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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Nora Jane Tygrett
Sep 2, 2009
Nora Jane Meadows Tygrett, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 05, 1923 at Raleigh County, WV she was the daughter of the late Berman Earl Meadows, Sr. and Ollie Gilkerson Meadows Jones. Mrs. Tygrett attended Oak Hill High School and Beckley College and was a graduate...
Winifred L. Parker
Sep 1, 2009
Winifred Lawson Parker , 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 21, 1931 at Gatewood, WV he was the son of the late Rupert Cyrus and Zoe Mary Jones Parker. Mr. Parker was of the Christian faith. A brother, Dewey Parker and sisters, Ruth Hovis, Eleanor...
Margaret Coffman
Aug 31, 2009
Margaret Ann Coffman, 85, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, August 31, 2009 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born December 11, 1923 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Arno Coffman and Elizabeth Moran Coffman Webb and stepdaughter of the late Nelson Webb. Miss Coffman was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at...
Dorothy Abshire Berry
Aug 31, 2009
Dorothy Hutchison Abshire Berry, 77, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, August 31, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 10, 1932 at Salem, WV she was the daughter of the late Albert and Etta Elizabeth Rollins Hutchison. Dorothy was a member of the Peace In The Valley Church in Pax. She was a Medical...
Curtiss W. Martin
Aug 27, 2009
Curtiss William Martin, 64, of Mount Hope, WV passed into eternal life on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, Ohio. Curtis was diagnosed with lung cancer and had his lung removed in 1997. In the years since, he developed numerous health hurdles to over come stemming from his cancer. On Thursday, he finally succumbed to the earthly...
Jeremy T. Rinehart
Aug 26, 2009
Jeremy Thomas Rinehart, 33, of Rt. 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 25, 1976 in Beckley, WV he was the son of Thomas C. "Dude” Rinehart and his wife, Lisa of Lively, WV and Yevette "Vetsy" Settle Wilshire and her husband, Paul of Oak Hill, WV. He was...
Willie Sue Brash
Aug 26, 2009
MY LAST REQUEST Please don’t say that I gave up, just say that I gave in. Don’t say I lost the battle, for it was God’s war to lose or win. Please don’t say how good I was, but that I did my best, Just say I tried to do what’s right, to give the most I could - not...
Bessie E. Kirk
Aug 25, 2009
She is finally at peace. Bessie Edith Grover Kirk, 87, of Collinsdale, WV died on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at her home following a long illness. Born October 25, 1921 at Jackson, OH she was the daughter of the late Rupert and Cora Boggs Grover. She was a retired glassware maker for Owens Illinois Glassware in Huntington. Mrs. Kirk was...
Mattie J. Broyles
Aug 19, 2009
Mattie J. Bragg Broyles, 90, of Bradley, WV passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley. Born April 13, 1919 in Randolph County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Cora Simms Bragg. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Thompson; one sister, Violet Lilly and one brother, Lawrence Bragg. Survivors include four...
Thomas M. Powell
Aug 16, 2009
Thomas Melvin Powell, 63, of Oak Hill, passed away unexpectedly on August 14, 2009. He was born December 3, 1945 in Longacre, WV, the first of three children born to the late George William Melvin Powell and Lilly Evelyn Dixon Powell. He was a 1963 graduate of Fayetteville High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he...
Franklin Legg
Aug 14, 2009
Franklin D. Legg, 68, of Rt. 1, Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, August 14, 2009 at his home. Born October 21, 1940 at Minden, WV, he was the son of the late Roy Dewey and Ethel Lena Webster Legg. He was a disabled self-employed contractor. He was of the Christian faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Jackie P. "Jack" Guthrie
Aug 13, 2009
Jackie "Jack" Phil Guthrie, 75, of Hilltop, WV died on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at his home. Born April 12, 1934 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Robert B. Guthrie, Sr. and Gusta M. Weis Guthrie. Mr. Guthrie was a retired construction worker having called himself a "Jack of all trades." He worked on the...
Mary Ann Deturk
Aug 13, 2009
Mary Ann Ellison DeTurk, 80, of Asbury, WV died on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte, WV. Born December 10, 1928 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles "C.H." Ellison and Anna Ash Ellison. Mary Ann was a retired registered nurse having graduated from the Montgomery General Hospital nursing program....
Robert R. Davis
Aug 12, 2009
Robert Russell Davis, 62, of Dothan, WV died on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born November 06, 1946 at Morehead City, NC he was the son of the late Alvin G. and Ruth Ingram Davis. Mr. Davis was a retired service technician for Pacific Bell Telephone. He served in the US Air Force...
Claudie French Brown
Aug 11, 2009
Claudie French Brown, 83, of Middlesex, NC formerly of Long Branch, WV died on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. Born October 27, 1925 at Plum Orchard, WV he was the son of the late Okey and Faye Aliff Brown. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Brown was a member of the Ewing Creek Community...
Ida M. Martin
Aug 10, 2009
Ida Mae Shockey Martin, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, August 10, 2009 at her home. Born January 05, 1922 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Mamie Kincaid Shockey. Mrs. Martin was a member of the Mount Hope Assembly of God and was a homemaker. Her husband, Harry Clarence Martin; two daughters,...
William L. Hoover
Aug 10, 2009
William Lee "Bill" Hoover, 48, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, August 10, 2009 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born October 08, 1960 at Indianapolis, IN he was the son of Aurritta C. Waggoner Hoover Taylor of Oak Hill and the late Irvin Hoover of Indianapolis and stepson of the late Charles H. Taylor of Robson. Bill...
Margaret J. Broughman
Aug 7, 2009
Margaret Josephine Broughman, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, August 07, 2009 at Fayette Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, WV. Born May 23, 1925 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Harry St. George and Martha Josephine Harrah Broughman. She was a retired cashier for Kroger of Oak Hill with over 40 years...
James E. Wade, Sr.
Aug 5, 2009
James Edward Wade, Sr., 39, of Red Star, WV died on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born January 14, 1970 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Jimmy and Mary (Webb) Webb of Hilltop, WV Mr. Wade was a security guard and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Hilltop. In addition to...
Frank E. Burgess
Aug 3, 2009
Franklin Edward Burgess, 72, of Harvey, WV died on Monday, August 03, 2009 at his home. Born November 22, 1936 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Edmond and Carrie Kate Severn Burgess. He was a disabled furniture salesman. Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Burgess of Oak Hill and his companion, Myrtle V. Moses of Harvey. He...
