Obituaries

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...

Helen Williams
Dec 19, 2008
Helen Sue Richmond Williams, 71, of Beech Run, Hinton, died at 11:30 A.M. Friday, December 19, 2008 at the Summers Co. ARH at Hinton following a short illness. Born November 22, 1937 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Burt C. and Lila Amick Richmond. She was a former employee of the West Virginia State Prison for Women...

Lucille Vest
Dec 14, 2008
Lucille M. Vest, 83, of Beckley, formerly of Madamâ??s Creek, Hinton, died 3:00 P.M. Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the Raleigh Center of Daniels following a long illness. Born July 6, 1925 at Brooks, WV she was the daughter of the late Cleve and Pearl Ayers Ballengee. She was a homemaker and attended the Martha Chapel United Methodist Church on...

Dicie Lewis
Dec 5, 2008
Dicie M. Wills Lewis, 80, of Dundalk, MD formerly of Ellison Ridge, WV died Friday, December 5, 2008 at Bayview Hospital in Maryland. Born July 1, 1928 at Ellison she was a daughter of the late Joseph Basil and Lena Joyce Lilly Wills. She was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Moose Lodge Chapter #97 in Dundalk,...

Cathy Plumley
Dec 5, 2008
Cathy Denise Plumley, 34 of Madams Creek near Hinton entered into her eternal rest, Friday, December 5, 2008 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 17, 1974, at Summers County she was a daughter of Robert and Juanita Via Bennett of Madams Creek. She was a Christian, lifelong resident of Summers Co., a 1992 graduate of Hinton High School...

Myrtle Richmond
Dec 3, 2008
Myrtle M. Richmond, 101 of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, December 3, 2008 at Heartland of Beckley following a short illness. Born December 1, 1907 at Longbottom, she was a daughter of the late John Henry â??Docâ?? and Sarah Clementine Vance Adkins. She attended the Hinton Gospel Tabernacle while her health permitted, a homemaker who loved to...

Anna Vandall
Nov 30, 2008
Anna Jean Vandall, 66, of Hinton, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a sudden illness. Born February 3, 1942 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Morgan and Lilly Martin Gill. She attended church services at Hinton House Apartments Chapel while her...

David Adkins
Nov 26, 2008
David B. Adkins, 89, of Meadow Creek died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the Pocahontas Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born March 12, 1919 at Longbottom he was a son of the late William Fisher and Sally Ann Bragg Adkins. A lifelong resident of Summers Co. who was a member of the Meadow Creek Baptist Church, retired laborer with...

Mamie Carte
Nov 18, 2008
Mamie Alice Anderson Carte, 101, of 1302 Temple St., Hinton, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born June 8, 1907 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late William Preston â??Uncle Budâ?? and Elizabeth June Young Anderson. She was a lifelong resident of Hinton. Mamie was a...

Susan Whittaker
Nov 18, 2008
Susan Jean Whittaker, 56, of 171 Pleasant St., Hinton, died suddenly Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at her home. Born February 19, 1952 at San Antonio, TX, she was the daughter of the late Roland and Jeane Wolf Brunk. Sue had worked for the Tassos family for many years at the Hinton Hot Dog Stand and The Bobcat Den. Most recently...