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OBITUARIES
DEWEY J. ADKINS
Dewey Junior Adkins, 64, of 266
Main St, Hinton, died Monday, April
19, 1999, in a Hinton hospital
following a long illness.
Born Nov. 23, 1934, at
Longbottom, Raleigh County, he was
the son of Dewey Adkins of
Longbottom and the late Beulah G.
Adkins.
Mr. Adkins had lived all his life
in Summers and Raleigh counties.
He was a disabled coal miner,
member of UMWA District 29 and
of the Baptist faith.
Other survivors include his wife,
Francis Brookman Adkins; a son,
James Junior Adkins of Hinten; a
daughter, Kathy. L. Sarver of
Hilldale; a brother, Eagle Adkins of
Pipestem; a sister, Victoria Adkins
of Narrows, VA.; and five
grandchildren, Mrs. Keli Martin of
Fort Knox, Ky., Kristi Sarver of
Hilldale, Brandi Adkins, James J.
Adkins II and Jackson Dylan
Adkins, all of Hinton.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, April 21st. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton, with Pastor Roy Lee
Honaker Jr. officiating. Burial
followed in the Greenbrier Burial
Park, Hinton.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
LILLIE E. BASHAM
Lillie E. Basham, 86, of Jumping
Branch, died Monday, April 19, 1999,
at a Hinten hospital following a long
illness.
' Born Dec. 12, 1912, on the
, Bluestone River in Summers
County, she was the daughter of the
' late A. P. and Emma Eans Meador.
' Mrs. Basham was a homemaker
and a member of Bluestone Baptist
Church, Jumping Branch.
She was preceded in death by a
son, Arnold Basham; two sisters,
Uva Lilly and Dolly Basham; two
brothers, Lloyd and Clarence
Meador; and a half brother, Lark
Meador.
Survivors include her husband of
71 years, Wesley Basham, four sons,
• Basil Basham and his wife, Lois, of
Hinton, Willard Basham and his
wife, June, of Baltimore, Leslie
Basham and his wife, Carolyn, of
Baltimore and Charles Basham and
his wife, Gay, of Garland, Texas; two
daughters, Shelby Hancock and her
husband, Harold, of Baltimore and
Eula Ratliff and her husband,
Clinton, of Jumping Branch; 19
grandchildren; 25 great-
grandchildren; and I four great-
great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Saturday, April 24th. at Bluestone
Baptist Church, Jumping Branch,
with pastors Bill Fox and Elmo
Alderman officiating. Burial
followed in Crews Cemetery, Nimitz.
Pallbearers were David Lee
Basham, Jerry Gill, Timmy Ward,
Kenneth Hancock, Gregg Basham
and David Leslie Basham.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
MARGARET M. HELMICK
Margaret Marie Helmick, 67, of
Stuarts Draft, VA., formerly of
Hinten, died Sunday, April 18, 1999,
in a Charlottesville, VA., care home
following a long illness.
Born April 16, 1932, at
Longbottom in Raleigh County, she
was the daughter of the late William
H. and Mary B. Hogan Richmond.
Mrs. Helmick was a homemaker
and had lived most of her life at
Stuarts Draft.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, James E. Helmick; four
brothers, Clyde "Bob" and William
"Billy" Richmond and infant twins.
Survivors include a sister, Mary
Richmond and her husband, Mack,
,of Jumping Branch and a brother,
John H. Richmond and his wife,
Alice, of Brooks; five nieces and
three nephews.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Wednesday, April 21st. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton, with the Rev. John W.
Richmond Jr. officiating. Burial
followed in Richmond Family
Cemetery near Hinton.
Arrangements by Ronald Meadows
Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
MONA WHEELER QUINN
Mona Wheeler Quinn, 84, of
Hinton, formerly of Dunbar, died
2:34 a. m. Sunday, April 18, 1999, in
a Hinton care center following a long
illness.
Born July 5, 1914, at Talcott, she
was the daughter of the late Pearl
and Esta Miller Wheeler.
Mrs. Quinn was a homemaker
and a retired employee of Shawnee
Golf Course at Institute. She was a
member of the Roxalana Gospel
Tabernacle at Dunbar. She was
preceded in death by her husband,
Ernest L. Quinn, in 1977; and a
sister, Madeline Peffer.
Survivors include a son, Robert
Wheeler of Phoenix, Ariz.; two
brothers, Oris Wheeler of Hinton
and John Wheeler of Cross Lanes;
three grandchildren; and six great-
grandchildren.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Wednesday, April 21st. at Pivont
Funeral Home Chapel, Hinten, with
the Rev. D. D. ElweU officiating.
Burial followed in Restwood
Memorial Gardens, Hinton.
Family and friends served as
pallbearers.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
C. WAYNE SAUNDERS
C. Wayne Saunders, 89, of
Lynchburg, VA., formerly of Forest
Hill, died Thursday, April 22, 1999,
at his home.
Born Nov. 3, 1909, at Forest Hill,
he was the son of the late Charles
Ernest and Nannie Mann Saunders.
Mr. Saunders was a minister at
Pearisburg for four years and a
missionary to India for 35 years
with Evangelical Alliance Mission.
Survivors include his wife of 61
years, Evelyn Streeter Saunders;
three daughters, Beth Givens of St.
John, N.D., Ester Smith of Walker,
Minn., and Dorothy Millner of
Lynchburg; a son Charles Saunders
of I Swaziland, Africa; four sisters,
Reba Milburn of Lewisburg,
Katheryn Rogers of Hinten, June
Martell of Hillsborough, N.C., and
Sue Healy ofWaWa, PA.; a brother,
Joe Saunders of Hinton; nine
grandchildren; and seven great-
grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at 11
a. m. Tuesday at Forest Alliance
Church of Lynchburg with the Revs.
Cecil Kramer, Elwood McQuaid and
Carlton Duck officiating.
Memorial"contributions may be
made to the Memorial Fund of
Wayne Saunders at Evangelical
Alliance Mission, P.O. Box 969,
Wheaten, IL 60189.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinten.
RUMMAGE SALE
St. Patrick's Catholic Church will
hold a Rummage Sale on Monday
and Tuesday, May 3rd. and 4th. from
8:00 a. m. to 12:00-noon in the
basement of'the church. ' ' .....
Lots of good bargains.
Tues. Ap 1999 Hinton News - 3
Legislative
Notes
By Delegate Mary P. Compton
Lawmakers did not even wait a
full month before reuniting once
again at the State Capitol to kickoff
the first round of the legislative
interims, which began Sunday, April
18th. Two days were dedicated to
determining which state issues
should be given in depth studies and
assigning lawmakers to various
subcommittees, where we will study
a variety of issues over the next nine
months.
Usually, the Legislature waits
until May to begin the first of its
monthly three-day interim schedule.
However, with the large number of
issues that need to be examined
during the next year, legislators
must determine what issues take
priority; therefore, lawmakers
began their interim meetings a
month early.
For those of you unfamiliar with
the interim study period, I must
admit that it is a very crucial step
in the overall legislative process.
Members, citizens and state agency
officials are selected to serve on
committees, for in-depth research
on a variety of topics. Typically,
lawmakers reunite three days out of
every month to discuss and hear
public comment on issues that may
be addressed during the next
upcoming session. Several pieces
of possible legislation are often
drafted, studied and rewritten
during this time.
Also, during this time agency
officials and invited speakers
address committees in order to
update the members on the
progress of programs, fiscal
responsibilities, present concerns,
as well as answer any questions that
committee members may have.
Usually, most of the
assignments up for debate
generate from resolutions passed by
the Legislature, calling for studies
to be administered.
During the Joint Committee on
Finance interim meeting, members
agreed to further examine
resolutions which will have a
significant impact on the state.
Among those topics up for debate
range from Taxation of Managed
Timberland to the ongoing PEIA
battle. Members of this committee
on which I serve, voted to address a
variety of resolutions which appear
to be extremely important to a
number of West Virginians.
We agreed to address Senate
Concurrent Resolution 23, which
requests the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance to conduct
an interim study of the timbering
practices being used throughout the
border counties in southern West
Virginia. Questions have been
raised concerning the possibility
that potential out-of-state logging
companies, who are not licensed ,
have been conducting business in
the southern border counties. These
logging companies may not be filing
procedural plans with the Division
of Forestry or they may also be
neglecting to pay the required taxes
on their operations and sales. The
major concern; however, is the loss
of revenue by county governments
under the Managed Timberland Act.
Many West Virginians have
voiced their views because the water
quality in their particular area is
significantly being jeopardized by
the inappropriate methods
employed by renegade logging
companies and contractors. These
companies may be crossing state
lines to avoid detection of their
inappropriate activities.
As a member of the Joint
Committee on Government and
Finance, we are requested to direct
the Forest Management Review
Commission to work in cooperation
with the Division of Forestry and the
Department of Tax and Revenue to
review, examine and study the
state's financial losses., the
possible negative economic impact of
these logging practices.
Another resolution that
formulates a task force to conduct a
study of the Public Employees
Insurance Agency health plan and
reviews the effects of the changes in
benefits and provider
reimbursement is House Concurrent
Resolution 34. Under this
resolution, members of both the
House and Senate, as well as
representatives of several employee
unions that are covered by the
Public Employees Insurance Agency
health plan will staffthis task force.
They will be directed to study the
Public Employees Insurance Agency
and to develop recommendations to
the Legislature as to policies,
programs and practices which may
be instituted.
This study will hopefully develop
a long-lasting solution to the
problems of increasing health care
costs throughout the state. It will
also lbok at effective programs that
will support the health care needs
of all West Virginians and promote
the practice of appropriate medical
care.
As a legislator, we must'
recognize the need to call upon all
entities of the Public Employees
Insurance Agency in order to develop
a permanent and acceptable solution
to the problems of rising health care
costs. There is a critical need to
develop methods which assures the.
availability of all necessary medical
care and hospitalization for the
policy holders of the Public
Employees Insurance Agency health
plan at costs that can be reasonably
borne by the plan and the enrollees.
The last resolution I would like
to briefly touch on this week is
House Concurrent Resolution 53. As
a sponsor of this measure, I am very
excited to begin this particular
study.
environmental degradation and the
Continued on page 8
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