Obituaries

Stella McGraw

Stella McGraw

Dec 21, 2010

Stella B. McGraw,95, of Brooks, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born May 2, 1915 at True she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lona Hedrick Pitzer. A lifelong resident of Summers Co., a homemaker, she loved the Lord and was a...

John Donitzen

John Donitzen

Dec 17, 2010

John Andrew Donitzen, 63, of Sandstone, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at the Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following an apparent heart attack. There will be a gathering of friends from 1 PM until 3 PM, Thursday, December 30, 2010 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel. There will be no service and the body has been cremated.

Daniel Ward

Daniel Ward

Dec 5, 2010

Daniel Ray Ward Sr., 51, of Hinton went home to be with the Lord, Sunday December 5, 2010 at Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born July 16, 1959 at Hix he was a son of the late Otis L. Ward and Ellen Jane Berry Ward of Hix. Daniel was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., attended...

McGuire Blankenship

McGuire Blankenship

Dec 3, 2010

Drema D. McGuire Blankenship, 80, of Hinton died Friday, December 03, 2010 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center following a short illness. Born June 9, 1930 at Sandstone she was a daughter of the late Everett Houston and Reva Gill Cales. She was a loving mother who nurtured and tenaciously protected her children as well as being an entrepreneur having...

Joseph Mazzella

Joseph Mazzella

Dec 1, 2010

Joseph Eugene Mazzella, 67, of Hinton passed away at home Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Born July 25, 1943 at Norfolk, VA, Joey was the son of the late John and Mary Costa Mazzella. He graduated from Hinton High School in 1961, Concord College and Marshall University where he received his Masters Degree in Clinical Counseling, worked for WV Dept. of...

Christine Buckland

Christine Buckland

Nov 29, 2010

Christine J. Cottle Buckland, 83, of Talcott, went home to be with the Lord Monday, November 29, 2010 at her home following a sudden illness. Born May 30, 1927 in Summers Co. she was the daughter of the late George Cleon and Amy Elizabeth Keffer Ramsey Cottle. Christine was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church at Talcott, the...

Kay Dobbins

Kay Dobbins

Nov 26, 2010

After a long, lonely road of life, Drema Kay Dobbins exchanged worlds in a few short minutes. Drema was seventy years old. Her home for the last twenty-six years was Summers County Nursing and Rehab Center. Drema Kay was born June 26, 1940, the only child of Fred and Laura Frazier Dobbins. Her parents went to heaven ahead of Drema....

Norma Hicks

Norma Hicks

Nov 25, 2010

Norma J. Hicks of Elk Knob Road, Hix went to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 25, 2010 at her home following a long illness. Norma was born at Talcott to the late Arnett and Dorothy Sears Adkins. She enjoyed going to church at Freedom Baptist Church where she was a member, homemaker, loved cooking, sewing and spending time with...

Peggy Harrah

Peggy Harrah

Nov 25, 2010

Peggy Harrah 91, of Hinton died of natural causes Thursday, November 25, 2010 in the Villages at Greystone following a short illness. Born October 23, 1919 in Leicester, England she was the daughter of the late William Henry Blackwell and Nellie Reesby Blackwell. Peggy came to the United States aboard the Queen Mary arriving on March 1, 1946. She became...

Roger Lilly

Roger Lilly

Nov 18, 2010

Roger Kenton Lilly, Sr. 72, of Chesapeake, VA claimed the promise of the resurrection on Thursday, November 18, 2010 following a long illness. Born May 14, 1938 in Charleston West Virginia, he was the son of the late Ralph and Leeda Harper Lilly. A former United States Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Lilly was a retired Lieutenant Colonel with the Army...

Dempsey Lilly

Dempsey Lilly

Nov 13, 2010

Paul Dempsey Lilly, 81, of Ellison passed away Saturday morning, November 13, 2010 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hinton, following a long illness. Born June 22, 1929 at Ellison he was a son of the late Paul and Nancy Okes Lilly, a member of the Ellison Baptist Church, Graduate of Hinton High School and a school bus...

Tommy Lowe

Tommy Lowe

Nov 9, 2010

Tommy Jayne Lowe 83, of Gum Spring, VA formerly of Forest Hill passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at the home of her daughter following a long illness. Born April 30, 1927 in Keystone, WV she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Kenova Witt. Mrs. Lowe was a retired public servant for the State of West Virginia. She...

Isabella Hurley

Isabella Hurley

Nov 6, 2010

Isabella Danielle Hurley, 18 month old daughter of Dusty Hurley of Jumping Branch and Cristen Lynn Meador of Hinton went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Womens and Childrens Hospital in Charleston. Isabella was born May 21, 2009 in Beckley. She brightened the lives of all those who loved her and is now enjoying heaven...

Robert Bower

Robert Bower

Nov 4, 2010

Robert Lee Bower Sr., 64, of Jumping Branch went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 4, 2010. Born September 1, 1946 in Hinton he was the son of Evangaline Keith of Princeton and Clarence Bower of Beckley. A veteran of the United States Navy and the Merchant Marines Robert was a former employee of the Chesapeake and Ohio...

Billie Smith

Billie Smith

Oct 31, 2010

Billie L. Smith, 82, of Ballard formerly of Richmond, VA went home to be with the Lord, Sunday October 31, 2010 at Princeton Healthcare following a long illness. Born July 10, 1928 in Virginia she was the daughter of the late John W. and Rubye Turner Collier. Attended the Church of the Living God at Madams Creek, retired employee of...

Roger Adkins

Roger Adkins

Oct 30, 2010

Roger Eugene Adkins, 59, of Hinton passed away Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born April 2, 1951 at Hinton he was the son of the late Russell and Sylvia Graham Adkins. He was a former employee of Liftex in Gurnee, IL, Richardson?s Carpentry and a mechanic. Preceded in death by three brothers,...

Naomi Pitzer

Naomi Pitzer

Oct 29, 2010

Naomi Florence Pitzer, 83, formerly of Hinton, WV went to be with the Lord, October 29, 2010 after an extended illness at the home of her daughter in Mountain City, TN. Born December 28, 1926 in Greenbrier Co. she was the daughter of the late Burman and Mozella Faye Buckland Sears. Florence retired after 32 years of service with Hi-Flavor...

Leah Meadows

Leah Meadows

Oct 26, 2010

Leah Madeline Meadows, 90 years old went peaceably to her eternal home October 26, 2010 carried by angels and surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Born November 17, 1919 in Low Gap, Summers County, she was the daughter of the late John and Iva Crookshanks Wood. Mrs. Meadows was a homemaker and a devout Christian who spent her life for...

Shawnna Toth

Shawnna Toth

Oct 21, 2010

On Thursday, October 21, 2010, Shawnna Maybell Toth, 39, of Meadow Creek passed away at her home. Born August 31, 1971 in Elyria, OH, she was the daughter of Rebecca Fortner Fox and the late Olen Lee Fox. She attended Greenbrier West High School, loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, her flower gardens, gardening, picnics and her family cookouts. Shawnna was...

Owen Grimmett

Owen Grimmett

Oct 15, 2010

Owen Gilbert Grimmett, 84, of Judson loved to trade and he tried out a helicopter to CAMC Memorial. On October 15, 2010 he decided to trade his old body for a new one with a pair of wings for his new home in glory that was paid for years ago by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born July 3,...

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