Obituaries

Deborah Cales
Mar 19, 2006
Deborah Sue Dobbins Cales, 50, of Nimitz died Sunday March 19, 2006 at her home following a short illness. Born May 3, 1955 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Roy L. â??Budâ?? and Eva Marie Ellison Dobbins. Debbie was a member of the Grace Baptist Church at Nimitz. A licensed practical nurse who had worked for several...

Ruth Taylor
Mar 17, 2006
Ruth K. Taylor, 61, of Jumping Branch, died Friday, March 17, 2006 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a sudden illness. Born May 1, 1944 at Brady, WV, she was the daughter of the late William â??Billâ?? and Beulah Lewis. Ruth was a loving wife and mother, she was a homemaker and had worked as a teachersâ?? aide...

Edgar Rose
Mar 17, 2006
â??E. R.â?? Edgar Russell Rose, 83, of White Oak, lifted his arms and embraces his Lord at 8:00 P.M. on Friday, March 17th 2006 at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born March 31, 1922 in Hinton, WV, he was the son of the late R. C. Rose of High Point, NC and the late Myrtle Farley Stoddard of Hinton. â??E.R.â??...

Brian Romanello
Mar 13, 2006
Brian Christopher Romanello, infant son of Brent Romanello and Michele Rutherford Tharp of Forest Hill, went to be with the Lord at birth on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 12:07 A.M. Preceded in death by his Paternal Grandmother, Carol Burnice Romanello, Maternal Great Great Grandmother, Sadie Gill, a Great Aunt, Kathy Little and an Aunt, Patricia Kaye Romanello. Besides his...

Helen Light
Mar 7, 2006
Helen V. Mann Light, 83, of Hinton, passed away at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital on March 7, 2006. She had been a resident of long term care for several years. Born November 12, 1922 at Talcott, WV, she was the daughter of the late Ernest E. and Rose Jane Welder Mann. Mrs. Light was a homemaker and had...

Frank Beasley
Feb 28, 2006
Mr. Frank Marion Beasley, Jr., 77, of Hilldale, died Monday, February 28, 2006 at the Summers Co. Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Hilldale, following a short illness. Born March 27, 1928 at Forest Hill, he was the son of the late Frank Marion and Lettie Beatrice Meador Beasley. Mr. Beasley was a retired Painting Contractor and had lived most of...

Carrie Davis
Feb 25, 2006
Carrie M. Davis, 90, of Ballengee, died Friday at 5:16 P.M. at the Summers Co. Applachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born August 30, 1015 at Wayside, she was the daughter of the late Ote and Ada Pitzer Hudson Wilson. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church at Ballengee....

Clifton Williams
Feb 21, 2006
Clifton M. Williams, 75, of Southside, Hinton, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital, at Roanoke, VA following a long illness. Born November 8, 1930 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Rufus Clyde and Lura Moten Williams. Clifton was retired from the United States Defense Department where he worked...

Glen Beheler
Feb 5, 2006
Glen Beheler, 60, of Hinton, died Sunday, February 05, 2006 at 11:30 A.M. at his home, following a long illness. Born in Hinton on July 30, 1945 he was the son of the late Zed and Edith Cales Beheler, he was a retired employee of the Wilson Tree Co. Preceded in death by his wife Shelvia Beheler and one brother...

Ida Bower
Feb 4, 2006
Ida Mae Bower, 85 of Hilldale, went to be with the Lord at 11:10 P.M. Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the Summers Co. Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born May 14, 1920 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Frank M. and Lettie Beatrice Meador Beasley. Mrs. Bower was a lifelong resident...

Steven Amick
Feb 2, 2006
Steven Breck Amick, 53, of Oak Grove, VA, died February 2, 2006 at his home, following a long courageous battle with cancer. Born September 11, 1952 at Oakland, CA, he was the son of Carl and Loretta Thurmon Amick of Nimitz. Upon graduation from West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1974, Mr. Amick served at the Naval Surface Warfare Center...

Judith Creed
Jan 31, 2006
Judith Ann Creed, 67, of Rainelle, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea, following short illness. Born December 3, 1938 at Caretta, WV, she was the daughter of the late Shade M. and Selma E. Folden Creed. She was a homemaker and a member of the Peoples Baptist Church of Frederick, MD. Survived by...

Hilda Nelson
Jan 28, 2006
Hilda Mae Nelson, 90, formerly of Ballengee, died Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Princeton Community Hospital, following a long illness. Born August 27, 1915 at Wayside, she was the daughter of the late Charles Richard and Elsa Faye Surber Sims. Mrs. Nelson had lived most of her life in Summers Co. She had been a resident of the Glenwood...

Arbanna Z.
Jan 24, 2006
Mrs. Arbanna Z. (Cales) Cox, 74, of Sandstone, Died 11:10 A.M. Tuesday, January 24, 2006 in the Summersville Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born April 17, 1931 at Sandstone, she was the daughter of the late Julian S. and Delphia Mae Bragg Cales. She had lived most of her life at Sandstone and was a member of the Sandstone...

Mark Pack
Jan 23, 2006
Mark A. Pack, 44, of Nimitz, died Monday, January 23, 2006 in the Charleston Area Medical Center. Born July 16, 1961 in Hinton, he was the son of Sandy Shirey Pack Ellis and Husband Bill of Jumping Branch and the late Ray Dean â??Buckâ?? Pack. Mark had lived most of his life in Summers Co. He was the General Manager...

Chrystal Dunbar
Jan 21, 2006
Chrystal L. Dunbar of Lordstown went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 21, 2006 while spending the winter in Arizona. She was born in Raleigh County West Virginia, on March 23, 1924 the daughter of Goodrich and Lura (Richmond) Morris. On August 29, 1942, Chrystal married Arnold L. Dunbar, who went home to be with...

Bonnie Wickline
Jan 14, 2006
In the wee hours of the morning of January 14, 2006, God opened up heavens door and called our mom home. Bonnie B. â??Ma Belleâ?? Wickline, 84 of Tempa, was born September 13, 1921 in Summers Co. She was the daughter of the late Waymond and Rosa Williams Richmond. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Hubert H. Woods...

Dorothy Adkins
Jan 12, 2006
Dorothy P. Adkins, of Talcott went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2006 in the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea, following a long illness. Born in Summers Co. she was a daughter of the late John and Caroline Bennett Sears. She was a homemaker who attended the Rollynsburg Baptist Church at Talcott. Preceded in death by...

Herbert Roope
Jan 11, 2006
Herbert L. Roope, 80, of 3019 New River Rd., Hinton, died at 6:18 P.M. Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born, August 2, 1925 in McDowell Co., he was the son of the late Billy Byrd and Virginia Iris Hundley Roope. Mr. Roope was a retired mechanic and car salesman, he...

Emily Mann
Jan 6, 2006
Emily D. Mann, 74, of Hilldale, died Friday, January 6, 2006, at the Heartland of Rainelle, following a long illness. Born May 12, 1931 in Fayette Co., she was the daughter of the late Ben H. and Iva G. Walker Toney. Mrs. Mann had lived most of her life in Summers Co. She had worked at the Pence Springs Sewing...