Obituaries

Joe Boland

Joe Boland

Sep 22, 2013

Joe C. Boland, 80, of Jumping Branch was called to his heavenly home, Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born November 21, 1932 in Summers County he was a son of the late Harold and Hattie Higginbotham Boland. Joe was a US Army Veteran having served in Germany. He served the state as a...

Leola Wiseman

Leola Wiseman

Sep 22, 2013

Leola Bennett Wiseman, 87, of Talcott passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at her home following a short illness. Born December 26, 1925 at Madams Creek she was a daughter of the late Mike J. and Ethel Faye Waddell Bennett. Leola was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church at Talcott and a former telegraph operator for the C&O...

Christina Holland

Christina Holland

Sep 20, 2013

Christina B. ?Teeny? Holland, 87, of Sandstone went home to be with the Lord, Friday September 20, 2013 at the home of her daughter following a long illness. Born October 10, 1925 at Sandstone she was the daughter of the late Elbert and Mary Myrtle Cantrell Bragg. A member of Sandstone Baptist Church where she sang in the choir as...

Luther "Thomas"

Luther "Thomas"

Sep 20, 2013

If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever. Luther ?Tom? Cox, of Ghent went home to be with the Lord on September 20, 2013, surrounded by those who loved him deeply. Born May 8, 1929, in Summers County, he was the son of the late Wilbert Nelson and Lura Susie Cox. In addition to his parents, he...

Sarah E.

Sarah E.

Sep 17, 2013

Sarah E. (Adkins) Gill, 76, of Tug Creek Rd. Hinton went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. II Timothy Chapter 4 Verses 6-8. For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my...

Dexter Chandler

Dexter Chandler

Sep 17, 2013

Dexter ?Deck? Lee Chandler, 75 of Beckley, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 after a period of declining health. Deck was born August 29, 1938 to Sarah Josephine Chandler of Beckley and the late Letcher G. Chandler. He was of the protestant faith. Deck attended Teel School and Woodrow Wilson High School. During his lifetime he resided in West...

Howard Helton

Howard Helton

Sep 12, 2013

On Thursday, September 12, 2013 Howard R. Helton crossed the tracks to be with his heavenly father. Born December 8, 1923 to the late William Cleveland Helton and Kathleen Helton he was a veteran of the Korean War and a retired engineer of the CSX Corp. His passion in life was his family, he loved each of us with all...

Helen Jones

Helen Jones

Sep 12, 2013

Helen Irene Jones, 78, of Frederick, MD formerly of Sissonville, WV passed away Thursday, September 12, 2013 following a long illness. Graveside services and burial will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Restwood Memorial Gardens near Hinton with Pastor Chris Price officiating. Friends are asked to gather at the cemetery 30 minutes prior to the service. Arrangements...

Patsy Keaton

Patsy Keaton

Sep 1, 2013

Patsy Ann Gray Massey Keaton, 66, of Tug Creek, Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, September 1, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital following a long illness. Born June 6, 1947 at Hinton, she was a daughter of the late Willard G. and Alice F. Bowles Gray. Patsy was a 1965 Hinton High School graduate and a former...

James Ferguson

James Ferguson

Sep 1, 2013

James Robert Ferguson (Bob or Pop as he was better known) went to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ, September 1, 2013. He was the last living child of the late Pearl Ruth Golladay Ferguson and Luther Russell Ferguson. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Louise Wurst, Emily Frazier, Edrie Miller, Hilda Dowdy, Clarice Salmons, and brothers, Fred...

Virginia Hinton

Virginia Hinton

Aug 28, 2013

Virginia Lee Davis Hinton, 90 of Madams Creek, Hinton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Born August 12, 1923 in Hinton, she was the daughter of the late Luther Ray Davis and Nora Albany Harvey Davis. Besides her parents she is preceded in death by one son, Grant Lee Hinton; one brother, James Garfield Davis...

Rebecca Adkins

Rebecca Adkins

Aug 25, 2013

Rebecca June Adkins, 61, of Hinton entered into eternal rest Sunday, August 25, 2013 at the White Sulphur Springs Family Care Center following a long illness. Born August 14, 1952 at Illinois she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Hilda June Messer Hill. Rebecca was a homemaker and was of the Catholic faith. She was a former aide...

Susie Jones

Susie Jones

Aug 24, 2013

Susie Vass Jones, 59, of Jumping Branch, ended her 27 year battle with cancer at 2:20 pm Saturday August 24, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family and is now home with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born March 16, 1954 at Hinton, she was the daughter of Fred O. and Lillian Davis Vass of Jumping Branch. Member...

Alex Brooks

Alex Brooks

Aug 21, 2013

Alex ?Lee? Brooks of Asbury, WV, formerly of Pence Springs, Baltimore, MD and West Palm Beach, FL passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013 following a long illness of black lung. Lee was born June 16, 1939 at Alderson, WV. He was of the Baptist faith and a member of the Griffith Creek Baptist Church near Alderson. Lee retired from Vecellio...

Beecher Meadows

Beecher Meadows

Aug 21, 2013

Beecher Meadows Jr., 92, died on August 21, 2013 at his Rolling Meadows Farm on Little Bluestone. He was born August 6, 1921 in Hinton, WV to the late Beecher and Mary Lilly Meadows. He worked at Carnegie Steel in Charleston and was drafted into the military on August 19, 1943. He served in the 9th Army Corps of Engineers...

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson

Aug 20, 2013

Mrs. Mary Ellen Davis Thompson Aiken, S.C. Mrs. Mary Ellen Davis Thompson, 78, died August 20 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P. M. Friday, August 23, 2013 at Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken, S.C with burial at Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery in Forest Hill, West Virginia at 4:00 P.M., Saturday August 24, 2013. Friends are...

Amy Arnold

Amy Arnold

Aug 17, 2013

Amy Juanita Arnold, 89, of Talcott died Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the Main Street Care Nursing Facility and is resting in peace following a long illness. Born March 20, 1924 at Giles County, VA she was a daughter of the late Claude M. and Sue Weiss Trivett. Amy lived most of her life in Summers County and was a...

Howard Crawford

Howard Crawford

Aug 17, 2013

Howard E. Crawford, 92 of Big Creek passed away Saturday August 17, 2013 at Summers Nursing and Rehab following a long illness. Born July 25, 1921 at Summers County he was a son of the late Homer R. and Lillian Martin Crawford. A World War II Veteran having served his country in the United States Army with 863 Antiaircraft Artillery...

Herbert Miller

Herbert Miller

Aug 11, 2013

Herbert Franklin Miller Sr., 90, of Meadow Creek went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 11, 2013 at his home peacefully in his sleep. Born March 21, 1923 at Lockbridge he was a son of the late Daniel Franklin and Annie Margaret Bowles Miller. Herbert was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather who enjoyed farming, gardening, hunting...

Loretta Williams

Loretta Williams

Aug 11, 2013

Loretta Jane Brown Williams, 61, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Sunday August 11, 2013 at Summers Co. ARH following a long illness. Born October 5, 1951 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late James Alfred and Nola Ann Gill Brown. A lifelong resident of Summers Co. she was a homemaker who enjoyed crafts,...