Carl James Chambers
Sep 20, 2013
Carl James Chambers 84 of Ripley went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 20, 2013 at Roane General Hospital surrounded by family following a long illness. He was born November 1, 1928 at Boone County a son of the late Arlie and Emma Jean Chandler Chambers. He was a Navy Veteran of World War II and...
Alice Elizabeth Casto
Sep 16, 2013
Alice Elizabeth Casto, 67, of Ripley, passed away Monday afternoon at home following a long illness. She was born October 23, 1945 in Jackson County, daughter of the late Daniel and Belva Simons. In addition to being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Alice also worked as a dietician at Jackson General Hospital, retiring after many years of service....
James Wilbur Deitz
Sep 13, 2013
James Wilbur Deitz 71 of Sandyville passed away September 13, 2013 at his home following a long illness. He was born January 14, 1942 at Hamlin, WV a son of the late Harry and Mauna White Deitz. He was a Boilermaker. He will always be known as a hard worker and a man who took care of his family....
Helen Jones
Sep 12, 2013
Helen Jones, of Sissonville, formerly of Hinton, passed away at her home Thursday afternoon, September 12, 2013 following an extended illness. Arrangements are pending.
Mary Lewis
Sep 12, 2013
Mary Katherine Lewis, 58, of Ripley, passed away September 12 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown following an extended illness. She was born October 26, 1954 at Kentuck, Jackson County, daughter of Paul and Mary Wolfe Southerly, currently of Paden City. Mary was employed by the U.S. Postal Service, was a homemaker and a member of the River Ridge...
Terry Rae Covey
Sep 8, 2013
Terry Rae "T.C." Covey, 56, of Ripley, passed away at home Sunday morning following an extended illness. She was born November 6, 1956 at Vincennes, Indiana, daughter of the late Jack and Shirley Thurston Killian. She was formerly employed by Vincennes University, was a certified emergency medical technician and, prior to her illness, was employed by the American Red...
Sarah Virginia Reese
Sep 6, 2013
Sarah "Ginny" Reese Sarah Virginia "Ginny" Reese, 88, of Ripley, passed away Friday afternoon at Eldercare of Ripley following an extended illness. She was born November 20, 1924 in Kanawha County, daughter of the late Ernest and Dessie Parrish Burdette. A lifelong homemaker, Ginny was an accomplished quilter and active with the Ripley Senior Citizen's Center prior to her...
Sidney Lockhart
Sep 2, 2013
Sidney Lockhart, 72, a native of Sandyville, passed away Monday evening, September 2, 2013, at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley following a brief illness. Arrangements are pending.
Adam L. Shamblin
Aug 28, 2013
Adam L. Shamblin 47 of Statts Mill passed away Wednesday August 28, 2013 at his home after a long illness. He was born June 6, 1966 in Ohio a son of Mazil Fields Shamblin White and the late Virgil Shamblin. He was a 1985 graduate of Ripley High School and was employed at Kroger's in Ripley with 23 years...
Clyde O. Barnette
Aug 27, 2013
Clyde O. Barnette 87 of Rockcastle went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. Clyde was born August 20, 1926 at Rockcastle a son of the late Okey and Julia Eliza Slade Barnette. He was an Army Veteran of World War II and attended Moss Chapel Church. He was a retired School Bus Driver with...
Junior Lee Randolph
Aug 26, 2013
Junior Lee Randolph 91 of Ripley went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by family August 26, 2013 at Ravenswood Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. He was born November 15, 1921 at Statts Mill a son of the late Albert Christopher and Roxey O'Dell Janney Randolph. He was a Navy Veteran of World War...
Ralph Easter
Aug 25, 2013
Ralph Easter, 93, of Sandyville, went home to be with the Lord Sunday evening, August 25, 2013 at Eldercare of Ripley following an extended illness. He is now at peace. He was born February 3, 1920, at the family farm near Ripley, now known as Cedar Lakes, son of the late James and Jessie Bosworth Easter. Ralph was a...
Paulette Conrad
Aug 25, 2013
Paulette Conrad, 57, of Ripley, received a permanent set of angel wings Sunday, August 25, 2013. Paulette passed away at CAMC General following a sudden illness. She was born on April 8, 1956 at Ripley, daughter of the late Harry and Gladys Garrett Westfall. A lifelong homemaker, she was also formerly employed for several years as a housekeeper for...
John Hambrick
Aug 17, 2013
John Hambrick 75 of Ripley passed away August 17, 2013 at his home. He was born March 14, 1938 at Belva, WV son of the late William and Katherine Smith Hambrick. He was retired from Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers Bob, Dick, Bill and Joe. He is survived...
Mary Margaret Stickler Scites
Aug 13, 2013
Mary Margaret Stickler Scites, 67, of the Grasslick Road community, Fairplain, passed away Tuesday, August 13,2013 at Cabell Huntington Hospital following an extended illness. She was born November 14, 1945 in Lincoln County West Virginia, daughter of the late Buck and Dorothy Harris Stickler. Mary attended Hurricane High School, had a passion for collecting angel figurines and, in 1966,...
Betty Lou Toney Taylor
Aug 9, 2013
Mrs Betty Lou Toney Taylor, 85, of Kernersville, North Carolina, formerly of Ripley, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 following a brief illness. She was born in Bloomingrose, WV, on November 27, 1927, to the late Poindexter and Rosa Petry Toney. She graduated from Sherman High School in Seth. She married on May 28, 1950 and recently celebrated 63...
Earl H. Mccormick
Aug 5, 2013
Earl H. McCormick Earl Harold McCormick, 84, of Ripley, passed away peacefully at home Monday, August 5, 2013, following a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was a tireless provider through whatever job he could find. Examples include working for the railroad in Danville WV and Cleveland OH, working at the Ice House and Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, coal...
Brad Ramsey
Jul 28, 2013
Bradley Scott Ramsey 41 of Ripley passed away Sunday, July 28, 2013. He was born May 31, 1972 at Ripley a son of Larry and Dottie Casto Ramsey of Ripley. He worked as a Laborer. In addition to his parents Larry and Dottie Ramsey he is survived by his grandmother Betty Fint of Elizabeth; a niece Nicole Ramsey; his...
Raleigh Shinn Rogers
Jul 24, 2013
Raleigh Shinn Rogers 87 of Ripley passed away on July 24, 2013 at his home. He was born January 23, 1926 at Ripley a son of the late David Jacob Rogers and Belle Shinn Rogers. He was a 1943 graduate of Mill Creek High School. After High School he served in the Navy during World War II. Raleigh earned...
Frank Cummings
Jul 23, 2013
John Franklin Cummings Jr. 70 of Ripley passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013. He was born February 10, 1943 at Charleston a son of the late John Franklin and Freda Skeens Cummings. Frank was a veteran of the US Army and served three years in France. He was in the first Paramedic Training Class in West Virginia and worked...
