Obituaries

Arnie Farley
Apr 3, 2017
Arnie Ray Farley, 70, of Beckley formerly of Shady Spring passed away Monday April 3, 2017 at Raleigh General Hospital following a short illness. Born May 17, 1946 at Abraham he was a son of the late Orbie and Nancy Inez Farley. Arnie was a lifelong resident of Raleigh County who enjoyed watching television and spending time with family and...
Mildred Martin
Apr 1, 2017
Mildred Agnes Martin, 76, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Bower's Hospice House following a long illness. Born August 1, 1940 at Talcott she was a daughter of the late Lonnie Adkins and Rachael Raines of Hinton. Mildred was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Summers County. She was of the...
Ronald Sears
Mar 31, 2017
Ronald Lee Sears, 56, of Hinton passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home following a long illness. Born September 27, 1960 at Green Sulphur Springs he was the son of the late Willard Dempsey and Bessie Sears. A lifelong resident of Summers County he was a timberman and logger who enjoyed hunting, collecting guns and riding 4 wheelers....
Betty Meadows
Mar 29, 2017
Betty J. Meadows of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Wednesday March 29, 2017 in Martinsburg, WV. Born April 28, 1932 in Hinton she was a daughter of the late Haze and Mattie Williams Criddle. Betty was a member of the Central Baptist Church and formerly attended the Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church. She was a former employee...
Drema Adkins
Mar 25, 2017
Drema L. Adkins, 79 of Beckley passed away Saturday March 25, 2017 at the Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born April 16, 1937 at Thayer WV. She was a daughter of the late Okey W. and Thelma G. Cooper Compton. Drema was of the Christian Faith, a former employee of G.C. Murphy Co. in Hinton and Montgomery Ward's...
Shirley Miller
Mar 24, 2017
Shirley Ann Miller, 74, of Nimitz passed away March 24, 2017 at Bower's Hospice House in Beckley. Born June 6, 1942 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Robert S. and Adena Garten Maddy of Pence Springs. She was a faithful member of the Bluestone Baptist Church in Jumping Branch, graduate of Talcott High School, graduate of LPN...

Rolland Underwood
Mar 20, 2017
Rolland R. Underwood, 87, of Jumping Branch went home to be with the Lord Monday March 20, 2017 at the Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. Graveside services and burial will be 4:00 PM Thursday March 23, 2017 at the Sluss Underwood Cemetery at Mt. View with Pastor Bill Fox officiating. Friends are asked to meet at...

James Thomas
Mar 19, 2017
James "Jim" Thomas, 72, of Hinton entered into eternal rest Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House following a short illness. Born October 27, 1944 at Talcott he was the son of the late William T. and Ellene Bragg Thomas. Jim attended the Ministry Place in Hinton and enjoyed fishing, camping and the outdoors. Preceded in death by three...

Evelyn Crook
Mar 17, 2017
Evelyn P. Crook, 83, of Hilldale went home to be with the Lord Friday March 17, 2017 at the Meadow Garden at Rainelle following a long illness. Graveside services and burial will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Restwood Memorial Gardens with Pastor Herb Miller Jr. officiating. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery at 12:30 P.M....
Bertie Adkins
Mar 13, 2017
Bertie Lou Adkins, 60, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Monday, March 13, 2017 at the home of her son in Mt. Sidney, VA following a long illness. Born October 2, 1956 at Hinton she was a daughter of the late Gladys Mae Adkins Upton. Bertie was a CNA and caregiver as long as her health permitted....
Sandi Panicucci
Mar 12, 2017
Sandi Panicucci, 55, of Sandstone formerly of Leighton, PA passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at VAMC Beckley following a long illness. Born December 26, 1961 at Leighton, PA she was a daughter of Elsa Schmitt Kerschner of Leighton, PA. Sandi was a U.S. Army Veteran and a former employee of the State of South Dakota Geological Department. She enjoyed...
Harold Cooper
Mar 10, 2017
Harold F. "H.F." Cooper, 75, of Hinton went home to be with his Lord and Savior Friday, March 10, 2017 at Main Street Care following a short illness. Born April 21, 1941 in Hinton he was the son of the late Harold Cooper and Nadie Lusher Cooper Lilly. H.F. was a faithful member of Central Baptist Church where he served...
Lucy Lucas
Mar 10, 2017
Lucy Mae Lilly Lucas, 84, of Ellison passed away Friday morning, March 10, 2017 at her home following a long illness. Born June 14, 1932 at Suck Creek , Summers Co. she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Margaret Janie Lilly Lilly. Lucy was of the Baptist Faith and a homemaker. She is preceded in death by...
Roger Richmond
Mar 6, 2017
Roger Lee Richmond, 61, of Riverside Rest passed away Monday March 6, 2017 at his home following an apparent heart attack. Born October 25, 1955 at Hinton he was a son of the late Jesse Arley and Syble Ann O'Bryan Richmond. Roger was a lifelong resident of Summers County. He was a disabled Trackman for CSX Railway who enjoyed spending...
Martha Mounts
Feb 25, 2017
II Timothy 4:7 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." Martha Sue Ball Mounts, 77, of Madams Creek, Hinton joined the angel choir in Heaven on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Princeton Health Care Center following a long illness. Born October 10, 1939 at Madams Creek she was a daughter of...
Angela Buckland
Feb 24, 2017
Angela Buckland, 45, of Hinton went to be with the Lord Friday, February 24, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House following a short battle with cancer. Born November 16, 1971 at Fairfax, VA she was a daughter of Earl and Emmy Jeffries Buckland of Pence Springs. Angie was of the Baptist faith. She lived most of her life in Summers County....

Sharon Smithson
Feb 24, 2017
Sharon Elaine Edwards Marcum Smithson, 58, of Burlington, NC formerly of True went to be with the Lord Friday, February 24, 2017 at Hospice Home in Burlington, NC following a courageous battle with cancer. Born February 6, 1959 in True she was a daughter of the late Arthur Wilson Edwards and Violet Delores Shumate. Sharon was a homemaker who enjoyed...
Brenda Hicks
Feb 21, 2017
Brenda Hicks, 60, of Hinton passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at CAMC General Division following a short illness. Born at Dublin, CA she was a daughter of Elizabeth "Betty" Davis of Sandstone and the late Edward Richmond. Brenda was a homemaker who enjoyed flowers and gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Hicks and one...
Kalen Helton
Feb 14, 2017
Kalen Jeannette Helton, 75, of Hinton reunited with loved ones in Heaven Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born May 26, 1941 at Sandstone she was a daughter of the late John B. and Mamie Bragg Wingfield. Kalen was a former employee of Bowling's Dairy Bar, Reed's Market, Riverside Floral and Summers County Council...
Loretta Willliams
Jan 28, 2017
Loretta Mae Williams, 53, of Hinton formerly of Beckley passed away January 28, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House following a short battle with cancer. Born June 29, 1963 in Beckley she was the daughter of the late Wiley Raymond and Maggie Belle Taylor. Miss Loretta was a former employee of Kroger in Hinton. She enjoyed the simple things in life...