Jennifer Lynn Rhule
Dec 24, 2017
Jennifer Lynn Rhule, 52, of Ripley passed away Saturday, December 24, 2017 following an extended illness. She was born October 15, 1965 at Charleston, WV a daughter of Emogene McLane Rhule and the late Robert Mankin Rhule. Jennifer is survived by her son Charles Tyler Conrad of Ripley; Mother Emogene Rhule; Sisters Nancy Winter of Fairplain and Stephanie Raines...
Colby Joshua Kyer
Dec 23, 2017
Colby Joshua Kyer, 16, of Evans, died December 23, 2017, suddenly. He was born December 12, 2001 in Parkersburg, WV, the son of Joshua Kyer and Lela (Boggess) Walker. He was a sophomore at Ripley High School, where he was a member of the Ripley High School band and the Jazz ensemble in which he played the trombone and...
Mary Javins Merritt
Dec 22, 2017
Mary Javins Merritt of Ripley, passed away December 22, 2017 following a long illness. A celebration of Mary's life will be held on January 6, 2018 at 12:30 pm at the Mill Creek Baptist Church, Frozen Camp, WV.
Carry "Bo" Ranson
Dec 21, 2017
Carry S. “Bo” Ranson Carry Simms “Bo” Ranson, 58, departed the Almost Heaven of Ripley, West Virginia for Real Heaven on December 21, 2017, a peaceful end to a life well- lived. Bo was born January 18, 1959, the youngest son of the late Kayo & Kate Ranson,. He is survived by his four older brothers, Larry (Valenda), Garry,...
Johnny F. White
Dec 20, 2017
Johnny Fredrick “John” White, 80 of Ripley, passed away suddenly at his home on December 20, 2017. He was born October 17, 1937 in Harrison County, a son of the late Floyde and Lucy Riffle White. He worked in the Laborers Union, mostly as a Dynamite Blaster during construction of the Locks and Dams on the Ohio River. John...
Byron Jeffrey Watson
Dec 20, 2017
Byron Jeffrey Watson, 49, of Ripley passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. He was born September 9, 1968 at Atlanta, Georgia a son of the Edward Byron Watson and Debbie Alsup. He is survived by his wife Tanya Watson; Sons Zachary Watson and Jeffrey Watson, Jr.; Stepson Joshua Reese; Daughter Rose Erickson; Brothers Jamison Alsup; Sister Alaina Curtis;...
Richard Don Hite
Dec 18, 2017
Richard Don Hite, 58, of St. Albans passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017 following a short illness. He was born October 15, 1959 at Ripley, WV a son of the late Thomas Edward and Josephine Ellen Gandee Hite. Rick is survived by two sons, Seth and his wife Samantha of Sissonville and Tyler of Clarksburg; Their mother Sarah...
Della Stinson Smith
Dec 12, 2017
Della Stinson Smith, Jr., 65 of Kenna, passed away December 12, 2017 at Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg, following a long illness. He was born December 8, 1952 in Kanawha County, a son of the late Stinson and Nona Good Smith. He was a graduate of Sissonville High School where he played football. He worked as a Mechanic and...
Roy Edward "Eddie" Carter
Dec 9, 2017
Roy Edward “Eddie” Carter, 64, of Leroy went to his heavenly home on Saturday, December 9, 2017. He was born January 23, 1953 at Charleston, WV a son of the late Ralph E. and Madeline Jones Carter. Eddie was the pastor of Rush Creek Baptist Church in Spencer. He attended seminary and was ordained by the Southern Baptist Association...
Velma "Cookie" Painter
Dec 9, 2017
Velma Elaine “Cookie” Painter, 72 of Ripley, passed away December 9, 2017 at Camden Clark Medical Center following an extended illness. She was born August 11, 1945 at Ripley, daughter of the late Donald and Violet Landis Anthony. She was a member of the Ravenswood Church of God and worked at the Family Dollar Store and the B and...
Brady Homer Taylor
Dec 6, 2017
Brady H. Taylor, 95 of Ripley, passed away peacefully at his home on December 6, 2017 surrounded by his family. He was born August 14, 1922 at Belgrove, a son of the late James and Mary Skeen Taylor. Brady served his country proudly in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theatre. He worked construction...
Juanita Faye Skeen
Dec 4, 2017
Juanita Faye Landis Skeen, 88, of Columbus, OH passed away Monday December. 4, 2017 after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born Sept. 29, 1929 to Lessie and Ola Landis. She was preceded in death by husband G. Neal Skeen and brothers Kemp, Neil, and Richard Landis. Survived by sisters Wilda (Dale) Scarbrough of Richfield, Ohio...
Thelma Marie Randolph
Dec 1, 2017
Thelma Marie Randolph, 90 of Ripley, passed away suddenly on December 1, 2017 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley. She was born January 13, 1927 in Kanawha County, a daughter of the late Hoyt and Virgie Wandling Anderson. Thelma worked as a custodian and a cook with the Kanawha and Jackson County Boards of Education. She enjoyed Gardening and Canning...
Melissa Dawn Pauley
Nov 30, 2017
Melissa Dawn (Stephenson) Pauley, 41 of Ripley passed away November 30, 2017 following a sudden illness. She was born March 30, 1976 at Ripley, daughter of Janice Nuzum Stephenson of Ravenswood and the late Wayne Stephenson. She was a graduate of Ravenswood High School with the Class of 1994 and went on to become a CNA and worked at...
Dorothy Mae Parsons
Nov 29, 2017
Dorothy Mae Parsons “Mamaw”, 93 of Kentuck, West Virginia passed away peacefully after a short illness on November 29, 2017 at her daughter’s home in TN. She was born on August 22, 1924 and raised in Greenbrier County, West Virginia where she met her husband, whom she married on February 5, 1946. Mamaw was preceded in death by her...
James Darrell Kiser
Nov 26, 2017
James Darrell Kiser, 88 of Gay, WV, passed away November 26, 2017 at Charleston General Hospital following a long illness. He was born September 4, 1929 at Zona, Roane County, a son of the late Charles L and Belva Wilson Kiser. After High School he served in the Military with the United States Army and United States Army Air...
Charles "Chuck" Bourgeois
Nov 24, 2017
Charles “Chuck” Nathan Bourgeois, 59, of Ripley went home to be with the Lord on November 24, 2017 at CAMC Memorial Hospital following a long illness. He was born January 22, 1958 in Medina County, Ohio a son of the late Nathan Lloyd Dwane Bourgeois and Shelba Jean Adams. Chuck dedicated his life to helping others by serving 23...
Mildred Marie Kerns
Nov 18, 2017
Mildred M. Crihfield Kerns, 78 of Ripley, passed away November 18, 2017 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She was born February 23, 1939 at Letart, OH, daughter of the late Thomson Robert and Velma Fae Smith Crihfield. She was a waitress at the Village Cafeteria in Ripley, worked at the Go Mart Truck Stop in Fairplain...
Alvin W. Thomas
Nov 18, 2017
Alvin Wayne Thomas, 83 of Gay, passed away November 18, 2017 at his home following a long illness. He was born November 19, 1933 at Leon, WV, a son of the late Albert and Lena Sines Thomas. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War and retired from the West Virginia Department of Highways with 30 years of...
Catherine "Pat" Cochran
Nov 16, 2017
Catherine L. “Pat” Cochran, 84, of Liberty went home to be with the Lord on November 16, 2017 at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston, WV. She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin L. Cochran; parents, Alice and Otmer Cochran; and sisters Chloe Penwell, Mattie “Marie” Cochran, Mary “Peg” Belcher, Lucy Reed, and Wilma Vance. She is survived...
