Obituaries

Wilma Bauer
Jan 11, 2013
Wilma Bernadean Bauer, 83, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Friday, January 11, 2013 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born November 28, 1929 at Pipestem she was a daughter of the late Samuel F. and Carrie Ellen Knight. Mrs. Bauer was a homemaker and caregiver and had lived most of her life...

Dennis Bowles
Jan 10, 2013
Dennis Bowles, 64, of Lerona left this life and entered into eternal rest with his heavenly father, Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Heartland of Beckley following a courageous battle with cancer. Born January 16, 1948 at Sandstone he was a son of the late Zory and Ida Pearl Bowles. Dennis was a kind hearted simple man who would help anyone....

Thomas Akers
Jan 8, 2013
Thomas A. Akers, 80, of Pine Hill went to his eternal home Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at his home. Born August 21, 1932 at Talcott he was the son of the late Charles J. and Margaret F. Allen Akers. He was a member of the Rollynsburg Baptist Church, retired Master Sgt. from the United States Air Force with 22 years...

Brian Meadows
Jan 8, 2013
Brian Adam Meadows, 25, of Talcott passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Born July 19, 1987 at Fairlea he was a son of Beecher J. Meadows Sr. and Elizabeth M. Grubb Meadows of Talcott. Brian was employed by Utility Pole Technicians and had attended Summers County High School. He enjoyed taking care of his horses and living life to the...

Jacob Arthur
Jan 5, 2013
Jacob R. Arthur, 100, of Jumping Branch went home to be with the Lord Saturday January 5, 2013 at the Raleigh Center in Daniels following a long illness. Born September 15, 1912 at Dillon, WV he was the son of the late Inez Clay Palmer and George Ralph Arthur. He was a retired Truck Driver with many years of service....
Wilma Surber
Jan 5, 2013
Wilma Lucille Yancey Surber, 84, of Harrisonburg, VA, died at 7:20 PM Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born April 18, 1920 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Oscar B. and Martha Smith Yancey. Wilma was a graduate of Hinton High School and Clifton Forge School of Nursing and...
Brent Romanello
Jan 5, 2013
Brent Arthur Romanello, 37, of Forest Hill entered into peaceful rest with our Lord, Saturday, January 5, 2013, following injuries from a car accident. Born October 15, 1975 in Cleveland, OH. He was a son of the late Carol Burnice Meadows Romanello and Cecil A. Romanello of Forest Hill. Brent was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church and was...

Lynne Lucas
Jan 4, 2013
Lynne M. Lucas, 69, of True passed away Friday January 4, 2013 at her home following a sudden illness. Born February 19, 1943 at Detroit, MI she was the daughter of the late Lynn W. and Beatrice A. McClelland Buck. A homemaker she was a member of the American Legion Post #472 and the Moose Lodge in Michigan. Lynne was...
Sgt. Woods
Jan 1, 2013
Harry O. Woods, Jr., 77 of Mark Meador Road, Hinton, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at his home following a long illness. Born February 20, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harry O. Woods, Sr. and Ada Courtright Woods. Harry proudly served our Country in the U.S. Army retiring with 24 years of service....

Kathleen Miller
Jan 1, 2013
Kathleen Berry Miller, 80, of Meadow Creek went home to be with the Lord Tuesday January 1, 2013 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center following a sudden illness. Born February 7, 1932 at Lockbridge, she was the daughter of the late David Ray and Icy Gunter Berry. A lifelong resident of Summers County she was a homemaker and of the protestant...

Lowell Russell
Dec 27, 2012
Lowell Thomas Russell, 74, of Hinton fondly known as Jimmy by family and friends, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Summers Nursing and Rehab Center following a long illness. Born December 4, 1938 in Raleigh Co. he was the son of the late Catherine Richmond and his stepfather the late Basil Richmond. Jimmy was an avid fisherman and hunter. He...

Philip Lipscomb
Dec 25, 2012
Philip Gary ?Spanky? Lipscomb, 77, of New River Road, Hinton entered into eternal rest, Tuesday December 25, 2012 at his home following a long illness. Born September 15, 1935 at Hinton he was a son of the late Eugene L. ?Shady? and Sadie M. Davis Lipscomb. Spanky was a lifelong resident of Hinton and enjoyed spending time with his family...

Jane Emfinger
Dec 24, 2012
Jane Alice Shirey Emfinger, 89, of Hinton, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 24, 2012. She was born on June 6, 1923, in Hinton, to the late Emmett and Claire Willey Shirey. Jane was a graduate of Talcott High School. She was a member of Freedom Baptist Church but has been a faithful attendee of Bellepoint Baptist...
Charles Pack
Dec 24, 2012
Charles Franklin Pack Sr., 75, born in Wauford, West Virginia on September 8, 1937 passed away on December 24, 2012. He was a Baptist and served in the US Army. He was the son of the late Cletis and Betty Pack and the late Eunice Shrewsberry Rushbrook. Also preceding him in death is his brother, William David Meadows; sisters, Mary...

Kathleen Cales
Dec 19, 2012
Kathleen Geneva Cales, 74, of Green Sulphur Springs went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday December 19, 2012 at the Cabell Huntington Hospital following a sudden illness. Born February 3, 1938 at Sand Lick, she was a daughter of the late James Wilbur and Sally Gertrude Woods Brown. Kathleen was a member of the Meadow Bridge Pentecostal Holiness Church,...
Vera Kliewer
Dec 8, 2012
Vera Juanita Russell Mize Kliewer, 84, of Green Sulphur Springs went home to be with the Lord, Saturday December 8, 2012 following a long illness. Born August 25, 1928 at Abraham she was the daughter of the late Overton H. and Bessie Mae Harvey Russell. A homemaker she had lived most of her life in Green Sulphur Springs, a member...

Delmar Bennett
Dec 3, 2012
Delmar Mike Bennett, 88, of Hinton passed away Monday December 3, 2012. Born January 24, 1924 at Madams Creek, Hinton, he was a son of the late Mike J. and Ethel Faye Waddell Bennett. Delmar served in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Lenawee APA-195 in the Pacific during World War II where he ferried troops to the islands and brought...
Clarence Slatton
Nov 28, 2012
Clarence E. Slatton, Jr., 72, of Barger Springs, West Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House (Beckley, West Virginia) following a long illness. Born on November 17, 1940, in Warrior, Alabama. He was the son of the late Clarence E. Slatton, Sr., and Clarabelle Simmons McAlpine Slatton Greene. Mr. Slatton was employed by the WV...

Pauline Green
Nov 21, 2012
Pauline H. Green, 90, of Shady Valley, TN formerly of Crab Orchard, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, November 21, 2012 following a long illness. Born November 2, 1922 at Chilhowie, VA she was a daughter of the late James Thomas and Bertha E. Wyatt Martin. She was of the Baptist Faith, a seamstress and enjoyed sewing, cooking,...
Richard Talbott
Nov 20, 2012
Richard M. Talbott, 69, of Talcott went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Phillips Care Home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born October 3, 1943 at Newport News, Virginia he was a son of the late Caleb P. and Marion Perdue Talbott. After graduating in 1961 from Talcott High School he served in...