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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Kara Jean Reese Shaver
Dec 4, 2011
Kara Jean Reese Shaver , 53, of Page, WV was taken home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 04, 2011 at CAMC in Charleston, WV. Born August 04, 1958 at Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of the late Ernest Darrell and Thelma McGraw Reese. Ms. Shaver was a member of the Kincaid First Church of God and...
Fern White Turner
Dec 3, 2011
Fern White Turner , 80, of Mancelona, MI and Leesburg, FL passed away on Saturday, December 03, 2011 in Tavares, FL. Born November 02, 1931 at LaFollette, TN she was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Ellon Sharp White of Oak Hill, WV. She was a homemaker and a member of the Voice of Calvary Church, Altoona, FL. The...
James Franklin Helmintoller
Dec 3, 2011
James Franklin “Jim” Helmintoller, 73, of Franklin, Tenn. formerly of Mount Hope, WV died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 at his home with his wife and children by his side. He was born July 9, 1938 to parents William and Nellie Kincaid Helmintoller. He lived in and around Mount Hope, WV most of his life. He worked in the color pigment...
Dolores Wender
Nov 30, 2011
Dolores LaBounty Wender , 90, of Oak Hill, WV, died on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born February 03, 1921 in Chicago, IL she was the daughter of the late C. H. and Alvina Steurer LaBounty. In 1948, Dolores and her husband, Morris Wender, moved to his hometown of Oak Hill. Always the...
Randy Marshall Clodfelter
Nov 30, 2011
Randy Marshall Clodfelter , 57, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born January 11, 1954 at Greensboro, NC he was the son of Betty West Clodfelter of Randleman, NC the late Roy Clodfelter. He was a disabled restaurant waiter. Survivors include his wife, Carol Sue Miller Clodfelter and a...
Ashlynn Rose Surnear
Nov 29, 2011
Ashlynn Rose Surnear infant daughter of Ashley Renan Wilson Cummings and Timothy Adam Surnear of Oak Hill, WV was stillborn on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Her paternal grandparents, Donald and Carol Wilson and maternal great grandfather, Billy Byrd preceded her in death. Survivors include two brothers, Noah Wilson and Bradley Cummings both of...
James Howard Hatcher
Nov 29, 2011
James Howard Hatcher , 86, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born September 15, 1925 at Thayer, WV he was the son of the late James Edward and Anna Louise Foose Hatcher. He was a retired timberman and heavy equipment repairman. James loved hunting and fishing in New...
Bobby Dale Williams
Nov 27, 2011
Bobby Dale Williams , 58, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born August 04, 1953 at Beckley, WV he was the son of the late Harlow R. and Sarah Virginia Bowyer Williams. He was a landscaper and formerly attended the Maple Fork Community Church. Four brothers, Earl Williams ,...
Naomi Collins Smith
Nov 26, 2011
Naomi Collins Smith, age 79 of Massillon, Ohio, formerly of Kincaid, WV passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Affinity medical Center in Massillon, Ohio. Born January 30, 1932 at Powellton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Sillus and Ruth Hannah Collins. Naomi was a homemaker and waitress and was of the Baptist faith . She was...
Opal Violet Stinnett Burgess
Nov 26, 2011
Opal Violet Stinnett Burgess , 96, of St. Clair, MI died on Saturday, November 26, 2011. Born June 28, 1915 at Prudence, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert Marion and Julia Frances Wilson Stinnett. Opal married Eugene Burgess on August 31, 1935. He preceded her in death 1996. She was also preceded by a daughter, Shelby Blake...
William C. "Bill" Craft
Nov 25, 2011
William Clayton "Bill" Craft, 67, of Oak Hill, died Friday, November 25, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a sudden illness. Born May 6, 1944 at Layland, WV, he was the son of late John William Craft and Georgia Roseblock Craft Huggins. Bill was a retired electrical technician with 38 years of service having worked for Wallace &...
Elic Louis Bozo, Jr.
Nov 25, 2011
Elic Louis Bozo, Jr. age 69. of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley after a long illness. Born January 1, 1943 at Scarbro, WV, he was the son of the late Elic Louis Bozo, Sr. and Felicia Delores Pawlus Bozo. Elic retired from Food 4 Less in Beckley WV....
Reba M. Kuhn
Nov 23, 2011
Reba Mae Gill Kuhn , 91, of Fayetteville, WV formerly of Rock Lick, WV died on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. She will be sadly missed and cherished with all our hearts. Born August 23, 1920 in Tennessee she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Ethel Birdsong Gill. Mrs. Kuhn was a...
Landon Andrew Williams
Nov 22, 2011
Landon Andrew Williams, age 18, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Mill Creek Road, Mount Hope, WV. Born august 6, 1993 at Beckley, WV, he was the son of Anita Kay Pennington Williams of Oak Hill and the late Billy Eugene Williams. Landon was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Bessie Maxine Pennington and...
James Carson Bell
Nov 22, 2011
James Carson Bell, age 16, of Kilsyth, WV, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Born January 21, 1995 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Laura Hicks Bell of Kilsyth and John W. Bell, Sr. of Coal City, WV. James attended Mount Hope High School and Mount Hope United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his...
Margaret Lorraine Thorne Rhodes
Nov 20, 2011
Margaret Lorraine Thorne Rhodes , 91, of Barberton, OH formerly of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Pleasant View in Barberton, OH. Born March 30, 1920 at Narrows, VA she was the daughter of the late Luther Morton and Annie East Thorne. She was a homemaker. Her husband, John Chester Rhodes preceded her in death...
Mildred Legg Herndon
Nov 20, 2011
Mildred L. Legg Herndon , 90, of Princeton, WV formerly of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at the Rockin' Chair Residential Care in Lerona, WV. Born May 13, 1921 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Zenas H. and Ramona McVey Legg. Mrs. Herndon was a retired secretary having worked for Merchants and Miners...
Porter Wayne Wriston
Nov 15, 2011
Porter Wayne Wriston , 72, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, VA. Born March 02, 1939 at Mossy, WV he was the son of the late Winfred and Beulah Burnside Wriston. Mr. Wriston was a retired construction worker. His wife, Mildred Ann Wade Wriston, a daughter, Robin Wriston, and brothers,...
Betty Jane Thomas Peters
Nov 13, 2011
Betty Jane Thomas Peters , 69, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 16, 1942 at Abingdon, VA she was the daughter of the late John and Eula Thomas. Mrs. Peters was a member of the Dothan Community Church and a homemaker. Her husband, Donald Gene Peters preceded her...
George Dennis Burgess, Sr.
Nov 12, 2011
George Dennis Burgess, Sr., 90, of Oak Hill, WV went to be the Lord on Saturday, November 12, 2011 after a long illness. Born December 2, 1920 at Cabin Creek, WV, he was the son of the late Patsy "Pap" Burgess, native of Italy and Hattie Loar Burgess, native of Tennessee. He was known to his nieces and nephews as...
