Paul Dana Casto
Jul 22, 2020
Paul Dana Casto of Ripley, WV died July 22, 2020. He lived an amazing 82 years as a Cerebral Palsy paitient. Formerly of Dunbar, he enjoyed operating HAM Radios K8VKI. He also operated a low voltage radio station, WCXR, playing music from the 1930s and 1940s. Preceding him in death was his mother, Ruby Casto. He is survived by...
Carolyn Yvette Randolph
Jul 11, 2020
Carolyn Yvette Randolph, 71, of Ravenswood passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born September 17, 1948 at Charleston, a daughter of the late Chester Ray Meadows and Virginia Rose Shingleton Meadows Moore. Carolyn enjoyed attending church at the Ripley Baptist Tabernacle, enjoyed singing and spending time with her grandchildren whom...
Olivia "Libby" Parsons
Jul 8, 2020
Olivia Winifrede (Libby) Parsons, born November 20, 1946, passed away peacefully at her home on July 8, 2020. She was a 1964 graduate of South Charleston High School. She worked at Midwest Steel, WV Culture and History and Union Carbide Corporation where she retired from after 20 years service. She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking and doting...
Ed Cozart
Jul 2, 2020
Edward W. Cozart, 64, of Ripley passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020 at his home following an extended illness. Ed was born July 12, 1955 at Easton Rapids, MI a son of the late Bernard and Thelma Cole Cozart. He would marry his wife Kim Plew Cozart on July 12, 1980. Ed was a jack of all trades who...
Rachel Lee Johnson
Jun 30, 2020
Rachel Lee Johnson, 92, of Ripley, West Virginia went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 after a long illness. She was at the home of her daughter in East Peoria Illinois with family by her side. She was born on March 19, 1928 in Roane County, West Virginia to the late Willie Ray Miller and...
Mary Helen Hinzman
Jun 30, 2020
Mary Helen Hinzman, 92 of Joe’s Run, Sandyville, went home to be with the Lord on June 30, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born May 24, 1928 in Sandyville, daughter of the late Charley and Blanche (McLaughlin) Miller. She was a Christian and attended the Faith Fellowship Church. She was a homemaker and loved...
Marguerite D. Holley
Jun 29, 2020
Marguerite Darlene Holley, age 95, of Fairplain, West Virginia, passed away peacefully Monday, June 29, 2020 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born February 10, 1925 in Sandyville, West Viginia to the late Hyre Lee and Leota M. (Good) Tolley. She is survived by daughters Sheila Byers, Nancy (Danny) Harris, Libby (Marc) Scancarello, Margie (Roger) Johnson...
Jean Rhodes
Jun 28, 2020
Jean Rhodes Ella Jean Rhodes, 81 of Ripley, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020 following a long illness. Jean was born December 21, 1939 at Spencer, a daughter of the late Donald Lowther and Hazel Miller Lowther Seaman. She retired as a Nurse at Jackson General Hospital after over 30 years of service. Jean loved to read, especially her...
George W. Mullins
Jun 27, 2020
George W. Mullins, 75, of Cottageville, WV, entered the gates of Heaven and into the arms of Jesus on June 27, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. He was born to John L. and Lucille (Michelinie) Mullins on October 13, 1944 in Ronceverte, WV, and grew up in Cross Lanes, WV. He was a 1962 graduate of Nitro...
Paiton Louise Jackson
Jun 27, 2020
Paiton Louise Jackson, 11, of Cottageville passed away very unexpectedly on Saturday, June 27, 2020 Paiton was born to parents Chris Jackson and Kendra Smith on September 16, 2008 in Parkersburg, WV. Paiton was a very active young lady and was a real go getter. She loved cheerleading, tumbling and baton twirling and did all theses with an infectious...
Ronnie C. Davis Jr.
Jun 25, 2020
Ronnie Carl Davis Jr., 29 of Ripley passed away June 25, 2020. He was born February 25, 1991 in Morgantown, WV, son of Debra Mitchell and Ronald Davis. Ronnie loved music and going to concerts, Coin Collecting, using his metal detector and finding treasures and fishing. The thing he loved most was spending time with his family and getting...
Charles R. Cobb
Jun 24, 2020
Charles R. Cobb, 78 of Elkview, passed away June 24, 2020 at his home following an extended illness. He was born January 22, 1942 in Jackson County, WV, a son of the late Lanie and Irene Coon Cobb. He retired from Harris Brothers Roofing with 42 years of service and was a member of the Local Roofers Union No....
Stanley D. Lathey
Jun 24, 2020
Stanley Dennis Lathey, went to his heavenly home on June 24, 2020. Born in Jackson County, WV, he was the son of Clyde and Jane Kessel Lathey. From the beginning of his life, his priorities were faith in God, love of family and friends, and hard work. What he did not realize, was that his life would truly begin...
George A. Chappell
Jun 22, 2020
GEORGE ALLEN CHAPPELL, Sr. “If you sit on the couch and do nothing, then nothing will happen to you.” For 61 years, this was the mantra by which George Chappell lived. This philosophy took him all over the United States and the world in his personal life, and through a remarkable variety of experiences in his work life. When...
Phillip C. Carpenter
Jun 21, 2020
Phillip Calvin Carpenter, 80, of Harmony passed away into his heavenly father’s arms on Father’s Day June 21, 2020 at Hubbard Hospice House after a long illness. Phillip was born at Clio, WV on March 4, 1940 to the late Edward and Mildred Patton Carpenter. Also preceding him in death were his wife of 55 years Joann Dotson Carpenter,...
Julie Doreen Knopp
Jun 19, 2020
Julie Doreen (White) Knopp, 66 of Gay, WV, passed away June 19, 2020 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. She was born November 3, 1953, a daughter of the late Warren and Dola Hinzman White. She was a homemaker and enjoyed camping and fishing. Her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends, especially spending time...
Norlan G. Rhodes
Jun 18, 2020
Norlan Gard Rhodes, 73, of Fairplain passed away very unexpectedly on Thursday, June 18, 2020. He was born May 22, 1947 at Fairplain a son of the late Alvin Gard and Tressie Litton Rhodes. Norlan was a heavy equipment operator for UCCI and also served in the Army Reserves. He enjoyed riding his Harley, coin collecting, trading guns, hunting...
Dannetta R. Price
Jun 16, 2020
Dannetta Rae Price, 67 of Gay, WV, passed away June 16, 2020 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. She was born March 9, 1953 in Mason County, WV, daughter of the late Blaine Durst and Lillian Harmon Fisher. She was a homemaker and attended the Aplin Church where she sang in the choir. She enjoyed quilting and...
James Kyle Shamblin
Jun 11, 2020
James Kyle Shamblin, 18 of Ripley passed away from injuries of an accident on June 11, 2020 in Avon, NC while vacationing with his family. Kyle was born September 10, 2001 in Ripley, a son of Tony Shamblin and Ella Burgess Shamblin. He was a member of the 2020 graduating class of the Ripley High School. He enjoyed Football,...
John C. Lowe
Jun 10, 2020
Johnny C. “John” Lowe, 82 of Ripley, passed away June 10, 2020 at the Arbors at Pomeroy following a long illness. John was born December 15, 1937 in Spencer, WV, a son of the late James and Monad Connelly Lowe. He retired from FMC after 39 years of service. John was a 32 degree Mason and member in the...
