Obituaries
Charles Ratliff
Aug 27, 2011
Charles Henry Ratliff Jr., 80, of Madams Creek went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the Summers Nursing and Rehab Ctr. following a long illness. Born March 26, 1931 at Hinton, he was the son of the late Charlie and Jennie Harvey Ratliff of Zion Mtn. Rd. He was employed by WV Parkways Authority and...
Dorothy Lilly
Aug 25, 2011
Dorothy Ann Lilly, 72, of Nimitz passed away on August 25, 2011 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born July 30, 1939 Dorothy was raised in Covington, VA and in 1956 she graduated from Covington High School. She was an avid birdwatcher but most of all a loving mother, grandmother and wife. She was a lifetime member...

Robert Williams
Aug 21, 2011
Robert C. Williams Jr., 65, of Jumping Branch died Sunday August 21, 2011 at his home following a short illness. Born October 8, 1945 at Hinton he was a son of the late R.C. and Anna Jean Meadows Williams. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one sister, Carol Jean Lilly. Survived by two sisters, Joyce Ann Knight...
Mildred Meador
Aug 19, 2011
Monday August 22, 2011, 1:00 P.M. at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Click for Map and Directions
Franklin Meadows
Aug 17, 2011
Franklin D. Meadows, 69, of Meadow Creek, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at his home following a long illness. Born May 25, 1943 in Rhodell, WV he was the son of the late William (Big Henry) and Flossie Mae Hall Meadows. Frank was a Construction Worker and Truck Driver who enjoyed gardening and fishing and was a "Mr. Fix It"...
Orville Plumley
Aug 16, 2011
Orville James Plumley, 84, of Forest Hill, WV, went home to be with the Lord on August 16, 2011, following a brief illness. He was born June 9th, 1927, in Abraham, WV to the late Allen and Leona Richmond Plumley. Orville was better known as "O.J." or "Punkin" to those that knew him. He was a retiree of C&O/CSX Railroad...
Helen Wood
Aug 14, 2011
Helen Marie Wood, 76, of Brooks went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Helen was the wife of the late Charles Wood and the daughter of the late Russell & Clara Cales and was born December 6, 1934. She was preceded in death by her beloved step mother Sadie Cales and Brother Jerry Cales. Helen...

Gilbert Petrey
Aug 13, 2011
Gilbert Wayne ?Possum? Petrey, 51, of Beckley, formerly of Summers Co. died 10:30AM Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the VAMC at Beckley following a long illness. Born September 2, 1959 in Summers Co., he was the son of the late Gilbert W. and Glenna Richmond Petrey and had lived most of his life in Summers Co. He was a Disabled...
Christina Adkins
Aug 12, 2011
Christina Steers "Nean" Adkins, 72, of Hilltop went to be with the Lord August 12, 2011 following a long illness at the University of Virginia Hospital at Charlottesville, VA. Born September 1, 1938 she was the daughter of the late William F. Steers and Rosie Lee Gill Steers of Hinton. During her life she was a homemaker and a member...

Francis Surber
Aug 10, 2011
Francis H. Surber, 91, of Harrisonburg, VA, formerly of Hinton, died 1:10AM Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Harrisonburg, VA following a long illness. Born March 9, 1920 at Hinton, he was a son of the late Charles and Champie Surber who lived the early part of his life in Hinton. Francis was an Army Veteran of WWII who retired from...

Grace Harris
Aug 8, 2011
Monday August 15, 2011, 11:00AM at Greenbrier Burial Park Click for Map and Directions

Franklin Meador
Aug 7, 2011
Franklin Delano ?F.D.? Meador, Jr., 49, of Hinton, formerly of Talcott passed away August 7, 2011 at the CAMC General Division hospital following a short illness. Born September 30, 1961 in Hinton, he was the son of the late Franklin Delano, Sr. and Virginia Mae (Buckland) Meador. He lived most of his life in Summers County and enjoyed muscle cars...

Moody Donohoe
Jul 30, 2011
Moody Donohoe, 78, of Hinton passed away 1:30 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 2011 at his home following a short illness. Born October 8, 1932 at Pluto he was the son of the late Pearl S. Ethel Bower Donohoe. Moody worked many years as a mechanic for H&N Ford in Hinton till their closing he then worked for Earhart Motors until...
Jackie Adkins
Jul 24, 2011
Curtis Edgar ?Jackie? Adkins, 69, of Hinton died July 24, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 27, 1941 at Sandstone he was a son of the late Burman Greene and Emma Jane Bennett Adkins. He was a lifelong resident of Summers County and of the Baptist Faith. During his life he worked as...
Edward Boone
Jul 22, 2011
Edward A. ?Tarney? Boone, 92, of Hilldale entered into eternal rest and reunited with his loving family, Friday, July 22, 2011 following a long illness. Born October 19, 1918 at Ronceverte he was the son of the late Charles Lewis Boone and Elizabeth Jackson Boone Morgan. A Veteran of the United States Army he proudly served his country during World...

James Jeffries
Jul 20, 2011
James F. (Jim) Jeffries of Fayetteville passed away July 20, 2011 after a long illness. He was born in Hinton on June 3, 1933 to Jesse B. and Sadie Spencer Jeffries. In 1963 he moved to Fayetteville where he retired after working 45 years for Kroger and attended the Fayetteville Church of God while his health permitted. Those preceding him...
Mary Forbes
Jul 7, 2011
Mary Jane Neely Riffle Forbes, 86, of 1500 Longridge Road, Charleston, WV., died July 7, 2011, at Harmony House Rest Home, Lerona, WV. Born April 9, 1925, in Hinton, WV she was the daughter of the late Clayton and Laura Neely. Mary Jane was a graduate of Hinton High School and a member of the class of 1943. She had...
Archie Phipps
Jul 3, 2011
Aldon Ray ?Archie? Phipps, 50, of Jumping Branch entered into eternal rest Sunday, July 3, 2011. Born on April 15, 1961 at Columbus, Ohio he was a son of the late Aldon Ray Phipps and Joyce A. Wills Phipps of Nimitz. He was of the Baptist faith and an Engineer for CSX-T, a past member and chairman of the UTU,...
Richard Smith
Jul 2, 2011
Richard W Smith, 63, owner of New River Scenic Whitewater Tours, died July 2, 2011 at his home following a long illness. Born in Trenton, NJ June 30, 1948, he was the son of Walter and Jennie Smith. He is survived by a daughter, JoAnn Smith; a step-daughter, Barbie Dobbins both of Albuquerque, NM; his first wife Doris Sigl, of...

Jenny O
Jun 25, 2011
Jenny O?Mara Sims, 78, of Inverness, FL, formerly of Hinton, WV, passed away peacefully on Saturday June 25, 2011 in the care of Dr. Gelin and the wonderful staff of the Arbor Trail Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Inverness, FL, where she had spent her last years. The daughter of the late Mark McKinley and Mabel Turley Sims, Jenny...