Obituaries

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...

Ollie Ward
Oct 13, 2004
Maxine Cooper Maddy Ward 74 of Shrewsbury PA, formally of Summers County died Monday Oct. 11th 2004 in the Pleasant Acres Care Home following a long illness.Born June 18, 1930 in Summers Co., she was a daughter of the late Elisha Berman and Letha Basham Cooper.Mrs. Ward was a homemaker and had lived most of her life in Baltimore MD...

Lloyd Hutchinson
Oct 12, 2004
Lloyd Robert Hutchinson, 52, of Hinton, formerly of Arlington, IN, died Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 8:00 P.M. at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born August 12, 1952, at Rushville, IN, he was a son of Mrs. Mytle May Cardot Hutchinson of Rushville, IN and the late Carl M. Hutchinson. He was a...

Martha Yancey
Oct 11, 2004
Martha Sue ?Susie? Yancey, 48, of Beckley, formerly of Hinton, died Monday, October 11, 2004 at her home. Born January 17, 1956 at Talcott, she was a daughter of the late Harold Yancey and the late Frances Virginia Bragg. Susie had lived most of her life at Hinton and Beckley, she was a licensed Beautician and a member of the...

Jackie Ward
Oct 4, 2004
Jackie Leo ?Jack? Ward, 57, of 232 Main St., Hinton, died Monday at his home, following an apparent heart attack.Born July 17, 1946 at Brooks, he was a son of the late Johnny F. and Lula Virginia Cales Ward.Jack had lived most of his life in Summers Co. He was a U.S. Army veteran,having served two tours of duty in...

Ethan
Sep 29, 2004
Ethan Wayne and Hunter Lee Gill Harvey, infant sons of Nina Gill and Jason Harvey of Hinton, were stillborn Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley. Preceded in death by their Maternal Great Grandfather, Otis Gill, Paternal Great Grandparents, Wallace and Effie Harvey, Paternal Great Grandparents, Danny and Joyce Pittman, two uncles, Stephen Brian Adkins and...

Nancy Brooks
Sep 17, 2004
Nancy Sue ?Susie? Adkins Brooks, 49, of Julian, died Friday, September 17, 2004 at the CAMC Women?s and Children?s Hospital in Charleston, following a long illness. Born February 14, 1955 at Hinton, she was a daughter of Estell and Betty Forren Adkins of Big Creek, and had lived the early part of her life in Summers Co. Susie was a...

Mabel Meadows
Sep 16, 2004
Mabel Jane Meadows, 76 of 313 Cedar Ave. in Hinton died at 9:45 Thursday September 16, 2004 in the Springfield Center at Lindside, WV following a long illness. Born January 21st 1928 at Sandstone WV she was a daughter of the late V.C. and Alice Vance Cox. Mabel was a lifelong resident of Summers County and was of the Baptist...

John Gill
Sep 5, 2004
John Buford ?Bud? Gill, 54, of Tug Creek, Hinton, died Sunday afternoon, September 5, 2004 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital, following a long illness.Born July 22, 1950 at Buck, he was a son of the late John Ray and Ada Norene Foster Gill.John was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., he was a member of the Chestnut Grove...