Obituaries

Milton Plumley
Dec 23, 2004
Milton C. ?Mel? Plumley, 61, of Hines, WV, died 12:30 pm Thursday, December 23, 2004 at his home a long courageous battle with mesothelioma. Born April 26, 1943 in Summers County he was a son of Norma J. Plumley of Grand Rapids, MI and the late Clyde Curtis Plumley. Mel was preceded in death by his father Clyde C. Plumley,...

Venus Mann
Dec 11, 2004
Venus C. Mann, 82, of Hilldale, died Saturday morning, December 11, 2004 at his home, following a long illness. Born November 21, 1922 at Lindside, in Monroe Co., he was a son of the late William Esten and Beulah M. Naugle Mann. Mr. Mann had lived most of his life in Summers Co., he was an Army Veteran of WWII,...

Raymond Houchins
Dec 7, 2004
Raymond Lee Houchins, 82, of Pipestem, died at 10:15 A.M. Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at the Princeton Community Hospital, following a long illness. Born September 3, 1922 at Pipestem, he was a son of the late Lawnie L. and Virginia Rose Holdren Houchins and was a lifelong resident of Pipestem. Mr. Houchins was a retired employee of the Maintenance Department...

Leon Emfinger
Dec 6, 2004
Leon Eugene Emfinger, 86, of 1308 Terrace St. Hinton, died Monday afternoon at his home, following a long illness. Born January 1, 1918 at Rushenville Community in Elmore Co. Alabama, he was the only son of the late G. E. and Bessie Warren Emfinger. Mr. Emfinger attended Rushenville School and Elmore County High School. He received Christ as his Savior...

Brandi LaSha
Dec 5, 2004
Brandi LaSha` Bragg, 17, of Scott Depot, died Sunday, December 5, 2004. Born March 25, 1987 in Raleigh Co., she was the daughter of Ginger Whittaker Bragg McMahan of Beaver, WV and the late Gary Wayne Bragg. Brandi attended Summers Co. High School, Winfield Jr. High School and Hurricane High School and was a member of the Hurricane Church of...

Jack Tyree
Nov 28, 2004
Jack C. Tyree, 77 of Jumping Branch, died at 12:15 A. M. Sunday, November 28, 2004 in the VA Medical Center at Beckley, following a long illness.Mr. Tyree was born at Hinton, May 12, 1927, a son of the late William B. and Mary Elsie Briers Tyree. He was a former resident of Hampton, VA, a retired machinist from the...

Callie Clark
Nov 28, 2004
Callie Arlene McGraw Clark, 85 of Hinton died at 1:35 A.M. Sunday November 28, 2004 at Summers County ARH following a long illness. Born June 1, 1919 at Raleigh County she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Sina Daniels McGraw. Callie was a homemaker and loved to do gardening while she was able. She is preceded in death...

Virginia Lowe
Nov 28, 2004
Virginia Ruth Lowe, 87 of Nimitz, died Sunday morning at her home, following a long illness. Born April 22, 1917 at Streeter, she was a daughter of the late Howard A. and Opal Harvey Vest. Mrs. Lowe was a member of the Greenbrier Primative Baptist Church at Hilldale a retired U.S. Mail Carrier and a lifelong resident of Summers Co....

Wintfred Cook
Nov 25, 2004
Wintfred B. ?Pete? Cook, Jr., 52, of 495 Stokes Dr., Hinton, died Thursday morning at his home, following a long illness. Born November 12, 1952 at Mullins, West Virginia he was the son of the late Wintfred B. Cook Sr. and Demia Lou Dixon Cook. Pete is survived by his wife of 29 years Gaye M. Bennett Cook of Hinton,...

Gladys Plumley
Nov 19, 2004
Gladys Pearl Plumley, 83, of Hinton, died at 6:50 A.M. Friday, November 19, 2004 at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born July 15, 1921 at Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Edna Lilly Gill. Mrs. Plumley was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Hinton. Besides her parents, she...

Freda Bennett
Nov 19, 2004
Freda Ruth ?Bennett? Fox, 62, of Hinton, died at 11:05 A.M. Friday at her home, surrounded by family and friends, following an eleven month courageous battle with lung cancer. Born, April 1, 1942 in Summers Co., she was a daughter of the late Harry and Ida Mae Smith Fox. Freda was a homemaker, a member of the Laurel Creek Baptist...

Charles Cooper
Nov 15, 2004
Charles Vesker Cooper, 64, of Streeter, died at 4:10 A.M. Monday at the Charleston Area Medical Center, Memorial Division, following a short illness. Born May 24, 1940 at Streeter, he was a son of the late Reva Cooper Burdette and is survived by his father, Vesker Meadows and wife Garnett of Jumping Branch. Mr. Cooper was a construction worker and...

Leslie Iddings
Nov 11, 2004
Leslie H. Iddings, 94, of Marie, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2004 in Rocky Mount, VA, following a short illness. Born May 28, 1910, he was the last surviving child of Giles W. and Ollie Hoeback Iddings. Mr. Iddings was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII and had worked as a Carpenter and Construction Worker throughout Summers and surrounding counties....

Ronald Shrader
Nov 9, 2004
Ronald J. Shrader, Sr., 71, of Beech Run, Hinton, died Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born August 29, 1933 in Summers Co., he was a son of the late Ola C. and Vergie Bennett Shrader. Mr. Shrader was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., a retired brakeman for...

Beverly Martin
Nov 8, 2004
Beverly Anne Martin, 48, of Leatherwood Rd., Nimitz, died Monday evening at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton. Born October 4, 1956, at Cleveland, OH, she was a daughter of Mrs. Alma C. (Lilly) Harvey of Nimitz and the late Donald A. Harvey. Besides her father, she was preceded by a special friend, Robert Dale Lilly and one...

Rex Marcum
Nov 5, 2004
Ruford Rex Marcum, 50, of True died at 3:45pm November 5, 2004 at his home following a short illness. Born February 22nd 1954 in Logan County, he is the son of the late Floyd R. Marcum and Mary M. Pritchard Marcum of Canada, Kentucky. Rex was a disabled miner and was an Army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. He was...

Donald Farley
Nov 1, 2004
Donald T. Farley, 69, of Indian Mills, died Monday, November 1, 2004 at his son?s residence in Florida. Born June 13, 1935 at Coal City, he was the son of Lennis Privett Farley of Forest Hill and the late Leslie Wilson Farley. He was a proud graduate of the class of ?53 at Stoco High School and a four year...

Randy Buckland
Oct 31, 2004
Randy W. Buckland, 41, of Leatherwood Rd., Hinton, died Sunday, October 31, 2004 at his home, following an apparent heart attack. Born May 19, 1963 in Summers Co., he was a son of Mrs. Virginia Cox Buckland of Hilldale and the late Orval Buckland. Randy was of the Baptist Faith, he was a Counselor at the Federal Prison Camp at...

Howard Harvey
Oct 26, 2004
Howard K. Harvey, 51, of Jumping Branch, died Tuesday morning at his home, following a long illness. Born January 15, 1953 in Summers Co., he was a son of the late Golden and Ada Rachel Meadows Harvey. Howard was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., he was a former bus driver for the Summers Co. Board of Education, a rental...

Helen Simmons
Oct 20, 2004
Helen K. Upton Lucas Simmons, born May 19, 1925 in Summers Co., went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, October 20, 2004, at her home, following a long illness. Preceded in death by two husbands, Frank Lucas and Robert Simmons; a son, John Robert Simmons; two brothers, Bobby and Tommy Upton; two sisters, Virginia Vernatt and Ruby Whittaker; and loving...