Elizabeth Ann Watkins
Mar 19, 2017
Elizabeth Ann Watkins, 57, of Ripley passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at her home following a long illness. She was born August 3, 1959 in Jackson County, a daughter of the late Clinton and Mildred Wolfe Casto. She will be remembered for all of her cooking and cleaning. She was also a member of Vista Church. She is...
Dennis L Ross, Jr.
Mar 18, 2017
Dennis L. Ross, Jr., 66, of Kenna passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston following a short illness. He was born November 20, 1950 at Clay County, a son of Dennis L. and Leah Mollahan Ross. Dennis retired from Alcan Metals after 32 years as a Crane Inspector. He was an avid hunter. Most of...
Christopher Lee Mills
Mar 17, 2017
Christopher Lee Mills, 29, of Ripley passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 after complications from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. He was born December 19, 1987 in Charleston, WV a son of Greg Mills and Michele Carney Mills. Chris loved to hunt and had a passion for motorcycles and was a member of the American Motorcycle Association where...
Henry Allen Winter
Mar 15, 2017
Henry Allen Winter, 74 of Kenna, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Charleston General Hospital, Charleston. He was born December 12, 1942 at Fairplain, a son of the late Ward and Justine Johnson Winter. He was a 1960 graduate of Ripley High School, a U.S. Army Veteran and was owner operator of Winter Enterprises. Henry enjoyed spending time...
Roderick Cameron Matheny, Sr.
Mar 14, 2017
Roderick Cameron Matheny Sr., 63 of Ripley, passed away March 14, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital following a long illness. Rod was born November 13, 1953 in Charleston, WV to the late Roy Wayne and Emma Louisia (Knopp) Matheny. He was a 1971 graduate of Ripley High School. He retired from Constellium after over 30 years as a steelworker....
William Ayward Casto Jr.
Mar 11, 2017
William Ayward “Haney” Casto Jr, 76 of Kenna, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 11, 2017. He was born June 23, 1940 at Belgrove, a son of the late Ayward William and Georgia F. Casto. On October 10, 1958 he married Mattie A. Crihfield at Kenna. He retired from the West Virginia Division of Highways with...
Jesse L Barker
Mar 7, 2017
Jesse L. Barker, 77 of Sandyville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 7, 2017 at Charleston General Hospital following a short illness. He was born July 8, 1939 at Ashford, WV, a son of the late Virgil and Brookie Turley Barker. He was a Coal Miner for Cedar Coal Company. He was a born again...
Zula Marguerite Shamblen
Mar 5, 2017
Zula Marguerite Shamblen, 86 of Kenna, passed away March 5, 2017 at Ravenswood Care Center following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born March 22, 1930 at Kenna, a daughter of the late Willie Cecil and Minerva Harrison Stalnaker. Marguerite was a homemaker and member of Warren Chapel Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family and...
Phyllis Jean Jarvis
Mar 4, 2017
Phyllis Jean Woodall Jarvis, 80, of Huntington, formerly Sandyville passed Saturday, March 4, 2017 at her home following an extended illness. She was born September 30, 1936 in Charleston, WV a daughter of the late Howard and Marie Hanshaw Woodall. Phyllis was a very passionate quilter, talented painter, and gifted in arts in crafts. She also enjoyed gardening and...
Shirley Alice Ottini
Mar 1, 2017
Shirley Alice Ottini, 89, of Monroe, WA went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2017 at the home of her caregiver and beloved friend Jeanette Warner of Leon, WV, after a long battle with dementia. She was born August 23, 1927 to her late father and mother David Wey Wilson and Laura Parker Wilson of Monroe, WA....
Lionel Glen Thomas
Mar 1, 2017
Another World War II veteran has departed the journey of life on earth. Lionel Glen Thomas, 94, of Sandyville passed away March 1, 2017 at his residence. He was born April 17, 1922 in Jackson County, West Virginia, son of the late Yancy Glen and Grace (McPherson) Thomas. During World War II, he served as a surgical and medical...
Deidre Lynn Smith
Feb 27, 2017
Deidre Lynn Smith, 56, of Roan Mountain, TN, formerly Ripley passed away Monday, February 27, 2017. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Visitation will be Friday evening at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. Burial will be in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley
Neil Edwin Hughart
Feb 25, 2017
Neil E. Hughart, 79 of Cottageville, passed away February 25, 2017 at Hubbard Hospice House following a long illness. He was born June 5, 1937 at Clintonville, a son of the late Lake and Lelia Hughart. He was a Veteran of the US Air Force and served in Korea and many other places. He retired as a Locksman at...
Sharon Kay Curry
Feb 25, 2017
Sharon Kay Curry, 73 of Sandyville, passed away February 25, 2017 at her home following a long illness. She was born October 3, 1943 at Walgrove, WV, a daughter of the late Ivan and Alice Combs Strickland. She was a Homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Curry and brothers Tony...
David Lee Bourgeois
Feb 25, 2017
David Bourgeois, 59 of Ripley, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family after a valiant year long fight with cancer. He was born May 3, 1957 at Ripley, a son of Cora Stewart Bourgeois of Ripley and the late William Henry Bourgeois Jr. He was 1975 graduate...
Ronnie Lee Anderson
Feb 24, 2017
Ronnie Lee Anderson, 70 of Kenna, passed away February 24, 2017 at his home following a long illness. He was born October 19, 1946 at Kenna, a son of the late Oliver Gay and Grace Odean Click Anderson. He was a graduate of the Class of 1966 at Ripley High School. Ronnie served his county in the US Army...
Evelyn Rose Monday
Feb 23, 2017
Evelyn Rose Monday, 97 of Liberty, passed away February 23, 2017 at Eldercare of West Virginia, Ripley following a long illness. She was born February 13, 1920 at Liberty and was a daughter of the late Bass and Ocie Kessel Harrison. She was a member of the old Rock Springs Church where she taught Sunday School and later attended...
Richard E Chancey
Feb 22, 2017
Richard Elbon Chancey, 69 of Valparaiso, IN, formerly of Ripley passed away February 22, 2017 at VNA Hospice Center in Valparaiso following a long illness. He was born June 6, 1946 in Ripley, a son of the late Elliott and Jacqueline Easter Chancey. He was a Boilermaker and a Master Mason Lodge 16 Ripley. In addition to his parents...
Earnest C Mcclain
Feb 21, 2017
Earnest C. McClain passed away Tuesday February 21, 2017 where he was residing in Murfreesboro Tennessee .He had been battling Parkinsons Disease for six years . He was born October 3rd, 1927 and was a Jackson County , West Virginia native . He was preceded in death by his mother and father Flavius Josephus McClain and Rulina (Stalnaker )...
Hazel Marie Offutt
Feb 20, 2017
Hazel Marie Offutt, 85 of Sandyville went home to be with the Lord on February 20, 2017 She was born March 11, 1931 at Sandy Hook, KY, a daughter of the late Walter and Belle Winkleman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Bernard H. Offutt, five brothers, Fred, Ray,...
