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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Sarah Delores Carper Peters
Dec 25, 2013
Sarah Delores Carper Peters, 80, of Kincaid, WV went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 in Florence, Mississippi. Mrs. Peters took care of her family and was a very devoted member of the Page Baptist Church. She taught Sunday school, vacation bible school and took on many other active roles for the church. Mrs. Peters...
Elsie Mae Beals Taylor
Dec 20, 2013
Elsie May Beals Taylor , 95, of Wriston, WV died on Friday, December 20, 2013 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 20, 1918 at Cheyenne, OK she was the daughter of the late Abe and Bertha Kiser Beals. Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Loop Creek Baptist Church at Wriston. Her first husband, Luther...
William Ernest "Buzzy" Rhodes, Jr.
Dec 20, 2013
William Ernest “Buzzy” Rhodes, Jr. age 82, of Oak Hill, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013 at BARH in Beckley. Born February 11, 1931, at Summerlee, WV, he was the son the late William E. and Minnie Cody Rhodes. Buzzy was a electrician in the coal industry and a member of the UMWA. He was preceded in death by...
Donald Preston "Don" Renfro
Dec 19, 2013
Donald Preston "Don" Renfro, 79, of Maple Fork, WV died Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV. Born August 16, 1934 at Oak Hill, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Blaine Preston and Mae Matheny Renfro. He was the retired owner of Hunting and Fishing Warehouse at Maple Fork, and formerly worked as a...
Bessie J. Young Withrow
Dec 18, 2013
Bessie Jean Young Withrow, 82, of Oak Hill, passed away after a long illness on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Born December 02, 1931 at Mammoth, WV. She was greatly loved and will be missed by many. Those left behind to cherish her memories are her husband, Jewell Withrow; her children, Larry Withrow and his wife Gail of Fayetteville, Sherri...
Brenda Sue Jack Plumley
Dec 17, 2013
Brenda Sue Jack Plumley , 67, of Page, WV died on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 01, 1946 at Robson, WV she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Bertie Marie Williams Jack. Brenda was was an In-home healthcare provider. She was a Protestant. Survivors include daughter, Phyllis Plumley...
Esther Charlotte Brooks Ellison
Dec 14, 2013
Esther Charlotte Brooks Ellison, 91, of Oak Hill, WV, died Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV. Born August 3, 1922, in Fayetteville, WV, she was the daughter of the late John Erle and Sarah Edith Pickett Brooks. She was the grand daughter of Rev. Charles Albert and Edith Rose Howard Pickett with whom she made her...
Viola Stidham Collins
Dec 13, 2013
Viola Stidham Collins , 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, December 13, 2013 at Fayette Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, WV. Born July 01, 1923 at Hazard, KY she was the daughter of the late Allen D. and Rosella Bowman Stidham. Viola was a homemaker and attended the Church of God. She was preceded in death by...
Tommy Simms
Dec 12, 2013
Tommy Simms , 60, of Oak Hill, WV died unexpectedly on Thursday, December 12, 2013. Born August 31, 1953 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Cornelius Houston and Marjorie Oiler Simms. Tommy Simms was a kind, tender-hearted man. He was a hardworking coal miner having dedicated 35 years to his employment. In his spare time...
Dreama Jane Hudson Domingues
Dec 10, 2013
Dreama Jane Hudson Domingues , 55, of Beckley, WV died on Tuesday December 10, 2013 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born June 24, 1958 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Richard and Betty Ann Arthur Hudson. She was a homemaker. Survivors include son, Matthew Domingues of Virginia; daughter, Mandy Lawson of Beckley; brother, James...
Cassie Withrow
Dec 9, 2013
Cassie Lynn Hosler Withrow, 40, the beloved wife of Earl K. Withrow of Scarbro, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 9, 2013. Born June 7, 1973 at Elkhart, Ind., she was the daughter of Robert and Martha Grimsley Hosler of Elkhart, Ind. She was a member of the Spirit and Truth Ministries, Oak Hill. Cassie was a graduate of Elkhart...
Demaia Tolli Foster
Dec 4, 2013
Demaia Tolli Foster , 92, of Mt. Hope, WV passed in peace on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born November 11, 1921 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Serafino Francesco and Mary DiGivonni Tolli, both Italian immigrants who came to the US in 1916. Ms. Foster attended Woodrow Wilson High...
Bernard G. Blake
Dec 4, 2013
Bernard G. Blake , 66, of Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital at St. Francis in Charleston, WV. Born September 27, 1947 at Mossy, WV he was the son of the late William B. and Dorothy L. Stover Blake. He was a Heavy Equipment Operator for the coal mining industry. Bernard enjoyed hunting and...
Jackie Lee Dunbar
Dec 3, 2013
Jackie Lee Dunbar , 69, of Clear Creek, WV died on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 31, 1943 at Clear Creek, WV he was the son of the late Cleo Ray and Emma Agnes Taylor Dunbar. He was a coal mine roof bolter with 47 years service as a miner. Jackie was...
Leona Jean Aaron
Dec 2, 2013
Leona Jean Aaron , 63, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 02, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born January 22, 1950 at Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of the late James Alton and Margaret Couch Aaron. Jean was a medical transcriptionist. She was a former Dietary Supervisor at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley...
Dawn Joyce Blankenship Tharp
Dec 1, 2013
Dawn Joyce Blankenship Tharp , 62, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, December 01, 2013 at her home. Born July 03, 1951 at Richwood, WV she was the daughter of the late Curtis Blankenship and Nina Blankenship Mullens. She was a homemaker. Ms. Tharp attended the Rock Assembly Church, now the Day Star Church at Kilsyth. Survivors include one...
Carmella Weeks Hines
Nov 29, 2013
Carmella Weeks Hines , 81, of Cherry Hill Twp, NJ died on Friday, November 29, 2013 at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden City, NJ. Born October 17, 1932 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late John Preston and Eva Imogene Rinehart Weeks. She was a homemaker and former employee of the Admissions Department for...
Clarence L. "Junior" Craft, Jr.
Nov 29, 2013
Clarence L. “Junior” Craft, Jr. age 53, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born March 30, 1960 in Oak Hill, he was the son of the late Clarence L. “Pete” Craft, Sr. and Orpha Greer Craft. Junior was a graduate of Collins High School and owner/operator of C&C Market...
George Edwin Gwinn
Nov 28, 2013
George Edwin Gwinn, 64, of Red Star, WV died at his home on Thursday, November 28, 2013. Born September 23, 1949 at Red Star, WV, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Charlotte Bell Gwinn. George was a drywall contractor. He was a member of the Carlisle Church of God and the Mount Hope Lions Club. He was...
Eugene C. "Gene" Allen
Nov 26, 2013
Eugene "Gene" Clyde Allen , 61, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 17, 1951 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Eugene Earl and Pearl Mankin Allen. He was a furniture salesman for John W. Eye Company. Gene was a member of...
