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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Marcellus Slay
Oct 10, 2011
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the service for Mr. Slay has been changed to Monday, October 10, 2011. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marcellus Slay , 82 , of Jersey City, NJ formerly of Red Star, WV died on Saturday, October 01, 2011 in Jersey City, NJ. Born at Red Star, WV he was the son of the late Ollie and Lydia Ghant Slay. He...
Norah Eileen Powers Kessler
Oct 10, 2011
Norah Eileen Powers Kessler , 73, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, October 10, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 24, 1938 at Packs Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Lyman A. and Ruby Mae Henderson Powers. Mrs. Kessler was a member of the Packs Branch Baptist Church. The Kessler family would...
Elbert Walter Young
Oct 8, 2011
Elbert Walter Young age 72 of Glen Daniel, WV passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born March 30, 1939 in Beckley, WV he was the son of the late Frank Young, Sr. and Annie Mae Johnson Young. Mr. Young was a retired miner operator in the coal mines and was a member...
Edith Sammons Price Bobbitt
Oct 8, 2011
Edith Sammons Price Bobbitt, age 97, of Fayetteville, WV died on Saturday, October 8, 2011 after a lengthy battle with health issues. Edith was born December 12, 1913 in Logan County, WV to the late Melvin and Laura Hardin Sammons. She was preceded in death by her husbands Robert L. Price, Sr. and Lee Otis Bobbitt. She was also preceded...
Ethel Mae Bowling
Oct 5, 2011
On Wednesday, October 5, 2011, Mrs. Ethel Mae Callahan Bowling, age 83, passed peacefully from this world into Glory with her family by her side. Born November 10, 1927 at Pulaski, VA she was the daughter of the late James L. Callahan, Sr. and Ethel Lee Fuller Callahan. Mrs. Bowling was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Oak...
Lawrence William Humphrey
Oct 4, 2011
Lawrence William Humphrey , 81, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, October 04, 2011 at his home. Born November 23, 1929 at Edmond, WV he was the son of the late Sam and Mamie Pennington Humphrey. He was a retired technician having worked for a plastics plant in California and was a US Army veteran. Survivors include his wife...
Karen Jane Reese Treadway
Oct 3, 2011
Karen Jane Reese Treadway , 54, of Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, October 03, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV following a 2 1/2 year battle with cancer. Born August 19, 1957 at Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Letha Mae McMillion Reese. Mrs. Treadway was a member of the Apostolic Holiness...
Dr. Kelly R. Showalter
Oct 2, 2011
With her husband by her side, Dr. Kelly Renee Showalter, 32, of Lewisburg, WV went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, October 2, 2011, at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. Born April 30, 1979 in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of Richard L. Showalter and the late, Mary Elizabeth "Susie" Showalter. Kelly was a devoted wife, friend...
Geraldine Scarbrough Williams
Oct 1, 2011
Geraldine Scarbrough Williams, 68, of Willis Branch, WV, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and Mother of the Church went home to be with her Blessed Savior and Lord on Saturday, October 1, 2011 following a long illness. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pax Worship Center, Pax, WV. Born December 29, 1942 in Clear Creek,...
Warren G. Thompson, Sr.
Sep 29, 2011
Warren Gilmer Thompson, Sr. 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at his home. Born on April 10, 1921 at Harvey, WV, he was the son of the late James Thomas and Mable Austin Thompson. Warren was retired from the nylon and rayon industry where he worked for forty one years. He was a member of...
Catherine Dawn Skaggs
Sep 29, 2011
Following a long battle with depression, Catherine Dawn “Wolf” Skaggs , 18, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, September 29, 2011 in Oak Hill. Born June 19, 1993 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of David Skaggs and Melissa Skaggs Malay and stepdaughter of Dana Malay all of Oak Hill. She will forever be loved and remembered by...
Cecil Kellis Kincaid
Sep 25, 2011
Cecil Kellis Kincaid , 83, of Kincaid, WV died on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 14, 1928 at Kincaid, WV he was the son of the late Elmer Ray and Beulah Anderson Kincaid. He was a retired clerk for N&W Railroad. Two brothers, Harvey Kincaid and Kyle Kincaid and two sisters, Dorcas...
Charles Dayton Ferris
Sep 25, 2011
Charles Dayton Ferris of Maple Fork - Born August 28, 1936 went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, September 25, 2011 after a courageous battle with a short term illness. Charles passed away peacefully at the Bowers Hospice Care Center of Cranberry, WV in the company of loved ones. A native of Lively, WV he was one of...
Freda Edith Kirk Massey
Sep 24, 2011
A life-long resident of Paint Creek, Freda Edith Kirk Johnson Massey , 60, of Collinsdale, WV went to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born October 03, 1950 at Huntington, WV she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Bessie Edith Grover Kirk. Mrs. Massey attended the...
Marshall William Jarrell
Sep 22, 2011
Marshall William Jarrell, age 88, of Glen Jean, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 17, 1923 at Burnwell, WV, he was the son of the late Jasper Anderson and Hazel Polly Jarrell. Mr. Jarrell was a coal miner having worked for Burnwell Colliery and was a member of...
Goldie M. Wriston Rinehart Dravenstott
Sep 20, 2011
Goldie Marie Wriston Rinehart Dravenstott , 90, of Conway, SC formerly of Mossy, WV died on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Kingston Nursing Center in Conway. Born July 31, 1921 at Mossy, WV she was the daughter of the late Perry J. and Martha Ervin Wriston. Mrs. Dravenstott was a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church, Mossy, where she...
Mary V. Burns Flack
Sep 18, 2011
Mary Virginia Burns Flack, 101, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 in Tacoma, Washington at the Lutheran Retirement Home. Born April 11, 1910 in Dawson, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Harvey and Margaret Shawver Burns. She attended schools in Greenbrier County and graduated from Smoot High School in 1929 as valedictorian. She was preceded in death...
Benjamin F. Davis
Sep 15, 2011
Benjamin Forrest Davis , 59, of Dempsey, WV died on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV. Born March 06, 1952 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Dennis Ulysses and Audrey Irene White Davis. He was a truck driver for Cabin Creek Lumber. Survivors include his wife, Susan Frances Deeter Davis,...
Betty M. Mcguffin Campbell
Sep 15, 2011
Betty McGuffin Campbell, 83, of Phoenix, AX died on Thursday, September 15, 2011. Born at Thurmond, WV she was a daughter of the late Claymus Wesley and Ethel Virginia Samples McGuffin. Her husband: Alfred Campbell, five sisters, Joyce Ann McGuffin, Mary Sue Hash, Harriett V. Bishop, Margaret E. “Maggie” Anderson and Carrie Jean Sumner and five brothers, John McGuffin, James...
Harrison O. Ash, Jr.
Sep 15, 2011
Harrison Oliver Ash Jr., 74, of San Rafael, CA passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Rafael, CA. Born June 27, 1937 at Detroit, MI he was the son of the late Harrison Oliver Ash, Sr. and Alfreda Brash Ash. Mr. Ash retired in Marin County, CA where he lived...
