Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Shelbren Lee Johnston
Oct 20, 2011
Shelbren Lee Johnston , 78, of Page, WV died on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born May 03, 1933 at Blakely, WV he was the son of the late Homer William and Delcie V. Hayes Johnston. He was a retired coal miner for Central Appalachian. Mr. Johnston was a member of the...
Juanita Geneva Jeffers Davis
Oct 18, 2011
Juanita Geneva Jeffers Davis, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at her home. Born July 05, 1927 in Fola, WV in Clay county she was the daughter of the late William Lawrence and Lola Workman Jeffers of Oak Hill. Mrs. Davis was a very active member of the Jones Avenue First Church of God in...
Forest Lucille Settle Radford
Oct 17, 2011
Forest Lucille Settle Radford , 95, of Jacksonville, NC formerly of Robson, WV died on Monday, October 17, 2011 at Liberty Commons in Fayetteville, NC. Born November 28, 1915 at Robson, WV she was the daughter of the late Samuel Jackson and Bertie Buster Settle. She was a homemaker. Her husband, John Frederick Radford preceded her in death. Survivors include...
Jackie Charles Blake
Oct 16, 2011
Jackie Charles Blake , 78, of Dearborn Heights, MI died on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at his home. Born September 19, 1933 at Sanger, WV he was the son of the late Lawrence and Lena Vera Johnson Blake. Jackie worked as an auto mechanic, truck driver and in home improvement construction. He was the retired owner of Prime Roofing and...
Ralph Richard "Pud" Sydnor
Oct 16, 2011
Ralph Richard “Pud” Sydnor , 58, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 19, 1952 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late William Ralph "Sid" and Maxine E. Thomas Sydnor. He was a truck driver for Eddie Hampton Trucking. Mr. Sydnor was a...
Carlos Lee Keaton
Oct 15, 2011
Carlos Lee Keaton , 75, of Bozoo, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, WV. Born June 07, 1936 at Coal City, WV he was the son of the late Aubrey Lee and Okie Oreda Nugen Keaton. He was a retired taxi and MTA bus driver. Mr. Keaton attended...
Mary Lou Ceprich Shanks
Oct 13, 2011
Mary Lou Ceprich Shanks , 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at James River Rehab. and Convalescent in Newport News, VA. Born June 13, 1929 at Whipple, WV she was the daughter of the late Louis and Mary Magdalene Alexknovitch Ceprich. She was a retired bank teller. Mrs. Shanks was a member of the Sts....
Shirley J. Grant Rollins
Oct 13, 2011
Shirley Janet Grant Rollins , 74, of Mount Hope, WV formerly of Webster County, WV died on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born October 14, 1936 at Vermonet, WV she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Irene Bouchard Grant. She was the owner of C,J & R Grocery in Diana, Webster County,...
Edgar Bryan Neff
Oct 12, 2011
Surrounded by his family and loved ones, Edgar Bryan Neff , 38, of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at his home after a long illness. Born July 24, 1973 at Houston, TX he was the son of Edgar "Eddie" and Loretta Kay Smith Neff of Fayetteville, WV. Bryan was a long time employee of Shuff Lawn...
Grady V. Legg
Oct 12, 2011
Grady Vinson Legg , 81, of Oak Hill, WV died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at his home. Born April 16, 1930 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Chester V. Legg and Justine Lee Wickline Legg. A 1948 graduate of Oak Hill High School, Grady held a B.S. in Civil Engineering...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
