Oris Eugene "Shag" Shafer
Aug 31, 2012
Oris Eugene Shafer Oris Eugene Shafer, 83, of Ripley, passed away Friday morning, August 31, 2012 at his home following an extended illness. Oris or "Shag" as he was affectionately known, was born December 10, 1928 near Elkview, WV, son of the late Pharo "Tate" and Tressie Stoffel Shafer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the...
Michael E. Waybright
Aug 31, 2012
Michael Waybright Michael Edgar Waybright, 61, of Ripley, passed away Friday morning, August 31, 2012 at his home following an extended illness. He was born February 5, 1951 at Ripley, son of the late Boyd and Doris Hood Waybright. He was a graduate of Ripley High School and was a department head for Krogers of Ripley and a union...
Donald "Dale" Starcher
Aug 28, 2012
Donald D. "Dale" Starcher Donald "Dale" Starcher, 76, of Liberty, passed away Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012 at Hubbard House West in South Charleston following a long illness. Dale was born May 3, 1936 near Given in Putnam County, son of the late Clair and Anna Pennington Starcher. He worked his entire life in the grocery business, having owned...
Amy Palmer Pilkinton
Aug 24, 2012
Amy Pilkenton Amy Patricia Palmer Pilkenton, 47, of Granite Falls, North Carolina died Friday, August 24, 2012 at Hospice and Palliative Care of Catawba County, North Carolina. Amy was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on June 7, 1965, to Paul and Ida Sweeney Palmer of Windy Ridge, Wirt County, West Virginia. She attended Pee Wee Elementary, a two-room grade...
Charles Houston Shultz
Aug 22, 2012
Charles Shultz Charles Houston Shultz, 76, of Ripley, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2012 at Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness. He was born May 4, 1936 in Chesapeake, WV, son of the late Virginia Mae Shultz. He was a graduate of Dupont High School and retired as a salesman from the food service industry. He was a...
Freda Faye Miller
Aug 21, 2012
Freda Miller Freda Faye Miller, 69, of Ripley, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at Eldercare of Ripley following an extended illness. She was born October 14, 1942 in Jackson County, daughter of Evelyn Richardson Myers and the late Oley Hoyt Myers. She was a lifelong homemaker. Surviving: Son, Bobby Eugene Miller (Stacy) of Fairplain; Daughters, Rita Faye Sayre...
Ethan Cole Litton
Aug 19, 2012
Ethan Litton Ethan Cole Litton, infant son of Chris and Skylier McClain Litton of Gay, was stillborn Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown. In addition to his parents, Ethan is survived by two sisters at home, Kenzie and Jaylee Litton, and aunt and uncle, Colton and Rachel Roush and maternal grandparents Mary McClain and Joseph Max...
Lonnie Ray Jones
Aug 18, 2012
Lonnie Ray Jones, 62 of Fairplain went peacefully to be with the Lord surrounded by his family and friends on August 18, 2012 after a short illness. He was born August 10, 1950 in Lockwood, WV to the late Lonnie and Laoma Jones. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers June Brooks Jones (JB)...
Kenneth G. Achtziger
Aug 17, 2012
Kenneth G. Achtziger, 68 of Ripley, WV went to be with the Lord on August 17, 2012 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital following a long illness. He was born January 4, 1944 at West Moreland County, PA a son of Bertha Sullenberger Achtziger of Armbrust, PA and the late Grover Achtziger. He was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam...
Ima Gaye Brown
Aug 14, 2012
Ima Gaye Tolley Brown, 78, of Given, WV entered eternal rest on August 14, 2012 at Eldercare in Ripley, WV. She was born August 15, 1934 in Vicars, WV the daughter of the late Romie E. and Beulah M. Tolley. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Carroll R. Brown in 2004. She was also...
Betty Ocheltree Hobbs
Aug 12, 2012
Betty Lue Ocheltree Hobbs, 80, of Charleston, passed away on August 12, 2012 at Meadowbrook Acres Nursing Facility following an extended illness. She was born on October 10, 1931 at Braxton County, WV, daughter of the late Hurley and Muriel Morrison Ocheltree. She was a lifelong homemaker and faithful member of the Catholic Church. In addition to her parents,...
Thomas Peter Pinto
Aug 11, 2012
Thomas P. Pinto, 76, of Ripley, passed away Saturday, August 11 at his home following an extended illness. He was born June 29, 1936 in New York City, son of the late Henry and Julia Shukis Pinto. He was a self-employed businessman and owned several restaurants throughout his career. He was a veteran of the United States Army. In...
Pauline Miller Fisher
Aug 5, 2012
Pauline Fisher Pauline Miller Fisher, 71, of White Pine Road, Kenna, passed away Sunday morning, August 6, 2012 at Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness. She was born on June 14, 1941 in Jackson County, daughter of the late Ballard and Rita Mae Miller. She was a lifelong homemaker. Surviving: Her husband of 15 years, Ronald Fisher of...
Dennie Devon Curry
Aug 4, 2012
Dennie Curry Dennie D. Curry, 27, of Silverton, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2012 at CAMC General Diviision following a long illness. Dennie was born July 1, 2012 at Parkersburg, son of Michael W. and Sandra K. Myers Curry. He was a former employee of Krogers and Toyota Manufacturing and attended the Freewill Baptist Church. He loved the outdoors,...
Betty Triesler Chandler
Aug 2, 2012
Betty Triesler Chandler, 88 of Ripley, WV passed away Thursday, August 2, 2012 at her home following a long illness. She was born June 14, 1924 at Hagerstown, MD a daughter of the late A.W. "Duke'" and Pauline Sites Triesler. She was a graduate of Eastern High School in Washington, D.C. where she was a member of the Phi...
Hazel Westfall
Jul 31, 2012
Hazel Westfall, 84 of Ripley passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness. She was born August 25, 1927 at Belgrove a daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Good Critchfield. She was a homemaker and loved to sing. She helped in teaching music and singing harmony at Davis and Elkins College for...
Beverly J. Jordan
Jul 30, 2012
Rev. Beverly Jordan Rev. Beverly J. Jordan, 74, of Crab Orchard WV, formerly of Jackson County, passed away Monday morning, July 30, 2012 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley following an extended illness. She was born September 5, 1937 at Apple Farm, WV, daughter of the late William A. and Eda Wilson Stalnaker. Beverly was a college graduate,...
Devin Fisher
Jul 28, 2012
Devin Paul Fisher, 13, of Liberty, passed away Saturday evening, July 28, 2012 from injuries received in an ATV accident. Devin was born December 16, 1998 in Charleston, son of Paul Fisher and Cindy and Tammy L. Abbott and Bruce Hunt. He was a student at Ripley Middle School, formerly attended Sissonville Middle School and attended the Goldtown Community...
Rev. Belle D. Parsons
Jul 27, 2012
Rev. Belle D Parsons , 88 of Kenna went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, July 27, 2012 at Eldercare of West Virginia following a long illness. She was born April 12, 1924 at Kentuck, WV a daughter of the late Archie and Elizabeth Casto Skeen. She was a homemaker and retired Pentecostal Evangelist. She was a...
Carl Stephen Corns
Jul 27, 2012
Carl "Steve" Corns Carl Stephen "Steve" Corns, 57, of Cody, WY, died suddenly on July 27, 2012. He was born November 24, 1954 at Sandyville, WV, the son of Carl and Rae Corns of Sandyville. Surviving: Mother, Rae Corns; Sister, Mary (EJ) Ulland of Ripley; Brother, Ronald (Darla) Corns of Billings, MT; Son, Randal Corns of Cody, WY; Daughter,...
