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Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Frances Lynn Jones
May 8, 2010
Frances Lynn Jones, 55, died peacefully in her home in Wallace, WV early Monday morning May 3, 2010, with her loving partner of 26 years, Hilry Gordon, by her side. The only daughter of Fannie Irene Jones and Alonzo (Lonnie) Bruce Jones, her life was characterized by extraordinary kindness, which continued through a grueling two-year battle with brain cancer in...
Harold Hamilton Garrett
May 8, 2010
Harold Hamilton Garrett, age 83, of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Saturday,May 8, 2010 at Plateau Medical Center after a extended illness. Born August 23, 1926 at Gatewood, WV, he was the son of the late Ernest and Ella Daniels Garrett. Harold retired from the maintainance department at the Fayette County Board of Education and was a veteran having served...
Janice M. Williams
May 6, 2010
Janice M. Radford Williams , 74, of Mulberry, WV died on Thursday, May 06, 2010 at her home. Born December 07, 1935 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late Roy Burton and Eva Marie Dial Radford. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Page Baptist Church where she taught the Ladies Sunday school class. She was a...
Ernest W. "Bill" Goad
May 6, 2010
Ernest William “Bill” Goad , 67, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, May 06, 2010 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born January 17, 1943 at Radford, VA he was the son of the late Robert W. and Helen Owens Goad. He was a truck driver for WLA Trucking, Inc. Mr. Goad was a member of the Bradley...
Gary Wayne Sexton
May 1, 2010
Gary Wayne Sexton , 46, of Scarbro, WV died on Saturday, May 01, 2010 at his home. Born June 06, 1963 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Paul Dennis and Fern D. Moore Sexton of Scarbro. He was a disabled mine belt repairman and former truck driver. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two...
Everett Lee Rhodes
Apr 30, 2010
Everett Lee Rhodes, 83, of Oak Hill, WV passed away April 30, 2010 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. He was born August 20, 1926 at Mt. Carbon, WV. He is one of ten children of the late Vincent and Virginia Woods Rhodes. Everett was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II. He...
Lucille M. Newell
Apr 28, 2010
Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. Psalms 116:7 Lucille M. Newman Newell , 102, of Oak Hill, WV, the widow of Dr. Donald C. Newell, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at her home. One of four children, she was born in Danbury, Nebraska to John L. Newman and...
Charles E. "Spank" Duncan, Sr.
Apr 25, 2010
Charles Edward "Spank" Duncan, Sr. , 71, of Minden, WV died on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Fayette Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, WV. Born January 02, 1939 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late David Duncan, Sr. and Hannah Deck Duncan. He was a retired coal miner. Survivors include his wife, Della Duncan; two...
Calvin Matthew Jones
Apr 24, 2010
Calvin Matthew Jones , 43, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Weston, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident on Interstate 79 near Weston. Born September 21, 1966 at Columbus, OH he was the son of the late Calvin S. and Glenna Mae Lewis Jones. Currently an automobile technician with...
Douglas W. Matheny
Apr 22, 2010
Douglas Wayne Matheny , 68, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at his home. Born April 19, 1942 at Westerly, WV he was the son of the late Garvis Chester and Gwennia Warwick Matheny Spradlin and stepson of the late William Hubert Spradlin. He was a carpenter and US Army veteran. He was preceded in death...
Tammy Bragg Withrow
Apr 21, 2010
Tammy Marie Bragg Withrow , 41, of Fayetteville, WV formerly of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday,April 21, 2010 at her home. Born October 15, 1968 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Gerald D. and Brenda Bragg. She was a disabled certified nursing assistant Mrs. Withrow was of the Church of God faith. An uncle, Lee Dilley and...
Carrie J. Wiseman
Apr 20, 2010
Carrie J. Nalley Wiseman , 73, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at her home. Born October 16, 1936 at Ziniman, LA she was the daughter of the late Clarence R. and Winnie Faust Nalley. Mrs. Wiseman was a member of the First Brethren Church, Oak Hill and was a retired day care worker. She was...
Lloyd L. Marcum
Apr 19, 2010
Lloyd L. Marcum , 74, of Marietta, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with Jesus on Monday, April 19, 2010 at his home. Born January 11, 1936 at Williamson, WV he was the son of the late William Riley Marcum and Beatrice Phillips Marcum Blankenship and stepson of the late Martha Mary Hifner Marcum. Lloyd was...
Calvin C. "Skip" Williams
Apr 14, 2010
With his wife by his side, Calvin C. "Skip" Williams, Jr., 62, of Mount Hope, WV went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley after battling a long illness. The youngest of three children of the late Calvin C. Williams, Sr. and Ruth M. Hurd Williams, he was born November 01,...
Gladys Vest Woods
Apr 10, 2010
On, Saturday, April 10, 2010, Gladys Hall Vest Woods passed away gently following a month of successive illness, at the Westminster Health Care Center, Rock Hill, SC, her residence since 2005. Born July 09, 1920 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Bert Benson and Opal Gladys Hall Vest. She was a graduate of Mullens High School...
Pauline Pemberton Toney
Apr 8, 2010
Pauline Jean Pemberton Toney , 86, of Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, April 08, 2010 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born January 31, 1924 at Portsmouth, OH she was the daughter of the late Floyd "Dude" and Bessie Mae Carmen Pemberton. Mrs. Toney was a member of the Scarbro Baptist Church and a homemaker. Her husband, Leon Franklin Toney...
Melissa B. Richmond
Apr 5, 2010
Melissa Bell Arbaugh Richmond of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 05, 2010 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born at Alderson, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Price and Mary Melissa Ball Arbaugh. Mrs. Richmond was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church. She was a retired sale clerk for Sears and...
Rex Lane Mullins
Apr 5, 2010
Coal Miners Prayer Bright white lamps illume their way, So far removed from light of day. One hundred tests they face each week, Down in the mines the coal to seek. Trained to live beneath the soil, In dark and damp they had to toil. To wrest the minerals from the land, By strength of mind and back of hand....
Ralph D. Deal, Sr.
Apr 4, 2010
Ralph David Deal Sr., 62, of Bradley, WV died on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 13, 1947 at Kilsyth, WV he was the son of the late Rodney Charles and Margie Marie Oliver Deal, Sr.. He was a retired coal miner and served in the US Navy during the Vietnam Era. Survivors...
Joseph E. Jordan, Sr.
Apr 2, 2010
Joseph E. Jordan, Sr., 84, of Oak Hill, died Friday, April 2, 2010 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley. Born April 24, 1925 at Layland, he was the son of the late Frank M. Jordan, Sr. and Kathleen Moran Jordan. He was a retired electrician for Wallace and Wallace Music Co., Oak Hill; a veteran of World War II having...
