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OBITU00IES ....
: ANITA L. BIGGER8
Anita Luster Biggers, 91, of
Talcott, died 5 p. m. Friday, March
12, 1999, in a Hinton care home
following a long illness•
Born June 9, 1907, in Talcott, she
was the daughter of the late John
Oliver and Lula E. Johnson Luster.
Mrs. Biggers was a lifelong
resident of Talcott, a homemaker,
and a member of the Second Baptist
Church of Talcott.
• She was preceded in death by her
husband, Howard M. Biggers, in
1977; a son, Edward M. Biggers; two
brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include three sons,
James Luster of Talcott, Mason
Riggers of Talcott and Donald Lee
Biggers of Atlanta, GA.; two sisters,
Mattie Freeman of Hinton and
Jessie Ellis of Richmond, VA.; six
grandchildren and nine great-
grandchildren.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Wednesday, March 17th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel
with Pastor Earl Jackson
officiating. Burial followed in the
Talcott Cemetery, Talcott.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
BONNIE B. COLE
Bonnie Beatrice Cole, 76, of
Nimitz, died at 9:50 a. m. Thursday,
March 18, 1999, at the home of her
extended family, Jimmy and Venita
Richmond of Sand Knob, following
a long illness.
Born Sept. 5, 1922, in Streeter,
she was the daughter of the late
Albert B. and Mary M. Cooper Pack.
• . Mrs. Cole was a lifelong resident
of Summers County and a member
of Nimitz Missionary Baptist
Church, where she served as
treasurer of the church. She was a
retired postmaster of the Nimitz
Post Office with 38 years of service.
During this time, she was present
at the official dedication of the pest
office along with Adm. Nimitz and
his staff and was instrumental in
acquiring the new Nimitz Post
Office.
In the 1940s, she wrote a column
for the Hinton Daily News under
the pen name Laurel Temple.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Willis Harold Cole, on
June 30, 1981.
Survivors include three sons,
William Harold "Billy" Cole and, his
wife, Sharon, of Nimitz, Willis Mark
Cole and his wife, Penny, of Hinton
and Henry Denton Cole and his
wife Mary, of Pipestem; four
daughters, Judith Irene Cannon qnd
her husband, Bobby, of Cumherland,
MD., Rita Karen Keaton and her
husband, Arnold, of Glasgow, Bonnie
Gall Tickle and her husband, Floyd,
of Nimitz, and Lisa Ann Mullins and
her husband, Bobby, of Nimitz; three
sisters, Pauline Vest of Daniels,
Anna Belle Bennett of White Oak
and Bertha Lilly of Nimitz; 13
grandchildren; and five great-
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, March 21st. at Nimitz
Missionary Baptist Church with
Pastors Darrell Harem and Donald
L. Hannah officiating. Burial
followed in Crews Cemetery, Nimitz.
Pallbearers were Bobby and John
Cannon, Billy and Derek Cole, J. R.
Tickle, Brad Angell and Bobby Ray
Mullins II.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
WILLIE E. COX
'Willie Eden Cox, 86, of Ellison,
died at 5:05 p. m. Tuesday, March
16, 1999, in a Hinton hospital
following a long illness.
Born Nov. 6, 1912, in Ellison, she
was the daughter of the late George
and Della Farley Bowling.
Mrs. Cox was a lifelong resident
of Ellison and a member of Old Path
Primitive Baptist Church, Camp
Creek.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Ibra Guy Cox; a son, Ray
Dean Cox; three sisters, Vella Lilly,
Goldie Blair and Cloe Farley; and a
brother, Otis Bowling.
Survivors include a son, Ibra
Junior Cox and his wife, Loretta, of
Jumping Branch; a daughter,
Pauline Scott of Bud; two sisters,
Gladys Meadows of Nimitz and Ruth
Kegley of Princeton; two brothers,
Vaughn Bowling of Jumping Branch
and Gene Bowling of Nimitz; 15
grandchildren; 25 great-
grandchildren; and six great-great-
grandchildren.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Friday, March 19th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton, with Pastor Darrell Harem
officiating. Burial followed in Cox
Family Cemetery, Ellison.
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
MARY KATHERINE
DICKENSON
Mary Kathleen Dickenson, 73, of
Hinton, died Friday, March 19, 1999,
at her home following a long illness
Born Feb. 9, 1926, in Giles County
VA., she was the daughter of the late
James Cecil and Hattie Jane Jones
Dickenson.
She was a former employee of
Woods Store, Hirion, and Was a
member of Little Wolf Creek Baptist
Church, Buck.
She was preceded in death by two
brothers; Benny and Paris
Dickenson, two sisters; Jeanette
Reed and Ethel Perdue.
Survivors include one nephew,
whom she reared, Benny Dickenson
of Pipestem; two nieces whom she
reared, Teresa Tallman of
Charleston and Jewell Griffin of
Florida; four sisters, Mildred
Meadows of Willowton, June Wood
of Littleton, N.C., Jewell Kimherlin
Deeds of Martinsburg; and several
other nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Monday, March 22nd. at Pivont
Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with
Rave. Don Hannah and Joe Naylor
officiating, Burial followed in
Restwood Memorial Gardens,
Hinton.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.,
CASSIE A. ST. CLAIR
Cassie A. St. Clair, 82, of
Pipestem, died Monday, March 15
1999, in a Princeton hospital
following a long illness.
Born Jan. 14, 1917, in Lilly, she
was the daughter of the late Elliot
and Elsie Mae Pack Cox.
Mrs. St. Clair was a lifelong
resident of Summers County and a
retired school principal and teacher.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Holley Edward St. Clair,
Feb. 23, 1999; a infant daughter,
Neta St. Clair; two brothers, Waldo
and Ibra Cox; a sister, Clytie Lilly;
a half sister, Thena Edwards; and
five half
brothers, Bud, Velmer, Dewey,
Hugh and Russell Lilly.
Survivors include a daughter
Mrs. Retha Warren and her
husband, Jerry, of Speedway; and a
half brother, Quinton Lilly of
Alabama.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Thursday, March 18th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel
with Pastor Bobby Holcomb
officiating. Burial followed in St.
Clair Family Cemetery, Pipestem.
Nephews .and friends served as
pallbearers.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
WILLIAM SWANN
William Swann, 67, of Jumping
Branch, died Wednesday, March 17,
1999, at the home of his sister,
following a short illness.
Born Feb. 26, 1932, in Silver
Spring, MD., he was the son of the I
late Harry and Thelma Ashby
Swann.
Mr. Swann was an 8;yem'vesiden
of Jumping Branch, and he attended
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Tues. March 23. 1999 Hinton News - 3
Legislative
Notes
By Delegate Mary P. Compton
As The clock struck midnight, the
74th Legislature officially came to
an end with 305 bills passing both
bodies. Of the 711 bills introduced
in the Senate, 142 of them passed,
while 163 House bills passed from
a total of 1,045 introduced. I was
very fortunate to have 16 bills
passed during this session.
When the 1999 Legislative
session began, legislators were faced
with four major issues: funding the
Public Employees Insurance Agency,
workers' compensation reform,
mountaintop mining and domestic
relations laws. We were able to
tackle and pass three of these issues.
Unfortunately, two bills dealing
with domestic relations laws were
left for further debate. Due to some
inconsistencies and ongoing debate
between lawmakers, neither bill
made it out in time. One bill would
have revamped divorce and child
custody laws, while the other would
replace the family law masters with
family court judges. In a last
minute effort to save portions of the
bill dealing with child support and
parenting, lawmakers inserted some
of the language into House Bill 2678.
However, after reviewing HB
2678 in its entirety, members of
leadership believe that it contains
"many" errors and have asked the
Governor Underwood to veto it. By
vetoing the bill, lawmakers are able
to make the needed corrections to
this important piece of legislation.
It is expected to be taken up during
the current extended session.
This is an issue that needs a
serious amount of consideration, and
I can assure you that it will not be
left untouched. We have already put
a proposed constitutional
amendment on the ballot for 2000
that would authorize the Legislature
to create family courts. We are
moving in the right direction, it just
may take a little time.
Beginning this session, it seemed
as if mountaintop mining took
center stage creating a great deal of
conflict between environmentalists
and people working in the coal
industry. In an effort to reach a
compromise between beth sides, the
Legislature placed the previous
standard into the West Virginia
Code. Lawmakers also put some
I
and ready to become law. On Mal
12, 1999, the governor signed iz
law, a bill that revised the stat
workers' compensation statut
The revised 1999 law reduces t
threshold for workers to apply J
permanent total disability from
percent of bodily injury to •
percent. The threshold also w
reduced to 35 percent for certa
parts of the body. It also wou
change the way penalties for la
filings by business are calculat,
and would eliminate the premiu
rate that is currently applied
some employers who have default
in workers' compensation payment
The bill calls on the Workel
Compensation Commissioner ar
Performance council to consider he
many claimants a board memb(
actually examines, the time he €
she spends on working on boar
protections into the bill for people matters and the going rate for t
living near blasting sites, whohave same type of doctor whe
long complained of damage to homes
and water sources. This is also
another measure that we will
continue to address.
Revision of the 1995 workers'
compensation bill is signed, sealed
determining how much they shoul
be paid.
It is extremely important that w
remember when reducing the defic:
in the Workers' Compensation Func
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