Robert "Red" Morgan Jr.
May 11, 2024
Robert Lee “Red” Morgan, Jr., passed away May 11, 2024 at home following a short illness.
He was born October 3, 1959 in Kingwood, WV, son of the late Robert Morgan Sr. and Pauline Dare Braniff Syruws. He was a oil field worker but most of all he was a devoted father and grandfather who loved to...
Christel Lynne Cummings
May 8, 2024
Christel Lynne Cummings, 49 of Ravenswood, WV died on May 8, 2024 and was the daughter of Fred Thompson and Diane Doss. She is survived by her daughter, Shaylee Cummings; Shaylee’s father, Buck Cummings; brother, Doug Thompson; sisters, Tanya Scarberry, Sarah McIntosh, Sabrina Rasnake, and Amanda Endocott; Nephews, Timmy Jackson, Ryan Jackson, and R.J. Fraley; Nieces, Christian...
Madeline A. Lively
May 6, 2024
Madeline A Lively of Titusville, Florida, passed on 05/06/2024 of Heart failure. She was born
on 01/16/1926 to Fay and James H. Craft in Charleston, WV. She married James F. Lively
and they had 4 children, James (Jimmy) Lively, Donald Lively, Carolyn Bunnell and Walter
Lively. She is survived by 2 children Carolyn...
Gregory A. Blankenship
May 2, 2024
Gregory Allen Blankenship, 68, of Sandyville passed away Thursday, May 2, 2024 at Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg.
He was born July 27, 1955 at Sandyville a son of the late George Otis and Opal Virginia (Staats) Blankenship.
Greg was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping and used to make muzzleloaders. He...
Jerry Garnes
Apr 28, 2024
Jerry Garnes, 54, of Sissonville passed away Sunday, April 28, 2024 in South Charleston, WV.
Jerry was born June 8, 1969 at Evans, WV a son of Annie Mae Garnes and the late James Myers. Jerry was an outdoorsman who loved spending time hunting and fishing, riding horses and going mudding. He will also be remembered as...
Bonnie Lou Serls
Apr 28, 2024
Bonnie Lou Serls, 72 of Kenna, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 28, 2024 following an extended illness.
She was born December 22, 1951 in Akron, Ohio. She was a nurse and caregiver and a member of the Sissonville Community Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, David Nelson...
Diadem Davis
Apr 18, 2024
Diadem Davis, 91, of Ripley passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Diadem was born January 19, 1933 in Armstrong Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of the late Felix and Gertrude (Myers) Richard. She enjoyed baking, crocheting, and singing karaoke any chance she got.
She is survived by her twin daughters;...
Doris Ocheltree
Apr 18, 2024
Doris Lee (Painter) Ocheltree, 83, of Ripley went to her heavenly home on April 18, 2024. Her husband of 63 years, Sterling “Sterl” Ocheltree preceded her in death. In addition to Sterl, she was also preceded in death by a sister Becky Keller, daughters-in-law Angel and Robin and brother-in-law Phil Keller.
Doris was born October 1, 1940,...
Judy Glennis Skeen
Apr 18, 2024
Judy Glennis (Casto) Skeen, 78, of Ripley passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024 at Jackson General Hospital.
Glennis was born March 30, 1946 at Belgrove a daughter of the late Hollie and Judy (Good) Casto.
Alongside her husband Bill, Glennis lived a faithful and dedicated life for the Lord. They worked with the youth ministry...
Marie Waybright
Apr 17, 2024
Millie Marie Waybright, 97, of Gay passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at her home surrounded by family.
Marie was born April 30, 1926 at Gay, WV a daughter of the late William Henry and Millie Margaret (Stanley) Waybright.
Marie was a 1944 graduate of Ripley High School. After raising her family, Marie was employed...
Gene D. Nuckles
Apr 17, 2024
Gene D. Nuckles, 89 of Ripley, entered into Heaven on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, surrounded by his family.
Gene was born January 9, 1935, a son of the late Virgil and Acel Nuckles of Given. He attended Ripley Schools and began working at an early age in the greenhouses, which led to a lifelong interest in gardening....
Patrick Scott Saffer
Apr 16, 2024
Patrick Scott Saffer, 40, passed away suddenly on April 16, 2024 while traveling from his beloved Pocahontas County to Ripley, WV where he was currently living.
He was born on August 10, 1983 in Greenbrier County and was raised in Hillsboro, West Virginia. He loved the beauty of the mountains and Greenbrier River. He graduated from Pocahontas...
Linda Belle Butcher
Apr 16, 2024
Linda Belle Ramsey Smith Butcher, 85, of Sandyville, West Virginia, passed away at home surrounded by her loving husband and children on April 16, 2024. She was born in Big Chimney, West Virginia, on December 23, 1938, to the late Lonnie and Merla Wilson Ramsey. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Garland Raymond Smith;...
Nora Edna Boner
Apr 15, 2024
Nora Edna Boner, 85, of Kenna passed away Monday, April 15, 2024 at Jackson General Hospital.
She was born December 26, 1938 in Kanawha County a daughter of the late Okel and Zadie (Pauley) Burgess. Nora was a very devoted and loving mother who will be remembered for all the care she showed to not only her...
J. Michael Gaunch
Apr 14, 2024
J. Michael Gaunch, 80 of Evans, passed on to his Heavenly reward, April 14, 2024 after a two month battle with Multiple Myeloma (Bone Marrow Cancer).
Left to mourn his passing are his wife of 53 years, Pamela of Evans; his son and daughter-in-law, Michael Wayn “Mickey” and Lori Sue of Monroe, NC; and his brother and...
William "Biggie" Whittington
Apr 9, 2024
William “Biggie” Robert Whittington, 76, of Sissonville, went home to be with the Lord on April 9, 2024.
Biggie was born September 30, 1947, to William & Frances Whittington, of Sissonville, WV. He graduated from Sissonville High School and attended Marshall University. He married the love of his life, Judy Higginbotham on March 16, 1968, and together...
Emogene Tomlin
Apr 8, 2024
Emogene Skidmore Tomlin, 94 of Ripley, passed away April 8, 2024 at Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness.
She was born June 15, 1929 in Poca, Putnam County, WV, daughter of the late Harry and Ruth Lanham Skidmore. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, gardening and farming. Her greatest joy was spending time with her...
Russell "Rusty" Brotherton Jr.
Apr 3, 2024
Russell “Rusty” Brotherton Jr., 71, of Dunbar, formerly Given, WV passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at Jackson General Hospital.
Rusty was born August 18, 1952 in Framingham, MA. He was the son of the late Russell Sr. and Jeanne (Gaffney) Brotherton.
Rusty and his family moved to Dunbar, WV when he was 15. He...
Mona Lisa Fields
Apr 1, 2024
Mona Lisa (McClain) Fields, 60, of Silverton, WV went to be with the lord Monday, April 1, 2024. She is the daughter of Ruby Ilene Shamblin and Orin Preston McClain. Mona was a 1981 Ripley High School graduate and worked as a nurse for many years. She was one of the kindest, sweetest, people you have ever met. She...
Ernest Truman Rawlings
Apr 1, 2024
Ernest Truman Rawlings, 98, of Ripley passed away Monday, April 1, 2024 at Mountain View Care Center in Ripley.
He was born February 1, 1926 at Keyser, WV a son of the late Harry E. and Gladys (Likens) Rawlings. Truman proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and was B-29 Tail gunner during World War II....
