Obituaries
Neva Blankenship
Dec 8, 2016
Neva May Blankenship, 72, of Pipestem passed away Thursday, December 8, 2016 at her home following a sudden illness. Born April 17, 1944 at Summers County she was a daughter of the late Zed and Frances Louise Young. Neva was a member of the Rocky Mt. Church at Pipestem. She was a former employee of Oak Supper Club and McDonalds...
Mary Hersman
Dec 3, 2016
Mary Virginia McGraw Hersman, 86, of Hinton passed away Saturday December 3, 2016 at Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. Born January 1, 1930 at Charleston, WV she was a daughter of the late Earl William and Luella Miller McGraw. Mary was a former employee of Summers Finance Co., Hinton Furniture Co. and Summers Co. DHHR. She...
Jimmie Ward
Dec 2, 2016
Jimmie G. Ward, 76, of Pipestem formerly of Roanoke, VA went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 2, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital following a long battle with cancer. Born July 21, 1940 at Hix he was the son of the late Mathew and Felicia Berry Ward. Jimmie was a member of the Rocky Mount Community Church and...
James Harless
Nov 29, 2016
James Lawson "Jim Ed" Harless, 82 of Elton passed away peacefully, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at the Summers County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 29, 1934 in Crichton, WV he was a son of the late Lawson Wade and Mary Virginia Harless. James was a retired coal miner who enjoyed four wheeling and playing penny ante poker. He gave...
Mary Richmond
Nov 26, 2016
Mary Imogene Richmond, 79, of Elk Knob took her journey home Saturday November 26, 2016 at her home following a long illness. Born May 21, 1937 at Hix she was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Atha R. Gillian Ward. Imogene was a homemaker and lifelong resident of Summers Co. and a member of Bennett Memorial Chapel. She...
Ada Ward
Nov 25, 2016
Ada Mae Berry Ward, 84, of Chestnut Mt. entered into eternal rest Friday November 25, 2016 at Summers Nursing and Rehab following a long illness. Born February 16, 1932 in Raleigh Co. she was the daughter of the late Sampson and Viola Ethel Plumley Berry. Mrs. Ward lived most of her life in Summers Co. and was of the Baptist...
Wilford Smith
Nov 20, 2016
Wilford Elliott Smith, 82, of Kirby Mt., Clayton passed away 3:00 pm Sunday November 20, 2016 at his home following a long illness. Born December 10, 1933 at Kirby Mt. he was the son of the late Elijah Lee "Bruce" and Eliza Jane Smith. A former timberman, logger, carpenter, mason, mechanic and machinist he enjoyed hunting, outdoors, playing music with...
Charles Burks
Nov 20, 2016
Charles W. Burks, 77, of Forest Hill formerly of Princeton journeyed to his heavenly home Sunday November 20, 2016 at his home. Born August 31, 1939 in Wyoming County he was the son of the late Wade and Virginia Junkins Burks. Charlie was a proud United States Army Veteran and a coal miner until his retirement from Buchanon Coal Company....
Clark Dunn
Nov 17, 2016
Clark Dunn, 64, of Meadow Creek formerly of Boston, MA passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Bower's Hospice House following a battle with lung cancer. Born February 12, 1952 at Clayton, GA he was a son of the late Abraham and Nancy Isaac Dunn. Clark served his country as a US Marine for three years. He was an avid...
Joseph Brown
Nov 14, 2016
Joseph Samuel Brown, 50, of Jumping Branch died November 14, 2016 at 6:40 A.M. at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a sudden illness. Born November 15, 1965 in East Chicago, IL he was a son of Gordon and Nancy J. South Brown of Salt Lake City, UT. Joseph was a master diesel mechanic at Ramey Ford in Princeton who...
Wanda Anderson
Nov 14, 2016
Wanda Jean Anderson, 89, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House. Born February 13, 1927 at Clio, MI, she was preceded in death by her husband, son and granddaughter. Wanda loved attending church at Calvary Baptist Church in WV and Crossroads Baptist Church in FL. She is survived by one son, Phillip Anderson and wife Linda of...
Bertie VanStavern
Nov 11, 2016
Bertie Lee VanStavern, 95, of Ballengee went home to be with the Lord Friday November 11, 2016 at Springfield Center in Lindside following a short illness. Born August 13, 1921 at Wayside she was the daughter of the late Douglas R. and Virgie Mae Wickline Winfrey. A lifelong resident of Ballengee and the surrounding area she was a homemaker who...
Nina Richmond
Nov 10, 2016
Nina Richmond, 62, of New River Road, Hinton formerly of Portsmouth, OH went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 10, 2016 at her home following a short illness. Born May 30, 1954 at Irish Mountain, she was a daughter of Janie Bragg Pentheny of Portsmouth, OH. Nina was a former home health care provider who loved taking care...
Bobby Crowe
Oct 29, 2016
Bobby Owens Crowe, 61, of Riverside Rest went home to be with the Lord Saturday, October 29, 2016 at his home following a short illness. Born Ocotber 23, 1955 at Union he was a son of the late William Owens and Carolyn June Carr Crowe. Bobby was of the Baptist Faith and served his community in transportation services at the...
Tammy Mongeni
Oct 27, 2016
Tammy Lynn Bennett Mongeni, 54, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Thursday, October 27, 2016 following a long illness. Born May 9, 1962 in Hinton she was the daughter of Meridith "Big Boy" and Frieda Wills Bennett. Tammy was a proud, loving mother and a member of Central Baptist Church in Hinton. She spent most of her...
Rudolph Gore
Oct 24, 2016
Rudolph R. Gore, 59 of Forest Hill, WV, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Beckley VAMC after battling a long illness. He was a 17 year veteran of the United States Air Force. Born March 29, 1957 in Talcott, WV, he was a son of Elizabeth "Libby" Gore of Hinton, WV and the late Charles "Rudy" Gore. He...
Lyla Sizemore
Oct 19, 2016
Lyla Irene Sizemore, 91, of Nimitz went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at her home following a long illness. Born March 23, 1925 at Streeter she was a daughter of the late Sylva and Eliza Harvey Pack Kochy. Lyla was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church at Bim, WV and attended Grace Baptist at...
Steven Tickle
Oct 17, 2016
Steven Lee Tickle, 68, of True passed away October 17, 2016 at Charleston Area Medical Center General Division. Born June 14, 1948 at True he was a son of the late Dorsey Tickle and Romie Albert Epperly and stepfather James Epperly. Steve was of the Baptist faith. He was a 1967 graduate of Hinton High School with a degree in...
Margaret Martin
Sep 30, 2016
Margaret Irene (Chick) Glass Martin, of Talcott, WV passed away peacefully on September 30, 2016 at the Summers County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Chick was born on November 17, 1926 in Talcott and grew up there. She graduated from Talcott High School in 1944. She married the love of her life, Jim Martin in June 1946. They were married for...
Eddie Lilly
Sep 26, 2016
Eddie Dan Lilly went on to his Heavenly home on Monday, September 26, 2016 from Main Street Care in Hinton. He was born December 14, 1954, at his home on Leatherwood Road in Summers County, WV. He has now completed 61 years of his life on earth. In those years, Eddie saw his family leave, one by one. His father,...
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