Lionel Rusty Jones Jr.
Sep 23, 2022
Lionel “Rusty” Jones Jr., 75, of Kenna passed away Friday, September 23, 2022 at Glasgow Health and Rehabilitation.
Rusty was born July 6, 1947 at Nitro, WV a son of the late Lionel Sr. and Josephine Bird Jones. Rusty was a proud veteran of the United States Army where he served for 11 years. He also worked...
Iris Joanne Clevenger
Sep 21, 2022
Iris Joanne Clevenger, 97, of Evans entered into Heaven on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at Jackson General Hospital following and extended illness.
Joanne was born February 9, 1925 at Fairmont, WV a daughter of the late William and Nettie Ann Vincent Reese. Joanne was a retiree of Kaiser Aluminum where she worked for 30 years. She was...
Elladean Marie Ray
Sep 19, 2022
Elladean Marie (Fields) Ray, 81, of Aplin Ridge, Gay, WV passed away peacefully on September 19, 2022.
Elladean was born on July 29, 1941 to the late Roy and Ophelia (Cox) Fields. She graduated from Ripley High School in 1959 before becoming a mother and a homemaker. As a lifelong member of Aplin Church, she found great...
Larry David "Punkin" Boggess
Sep 17, 2022
Larry David “Punkin” Boggess, 75, of Goldtown passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022 at his home following a short illness.
He was born March 11, 1947 at Goldtown, WV the only child Robert W. and Renelda Boggess. David was a graduate of Ripley High School. He went on to work at Union Carbide for 19 years before...
Iris May Shaffer
Sep 16, 2022
Iris Shaffer, 83 of Ripley went home to be with the Lord on September 16, 2022 at CAMC Memorial Hospital, Hospice Unit following a sudden illness.
She was born May 28, 1939 in Roane County, daughter of the late Dennis and Iva Hay Parsons. She was a Christian by faith and retired from the United States Post...
Martha Ann Stahlman
Sep 14, 2022
Martha Ann (Ellison) Stahlman, 83, of Gay passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness.
She was born January 21, 1939 in Roane County a daughter of the late John and Edith “Emily” Starcher Ellison. In addition to her parents Martha was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years,...
Phyllis Ann Clark
Sep 13, 2022
Phyllis Ann Clark, 58, of Ripley went home to be with the Lord, September 13, 2022 at her home in Ripley, WV.
She was born January 11, 1964 In Richmond, VA a daughter of the late Edward Lewis Sprouse and Lillie Jane White. Phyllis was also preceded in death by her brothers Carl Sprouse and...
Elizabeth Lorraine Vannoy
Sep 11, 2022
Elizabeth Lorraine (Hamon) Vannoy departed this world on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
She was born March 27, 1961 in Ripley, WV and was a proud graudate of Ripley High School Class of 1979. She married her best friend Rusty (Russell L. Vannoy Jr) on November 10, 1979 and has missed him dearly since his passing May 31,...
Juanita Grace Ellis
Sep 10, 2022
Juanita Grace Ellis, age 76, loving mother of three girls passed away in the early hours of September 10, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Juanita was born February 15, 1946 in Ohio and grew up in West Virginia surrounded by her large family, she had 8 other siblings.
Juanita was a small business owner in...
Dana R. Parsons
Sep 7, 2022
Dana Rollin Parsons, 77, of Gay passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2022 following a short illness.
Dana was born April 22, 1945 in Jackson County, a son of the late Moody Allen and Madge Litton Parsons. Dana worked for the West Virginia State Road and enjoyed spending time on the farm and working his cattle.
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Nina Roush
Sep 5, 2022
Our most dear Nina Gay (Siders) Roush 47, of Dunbar, left this world September 5, 2022.
Nina was born on September 13, 1974 unto Ola W. Siders and Reba Ruthlee (Shamblin) Siders and was the youngest of five children. Nina was a graduate of Ripley High School where she was a proud member of the FFA and...
Ted Stover
Sep 4, 2022
Franklin “Ted” Stover, 89 of Ripley, passed away September 4, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family.
Ted was born August 22, 1933 in Raleigh County, a son of the late Robert and Mary Southard Stover. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from Ravenswood Aluminum. He loved being a father...
Phyllis Ann Kelley
Sep 3, 2022
Phyllis Ann Kelley, 88 of Ripley, passed away September 3, 2022 at Hubbard House West, South Charleston, following a long illness.
She was born October 22, 1933 in Richwood, WV, daughter of the late Harley Dayton and Gladys Mural O’Dell McClung. She was a homemaker and a devoted Christian that loved to serve her Lord and Savior...
Virginia Frances Parsons
Aug 30, 2022
Virginia Frances Parsons was welcomed into Heaven on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at Jackson General Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was a beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. Frances was born April 18, 1926 in Kenna, WV. She was preceded in death by her parents Opha and Neniah Hill, husband, Clovis “Chubby” Parsons, brother, John Lee...
N. Keith Casto
Aug 27, 2022
N. Keith Casto, 87, of Columbus, OH formerly of Jackson County passed away on August 27, 2022 at Grant Hospital in Columbus surrounded by his loving family and friends. Keith graduated with the Ripley High School Class of 1954. He was the vice president of the Ripley FFA and was awarded the State Farmer Degree in 1953. Keith carried...
Michael "Mike" Tillinghast
Aug 27, 2022
Michael (Mike) Tillinghast, 79, of Ripley, WV passed away August 27, 2022. He had been battling a rare lung disease, IPF, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Mike graduated from Scott High School in Boone County and earned a B.S. in Forestry from WVU. He taught school in Webster County, and then became a service forester in Marion County. Mike then moved...
Tabitha "Tabby" Parsons
Aug 26, 2022
Tabitha Marie Parsons, 41, of Ripley, W.Va., passed away unexpectedly Aug. 26, 2022, at Charleston Area Medical Center. She was born March 14, 1981, in Jackson County, W.Va., the daughter of Ruth Stover and the late Kenton Parsons. In addition to her beloved father, she was preceded in death by her grandfather Okey Parsons, grandmother Mary McPhearson, and grandfather...
Timothy E. Casto
Aug 26, 2022
Timothy Eugene Casto, 62, of Ripley passed away Friday, August 26 at CAMC Memorial Hospital. He was born August 14, 1960 in Ripley a son of Harold Eugene Asbury and Elizabeth Casto Myers. Tim loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was also a professional painter. He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Myers and...
Dewey Ray Rankin
Aug 26, 2022
Dewey Ray Rankin, 70 of Ravenswood, formerly of St Albans, passed away Friday, August 26, 2022 surrounded by his loving family, after a long hard fought and courageous battle with cancer. Dewey was preceded in death by his parents, Nina and Harry Rankin, brothers, Doug Rankin and Kevin Rankin. He is survived by his loving wife of 42 years,...
Joseph L. "Joe" Young
Aug 26, 2022
Joseph “Joe” Lee Young, 62, of Sandyville, WV was called to his heavenly home on August 26, 2022 He was born to Evalina Casto Young and the late Denver Young on December 27, 1959 in Ripley, WV. After graduating from Ripley High School, Joe enlisted in the Army where he served from 1979-1988. Most of his Army career was...
