Basil "Gene" Board
Oct 20, 2021
Basil Eugene (Gene) Board, 77, of Fairplain passed away at home on October 20, 2021 from Metastatic Colon Cancer. Basil was born May 17, 1944 to the Late Oris and Belma Board of Gay, WV. Basil served with the US Army during the Vietnam War with the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade and was a Purple...
Carolyn V. Mahood
Oct 18, 2021
Carolyn Virginia Mahood, 71 of Ripley, passed away October 18, 2021 at Ravenswood Village following a long illness. She was born April 14, 1950, a daughter of the late Foley and Jessie Fields Price. She worked in Housekeeping at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley. Carolyn enjoyed quilting, working puzzle books and taking care of her family. She is...
Jerry M. Tephabock
Oct 18, 2021
Jerry M. Tephabock, age 79, of Ripley, passed away October 18, 2021 at Hubbard House following a long illness. He was born August 4, 1942, a son of the late Melvin and Virginia Tephabock of Grant County, WV. He became a resident of Jackson County in the late 1960’s after accepting an employment opportunity with the Agricultural Stabilization and...
Tammy Jo Winter
Oct 16, 2021
Tammy Jo Winter, 57, of Sandyville passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021 at Hubbard Hospice House West. She was born June 29, 1964 at Ripley, WV a daughter of the late Mac and Audrey (Shaffer) Davis. Tammy enjoyed NASCAR racing, as well as taking trips to Daytona Beach and the mountains. Most of all she enjoyed spending time with...
Marjorie Pillar
Oct 13, 2021
Marjorie Pillar, 85, of Ripley passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at Eagle Pointe in Parkersburg. She was born March 16, 1936 at Ripley a daughter of the late Estel and Norma Lee Smith. Marjorie graduated from Ripley High School Class of 1955. She was a woman of faith and will be remembered as a prayer warrior. She loved...
Matt Barnette
Oct 13, 2021
Matthew Allen Barnette, of Ripley, just 37 years old, passed away on October 13, 2021 at Camden Clark Medical Center. Anyone that had the privilege of knowing Matt would agree that he was a gentle giant, the size of Paul Bunyan and as strong as Babe the Blue Ox, but very lighthearted and always looking to make life as...
Ronald P. Patterson
Oct 12, 2021
Ronald Paul Patterson, 50 of Ripley, passed away October 12, 2021 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown. He was born October 8, 1971 in Pt. Pleasant, WV, a son of Paul Patterson and the late Reva Donahew Patterson. He worked at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Maintenance with over 20 years of service. He enjoyed fishing, golf, playing pool and...
Reva Kay
Oct 11, 2021
Reva Leonda Kay, 80 of Ripley passed away Monday, October 11, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital with her daughter and sister by her side. She was born October 27, 1940, daughter of the late Kenna and Ida Tolley. She enjoyed sewing and working in her yard and spending time with family. She is survived by son Allen Dean Kay...
Betty June Richardson
Oct 9, 2021
Betty June Shamblin Richardson 86 of Given, WV was born on December 26, 1934 and departed on Saturday morning October 9, 2021. Betty grew up on Tyler Mountain in the Cross Lanes area. She was one of 11 children born to her parents William and Rebecca Shamblin. Betty was a Christian that loved God. We, her family, have peace...
James Lee Boner
Oct 9, 2021
James Lee Boner, 64, of Kenna passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021 at CAMC Memorial Hospice. He was born October 29, 1956 in Ripley a son of Nora Edna Boner and the late Earl Lee Boner. James retired from Professional Maintenance of Charleston with 40 years of service. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Most of...
Jerry P. Bourgeois
Oct 8, 2021
Jerry P. “Jake” Bourgeois, 58, of Ripley passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. He was born February 26, 1963 at Parkersburg a son of the late Robert and Edna Miller Bourgeois. In addition to his parents Jake was preceded in death by sisters Donna Miller, Sue and Helen Bourgeois. Jake was a jack of all...
Matthew L. Ray
Oct 7, 2021
Matthew Lee Ray, 39, of Morgantown, formerly of Gandeeville passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. He was born July 13, 1982 at Ripley a son of Danny Ray and the late Mary Ray. Matt was a 2001 Roane County High School graduate and was a member of the football team and FFA. He...
Joe Goff
Oct 6, 2021
Joseph Lester “Joe” Goff, 76 of Ripley, passed away suddenly on October 6, 2021 at his home. Joe was born April 13, 1945 in Charleston, a son of the late Howard and Claudia Gore Goff. He retired from Century Aluminum (formerly Kaiser Aluminum) with 30 ½ years of service. Joe was happiest when he was operating his excavator and...
Betty Jo Scarberry
Oct 6, 2021
Betty Jo Scarberry, 61 of Kenna, passed away on October 6, 2021 after a long battle with COVID-19. She was born July 13, 1960 to Johnnie and Dorean Anderson. She was a 1978 graduate of Ripley High School and a 2007 graduate of WVU-P where she studied business. BJ worked for the State of WV for 30 + years...
Kimiko Stewart
Oct 5, 2021
Kimiko Stewart, 77 of Mt. Alto, WV, passed away October 5, 2021 at Marietta Memorial Hospital, Belpre Campus. She was born February 16, 1944 in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of the late Tomoji and Tsugi Takagi. She was a homemaker and a Christian who was willing to help anyone in need. The United States was her adopted country that she...
Arlene Ramsey
Oct 4, 2021
Arlene Ramsey, 78 of Ripley passed away October 4, 2021 at Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg following a long illness. She was born August 26, 1943, daughter of the late Edward and Virginia Saffell Pearson. She was a homemaker and attended the Parchment Valley Baptist Church. Her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived...
Eula Rae Corns
Oct 3, 2021
Eula Rae Corns, 97 of Sandyville, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021 at her home. She was born April 18, 1924 on Brushy Fork, Jackson County, daughter of the late Charles and Marybelle Archer McPherson. She was a homemaker and member of the Lockhart Methodist Church. She is survived by her children, Ronald (Darla) Corns and Mary (E.J.) Ulland;...
Frank Miller Jr.
Oct 2, 2021
Frank James Miller Jr., 81, of Kenna went to his heavenly home on Saturday, October 2, 2021. He was born January 30, 1940 in Kanawha County a son of the late Frank Sr and Louise May Nickell Miller. Frank worked many years as a truck driver for Kanawha Steel and was later employed as a contractor for the Post...
Helen Morgan
Sep 28, 2021
Helen Marie Balis Morgan, 78, of Sandyville left this world on September 28, 2021. She was born July 31, 1943 at Sanydville a daughter of the late Enoch Ray and Nina Riggs Balis. She was a homemaker and enjoyed nothing more than taking care of her family and pets. She was a blessing to us and will be greatly...
Vikki Starr Nichols
Sep 27, 2021
Vikki Starr Nichols, 70 of Proctorville, OH, formerly of Evans, has gone Home to be with Jesus. Vikki passed away September 27, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington. She was born November 29, 1950 at Gassaway, daughter of the late Donald and Rosalie Furr Postalwait. Vikki retired as a Supervisor with the WV DHHR with over 28 years of...
