Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Helen Minerva Mccormick Smith
Sep 29, 2013
Helen Minerva McCormick Smith, age 100, of Kincaid, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born March 17, 1913 at Poplar Gap, Putnam County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles Berry and Mary Talithia Meddings McCormick. Helen was a homemaker and a long time resident of Kincaid, WV....
Ellen Mae Miller Lawson
Sep 27, 2013
Ellen Mae Lawson, age 97, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her residence. Born August 11, 1916 at Fayetteville, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin and Nancy Jane Bell Miller. Ellen was a homemaker, creating a loving home for her family. Surviving are her daughter, Mary Lawson McCurdy of Fayetteville,...
Bridget Hermes
Sep 25, 2013
Bridget Hermes , 72, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at her home. Born September 18, 1941 at Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Arthur J. Hermes, Jr. and Margaret Cunningham Hermes. Ms. Hermes was a retired New Jersey school teacher. Her husband, Carl Robert Furrevig preceded her in death on January 6, 2010....
Willa M. "Bill" Wilson Franklin
Sep 24, 2013
Willa "Bill" Mae Wilson Franklin , 91, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born August 16, 1922 at Blue Ridge, GA she was the daughter of the late Lola "Ma" Stamey Wilson. She was employed at G.C. Murphy in Oak Hill for over...
Phyllis Rose Ciccantell (Fara) Kern
Sep 22, 2013
Phyllis Rose Ciccantell (Fara) Kern was called home on Sunday, September 22, 2013 by her Heavenly Father and to meet Jesus, her Personal Savior, to receive her new body, robe and crown, and to live in her Mansion. She was born on January 9, 1943 at Tamroy, WV to the late Sidney Ciccantell of Italy and Lucy M. Ellis Ciccantell...
Betty M. Stuppio Linkous
Sep 21, 2013
Betty Mae Stuppio Linkous , 76, of Scarbro, WV died on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at her home. Born December 10, 1936 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Rosario and Rachel Sumner Stuppio. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Dennis Phillip Linkous; sister, JoAnn Grabosky and brothers, Rosario Stuppio and Robert Stuppio preceded her in...
Vivian Sprouse Nugen
Sep 20, 2013
Vivian Doris Sprouse Nugen , 83, of Columbus, OH formerly of Kingston, WV died on Friday, September 20, 2013 at her home. Born July 07, 1930 at Hellier, KY she was the daughter of the late Jacob Arthur and Dixie Bartley Sprouse. She was a retired sale clerk for NAPA Auto Parts. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Rhonda Gail Massey Walker
Sep 19, 2013
Rhonda Gail Massey Walker , 47, of Dothan, WV died on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 02, 1966 at Norton, VA she was the daughter of Claude and Anna Hillman Massey of Bradley, WV. Rhonda was a M.I H.O.W, Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program for 16 years, was a home...
Delbert Thomas Lewis
Sep 18, 2013
Delbert Thomas Lewis , 84, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 27, 1929 at Witcher's Creek, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Della White Lewis. He was a retired concrete worker for Charleston Construction and was a...
Gail Virginia Leffel Samuels
Sep 18, 2013
Gail Virginia Leffel Samuels , 80, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 21, 1932 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Junior H. "Dutch" and Mary Sweeney Leffel. She was a homemaker and a Protestant. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby...
Jean Delores Sharp
Sep 17, 2013
Jean Delores Vanover Sharp , 79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born May 24, 1934 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late Russell M. Vanover and Pearl M. Potter Vanover Tercheck. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death...
Barbara Ellen Sanger Fleshman
Sep 15, 2013
Barbara Ellen Sanger Fleshman , 74, of Minden, WV died on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at her home. Born December 08, 1938 at Oswald, WV she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Cena Milam Sanger. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Edward Fleshman, Sr. two sons, Michael Wayne Fleshman, Sr. and...
Sonja Katherine Poole
Sep 14, 2013
Sonja Katherine "Katbird" Poole formerly of Oak Hill, WV passed away on August 15, 2013 at her home in Valley Village, California. Born September 1, 1952 she was the daughter of the late Audrey Spencer Poole Williams and Claude Poole and stepdaughter of the late Woodrow Williams, all formerly of Scarbro, WV. Those surviving her are her siblings, Sandra...
Josephine Bukant Nickell
Sep 11, 2013
Josephine B. Nickell , 89, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 08, 1924 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late John Julius Bukant, Sr. and Bessie Youravish Bukant. She was the stepdaughter of the late Anthony Youravish, Jr. and Lora Bukant Novobilsky. A member...
Thelma H. Lightfoot Hughes Ratliff
Sep 11, 2013
Thelma H. Lightfoot Hughes Ratliff , 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 07, 1926 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Andrew Lightfoot and Georgia Lucas Lightfoot Ratkosky. Mrs. Ratliff was a member of the LifeBridge Assembly of God of Oak...
Raymond Lee Ward, Sr.
Sep 7, 2013
Raymond Lee Ward, Sr., 61, of Cleveland, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, September 07, 2013 in Cleveland. Born July 5, 1952 he was the son of the late Floyd and Garnet Tompkins Ward. His beloved wife, Sharon Sue Crouch Ward preceded him in death on June 29, 2013. Survivors include three sons, James Ward and wife,...
Lucile Elizabeth Shepherd Duncan
Sep 7, 2013
Lucile Elizabeth Shepherd Duncan, age 89, of Oak Hill,WV passed away at the home of her daughter, and care giver Rita Toler on Saturday, September 7, 2013 after a long illness. Born February 29, 1924 at Prudence, WV, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Essie Hazel Burdette Shepherd. Lucile was a cook for the Fayette County School...
George Galen Shrout
Sep 4, 2013
George Galen Shrout , 74, of Craigsville, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV. Born March 08, 1939 at Oswald, WV he was the son of the late Buckner and Ophelia Ramsey Shrout. He was a retired surface mine foreman for Ellen Inc. of Beckley. Four brothers,...
Lucille Black Sneddon
Sep 4, 2013
Lucille Black Sneddon, 86, of Fayetteville, W.Va., died Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley. Born February 4, 1927 at Amigo, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Charles Lee and Edna Thompson Black. Her husband, Alexander Sneddon, preceded her in death in 2011. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Delmar and Charles Black....
Robert Dean "Spiderman" Manning
Aug 31, 2013
Robert Dean “Spiderman” Manning age 54, of Scarbro, WV, died on Saturday, August 31, 2013 from injuries received in a automobile accident. Born December 16, 1958 in Charleston, WV, he was the son of Charles Robert and Ina Pearl Massey Manning of Scarbro, WV.. Robert was a disabled coal miner, was a NASCAR fanatic, WVU football fan and animal lover....
