Obituaries

Ruby Gill
Aug 6, 2008
Ruby Ann Plumley Gill, 54, of Hinton, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea, following a long illness. Born November 11, 1953 at Camp Branch, WV, she was the daughter of the late Richard Plumley and Virginia Bennett Plumley Richmond. Ruby was employed as a nurse aide for many years at the Summers Co....

Jason Deaver
Aug 1, 2008
Jason Charles Deaver, 28, of Lerona, died Friday, August 01, 2008 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA, following a short illness. Born October 10, 1979 at Princeton, WV he was the son of Charles and Theresa Jo Strattis Deaver of Lerona. He attended the Church of Christ at Lerona; a former employee of Pipestem State Park where he worked...

Lisa Bragg
Jul 26, 2008
Lisa Lemon Bragg, 45 of Hinton died Saturday July 26, 2008 at the Duke Medical Center in Durham NC following a long illness. Born May 16, 1963 in Hinton she was the daughter of the late James A. Lemon and Gladys M. Lemon of Hinton. Lisa was a Baptist who has been a lifelong resident of Summers County.She enjoyed taking...

Cecil Okes
Jul 24, 2008
Cecil Ray Okes, 83, of Nimitz, formerly of Cleveland, OH, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, July 24, 2008 at the Rocking Chair Residential Care following a long illness. Born May 14, 1925 at Ellison, he was the son of the late Clarence and Elizabeth Wills Okes. Cecil was a member of the Nimitz Missionary Baptist Church, he...

Bertha Basham
Jul 24, 2008
Bertha Alice Basham, 87, of Ellison Ridge passed away July 24, 2008 at her home following a long illness. Born March 12, 1921 at Ellison Ridge she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Elizabeth Wills Okes. A lifelong resident of Summers County and a member of the Bluestone Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Willa Cales
Jul 21, 2008
Willa B. Cales of Melbourne, FL formerly of Hinton died Monday evening, July 21, 2008 at her residence following a long illness.Born at Thayer in Fayette Co., she was the daughter of the late Fred Earl and Sue Waldon Dillard Huddleston. Willa was a member of the Sandstone Baptist Church, a former member of Hintonâ??s Silver Leaf Chapter #5 Order...

Dallas Pack
Jul 19, 2008
Dallas C. Pack, 74, of Jumping Branch, died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at his home, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born April 7, 1934 at Streeter, in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Ralph C. and Lydia Johnson Pack. Mr. Pack was a member of the Bluestone View Primitive Baptist Church on Ellison Ridge and was...

Goldie Tolliver
Jul 17, 2008
Goldie Cox Lilly Tolliver, 99, of Hilldale, departed this life and entered her heavenly home on July 17, 2008 at the Summers Co. Nursing and Rehab Center following a long illness. Born February 17, 1909, in Lilly, WV, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Henry and Mary A. Mann Cox. A native of Jumping Branch, she had been...

Jackie Fleshman
Jul 15, 2008
Jackie Everette Fleshman 67 of Green Sulpher Springs, WV passed away at 3:15 pm on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 in the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley WV following a long illness. Jackie was born August 5, 1940 at Green Sulpher Springs and was the son of the late Ewell and Adena Kincaid Fleshman and was a member of the Lick...

Eleanor Stalnaker
Jul 13, 2008
Eleanor Grace Ryan Stalnaker, 74, of Talcott went home to be with the Lord, Sunday morning July 13, 2008 at Allegheny Regional Hospital at Low Moor, VA, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born December 3, 1933 at Fairmont, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Arthur and Loleta Kelly Ryan. Former employee of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co....

Dorothy Lilly
Jul 12, 2008
Dorothy Faye Lilly, 61 of Nimitz, went home to heaven Saturday morning, July 12, 2008 after a very short illness.Born April 25, 1947 at Nimitz, she was the daughter of the late Robert Waldo â??Darrellâ?? and Macie Clara Lilly and had lived all of her life at Nimitz. A member of the Glen Morgan Missionary Baptist Church where she never...

Charles Richmond
Jul 7, 2008
Charles W. Richmond, 50, of Crab Orchard, died Monday, July 7, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan of an apparent heart attack. Born October 23, 1957 at Beckley, he was a son of Charles E. and Joann Lilly Richmond of Crab Orchard. He was an employee of PNU TEC of Statesville, NC and formerly employed by Tension Envelopes of Winston-Salem, NC. He...

Thomas Edwards
Jul 7, 2008
Thomas Wayne Edwards, 49, of Cool Ridge, formerly of Pipestem, departed this life for his heavenly home Monday morning July 7, 2008 at his home. Born February 22, 1959 at Hinton, he was the son of Orpha I. Wills Young Singleton and husband Bill of Bluefield and Ethan Paul Edwards and his wife of Wallbridge, OH. Thomas was a carpenter...

Frank Roberto
Jul 3, 2008
Frank Michael Roberto, 66, of Lerona, WV, formerly of Cleveland, OH, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 3, 2008 at his home, following a long battle with leukemia. Born November 1, 1941 at Cleveland, OH, he was the son of the late Ross and Angela Malaska Roberto. Frank was an active member of the Rocky Mt. Community...

Madeline Richmond
Jun 26, 2008
Madeline M. Ward Richmond, 89, of Sandstone went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born June 20, 1919, at Hix she was the daughter of the late Johnnie M. and Pearl Wykle Ward. A member of the Ramp Holiness Church, Madeline loved going to church...

Elda Caruthers
Jun 25, 2008
Elda â??Shirleyâ?? Caruthers, 75, of 495 Stokes Drive, Hinton, died at 6:10 AM Wednesday at the Bowerâ??s Hospice House at Beckley following a long illness. Born October 27, 1932 at Pipestem, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Franklin and Carrie Ellen Anderson Knight. Shirley was the former owner and operator of C&L Rubber Stamps of Charleston, WV and...

Robert Bumgarner
Jun 15, 2008
Robert Ray Bumgarner, 78 of Hix died at his home, 8:30 A.M. June 15, 2008 following a sudden illness. Born June 23, 1929 in South Carolina he was a son of the late George and Veda Bumgarner. A member of the Ramp Holiness Church and a United States Army Veteran who served his country during the Korean Conflict. Preceded in...

Dainese Ames
Jun 15, 2008
Dainese Ella Taylor Ames, 84, of Hinton, went home to be with the Lord Sunday morning June 15, 2008, at the Summers Co. Applachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a sudden illness. Born June 25, 1923 at Sandstone she was a daughter of the late Jess C. and Jessie M. Kincaid Taylor. Dainese married the love of her life Clarence...

Jerry Gill
Jun 14, 2008
Jerry Richard Gill, 62, of Hinton died Saturday, June 14, 2008 at his home following a long illness. Born February 3, 1946 at Hinton he was a son of the late Morgan and Lilly B. Martin Gill. Jerry was a self employed painter who loved hunting and fishing as long as his health permitted and he faithfully attended the First...

Willa Reed
Jun 13, 2008
Willa R. Reed, 79, of Lerona, formerly of Beech Run, died Friday, June 13, 2008 at The Rockin Chair Residential Care, at Lerona, following a long illness. Born March 31, 1929 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Henry Lee Darcy and Lilly Emiline McKinney Hatcher. Mrs. Reed had lived all her life in Summers Co., she...