Eric Ray Sayre
Aug 10, 2016
Eric Ray Sayre, 23 of Kenna, passed away August 10, 2016 from injuries received in an auto accident. He was born December 9, 1992 at Ripley, a son of Michael and Kathy Strickland Sayre. He was a 2012 graduate of Ripley High School and enjoyed Hunting and Fishing. In addition to his parents, Michael and Kathy Sayre, he is...
Larry Dean Casto
Aug 8, 2016
Larry Dean Casto, 72 of Leroy, Jackson County, passed away August 8, 2016 at Charleston Memorial Hospital following a long illness. He was born November 5, 1943 in Jackson County, a son of the late Oman and Mildred Benson Casto. He was a Dozer Operator for Roy L Miller Construction for 21 years and prior to that worked for...
William "Bill" Lanham
Aug 8, 2016
William "Bill" Lanham, 78 of Kenna, passed away Monday, August 8, 2016 at Charleston Memorial Hospital. Bill was born May 5, 1938 at Charleston, son of the late W.R. and Anna Estiline Parsons Lanham. He worked for Kanawha Manufacturing with 29 years of service. Bill attended the Allen Fork Community Church and Enjoyed singing and playing his guitar. He...
Jerry K. Anderson
Aug 3, 2016
Jerry K. Anderson, 66 of Evans, passed away suddenly on August 3, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley. He was born September 18, 1949 in Jackson County, a son of the late Herman G. and Ada Irene Price Anderson. He was a graduate of Ripley High School, worked at the Ripley and Millcreek Exxon with 30 years of service...
Ila Mae Hudnall
Aug 2, 2016
Ila Mae Hudnall, 85, of Daytona Beach, Fla., formerly of Ripley, passed away peacefully with Fredrick W. Hudnall, her loving husband of 52 years, at her side, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 after a courageous two-year battle with Alzheimer's. She was born April 15, 1931 in the small coal camp of Lochgelly, a daughter of the late Sam and...
Lucille Geymann
Jul 26, 2016
Lucille Elizabeth Geymann, 103 years young, went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 26, 2016. Lucille was born November 20, 1912 in Whitewater, Kansas, daughter of the late Frank and Emma Eberhard Knust. She was a homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church in Cushing, Oklahoma and attended the Calvary United Methodist Church in...
Jennifer Britton
Jul 23, 2016
Jennifer Dawn Britton, born July 3, 1970, the beloved daughter of Delores Lee Britton and her husband O.G. Britton, departed this life on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Jennifer was a proud graduate of Ripley High School, and was employed by the Jackson County Development Center for a few years. Jennifer was involved in Special Olympics and was Miss Photogenic...
Sandi Waybright
Jul 22, 2016
Sandra Kay "Sandi" Sharp Waybright, 61 of Ripley passed away July 22, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley, following a long illness. She was born August 25, 1954 in Hampton, VA daughter of the late Oral and Opal Pauline (Grandon) Sharp. She was member of the Ripley High School Class of 1972. Sandi was a homemaker and Caregiver. Her...
Judith Lea Swisher
Jul 21, 2016
Judith Lea Smith Swisher, 71 of Ripley, went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 21, 2016. She was born March 9, 1945 in Harrisville, WV, a daughter of the late Herbert Clarence Smith and Edith Virginia Smith. Judy graduated from Grantsville High School in 1963. She worked for Dr. Mendenhall and Hiehle, DDS in Parkersburg, WV...
James "Jimmy" Scott
Jul 18, 2016
James M. "Jimmy" Scott, 53 of Ripley passed away July 18, 2016 at Eldercare in Ripley. He was born February 17, 1963 in Ripley, the son of the late Edgar and Mary Chapman Scott. He was a graduate of Calhoun County High School and attended the Living Waters Church in Ripley. A graveside service will be held at 2:00...
Betty Jean Bailey
Jul 17, 2016
Betty Jean Bailey, 82 of Sandyville, was called home on July 17, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was born May 4, 1934 in Sandyville to the late Emmitt and Macil Casto Fields. Betty was a devout Christian who was very bold in sharing her faith, and a member the First United Pentecostal Church in Ravenswood. She spent many...
Polly Mae Miller
Jul 15, 2016
Polly Mae Miller, 78, of Sandyville passed away unexpectedly at her home on Friday, July 15, 2016. She was born June 26, 1938 at Lashmeet, WV a daughter of the late Abney McCoy and Ella Mae Gates Hurst. She graduated from Concord College with a degree in Home Economics and Education. Polly was a school teacher who taught at...
Mildred Louise Goodwin
Jul 14, 2016
Mildred Louise "Lou" Goodwin, 86 of Ripley, passed away July 14, 2016 at Ravenswood Care Center following a long illness. She was born July 17, 1929 at Orgas, WV, a daughter of the late Peter Tilden and Maude Adkins Hendricks. Lou was a graduate with the class of 1947 of Seth High School, member of the Order of the...
Paul King
Jul 8, 2016
Paul E. King Jr., 64 of Evans, passed away Friday, July 8, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born April 2, 1952 at Charleston, a son of the late Paul E. Betty Randolph King. Paul was a very strong person, some would say Superman, with a great will to live and enjoy each day to...
Laura Kate Blizzard
Jul 7, 2016
Laura Kate Blizzard, 17 of Kenna passed away July 7, 2016 at Charleston General Hospital. She was born January 16, 1999 at Chattanooga, TN, a daughter of Lee and Amanda Parsons Blizzard of Kenna. She was a student at Ripley High School where she would have been a senior this coming school year. At Ripley High School she was...
Nathan "Buzzy" Hill
Jul 7, 2016
A longtime resident of Jackson County, Nathan "Buzzy" Hill passed away July 7, 2016 at his home in Ripley following a long illness. Nathan was born February 6, 1944 in Barboursville, WV, son of the late Everett and Sally Ann Hill. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Gail Hill; and an infant...
Virgil Leon Rhodes
Jul 6, 2016
Virgil Leon Rhodes, 84, of Ripley passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016 following a long illness. He was born March 14, 1932, at Given, a son of the late Luther and Ivy Braham Rhodes. Leon was a 1952 graduate of Ripley High School. Following graduation he enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Korean War. Following...
Glenn Monroe Smith, Jr.
Jul 5, 2016
Glenn Monroe Smith, Jr., 65, of Ravenswood passed away at CAMC Memorial Division on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 following an extended illness. He was born August 24, 1950 at Kentuck, WV, a son of the late Glenn Monroe Sr. and Bessie Blanche Blackshire Smith. Glenn retired from the West Virginia Department of Highways after many years of service. He...
Lula Marie Good
Jul 3, 2016
Lula Marie Good, 82 of Ripley, passed away July 3, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital. She was born January 21, 1934 at Kentuck, WV, a daughter of the late Carl and Leota Rice Wolfe. She was a homemaker and member of the Mt. Moriah Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Larry...
Lula Marie Good
Jul 3, 2016
Lula Marie Good, 82 of Ripley, passed away July 3, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital. She was born January 21, 1934 at Kentuck, WV, a daughter of the late Carl and Leota Rice Wolfe. She was a homemaker and member of the Mt. Moriah Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Larry...
