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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Jackie Welshans Betkijian
May 15, 2013
Jackie Welshans Betkijian , 76, of Eccles, WV died on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. She was born December 10, 1936 at Glen Rogers, WV daughter of the late George Lewis and Ruby Honaker Welshans. Jackie was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse for the Beckley VA Medical Center. She was of the Baptist faith and...
Gregory Giles Kees
May 13, 2013
I'd rather be fishin... Gregory Giles Kees , 60, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, May 13, 2013 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born December 10, 1952 at Charleston, WV he was the son of Delmer Giles Kees of Shady Spring, WV and the late Jessie Katherine Peal Kees. Greg was a Mechanical Pipe Fitter for...
Ernest Orville "Dud" Settle
May 11, 2013
Ernest Orville "Dud" Settle, 96, of Robson, WV, died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at his residence. Born April 4, 1917 at Robson, WV, he was the son of the late Adam and Hester Myers Settle. He was a retired crane operator in the steel industry and a member of the Robson Freewill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by...
Garry Lee Barton
May 11, 2013
Garry Lee Barton , 65, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at his home. Born February 19, 1948 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Arnold Lee and Anna Lea Amick Barton. He was retired from Kroger where he worked as a stock clerk. Garry was a graduate of Collins High School...
Cornelius Carson Hicks, Jr.
May 10, 2013
Cornelius Carson Hicks, Jr., 77, of Mount Hope, WV died on Friday, May 10, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. He was the son of the late Cornelius Hicks, Sr. and Bessie Vass Hicks. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Emily Mae Milam Hicks; daughter, Virginia Hicks and grandson, James C. Bell. Mr. Hicks was...
Jackie Ray Deal, Sr.
May 10, 2013
Jackie Ray Deal Sr., 69, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, May 10, 2013 at his home. Born April 8, 1944 at Willis Branch, WV, he was the son of the late Abbie and Hazel Howard Deal. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Eugene Deal and his sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Claude Brown. He was...
Lovell Ann Williams Stover
May 6, 2013
Lovell Ann Williams Stover , 90, of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, May 06, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born December 01, 1922 at Willis Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry Wilson "Bill" and Gussie Beckleheimer Williams. Lovell was a homemaker who loved to quilt and make cookies and candy at Christmas....
Auneka "Nikki" Devol Noyes
May 5, 2013
Auneka Lee Devol Noyes of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 22, after a brief illness. She was born on July 24, 1917, to Walter and Ganiel Devol, in Holden WV. She attended South Charleston High School, where she was a popular student and cheerleader, and graduated from business college. She moved to Oak Hill with her parents in...
Harry Wayne Smith
May 4, 2013
Harry Wayne Smith , 51, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, May 04, 2013 at his home. Born March 17, 1962 at Cleveland, OH he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Clara Estep Smith. He was a disabled nursing assistant. Survivors include three brothers, Jerry A. Smith of Oak Hill, Donald Smith of Cleveland, OH and...
Barbara Ann Frazier Wood
May 2, 2013
Barbara Ann Frazier Wood , 55, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 02, 2013 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 28, 1957 at Bad Hersfeld, Germany she was the daughter of the late William Howard and Cristeen Schada Frazier and stepdaughter of June Badgett of White Plains, NC. She was a Nursing Assistant and a...
Bessie "Mae" Mckinney Patrick
May 1, 2013
Bessie " Mae" McKinney Patrick , 85, of Page, WV died on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 at her home. Born October 09, 1927 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Carnel Luke and Daisy Graham McKinney. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Elgie Patrick, a daughter, Diane Haynie and a brother, Edward McKinney preceded her in death....
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...
