Obituaries

Lilly Petrey

Lilly Petrey

Dec 6, 2005

Lilly Madeline Petrey, 86, of Hinton, died Tuesday, December 6, 2005 at the Wayne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, at Wayne, WV following a long illness. Born December 20, 1918 at Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Thad and Mattie Maddy Scarbro. Mrs. Petrey was a lifelong resident of Hinton, she was a homemaker and a Baptist. Preceded in...

Mabel Lazio

Mabel Lazio

Dec 5, 2005

Mabel Lilly Lazio, 102, of Hilldale, passed away on December 5, 2005 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Hilldale . Born February 16, 1903 in Summers County, she was the daughter of the late Congressman Thomas Jefferson and Roxy Lilly Lilly. She was the former wife of C&O Engineer Cecil Lilly of Hinton with whom she had four...

Lois Willey

Lois Willey

Dec 4, 2005

Lois I. Welch Willey 73, of 126 Pleasant St. Hinton died Sunday December 4, 2005 at the Charleston Area Medical Center following a long illness. Born June 19, 1932 at Green Sulphur Springs she was the daughter of the late W.T. and Iva Cales Welch. A lifelong resident of Summers Co. and a member of the Bellepoint Baptist Church. Beside...

Vera Young

Vera Young

Dec 2, 2005

Vera Augusta Young, 102 of Peru, IN, formerly of Hinton died Friday, December 2, 2005 at 11:27 A.M. at the Dukes Memorial Hospital at Peru, IN. Born November 17, 1903 at Jumping Branch, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Nancy Etta Lilly. She married Charles A. Young, July 3, 1922 at Beckley, WV, she was a...

Eldridge Richmond

Eldridge Richmond

Nov 28, 2005

Eldridge M. â??Shortyâ?? Richmond, 81, of Hix, died Monday, November 28, 2005 at his home. Born January 31, 1924 at Hix, he was the son of the late Noah C. and Clara F. Brown Richmond. Mr. Richmond was a lifelong resident of Hix. He was a retired employee of the C&O Railroad and a lifelong farmer and timberman. Preceded in...

Ruby Dunbar

Ruby Dunbar

Nov 27, 2005

Ruby Lucille Dunbar, 82, of Clarksville TN, formerly of Alderson, WV, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005 at Gateway Medical Center. Ruby was born Oct. 5, 1923 in Creamery WV. She was the daughter of the late Elmer and Mamie Walkup Erskine. She was preceded in death by a son Thomas Joe Dunbar. She was a member of the Keller Presbyterian...

Andrew Basham

Andrew Basham

Nov 26, 2005

Andrew Basham 72, of Ghent went home to be with the Lord Tuesday November 22, 2005 following a short illness. Born February 21, 1933 in Summers Co. he was the son of the late Lena Oakley Lilly and Albert Basham. He was a member of the Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church at Ellison. Andrew was a true blessing to his family...

Edith Bakalis

Edith Bakalis

Nov 18, 2005

Edith C. Bakalis, 91, of Forest Hill, died at 5:15 P.M. Friday at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness. Born October 5, 19114 at Pipestem, she was the daughter of the late James Richards and Nettie Martin Richards Buckland. Mrs. Bakalis had lived the early part of her life in Summers Co. She lived in Washington...

Ralph Wilson

Ralph Wilson

Nov 16, 2005

Ralph O. Wilson Jr., 80, of Hinton, passed away at 1:15 P.M. Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long battle with brain cancer. Born in Huntington, WV on September 24, 1925, he was the son of the late Ralph O. and Helen Chadwick Wilson Sr. Ralph graduated from Hinton High School...

Mildred Pope

Mildred Pope

Nov 15, 2005

Mildred Emerson Pope, 69, of Jumping Branch, WV, died Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at her home following a sudden illness. Born May 25, 1936 at Mayville, NY, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Malissa Benson Dascomb. Mrs. Pope had been a resident of Jumping Branch, WV for the past 20 years and a resident of Mayville NY...

Mary Briers

Mary Briers

Nov 14, 2005

Mary Virginia Briers, 92, of 210 Miller Ave. expired at 1:45 P.M. on November 14, 2005 at home following an extended illness. Born November 10, 1913 in Ansted, WV, she was the daughter of the late Virgil H. and Myrtle B. Neal Long. She was a loving, caring mother, grandmother and great grandmother to her family and known for her...

Robert Gill

Robert Gill

Nov 12, 2005

Robert â??Boâ?? Gill, 72, of Hilldale, died Saturday morning November 12, 2005 at his home following a long illness. Born December 25, 1932 at Talcott, he was a son of the late Nathaniel W. and Sudie Belle Craycraft Gill. A lifelong resident of Summers Co, a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. a retired signal maintainer after 23 years...

Launa Ballengee

Launa Ballengee

Nov 6, 2005

Launa F. Ballengee, 94, of Perkasie, PA, died Sunday, November 6, 2005 at her home, following a short illness. Born February 3, 1911 at Alderson, she was the daughter of the late Clownie W. and Anna Boyd Flint. Mrs. Ballengee was a homemaker and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church at Sellersville, Pa. She was a former resident of...

Boyd Lilly

Boyd Lilly

Nov 6, 2005

Boyd G. Lilly Jr. 66 of Hix Died Sunday Nov. 6th 2005 at 12:40 a.m. at the Charleston Area Medical Center General Division following a long illness. Born July 27, 1939 at Shady Spring, he was the son of the late Boyd G. and Pearl Moye Lilly Sr.Mr. Lilly has been a resident of Summers Co. since 1977. He was...

Othia Keaton

Othia Keaton

Nov 1, 2005

Othia Keaton, 92, of Brevard, NC died at 6:15 A.M. Tuesday, November 1, 2005 in the Princeton Community Hospital, Princeton, WV following a long illness. Born September 30, 1913 in Jackson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Mary Queen Woods and she had lived most of her life in Brevard, NC. Retired from Brevard College...

Ruby Bowles

Ruby Bowles

Oct 29, 2005

Ruby Marie Bowles, 85, of Hinton, died Saturday, October 29, 2005, at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale following a long illness. Born May 14, 1920 at Judson, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Mary Estella Skaggs Williams. Mrs. Bowles had lived most of her life in Summers Co. She had lived several years...

Phyllis Coffman

Phyllis Coffman

Oct 28, 2005

Phyllis Reed Coffman, 50, of Madamâ??s Creek, Hinton, died Friday, October 28, 2005 at her home following an extended illness. Born July 31, 1955 in Hinton, she was a daughter of Talmadge Reed of Madamâ??s Creek, Hinton and the late Edna Lilly Reed. Phyllis was a former Receptionist and Personal Secretary to Dr. C. P. Sharma, she had worked for...

Willie Marion

Willie Marion

Oct 25, 2005

Willie Bee Marion, 91, formerly of Brooks, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 5:25 A.M. at the Oak Grove Manor at Waynesboro, VA. Born October 1, 1914 in WV, she was the daughter of the late Clarence C. and Rosa Johnson Cooper. She was a member of the Brooks Baptist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star and the...

Roger Hammonds

Roger Hammonds

Oct 23, 2005

Roger Dale Hammonds 56, of Hinton died Sunday morning October 23, 2005 at his home following a short battle with cancer. Born February 12, 1949 at Elton he was a son of the late Ben F. and Nellie J. Harron Hammonds. Roger enjoyed singing and listening to music. Preceded in death by one brother, Albert Hammonds and one sister, Vinney...

Robert Ratcliffe

Robert Ratcliffe

Oct 18, 2005

Robert Franklin Ratcliffe Sr., 72, loving husband, father, and pawpaw, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at his Cave Ridge Home. Born August 10, 1933 at Cave Ridge, he was the son of the late Issac Vernon and Bertha Pearl Fitzpatrick Ratcliffe. Franklin was a retired auto mechanic with 32 years of service at...

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