Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Dennis James Taylor
Nov 14, 2012
Dennis James Taylor , 59, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 06, 1953 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Alfred Raymond and Anna Margaret Smith Taylor. He was a disabled auto mechanic. A brother, Gene Pearlie Taylor and two sisters, JoAnn Scarbrough...
Donald R. Williams
Nov 12, 2012
Donald Roy Williams , 71, of Pax, WV died on Monday, November 12, 2012 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born August 08, 1941 at Clear Creek, WV he was the son of the late Sherman and Orfice Wriston Williams. He was a retired coal miner for Consol Coal. Mr. Williams was a member of the Pax Worship Center...
Cora E. Parrish Wotring
Nov 11, 2012
Cora Ethel Parrish Wotring , 95, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 30, 1917 at Clifftop, WV she was the daughter of the late George Parrish, Sr. and Luvinia Pyatt Parrish. She was a homemaker and former clerk for Hills Department Store, Beckley. Mrs. Wotring was a...
Wayne Allen Powers
Nov 11, 2012
Wayne Allen Powers , 50, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 24, 1962 at Chantilly, VA he was the son of the late Hobert Henry Powers, Sr. and Hilda Gay Shaffer Powers. He was a carpenter. A sister, Mary Fitzgerald preceded him in death....
Kassandra Ashley Gill Guhl
Nov 10, 2012
Kassandra Ashley Gill Guhl , 26, of Morgantown, WV died on Saturday, November 10, 2012 in Morgantown, WV. Born August 02, 1986 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of James Gill of Charleston, WV and Debra Buckner of Whipple, WV. She was a Nursing Assistant in Cross Lanes. Kassandra was a graduate of Oak Hill High School and was...
Patricia Ann Forquer Wills-Crummitt
Nov 3, 2012
Mrs. Patricia Ann Forquer Wills-Crummitt of Elloree, SC, and previously from Powhatan, VA and Oak Hill, WV, passed away on October 29, 2012 in Eloree, SC. Born July 15, 1946 in Washington DC, she was the daughter of the late Barney Forquer and Mertice Morris Forquer. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and family and spoiling her special son...
Ronald Mark Chapman, Jr.
Oct 31, 2012
Ronald Mark Chapman Jr., 38, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 20, 1973 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Ronald Mark Chapman and his wife, Lisa of Beckley, WV and Roberta Vipperman Clark and her husband, James of Mount Hope, WV. In addition to his...
Roger Dean "O-Ring" Humphrey
Oct 28, 2012
Roger "O-Ring" Dean Humphrey , 62, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at his home. Born August 08, 1950 at Kilsyth, WV he was the son of Doris Cumbow Humphrey of Oak Hill, WV and the late Aubrey Humphrey. He was an employee of Republic Energy at Kingston an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources. Roger attended...
William Lee Shepherd, Iii
Oct 27, 2012
William Lee Shepherd, III , 40, of Scarbro, WV died on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV of a sudden illness. Born January 29, 1972 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of William Lee Shepherd, Jr. of Oak Hill, WV and Louise Kay Treadway Jeffries of Scarbro, WV and stepson of Hazel...
James Phillip Lafferty
Oct 25, 2012
James Phillip Lafferty, age 62, of Stanaford, WV, died on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 9, 1950 at Martin, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Joseph E. and Opal Isaac Lafferty. James was a master electrician having worked for Statewide Electric. Survivors include his wife, Susan Donell Lafferty of Stanaford,...
Billy Ray Woodson
Oct 21, 2012
Billy Ray Woodson , 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at his home. Born July 30, 1941 at Milburn, WV he was the son of the late Charles and Helen Phillips Woodson. He was a retired long haul truck driver and US Army veteran. A brother, Jerry Woodson preceded him in death. Survivors include two...
Sylvia Marie Holliday Jarvis
Oct 19, 2012
Sylvia Marie Holliday Jarvis , 96, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, October 19, 2012 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 09, 1916 at Graydon, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Clara Parrish Holliday. Mrs. Jarvis was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak...
Jeannette Sue Fox
Oct 19, 2012
Jeannette Sue Fox , 79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, October 19, 2012 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 19, 1933 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Forrest W. and Irene Blake Fox. Miss Fox was a 1951 graduate of Oak Hill High School, was a...
Wanda Faye Taylor Dean
Oct 19, 2012
Wanda Faye Taylor Dean, age 59, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, October 19, 2012 a t her residence. Wanda was born on September 27,1953 at Millstone, KY, she was the daughter of the late Lilburn and Hannah Stevens Taylor. Wanda was a registered nurse. She was of the Holiness faith Sveral brothers and sisters preceded her in...
Dennis James Keffer, Sr.
Oct 18, 2012
Dennis James Keffer Sr., 89, of Lively, WV died on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 03, 1923 at Lively, WV he was the son of the late Elmer Brady and Myrtle "Mertie" Lively Keffer. Dennis was a proud veteran of World War II, having served in the US Army in north Africa....
Trecia Gaye Settle
Oct 16, 2012
Trecia Gaye Settle, 66, formerly of West Virginia, gently passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Harmon House, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. She was born March 31,1946, in Cirtsville, W.Va., a daughter of the late Herman and Gladys Woolwine Settle. Trecia's mission in life was to bring as many people as she...
Minnie Kania
Oct 15, 2012
Minnie Grabosky Kania , 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, October 15, 2012 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born November 21, 1919 at Carlisle, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Lufcheski Grabosky. She was a retired cook for Rosedale Elementary School. Minnie was a 1935 graduate of Oak Hill...
Barbara Jean Wallace Korn
Oct 11, 2012
Barbara Jean Wallace Korn , 70, of Fayetteville Rt 1 died on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 26, 1942 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of Gloria Hyden Wallace of Gatewood Road, Fayetteville, WV and the late Orlan B. Wallace. Barbara was an active member and singer at the Harvey Chapel...
Kathryn June Scott Kelly
Oct 10, 2012
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown. A longtime resident of the Kate Boone Personal Care Home in Oak Hill, Kathryn June Scott Kelly , 95, of Redstar, WV died on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at...
Jackie Lee Coleman
Oct 9, 2012
Jackie Lee Coleman , 72, of Scarbro, WV died on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at his home. Born April 02, 1940 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Azel Omer and Lillian Billings Coleman. He was raised by the late Roby and Iva E. Underwood Billings of Pax. He was a retired coal miner having worked as...
