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I Obituaries
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LILLIAN COX
..... ' Lillian Cox, 77, of 1204 Taylor St.,
Hinton, went to be with the Lord
, . . ,. Wednesday; March 5, 2003, at her
-. [ .- ,. home following a long illness•
,:....... Born June 30, 1925, at Lilly, she
, ,_.. • 'was the daughter of the late Basil
.: - - and Winnie Lilly Cox.
.. :. - - Mrs. Cox was a homemake and
" - of the Baptist faith. She had been a
resident of Hinton since 1953.
She was preceded in death by a
son, Steven Earl COx; a brother,
Leslie Cox; and two sisters, Odessa
Cox and Nina Woodrum.
:. ,:, - Survivors include her husband of
54 years, Ernest J. Cox; a daughter,
_ • Diane Elswick and husband, Dale,
of Beckley; a sister, Eleanor
Cohenour and husband, Eugene, of
Milford, Va.; and two grandchildren,
Aleah'and Brad Denny, both of
' ', Beckley.
.,. Service was held at 1 p.m. Friday,
, March 7th. at Pivont Funeral Home
"" Chapel Hinton, with Pastor Melvin
Wills officiating. Burial followed in
, Elk Knob Church Cemetery.
. Pallbearers were Baxter Akers,
Brad Denny, Duane Cohenour,
", *< Eugene Cohenour and Dale Elswick.
' , ' ,,' Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
' - Home, Hinton.
• : . : NELLE PALMER LILLY
, :. DICKINSON
, .... ' Nellie Palmer Lilly Dickinson, 92,
"- ..... of Oak Hill, died Friday, March 7,
, .. 2003, at Plateau Medical Center,
" " Oak, Hill, following a long illness.
, ..... BornApril 8, 1910, in Hinton, she
r • " was the daughter of the late Lothair
" ":' " " L. Lilly and Mary Belle Handy Lilly.
' " ': She was a retired school teacher
, in Fayette County• She was a
• graduate of Morris Harvey College.
She was a member of the West
" "* ' Virginia Education Association and
":' the Fayette County Retired
":::'Teachers, the Spade and Trowel
' " -" Garden Club and was an accredited
' :,',' state flower judge• She was also a
:',"member of the Oak Hill Baptist
, .... ..' Church for 68 years.
÷ - ,- ,-- Other than her parents, she was
: : .... .preceded in death by her husband,
,. ; - Fred W. Dickinson Sr.; a brother,
., Lothair Lilly and a sister, Evadyne
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations of sympathy be
made to Hospice of Queen Annes
Inc., 300 Del Rhodes Ave.,
Queenstown, MD 21658.
There will be a celebration of life
memorial dinner in the church
basement upon return from the
' cemetery.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinten.
SARAH D. GRIMMETT
Sarah Dorothy Grimmett, 88, of
Hilldale, died Wednesday, March 5,
2003, at Summers County
Appalachian Regional Hospital,
Hinton, following a long illness.
Born Aug. 6, 1914, at Ramp, she
was the daughter of the late Walter
and Nannie Catherine Harrah
Martin.
Sarah was a lifelong resident of
Summers County. She was a
homemaker and attended the
Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Arthur Thomas Grimmett,
on Jan. 1, 1985.
Survivors include four sons,
Melvin Grimmett of Hilldale,
Thomas Grimmett and wife, Lois, of
Pipestem, Marvin Grimmett of
Hilldale and Norvel Grimmett of
Norton, VA.; two daughters, Wanda
Ward and husband, Plummer, of Hix
and Rosie Grimmett of Hilldale;
three sisters, Leatha Bowles of Hix,
Charlene Adkins of Tug Creek and
Edith Williams of Hix; a brother,
Charles Martin of Lorraine, Ohio;
three grandchildren; Michael Wayne
Grimmett, John Grimmett Jr. and
Deloris Adkins; a great-grandson,
Dale Basham; and three step
grandchildren.
Service was held at 11 a.m.
Friday, March 7th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton, with Pastors Dana
Stalnaker and Eddie Johnson
officiating. Burial followed in Foster
Cemetery, Ramp.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
RUBY W. LACY
Ruby Walthal Lacy, 87, of 103
Burk St., Hinton, died Friday, March
Blake.
" %, . _ 7, 2003, in Princeton Community
: urwvors include three sons, L .......... a hart illness
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• ,-.. orI lov. 2;0, ±tJ, a ayu ,
" Charleston, Fred W. Dckison, tlr:" P .... ;." . • ;,, • --.
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i " " " Sandra, of Ridgefield, Conn.; a Bellepoint Baptist Church, where
, L'.. 'daughter, Sue Todorovich of she taught a ladies Sunday School
• , " "Scottsboro, Ala.; 11 grandchildren;
; 'i:':. 16 great-grandchildren; and four
- - . . great-great-grandchildren.
...-. Services were held at 2 p.m.
: ..... Monday, March 10th. at Tyree
.',--Funeral Home Chapel, Oak Hill,
.'.with the Rev. Bill Menefee
;officiating. Burial followed in High
Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill•
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral
Home, Oak Hill.
BERTHA FRANCES
GODDARD
Bertha Frances Goddard, 88,
... formerly of Hinton, died Saturday,
March 1, 2003, in Maryland
following a long illness.
Born Jan. 28, 1915, at Green
Sulphur Springs, she was the
• daughter of the lateAlpha and Grace'
' Cox Martin.
Mrs. Goddard had lived mostof
: .... her life in the Hinton area. She had
" moved to Maryland in October 2001
due to her illness to make her home
with her children.
She was an active member of
' First Baptist Church of Hinton
-. where she was a member of the
• Philethea Class, The Prayer Group,
,. .,.The Nadene Hinchman Circle and
- - Young at Heart, and was a member
: of the Women's Club of Hinton. She
.; - "-also attended church in Maryland
: :, ,.when health permitted.
Mrs. Goddard was a wife,
homemaker, mother of six and
.. :worked as a nurse's aide at Hinton
Hospital. After retiring, she was a
caregiver to many residents around
her home.
a She was preceded in death by her
husb an,d Ricarh d "Frank" Godd ar d;
. her daughter, Pearl; a son, Fred
Goddard; five brothers and a sister.
" Survivors include two daughters,
: Pansy "Pat" Fornoff and
- husband, George, of Glen Burnie,
.#
.; MD., and Belva Bel" Barbalace and
husband, Nick, ofGrasonville, MD.;
two sons, Don Geddard and wife,
,, Audie, of Glen Burnie and Danny
Goddard and wife, Betty, of
. Sissonville; 16 grandchildren; 20
* great-grandchildren; three great-
great:grandchildren; three sisters,
: Ina Coffman of Hinton, Marie Sifers
: of Spring Dale and Alice Wood of
, Charlottesville, Va.; and many
nieces, nephews and friends.
Service was held at 11 a.m.
Saturday, March 8th. at Ronald
,Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
,Hinton, with Pastors Warren Gilpin
and Roy Lee Honaker Jr, officiating.
Burial followed at End of the Trail
Cemetery, Sam Black. Friends
-' .called 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the
funeral parlors.
class for many years. One of her
favorite things was singing alto in
the church choir and gospel
guartets. She also enjoyed doing
crafts for the Vacation Bible School
children. She was a talented
homemaker who made beautiful
quilts and other arts and crafts.
She was preceded in death-by her
husband, Marvin Lacy; a daughter,
Devon Lacy Hopkins; an infant son,;
four brothers Ralph, Fred, Delford
and Masil Walthall; and two sisters,
Blanche Richardson and Wilma
Harris.
Survivors include a daughter,
Pagricia Brannen of Falls Church,
VA.; a son, John Lacy of Vienna, VA.;
a brother, Roy Walthall of Clayton;
four grandchildren, Donald Brannen
of Lewell, Mass.; Dena Gall Brannen
of Sterling, VA.; Brian Lacy of
Leesburg, VA.; and Maureen Lacy of
York, PA.; and several nieces and
nephews.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Monday, March 10th: at Pivont
Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev.
Chris Brown officiating. Burial
followed in Restwood Memorial
Gardens, Hinton.
In lieu of flowers, donations of
sympathy may be made to
Samaritan's Purse, P. O. Box 3000,
Boone, NC. 28607.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral"
Home, Hinton.
HAROLD F. MILLER
Harold F. Miller, 93, of Pence
Springs, died at 11:20 p.m. Friday,
March 7, 2003, at home following
a short illness.
Born March 21, 1909, •at Pence
Springs, he was the son of the late
Joseph Fletcher Fletch and Mary
"Molly" Shultz Miller.
Mr. Miller had lived most of his
life in Pittsburgh, were he retired
from Whittaker Metal Co. He was a
member of the Steelworkers Union,
Rollynsburg Baptist Church at
Talcott, a former member of
Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club and
was an. accomplished musician. He
sang in the Rollynsburg Baptist
Church Quartet for hany years.
He was preceded in death by his
first wife, Virginia Miller, his second
wife, Gertrude Dillon Miller;a
stepson, Doug Dillon; a
stepdaughter, Effie Brust; three
brothers, Cassie, Elmer and Othor
Miller; four sisters, Glenna Morgan,
Gladys Lilly, Edith Garten and
Stella Garten; and seven nieces and
nephews.
Survivors include two •step-
daughters, Clara Leou Dillon
Graham and husand, Jimmy of
Alderson and Donna Dillon Wykle
and husband, Ellery, of Talcott; three
stepsons, Charles Dillon Jr. of
Lehigh Acres, Fla., John William
Bill Dillon and wife, Rebecca of
Talcott and Phillip Dale Dillon of
Talcott; 12 stepgrandchildren; and
10 nieces and nephews.
Services were held at "11 a.m.
Monday, March 10th.at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hlnton, with Pastor Dana Stalnaker
officiating. Burial followed in
Riverview Cemetery, Creamery.
Men of the Rollynsburg Baptist
Church served as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to Gideons International.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
ADAM STAPLETON
Adam Stapleton, 87, of Hinton,
diedl0:30 a.m. Sunday, March 2,
2003, at the Summers County
Appalachian Regional Hospital in
Hinton.
He was born Nov. 5, 1915, in West
Virignia.
Mr. Stapleton retired from the
Kit kTl Co($p: Sthill$$
Pill=k, Ill., and moved back to West
Viriglda in 1976. !, :
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Liddie Ford Stapleton, on Sept.
19, 1997.
Survivors include three stepsons,
Charles Lowe and wife, Roseanna,
of Ill., Bill Lowe and wife, Nannie,
of Odd, and James Lewe and wife,
Joyce of Alabama; two
stepdaughters, Mary Nelson and
Margaret Lilly of Princeton; and a
• sister, Gwen of Logan.
Services were held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, March 5th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel
with Pastor Lynn Maddy officiating.
Burial followed in Restwood
Memorial Gardens, at Hinton.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton,
BLANCHE M. TABOR
Blanche Miller Tabor, 98, of
Bellepoint, died at 8:15 a.m.
Thursday, March 6, 2003, at
Summers County Appalachian
Regional Hosptial, Hinton, following
a long illness.
Born June 4, 1904, near
Greenville, Monroe County, she was
the daughter of the late Samuel
Houston and Hattie Meredith
Miller.
Mrs. Tabor was a former resident
of Ballengee and Forest Hill, and a
lifelong resident of Monroe and
Summers counties.
She was a homemaker and the
oldest member of New Hope United
Methodist Church, a 1925 graduate
of Greenville High School and
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LEGISLATIVE
U P.D:ATE
Bg Delegate Virginia Mahan
In my years of legislative work,
I've signed my share of legal
documents, but I was particularly
pleased this session to be the first
member to sign the conference
committee report that resulted in
the Legislature's final version of the
medical malpractice insurance bill.
It was over a year in the making,
and as a member of the House
Judiciary Committee, as well as one
of 10 senators and delegates
appointed to the committee that
negotiated a compromise between
the House and Senate, I learned
first-hand how much study and
deliberation led to the sweeping
legislation.
The bill, which is on its way to
Gov. Bob Wise for his signature, will
limit damages in medical
malpractice lawsuits, offer
physicians tax credits on high
insurance premiums and help
establish a physicians mutual
insurance company.
The "tort reform" measures,
intended to discourage frivolous
lawsuits and stop overly large jury
verdicts, include a general $250,000
cap on non-economic damages. In
cases involving three sets of
circumstances - wrongful death;
permanent physical deformity, loss
or use of a limb or loss of bodily organ
system; or permanent physical or
mental impairment preventing
patients from independent care- the
cap will be set at $500,000. Trauma
care damages will also be capped at
$500,000.
"Joint liability," a current
provision in state law that makes
any defendant who is at least 25
percent negligent liable for more
than their share of damages, will be
abolished.
But the legislation also sets up a
board which will be charged
withstudying, then creating, a fund
to reimburse patients in two cases:
joint liability.
Although the civil justice reform
aspect of the legislation has received
the most media attention, our
negotiating committee members
spend much or our time settling on
a method of offering financial relief
for doctors facing escalating
insurance costs, and finding a source
of funding. The conference
committee decided to offer a 10
percent credit against the health
care provider tax to doctors whose
premiums are between $30,000 and
$70,000 and a 20 percent credit for
those who pay more than $70,000.
The credits will cost an estimated
$10 million over twoyears.
But physicians are going to be
required to do their part too. They
will be required to contribute
financially to help start the
physicians mutual, which will
eventually replace the state's
involvement in offering medical
malpractice insurance. During a
special session "on the medical
malpractice insurance crisis in 2001,
the Legislature set up a program
within the state Board of Risk and
Insurance Management to offer
malpractice insurance to physicians.
But no one in the Legislature
wanted that setup to exist more than
a few years - we want to get the
state out of the insurance business
as soon as possible.
Doctors will pay a one-time,
$1,000 assessment, although full-
time medical school faculty and
student residents, as well as doctors
on military service, those who work
at certain clinics and those with
special volunteer licenses, will be
exempted. Private insurance
companies will be assessed $2,500•
But the bulk of funding for the
physicians mutual will come from a
$24 million loan from the state's
tobacco settlement trust fund. The
state Board of Risk and Insurance
July 1, 2004.
As I write this column, there are
still a few major issues still being
debated, among them legislation to
raise the legal weight limit for coal
trucks to as high as 120,000 pounds.
The legislation, which contains the
stringent safety measures proposed
by Gov. Bob Wise in 2002, would
legalize loads of up to 120,000
pounds for trucks with Six axles in
certain counties of Southern West
Virginia. When the bill was before
the House Judiciary Committee, I
was able to amend Summers County
out of that group, so the limit in our
county should remain 80,000
pounds, whether or not the
legislation is ultimately adopted.
I welcome and appreciate your
input on these issues, or any Other
legislative matter. Please call me at
(304)340-3106 or write to Delegate
Virginia Mahan, 215-E, Capitol
Complex, Charleston, WV 25305.
High Point University
Awards Presidential
Scholarships
Jenipher Lynn Greenwald from
Hinton, W. VA., was awarded a
Presidential Scholarship in the
amount of $4,500 based on her
academic performance at Summers
County High School and scholarship
interviews conducted on campus,
February 15th. Jenipher was among
249 students who participated in
High Point University's annual
Presidential Scholarship
Competition • . The student
candidates represented 28 states
and 3 foreign countries. The
scholarship is renewable every year
based on the student's cumulative
grade point average while studying
at the institution.
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