Obituaries
Boyd Gill
Feb 29, 2008
Boyd Ray Gill, 60, of Beckley, formerly of Tug Creek, Hinton, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at the Bower Hospice House at Beckley, following a battle with cancer. Born December 26, 1947 at Hix, in Summers Co., he was the son of Naomi Gill of Hinton. Preceded in death by one son, Raymond Boyd Gill. Besides his mother, he is...
Lola Bennett
Feb 27, 2008
Lola Delpha Bennett, 95, of Longbottom, died at 1:30 P. M. Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born April 9, 1912 at Longbottom, she was the daughter of the late John Henry â??Docâ?? and Clementine Vance Adkins. Mrs. Bennett was the former Pastor of the House of Prayer at...
Vivian Raines
Feb 27, 2008
Vivian Raines, 82 of Kaufman, TX, formerly of Hinton, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at the Sunflower Park Nursing Home, Following a long illness. Born April 18, 1925 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late French and Lottie Ballengee Williams. She had lived most of her life in Summers Co. and had been a resident of Texas...
Alvin Reed
Feb 25, 2008
Alvin Dennis Reed Sr., 80, of 116 Grace St., Hinton, died at 3:33 P.M. Monday at the VA Medical Center at Beckley, following a long illness. Born September 29, 1927 at Clayton, he was the son of the late Otis C and Grace Fox Reed. He was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., and a U.S. Army Veteran of the...
Rufina Bragg
Feb 24, 2008
Margaret Smith Bragg, 83, of Meadow Creek died Sunday, February 24, 2008 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born April 24, 1924 at Meadow Creek she was the daughter of the late Arthur Jackson and Rufina Myrtle Plumley Smith and she had lived her entire life at Meadow Creek. Margaret worked at Summers County Hospital...
Jerry Lee
Feb 24, 2008
Jerry Lee Fox 48, of Tug Creek went to heaven at 1:15 P.M. Sunday, February 24, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston following a short illness. Born November 1, 1959 at Hinton he was the son of the late William F. Fox and Virginia â??Mogeneâ?? Adkins Fox of Tug Creek. Jerry was employed at Pipestem State Park and had...
Vella Wilson
Feb 19, 2008
Vella Evelyn Wilson, 93, of Hinton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, February 19, 2008 at Country View Assisted Living at Peterstown. Born July 23, 1914 at Ballengee, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. and Ida Allen Wilson. Evelyn lived most of her life at Wayside where she cared for her parents and ran the farm with...
Robert Lindsay
Feb 16, 2008
Robert C. Lindsay, 85, of Talcott, died Saturday morning at his home, following a long illness. Born January 20, 1923 at Talcott, he was the son of the late Clifford C. and Hettie Ellis Lindsay. Robert was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII, retired from the C&O Railroad where he worked on the carpenter force and had worked at the...
James Shanks
Feb 14, 2008
James William â??Budâ?? Shanks, 79 of Hinton died Thursday morning February 14, 2008 at his home following a long illness. Born January 8, 1929 at Bellepoint, he was a son of the late James Paris and Kate Stella Crawford Shanks. Bud was a retired conductor and brakeman for the C&O Railroad, member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, owned...
Billy Cales
Feb 4, 2008
Billy Jack Cales Jr., 39, of Judson died Monday, February 4, 2008 at his home following a sudden illness. Born October 8, 1968 at Hinton, he was the son of Billy Jack and Karen Buckland Cales Sr. of Hilldale and his biological mother, Imogene Jeffries Cales. He was a 1987 graduate of Hinton High School, a lifelong resident of Summers...
Jayne Farley
Feb 3, 2008
Jayne E. Settle Farley, 43, of Goose Creek, near Talcott died Sunday, February 03, 2008 at Kingsport, TN following a long illness. Born June 16, 1964 at Fairfax, VA she was the daughter of James E. and Helen Lilly Settle of Judson Road, Talcott. She had lived most of her life in Summers County except for the past 20 years...
Robert Holland
Feb 3, 2008
Robert W. Holland, 92, of Sandstone went home to be with the Lord, Sunday February 3, 2008 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility following a long illness. Born August 2, 1915 at Green Sulphur Springs he was a son of the late Robert H. and Ledonia Surbaugh Holland. A lifelong resident of Summers County who was employed by the...
Hubert Williams
Jan 27, 2008
Hubert A. Williams, 88, of Nimitz, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital, following a brief illness. Born November 14, 1919 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Robert H. and Mary Via Williams. Mr. Williams was a member of the Bluestone Baptist Church at Jumping Branch, he was a retired...
Ruth Ratcliffe
Jan 27, 2008
On the morning of January 27, 2008, Ruth Carol Ratcliffe took her heavenly flight. Known to many as â??Boopieâ??, she began her life on February 29, 1932 as one out of ten surviving children born. Ruth made her life as a homemaker in Hinton and was a faithful member of the Jumping Branch Tabernacle.Preceded in death by her husband, Alpha...
Rita Harvey
Jan 20, 2008
Mrs. Rita Mae Harvey, 85, of Nimitz, died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at the Harmony House Care Home at Lerona, following a long illness. Born July 2, 1922, in Summers County she was the daughter of the late Clate and Laura Mooney Neely. Mrs. Harvey was a homemaker and a member of the Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church. Preceded in...
Gladys Smith
Jan 14, 2008
Gladys Elizabeth Canterbury Smith, 78, of Hinton, died Monday, January 14, 2008 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born August 4, 1929 at Bellepoint, she was the daughter of the late Andrew L. and Mamie Arbella Mann Canterbury. She was a member of the Springfield Primative Baptist Church at Greenville; Valedictorian of Hinton High School...
Edward Lilly
Jan 8, 2008
Edward T. Lilly, 86, of Nimitz, died 6:15 P.M. Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born August 29, 1921 at Hinton, he was a son of the late Cecil C. Lilly and Mabel Lilly Lilly Lazio. Edward had lived most of his life at Nimitz and in Florida, was a graduate of...
Guy Hatcher
Jan 8, 2008
Guy Lester Hatcher, 99, of Beckley formerly of Streeter died at 4:25 P.M. January 8, 2008 at Heartland of Beckley following a long illness. Born October 29, 1908 at Hatcher Flats in Summers County he was a son of the late Henry Hatcher and Luziana Frances Wills Hatcher. Member of the Rhoda Ann Missionary Baptist Church, former member of the...
Ula Trout
Jan 1, 2008
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...
David Williams
Dec 25, 2007
David R. Williams, 66, of Jumping Branch, died at 1:45 A.M. Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at the Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, following a short illness. Born October 20, 1941 at Green Sulphur Springs he was a son of the late Robert and Grace Pack Williams. A lifelong resident of Summers County, David was a retired barber who owned and operated...
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