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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Emory Lorel Newcomb
Apr 30, 2013
Emory Lorel Newcomb , 94, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Heartland of Beckley in Beckley, WV. Born November 21, 1918 at Summers County, WV he was the son of the late James and Ura Martin Newcomb. He was a retired Master Mechanic Mr. Newcomb was a member of the Scarbro Baptist Church and served...
Okey Paul Blake
Apr 28, 2013
Okey Paul Blake went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 26, 2013. He was born on September 29, 1920 at Beards Fork, WV the eldest son of the late Calvin C. "Bill" and Willie Harshbarger Blake. Dorothy Blake Breeze, sister and Carl Blake, brother preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of...
Daniel Keith Persinger
Apr 24, 2013
Daniel Keith Persinger , 77, of Sun, WV died on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at his home. Born January 06, 1936 at Sun, WV he was the son of the late Calvin Lanford and Vivian Reid Persinger. Survivors include a sister, Mary Black of Oak Hill and companion, Jo Ann Palgreno. Mr. Persinger was cremated. There will be no visitation...
Sylvia Rae Hostetter Hager
Apr 20, 2013
Sylvia Rae Hostetter Hager , 71, of South Point, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY. Born September 11, 1941 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Phillip Reese and Effie Mildred Lee Hostetter. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...
Bert Wayne Tatum
Apr 18, 2013
Bert Wayne Tatum , 49, of Page, WV died on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at his home. Born March 26, 1964 at Summerlee, WV he was the son of the late Elbert and Nancy Logan Tatum. Bert was a 1982 graduate of Oak Hill High School. His last job was working for heavy machinery transport before being injured on the...
Gary Allen "Sherlock" Holmes
Apr 16, 2013
Gary Allen "Sherlock" Holmes , 58, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at his home. Born November 19, 1954 at Gauley Bridge, WV he was the son of Febe Justice Jennings and the late Vernon Holmes. He worked in maintenance and security and was a US Army veteran. A brother, Roger Holmes and an aunt, Nellie...
Laura Wilma Lucas Lilly
Apr 15, 2013
Laura Wilma Lucas Lilly. age 89 of Fayetteville , went home to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday morning April 12, 2013 at the Fayette Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville . Laura was born on April 9, 1924 in Beaver and was the daughter of the late John Henry and Malinda Stewart Lucas. Laura was...
Ruby Elizabeth Ash Hickman
Apr 14, 2013
Ruby Elizabeth Ash Hickman , 101, of Mount Hope, WV passed away unexpectedly on the morning of Sunday, April 14, 2013. Born October 30, 1911 at Dun Glen, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Edith Jane Dower Ash. She graduated from Mount Hope High School and soon married the love of her life, Bill Hickman. Ruby...
Roy Lee Duncan
Apr 8, 2013
Roy Lee Duncan , 85, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 08, 2013 at Arbors Nursing Home in Gallipolis, OH. Born July 22, 1927 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Callie Walden "C.W." and Viola Blake Duncan. Roy was a retired coal miner. He was a former Oak Hill police officer, former member...
Stella Josephine "Jo" Clower Blake
Apr 7, 2013
Stella Josephine "Jo" Clower Blake , 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, April 07, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV after a courageous 9 year battle with Alzheimer's. Born May 10, 1930 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late Lewis H. and Pearl E. Clower. Jo was a retired Food Services Director...
Joseph Lee Foster
Apr 6, 2013
Joseph Lee Foster, 20, of Scarbro, WV  passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013. He was born on April 24, 1992 in Beckley, WV, a beautiful, baby boy to parents Terry Lee Foster, Jr. of Scarbro and Sonja Underwood Bricker of Connellsville, PA. Joseph was a 2010 graduate of Oak Hill High School. He was employed by Universal Well Service...
Lola Mae Harper Morris
Apr 5, 2013
Lola Mae Harper Morris, 95, 0f Oak Hill died Friday, April 5, 2013 at her residence following a short illness. Born at Decota, WV on January 18, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Van and Dora Stanley Harper. She was also preceded in death by her husband Earnie W. Morris: infant children Geraldine Faye and Eric Wayne: step-son...
Leuna Evelyn Murdock Williams
Apr 3, 2013
Leuna Evelyn Murdock Williams , 95, formerly of Robson, WV died on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 at Montgomery General Extended Care in Montgomery, WV. Born September 26, 1917 at Glen Jean, WV she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Orpha Kirby Murdock. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Robson Freewill Baptist Church and a homemaker. Her husband,...
Mary Elizabeth Rakes Smith
Apr 3, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Rakes Smith , 80, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born May 08, 1932 at Dunloup, WV she was the daughter of the late Noah Austin Rakes, Sr. and Grace Augusta Hinchee Rakes. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Oak Hill Alliance Church and...
Marie Rae Tonkin Simms
Apr 1, 2013
Marie Rae Tonkin Simms , 61, of Weirwood, WV died on Monday, April 01, 2013 at her home. Born March 15, 1952 at Clarksburg, WV she was the daughter of Helen Virginia Douglas Hought of Danese, WV and the late Calvin Bee Tonkin and stepdaughter of James Hought. She was a Cake Decorator for Drive In Bakery in Beckley and...
Skyler Dawn Taylor
Mar 27, 2013
On Wednesday, March 27 2013 our little angel, Skyler Dawn Taylor went to Heaven. She was the daughter of Jonathan W. and April Dawn Milam Taylor of Dempsey Road, Fayetteville, WV. In addition to her parents, Skyler is survived by her maternal grandparents, Randall K. and Sharon Elaine Milam of Beckley; paternal grandparents, Gary L. and Deanna Taylor of Taylor...
Loretta Jane Collier Duran
Mar 26, 2013
Loretta "Jane" Collier Duran of Saint Albans, WV formerly of Kilsyth, WV passed away at home surrounded by family on March 24, 2013 at the age of 74. She is at peace now after a long battle with Alzheimers Disease. She was born in Kilsyth, WV in 1938, the daughter of the late Carlos & Gladys Sexton Collier. She was...
Nellie Marie Davis Coleman Boyd
Mar 26, 2013
Nellie Marie Davis Coleman Boyd , 88, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at her home. Born October 09, 1924 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Harvey Brenton "Bowser" and Elsie McKinney Davis. Mrs. Boyd was a member of the Dothan Community Church and attended the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church in Oak...
Randy Wayne Nichols
Mar 25, 2013
Randy Wayne Nichols , 58, of Page, WV died on Monday, March 25, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV after a long illness and many complications stemming from rheumatoid arthritis. Born December 12, 1954 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Maynard and Jewell Mae Nichols. A sister, Nena Beverly Wolfe preceded him in...
Thomas E. "T-Bone" Bohn
Mar 25, 2013
Thomas E. “T-Bone” Bohn, 73, of Oak Hill, WV formerly of Chicago, IL passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 one day before his 74th birthday at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV Born March 26 1939 in Chicago, IL he was the son of the late Emil and Anna Lally Bohn. Tom was a retired welder who enjoyed gardening, tinkering...
