Obituaries
April 10, 2023
Dustin Ray Sanson, 37, of Cowen passed Monday April 10, 2023 after a long hard fought battle with cancer. He was born May 6, 1985, in Summersville West Virginia. A son of Rusty and Sue Cool Sanson. Dustin was a carpenter by trade. He enjoyed garde...April 6, 2023
Our amazing mother, Bessie Joann Hayhurst, loving wife of Everett Junior Hayhurst for 56 wonderful years, went to walk the streets of glory April 6 2023. She was a devoted wife, mother, mama, and an inspiration to all she met. She was a wonderful tes...April 5, 2023
Harold L. Roberts, Jr., known as Junior to his friends, died on April 5, 2023 from an extended illness at Peyton Hospice House. He was born on April 8, 1952 in Sutton to Harold and Bea Roberts. Junior was a retired coal miner. He loved the outdoor...March 31, 2023
Daniel Boyd Dotson, Jr., known as Boyd to his friends, died peacefully on March 31, 2023 from an extended illness. He was born on January 4, 1940 in Richwood to Daniel Boyd Dotson and Edna Frame Dotson. He could not have asked for better parents. ...March 28, 2023
Norma Kay "Katy" Hamrick She has 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She was a devoted Christian who spent many years with her husband singing at nursing homes and volunteering at the Mountain Market Place Mission before her health decl...March 25, 2023
Katie Jo Rodgers, 17, of Webster Springs, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday March 25 2023, in Summersville. She was born September 29, 2005 in Buckhannon. A daughter of Ralph Rodgers and Regina Lynne Brown. Katie was a student at Webster County...March 23, 2023
Bonnis Marie Mullins 73, of Cowen, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2023 at Webster County Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born April 24th 1949, in Ritchie County, a daughter of the late Arden and Hilda Adkison Roberts. Bonnis wa...March 20, 2023
Buddy Ross Robinson 75, of Cowen passed away Monday March 20, 2023, at his home after an extended illness. He was born August 3rd, 1947, in Ohio the son of Roy Wise and the late Ruth Robinson. Buddy was a retired coal miner he was a member of the ...March 19, 2023
Shirley S. Williams, 73, of Beckley, formerly of Cowen, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 at the Bowers Hospice House, Beckley after an extended illness. She was born April 17, 1949 in Summersville a daughter of the late Bud and Audrey Jarvis. Sh...March 13, 2023
Susan Kay (Geiser) Weir passed from life on Monday, March 13, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 7, 1955 in Beaver Falls, PA and lived most of her adult life in Webster Springs, WV. Sue held a B.A. from Carlow College i...March 13, 2023
Gone hunting in the hills and fishing in the rivers and the streams with his beloved wife Gloria. Ray Lionel Shaffer, 60, of Hacker Valley went home to be with the Lord on Monday March 13, 2023. Born the son of the late William “Keith” and Mildre...March 12, 2023
Darrell Mitchel White, 70, of Upper Glade, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023, at home surrounded by his loving family, after an extended illness. He was born March 26, 1952, in Beckley, a son of the late Delbert “Buss” and Mamie Dunbar White. ...March 5, 2023
Born in Camden on Gauley, WV, May 19, 1927. Giovanno (Johnny) Romano passed away March 5, 2023. He is survived by children: Mike Romano, Joseph L. Romano, James L. Romano, Marilyn Barfield, J. Steven Romano (Stephanie); Sisters: Teresa Schiable, E...January 19, 2023
Hermanetta Kay Brown, 59, of Camden on Gauley, WV passed away quietly in her sleep January 19, 2023. She was the wife of the late Harold Brown. She was the daughter of the late Herman and Betty Hurst, born April 25, 1963. She was the mother of ...January 16, 2023
Anna Jean (O’Dell) Wilt, 82 years old, of Craigsville WV, died Monday, January 16, 2023, in Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Anna was born April 18, 1940, in Kanawha County to the late Johnny and Helen (Drennen) O’Dell. She was preceded ...