HILMA  LEEN  RADER,  79 years of age of Mt. Nebo, passed away Tuesday October 21,2025 in the Summersville Healthcare Center. She was the daughter of the late Willie H. and Lowa Alice Sebert Groves and was born at Mt. Nebo November 12,1945. Hilma was a former Wal-Mart employee and member of the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher.

She was also preceded in death by her husband Nelson Carl Rader and siblings, Henry, Hershel, Heston Groves and Hester Helms.

Surviving:

Son                 Daniel Nelson Rader                       Mt. Nebo

Daughter       Kathleen Alice Kessler (David)      Moneta, Virginia

Brother           Howard Groves (Vivian                  Roanoke

Sisters            Helen Dorsey

Holena McBride (Frank)                  all of Mt. Nebo

Granddaughters       Jessica Baldwin (Jason), Erica Brock (Josh), Rachel Williams (Richie),

Nicole Summers (Bradley) and Whitney Rader (Dylon Helmick)

13 Great Grandchildren

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday October 27th in the Open Arms Baptist Church at Mt. Nebo with Pastor Pat Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the Hickory Grove Cemetery at Mt. Nebo. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the service on Monday.

The Open Arms church will provide a meal for family and friends following the burial.

The Waters Funeral Chapel in Summersville is in charge of the arrangements.

Condolences: watersfuneralchapel.com