Obituaries

Ronnie Dean
Nov 24, 2009
Ronnie Dean Cox, 46, of Jumping Branch entered into eternal rest, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 following a long illness. Born December 25, 1962 at Hinton he was a son of the late Henry Brady Cox and Betty Farley Cox Eads of Princeton. A lifelong resident of Summers County he enjoyed hunting, fishing, drag racing and horseback riding. Ronnie was of...
Marie Tincher
Nov 19, 2009
Marie Tincher, 62 of Tug Creek Connection Road, Hinton went home to Heaven on November 19, 2009 at 4:00 P.M. at Summers Nursing and Rehab following a long illness. Born March 1, 1947 at Hinton she was a daughter of the late Jesse ?Buddy? and Dora Canterbury Bragg. Marie was a very special person who was loved by everyone that...

Anna Shanklin
Nov 9, 2009
Anna Marie Shanklin, 86, of Fairlea, formerly of Marie, died Monday, November 9, 2009 following a long illness. Born August 10, 1923 at Hinton she was a daughter of the late Ed and Josie Meador Anderson. A member of the New Hope United Methodist Church, she formerly owned and operated Shanklin?s Store and she served as postmaster for the Marie...

Clarice Irene
Nov 8, 2009
Clarice Irene Cox 77, of Fayetteville, NC formerly of Hinton went home to be with her Lord and Savior on November 8, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. in Greenville, NC following a long illness. Born September 20, 1932 at Ellison, she was a daughter of the late Clacy D. and Una Basham of Ellison Ridge. Mrs. Cox was of the Baptist...
Louise Collins
Nov 3, 2009
Louise Margaret Farley Collins, 82, of Christiansburg, VA, formerly of Hinton, died 3:58 P.M. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 at Cleveland, OH following a short illness. Born November 26, 1926 at True, she was a daughter of the late Olen and Loxie Adkins Farley. Louise had formerly worked as a presser in the sewing industry in Radford, VA as well as...
Anna Harvey
Oct 31, 2009
Anna Marie Epperly Harvey, 80, of Hinton, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009, at home following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born March 25, 1929, in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Thomas A. Epperly Sr. and Mary Etta Basham Epperly. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford J. Harvey; a sister,...
Marvin Ross
Oct 31, 2009
Marvin T. Ross, 61, of Hilldale, formerly of Beckley, died Saturday, October 31, 2009 in the Summers Nursing & Rehab Center under the care of a fantastic and caring staff following a long illness. Marvin was born on July 19, 1948, in Tams, WV to the late Lonzo Munsy and Glenna Elaine Biggers Ross. He attended North Tams Elementary School...

Pansy Perdue
Oct 29, 2009
Sunday November 1, 2009, 2:00 P.M. at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel Click for Map and Directions
Mary Bennett
Oct 27, 2009
Mary Lena Jones Bennett, 98, of Forest Hill formerly of Beckley died 12:25 P.M. Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at Summers Nursing and Rehab following a long illness. Born April 17, 1911 in Monroe County she was a daughter of the late Shield Ballard Jones and Rose Ella Brooks Jones. A member of the Memorial Baptist Church in Beckley, Mrs. Bennett...

Juanita Garten
Oct 23, 2009
Juanita F. Garten, 71, of Brooks went home to be with the Lord, Friday, October 23, 2009 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born May 23, 1938 in Summers County she was a daughter of the late Clarence F. and Charlotte Cales Rider. A former Nursing Assistant at Summers Co. Hospital and Summers Co. Continuous Care Center...
Margaret Gill
Oct 20, 2009
Margaret Joe Ann Raines Gill, 72, of Hilldale died Tuesday morning, October 20, 2009 at her home following a long courageous battle with lung cancer. Born November 5, 1936 at Barger Springs she was the daughter of the late Charles William and Virginia Claire McCall Raines. Margaret was a housekeeper for many different families and she loved playing bingo. Preceded...

Gilbert Petrey
Oct 16, 2009
Gilbert W. Petrey, 86, of Hilldale went home to be with the Lord, Friday October 16, 2009 at Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation. Born September 9, 1923 at Pipestem he was a son of the late Ward and Nina Campbell Petrey and was the last surviving member of his immediate family. A United States Navy Veteran who served his country during...

Martha Buckland
Oct 16, 2009
Martha L. Buckland, 51, of Hinton, died October 16, 2009 at her home following a sudden illness. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel with Pastor Lawrence Bennett officiating. Friends may call at the funeral parlors from 10:00 A.M. until time of services, Monday. The family has entrusted...
Zane Adkins
Oct 12, 2009
Zane Baden Adkins, 77, Chestnut Mountain died 12:45 P.M. Monday, October 12, 2009 at Summers Co. ARH following a long illness. Born June 14, 1932 in Summers County he was a son of the late James Thomas and Elsie Ellen Adkins. An avid hunter and outdoorsman he loved working on small engines and listening to bluegrass music, retired from Pipestem...
Thomas Richmond
Oct 8, 2009
Thomas Estel Richmond, 42, of Ballengee went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, October 8, 2009 following a sudden illness. Born March 8, 1967 at Hinton he was a son of the late Estel Howard and Nancy Lee Webb Richmond. A 1985 graduate of Union High School he was employed by Tom Nelson at Brookefield Farms at Lowell and...
James Farley
Sep 28, 2009
James Clifford Farley, 63, of Manning, South Carolina, formerly of Wayside, WV passed away following an apparent heart attack while hunting on September 28, 2009. Born June 24, 1946 in Summers County, he is the son of the late Otho and Ethel Williams Farley. He was a retired truck driver and a member of the Teamsters Union. He was an...
Virgil Cochran
Sep 20, 2009
Virgil Dewey ?Dee Cee? Cochran III, 25, of Clayton died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. Born June 28, 1984 in Mercer Co. he was a son of Victoria Smith Kesler and her husband John David of Clayton and Jimmy Ray Wheeler and companion Jennie Ward of Riverside Rest. Dee Cee was a member of the...

Lottie Parker
Sep 17, 2009
Lottie Parker, 81, of Talcott, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the home of her sister following a long illness. Born August 1, 1928 at Judson she was a daughter of the late John A. and Sarah C. Bennett Sears. Lottie was a homemaker and had lived most of her life in Summers County, loved doing needlepoint, crossword puzzles and...

Lennis Farley
Sep 11, 2009
Lennis J. Farley, 91, of Forest Hill went home to be with the Lord, September 11, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital following a short illness. Born November 24, 1917 she was a daughter of the late Henry Andrew and Madeline Mae Weikel Privett. A homemaker, she loved her family and her Savior Jesus Christ dearly. She was a member of...
Steven Adkins
Sep 9, 2009
Steven Wayne ?Turkey? Adkins, 47, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Summers County ARH following a long illness. Born December 26, 1961 at Detroit, MI he was a son of the late Russell Dillon and Sylvia Margaret Graham Adkins. A past employee of Gore?s Autobody with 18 years of service and K&S...