Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Myrtle Lou Mckown Lilly
Jun 11, 2011
Myrtle Lou McKown Lilly , 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at her home. Born June 08, 1928 at Calhoun County, WV she was the daughter of the late Evan and Shirley Powell McKown. Mrs. Lilly was employed for several years by the Fayette County Board of Education having taught at East End Elementary, Oak...
George Lechalk
Jun 10, 2011
George Lechalk, age 95, of Sun, WV, passed away on Friday, June10, 2011 at Hilltop Center at Hilltop, WV. Born June 14, 1915 at Oswald, WV, he was the son of the late Michael and Anna Morovich Lechalk. Mr. Lechalk worked as a mine foremen in the coal industry and was a member of the McDonald Masonic Lodge # 103...
Margaret Louise Wetzel Mcvey
Jun 9, 2011
Margaret Louise Wetzel McVey, age 87 of Statesville, NC, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the home of her son Charles "Chuck" McVey of Statesville, NC. Born January 18, 1924 in Beckley, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Thelma Broughman Wetzel. Margaret was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School...

Sharon D. Caral Estok
Jun 5, 2011
Sharon D. Caral Estok, age 48, of Broadveiw Heights, OH died on Sunday, June 5, 2011. She was the daughter of the late John and Floris Richmond Caral. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Herman and Ethel Bragg Richmond of Dothan and a cousin, Rodney Sutphin. Sharon was the beloved wife of 29 years, to Michael, loving...
Lyndon "Pete" Wines
Jun 3, 2011
Lyndon ”Pete” Wines, age 65, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Friday, June 3, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV Born March 31, 1946 at Long Branch, WV, he was the son of the late Luther Senate Wines and Lillie Maynor Bailey. Mr. Wines was a former employee of the Town of Pax. He was preceded in...
Hazel Warwick Kinsler
Jun 3, 2011
Hazel Warwick Kinsler , 87, of Scarbro, WV died on Friday, June 03, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 11, 1924 at McDonald, WV she was the daughter of the late William Preston and Nora Katheryn Green Warwick. She was a homemaker. Her husband, William John Kinsler, six brothers, Jim, Ted, Billy, Artie, Don, and...
Cindy Lynn Thomas
Jun 1, 2011
Cindy Lynn Thomas , 23, of Hilltop, WV formerly of Ravenswood, WV died on Wednesday, June 01, 2011 from injuries received in a tragic automobile accident at Hilltop, WV. Born July 23, 1987 at Charleston, WV she was the daughter of Danny Thomas of Fayetteville, WV and Cindy Kincaid Anderson of Oak Hill, WV and step-daughter of John Anderson. She...
James Stewart Wingrove
Jun 1, 2011
James Stewart Wingrove , 78, of Bradley, WV died on Wednesday, June 01, 2011 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 02, 1932 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late Emery and Mable Williams Wingrove. He was retired from General Motors. Mr. Wingrove was a member of the Rock Assembly Church, Kilsyth and was...
Shannon Dale Cobb
May 30, 2011
Shannon Dale Cobb , 44, of Stanley, NC formerly of Kincaid, WV died on Monday, May 30, 2011 in Charlotte, NC. Born April 27, 1967 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Dorothy Lee “Dot” Stonestreet Cobb of Kincaid, WV and the late Delbert Wilson Cobb. Shannon was an Underground Boring Supervisor for Xtreme Services in Gastonia, NC....
Jack Walter Bond, Sr.
May 29, 2011
Jack Walter Bond , Sr., 74, of Stanaford, WV died on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at his home. Born November 21, 1936 at Portsmouth, OH he was the son of the late Jack Stewart and Juanita Bell Bond Bond. Mr. Bond was a member of the Bradley Church of God. He was a former coal miner having worked at Winding...
Barbara Ann Nichols
May 28, 2011
Barbara Ann Matthews Nichols, 73, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born September 16, 1937 at MacDonald, WV, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Ronald and Jennie Scott Mathews. Barbara worked along with her husband as business partners in the family business, Nichols Exxon Service Center, Oak...

Twyla Lilly Brown
May 25, 2011
Twyla Dawn Lilly Brown , 42, of Surfside Beach, SC formerly of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at Hospice Center in Mount Pleasant, SC. Born August 21, 1968 at Orlando, FL she was the daughter of Betty Jo Elmore Lilly and the late Howard Lilly, Jr. Twyla was service manager for Crabby Mike's Restaurant in Surfside...
David Okey Wood
May 24, 2011
David Okey Wood , 66, of Robson, WV died on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at his home. Born March 07, 1945 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Okey and Irma Bond Wood. David was the owner/operator of Woods Quick Mart for 24 years. He was an active member of the Loup Creek Fire Department for over...
Clifford Bartley Sexton
May 23, 2011
Clifford Bartley Sexton, age 37, of Gatewood Road, Fayetteville, WV, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011 at his mother's home. Born August 27, 1973, at Beckley, WV, he was the son of Elsie Louise Rhodes Sexton of Fayetteville and the late Clifford Franklin Sexton. Clifford was a 1991 graduate of Fayetteville High School and also a graduate of WVU...
Robert Franklin Painter
May 23, 2011
Robert Franklin Painter, age 89, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the VAMC in Beckley. Born February 19, 1922 in Oak Hill, he was the son of the late James C. and Emily T. Taylor Painter. Mr. Painter was owner of Robert F. Painter, CPA. He was a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church,...
Mary Lou Lang Friley
May 19, 2011
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me, Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be, Let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, Let it be....
Debra D. Fugate Adkins
May 14, 2011
Debra Diane Fugate Adkins , 55, of Scarbro, WV died on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 20, 1956 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Daniel "Buck" and Mary Katherine Blethen Fugate. Mrs. Adkins was a member of the Lifebridge Assembly of God, Oak Hill and a...
Doris Jones Cheetham
May 12, 2011
Doris Jean Cheetham, 70, of Mount Hope, WV passed away at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV on Thursday, May 12, 2011, following a short illness. She was born on August 16, 1940, in Harvey, WV the daughter of the late Charles and Jessie L. Cumbow Jones. She will be remembered as a kind and loving person who won...
Carrie Jean Mcguffin Sumner
May 9, 2011
Carrie Jean McGuffin Sumner, 84, of Grants, NM died on Monday, May 9, 2011. Born on August 25, 1926 in Thurmond, West Virgina she was a daughter of the late Claymus Wesley and Ethel Virginia Samples McGuffin. Carrie was retired from Levine' Department Store as the Manager. Her husband: Billy Sumner, son, Larry Wayne Sumner, four sisters, Joyce Ann McGuffin,...
Bessie Lou Frazier Allen
May 8, 2011
Bessie Lou Frazier Allen , 66, of Beards Fork, WV died on Sunday, May 08, 2011 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Born October 10, 1944 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of Lavada Robinson Frazier Reising of Elyria, OH and the late Clarence W. Frazier. Mrs. Allen was Postmaster for US Postal Service at Alloy for 25...