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o GEORGE EMERSON'CARDEN
., : George Emerson Carden, 71, of
220 Gooch St., Hinton, died at 8:30
,,p.m. Monday, May 12, 2003, at
=princetom Community Hospital
!_ following a short illness.
,,, Born Feb. 8, 1932, in Summers
County, he was the son of the late
Manley Edgar and Ann Ruth Via
Carden.
Mr. Carden was retired from
Celanese Corp. in Narrows, Va., and
was a member of the National
Guard. He had lived all of his life in
'.$ummers County and was a
!nember of First Baptist Church in
i*Hinton.
! He was preceded in death by a
brother, James Carden; and a sister,
Mary Ruth McClarey.
Survivors include his former wife,
• Betty Carden ofWaynesboro, Va.; a
son, James Carden and wife, Lorrie,
of Waynesboro; a daughter, Kay
Wood of Waynesboro; a
stepdaughter, Jennifer Rucker of
• Roanoke, VA.; four grandsons,
Jeremy Brown, Joshua Wood, Isha
Wood and Ethan Wood; a
granddaughter, Ariel Carden; and
two great-grandsons, Seth and Izik
Wood.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday, May 15th. at Pivont
Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with
Pastor Roy Lee Honaker, Jr.
officiating. Burial followed in Indian
Mills Cemetery.
Friends call two hours before
service Thursday at the funeral
home.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
BASIL C. RATLIFF
Basil C. Ratliff, 85, of Hinton,
went to be with his Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, on May 12, 2003, from
Summers County Appalachian
Regional Hospital, Hinten, following
a short illness.
Born Nov. 13, 1917, in Hintxm, he
was the son of the late C.H.and
Jennie Harvey Ratliff and was a
lifelong resident of Summers
County. Basil was a veteran of World
War If, having served in the United
States Navy, retired from the West
"irginia Department of Highways,
and he attended the Baptist Church
while his health permitted.
• He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Nita Kay Ratliff; and a
brother, Leslie Ratliff.
He leaves behind to cherish his
memory a son, Basil C. Rat|iiTJr
A'ndhusband, Robles Of Amherst
:VA., Shirley Wood of Indianapolis,
Ind., Janie Bragg and husband,
,Roger, of Jumping Branch, Peggy
i Farley of Hinten, Judy Hartwell and
'husband, Gary, of Wayside and
ha Willey and husband, Mike,
-of Hilldale; three brothers, Paul
:RatliffofHinten, Clinton Ratliffand
w-ife, Eula, of Jumping Branch and
;Charles Ratliff of Hinton; 25
#,
grandchddren, 58 great-
grandchldren; and 12 great-great-
,grandchildren. He will be greatly
missed by his family and his many
:riends.
•. Services were held at 1 p.m.
,p
Thursday, May 15th. at Ronald
-Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hmton, with Pastor Pete Cook
gfficiating. Entombment followed in
Restwood Memorial Gardens
Mausoleum.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that donations be made to
* the American Heart Association.
by Ronald
Parlors, Hinten.
bituaries
RUTH A. SHIELDS
Ruth A. Shields, age 78, of Silva,
MO. was bern bern June 7, 1924 in
Hinten, WV. and died May 5, 2003
at Blnffmanor, Poplar Bluff, MO.
She was united in marriage to
James Shields Sept. 16, 1945. He
preceded her in death March 1,
1993. Also preceding h in death
were her parents, Frank Armstrong
and Annie Elizabeth (Patrick)
Woodrum, 2 brothers, Claude
Woodrum andAnderew Cox, 1 foster
brother, Aubrey Woodrnm, 1 half-
sister, Lena Turner and 1 foster-
sister Lucille Blair.
She is survived by 1 daughter,
Susan Marie Shields, Tacoma,
Wash.; 1 sister, Laura "Juanita"
• Woodrnm, LaSalle, IL., i grandson,
Sean Shields and his wife, Melody,
Tacoma, Wash.; 2 great-
grandchildren, Alysha and Sauna
Shields, host of relatives and friends,
Ruth was a member of LaSalle
First Baptist Church, LaSalle, IL.
She was a Missionary for the Baptist,
Mid-Missions and a homemaker.
She was a member of Wayne
County Home Improvement Club.
Funeral services were held
Friday, May 9th. at 2:00 p.m. at
Evangel Baptist Church, Missionary
Acres, Silva, MO., with Rev. Mark
Hunsberger and Rev. Ron Annis
officiating. Soloists were Rev. Ken
Moon, and Linda Hunsberger.
Pallbearers were Lawrence
Johnson, Rev, Ken Moon, Mark
Stanley, Bill Hayes, Jonathan
McLain, and Richard Christianson.
Burial followed in Twidwell
Cemetery, Clubb, MO.
Arrangements under the
directions of Ruegg Funeral Home,
Greenville, MO.
Emily Rae Wills
Birth Announced
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announces the birth of their third
daughter, Emily Rae Wills, born
March 22, 2003.
Emily was born in Raleigh
General Hospital in Beckley, WV.
She has two other sisters, Crystal,
and Alyssa.
Maternal grandparents are
Edward Lee Harvey Sr. of Pence
Springs, WV., and Sylvia and Henly
Cook of Renick, WV.
Paternal grandparents are Joe
and Virginia Wills ofNimitz, WV.
Paternal great grandparents are
Willis and Lenny Wills, of Nimitz
and Hezzie and Charrot Crawford.
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Servicemen In
The News
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric M.
Harvey, son of Sandra R. Harvey of
Hinton, W. Va. and Richard Moore
of Jumping Branch, W. Va., is
currently deployed in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom while
assigned to the 26th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, based in Camp
Lejeune, N.C.
Elements of Harvey's unit
recently joined coalition forces in the
vicinity of Mosul, Iraq, to promote
stability in the region and eliminate
any pockets of Iraqi resistance.
Harvey is one of more than 4, 000
Pacific Fleet Sailors and Marines
who deployed aboard the ships of the
USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready
Group.
Harvey's unit is an expeditionary
intervention force with the ability to
rapidly organize for combat
operations in virtually any
environment. MEUs are composed
of more than 2, 000 personnel and
are divided into an infantry
battalion, aircraft squadron, support
group and command element. With
this combination, Harvey's unit
supplies and sustains itself for
either quick mission
accomplishment or clearing the way
for follow-on forces.
Harvey is a 2001 graduate of
Summers County High School of
Hinton, W. Va. and joined the
Marine Corps in February 2001. For
more information on the deployment
and high resolution photographs,
please visit the 26th MEU website
at http://www•26meu.usmc.mil
SUPPORT GROUP
Attention
Support group for parents with
children that have ADD/ADHD
meets every 1st. Thursday of every
month at 6:00 PM at the CAC
Building/411 Temple Street.
Food and baby sitting wil be
provided. Questions call 466-2226.
Staff Sergeant Lewis Wayne
and Janet Halstead
Servicemen In
The News
Staff Sergeant Lewis Wayne
Halstead and his precious wife,
Janet, they have made their home
in Concord, N.C. After Lewis was
activated he was sent to Fort
Jackson, S.C. where he is now
stationed.
His parents are Lewis and Linda
Halstead of Nimitz and Janice and
John Richmond also of Nimitz.
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Tues. May 20, 2003 Hinton News - 3
LEGISLATIVE
U PDAT
I've mentioned many times
during my tenure in the House of
Delegates that one of my primary
concerns is the protection and
betterment of West Virginia's
children. I believe there's a great
deal we can do for children at the
state level, but when it comes to
lifestyles and behavior, most people
agree that children learn best by the
example their parents set.
That's why I was particularly
concerned by the results of a recently
released survey conducted for the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. In the survey, West
Virginia ranked first among the 50
states and four territories for high
blobd pressure and smokeless
tobacco use, second for obesity and
general poor health, and fourth for
smoking.
The survey unveiled the following
statistics: About 8.2 percent of West
Virginians use smokeless tobacco;
about one-quarter are obese; 24.2
percent say they are in fair or poor
health; 28.2 percent are smokers;
and 8.8 percent report having
diabetes.
In January, I noted in my column
that the House Health and Human
Resources Committee adopted a
resolution asking the Joint
Committee on Government and
Finance to conduct a study of what
we could only refer to as a childhood
obesity "epidemic." Severely
overweight children often are not
getting proper nutrition or exercise
and their obesity can lead to chronic
diseases. Unfortunately, that
resolution died in the Senate. But I
NOTICE
SUMMERS COUNTY
COMMUNITY WELLNESS
CENTER ACTIVITIES
SCHEDULE FOR MAY 19-24th.
Tuesday, May 20th. NAMI meets
at 7 PM.
The Wellness Center staff wants
to invite all Summers Countians to
exercise with us from 8 A.M. to 6
P.M,-a;. r )]qck t from 8-
.10AM. on Satuxday. We.also, want
to invite everyone to join ttur eafts
activities.
Come in and get well,stay
well, and be well.
BF Delegate Virginia Mahan
know the Legislature, in particular
our health committee, will continue
to monitor the situation.
Aside from concern over our
health and our children's health, we
should also consider the financial
repercussions. According to an
Associated Press report, the Public
Employees Insurance Agency spent
an estimated $68.2 million on
obesity-related conditions between
July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001,
while Medicaid expenditures for
such conditions were more than
$135 million during the same period.
Meanwhile, the West Virginia
Bureau for Public Health estimates
the costs for tobacco-related
healthcare costs in West Virginia are
nearly $900 million per year.
When it comes to smoking and
smokeless tobacco use, I'm hopeful
that the Legislature's increases in
taxes on both those substances will
help deter some children from
continuing to, or starting, the
tobacco habit.
We all know the health risks
associated with smoking and
smokeless tobacco use. Cancer.
Asthma. Emphysema.
Hypertension. Chronic Bronchitis.
Unfortunately, some children who
don't choose to smoke still suffer side
effects. West Virginia has the
highest rate of smoking during
pregnancy in the nation - one our of
every four pregnant women smoke,
the president of the West Virginia
Hospital Association has noted.
Smoking during pregnancy can
cause miscarriage, premature
'delivery and low birth weight babies.
I know the tobacco habit can be
extremely difficult to break, and
there are economic as well as
cultural factors that make obesity a
very difficult problem to overcome.
But the Legislature and other state
officials will continue to look at the
root causes behind such health
problems, with the intent of figuring
out what can be done at the state
level to help adults improve their
situation, thereby setting a better
example for their children, and
grandchildren. That's a worthy goal
for all,of citizens.
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.
Weight Watchers has a newlocation,
Summers County
Community Wellness Center
221 Temple Street - Hinton, WV
Thursdays %r.fDon,t
5:0o pm weigh in 5:30 pm meeting
This replaces the meeting held at the Miss Out!
McOuarry Hotel as of May z_, zoo3.
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MICHAEL ADKINS
Perhaps you sent a lovely card,
Or sat quietly in a chair.
Perhaps you sent a floral piece,
If so we saw it there.
Perhaps you spoke the 00ndest words,
As any friend could say;
Perhaps you were not there at all,
Just thought of us that da00,
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so much whatever the part.
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Special thanks to all the schools, teachers, faculty, students and businesses,
Sheriff's Dept., David Johnson and Frank and Marie Meadows and Family,
Pastors Eddie Crews and Johnny Wills, and anyone that helped in any way.
The family of Michael Adkins: David, Jewell and Sammie
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