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....
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...
