BILL ADKINS
Bill Wilson Adkins, 94, of Hurricane, passed on December 26, 2022, five days before his 95th birthday. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Morris Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Community Memorial Gardens, Wayne, WV. He was born December 31, 1927 in Logan, a son of the late Boyd Newman Adkins and Bessie Clark Adkins.
Bill served his Country, State and Community for the majority of his life. He served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan from 1946-1948 and was then recalled back to the military during the Korean war from 1950-1951. Following his military service, he served the citizens of West Virginia as a Trooper with the West Virginia State Police for thirty years. During that time Bill attended college and graduated from Morris Harvey College and proudly graduated from the 71st Session of the FBI National Academy in 1963. Following his retirement from the State Police, he worked for 25 years as an investigator with the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Robert Wayne Adkins and four brothers, Newman, Norman, Jack and Jake Adkins. Survivors include his loving wife of 73 years, Lois Elizabeth “Betty” Ferguson Adkins; three sons, Bill Douglas Adkins and wife, Alice of Parkersburg, Bruce Adkins and wife, Debbie of Fraziers Bottom, David Adkins and wife, Lana of Murfreesboro, TN; two sisters, Stella Maynard and Jean Maynard, both of Proctorville, OH; nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

JAMES CARROLL BILLUPS
James “J.C.” Carroll Billups, 80, of Hurricane, passed away on December 20, 2022 in Charleston.
He was born on June 5, 1942 to the late James M. and Hazel V. Sovine Billups of Hurricane. James is preceded in death to his parents, James M. and Hazel V. Sovine Billups of Hurricane and Sister, Lois Joanne Billups Adams and her husband Ronald Lee Adams.
JC was a “lover” of life, travel, photography, and most of all, his family. James was a graduate of Hurricane High School and the Huntington College of Business. JC was employed by Huntington Alloys, Huntington, for 25 years and then worked in the telecommunication and retail space before his retirement in 2007. James was a long-standing member of the Grace Melody Boys Quartet in the 1960s. The Grace Melody Boys toured through the eastern US while producing a number of gospel music records.
J.C is survived by his son, Derrick Billups (wife Amy) of Florence, KY; his grandchildren: Brad Billups (wife Rachel) of Wilmington NC, Beth Davis (husband Christian) of Richmond KY, and Bryce Billups of Florence KY.
Funeral service for J.C. was Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at Chapman Funeral Home. Burial was in Valley View Memorial Park Hurricane.