Obituaries

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....

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....
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...
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...

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...
Patricia Keesee
Sep 29, 2015
Patricia Ann Keesee, 67, of Meadow Creek went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at her home. Born September 30, 1947 at Twin Branch she was a daughter of the late Dewey C. May and Mildred Mann May Lester. Patricia was a member of the New Hope Church of Nazarene in Hinton where she was active...

Norris Cox
Sep 26, 2015
Norris C. Cox, 68, of Lebanon, VA, formerly of Ellison, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, September 26, 2015 in the Johnston Memorial Hospital at Abingdon, VA following a long illness. Born July 13, 1946 at Ellison he was a son of the late Josiah Fred and Martha Elizabeth Farley Cox. Norris was a timber man in WV...

William Meador
Sep 24, 2015
William Troy Meador, 34, of Hinton passed away Thursday September 24, 2015 in the Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown following a sudden illness. Born March 17, 1981 at Union, he was the son of William David Meador of Hinton and Sandra Lou Williams of Ravenswood. Troy was a carpenter and loved to live his life to the fullest. Besides his...
Lucy Thomas
Sep 24, 2015
Lucy Boone Thomas, 88, of Clayton-Judson Road went home to be with the Lord Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Summers Nursing and Rehab following a long illness. Born June 1, 1927 at Hix she was the daughter of the late William H. and Nora Ward Richmond. Lucy was a member of the Church of the Living God at Madams Creek....

Frances Lilly
Sep 16, 2015
Frances Helen Martin Lilly, 69, of Riner, VA formerly of Hinton passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at her home following a long illness. Born December 1, 1945 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Granville K. and Louise Collins Martin. Frances was of the Baptist faith. She was a loving and caring homemaker who enjoyed gardening,...

Dana Bragg
Sep 10, 2015
Dana Marie Bragg, 34, of Tug Creek, Hinton, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at Summers County ARH following a sudden illness. Born August 29, 1981 at Waynesboro, VA, she was a daughter of Jeannie Gump Burkett and husband Barry of Waynesboro and the late Randy Alshire. Dana was a former employee of Pipestem State Park and Save A...

James Wood
Sep 8, 2015
James L. "Woody" Wood, 63, of Crab Orchard went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Born August 17, 1952 at Shady Spring, he was a son of the late Hulda and Golden Wood. Woody proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps., lived life to the fullest and loved his family. He is preceded...