Obituaries

Donald Meadows
Jul 4, 2015
Donald Meadows, 91, of Madams Creek went home to be with the Lord Saturday July 4, 2015 at his home following a long illness. Born February 23, 1924 at Madams Creek he was the son of the late Thomas N. and Laura E. Young Meadows. A United States Army Veteran of World War II having served his country in Normandy...

Howard Humphries
Jun 30, 2015
Howard Lee Humphries 69, of Pooler, GA passed away Tuesday June 30, 2015 following a short illness. Born September 29, 1945 in Hinton he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Lacy Crawford Humphries. A veteran of the United States Navy having worked for many years for B.F. Goodrich. Survived by one daughter, Crystal Humphries of Pooler, GA.;...

Charles Lilly
Jun 26, 2015
Charles A. "Abie" Lilly, 77, of Talcott went home to be with the Lord, Friday June 26, 2015 in the Princeton Community Hospital following a short illness. Born June 27, 1937 at Beckley he was a son of the late Abraham Armstead and Audie Cozort Lilly. He was the owner and operator of Abie's Market in Bellepoint for 40 years;...
Sarah Lilly
Jun 26, 2015
Sarah L. Lilly, 83, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Friday, June 26, 2015 following a long illness. Born September 28, 1931 at True, she was the daughter of the late Dury Clarence and Trusby Eanes Neely. Sarah was a lifelong resident of Summers County and a member of the First Baptist Church of Hinton. She was...
Melissa Basham
Jun 25, 2015
Melissa Lee Basham, 41, of Crab Orchard passed away June 25, 2015 following a long illness. Born April 11, 1974 in Beckley she was the daughter of James Basham Jr. of Scottsburg, IN and Patty Cochran of Athens. Missy loved going for boat rides, cooking out and spending time with her friends. She loved everyone she met and never met...

Hobert Phillips
Jun 13, 2015
Hobert Leslie Phillips Sr., 79, of Pipestem passed away Saturday June 13, 2015 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born October 21, 1935 in Summers County he was a son of the late Barrett and Lottie Wills Phillips. Hobert was a retired custodian for the Summers County Board of Education. He helped with the construction of...

Letha Cox
Jun 11, 2015
Letha Kay Cox, 69, of Bun Hicks Road, Hinton, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital. Born August 3, 1945 at Page, WV, she was the daughter of the late Myles William and Gretna C. Wriston Johnson. She is survived by her husband, Calvin R. Cox Sr.; children, Roger Cox and wife Sara of Hinton,...
Barbara McNeil
Jun 7, 2015
Barbara Ellen Bond Hogan McNeil, was born January 26, 1928, in Hinton, West Virginia. She passed away of natural causes, after a long illness, in Phoenix, Arizona June 7, 2015. Barbara was the first born child of Robert Kenneth and Flossie Mae Williams Bond. She was an excellent homemaker, the most wonderful cook of fabulous meals. Mom was the original...
Lucille Bennett
Jun 5, 2015
Mrs. Lucille C. Webb Bennett, 88, of Hinton, WV, and more recently Villages at Greystone, Beaver, WV, died at Greystone on June 5, 2015. Born in Summers County, WV, on December 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Blanche (Saunders) Webb of Hinton. Lucille was a graduate of Hinton High School and Concord College. She...

Sarah Smith
Jun 1, 2015
Sarah Lindsay Burk Smith, 87, of Charleston formerly of Hinton passed away Monday, June 1, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital. Born July 23, 1927 at Hinton she was a daughter of the late William Lindsay and Annie Gertrude O'Bryan Burk. Sarah was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was preceded in death by two sons, Robert L....
Donna Davis
May 26, 2015
Donna S. Davis, 55, of Hilldale went home to be with the Lord May 26, 2015 at her home following a short illness. Born May 15, 1960 in Beckley, she was a daughter of the late Frederick William and Luella Forren Smith. Donna was a 1978 Woodrow Wilson High School Graduate and had graduated with honors from MSU. She worked...
Joan Krakower
May 22, 2015
Joan Patricia Krakower, 77, of Hinton passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at Main Street Care in Hinton following a long illness. Born August 17, 1937 at Staten Island, NY she was the daughter of the late Warren E. and Margaret "Minnie" Coyne Emrich. She was a former dietician for Care Haven and Heartland of Beckley. Joan received a B.S....
Ronald Berry
May 21, 2015
"Daddies, don't just love their children every now and then, it's a love without end, Amen." Ronald Lee Berry, 70, of Pipestem went home to be with the Lord, Thursday May 21, 2015 following injuries sustained from an automobile accident. Born August 24, 1944 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Grady and Donna Adkins Berry. He was...
John Calendine
May 17, 2015
John David Calendine, III, born February 27, 2015 passed peacefully in his sleep at home on May 17, 2015. John David was the infant son of John Calendine , Jr. and Katelyn Weiss of Wayside. John David also has a big sister at home, Paisley Weiss. Paternal grandparents are Diane Calendine of Pence Springs and the late John Calendine, Sr....
Melba McGuire
May 16, 2015
Melba Jacqueline "Jackie" Lilly McGuire, 85, of Shady Spring went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after an extended illness. Born July 17, 1929 at Sand Knob, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles Wilson Lilly and Dessie Hamm Lilly and stepdaughter of Orah Hamm Lilly....

Genieve Neely
May 15, 2015
Genieve "Geneva" Mae Sears Neely, 65, of Nimitz passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at Ruby Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She was born August 24, 1949 in Michigan. She was the daughter of the late Vernon P. and Georgia Sears. Geneva was a member of Bluestone Baptist Church. She was a former employee of Summers Council on Aging....
Aileen Cole
May 14, 2015
Aileen Wills Cole, 81, of Sandknob Road Nimitz went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday May 14, 2015 surrounded by her family at her home. Born April 17, 1934 in Summers County she was the daughter of the late Silas Beldon and Lorene Petrey Wills. She spent her teenage years working as a car hop at Jack's...

Virginia Basham
May 14, 2015
Virginia Ruth Basham, 82, of Jumping Branch entered into eternal rest Thursday May 14, 2015 at Serenity Place following a long illness. Born June 14, 1932 at Madams Creek, she was a daughter of the late Virgil L. and Eva Bennett Miller. Ruth was a member of the Jumping Branch Tabernacle. She was a former school teacher of the Josiah...
Betty Johnson
May 12, 2015
Romans 8:28 Betty Madeline "Blondie" Johnson, 84, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at home following a long illness. Born February 13, 1931 at Bramwell she was a daughter of the late Raymond L. and Betsy Burchet Vest. Betty was a member of the Meadow Creek Baptist Church and had attended First Baptist...

Emma Richmond
May 12, 2015
Emma L. Richmond, 70, of Hinton, passed away May 12, 2015 at Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley following a short illness. Born in Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Morgan and Lilly Gill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Jack Richmond; two brothers and two sisters. She is survived by one daughter, Connie Richmond and...