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Bobby Lee Fields
Nov 29, 2012
Bobby Lee Fields 79 of Ravenswood passed away September 29, 2012 at Hubbard Hospice House at Charleston following a long illness. He was born September 5, 1933 at Belgrove a son of the late Hoyt and Margie Fields. At his request he will be cremated and there will be no services.
Melvin L. Smith
Nov 28, 2012
Melvin L. Smith Melvin Linnaeus Smith, 74, of Kenna, passed away Wednesday evening, November 28, 2012 at home following an extended illness. He was born April 21, 1938 at Kenna, son of the late Stinson and Nona Good Smith. He was a heavy equipment mechanic in the surface mining industry and a union member. Melvin formerly belonged to the...
Larry W. Johnson
Nov 28, 2012
Larry Wayne Johnson, 60 of Ripley passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at home following a short illness. He was born May 7, 1952 at Charleston a son of the late James Aubrey and Ada Kersey Johnson. He was a construction worker and electrician for Kelly Paving and a Farmer. He is survived by his wife of 38 years...
Everett A. "Andy" Anderson
Nov 19, 2012
Everett A. Anderson Everett Arnold "Andy" Anderson, 63, of Ripley, passed away at his Ripley home November 19th at 8:25 a.m. after fighting a hard and heroic battle with cancer. He was born January 13, 1949 in Charleston, WV, son of the late David Arnold and Genavee Stewart Anderson. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, Everett's greatest loves were...
Esther Frances Hogsett
Nov 19, 2012
Esther Frances Hogsett Esther Frances Hogsett, 54 passed away Monday night, November 19, 2012, shortly after 10PM at the Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston, WV. She was born July 20th 1958 at Huntington, WV, daughter of the late William Henry & Inez Louise Monroe Hogsett. She played the piano and loved music. She attended the Calvary United Methodist Church,...
Flora Inez Baldwin
Nov 18, 2012
Flora Inez Baldwin Flora Inez Baldwin peacefully passed away at her daughter's home in Ravenswood Sunday, November 18, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. Inez was a loving devoted wife to her husband, the late Howard L. Baldwin Sr., for 52 years. She was born December 26, 1929 at Sissonville, WV, daughter of the late Emmons and Mary Campbell...
Mollie Ann Mitchell
Nov 15, 2012
MOLLIE ANN MITCHELL Mollie Ann Mitchell, 80, of Leroy, passed away Thursday morning, November 15, 2012 at Roane General Hospital following an extended illness. She was born May 3, 1932 at Oak Hill, WV, daughter of the late Charles Cleveland and Urserl McCoy Myers. She lived most of her life in Jackson County and was a lifelong homemaker. Surviving:...
Judith "Judy" Brotherton
Nov 12, 2012
Judith "Judy" Karen Brotherton of Leroy went to be with the Lord November 12, 2012 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She is a daughter of the late Charles and Ruby Whited Cunningham. Judy was a graduate of Poca High School, retired from the Medical Records Department at Jackson General Hospital. She was a Christian and...
Donald Frederick Haller
Nov 8, 2012
Donald Frederick Haller 81 of Ravenswood, WV passed away November 8, 2012 at Cabel l Huntington Hospital following a sudden illness. He was born February 13, 1931 at Pittsburgh a son of the late Frederick and Mildred Heck Haller. He was a US Navy Veteran and served during the Korean War. He was a Mechanic in the Auto and...
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Parsons
Nov 7, 2012
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Parsons (nee Pfost), 89, of Ripley, passed away on Wednesday, November 7 at her home after an extended illness. Betty was born on July 21, 1923 in Ripley, daughter of the late Marion and Vaun Young Pfost. She was a 1941 graduate of Ripley High School, attended Penn Hall in Chambersburg, PA, and graduated from Marjorie...
Adelee V. Tallman
Nov 6, 2012
Adelee V. Tallman , age 81 of Ripley , W.V., entered into eternal rest Nov. 6, 2012 at Charleston , WV. Awaiting her arrival are her parents , Albert and Admanda VanNest : Husband Charles Carroll, and son Herbert Albert Tallman, four brothers: Roy, Raymond, Robert , and Donald ,two . sisters : Ada Wade , Dorthy Wilkinson ....
Violet Alma Redman Myers
Nov 1, 2012
Violet Alma Redman Myers, 85 of Belpre formerly of Ripley passed away November 1, 2012 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital. She was born June 26, 1927 at Kentuck, WV a daughter of the late Willie and Anna Good Redman. She was a retired LPN. She is survived her sons Chester Randolph of Flatrock, WV and Dorsel Randolph of Long...
Catherine E. (Rhodes) Chandler
Oct 30, 2012
Catherine Chandler Catherine E. Chandler, 57, of Ripley, passed away Tuesday morning, October 30, 2012 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington following an extended illness. Cathy was born in Boulder Colorado January 11, 1955, daughter of the late Robert and Jacquelyn Casto Rhodes. She was a homemaker, mother, grandmother as well as a title researcher and abstractor in...
Dorsel Haynes
Oct 28, 2012
Dorsel Haynes, 82 of Sandyville passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Jackson General Hospital following a long illness. He was born November 30, 1929 at Sandyville a son of the late Clyde and Cozie Randolph Haynes. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War and worked at the O. Ames Plant. In addition to his parents he...
Ruth A. Yoak
Oct 26, 2012
Ruth Almeda (Bennington) Yoak, 90, of Ripley, (formerly of Spencer) passed into the presence of Jesus on October 26, 2012, with her family by her side. She was born January 2, 1922, at Arnoldsburg, WV to Fred and Mary (Wilson) Bennington. Ruth spent her early years in Calhoun County, graduating from Calhoun County High School in 1939. She married...
Margaret V. (Oldham) Staats
Oct 25, 2012
Margaret Virginia (Oldham) Staats of Ripley passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Ravenswood Care Center on October 25, 2012. She was born on July 8, 1909, and lived to be 103 years old. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Edna Oldham. She had one brother, the late James Oldham. Margaret was preceded in death...
Bobby Lee Durst
Oct 24, 2012
Bobby Lee Durst Bobby Lee Durst, 75, of Ripley, left this life Wednesday evening, October 23, 2012 following a short illness. He was born April 29, 1937 in Marmet, son of the late Roy and Geraldine Carter Durst. He retired from Pechiney Rolled Products (formerly Kaiser Aluminum) as a furnace operator after a career spanning 43 years. Bobby enjoyed...
Amy Jo Mcvay
Oct 23, 2012
Amy McVay Amy Jo McVay, 32, of Charleston, formerly of Ripley, passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at CAMC General Division following a brief illness. She was born July 3, 1980 at Ripley, daughter of Patricia Nuzum and the late Billy Eugene McVay. Amy was a graduate of Ripley High School and formerly worked as a nurse at CAMC...
Doyle Clifford Shaffer
Oct 20, 2012
Doyle Clifford Shaffer, 76 of Ripley passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at his home following a short illness. He was born March 12, 1936 at Alum Creek a son of the late Hurl and Mable Shaffer. He retired from the Maintenance Staff of the Jackson County Board of Education and was a faithful member of the Ripley Baptist...
Helen Williadene Bullard
Oct 17, 2012
Helen Bullard Helen Williadene Bonnett Bullard, 87, of Kenna, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2012. Born on November 10, 1924 in Jackson County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Jennings Vaughn Bonnett and Verta Oakley Fisher. Helen was a retired assistant postmaster for the US Postal Service with many years of service. She was known for...
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