Obituaries

Carmen McGuire

Carmen McGuire

Nov 14, 2015

Carmen Gene McGuire Sr., 60, of Hinton went home to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday November 14, 2015 at his home following a long illness. Born February 28, 1955 at Springdale he was the son of the late Elmer McGuire and Drema Cales McGuire Blankenship and his stepfather, Paul Blankenship of Hinton. He was a United States Army...

Jane Houchins

Jane Houchins

Nov 13, 2015

Jane Ellen Houchins, 76, of Bellepoint went home to be with the Lord, Friday, November 13, 2015 at Summers County Nursing and Rehab Center following a long illness. Born January 12, 1939 at Hamilton, OH, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Della Johnson Cox. Jane was a homemaker and a member of the Bellepoint Baptist Church. She...

Richard Bostic

Richard Bostic

Nov 9, 2015

Richard D. Bostic, loving husband, father and grandfather, 94, passed away November 9, 2015, at home. Born November 18, 1920, he was the son of William Otho and Pauline Bostic of Talcott, WV., one of nine children. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death is his wife of 74 years, Betty Jane; his brothers: Ralph, Howard, Jack, James and...

Roy Sears

Roy Sears

Nov 8, 2015

Roy Allen "Johnny" Sears Jr., 68 of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy Allen Sears Sr. & Goldie Louellen Smith Sears; several brothers and sisters; a son in law, Tasewell Johnson Sr. Roy served his country proudly in the Marine Corps and was wounded in Vietnam and received the...

Jessie Neely

Jessie Neely

Nov 5, 2015

Jessie Lois Neely, 86, of Lenoir, NC, formerly of Pipestem went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Caldwell Hospice - Robbins Center in Hudson, NC following a short illness. Born March 25, 1929 at Pipestem, she was a daughter of the late John Levi and Ada Keaton Neely. Jessie was a member of...

Edna Faris

Edna Faris

Nov 2, 2015

Edna E. Shrewsberry Faris, 90, of Indian Mills, WV, died Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Princeton Community Hospital, following a short illness. Born October 11, 1925 at Indian Mills, she was the daughter of the late Henry H. and Eunice McDowell Shrewsberry, and was lifelong resident of Summers Co. Edna worked as a cook at the 4-H camp for...

Ethel Lilly

Ethel Lilly

Nov 2, 2015

(March 19, 1930-November 2, 2015) Ethel "Little Ett" Lilly, 85 of Nimitz, went to be with her Lord and Savior on the evening of November 2, 2015 after a long struggle with health. She was surrounded by family and friends at the time of her passing. Ethel brought life to a room and she liked to laugh. People who knew...

Alan Lilly

Alan Lilly

Oct 24, 2015

Alan Cecil Lilly, 64, of Hilldale passed away Saturday October 24, 2015 at Summers Nursing and Rehab Center following a short illness. Born February 19, 1951 at Beckley, he was a son of the late Edward Timberlake and Mary Vest Lilly. Alan was of the Baptist faith. Alan was very independent although he was diagnosed at an early age with...

Dora Ratliff

Dora Ratliff

Oct 22, 2015

Dora Lee Jones Ratliff, 85, of Hinton passed away October 22, 2015 at her home following a long illness. Born October 9, 1930 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Shields Landon Jones and Hazel Bowyer Jones. Dora was a graduate of Talcott High School and Davis Beauty School of Richmond, VA. She was the owner of Les...

Leonard Sparks

Leonard Sparks

Oct 17, 2015

Leonard Basil Sparks, age 82, passed away October 17, 2015 at his home in Port St. Lucie, FL. He was born March 21, 1933 in White Sulphur Springs, WV; son of Robert A. and Annie Angle Sparks. Leonard came to Port St. Lucie in 1998 from English, WV. He was a retired Coal miner and served in the Korean War...

Homer Morgan

Homer Morgan

Oct 16, 2015

Homer Edgar Morgan, 87, of Hinton, beloved father, grandfather and friend lost his battle with cancer October 16, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Homer was born August 30, 1928 in Ronceverte, WV to the late Lee Roy and Bessie Miller Morgan. He had a forty-five plus years career as a Carman with the Railroad, he spent his...

Wilbert Rollyson

Wilbert Rollyson

Oct 14, 2015

Wilbert "Sonny" Rollyson, 73, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a short illness. Born July 28, 1942 at Braxton County he was a son of the late Vastel and Marvis Stalnaker Rollyson. Sonny was retired from Invacare Corporation with 35 years of service. He was a...

Glenda Hedrick

Glenda Hedrick

Oct 9, 2015

Glenda Ann Rudisill Hedrick, 54, of Wayside, WV, formerly of Pence Springs, went home to be with Jesus October 9, 2015 after a long and tiresome illness. Ann was born April 15, 1961 in Pence Springs. She was a daughter of the late Glen B. Rudisill and Goldie Rudisill Wyrick. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one...

Eva Bower

Eva Bower

Oct 8, 2015

Eva Pearl Worley (Bower), born May 14, 1919 was born in Daniels, WV. She was the daughter of the late Charley and Ethel Griffith Worley. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Louise (Aug. 22, 1946), a brother, Junior Worley, (July 30, 1944), a brother, George Wilton Worley (Dec. 6, 2004), a sister, Macil Waddell...

Betty Beasley

Betty Beasley

Oct 7, 2015

Betty Florence Vass Beasley, age 88, of Morristown, TN, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. She was born on July 4, 1927 in Hinton, WV. She enjoyed visiting nieces, nephews, and their children when the family gathered at Pipestem Resort, WV. Previously, the family gathered at the Hinton home place for great food and...

India Rudisill

India Rudisill

Oct 5, 2015

India T. Rudisill, 99, of Barger Springs went home to be with the Lord, Monday, October 5, 2015 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born June 22, 1916 at Barger Springs, she was the daughter of the late Whitley Harmon and Lillie Viola Parker Tabor. India was a member of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church....

Dorothy Meadows

Dorothy Meadows

Oct 1, 2015

Dorothy Marie Light Meadows, 84, of Hinton passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born October 7, 1930 at Maplewood she was a daughter of the late Alpha and Ninnie Rogers Light Brown. Dorothy was a member of the Hinton First United Methodist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star Alderson Chapter...

Charles Kouns

Charles Kouns

Oct 1, 2015

Charles Kenneth "Cotton" Kouns, 78, of Talcott went home to be with the Lord on October 1, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long battle of illnesses. Born May 26, 1937 in Kentucky he was a son of the late Clayton and Iona Broome Kouns. Charles was a member of the Faith Baptist Church. He enjoyed gardening and fishing....

Helen Angell

Helen Angell

Sep 30, 2015

Helen Louise Angell, 93, of Hinton passed away Wednesday September 30, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born January 14, 1922 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late Lindsay W. and Ocie Nabors Basham. A lifelong resident of Summers County and a member of the Beech Run Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her...

Phyllis Cales

Phyllis Cales

Sep 30, 2015

Phyllis Jane Cales, 64, of Chestnut Mountain passed away at 6:10 P.M. September 30, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born August 8, 1951 in Summers County she was the daughter of the late Otis Ward and Ellen Jane Ward of Chestnut Mountain. Phyllis was a lifelong resident of Summers County. She was a homemaker who enjoyed...

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