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Risa Mae Saunders
Dec 13, 2020
Risa Mae Saunders, 39, of Elkview, West Virginia, departed this life and entered into the arms of our Lord and Savior on December 13, 2020. She was born to proud parents Timothy Saunders and Charlotte Rigney Saunders on July 28, 1981 in Charleston, West Virginia. Risa was a 1999 graduate of Herbert Hoover High School in Elkview, WV. Risa...
Jack Arnold Merical
Dec 12, 2020
Jack Arnold Merical, 84, of Fairplain, WV went home following a long illness to the place he longed for on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 2, 1936 in Merical Holler on Grasslick Road in Fairplain, the son of the late Jesse Arnold and Lula Madeline Merical. Jack graduated...
Dylon Allen Michael Coon
Dec 12, 2020
Dylon Allen Michael Coon, 26 of Ripley, passed away on December 12, 2020. He was born July 19, 1994 in Ripley, son of Stephen Michael Coon and Tammy Stoffel. He loved to cook and will be greatly missed by his family. He is survived by his parents, Stephen Michael (Samantha) Coon and Tammy Stoffel; fiancée Nora Stanley; children Lukas...
Blondia Faye Cummings
Dec 12, 2020
Blondia Faye Cummings, 78 of Ravenswood, passed away December 12, 2020 at Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg. She was born September 17, 1942 in Kenna, daughter of the Late Dennie and Ruth Lent Anderson. She was a homemaker and enjoyed watching TV. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is survived by sisters, Betty Anderson...
Walter Oten Brown
Dec 12, 2020
Walter Oten Brown, 92, of Charleston passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Valley Center in South Charleston. He was born February 12, 1928 at Whitesville, WV a son of the late Charles Edward and Ida Mae Asbury Brown. Walter worked at Kaiser Aluminum and retired from there in 1979. He was also a minister who began preaching in...
Hailey Anne Harper
Dec 9, 2020
Hailey Anne Harper, 13, of Sandyville passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at CAMC General Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Hailey was born November 13, 2007 in Parkersburg, a daughter of Melinda Myers Harper and Roger Harper. In addition to her parents Hailey is survived by her sister, Miranda Harper; brother Brandon Harper; grandmother Linda Richards;...
Clifton Harlan Boggess
Dec 6, 2020
Clifton Harlan Boggess Jr., 70 of Leroy, WV passed away December 6, 2020 at his home. He was born April 19, 1950 in Sandyville, WV, a son of the late Clifton and Virginia Dunham Boggess. He was a US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and worked as a Painter and other Construction Jobs. In addition to his parents...
Sabrina C. Holley
Dec 5, 2020
Sabrina Collette Holley was called home to be with the Lord on December 5, 2020. Sabrina is survived by her father, Martin N Holley of Evans, and her brother, Gabriel (Amy) Holley of Greenville, SC. She is also survived by her niece, Rhea Jane, and nephews, Owen, Theodore, and Everett, as well as by her numerous loving uncles, aunts,...
William Brooks Davis
Dec 5, 2020
William Brooks “Bill” Davis, 78 of Williamstown, WV, formerly of Parkersburg, WV passed away December 5, 2020 after a lengthy battle with liver cancer, and more recent complications from the China Virus, COVID-19, he died at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born May 19, 1942 in Spencer, WV, a son of the late Harlan Brooks and Virginia Gail Mitchell...
Christopher Lee Randolph
Dec 4, 2020
Christopher Lee Randolph, 74 of Ravenswood, who grew up in Ripley, went home to be with Jesus and his beloved wife, Carolyn, on December 4, 2020 surrounded by his family. Lee was born June 30, 1946 in Charleston, son of the late Junior Lee and Genevieve Kiser Randolph. He was a US Army Veteran. In earlier years Lee and...
Donna Lyn Randolph
Dec 3, 2020
Donna Lyn Randolph, 64 of Ripley, passed away December 3, 2020 in Charleston Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Donna was born July 27, 1956 in Kenna, daughter of the late Luster and Wavie Parsons Randolph. She was a 1974 graduate of Ripley High School and worked for several years in Insurance Billing with United Health Care in Colfax,...
Roger A. Stoffel
Dec 1, 2020
Roger Alan Stoffel, 68, of Millwood WV, passed away December 1, 2020 after a long hard 48-day fight at Cleveland Clinic hospital, with his Loving Wife by his side, until the Lord called him home. He was born May 24, 1952 in Charleston WV, the son of the late Howard Stoffel Sr. and Juanita Mae (Jackson) Sharpe. He is...
Mary Lee Phelps
Nov 29, 2020
Mary Lee Phelps, 87, of Sandyville passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 following an extended illness. She was born June 7, 1933 at Liverpool, WV a daughter of the late William and Effie McCord Starcher. Mary is survived by her sons Russell, Wilbur and Bill Burgess all of Cincinnati, OH; daughter Louise Fisher (Dave) of Sandyvillle; grandchildren Jacob, David,...
Joseph L. Casto
Nov 27, 2020
Joseph Linsey Casto, 56, of Kenna passed away suddenly on Friday, November 27, 2020 at Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg. He was born August 12, 1964 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston to the late Charles Linsey and Wanda Gay Harris Casto. Joe was a collector of many things and enjoyed going to estate and yard sales. He...
Kevin E. Stalnaker
Nov 23, 2020
On November 23, 2020, the world lost Kevin Stalnaker to sudden heart failure. We can never predict when we will lose someone we love, and Kevin’s loss came as a sudden shock on the tails of a difficult year for everyone. But Kevin would not have wanted us to mourn. He would have wanted us to remember his works...
Delores G. Freshour
Nov 22, 2020
Delores G. Freshour, 68 of Kenna, passed away November 22, 2020 at Ravenswood Village Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born June 14, 1952, daughter of the late Jimmie and Flossie Harrison Wolford. Delores enjoyed boating, dirt track racing and playing bingo. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Nelson Freshour; son Bryant Freshour and his wife, Denise;...
Charles R. Staats
Nov 22, 2020
Charles Ronald “Chuck” Staats, 83 of Sandyville, passed away November 22, 2020 at Jackson General Hospital. He was born December 17, 1936 in Sandyville, WV, son of the late Darrell and Erma Riggs Staats. He was a member of the Medina Gospel Mission and Retired from Century Aluminum. He enjoyed music and was a former member of the Gladhearts...
Kelsey Sue Sisson
Nov 19, 2020
Kelsey Sue Sisson, 28 of Ripley, passed away November 19, 2020 at Charleston Memorial Hospital. She was born November 21, 1991 in Charleston daughter of Rick Sisson and Shari Carwithen Sisson. Kelsey was a 2010 graduate of Ripley High School. She always loved helping and being around people, she never met a stranger. Kelsey had a love for all...
Sheila Jean Harris
Nov 19, 2020
Sheila Jean Harris, 87 formerly of Ripley, passed away at the home of her daughter in Heaters, WV following a long illness. Sheila was born February 17, 1933 in Virginia, daughter of the late Emmons and Nannie Gore Robertson. She was employed by the Kroger Company where she trained and set up delis in stores. She was a member...
Brenda K. Pierson
Nov 18, 2020
Brenda K. (Casto) Pierson, founding member, officer and Board Member of the Southern Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Jackson General Hospital following a long illness. She was 78 years of age. Brenda was born March 22. 1942, daughter of the late Hasseltine Mildred Boggess Casto who was killed in a motor vehicle...
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