Obituaries
Vivian Rice
Jan 21, 2012
Vivian Lorraine Rice, known as Nanny to everyone she met, the matriarch of the Rice Family Singers, was promoted to the heavenly choir on Saturday, January 21st, 2012. She was born the youngest child of Claude Huston Crawford and Rebecca Edith Shanks Crawford on August 20, 1923 in Kilsythe WV. She grew up with her two sisters in Mt. Hope...
George Johnson
Jan 19, 2012
George Rudy Johnson Sr., 73, of Hinton, WV, formerly of Elkton, MD, passed away January 19, 2012 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital surrounded by his loving family. George was born in Traphill, NC on May 3, 1938 and He was a son of the late Charlie Samuel and Verna Nicholson Johnson. He was a wonderful husband, father, step...
Jo Vandall
Jan 12, 2012
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Wanda Holmes
Jan 10, 2012
Wanda Lea Holmes, 80, of Summersville, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division following a short illness. Born April 10, 1931 at Birch River she was a daughter of the late Clarence Howard "Goog" and Mildred Mae Dodrill Holmes. Wanda was a Christian by faith. She was a cook...
James Hank
Jan 9, 2012
James Russell "Russ" Hank, 53, of Hinton, died Monday, January 9, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston following a long illness. Born April 23, 1958, at Hinton, he was a son of William J. and Margaret Campbell Hank of Hinton. Russ was a 1976 graduate of Hinton High School. He attended WVU and later obtained his degree from Concord...
Roger Phillips
Jan 9, 2012
Roger Phillips, 66, of Browns Ridge Rd., Lerona, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, January 09, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Beckley following a long illness. Born January 21, 1945 at Princeton, he was a son of the late Basil and Bernice Keaton Phillips. Roger was a disabled coal miner, road construction worker and sawmill operator....
Betty Light
Jan 2, 2012
Betty Bernice Light, 70, of Forest Hill entered into eternal rest Monday January 2, 2012 at her home following a long illness. Born July 20, 1941 at Bozoo, she was daughter of the late Hobert M. and Ola A. McClaugherty Clowers. Betty was an active member of the Forest Hill United Methodist Church serving as secretary and singing in the...
Christopher Gray
Dec 31, 2011
Christopher Keith Gray, 33, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Saturday December 31, 2011 at his home following a lifelong illness. Born August 25, 1978 at El Paso, TX he was the son of Curtis and Dottie Gill Gray of Hinton. Christopher was actively involved with the research of epidermolysis bullosa, the illness he battled against his...
Erastus Lilly
Dec 29, 2011
Erastus ?Rassie? Lilly, 77, of Nimitz, died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. Born July 11, 1934, at Ellison, he was a son of the late Caesar and Georgia Ellison Lilly. Rassie was a member of Ghent Baptist Church who loved studying his bible, writing commentaries and spending time with his family...
Leora Biggs
Dec 29, 2011
Leora Kathleen Dick Biggs, 95, of Tug Creek Mtn. Hinton, passed away early Thursday December 29, 2011 at Summers County Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born June 28, 1916, at Summers County, she was a daughter of the late John Dick and Mary Martin Perkins. Leora was a Christian who attended Hinton Gospel Tabernacle for the last 30 years....
Corporal Meredith
Dec 26, 2011
Corporal Jack Henry Meredith, 65, of Hinton, formerly of California, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born September 11, 1946, at Indiana, he was a son of the late Edward Frances and Sarah Marie Riley Meredith. Jack was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran having served in Vietnam where he obtained the rank of...
Sandra Simmons
Dec 25, 2011
Sandra Mae Simmons, 48, of Pence Springs, passed away on December 25, 2011 from a short illness. Born April 14, 1963 in Allegheny, VA she was the daughter of the late Sandy P. Simmons Sr. and Alice M. May Simmons. Sandra was of the Baptist Faith. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one sister, Virginia Ellen Simmons...
Lewis Adkins
Dec 23, 2011
Lewis E. Adkins, 74, of Hinton passed away Friday December 23, 2011 at his home. Born September 2, 1937 at Hinton he was the son of the late Oscar and Estella Adkins. A former employee of B&L Lumber Company, he loved the outdoors, children and spending time with his friends and family. Besides his parents he was preceded in death...
James Edward
Dec 22, 2011
James Edward ?Jimmy? Chambers Sr., 39, of Crab Orchard, formerly of Shady Spring, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 22, 2011 at his home. Born May 27, 1972 at Beckley, he was a son of the late Gilbert Edward Jr. and Mary Ellen Wilson Chambers. Jimmy was a mechanic for Quinn?s Service Station in Crab Orchard. He loved to draw,...
Charles McDonald
Dec 17, 2011
Charles M. McDonald, 69, of Pipestem Creek died Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the VA Medical Ctr. in Beckley following a long illness. Graveside services and burial will be 1:00 PM Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, VA with Chaplain Paul Bricker officiating. Friends may call from 10:30 AM until 11:30 AM Tuesday at the...
Virginia Crockett
Dec 12, 2011
Virginia Wilson Crockett, 98, of Pence Springs, WV, died at 9:24AM, Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Summers Nursing & Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. Born October 15, 1913 at Talcott, she was a daughter of the late Isaac Newton and Stella Evans Wilson and had lived most of her life in Talcott-Pence Springs areas. She was a homemaker...
Robert Hudson
Dec 9, 2011
Robert R. "Robbie" Hudson III, 28, of Princeton, formerly of True, entered into eternal rest Friday, December 9, 2011 at his home. Born February 14, 1983, at Raleigh County, he was a son of Robert R. "Bob" Hudson Jr. and Susie Hudson, both of True. Robbie was a 2001 graduate of Pikeview High School who worked as an equipment operator...
Franklin Bennett
Dec 7, 2011
Franklin J. Bennett, 76, of Brooks died December 7, 2011 at his home. Born September 7, 1935 at Brooks, WV, he was a son of the late Bob Bennett and Gussie Susan Cales Joiner. Franklin was a graduate of Sandstone High School and was a simple man who lived a simple life and enjoyed farming, taking care of his land,...
Gloria Harrah
Dec 4, 2011
Gloria E. Surbaugh Harrah, 76, of Green Sulphur Springs, formerly of Beckley, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, December 4, 2011 at home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born April 3, 1935, at Meadow Creek, she was a daughter of the late John Ezra Surbaugh and Mary Elizabeth Surbaugh Hume. Gloria worked for the Summers County Board...
John Casto
Dec 3, 2011
John W. "Jack" Casto, of Inverness, Florida, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Born in Danese, West Virginia on April 14, 1930, he was the son of the late William Mart and Pearl Heaster Casto. He was of the Methodist Faith. As a businessman, Jack owned and operated Dairy Queen restaurants in Covington and Buena Vista, Virginia. Jack was...
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