Obituaries

Alma Cyrus
Jan 27, 2016
Alma Lois Cyrus, 54, of Clarksburg, formerly of Green Sulphur Springs passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a courageous battle with cancer. Born January 11, 1962 at Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Dempsey and Helen Burnette Cyrus. Alma was of the Baptist Faith, enjoyed church functions, reading her Bible,...
Lucinda Upton
Jan 26, 2016
Lucinda Wills Vest Upton Born in a 2-story hand hewed log house on Suck Creek near Ellison, West Virginia on Sunday, March 13, 1921, Lucinda Wills Vest Upton graduated to a glorious mansion in heaven on January 26, 2016. At the age of 94, she still remembered seeing her first airplane flying over the mountains as she and her mother...
Bernice Tate
Jan 25, 2016
Bernice C. Tate, 33, of Hinton passed away on Monday January 25, 2016 at CAMC Memorial Division following a short illness. Born July 3, 1982 at Hinton, she was the daughter of Roger "Droop" Wynes of Hinton and the late Margaret Tate. She was a lifelong resident of Summers County who loved camping, fishing, and the outdoors. Besides her father,...
Rosie Adkins
Jan 23, 2016
Rosie Bell Adkins, 67, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Saturday January 23, 2016 at Main Street Care in Hinton following a long illness. Born October 13, 1948 at Hinton she was the daughter of the late Clifford G. Adkins and Hallie Mae Adkins of Hinton. A lifelong resident of Summers County she enjoyed spending time with...
Charles Fortner
Jan 22, 2016
Charles Edward Fortner Sr., 69, of Talcott passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House Beckley following a long illness. Born July 17, 1946 in Wyoming Co. he was the son of the late Wonnie B. and Ilene Booth Fortner. Charlies worked as a construction worker and coal miner until he was disabled. Besides his parents he was...
Ralph Shirey
Jan 20, 2016
Ralph Garland "Shag" Shirey Jr., 66, of 62 Redskin Dr. Hinton went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 20, 2016 following a long illness. Born March 13, 1949 in Hinton he was the son of the late Ralph Garland Shirey Sr. and Virginia Wiseman Shirey Lilly Meadows. Shag was a wonderful and gentle husband and a diehard Washington...
Jimmy Gunter
Jan 17, 2016
Jimmie Dale Gunter, 69, of Hinton, passed away on Sunday January 17, 2016 at Main Street Care following a short illness. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday January 20, 2016 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel with Pastor Robbie Merritt officiating. Friends may call from noon until time of services on Wednesday at the funeral parlors. In...
Elvin Cooper
Jan 16, 2016
Elvin Lewis "Cookie" Cooper, 75, of True passed away Saturday January 16, 2016 at his home. Born December 27, 1940 at True he was the son of the late Joffree Elvin and Edna Ruth Short Cooper. A retired coal preparation plant construction supervisor for Elgin Industries of Chicago IL. Cookie enjoyed attending classic car shows, over the years repairing and...

Mary Dutton
Jan 12, 2016
Mary Lois Hartley Dutton, 90, of Conway, South Carolina, passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2016, surrounded by her family. Born April 26, 1925 in Hot Coal, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late William A. Hartley and Lillian B. Herndon Hartley. She was married to the late James Christopher "Jimmy" Dutton for a wonderful 42...

Carol Lilly
Jan 10, 2016
Carol Faye Cooper Lilly, 73, of Jumping Branch passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born May 23, 1942 at Little Bluestone, she was a daughter of the late Elisha B. and Letha B. Basham Cooper. Carol was a member of the Jumping Branch Tabernacle and former employee of Pipestem State Park. She...
Jeffrey Meadows
Jan 7, 2016
Jeffrey Marcus Meadows, 51, of Hilldale went home to be with the Lord Thursday, January 7, 2016 at his home following a short illness. Born March 8, 1964 at Talcott he was the son of Tommy R. and Anita L. Hoke Meadows of Hilldale. Jeff was the owner and operator of Hillbilly Auto Body in Hilldale, employee of Volvo Trucks...

Elmer Patton
Jan 2, 2016
Elmer Earl Patton, 88, of Hinton, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016 at home surrounded by his family, following a long illness. Born February 24, 1927 at Meadow Creek, WV, he was the son of the late Carl Patton and Ada Bryson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother. In his...

Lowell Mills
Dec 28, 2015
Lowell Verlis Mills, 69, of Spokane, WA, formerly of Herndon passed away December 28, 2015 from complications of diabetes. Born February 2, 1946 in Herndon, he was a son of the late London L. and Ollie McKinney Mills. Lowell worked for Northwest Airlines for 35 years. Because of his love for hunting and fishing he decided to make his home...
Julia Ward
Dec 26, 2015
Julia Mae Ward, 80, of Ramp, after a courageous 6 year fight with cancer, won the final victory when she passed from this earth to her heavenly home on December 26, 2015. Born July 23, 1935 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late John Hatcher and Cuba Helen Lowe. Julia was a member of the Ramp Holiness Church...
Charles Willey
Dec 25, 2015
Charles E. "Eddie" Willey Jr., 66, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 25, 2015 following a short battle with cancer. Born April 11, 1949 at Hinton he was the son of Katherine Young Willey of Hinton and the late Charles E. Willey Sr. Eddie was a 1967 graduate of Hinton High School, member of the...
Bonnie Bennett
Dec 24, 2015
Bonnie Jean Garten Bennett, 80, of Judson went home to be with the Lord Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Summers Co. ARH following a lingering illness. Born April 18, 1935 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late Odle and Ruby Saunders Garten. Bonnie will be loved and missed by family, friends, community and her longtime church family....

Freeman Lusk
Dec 16, 2015
Freeman Buddy "Shorty" Lusk, 75, of Talcott, WV went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 16, 2015 following a long illness. Born June 15, 1940 in Midway, WV he was the son of the late Truby Lusk and Violet Woods Lusk. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Lisa Ann Lusk and two sisters, Diana Weikle and...
Mary Meadows
Dec 13, 2015
MARY CATHERINE BAKER MEADOWS , 99, passed away on December 13, 2015 at St. Mary's Highland Hills Retirement Village in Watkinsville, GA. She was born in Alderson, WV (Muddy Creek Mountain) on May 6, 1916 to William Lake Baker and Maggie Clevie Arbaugh Baker. She graduated from Nursing School at the Hinton (WV) Hospital in 1936 and worked there, where...

Herbert Crook
Dec 8, 2015
Herbert S. Crook, 86, of Hilldale passed away Tuesday, December 08, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House following a short illness. Graveside service and burial will be held 11:00 am Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Restwood Memorial Gardens with Pastor Edward S. Crook officiating. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery by 10:45 am on Thursday.

Helene Fredeking
Dec 8, 2015
Helene M. Fredeking, 75, of Lutherville, MD passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 following a long illness. Graveside service and burial will be held 1:00 pm Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Greenbrier Burial Park in Hinton with Pastor Robbie Merritt officiating. Family and friends are asked to meet at 12:00 pm at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton....