Obituaries

Deborah Hunter
Jul 2, 2010
Deborah Sue ?Debbie? Hunter, 51 of Hinton died Friday, July 2, 2010 at home following a sudden illness. Born September 2, 1958 at Beckley she was a daughter of the late Donald G. Sullivan and Rose Marie Hubbard and step-father, Cecil Hubbard of Lanham, MD. A homemaker, Debbie resided with her aunt, Donna Berry of Hinton where she served as...
Teddy Cole
Jun 22, 2010
Teddy Wayne Cole, 52, of Tug Creek near Hinton, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 9:44 A.M. at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born April 19, 1958 in Hinton he was a son of the late Andrew Basil and Ruby Marie Armentrout Cole. Teddy was a disabled driver for Williams Transport and a former employee of...
Joe Walton
Jun 17, 2010
Joe Junior (Lucious Clay) Walton, 59 of Chestnut Mountain near Hinton went home to be with the Lord Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born February 14, 1951 at Sunlight, WV he was a son of the late George Alva and Emzie Scott Walton. He was a disabled timberman, a member of the Chestnut...
Billy Martin
Jun 16, 2010
Billy Junior Martin, 78, of Hinton went home to be with his Lord and Savior on June 16, 2010 following a long illness. Born March 20, 1932 at Forest Hill he was a son of the late Amos and Vina Mae Adkins Martin. He retired from the Sanitation Dept, City of Hinton after 25 years of service and Billy was...
Grant Petitt
Jun 11, 2010
Grant Carvil Petitt, 80 of Hinton died 5:15P.M. Friday, June 11, 2010 in Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. Born March 2, 1930 in Ferndale he was the son of the late Denver Voil and Birdie Ann Burdette Petitt. A member of the Clayton Baptist Church, Grant lived the last 14 years in Summers Co. after retiring from the Raleigh Co. Board...
Michelle Palmer
Jun 7, 2010
Michelle Leigh Palmer, 31, of Lowell went home to be with the Lord, Monday, June 7, 2010 at her home following a sudden illness. Michelle was born March 26, 1979 at Beckley, WV and was the daughter of David and Kathy Wills Palmer of Lowell. She was a member of Freedom Baptist Church at Powley?s Creek, a 1998 Graduate of...

Marie Breen
Jun 4, 2010
Marie A. Breen, 84, of Blacksburg, VA formerly of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, June 4, 2010 at the Springfield Nursing Center following a short illness. Born May 22, 1926 at Hinton she was a daughter of the late Mike H. and Lou Annie Breen Ball. Marie was of the Baptist Faith, a former cook at the...
Thomas Morris
Jun 3, 2010
Thomas K. Morris 58, of Talcott passed away Thursday, June 03, 2010 at Allegheny Regional Hospital, Low Moor, VA following a long illness. Born October 29, 1951 in Ballard, he was the son of the late Mrs. Florence V. Adams. Thomas, who went by Tommy graduated from Delcastle in 1971. He worked for 20 years at Riverside Hospital as a...
Danny Burdette
May 31, 2010
Danny Wayne "Birdie" Burdette, 52, of Crab Orchard formerly of Hinton entered into his eternal rest Monday, May 31, 2010 following a long illness. Born April 6, 1958 at Hinton he was a son of the late James Burdette and Betty Thompson Burdette of Hilldale. Danny served his country in the United States Army as part of the 82nd Airborne,...
Charles Ward
May 19, 2010
Charles ?Charlie? Clayton Ward, 47, of Hix formerly of Elkton, MD died Wednesday May 19, 2010 at his home. Born December 28, 1962 at Hix he was a son of Ralph and Patricia Carte Ward of Elkton, MD. He was of the Baptist faith and was employed 20 years as a truck driver for Home Waste in Elkton, MD, Charlie...
Bernard McCoy
May 15, 2010
Bernard McCoy, 82, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital following a long illness. Born September 27, 1927 at Pike County, KY he was a son of the late Christopher Columbus and Effie Hatfield McCoy. A disabled coal miner and member of the UMWA he loved fishing and hunting and...

Shannon Frost
May 5, 2010
Shannon Bernice Frost, 34, of Hinton died May 5, 2010 in the Martinsville Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness. Born July 9, 1975 at Martinsville, Virginia. She was a daughter of the late Wendell Wood and Juanita Andrews of Hinton. Shannon was a homemaker, loving mother and grandmother and enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She was survived...
Lois Davis
Apr 22, 2010
Lois Ann ?Sissy? (Via) Comer Davis, 59, of Shady Spring ended her battle with cancer Thursday, April 22, 2010. Born May 7, 1950 at Summerlee, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Alan and Lois Ann Brabb Via. Mrs. Davis was a licensed life insurance agent and real estate agent serving southern West Virginia. Mrs. Davis was of the...
Glenna Francis
Apr 21, 2010
Glenna Francis Fox, 77, of Forest Hill went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at her home following a long illness. Born June 13, 1932 at Wiggins she was the daughter of the late Archie and Marie Harvey Buckland. Glenna was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where she served as the Sunday School treasurer and...
Ina Lilly
Apr 14, 2010
Ina Louise Lilly, 93, of Meadow Creek passed away at 4:05 P.M. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Pine Lodge in Beckley following a long illness. Born December 21, 1916 at Kimball she was a daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth and John Smith. She was of the Methodist faith and was a loving and precious mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her...

James Williams
Apr 6, 2010
James Lee Williams, 80, of Beech Run died Monday, April 6, 2010 at Summers Co. ARH following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born May 1, 1929 in Summers Co. he was a son of the late Robert H. and Mary F. Via Williams. James lived all his life in Summers Co., a veteran of the United States Army,...

Stephen Meadows
Apr 6, 2010
Dr. Stephen P. Meadows, 71, of Athens, GA, (formerly of Beckley, WV) died on April 6, 2010 at St. Mary?s Hospice, in Bogart, GA. He was born in Hinton , WV, on November 26, 1938. He was the son of the late O. Clifford Meadows of Hinton, WV and is survived by his mother, Mary Baker Meadows, formerly of Hinton,...

Buddy Thomas
Apr 5, 2010
William T. ?Buddy? Thomas, 81, of Hinton died April 5, 2010 at his home following a short illness. Born November 3, 1929 at Pence Springs, he was the son of the late William T. Thomas Sr. and Ellene Bragg Thomas. Buddy was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., retired from the C&O Railroad having worked on the track dept, served...

Ulles E.
Apr 4, 2010
Ulles E. Fox, 87, of Barksdale passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 in the CAMC Memorial Division following a sudden illness. Born March 18, 1923 at Hinton, he was the last surviving member of his immediate family and a son of the late Thomas Green Fox, High Beckner and Sally Ann Ward Fox Beckner with whom he was...
Ethel Bower
Apr 1, 2010
Ethel Mae Bower, 54 of Hinton went to be with the Lord April 1, 2010 following a short illness. Born October 31, 1955 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late Homer and Rhoda Bennett Adkins. A homemaker and lifelong resident of Summers Co. she was a loving mother, grandmother and dear friend. Besides her parents she was...