Obituaries

Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett

Jan 21, 2015

Brian Scott Bennett, 42, of Hinton passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born February 22, 1972 at Hinton he was a son of Ramona Crook Bennett of Hinton and the late Joe T. Bennett. Brian was a 1990 Hinton High School Graduate where he was a member of the football, basketball,...

Devota Shumate

Devota Shumate

Jan 20, 2015

Mrs. Devota H. Shumate, 83, of Madison, Indiana died Tuesday, at 8:45 a.m. on January 20, 2015 at the Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Indiana. Devota was born on February 4, 1931 in Green Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Lura Hedrick Hicks. She grew up in Green Sulphur Springs with...

Dale Basham

Dale Basham

Jan 18, 2015

Dale Harrison Basham, 38, of Tug Creek passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015 following injuries received from a residential house fire. Born January 8, 1977 at Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Carl Dean Basham and Deloris Ward Basham of Sandstone. Besides his father, Dale was also preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Plummer Ward; paternal...

Matthew Cole

Matthew Cole

Jan 18, 2015

Matthew Wayne Cole, 30, of Hix passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015 following injuries received from a residential house fire. Born June 27, 1984 at Summers County he was a son of Jacqueline Jane "Jackie" Ward Cole of Hinton and the late Teddy Wayne Cole. Matthew was a former employee of Pit Row on the Hinton By Pass, Deeds Dairy...

Danny Richmond

Danny Richmond

Jan 17, 2015

Danny W. "Rookie" Richmond passed from this life into the loving hands of God at the age of 60 years on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at his home. Born August 15, 1954 at Sandstone he was the sixth child of seven given to the late Homer and Mattie Ward Richmond. Besides his parents those waiting to welcome him home are...

Clifford Cales

Clifford Cales

Jan 13, 2015

Clifford A. Cales, 80, of Meadow Bridge entered into eternal rest with his Heavenly Father Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born March 21, 1934 at Green Sulphur Springs, he was a son of the late Roy H. and Mamie C. Bryant Cales. Cliff graduated from Sandstone High School and Moller Barber College...

Janelle McQuiston

Janelle McQuiston

Jan 8, 2015

Janelle Raye McQuiston "Meadows", 40, of Hinton, WV, passed away in a vehicle accident on Thursday, January 8, 2015. Janelle was born on January 30, 1974 to Dennis McQuiston of Lisbon, Ohio and Sherry Unger-Campbell of Lisbon, Ohio. She attended high school in Columbiana, Ohio, then continued her education in the medical field. Janelle was a very caring person and...

Luella Campbell

Luella Campbell

Jan 6, 2015

Luella Campbell, 66, of Marie went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday January 6, 2015 at her home following a short battle with cancer. Born February 19, 1948 at Raleigh County, she was a daughter of the late James D. Clement Jr. and Ann Fleemen Redden and Husband Chester of Beckley. Luella was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She...

Everett Martin

Everett Martin

Jan 5, 2015

Everett Linard Martin, 79, of Elk Knob went home to be with the Lord Monday, January 5, 2015 at his home following a long illness. Born May 22, 1935 at Hinton, he was a son of the late Amos and Vina Mae Adkins Martin. Everett was of the holiness faith. He enjoyed music, playing his guitar, and spending time with...

William Hicks

William Hicks

Jan 3, 2015

William Clyde Hicks, 61, of Sandstone passed away Saturday January 3, 2015 at his home following a sudden illness. Born November 18, 1953 at Sandstone he was a son of the late Ira Robert and Vella Mae Gwinn Hicks. William was a retired auto mechanic with Don Heath Auto Haus in Greensboro, NC and a former supervisor at the Cone...

Rebecca Faris

Rebecca Faris

Jan 2, 2015

Rebecca E. (Becky) Faris, 54, of Indian Mills Rd., Bozoo, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Bower Hospice House at Beckley, following a short illness. Born June 6, 1960 at Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of Edna E. Faris of Bozoo with whom she made her home for the past 25 years, and the late O. Dean Faris....

Leslie Berry

Leslie Berry

Jan 1, 2015

Leslie Gene Berry Jr., 25, of Meadow Creek passed away January 1, 2015 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born February 2, 1989 at Greensboro, NC he was the only son of Leslie Gene Berry Sr. of Meadow Creek and Theresa Hicks of Greensboro, NC. Leslie attended the Church of Christ of Hinton and was a former employee of Les's Painting....

Thelma Lilly

Thelma Lilly

Jan 1, 2015

Beloved mother and grandmother, Thelma Beatrice Lilly, passed away in her sleep on January 1, 2015, at the age of 96. She was born on April 26, 1918 in Lewis County, KY. She met her husband, John Raymond Lilly (deceased), in Hinton, WV, and wed on November 4, 1940 in Catlettsburg, KY. She resided in Ironton, Ohio, from 1962 until...

Mildred Messer

Mildred Messer

Dec 27, 2014

Mildred (Millie) Pauline Hamm Messer, 80, of Hinton, WV, peacefully arrived into the arms of Jesus on December 27, 2014 at Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born on November 5, 1934 at Sandknob WV, she was the daughter of the late Homer Hamm and Orah Richmond Hamm Lilly. At the tender age of 5, her father, Homer passed...

Basil Basham

Basil Basham

Dec 26, 2014

Basil Lewis Basham, 85, of Elk Knob died Friday, December 26, 2014 at Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley following a long illness. Born August 4, 1929 in Ellison he was the son of the late Wesley and Lillie Meador Basham. Basil lived most of his life in Summers Co. where he attended the Ramp Holiness Church and he worked in...

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Dec 22, 2014

Emma M. Thompson, 93, of Green Sulphur Springs passed away December 22, 2014 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born August 6, 1921 at Meadow Creek she was the daughter of the late Ira and Rebecca Adkins Smith. She retired from the Summers Co. Board of Education where she worked as a cook at Sandstone Elementary School, a...

Mildred Adkins

Mildred Adkins

Dec 21, 2014

Mildred Charlene Adkins, 87, of Tug Creek Mountain, Hinton, died Sunday, December 21, 2014 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family following a short illness. She was born in Ramp on August 22, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Nannie Harr Martin. She was a lifelong resident of Summers County, a mother and a homemaker....

Robert Weikle

Robert Weikle

Dec 20, 2014

Robert Gray Weikle, 77, of Zion Mt. went home to be with the Lord Saturday, December 20, 2014 at his home following a short illness. Born May 16, 1937 in Monroe Co., he was the son of the late Hobert and Sallie Taylor Weikle. Robert was of the Baptist Faith, a member of the NRA and the United Steelworkers of...

Russell Gill

Russell Gill

Dec 18, 2014

Russell A. Gill, 82, of Marie went home to be with the Lord, Thursday December 18, 2014 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born May 21, 1932 at Talcott he was a son of the late James William and Sadie Elizabeth Meadows Gill. Russell was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church where he served as...

Carrington Richmond

Carrington Richmond

Dec 15, 2014

Carrington Dennis Richmond, 86, of Clayton left his earthly life on December 15, 2014 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea, West Virginia after a sudden illness. Mr. Richmond has resided at the Greenbrier Manor in Fairlea since July, 2011. Carrington considered himself to be the family historian and was known to be a "master storyteller". Born July 9,...