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Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Sylvia Swanigan Bryant
Mar 2, 2011
Sylvia Swanigan Bryant, 81, of Sarahsville OH, passed away Friday, February 25, at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center. Born May 6, 1929 in Gatewood, WV she was the daughter of the late William H. and Laura (Presnell) Swanigan. She married Chester Bryant on April 10, 1949. Sylvia was a homemaker a proficient quilter enjoyed spending time with her family. Sylvia...
Drema S. Vance Helton
Mar 1, 2011
Drema Sue Vance Helton , 61, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at her home. Born March 18, 1949 at Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of the late McKinley and Hattie Martin Vance. Drema was a member of the Calvary Chapel, Beckley and a homemaker. Her husband, Jerry Lee Helton, Sr. preceded her in...
Ethel Lukie Berry
Feb 27, 2011
Ethel Berry, age 75 of Beckley, WV Passed away on Friday, February February 25, 2011 at BARH in Beckley. Born March 1, 1935 at Harvey, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Kathleen Cumbow Lukie and the step daughter of Wanda Lukie Craddock of Oak Hill, WV. Mrs. Berry was a homemaker. She was preceded in death...
Beryl Lacy Lockett
Feb 25, 2011
Beryl Lacy Lockett, age 59, of Hilltop, WV died February 25, 2011 at the Veterans Hospital in Beckley, WV after a long struggle with cancer. He was the son of Clarence L. and Lillian E. Lockett of Oak Hill. He was preceded in death by his parents and an older brother, Clarence E. Lockett. Upon his 1970 graduation for Collins...
Eugene E. Bowyer, Sr.
Feb 25, 2011
Eugene Edward Bowyer, Sr., age 73 of Beckley, WV formerly of Maple Fork, WV passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011 at his residence. Born May 22, 1937 at Willis Branch, WV, he was the son of the late George and Martha Mae Pinkerton Bowyer. Mr. Bowyer was a salesman having worked in the mining equipment industry and was a...
Mary S. Pauley
Feb 24, 2011
Mary Susan Pauley, 91, formerly of Fayetteville, WV, died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Dade City, FL, with her daughter by her side. She was born on the family farm at Alkol in Lincoln County, WV on February 2, 1920 to Arvil and Roxie Curry Meadows, who preceded her in death. She is survived by one sister, Della Patterson...
Phyllis J. Ross Miller
Feb 24, 2011
Phyllis June Ross Miller , 59, of Page, WV died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 11, 1952 at Mount Hope, PA she was the daughter of the late George William and Agnes Strout Ross. Phyllis was a graduate of LPN School in Beckley and a homemaker. Survivors include husband, David...
Alfred H. Kyne
Feb 24, 2011
Alfred Henry Kyne , 59, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the McDowell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Welch, WV. Born January 09, 1952 at McDowell County, WV he was the son of the late Alfred Lewis and Bessie Marie Green Kyne. He was a disabled US Army veteran. Mr. Kyne was a member of...
Adrian Ray Rhodes
Feb 23, 2011
Adrian Ray Rhodes , 44, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home. Born June 14, 1966 at Gary, IN he was the son of Norman Rhodes of Alabama and the late Linda Nugen Rhodes. Adrian loved the outside, fishing, cars and dirt bikes. He was kind-hearted to all he met. He dearly loved spending...
Kenneth Ray Walker
Feb 22, 2011
Kenneth Ray Walker , 55, of Rt. 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at his home of natural causes. Born November 25, 1955 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Bernard S. and Sophie K. McNeely Walker. He was a retired telephone serviceman for Verizon Telephone in Oak Hill. Mr. Walker was a member...
Coy W. Holley, Jr.
Feb 17, 2011
Coy Wilbur Holley , Jr. 61, of Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 31, 1949 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Coy W. and Edith Lunsford Holley. He was a disabled continuous miner operator for Beckley Coal Company. Mr. Holley was a member of...
James Patrick Allen
Feb 16, 2011
James Patrick Allen, 89, of Oak Hill, WV passed away at his residence on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Mr. Allen was a retired Agent for Peoples Life Insurance Company and a U. S. Army Veteran of World War II having attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was also a Lay Speaker and had served as Pastor of the Harvey...
Virgil M. Klosski
Feb 14, 2011
Virgil Mack Klosski , 64, of Wriston, WV died on Monday, February 14, 2011 at his home. Born March 29, 1946 at Ingram Branch, WV he was the son of the late Stanley S. Klosski and Jessie Phillips Bellew Klosski. Virgil was of the Baptist faith and retired from pipeline construction. A brother, Herbert Lee Bellew preceded him in death...
Jenny Matulis Duda
Feb 14, 2011
Jenny Ference Matulis Duda , 91, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, February 14, 2011 at her home. Born August 02, 1919 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Levondowski Ference. Mrs. Duda was a member of the Summerlee Presbyterian Church and the Oak Hill and Beckley Moose for over 60 years. She...
Marie L. Quilhot
Feb 13, 2011
Marie Lillian Quilhot , 73, of Beckley, WV died on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 01, 1937 at Elizabeth, NJ she was the daughter of the late Mary E. Andrews. She was a housekeeper for Hampton Inn, Beckley and retired from the University of Aurora, Illinois. Marie was a member of the...
Herbert Lee Bellew
Feb 13, 2011
Herbert Lee Bellew , 75, of Carlisle, WV died on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at his home. Born April 25, 1935 at Lick Fork, WV he was the son of the late Ballard and Jessie Phillips Bellew. Mr. Bellew was a retired mason. He was a member of the First Church of God at Carlisle and a volunteer for the...
Hank Webb
Feb 11, 2011
Robert "Hank" Hensley Webb, Jr. , 83, of Beckley, WV died on Friday, February 11, 2011 in Mesa, AZ. Born January 17, 1928 at Dothan, WV, he was the son of the late Hensley and Blanche Radford Webb. He was a retired Manager for Bell Atlantic Telephone Company with 39 years of service. Mr. Webb was a member of the...
Cathern L. Crawford Berry
Feb 11, 2011
Mrs. Cathern Leona Berry, 85, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. Born on October 5, 1925, Cathern was a daughter of the late William and Lorna Cathern Fitzpatrick Crawford. A sister, Genevieve Lilly and a brother, James "Bub" Crawford preceded her in death. Cathern was married...
Maxine Newhouse
Feb 7, 2011
Maxine Mae Burgess Newhouse , 63, of Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, February 07, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 13, 1947 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Ralph Walter and Beulah Marshall Burgess. Maxine was a 1964 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill and member of TOPS Wieght...
Pearl Mitchell Dodson
Feb 7, 2011
Pearl Mitchell Dodson , 82, of Rt 4 Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, February 07, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 12, 1928 at Bartley, WV she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Mattie Vandyke Mitchell. Mrs. Dodson was a homemaker. Her husband, Roy Flemon Dodson and son, Ray Dodson preceded her in...
