs. Gladys Massey Gill of Bluefield, WV and the late Basil Earl Gill. Philip was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Vietnam...
Edha Burnett
Jun 26, 2005
Edha Madeline â??Magâ?? Burnett, 89, of Hinton died Sunday, June 26, 2005 at her home following a long illness. Born May 7, 1916 at Elk Knob she was the youngest of nine children born to Ulysses and Elizabeth Betty Fox Grimmett. A member of the Elk Knob Baptist Church, homemaker, who very much loved her whole family. Preceded in death...
James Meadows
Jun 23, 2005
James W. â??Wild Billâ?? Meadows, 73, of Hilldale died at 7:15 P.M. Thursday, June 23, 2005 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea following a long illness. Born February 15, 1932 in Hinton, he was a son of the late Roy and Mary E. Ballengee Meadows and had lived all his life in Summers and Raleigh Counties. Survived by...
Charles Lowe
Jun 22, 2005
Charles J. Lowe, 60, of Burr Ridge, Illinois, formerly of Odd, WV, died Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at the LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange, Ill., following a long illness. Born August 31, 1944 at Oswego, WV, he was a son of the late Adam and Liddie Ford Stapleton. Charles had worked for more than 23 years, at the Amaco Gas Station...
Olive Johnson
Jun 20, 2005
Olive Lorena Johnson, 92 of Hinton, WV died Monday, June 20, 2005 at the Summers County Continuous Care Center at Hilldale following a short illness. Born April 11, 1913 at Pemberton, WV she was a daughter of the late Flora and Ida Cole Hawley. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was employed as a Deputy...
Karen Lilly
Jun 8, 2005
Karen Kay Lilly, 54, of Nimitz, died at 1:45 A.M. Wednesday at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born April 13, 1951 at Beckley, she was the daughter of the late Eldridge McKinley and Isobelle Martin Bragg. Mrs. Lilly was a homemaker, a member of the Primative Baptist Church and had been a resident of Nimitz...
Mildred Richmond
May 26, 2005
Mildred E. Grimmett Richmond, 77, of Elk Knob, died at 3:40 P.M. Thursday, May 26, 2005 at her home, following a long illness. Born December 6, 1927 at Big Creek in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Otis and Ida Williams Grimmett. Mrs. Richmond was a homemaker and had worked for about 10 years as a mail...
Elizabeth Codish
May 24, 2005
Elizabeth Tolbert Codish, 85, of Bay Village, OH, formerly of Summers Co., died Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Born on April 7, 1920, she was the devoted daughter of John L. and Effie Jane Tolbert.She was the beloved wife of the late Michael Codish. She was a loving mother and best friend to daughters Jayne Huseby and husband Odd of Tucson,...
Harry Garrett
May 24, 2005
Harry I. Garrett, 88, of Athens, GA, formerly of Hinton, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at his home in Athens. Preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Evelyn Reid Garrett, his parents, Alex Newton and Lottie May Morrison Garrett, his son Douglas I. Garrett, his daughter-in-law, Ann B. Garrett and five siblings. Harry was a retired train dispatcher...
Cosby Farley
May 23, 2005
Cosby D. Lilly Farley, 80 of Hinton died Monday May 23, 2005 in Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born July 13, 1924 at Lilly in Summers County, she was the daughter of the late Elder Jefferson Levi ?Bun? and Mary C. (Lilly) Lilly. Mrs. Farley was a homemaker and was a Primitive Baptist by faith. She...
Patricia Karras
May 17, 2005
Mrs. Patricia Aurelia Karras, 57, of Judson Rd., Hinton, died at 11:45 P.M. Tuesday at the Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division, following a long illness. Born October 6, 1947 at Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Edgar L. West and the late Edna Greider West Turner. She had lived most of her life in the Hampton...
Cleora Kessler
May 16, 2005
Cleora Kessler, 93, of 495 Stokes Dr., Hinton died Monday, May 16, 2005 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born February 26, 1912 at Sandstone, she was the daughter of the late Joseph S. and Ollie Wingfield Kessler. Miss Kessler was a retired Registered Nurse. She had worked at the Old Hinton Hospital....
Mary Mazzella
May 15, 2005
Mary Mafalda Costa Mazzella, 82, of 315 Maple St., Hinton, died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at her home, following a long illness. Born September 12, 1923 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rosina Bava Casta. Mrs. Mazzella was a lifelong resident of Hinton. She was a lifelong member of the St. Patrick?s Catholic Church in...
Leonard Bennett
May 14, 2005
. Leonard Bennett, 78, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died at 9:05 A.M. Saturday, May 14, 2005 at his home, following a brief battle with cancer. Born July 23, 1926 at Blue Jay, WV, he was the son of the late Clark and Ida Mae Smith Bennett. He was a retired coalminer and a member of UMWA District 29. Preceded in...
Howard Cody
May 7, 2005
Howard J. Cody, 90, of Marie, died at 3:00 A.M. Saturday, May 07, 2005 at his home, following a short illness. Born January 2, 1915 at Marie, he was the son of the late Milburn Hayes and Mary Edith Light Cody. Mr. Cody lived most of his working life at St. Albans and retired to Marie in 1977. He was...
Woodrow Martin
May 4, 2005
Woodrow E. ?Woody? Martin, 78, of Talcott, died Wednesday, May 04, 2005 at 12:32 A. M. at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born January 20, 1927 at Judson, he was the son of the late Waitman Esco and Mary Mae Grimmett Martin. Woody had lived most of his adult life in Cleveland, OH...
Jimmy Bradberry
May 3, 2005
Jimmy F. Bradberry, 64, of Leatherwood Road, Nimitz, died at 3:45 P.M. Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at his home, following a short illness. Born May 7, 1940 at Warford in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Fred S. and Grace E. Garten Bradberry. He was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. He was retired after 33 years...
Lola Yancey
May 3, 2005
Lola Madge ?Tonkie? Yancey, 74, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton following a short illness.Born July 18, 1930 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Oscar B. and Martha A. Smith Yancey.She was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., and was a member of the...
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