Obituaries
Bonnie Williams
Jan 4, 2011
Bonnie Williams, 96, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born November 26, 1914 at Beckley she was the daughter of the late Erastus Lee and Avis Alice Meador Basham. A member of Four Mile Baptist Church at Wiggins she was a homemaker and...

Gary Garten
Jan 3, 2011
Gary Wayne Garten, 55, of Hinton passed away Monday, January 3, 2011 at the Duke University Hospital following a long battle with lung cancer. In honor of Gary?s wishes the body has been cremated and a private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Melvin McGuire
Dec 30, 2010
Melvin McGuire, 59, of Tug Creek went home to be with the Lord Thursday, December 30, 2010 at his home following a short illness. Born February 9, 1951 at Meadow Bridge he was the son of the late Clyde Elwood and Betty Fitzpatrick McGuire. A disabled mechanic for Meadows Scrap and Metal, was of the Christian Faith, enjoyed working on...
Sharon Hicks
Dec 27, 2010
Sharon K. Hicks, 54, of Lowell went home to be with the Lord, Monday evening December 27, 2010 at home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born May 19, 1956 at Talcott she was a daughter of the late Raymond E. Grose and Margaret G. Martin. Sharon was a born again Christian who dearly loved her Lord and Savior Jesus...
Nellie Bennett
Dec 26, 2010
Nellie Lucas Bennett, 94, of Hinton went home to be with Jesus December 26, 2010 at Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born January 18, 1916 at White Oak she was the daughter of the late Chap and Rhonda Vest Lucas. A lifelong resident of Summers Co., she was a member of the Hinton Church of Christ,...
Dennis Clayton
Dec 22, 2010
Dennis L. Clayton, 55, of True, formerly of Forest Hill, passed away December 22, 2010 at Bower?s Hospice House following a three month courageous battle with liver cancer. Born June 9, 1955 in Lillybrook, WV he was the son of the late W.H. ?Sonny? and Willa Wooten Clayton. Dennis was a construction worker from 1973-2009 and a member of the...
Stella McGraw
Dec 21, 2010
Stella B. McGraw,95, of Brooks, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born May 2, 1915 at True she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lona Hedrick Pitzer. A lifelong resident of Summers Co., a homemaker, she loved the Lord and was a...

John Donitzen
Dec 17, 2010
John Andrew Donitzen, 63, of Sandstone, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following an apparent heart attack. There will be a gathering of friends from 1 PM until 3 PM, Thursday, December 30, 2010 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel. There will be no service and the body has been cremated.
Daniel Ward
Dec 5, 2010
Daniel Ray Ward Sr., 51, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Sunday December 5, 2010 at Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born July 16, 1959 at Hix he was a son of the late Otis L. Ward and Ellen Jane Berry Ward of Hix. Daniel was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., attended...
McGuire Blankenship
Dec 3, 2010
Drema D. McGuire Blankenship, 80, of Hinton died Friday, December 03, 2010 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center following a short illness. Born June 9, 1930 at Sandstone she was a daughter of the late Everett Houston and Reva Gill Cales. She was a loving mother who nurtured and tenaciously protected her children as well as being an entrepreneur having...
Joseph Mazzella
Dec 1, 2010
Joseph Eugene Mazzella, 67, of Hinton passed away at home Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Born July 25, 1943 at Norfolk, VA, Joey was the son of the late John and Mary Costa Mazzella. He graduated from Hinton High School in 1961, Concord College and Marshall University where he received his Masters Degree in Clinical Counseling, worked for WV Dept. of...

Christine Buckland
Nov 29, 2010
Christine J. Cottle Buckland, 83, of Talcott, went home to be with the Lord Monday, November 29, 2010 at her home following a sudden illness. Born May 30, 1927 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late George Cleon and Amy Elizabeth Keffer Ramsey Cottle. Christine was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church at Talcott, the...

Kay Dobbins
Nov 26, 2010
After a long, lonely road of life, Drema Kay Dobbins exchanged worlds in a few short minutes. Drema was seventy years old. Her home for the last twenty-six years was Summers County Nursing and Rehab Center. Drema Kay was born June 26, 1940, the only child of Fred and Laura Frazier Dobbins. Her parents went to heaven ahead of Drema....

Peggy Harrah
Nov 25, 2010
Peggy Harrah 91, of Hinton died of natural causes Thursday, November 25, 2010 in the Villages at Greystone following a short illness. Born October 23, 1919 in Leicester, England she was the daughter of the late William Henry Blackwell and Nellie Reesby Blackwell. Peggy came to the United States aboard the Queen Mary arriving on March 1, 1946. She became...
Norma Hicks
Nov 25, 2010
Norma J. Hicks of Elk Knob Road, Hix went to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 25, 2010 at her home following a long illness. Norma was born at Talcott to the late Arnett and Dorothy Sears Adkins. She enjoyed going to church at Freedom Baptist Church where she was a member, homemaker, loved cooking, sewing and spending time with...
Roger Lilly
Nov 18, 2010
Roger Kenton Lilly, Sr. 72, of Chesapeake, VA claimed the promise of the resurrection on Thursday, November 18, 2010 following a long illness. Born May 14, 1938 in Charleston West Virginia, he was the son of the late Ralph and Leeda Harper Lilly. A former United States Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Lilly was a retired Lieutenant Colonel with the Army...

Dempsey Lilly
Nov 13, 2010
Paul Dempsey Lilly, 81, of Ellison passed away Saturday morning, November 13, 2010 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hinton, following a long illness. Born June 22, 1929 at Ellison he was a son of the late Paul and Nancy Okes Lilly, a member of the Ellison Baptist Church, Graduate of Hinton High School and a school bus...
Tommy Lowe
Nov 9, 2010
Tommy Jayne Lowe 83, of Gum Spring, VA formerly of Forest Hill passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at the home of her daughter following a long illness. Born April 30, 1927 in Keystone, WV she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Kenova Witt. Mrs. Lowe was a retired public servant for the State of West Virginia. She...
Isabella Hurley
Nov 6, 2010
Isabella Danielle Hurley, 18 month old daughter of Dusty Hurley of Jumping Branch and Cristen Lynn Meador of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Womens and Childrens Hospital in Charleston. Isabella was born May 21, 2009 in Beckley. She brightened the lives of all those who loved her and is now enjoying heaven...

Robert Bower
Nov 4, 2010
Robert Lee Bower Sr., 64, of Jumping Branch went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 4, 2010. Born September 1, 1946 in Hinton he was the son of Evangaline Keith of Princeton and Clarence Bower of Beckley. A veteran of the United States Navy and the Merchant Marines Robert was a former employee of the Chesapeake and Ohio...