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OBITUARIES
ETHEL BALLARD
Ethel Kirby Meadows Ballard, 80,
of Alderson, formerly of Bellepoint,
died Monday, Feb. 1, 1999, in a
Princeton hospital following a long
illness.
Born Dec. 24, 1918, at Griffiths
Creek, she was the daughter of the
late Frank O. and Mildred Harem
Kirby.
Mrs. Ballard was retired from the
housekeeping staff at Summers
County Hospital, Hinton, and was a
homemaker. She was a member of
the Old Greenbrier Baptist Church,
Alderson, the Ladies Auxiliary, Tri-
County Memorial and VFW Post No.
6723 of Alderson.
She was preceded in death by a
daughter, Marie Carol Huffman;
three brothers, Oral Kirby, Howard
Kirby and Paul Kirby; two sisters,
Georgia Pack and Virginia Grimes;
and a granddaughter, Sharon
Huffman.
Survivors include her husband,
Harold H. Ballard of Alderson; three
sons, Phillip "Sonnie" Meadows and
wife, Sara, of Hinton, Bernard "B.
J." Meadows and wife, Sandra, of
Larona and Billy Joe Meadows and
wife, Marie, of Hinton; two sisters,
Mary Weiss of Crab Orchard and
May White of Germantown, MD.; a
stepson, David Lee Ballard and wife,
Debbie, of Alderson; nine
grandchildren; 12 great-
grandchildren; one step
granddaughter and many nieces and
sephews.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Wed., Feb. 2nd. at Lobban Funeral
Home Chapel, Alderson, with the
Rev. George Cook officiating. Burial
followed in the Alderson Cemetery,
Alderson.
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Lobban
Funeral Home, Alderson.
DANDANEIA GREGEN CARR
Dandaneia Gregan Carl', 1-hour-
old infant daughter of Greg and
Tracey Foster Carr, of Hinton, died
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, in a
Roanoke hospital.
Other survivors include maternal
grandparents, Danny and Carolyn
Foster of Hinton; paternal
grandparents, Ernest Price and
iAudie Carr of Hinton; maternal
'great-grandfather, Billy Keith
Wright and his wife, Viola, of State
Road, N.C.; and paternal gret-
ndmother, Maripettrf
Hinton. "
Services were held Sunday, Feb.
7th. at Pivont Funeral Home
Chapel, Hinton, with the Rev. Cecil
Welch officiating. Burial followed in
the Crews Cemetery, Nimitz.
Friends call before services
Sunday at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
War II and the Korean War, serving
21 years in the Army.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Vera J. Moorman on Oct. 7,
1987. Also preceded by one brother:
Benny Dickenson, and two sisters,
Ethel Perdue and Janette Reed.
Survivors include one son: Scott
Dickenson of West Chester, OH.; two
daughters: Lane Dickenson of Lima,
OH. and Lisa Torbet of Elida, OH.;
three step-sons: Jim, Ted, and Wes
Howder all of GA. Five
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held at
11:00 a. m. Fri., Feb. 5th. at Chiles
& Sons-Leman Shawnee Chapel in
Lima, OH., with Rev. Frank
Hartman officiating. Burial with
military graveside rites conducted
by VFW Post #1275 followed in
Hartford Cemetery.
Arrangements by Chiles & Sons-
Leman Shawnee Chapel, Lima, OH.
Submitted by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
MILDRED LOUISE KEISTER
Mildred Louise Keister, 74, of 423
Summers St., Hinton, died
Thursday, Feb. 4, 1999, in a Hinton
hospital following a long illness.
Born Oct. 4, 1924, in Marie, she
was the daughter of the late Fred
and Gladys Reed Taylor.
Ms. Keister was a former
employee of the U. S. Postal Service
and was a homemaker. She was of
the Pentecostal faith.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Argil Keister, in 1981; a
brother, Thurman Taylor; and two
sisters, Susie Wilson and Mary
Bolten.
Survivors include a son, Eddie
Keister and his wife, Carol, of
Gainesville, Fla.; five sisters, Aileen
Rodgers of Clayton, Ohio;, Ruth
Reynolds of Hobe Sound, Fla., Ann
Pence of Martinsburg and Betty
Jean Pence and Loretta Pound, both
of Mansfield, Ohio; and three
grandchildren.
Services were held at 5 p. m.
Sunday, Feb. 7th. at Pivont Funeral
Home Chapel, Hinton, with the Rev.
Eddie Johnson officiating. Burial
followed at 2:30 p. m. Monday, Feb.
8th. at Fort Lincoln Cemetery,
Brentwood, MD.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
He was a member of Rollynsburg
Baptist Church, Talcott, and served
as a member of the Deacon Board of
the church. He was also the
superintendent of the church
Sunday school.
He was preceded in death by a
brother, Robert C. Lilly.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel
Wills Lilly; two stepsons, Johnny
Gillian of Fairhope, Ale., and Buford
Gillian of Jay, Fla.; a step-daughter,
Judy Paradise of Barton, GA.; and
a daughter, Janice McCall of
Mitchell, GA.; two brothers, Nick
Lilly of Hinton and Wesley Lilly of
Battle Creek, Mich.; a sister, Brenda
Hedge of Charleston and eight step
grandchildren.
Services will b 2 p. m. Tuesday
at Pivont Funeral Home Chapel,
Hinton, with the Rev. Dana
Stalnaker officiating. Burial will
follow in Crews Cemetery, Nimitz.
Men of Rollynsburg Baptist
Church will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
REV. CLARENCE E. RATCLIFF
The Rev. Clarence Earl Ratcliff,
83 of Warsaw, Ind., formerly of
Hinton, died Monday, Feb. 1, 1999,
in a Warsaw care home following a
long illness.
Born July 22, 1915, in Smith
Center, Kan., he was the son of the
late Charles and Henrietta Alice
Johnson Ratcliff.
The Rev. Ratcliff was former
pastor of the Mt. Olivet Church,
where he was also the director of the
camp and was a member of the
Christian Nation Church.
He graduated from Michigan
State University with a master's
degree in psychology. He was
employed as a school psychologist for
the Jackson County Board of
Education in Michigan, retiring in
1975.
He was preceded in death by a
brother, Charles Ratcliff; and an
infant sister, Evelyn.
Survivors include his wife of 59
years, Anna Lois Harris Ratcliff of
Warsaw, Ind.; a daughter, Ruth
Brandt and her husband, Jim, of
Bradenton, Fla.; two sons, Paul
Ratctiff of Toccoa, GA., and Donald
Ratcliff and his wife, Brenda, of
Toccoa, GA.; seven grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; three
; OMASE,/ILLY, , s'tlters,rs. ,Rev.gBob (Maxii
ho Edisolly,, r .g s rsaw,.; Mrs. P
.H!lldale, died at 8:15 a. m. Saturl (Bllhmnette dTurmon, Ohlo
Feb. 6, 1999, in a Beckley medical and Mrs Don (Agnes) Ryan of
center following a long illness. Marion, Ohio; and several nieces
Born Jan. 14, 1932, in Summers
County, he was the son of the late
Paul C. and Agnes Cook Lilly.
Mr. Lilly was a retired carman
with the C&O Railway Co. and a
Korean War veteran, serving with
the U. S. Marine Corps.
and nephews.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Thurs., Feb. 4th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel
with Pastor Elmo Alderman and
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BRI N G ALONG A FR1 EN D FREE!
JAMES PARIS DICKENSON
James Paris Dickenson, age 74,
of West Chester, OH., died at 8:00 a.
m. Monday, Feb. 2, 1999, at the
home of his son in West Chester
following a long illness.
Born Nov. 20, 1924, in Willowten,
., he was the son of the late
James C. and Hattie J. Dickenson.
Mr. Dickenson was a retired
maintenance worker with the
YMCA, and was previously a barber
at Clock Tower, and was a custodian
at Lima Baptist Temple, Lima, OH.
He was a graduate of Glen Lynn
High School, and was a member of
the Cornerstone Baptist Church. He
was a U. S. Army veteran of World
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Tues. Feb. 9, 1999 Hinton News - 3
Legislative
Notes
By Delegate Mary P. Compton
Last week marked the official end
of the 74th. Legislature's first
quarter, leaving legislators
approximately six weeks left of the
1999 Legislative Session to finish up
business. As of Wed., Feb. 3rd., a
total of 636 bills were introduced in
the House, while the number of
Senate bills introduced totaled 419.
With less than 40 days remaining
of this year's legislative session, key
issues such as PEIA, Workers
Compensation and child support
enforcement and family law matters
continue to be addressed. However,
for this week, I would like to focus
on a topic that has kept many
members of both the Senate and
House Health and Human
Resources Committees quite busy
this session. The use of defibrillators
and the implementation of
defibrillation programs have been
discussed for quite some time now,
giving House members the
confidence to address and pass a bill
pertaining to this particular health
concern.
According to statistics released by
the American Heart Association, 700
people die unnecessarily due to
sudden cardiac arrest everyday in
the U. S. More than 90 percent of
these people die because life-saving
defibrillators arrive on the
emergency scene too late, if at all.
For those of you unfamiliar with
defibrillators and their use, the
American Heart Association defines
this medical instrument as a small,
user-friendly machine which is
capable of analyzing the heart's
rhythm and delivers electrical shock
if necessary to restore the heart's
normal rhythm. Typically,
defibrillators have the ability to
restart a heart when it has stepped
beating.
Research estimates that 20,000 or
more unnecessary deaths could be
prevented eachye.0r if a,ut0mated
external defibrillators (AED's) were
more widely available to traditional
first responders (emergency medical
service and fire rescue personnel)
and targeted first respenders (police,
security guards, fireman, flight
attendants, etc.). We can save an
estimated 250 lives each day by
using this medical instrument,
which would increase the survival
rate from 5 percent to an
"impressive" 30 percent.
When making AED's more
available for use by traditional first
responders and targeted first
responders, we must protect those
citizens who graciously and in good
faith deliver this type of emergency
medical care to their fellow
neighbors.
A bill that just recently passed the
House (HB 2269), would protect
those individuals. It would place a
limitation on the liability for those
individuals who have completed an
authorized training program and
who deliver emergency medical care
using an automatic external
defibrillator. This bill has been
introduced in the Senate and is
currently pending in the Senate
Health and Human Resources
Committee.
Another bill, (HB 2362), which
deals with defibrillation programs
has been introduced in the House,
and is currently being reviewed by
the Judiciary Committee after being
passed out of the Health and Human
Resources Committee. This bill,
which I've sponsored, would permit
certain entities to develop early
defibrilIation programs that would
acquire medical directors to train
and implement the program; would
train and test operators on this
device; would coordinate the
program with local emergency
medical services systems and
otherwise would comply with
statutory guidelines. It would also
provide for limited liability to certain
operators of the AEDs under certain
circumstances.
Recent breakthroughs in
technology mean AEDs now require
minimal training to operate and are
easier to use and maintain, making
it more practical to train and equip
a wider range of emergency
personnel. Both bills are very
important pieces of legislation and
I encourage everyone's support.
As always, if you have any
legislative question or concerns,
please do not hesitate to call me at
340-3269.
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VALENTINE DANCE
There will be a Valentine Dance at the
Hinton Moose Lodge
Saturday, Feb. 13, 1999
9 pm to 1 am
There will be a cover charge of $5.00 single or
$8.00 couple. • .....
Allmembers and invited guests are asked to, ,
come out and have a good time. Music by
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