Don Casto
Oct 5, 2019
Okey Don Casto, 80 of Kenna, passed away October 5, 2019 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley, following a long illness. He was born August 2, 1939 at Belgrove, Jackson County, a son of the late Holly and Judy Good Casto. He was a retired Machinist from the McJunkin Corporation in Nitro. Don was a faithful member of the Plainview...
Dennis D. Pickens
Oct 2, 2019
Dennis Dale Pickens, 77, of Sandyville passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Hubbard Hospice House following an extended illness. He was born September 18, 1942 at Sandyville, a son of the late Gus and Vesta Maddox Pickens. He was a steelworker for Ames and in his spare enjoyed working on cars and welding. He is survived by his...
O.G. Britton
Sep 27, 2019
OG Britton, of Ripley, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on September 27, 2019 The only child of the late Gail and Helen Lillian Smith Britton, he was born on March 20, 1935 in Newell, WV. A Veteran of the Korean War, he was assigned to Ripley while serving as a WV State Trooper....
Emily Sue Batman-Hammock
Sep 26, 2019
Emily Sue Batman-Hammock, 55, of Kenna, WV went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Camden-Clark Hospital, Parkersburg following a massive stroke. She was born May 28, 1964 in Charleston, WV, a daughter of Boyd O. and L. Narvella (Harpold) Batman of Kenna, WV. In addition to her parents she is survived by a...
Michael Lee Shaffer
Sep 26, 2019
Michael Lee Shaffer, 56 of Charleston went home to be with the Lord on September 26, 2019, following a long battle with health issues with his family by his side. From a young age, Michael had a great love for construction work. He grew up building houses and became a successful general contractor with Shaffer Construction. Michael combined his...
Lonny Bruce Lanham
Sep 18, 2019
Lonny Bruce Lanham, 64, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at home in Surfside Beach, South Carolina. Lonny was raised in West Virginia and gradauated fom Sissonville High School in 1973. He attended Marshall University before relocating to Myrtle Beach, SC. He was employed for several years at AVX Corporation in Myrtle Beach, and until his illness two years...
Cora Stewart Bourgeois
Sep 16, 2019
Cora Stewart Bourgeois, 88, of Ripley passed away Monday, September 16, 2019 at Ravenswood Care Center following an extended illness. She was born April 17, 1931 in Jackson County, a daughter of the late Everette E. and Ione Parsons Stewart. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William Bourgeois Jr.; daughter, Linda and...
Freda Kathryn Casto
Sep 12, 2019
Freda Kathryn Casto, 89, of Merritt Island, FL passed away Thursday, September 12, 2019. Funeral service will be 12 p.m. Friday, September 20th at Waybright Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will follow in the Parsons Cemetery, Gay.
Evadean Fields Casto
Sep 9, 2019
Evadean Faye (Fields) Casto, 84 of Ripley passed away September 9, 2019 at Eldercare of Ripley following a long illness. She was born September 15, 1934 in Gay, a daughter of the late Roy and Ophelia Cox Fields. She was a Postal Worker for 28 years delivering on the Route from Ripley to Gay. She attended the Lakeview Church...
Chadwick Allen Davis
Sep 4, 2019
Chadwick Allen Davis, 41, of Sandyville, passed away September 4, 2019. He was born June 6, 1978, son of David Davis and Debbie Kesterson. Chad will be remembered as a very kind and generous person. He was quick to volunteer a helping hand to family, friends, neighbors, and even strangers if he saw they were in need. He also...
Diane P. Sansbury
Sep 4, 2019
Diane P. Sansbury, 88, formerly of Ravenswood, WV, returned to her heavenly home September 4, 2019, after an extended illness. She was born July 14, 1931, in Grafton, WV to the late Orpha and Benjamin Poe. She was a graduate of Grafton High School and after graduation went on to marry the love of her life, Raymond Sansbury, with...
Darrell Tackett
Aug 31, 2019
Darrell Tackett, 79, or Leroy was welcomed into Heaven on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at CAMC General Hospital following an extended illness. He was born June 26, 1940 in Kanawha County, a son of the late Howard and Ernie Horne Tackett. Darrell worked as a truck driver for State Construction and Stahlman’s and owned his own landscaping business, Four...
Paul Wayne Miller
Aug 30, 2019
Paul Wayne Miller, 86 of Sissonville, passed away August 30, 2019 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following a long illness. He was born November 13, 1932 in Freeport, PA, a son of the late T. Clarence and Myra Jean Hill Miller. He was an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War and retired from Columbia Gas. As far as work...
Charles W. Whyte
Aug 30, 2019
Charles W. Whyte Sr., 98, of Ravenswood passed away on August 30, 2019 at Ravenswood Care Center following an extended illness. He was born in Wheeling, WV on February 14, 1921 a son of the late Frank J. and Katherine Hack Whyte. Through his life and career, he also lived in St. Albans, Gay and Ravenswood, WV. He was...
Kathleen Inez Pence
Aug 22, 2019
Kathleen Inez Ocheltree Pence, 93 of Ripley, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at Cedar Ridge Nursing Home in Sissonville following an extended illness. She was born July 29, 1926 in Newville, WV, a daughter of the late Hurley and Muriel Morrison Ocheltree. Kathleen was a longtime employee in the Bakery at the...
Bernard L. Fisher
Aug 21, 2019
Bernard L. Fisher, 81 of Fairplain, passed away at his home on August 21, 2019 following a long illness. He was born August 5, 1938 at Charleston, a son of Geneva Tolley of Ripley. Bernard was a 1956 graduate of Ripley High School and a Veteran of the U.S. Army Reserves in Ripley. He retired as an Electronics Repair...
David "Tiny" Cummings
Aug 19, 2019
David L. “Tiny” Cummings, 83, of Parkersburg passed away Monday, August 19, 2019 at Hubbard Hospice House following an extended illness. He was born Octboer 6, 1935 at Higby, WV a son of the late Romie Washington and Hazel Irene Jones Cummings. Dave was a 1954 graduate of Ripley High School and would go on to serve his country...
Wanda Ann Shamblin
Aug 12, 2019
Wanda Ann Shamblin, 73 of Kenna, passed away at her home following an extended illness. She was born December 13, 1945 in Romance, WV, a daughter of the late Earl and Elva Shaffer Good. She was a homemaker and worked in housekeeping. She is survived by her son, Donald Wilsey of Santa Monica, CA; three grandchildren and her caregiver,...
Crystal Dawn Kiser
Aug 10, 2019
Crystal Dawn Kiser, 37 of Ripley, passed away August 10, 2019. She was a daughter of Emory Boggess Jr. and the late Brenda Monk Boggess. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Donald Monk and Emory Boggess Sr. She was a graduate of Sissonville High School and Mountaineer Beauty College and was a Cosmetologist. She worked part time...
Filbert R. Fields
Aug 10, 2019
Filbert R. Fields, 81 of Statts Mill, passed away on August 10, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born November 18, 1937 in Statts Mill, WV, a son of the late Ova and Elva Fisher Fields. He was a member of the Operating Engineers Local 132 for 50 years. He was also a member of...
