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...
Deloris J. Rutter
Jul 23, 2013
Deloris June Rutter, 79, of Gay, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital following a sudden illness. She was born on June 16, 1934 at Clendenin WV, daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Rene Short Overbaugh. She was a lifelong homemaker and Christian whose passion was her children, grandchildren and great-grandcchildren. She loved to cook,...
Franklin F. Adkins Sr.
Jul 22, 2013
Franklin Frazier Adkins Sr. 78 of Sandyville passed away July 22, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Huntington following a long illness. He was born in Boone County on December 28, 1934 and graduated from Sherman High School where he played Baseball and Basketball. He retired from Kaiser Aluminum and Century Aluminum with 40 years of Service and loved...
Kelly Ann Casto
Jul 18, 2013
Kelly Casto Kelly Ann Casto, 30, of Gay, passed away early Thursday morning in Roane County from injuries sustained when a vehicle struck the house she was staying in. Kelly was born January 21, 1983 in Ripley, daughter of Randy and Patty Fields Casto of Limber Ridge. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she is survived...
Dessie Smith
Jul 17, 2013
Dessie May Smith 74 of Advent passed away July 17, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley following a long illness. She was born October 6, 1938 at Advent a daughter of the late Joseph P. and Vernie Chapman Smith. She was a farmer and attended the Stonelick Church. She is survived by two sisters Bessie and Ella Smith both...
Ellen Ardena Anthony
Jul 10, 2013
Ellen Anthony Ellen Ardena Anthony, 69, of Hurricane, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at Hubbard Hospice House following an extended illness. She was born April 24, 1944 in Putnam County, daughter of the late Freeman and Mildred Bailey Shamblin. A lifelong homemaker, she also worked as a cook at Cedar Lakes and the former Townhouse Restaurant in Ripley....
Calvin Thomas
Jul 9, 2013
Calvin Thomas, 86 of Ripley, WV passed away July 9, 2013 at his home following a long illness. He was born March 8, 1927 in Charleston, WV a son of the late John D. and Rachel Hall Thomas. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Frances Thomas; son William Calvin Thomas and brothers Harwood Thomas and Daniel...
Teddy Crouch
Jul 1, 2013
Teddy Ray Crouch, 58, of Charleston, passed away July 1, 2012 at CAMC following a sudden illness. He was born November 1, 1954 in Kanawha County, son of the late Samuel Crouch and Mary Liversadge Crouch. He was a laborer and had been employed by an area cemetery. Surviving: Mother, Mary Crouch of Charleston; Brothers, Lawrence Crouch of Huntington,...
Charles Everett Dillon
Jun 30, 2013
Charles Everett Dillon 92 of Ripley passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Ravenswood Village Nursing and Rehabilitation following a long illness. He was born September 23, 1920 at Sandyville the son of the late Charles Homer and Cora Hertje Dillon. He served in the United States Army in World War II and retired from his military career in...
Maysel Smith Walker
Jun 29, 2013
Maysel Walker Maysel Kathleen Walker, 78, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Roane County, passed away June 29 in Cleveland following an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1934 at Smithfield in Roane County, daughter of Elbert and Belva Nichols Smith. Surviving: Daughter, Debra Justice (Donald) of Spencer; Grandson, Robert Smith; Brothers, Johnny, Richard, Ben and Kenneth Smith; Sisters,...
Jorita Mae Jenkins Bowman
Jun 23, 2013
Jorita Mae Jenkins Bowman 60 of Ripley passed away June 23, 2013 at her home surrounded by family following a long illness. She was born August 11, 1952 at Charleston a daughter of the late Thaddeus L. and Edna Mae Harrison Jenkins. She was a homemaker and a lifelong Christian. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Zina Mabel Barker
Jun 21, 2013
Mabel Skeenes Barker of Leroy, WV died June 21, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital in Ripley, WV four days short of her 99th birthday. Born June 25, 1914 at Turtle Creek in Boone County, WV, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Skeenes. Mrs. Barker was saved at Olive Branch Baptist church at a young age...
