Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
John Edward "Ed" Holt
Mar 2, 2013
John Edward “Ed” Holt, age 64, of Oak Hill,WV passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Born January 4, 1949 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late John Earl Holt and Bonnie Warden Holt Navicki. Ed was a member of Oak Hill Masonic Lodge #120 AF&AM and had recently retired from...
Clarence Eugene "Buster" Billings
Feb 28, 2013
Clarence Eugene “Buster” Billings, 93, went home to be with the Lord and his family on February 24, 2013. Born in Kilsyth, West Virginia on October 22, 1919, he was the fourth of sixteen children born to Charley and Ada Billings. Clarence graduated from Pax High School, served almost 5 years as Master Sergeant in the Army Air Force during...
Perry Gray Stover
Feb 25, 2013
Perry Gray Stover , 93, of Mossy, WV died on Monday, February 25, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 26, 1919 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late Charlie and Ada Thompson Stover. He was a retired coal miner having worked at Riverton Coal Company. Mr. Stover was a member of the Mossy...
Carlos Abram " Bags" Williams, Jr.
Feb 23, 2013
Carlos Abram “Bags” Williams, Jr., age 85 of Corliss, WV, formerly of Pax, WV passed away on Saturday February 23, 2013 at Heartland of Rainelle after a long illness. Born February 27, 1927 in Long Branch, WV, he was the son of the late Carlos “Gooch” and Grace Akers Williams. Carlos was a supervisor in the construction of mine tipples...
Beatrice Alice "Bea" Berry Page
Feb 23, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" Alice Berry Page , 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Springfield, VA. Born March 21, 1920 at Weirwood, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Cecilia Dunbar Berry. Bea attended Summerlee Grade School and was a 1939 graduate of Oak Hill High School....
Marcelline Maxine Mullins Rhodes
Feb 22, 2013
Marcelline Maxine Mullins Rhodes, 82, of Oak Hill, WV, died Friday, February 22, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born at Long Branch, WV on November 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Lola Vanneter Mullins. She was a loving mother, wife and house wife. She was preceded in death by daughter, Pam...
Gerald David Bragg, Sr.
Feb 22, 2013
Gerald David Bragg, Sr., age 73, of Scarbro, WV passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 at his residence. Born September 21, 1939 at Wriston, WV, he was the son of the late Edward and Nora Woolwine Bragg. Gerald was a retired coal miner having work for Maple Meadow Mining as a miner operator and was a member of the...
Ella Elaine Olds Cantley
Feb 21, 2013
Ella Elaine Olds Cantley , 61, of Fayetteville, WV died on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at her home. Born May 27, 1951 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late George and Dolly Evans Olds. She was a homemaker. Ella was a member of the Crooked Run Community Church. A sister, Margaret Ruff preceded her in death. Survivors...
Mary Josephine Turpin Blankenship
Feb 20, 2013
Mary Josephine Turpin Blankenship , 78, of Beckley, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 23, 1934 at Carswell Hollow, WV she was the daughter of the late Elmer N. Bromfield and Gay Delphia Turpin Johnson. Mary had been a 14 year resident of Oak Hill....
Madge D. Smithson French
Feb 20, 2013
Madge Darlene "Ginger" Smithson French was born on October 18, 1937 in Chimney Corner, WV. Ginger went to be with the Lord her Savior on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 following a long battle with Altzheimers Disease. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Samuel French II, an infant son, and her daughter Kathy French Wilson. She...
Lewis French "Buster" Tyree
Feb 19, 2013
Lewis F. "Buster" Tyree, 90, formerly of Charleston WV and Santee SC, passed away Feb. 15, at the Veteran’s Victory House, in Walterboro SC. Born September 05, 1922 at Lively, WV he was the son of the late Jefferson Clay and Della Frances Lively Tyree. As the last surviving of seven children he was predeceased by brothers Frank, Ross, Lawrence,...
Pauline Arnold Light
Feb 19, 2013
Pauline Arnold Light , 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 17, 1929 at Sanger, WV she was the daughter of the late Deniford and Amanda E. Suttle Arnold. She was a homemaker and attended the Church of God. Her husband, Willie A. Light preceded her...
Clyde Albert Burgess, Md
Feb 18, 2013
Clyde A. Burgess, MD, 82, of Green Bank, WV, went home to the Heavenly Father on February 14, 2013. Born May 3, 1930 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late Clyde Austin and Marshie Honaker Burgess. He graduated from Oak Hill High School in 1948 and attended the University of Dayton and Graduated from the University...
Mark Anthony Pino
Feb 17, 2013
Beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, Mark Anthony Pino, of Oak Hill, West Virginia, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 17th, 2013 surrounded by loving family. The son of John and Mary Hayes Pino, Mark was born on November 3rd, 1960, in Oak Hill, West Virginia. He was a lifelong member of SS. Peter &...
Presley Rilen Petitt
Feb 15, 2013
Presley Rilen Petitt, infant daughter of Cindy Lewis Hutchins and Richard Petitt, of Fayetteville, was stillborn on Friday, February 15, 2013, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Other survivors include three sisters, Jordan Scarbro of Fayetteville, Katherine Golden and Jessica Toney, both of Oak Hill; two brothers, Richard Petitt, Jr. of Fayetteville and Robert Pettit of Victor; also survived by...
Samuel Dean "Sam The Cab Man" Legg
Feb 9, 2013
Samuel "Sam the Cab Man" Dean Legg , 50, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, February 09, 2013 at his home. Born March 22, 1962 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Lena Musselwhite Legg of Oak Hill, WV and the late Ernest Legg. He was a Cab Driver and a disabled US Navy veteran. Sam was...
Richard Dwayne Stevens
Feb 7, 2013
Richard Dwayne Stevens , 53, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, February 07, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 15, 1959 at Richwood, WV he was the son of Violet Carol Ramsey of Anderson, SC and the late Ronald Hoffman. He was a disabled service manager for Tire Exchange. Richard was a US Navy...
Vanessa Dale Raines Yoney
Feb 6, 2013
Vanessa Dale Raines Yoney , 56, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, February 01, 201 at her home. Born August 28, 1956 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Dorothy L. Raines Amick and stepdaughter of Alvin L. “Bob” Amick. Vanessa was a member of the Crooked Run Community Church and a homemaker. Survivors include two...
Vivian A. "Skook" Coffman
Feb 6, 2013
Vivian Annette “Skook” Richardson Coffman , 60, of Hilltop, WV died on Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 09, 1952 at Madison, WV she was the daughter of the late Thomas W. and Virginia Bowles Richardson. Vivian was a retired Physical Therapist for Plateau Medical Center. She was of the Baptist faith....
Shirley Marie Aurentz Skaggs
Feb 6, 2013
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household....