Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Clark W. Burdette
Jun 14, 2012
Clark W. Burdette, 66, of Kilsyth, WV died Thursday, June 14, 2012 at his home following a sudden illness. Born December 12, 1945 at Nallen, WV, he was the son of the late Commodore and Violet Lafferty Burdette. Mr. Burdette was a member of the Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church and also attended other area churches. He had been employed...
Sylvia Ann Frazier Quesenberry
Jun 13, 2012
Sylvia Ann Frazier Quesenberry, age 84, of Oak Hill, WV, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 surrounded by the family that she deeply loved and loved her in return. Born December 19, 1927 in Giles County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Barnes Frazier. She was preceded in death...
Cecil Mccormick
Jun 12, 2012
Cecil McCormick, age 87, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Born September 7, 1924 at Scarbro, WV, he was the son of the late Oate and Elizabeth Ball McCormick. Cecil was a hydraulic mechanic having worked for Long-Airdox Company and formerly attended the Oak Hill Church of the Nazarene. He served his...
Patsy Susan Blake Lawton
Jun 11, 2012
Patsy Susan Blake Lawton, age 85, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away o Monday, June 11, 2012 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born September 25, 1926 in Oak Hill, WV, she was the daughter of the late Seth and Fannie Mahoney Blake. Patsy was a secretary for the Department of Labor, now MSHA, at Mt. Hope and a...
Joe Donald Allen
Jun 10, 2012
Joe Donald Allen, 72, of Beards Fork, WV died Sunday, June 10, 2012 at his home. Joe was a retired barber. As per his wishes, he was cremated and there will be no service. Online condolences may be sent to our website at: www.tyreefuneralhome.com Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
Tialisa Lynn Smith
Jun 8, 2012
Tialisa Lynn Smith, 46, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, June 8, 2012 at her residence. She was the daughter of Georgia Cody Kelly and step-father, Edgar Kelly of Gatewood, and father, Herbert L. Smith of California. Born November 20, 1965 at New London, Connecticut on the Nuclear Submarine Base. She was a homemaker and a Christian, attended the Advent...
Freddie Gene Hodge
Jun 6, 2012
Freddie Gene Hodge, 66, of Hilltop, WV formerly of Artie WV passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Hill Top Health Care Center. Born June 18, 1945 at Artie, WV, he was the son of the late Amber”Dutch” Armstrong and Lulda Hodge Bailey. Surviving are his daughter, Amy Crabtree of Princeton and his son, Freddie Hodge of Princeton. A...
Linda K. Reece Cochran
Jun 6, 2012
Linda Kay Reece Cochran , 62, of Lochgelly, WV died on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 at her home. Born May 01, 1950 at Price Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Billy Ray Reece, Sr. and Clara B. "Dukie" Dwier Reece. She was a former Postal Carrier for US Postal Service in Oak Hill and a homemaker. Her...
Dara Lynn Corker
Jun 3, 2012
Dara Lynn Corker , 55, completed her life journey on at 3:03 AM on Sunday, June 03, 2012 at the Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, VA. She then departed to being her eternal heavenly existence. Born March 04, 1957 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Harold Henry and Hazel Marie McNeil Corker. Although born in...
Mary Ruth O'Connor Watts
Jun 1, 2012
Mary Ruth O'Connor Watts, age 79, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, June 1, 2012 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV Born January 16, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Ellen Marie “Solger” O'Connor. Mary was a waitress for many years at the Top Hat and Skyline Drive...
Ella Avis Montgomery Walker
May 28, 2012
Ella Avis Montgomery Walker , 94, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, May 28, 2012 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV of heart disease. Born October 01, 1917 at Long Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert G. and Pearl Frances Vernon Montgomery. Mrs. Walker was the oldest living member of the First Assembly of...
Victoria L. Mattox Martin
May 27, 2012
Victoria Lavonne Mattox Martin , 43, of Beckley, WV died on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at her home. Born May 09, 1969 at Cincinnati, OH she was the daughter of Shirley Lewis Hamilton of Oak Hill, WV and the late James H. Mattox. Her maternal grandparents, Martin Davis Lewis and Leitha June Bragg Nutter, paternal grandparents, Ken and Lula Mattox...
Arthur Franklin Thomas
May 27, 2012
Arthur Franklin Thomas , 72, of Rt 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at his home. Born December 24, 1939 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Arthur T. and Thelma Almond Young Thomas. Arthur was a retired machinist for NARCO. He was a US Navy veteran. His wife, Merle Eloise Hess Thomas preceded...
Nancy Lee Dorff
May 24, 2012
Nancy Lee Dorff , 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 30, 1940 at Shadyside, OH she was the daughter of the late Jacob Wilson and DeReba Fabry Dorff. Ms. Dorff was a retired Fayette County Board of Education teacher having last taught at Rosedale Elementary...
Laura L. Cales Gill
May 24, 2012
Laura Louise Cales Gill , 88, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 17, 1923 at Logan County, WV she was the daughter of the late Fred P. and Mallissia Dean Cales. Mrs. Gill was a homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Laura was...
June Sweeney Atkinson
May 21, 2012
June Sweeney Atkinson , 81, of Hampton, VA formerly of Pax, WV died on Monday, May 21, 2012 at Northampton Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center in Hampton, VA. Born January 21, 1931 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter Isaac and Callie B. Stanley Sweeney. She was a homemaker. Several brothers and sisters preceded her in death....
Rev. Leroy K. Hostutler
May 18, 2012
Rev. Leroy Keith Hostutler, 86, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 18, 2012. His death occurred at the Beckley, W.Va. VA Medical Center. He was born September 19, 1925 in Fairmont, W.Va. to the late George and Grace (Cain) Hostutler. From 1944-46, he served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was stationed...
Victor Leo Hartnett
May 18, 2012
Victor L. Hartnett, 87, of Birch River, Nicholas County, WV passed away in his sleep on December 29, 2012 after a short illness. Victor was born in Moravia, New York on April 17, 1925 and grew up on a farm overlooking the Finger Lakes. He was the son of the late Howard W. Hartnett, a farmer, and Nellie Forrest Hartnett,...
Mary Ruth Edwards Hartwell
May 17, 2012
Mary Ruth Edwards Hartwell , 90, of Mossy, WV formerly of Powellton, WV died on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born September 12, 1921 at Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of the late Gomer and Maggie Vaughn Edwards. Mrs. Hartwell attended the Fairview United Methodist Church, Mossy and was a homemaker....
William T. "Bill" Evans
May 17, 2012
William "Bill" Theodore Evans , 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 05, 1929 at Mt. Lookout, WV he was the son of the late James Oscar and Estelle Champe Evans. He was retired from Kroger in Oak Hill with over 40 years service. Mr....
