Obituaries

Cleora Kessler

Cleora Kessler

May 16, 2005

Cleora Kessler, 93, of 495 Stokes Dr., Hinton died Monday, May 16, 2005 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born February 26, 1912 at Sandstone, she was the daughter of the late Joseph S. and Ollie Wingfield Kessler. Miss Kessler was a retired Registered Nurse. She had worked at the Old Hinton Hospital....

Mary Mazzella

Mary Mazzella

May 15, 2005

Mary Mafalda Costa Mazzella, 82, of 315 Maple St., Hinton, died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at her home, following a long illness. Born September 12, 1923 at Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rosina Bava Casta. Mrs. Mazzella was a lifelong resident of Hinton. She was a lifelong member of the St. Patrick?s Catholic Church in...

Leonard Bennett

Leonard Bennett

May 14, 2005

. Leonard Bennett, 78, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died at 9:05 A.M. Saturday, May 14, 2005 at his home, following a brief battle with cancer. Born July 23, 1926 at Blue Jay, WV, he was the son of the late Clark and Ida Mae Smith Bennett. He was a retired coalminer and a member of UMWA District 29. Preceded in...

Howard Cody

Howard Cody

May 7, 2005

Howard J. Cody, 90, of Marie, died at 3:00 A.M. Saturday, May 07, 2005 at his home, following a short illness. Born January 2, 1915 at Marie, he was the son of the late Milburn Hayes and Mary Edith Light Cody. Mr. Cody lived most of his working life at St. Albans and retired to Marie in 1977. He was...

Woodrow Martin

Woodrow Martin

May 4, 2005

Woodrow E. ?Woody? Martin, 78, of Talcott, died Wednesday, May 04, 2005 at 12:32 A. M. at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a long illness. Born January 20, 1927 at Judson, he was the son of the late Waitman Esco and Mary Mae Grimmett Martin. Woody had lived most of his adult life in Cleveland, OH...

Jimmy Bradberry

Jimmy Bradberry

May 3, 2005

Jimmy F. Bradberry, 64, of Leatherwood Road, Nimitz, died at 3:45 P.M. Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at his home, following a short illness. Born May 7, 1940 at Warford in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Fred S. and Grace E. Garten Bradberry. He was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. He was retired after 33 years...

Lola Yancey

Lola Yancey

May 3, 2005

Lola Madge ?Tonkie? Yancey, 74, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton following a short illness.Born July 18, 1930 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Oscar B. and Martha A. Smith Yancey.She was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., and was a member of the...

Faye Crook

Faye Crook

May 2, 2005

Faye Reed Crook, 89, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died at 6:30 A.M. Monday at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a short illness. Born March 21, 1916 on Madam?s Creek in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Asa Howard and Sarah Amma Meadows Reed. Mrs. Crook was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., she...

Carol Wade

Carol Wade

May 2, 2005

Carol Cantley Wade, 50, of Wayside, died Monday at her home, following a long illness. Born August 6, 1954 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Robert Earl and Edna Faye Petrey Cantley Sr. She had lived all her life in Monroe and Summers Counties, she was a homemaker and a former Certified Nursing Assistant. Carol was...

Ellen Hall

Ellen Hall

May 1, 2005

Ellen Arnott Hall, 92, of Beckley, formerly of Richmond, VA, died at 6:25 P.M. Sunday, May 1, 2005 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness.Born May 22, 1912 at Greenville, WV, she was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Idora Jane Weikle Arnott. Member of the Calvary United Methodist Church at Richmond, VA, she...

Lilly Gill

Lilly Gill

Apr 28, 2005

Lilly B. Gill, 83, of Hinton, died Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton following a long illness. Born February 20, 1922 at Lockbridge, WV she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Cindy Martin and was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. Mrs. Gill was a homemaker and a...

Bessie Farmer

Bessie Farmer

Apr 22, 2005

Bessie Davis Farmer, 100, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, went on to be with the Lord at 9:35 P.M. Friday, April 22, 2005 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a short illness. Born October 22, 1904 on Madam?s Creek, she was the daughter of the late Garfield and Lilly Smith Davis and was a lifelong resident of...

Jennings Dodd

Jennings Dodd

Apr 15, 2005

Jennings B. ?J.D.? Dodd, 61, of Hilldale went to be with his Lord on Friday, April 15, 2005 following a long illness. Born June 8, 1943 in Hinton he was a son of the late James W. and Mary Richmond Dodd. He had worked construction for more than 30 years with the Dravo Corp. of Pittsburgh, PA, member of Loyal...

Curtis Maddox

Curtis Maddox

Apr 11, 2005

Curtis E. Maddox, 81 of Hinton, a former resident of Turnersville, N.J. died Monday April 11, 2005 at his home following a long illness. Born November 6, 1923 in Halifax, N.C. he was a son of the late Edward W. and Hannah P. Bruton Maddox. A resident of Hinton since 1997 and a former employee of Super Tire Engineering of...

Ricky Adkins

Ricky Adkins

Apr 2, 2005

Ricky Ray Adkins, 44, of Hinton, died in his sleep at home on April 2, 2005. Born December 13, 1960 at Hinton, he was a son of James Nelson Gill of Pipestem and the late Patsy Jean Adkins Gill. He had lived all his life in Summers Co. and was of the Baptist faith. Preceded in death by his Maternal...

Lawrence Samuel

Lawrence Samuel

Apr 2, 2005

Lawrence E. ?Tex? Samuel, 71, of Lick Creek Road, Pipestem went to be with his Lord and Savior at 7:25 A.M. Saturday, April 02, 2005 at the Raleigh General Hospital following a short illness. Born July 24, 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas he was a son of the late Lawrence E. and Swan Martin Samuel. Tex was an ordained minister...

Josephine Cales

Josephine Cales

Mar 30, 2005

Josephine Foster Cales, 87 of Sandstone, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at the Halstead Care Home at Nimitz, following a long illness. Born April 9, 1917 at Sandstone, she was the daughter of the late James and Ona Johnson Foster and was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sandstone Baptist Church....

Frederick Ambers

Frederick Ambers

Mar 28, 2005

Fred Ambers Frederick Ignatius Ambers, 52 formerly of Hinton died unexpectedly March 28, 2005 in Matthews, North Carolina after a long struggle with heart disease and diabetes. Born March 5, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of the late Joseph and Eleanore Ambers. Fred was an avid sports fan and football player both in elementary school at Our...

Virginia Carter

Virginia Carter

Mar 28, 2005

Virginia Perry Carter, 100, of Talcott, died at 8:50 P.M. Monday, March 28, 2005 at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, following a short illness. Born March 8, 1905 at Alderson, she was a daughter of the late George and Laura Huffman Perry. Mrs. Carter had lived most of her life in Kanawha County, where she worked at...

Robert Swim

Robert Swim

Mar 28, 2005

Robert W. ?Hillbilly? Swim 72, of Pipestem went to be with the Lord, March 28, 2005 at the Princeton Community Hospital. Born March 27, 1933 at Corinne, WV he was a son of the late Cecil R. and Edna Mae O?Neal Swim. A former resident of St. Paul, MN where he retired from the St. Paul Water Co. where he...

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