Obituaries

Luella Campbell

Luella Campbell

Jan 6, 2015

Luella Campbell, 66, of Marie went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday January 6, 2015 at her home following a short battle with cancer. Born February 19, 1948 at Raleigh County, she was a daughter of the late James D. Clement Jr. and Ann Fleemen Redden and Husband Chester of Beckley. Luella was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She...

Everett Martin

Everett Martin

Jan 5, 2015

Everett Linard Martin, 79, of Elk Knob went home to be with the Lord Monday, January 5, 2015 at his home following a long illness. Born May 22, 1935 at Hinton, he was a son of the late Amos and Vina Mae Adkins Martin. Everett was of the holiness faith. He enjoyed music, playing his guitar, and spending time with...

William Hicks

William Hicks

Jan 3, 2015

William Clyde Hicks, 61, of Sandstone passed away Saturday January 3, 2015 at his home following a sudden illness. Born November 18, 1953 at Sandstone he was a son of the late Ira Robert and Vella Mae Gwinn Hicks. William was a retired auto mechanic with Don Heath Auto Haus in Greensboro, NC and a former supervisor at the Cone...

Rebecca Faris

Rebecca Faris

Jan 2, 2015

Rebecca E. (Becky) Faris, 54, of Indian Mills Rd., Bozoo, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Bower Hospice House at Beckley, following a short illness. Born June 6, 1960 at Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of Edna E. Faris of Bozoo with whom she made her home for the past 25 years, and the late O. Dean Faris....

Leslie Berry

Leslie Berry

Jan 1, 2015

Leslie Gene Berry Jr., 25, of Meadow Creek passed away January 1, 2015 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born February 2, 1989 at Greensboro, NC he was the only son of Leslie Gene Berry Sr. of Meadow Creek and Theresa Hicks of Greensboro, NC. Leslie attended the Church of Christ of Hinton and was a former employee of Les's Painting....

Thelma Lilly

Thelma Lilly

Jan 1, 2015

Beloved mother and grandmother, Thelma Beatrice Lilly, passed away in her sleep on January 1, 2015, at the age of 96. She was born on April 26, 1918 in Lewis County, KY. She met her husband, John Raymond Lilly (deceased), in Hinton, WV, and wed on November 4, 1940 in Catlettsburg, KY. She resided in Ironton, Ohio, from 1962 until...

Mildred Messer

Mildred Messer

Dec 27, 2014

Mildred (Millie) Pauline Hamm Messer, 80, of Hinton, WV, peacefully arrived into the arms of Jesus on December 27, 2014 at Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born on November 5, 1934 at Sandknob WV, she was the daughter of the late Homer Hamm and Orah Richmond Hamm Lilly. At the tender age of 5, her father, Homer passed...

Basil Basham

Basil Basham

Dec 26, 2014

Basil Lewis Basham, 85, of Elk Knob died Friday, December 26, 2014 at Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley following a long illness. Born August 4, 1929 in Ellison he was the son of the late Wesley and Lillie Meador Basham. Basil lived most of his life in Summers Co. where he attended the Ramp Holiness Church and he worked in...

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Dec 22, 2014

Emma M. Thompson, 93, of Green Sulphur Springs passed away December 22, 2014 at Bowers Hospice House following a long illness. Born August 6, 1921 at Meadow Creek she was the daughter of the late Ira and Rebecca Adkins Smith. She retired from the Summers Co. Board of Education where she worked as a cook at Sandstone Elementary School, a...

Mildred Adkins

Mildred Adkins

Dec 21, 2014

Mildred Charlene Adkins, 87, of Tug Creek Mountain, Hinton, died Sunday, December 21, 2014 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family following a short illness. She was born in Ramp on August 22, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Nannie Harr Martin. She was a lifelong resident of Summers County, a mother and a homemaker....

Robert Weikle

Robert Weikle

Dec 20, 2014

Robert Gray Weikle, 77, of Zion Mt. went home to be with the Lord Saturday, December 20, 2014 at his home following a short illness. Born May 16, 1937 in Monroe Co., he was the son of the late Hobert and Sallie Taylor Weikle. Robert was of the Baptist Faith, a member of the NRA and the United Steelworkers of...

Russell Gill

Russell Gill

Dec 18, 2014

Russell A. Gill, 82, of Marie went home to be with the Lord, Thursday December 18, 2014 at Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born May 21, 1932 at Talcott he was a son of the late James William and Sadie Elizabeth Meadows Gill. Russell was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church where he served as...

Carrington Richmond

Carrington Richmond

Dec 15, 2014

Carrington Dennis Richmond, 86, of Clayton left his earthly life on December 15, 2014 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea, West Virginia after a sudden illness. Mr. Richmond has resided at the Greenbrier Manor in Fairlea since July, 2011. Carrington considered himself to be the family historian and was known to be a "master storyteller". Born July 9,...

Effie Weikle

Effie Weikle

Dec 14, 2014

Effie Louise Weikle, 72, of Zion Mt. went home to be with the Lord Sunday December 14, 2014 at Summers Co. ARH following a short illness. Born January 16, 1942 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late Robert I. and Gracie F. Bonds Bennett. A homemaker she was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed watching television, being...

Jerry Cox

Jerry Cox

Dec 7, 2014

Jerry Lee Cox, 67, of Nimitz, WV, with his family by his side, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014, at his home, following a long illness. He was born to Robert C. Cox and Edith Simmons Cox of Glen Rogers, WV on June 14, 1947. Jerry attended school at Glen Rogers and Woodrow Wilson High School. He was a Master...

James Tickle

James Tickle

Dec 6, 2014

James Russell Tickle, 64, of White Bluff, TN formerly of Hinton passed away Saturday December 6, 2014 at Horizon Medical Center of natural causes. Born November 4, 1950 at Hinton he was the son of the late Donald Russell and Barbara Pauline Lucas Tickle. Member of the Hinton Masonic Lodge #62 AFAM, Retired United States Navy Veteran having served his...

Georgiaetta Harrah

Georgiaetta Harrah

Dec 6, 2014

Georgiaetta Gwinn Berry Harrah, 73, of Meadow Creek died Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the home of her daughter, Donna in Berkeley Springs. Born April 24, 1941 at Meadow Bridge she was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Georgia Vandall Gwinn. "Getta" worked at Pipestem State Park but most of her life was spent as a homemaker & caring...

Lola Allen

Lola Allen

Dec 5, 2014

Lola Rozella Allen, 82, of Hinton went home to be with her loving God Friday, December 5, 2014 at the Glenwood Retirement Village following a long illness. Born August 23, 1932 in Blue Sulphur Springs, Lola was the daughter of the late Cecil and Mary Huggins. Lola was a member of the Madams Creek Baptist Church for many years. She...

Robert Rushford

Robert Rushford

Dec 4, 2014

Robert Joseph "Joe" Rushford, 88 of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Thursday December 4, 2014 at Summers Co. ARH Hospital following a short illness. Born August 8, 1926 at Hinton he was the son of the late James and Blanche Bryant Rushford. A World War II Veteran of the United States Army where he served his country...

Paul Crook

Paul Crook

Nov 26, 2014

Paul E. Crook, 70, of Nimitz formerly of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Wednesday November 26, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital following a short illness. Born March 30, 1944 at Bellepoint he was the son of the late Hobart Jackson and Dorothy Ernestine Moss Crook. A Veteran of the United States Army serving his country in Germany...

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