Obituaries

Donald Dunn
Nov 13, 2008
Donald G. Dunn, 91, of Groves, TX, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Renaissance Hospital. Born March 30, 1917 at Forest Hill, WV, he was a son of the late Samuel Rufus and Venice Clare Vass Dunn. He had been a resident of Groves for the past 48 years, and was a member of Groves First United Methodist Church. Mr....

Naomi Deaver
Nov 12, 2008
Naomi H. Deaver, 85, of Pipestem went to be with her Lord and Savior at her home surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 following a long illness. Born on February 12, 1923 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Edna Mae Lilly Gill. She lived all her life in the Summers County...

Leona Boone
Nov 11, 2008
Leona Nora Richmond Boone, 90, of Judson died 11:44 A.M. Tuesday, November 11, 2008 following a long illness. Born September 3, 1918 at Ramp, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Leona Nora Ward Richmond. Mrs. Boone was a homemaker and a charter member of the Tempa Baptist Church. She recently became a member of the Hinton...

John Richmond
Nov 10, 2008
John H. Richmond, 82, of Brooks, died 10:00 P.M. Monday, November 10, 2008 at the Summers Nursing and Rehab at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born January 5, 1926 in Raleigh County, he was the son of the late William Howard and Mary Bama Hogan Richmond. John was a retired timberman and truck driver who served his country in the...

Nancy Canterbury
Nov 9, 2008
Nancy Jane Bower Erskine Canterbury, 74, of Granite Falls, NC, formerly of Summers Co., died Sunday morning following a long illness.Born October 12, 1934 at Jumping Branch, she was the youngest daughter of the late Elijah A. and Ollie Dodd Bower.Nancy was a home maker, she had lived most of her live in Summers and Monroe Counties. She had moved...

Kathy Painter
Nov 9, 2008
Kathy Delores Burnett Cales Painter, 57, of Hinton, departed this life on Sunday, November 9, 2008, at the Brier Nursing and Rehab at Ronceverte, where she had been a resident for the past eight years, following a long illness. Born June 22, 1951 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Edha Madalene â??Magâ?? Grimmett Burnett....

Rrena Tincher
Nov 7, 2008
Rrena Mae Tincher, 98, formerly of Big Creek, died Friday, November 7, 2008 at the Hopemont State Hospital at Terra Alta, WV, following a long illness. Born March 27, 1910 at Prince, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Sina McGraw and had lived most of her life in Summers Co. Rrena was a homemaker and a member...

Kennamae Lilly
Nov 5, 2008
Kennamae Anderson Lilly, 88, of Nimitz, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at the Harmony House Adult Care of Lerona, following a long illness. Born May 22, 1920 at Jumping Branch, she was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Edna Richmond Anderson and lived her entire life in Summers Co. She was a...

Dorothy Lilly
Nov 4, 2008
Dorothy Anne Buckland Lilly, 85, of White Oak, formerly of Hilldale, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Sunbridge Pine Lodge Care and Rehab Center, following a long illness. Born May 11, 1923 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late William Elbert and Maggie Cox Buckland. Mrs. Lilly was a member of the White Oak Missionary Baptist Church at...

Darrell Weikle
Oct 27, 2008
Darrell Wayne Weikle, 41, of Hinton, died Monday at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born July 20, 1967 at Hinton, he was the son of Doris Lemon Gill of Pipestem. Darrell attended the Old Country Church of Hinton. Besides his mother, he is survived by his companion of many years, Martha Sears, three daughters;...

Allen Reese
Oct 25, 2008
Allen B. Reese, 46, of Talcott, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the Summers Co. ARH following a sudden illness. Born March 30, 1962 at Montgomery, he was a son of the late Darrell and Thelma Reese. He is preceded in death by one sister, Alice Parrish and one brother, Ernest â??Squeakieâ?? Reese. He is survived by his wife, Aldona...

Mary Gill
Oct 21, 2008
Mary A. Gill, 74, of 1500 Fayette St., Hinton died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Summers Nursing and Rehab following a long illness. Born March 9, 1934 at Hinton she was the daughter of the late James A. and Laura Patrick Brumit. Preceded in death by her husband, Donald L. Gill and seven brothers, John, Charles, Robert, James H., Hiram,...

Elizabeth Harris
Oct 14, 2008
Elizabeth Marguerite â??Babeâ?? Harris, 79, of Nimitz died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at her home following a sudden illness. Born August 13, 1929 at Jumping Branch she was a daughter of the late Basil W. and Nomi Cole Lilly. She was a member of the Nimitz Missionary Baptist Church and past treasurer of the Lilly-Crews Cemetery for many years, homemaker...

James Miller
Oct 13, 2008
James Lacy Miller, 78, of Forest Hill, died on Monday evening, October 13, 2008 due to a farm accident near his home. Mr. Miller was born at the family farm on Madams Creek, near Hinton, on September 21, 1930. He was the son of the late Virgil and Eva Bennett Miller and the grandson of the late Lacy Ballard Miller...

Virginia Wilcox
Oct 11, 2008
Virginia Frances Harper Wilcox, 91, went to be with the Lord in her home in Nimitz, WV, after a time of illness. Her life was a beacon of hope and charity to all who knew her. She was born on August 5, 1917 at Harper, WV, to parents Frank and Jenny Davis Harper. Virginia was preceded in death by her...

Charles Bennett
Oct 9, 2008
Charles Elwood Bennett, 75 of Bluefield, formerly of Madams Creek, died October 9, 2008 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield following a long illness. Born at Meadow Creek he was the son of the late Omer and Inez Fox Bennett. Preceded in death by one brother, Benny Bennett. Survived by his wife, Ruth Bennett of Madams Creek; one...

Thomas Rakes
Oct 2, 2008
Thomas Joseph Rakes, 70, of Zion Mt. Road, Hinton, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born March 18, 2008 at Summers Co., he was the son of the late William â??Billâ?? and Edna Dick Rakes. He was a retired cook and kitchen worker at Pipestem State Park Resort...

Edwin Goddard
Sep 28, 2008
Edwin Gerald Goddard, 82, of Brooks, died at 2:30 A.M. Sunday, September 28, 2008 at his home, following a long illness. Born March 29, 1926 at Katherine, he was the son of the late Lonnie and Erma McClannahan Goddard. Retired from the CSX Corp. with 43 years of service where he worked as a welder and in track maintenance. Preceded...

Hattie Jolliffee
Sep 27, 2008
Hattie Faye Bragg Jolliffe, 85, of Hinton, died Saturday morning, September 27, 2008 at her home, following a long illness. Born August 7, 1923 on Brooks Mountain in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Joseph G. and Ada Bennett Bragg. Faye was a member of the Brooks Baptist Church. She had owned and operated her own business,...

Erma Brogan
Sep 25, 2008
Erma Lee Brogan, 69, of Summers Co., died at 9:45 P.M. Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born May 9, 1939 at Hancock Co., Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Will and Ora Lee Perkey Brogan. Mrs. Brogan was a homemaker and a Christian lady. She was preceded in...