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Vici Lynn Vandale Payne

Vici Lynn Vandale Payne

Jan 17, 2014

Vici Lynn Vandale Payne, 57 of Given passed away January 17, 2014 at Eldercare following a long illness. She was born September 5, 1956 at Madison a daughter of James and Betty Holt Abshire of Ripley. In addition to her parents she is survived by her husband Richard Payne; sons Nathan Myers and Shaun Myers; daughter Tabetha Lee; brother...

Virginia Irene (Jenny) Westfall

Virginia Irene (Jenny) Westfall

Jan 16, 2014

Virginia Irene "Jenny" Westfall, 65, of Parkersburg, formerly of Ripley, passed away Thursday morning, January 16, 2014, at Marietta Memorial Hospital following a four month battle with cancer. She was born February 24, 1948 at Chester, WV, daughter of the late John and Mildred Miller Bowman. She resided in Ripley most of her life and was a long-term employee...

Blonda E. Casto

Blonda E. Casto

Jan 13, 2014

Blonda E. Casto 81 of Ripley passed away Monday, January 13, 2014 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He was born July 20, 1932 at Gay, Jackson County, a son of the late Lloyd and Virgie Thomas Casto. He attended the Elk Fork Church in Gay and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked many years...

Linda Withrow

Linda Withrow

Jan 12, 2014

Linda L. Withrow, 50, of Ripley, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 12, 2014,at Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness. She was born August 8, 1963 in Ripley, daughter of the late Elsworth and Phyllis Crihfield Lupardus. She attended Ripley High School and was a certified nursing assistant. Prior to her illness she worked for the Commission on Aging...

William M. Fields

William M. Fields

Jan 11, 2014

William M. Fields, 76 of Ripley passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Jackson General Hospital in Ripley following a short illness. He was born February 10, 1937 at Kenna, a son of the late Hoyt and Margie Fisher Fields. He attended Grace Gospel Church. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers Bobby...

Mary Pursley

Mary Pursley

Jan 8, 2014

Mary F. Pursley Mary Pursley, 73, of Leroy, passed away Wednesday morning, January 8, 2014, at Roane General Hospital following an extended illness. She was born December 29, 1940 at Gay, WV, daughter of the late Marion and Doris Everson Harpold. She was a 1957 graduate of Ripley High School and formerly employed by GS of West Virginia at...

Shirley M. Shumate Morrison

Shirley M. Shumate Morrison

Jan 7, 2014

Shirley M. Shumate Morrison 92 of Ripley passed away January 7, 2014 at Eldercare of Ripley following a long illness. She was born October 16, 1921 at Peachtree, WV a daughter of the late William and Lura Vealey Cook. She retired from Jackson General Hospital as a Nurse's Aide and was a member of the Church of Christ. She...

Aulene Harpold

Aulene Harpold

Jan 7, 2014

Aulene Johnson Harpold 91 of Kenna passed away January 7, 2014 at Eldercare of Ripley following a short illness. She was born December 7, 1922 at Jackson County a daughter of the late William H. and Naomi Simmons Johnson. She was a draftsman during the war for Carnagie Steel and afterwards worked at Simmons Supermarket. She loved read and...

Charles "Pete" Jordan

Charles "Pete" Jordan

Jan 6, 2014

Charles Hamon "Pete" Jordan 75 of Evans went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 6, 2014 at Abbyshire Place, Bidwell, Ohio surrounded by his family following a long illness. Pete was born on July 19, 1938 at Ripley, a son of the late George and Hattie Hamon Jordan. He graduated from Ripley High School with the...

Bonnie Jean Simon

Bonnie Jean Simon

Jan 1, 2014

Bonnie Jean Simon, 91 of Ripley passed away January 1, 2014 at Eldercare of Ripley following a long illness. She was born December 24, 1922 at Maldon, Ohio, a daughter of the late James and Olive Best Lawrence. She was owner of the former J and J Truck Stop in Ripley. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist...

Tabitha N. Fisher

Tabitha N. Fisher

Dec 30, 2013

Tabitha NicoleFisher, 32, of St. Albans, formerly of Fairplain, passed away Monday afternoon at home following a long illness. She was born March 19, 1981 in Charleston, daughter of Lonnie Randolph of Given and Mary Ennis (Larry) of St. Albans. She attended Ripley High School and prior to her illness worked as a certified nursing assistant at local health...

Raymond Griest

Raymond Griest

Dec 30, 2013

Raymond H. Griest, 81 passed away peacefully on Monday, December 30, 2013 in Ripley, WV surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born December 4, 1932 in Spring Hill, WV to Theron and Goldie Peal Griest. Ray married Monna Jean Pauley on September 8, 1951. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his...

Donald Mccord

Donald Mccord

Dec 29, 2013

Donald McCord, 83, of Ripley and formerly Spencer, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Cabell Huntington Hospital following a long illness. Arrangements are pending.

Helen Griffith Ison

Helen Griffith Ison

Dec 24, 2013

On December 24, Helen Griffith Ison's earthly journey ended as she ascended to her heavenly home where she was greeted by her parents, Francis and Emma Ball along with other loved ones who preceded her in death. Her journey started in Leroy, WV and ended in Ripley, WV. Along her journey she married her high school sweetheart, Camden, and...

Marilyn Miller Bone

Marilyn Miller Bone

Dec 23, 2013

Marilyn Miller Bone, 74, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Florida on December 23, 2013. She was born October 3rd, 1939, the only child of former Ripley Mayor John Miller and Elizabeth Kincaid Miller of Ripley. She was a mother, wife, musician, artist, tennis player and animal lover - a faithful friend with a gentle, giving soul. She...

Charlotte Ann Cavender

Charlotte Ann Cavender

Dec 15, 2013

Charlotte Ann Cavender 73 of Ripley passed away December 15, 2013 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following a short illness. She was born April 8, 1940 at Charleston a daughter of the Chessie Dodd Naylor and the late Leonard Naylor. She was a homemaker and loved to sew and read but her great joy was taking care of her husband...

Magdalene L. Spencer

Magdalene L. Spencer

Dec 14, 2013

Magdalene Lessie Spencer, 82 passed away December 14, 2013 in Charleston following a long illness. She was born August 12, 1931 at Jackson County a daughter of the late Oscar and Bessie Marion Shamblin. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Romie Spencer, a son Doyle Spencer and a...

Michael Alan Wine

Michael Alan Wine

Dec 7, 2013

Michael Alan Wine 58 of Parkersburg passed away December 7, 2013 at his home following a long illness. He was born February 12, 1955 at Spencer a son of Iris Miller Wine of Concord, NC and the late Wilber "Jack Wine. He attended Marshall University and worked as a Manager in the Oil and Gas Industry. In addition to...

Charles Pierson

Charles Pierson

Dec 7, 2013

Charles A. "Charlie" Pierson, founding chief of the Southern Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department and a driving force in public and industrial safety and security throughout the state and region, died suddenly Saturday morning while responding to an accident. He was 76 years of age. Charlie was born October 29, 1937 in Jackson County, son of the late John...

Mary Madeline Scott

Mary Madeline Scott

Nov 26, 2013

Mary Madeline Scott, 88, of Ripley, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 26, 2013 at Eldercare of Ripley following an extended illness. She was born September 18, 1925 in Mason County, daughter of the late Bill and Sarah Coast Chapman. She was a lifelong homemaker, a Christian and a member of the Sidneyville United Methodist Church. Surviving: Son, Jimmy Scott...

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