Obituaries

Jun 15, 2014

Nancy J. Cochran, 54 of Summersville passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Summersville Regional Medical Center. She was born August 21, 1959 in Webster Springs to Joe and Laura Mae Ware McIntosh and was a lifelong resident of Webster and Nicholas Counties. She was an avid reader, enjoyed playing games online, smoking cigarettes, drinking Pepsi, and spending...

Jun 12, 2014

Willie Jerald Tanner, 73 of Webster Springs passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Webster County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 04, 1941 in Webster Springs to George and Mae Weese Tanner and was a lifelong resident of Webster County. He retired from Alltell where he was the CEO technician for 36 years. He was a member...

Jun 12, 2014

Leonard J. "Jim" Riffle, 73 of Webster Springs passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Webster County Memorial Hospital after a long, hard battle with black lung.

Jim was an amazing husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his father Leonard G. Riffle and mother Wilma M. Hall Riffle.

Jim is...

Jun 9, 2014

Marilyn Louise Coleman, 43 of Newton, Roane County, formerly of Diana, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2014 at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston. She was born in Montgomery on August 29, 1970 and lived the majority of her teenage years with her foster parents, Paul E. and Rondlynn J. Ratliff Cool, who loved her dearly. She enjoyed spending...

Jun 9, 2014

Debra Darlene Green, 59 of Craigsville, formerly of Webster County, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2014 at Summersville Regional Medical Center. She was born July 16, 1954 in Webster Springs to Merlin Green and Ruth Cogar Green Beckwith and was a lifelong resident of Webster and Nicholas Counties. She enjoyed camping, fishing, attending bluegrass festivals, and spending time...

May 31, 2014

Elmer Joy Gibson, 70, of Webster Springs, WV, departed this life on Saturday, May 31, 2014 in UPMC-Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. He was born in Bergoo, WV, the son of the late Elmer and Desta Russell Gibson.  He was a decorated veteran of the US Army, a Methodist by faith, a member of Addison Lodge AF & AM #116,...

May 31, 2014

Bertha "June" Casto, 78 of Cleveland, passed from this life on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at her home. She was born February 6, 1936 in Diana to Stephen and Hazel Green Mollohan and was a lifelong resident of Webster County. She enjoyed traveling, cooking, quilting, sewing, gardening, and fishing. Mostly, she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends....

May 26, 2014

James Henry Hall, 91 of Curtin went home to be with the Lord and together again with his wife Dot, surrounded by his family members on Monday, May 26, 2014 after a short illness.

Henry was born January 25, 1923 in Bland County, Virginia to Dave and Lula Hall. He was a World War II United States...

May 23, 2014

Bobby L. Hines, 84 of Holly River Rd., Webster Springs, WV, departed this life on Friday, May 23, 2014 at Webster Nursing and Rehab, Cowen, WV.  He was born in Jumbo, WV, Feb. 27, 1930, son of the late Alva and Lula Hines Gum.  He was a coal miner, working 25 years for Island Creek Coal.  He was a...

May 23, 2014

Christine Emma Davis, 86 of Webster Springs, WV, departed this life on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Webster County Memorial Hospital.  She was born in Webster County, March 8, 1928, daughter of James E. and Emma Gregory Pritt.  She had worked as a clerk at Cutlip's Inc., Webster Springs, and was a lifelong resident of Webster Couny.  Christine was...

May 17, 2014

Lula Bell Cogar, 76 of Webster Springs passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Webster Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Cowen. She was born March 6, 1938 on Gauley Mountain in Webster County to Ocar and Nettie Gregory Cogar and was a homemaker. She was a lifelong resident of Webster County and attended Holly River Baptist Church as...

May 11, 2014

Verbena G. Vandevender, 75 of Upper Glade passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Summersville Regional Medical Center. She was born November 13, 1938 in Webster Springs to Eula Vandevender Henderson and was a lifelong resident of Webster County. She was a cook and enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking, and spending time with her grandchildren. Verbena is survived by her...

May 6, 2014

Gladys M. Groves, 92 of Webster Springs went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Braxton Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 08, 1922 in Diana to Bill and Pearl Gillis Coe and was a lifelong resident of Webster County. She retired from the Webster County Board of Education after 30...

May 2, 2014

Patricia N. Youst, 81 of Webster Springs passed away on Friday, May 2, 2014 at Webster County Memorial Hospital. She was born January 10, 1933 in Centralia to William Watson and Nettie Bell Boggs Nutter. She held various clerical jobs including working for Carol Hamrick sewing hunting clothes. A prior resident of Florida and Tennessee, Patricia and her late...

Apr 27, 2014

Hubert V. Anderson, 57 of Webster Springs, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at his home with his family by his side. He was born February 24, 1957 in Buckhannon to Hugh V. and Lucy DeGarmo Anderson and was a lifelong resident of Webster County. He retired from the West Virginia Department of...

Apr 23, 2014

Sylvia Pearl Cowger, 91 of hacker Valley went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the residence of her daughter. She was born August 17, 1922 in Hacker Valley to Claude and Effie Cowger Jordan and was a homemaker. She was a lifelong resident of Webster County and enjoyed gardening, quilting, sewing, making rugs, deer...

Apr 20, 2014

Jerril C. "Todd" Davis, Jr., 48 of Webster Springs passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born August 29, 1965 in Webster Springs to Jerril C. and Virginia Handschumacher Davis and lived most of his life in Webster County except for the years he spent in Roanoke, Virginia. He was a Supervisor for...

Apr 18, 2014

Tosha Lynn McCray, 22 of Rootstown, Ohio left to be in the arms of our Lord on Friday, April 18, 2014, surrounded by family and friends at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born October 13, 1991 in Buckhannon and was a Store Manager for Ambiance of Chapel Hill. She was a 2010 Valedictorian Graduate of Beaver Local High School...

Apr 6, 2014

Jasper Grayden McCourt, Jr., 56 of Walkersville, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was born December 9, 1956 in Elyria, Ohio to Jasper G. and Margie Mathes McCourt and was a disabled carpenter and a stay at home Dad. Jasper enjoyed Harley Davidson and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Apr 6, 2014

Novel James Parker, 70 of Cowen, formerly of Lorraine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Webster County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was born October 06, 1943 in Diana to Ernest E. "Bob" and Areta V. Tracy Parker. He retired from Ford Motor Company after 30 years of service and returned to Webster County....