Jimmie B. Wolford
Nov 2, 2013
Jimmie B. Wolford 83, of Ripley, passed away Saturday evening, November 2, 2013, at the Ravenswood Care Center following a long illness. He was born December 4m 1929 at Liberty, WV, son of the late Fred and Stella Smith Wolford. He retired as a millwright from Century Aluminum (Kaiser), loved to go camping in his off time and was...
Minerva Vineyard Reynolds
Oct 31, 2013
Minerva Orla (Vineyard) Reynolds was born July 16, 1914, in an area known as Rush Creek in Roane County near Spencer, WV. She finished her earthly journey October 30, 2013 in Orange City, FL. Minn, as everyone knew her, trusted Jesus Christ as her Savior at 14 years of age while praying with her godly mother. Her entrance into...
Walter W. Stike
Oct 31, 2013
Walter Weldon Stike 83 of Charleston passed away October 31, 2013 at Charleston General Hospital following a long illness. He was born August 1, 1930 the youngest child of John and Chloe Phipps Stike. He was preceded in death by seven brothers and three sisters. He is survived by three sons James (Kelli) Stike of Hendersonville, NC; David Stike...
William Lionel Currey Jr.
Oct 27, 2013
William Lionel Currey Jr. of Charleston, WV born February 14, 1919 to William Lionel Currey Sr. and Doris Beulah (Kalt) Currey, Jackson Co., WV went home to Jesus October 27, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Wynona "Nonie" Regina (Powell) Currey of 49 years, a brother Rex Currey, and two sisters: Ina Rose (Currey)...
Claudia Jorgenson
Oct 26, 2013
Claudia Christine Jorgensen, 49, of Gandeeville, passed away at her home Saturday afternoon following an extended illness. Claudia was born May 13, 1964 at Akron, Ohio, daughter of the late Robert E. McKay and Christine Nowlin McKay. Christine was a graduate of Davis and Elkins College and a lifelong homemaker. Her main interest, in addition to her family, was...
Clarence "Ben" Canterbury
Oct 25, 2013
Clarence "Ben" Canterbury, 80, a well known and popular Ripley businessman and school bus driver prior to his retirement, passed away Friday afternoon at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston following an extended illness. He was born March 24, 1933 in Frame, WV, the 10th of 19 children born to the late Rev. Rome and Gertrude Chandler Canterbury. Following high...
Sammy Dean Fields
Oct 20, 2013
Sammy Dean Fields, 61, of Ripley, passed away at his home Sunday evening, October 20, 2013 following an extended illness. He was born May 10, 1952 at Kenna, WV, son of the late Hoyt and Margie Fields. Sammy was a career military man with 14 years in the air force and four years in the U.S. Army. Following his...
Barbara Price
Oct 10, 2013
Barbara Arlene Price, 75, of Aplin Ridge, passed away suddenly at home Thursday morning, October 10, 2013. She was born on March 22, 1938 at Kanawha City, daughter of the late Romie Canter. She was a lifelong homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Surviving: Her husband of 52 years, Hubert Price; Sons, Romie Smith (Cheryl) of Evans, Bill Smith...
Donald Skeen
Oct 8, 2013
Donald Skeen, 91, of Goldtown, passed away Tuesday morning, October 8, 2013 at CAMC-General following an extended illness. He was born November 2, 1921 at Fletcher, son of the late Abendigo and Alice Cadle Skeen and the last surviving member of that family. He was an Army veteran of WW-II, arriving at Pearl Harbor shortly after the attack. Donald...
Beatrice Wimmer
Oct 2, 2013
Beatrice Schweitzer Wimmer, 101, of Columbus, Ohio, resident of Sandyville, WV died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley, WV after a short illness. Bea was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on July 7, 1912. She was preceded in death by her husband John J. Wimmer, a daughter Norma Colliver, a daughter Carole Douglas, a grandson Charles "Chuckie"...
Betty Swartz
Oct 2, 2013
Betty Swartz, of Ripley, passed away Wednesday morning, October 2, 2013 at CAMC General Division following a brief illness. Arrangements are pending at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley.
Robert Roy Rhodes
Oct 2, 2013
Robert Roy "Bob" Rhodes, 72, of Staats Mill, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at the Huntington Veteran's Administration Hospital following an extended illness. Bob was born in Jackson County on February 3, 1941 to the late Ermal and Glenva Kessell Rhodes. He was a class of 1959 Ripley High School graduate and worked as a coal miner and...
Lois Winters
Sep 30, 2013
Lois Jean Bledsoe Winters 77 of Ripley passed away on September 30, 2013 surrounded by her family. She had a long and courageous battle with pulmonary Fibrosis. Lois was born on November 13, 1935 in Huntington and was the daughter of the late Elba Moses (Doc) and Virginia Mae (Ginny) Bledsoe. She was preceded in death by two brothers...
Earl Casto
Sep 30, 2013
Earl E. Casto 72 of Leroy Passed away September 30, 2013. He was born July 24, 1941 to the late Harlen Cast and Vernie Casto Mangus. Earl is survived by his son Brian S. Casto and his wife Lisa; grandson Ryan Scott Casto and his wife Shayla Casto. At Earl's request there will be no public service. Waybright Funeral...
Cathy Parrish
Sep 29, 2013
Cathy Dell Parrish, 55, of Ravenswood, formerly of Ripley, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Hubbard Hospice House after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Parkersburg October 18, 1957, daughter of Orvalee Harrison Wines and the late William S. "Jack" Wines. Cathy was a 1975 graduate of Ripley High School and a lifelong...
Harold "Bud" Fisher
Sep 28, 2013
Harold A. "Bud" Fisher 88 of Kenna passed away Saturday, September 29, 2013 at Charleston General Hospital following a long illness. He was born November 8, 1924 at Roane County a son of the late Vaught and Oma Lanham Fisher. He was an Army Veteran and retired from General Motors where he was a truck Driver. In addition to...
Dayton Cleo Siders
Sep 27, 2013
Dayton Cleo Siders 75 of Kentuck passed away September 27, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital following a short illness. He was born August 10, 2013 at Kentuck a son of the late Orville and Ethel Iman Siders. He worked in construction and enjoyed playing Blegrass Music with his Banjo. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...
Janice Carol Harpold
Sep 24, 2013
Janice Carol Harpold, 63, of Ripley passed away September 24, 2013 at Cabell Huntington Hospital following an extended illness, surrounded by her entire loving family. She was born November 11, 1949 the daughter of the late Asa and Dorothy McClain Harpold of Gay, WV. Janice was a Ripley High School Graduate with the class of 1967. She was a...
Carroll H. Burdette
Sep 23, 2013
Carroll H. Burdette Jr. 65 of Sandyville passed away September 23, 2013 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital. He was born December 31, 2013 a son of Virginia Harpold Burdette of Sandyville and the late Carroll H. Burdette Sr. He retired from Kanawha Manufacturing as a Supervisor with 30 years of Service. In addition to his mother he is survived...
Herman Anderson
Sep 21, 2013
Herman F. Anderson, 91, of Plum Orchard, Jackson County passed away September 21, 2013 following a long illness. He was born August 31, 1922 at Plum Orchard a son of the late Okey and Bessie Wolfe Anderson. He was a life long farmer and a member of the Plainview Baptist Church where he was a Deacon and Lay Leader....
