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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...
Helen Elizabeth Ray
Oct 17, 2012
Helen E. Ray Helen Elizabeth Ray, 80, of Sandyville, passed away on Wednesday, October 17 at her home following an extended illness. She was born July 30, 1932 in Fayette County, West Virginia, one of eleven children born to Edward and Avona Burdette Hughes. She received her practical nursing degree at age 18 and worked continuously in the nursing...
Eunice Ellen Hardman
Oct 16, 2012
Eunice Ellen (Staats) Hardman 95 of Ripley Passed away Monday, October 16, 2012 at Ravenswood Village Nursing Home following a long illness. She was born October 1, 1917 at Jackson County a daughter of the late Kenneth and Ebbie Lee Haynes Staats. She was a lifelong member of the Ripley Baptist Temple, a former employee of the Ripley Dairy...
Sarah Olivia Smith
Oct 15, 2012
Sarah Smith Sarah Olivia Smith, 17, of Ripley, passed away Monday afternoon at CAMC Women's and Children's Hospital in Charleston following an extended illness. She was born December 30, 1994 in Freemont, Ohio, daughter of Kevin D. and Mary Smith. Sarah was a sophomore at Ripley High School and a member of the Ripley Baptist Temple. In addition to...
George Fields Cutright
Oct 12, 2012
George Fields Cutright, 78 of Ripley departed this life on October 12, 2012 in Calhoun County. George was an avid outdoorsman and was doing what he enjoyed best, spending time at his hunting camp with his best friend Harvey Mitchell. George was born August 28, 1934 in Fayetteville, WV, a son of the late Cheslie and Claudia Cutright. He...
Charles B. Braniff
Oct 3, 2012
Charles B. Braniff Charles B. Braniff, 81, of Vienna, WV, passed away suddenly at his home Wednesday afternoon. He was born July 6, 1931 at Hastings in Wetzel County, son of the late Samuel Porter Braniff and Anna Laura King Braniff. He was a graduate of Gilmore High School at Sandyville and retired from Kaiser Aluminum of Belpre, Ohio....
Joyce Canterbury Cole
Oct 3, 2012
Joyce JoAnne Cole, 73 of Gallipolis, formerly of Ripley passed away October 3, 2012 at Holzer Medical Center following a long illness. She was born September 16, 1939 at Jackson County a daughter of the late Romie and Nancy Young Canterbury. She was a nurse's aide at Jackson General Hospital in Ripley and also worked at the Jackson County...
Patricia Ann Templin
Sep 27, 2012
Patricia Ann Templin Patricia Ann Templin, 85, of Millwood, West Virginia, went to be with the Lord on September 27, 2012 following a long journey with Alzheimer's. She was born January 27, 1927 in New Martinsville, West Virginia to the late Harry L. and Pearle (Ressegger) Green. She graduated from East Fairmont High School and attended Fairmont State College....
Beulah Irene Starcher
Sep 21, 2012
Beulah Irene Starcher, 84 of Cottageville passed away Friday, September 21, 2012 at Ravenswood Village and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. She was born September 26, 1927 at Kanawha County a daughter of the late Henry and Bertha Hanna Miller. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of the Nazarene. She is survived by sons;...
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