Obituaries

Lloyd Whitlock
Mar 13, 2009
Mr. Lloyd M. Whitlock, 85, of 414 Greenbrier Dr., Hinton, died Friday, March 13, 2009, following a sudden heart attack. Born April 18, 1923 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Stanley A. and Nola Mae Angell Whitlock. Lloyd was the Manager of Hinton Builders and Supply Co. where he retired after many years of dedicated service. A...

Calvin Bennett
Mar 9, 2009
Shining bright as a star, illuminating the tip of Zion Mt. are three crosses. Their joyous light encaptures our heart and spirit every welcoming season, letting us know we are loved and at peace.To make this possible, an extraordinary man brought forward a gift to the Hinton community, giving all of us the ability to stop the moment and absorb...

James Pack
Mar 3, 2009
James Mark Pack, 55, of Jumping Branch, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at the Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division following complications of a massive heart attack. He was born January 31, 1954 at Hinton and was a son of the late C.W. â??Charlieâ?? and Bessie Bower Pack. Jim was a lifelong resident of...

Joseph Woodrum
Mar 3, 2009
Joseph Glen â??Joeâ?? Woodrum, 43, of Athens, WV and Norman, OK, formerly of Hinton died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at his apartment in Norman following an apparent heart attack. Born January 24, 1966 at Hinton, he was the son of Mrs. Joan Briers Woodrum Monroe and husband Jim of Hinton and the late Dr. Jack D. Woodrum. Joe was a...

Betty Pritchett
Mar 2, 2009
Betty Lou Lilly Pritchett, 69, of Verona, VA for the past 25 years, formerly of Nimitz, passed away peacefully Monday, March 2, 2009 following an extended illness. Born July 3, 1939 at Nimitz, she was a daughter of the late Lunda L. Lilly and Mary L. Lilly of Nimitz. Betty graduated from Hinton High School Class of 1958 and married...

James Basham
Feb 27, 2009
On the evening of Friday, February 27th, James Basham peacefully slipped away into the arms of Christ following a long illness at UVA Hospital Charlottesville, Virginia. James was born on November 9th, 1927 in Hinton and was the son of the late Lyndsay Basham and Ocie Nabors Basham. He was raised on Southside and remained in Hinton where he met...

Russell Pierce Sr.
Feb 17, 2009
Russell M. Pierce Sr., 65, of Talcott, departed this life Tuesday evening at his home, following a short illness. Born April 12, 1943 at Virginia, he was the son of Mrs. Mabel Allen Pierce of Low Moor, VA and the late Clinton Pierce Sr. Russell was a member of the 2nd Baptist Church at Talcott, and was a retired employee...

Charles Yancey
Feb 15, 2009
Jack Dempsey Yancey, 80, of Disputanta, VA formerly of Hinton, passed into eternal rest, February 15, 2009 at the VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA following a short illness. Born July 23, 1928 at Winding Gulf in Raleigh Co. he was the son of the late John William and Hilda Marie Young Yancey. A former Telegrapher for the C&O Railway he...

Joy Foster
Feb 14, 2009
Mrs. Joy Armada Foster, 85 of Newton Falls, Ohio passed away 1:48 A.M. on Saturday, February 14, 2009, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren, Ohio with her daughter by her side. Joy was born on Wednesday, October 17, 1923 in Green Sulphur Springs. She was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Lura Hedrick Hicks. Joy grew up in...

Noah Smith
Feb 9, 2009
Noah Charles Smith, 80, of Hilldale, formerly of Princeton, died Monday February 9, 2009 at the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown. Born December 9, 1928 in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Oliver Carl and Della Faye Bower Smith. He was a member of the Johnsonâ??s Chapel Baptist Church while living most of his life in Princeton....

Ralph Harrah
Jan 31, 2009
Ralph â??Tommyâ?? Harrah, 49, of Madams Creek, Hinton died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at his home. Born February 14, 1959 at Summers Co., he was the son of Virginia Bennett Harrah of Madamâ??s Creek, Hinton and the late Ralph Thomas Harrah. Tommy was a member of the Church of the Living God, he was a lifelong resident of Summers Co.,...

Betty Bragg
Jan 30, 2009
Betty Joyce Bragg, 74, of Hinton, formerly of Princeton, went to be with her Lord on her birthday, January 30, 2009 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a sudden illness. Born January 30, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Felix L. and Lottie B. Meadows Boland. She was a loving and faithful wife, mother...

William Gore
Jan 29, 2009
William R. â??Billâ?? Gore 72, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Thursday January 29, 2009 at the Select Unit located in St. Francis Hospital in Charleston following a sudden illness. Born November 12, 1936 at Hinton he was a son of the late William Jason and Virginia Hunter Gore. Bill retired from the Bell Atlantic telephone company...

Cecile Angell
Jan 28, 2009
Cecile Irene Smith Angell, 98, of Madams Creek, Hinton, WV, died January 28, 2009 in the Summers Nursing and Rehab Center at Hilldale following a long illness. Born September 17, 1910, at Retro, TN, she was the daughter of the late James Dolphin and Nancy Elmira Shipley Smith. She was a cook at the Old Hinton Hospital for many years...

Bragg
Jan 25, 2009
Geneva Bragg, 84, of Tug Creek Mountain near Hinton passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009. Born in December of 1924, she was the daughter of the late Edward Lawrence and Dora Bennett Davis. She worked as a LPN at the Hinton Hospital where she loved taking care of the newborn babies. She later worked at Pinecrest Sanitarium in Beckley and...

Arnold Hammons
Jan 15, 2009
Arnold Lee Hammons 65, of Hilldale, died at 10:10 P.M. Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hinton following a short illness. Born June 29, 1943 at Elton he was the son of the late Ben F. and Nellie J. Harron Hammons. He was a former employee of Summers County Hospital and a sixteen year employee...

Jack Hellems
Jan 9, 2009
Jack L. â??Buzzâ?? Hellems, 78, of 104 Temple Street, Hinton, died 5:30 A.M. Friday January 9, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born August 31, 1930 at Madams Creek, Hinton, he was the son of the late Earl L. and Mary Wallace Hellems. Buzz was a 1948 graduate of Hinton High School and attended Concord College. A Veteran...

Matthew Shirey
Jan 3, 2009
Matthew Lake Shirey, our beautiful, precious angel, is dancing at the side of Jesus. Born September 17, 2008 at Ronceverte, WV to Sherry Lynn Shirey of Hinton and Lloyd Asbury II of Beckley, WV. Preceded in death by his maternal grandmother Theresa Ann Shifflett, his maternal great grandmother, Virginia M. Meadows and a host of other family. Besides his parents,...

Ula
Jan 1, 2009
Ula Viola â??Midgeâ?? Trout, 60 of Hilldale died 8:00 am January 1, 2009 in the Summers County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. Born October 1, 1948 in Rainelle, WV she was the daughter of the late Ben F. and Nellie J. Harron Hammonds. She was a former employee of the Summers Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, Summers...

Talmadge Reed
Dec 31, 2008
Talmadge Reed, 90, of Madams Creek, Hinton died 10:55 P.M. Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at the Harmony House in Lerona, following a long illness.Born August 26, 1918 in Summers County, he was the son of the late Asa and Sara Meadows Reed.Retired Shop Mechanic for the C&O Railroad, a Veteran of the United States Army who served his country during...