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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Martha Jane Craddock
Apr 10, 2009
Martha Jane Bailey Craddock, 87, of Pax, WV died Friday, April 10, 2009 at CAMC Memorial Division, Charleston, WV after a short illness. Born December 7, 1921 at Pemberton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charley James and Rosa Zetta Adkins Bailey. She was Secretary-Treasurer of Mike Craddock Coal Company and J. and A. Coal Company and was...
Helen M. Martin
Apr 9, 2009
Helen Mae Katherine Bailey Martin, 76, of Beckley, WV formerly of Packs Branch, WV died on Thursday, April 09, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born August 23, 1932 at home in Packs Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Alfred C. and Leliah Fletcher Bailey. Mrs. Martin was of the Baptist...
David T. Lindsay
Apr 8, 2009
David Tillman Lindsay, 68, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 18, 1940 at Kincaid, WV he was the son of the late James Harry and Ethel May Smith Lindsay. David was a coal miner in his younger years. He moved to Florida in...
Almeda A. Stover
Apr 6, 2009
Almeda Ardella Dooley Stover, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 06, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 20, 1924 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late William Rexford and Carrie Mae Stahl Dooley. Mrs. Stover was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church of Oak Hill and a...
Violet C. Bennett
Apr 5, 2009
Violet C. Murdock Bennett of Maple Fork, WV died on Sunday, April 05, 2009 at Heartland of Beckley, WV. She was born August 30, 1915 to the late Clarence M. and Orpha Kirby Murdock. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norvel J. Bennett; son-in-law, James Percy Clay; two brothers, Glen and Elwood Murdock and one sister, Ethel Murdock...
Bonnie R. Watters
Apr 4, 2009
Bonnie Ruth Davis Watters, 78, of Oak Hill, WV passed away peacefully, Saturday, April 4, 2009, at her home, with her daughter-in-law, Melissa by her side. Born April 6, 1930 at Welch, WV, she was the daughter of the late Everette Ward and Ida Ellen Smith Davis. Bonnie was a homemaker and a member of the Jones Avenue First Church...
Tom R. Spears
Apr 4, 2009
Tom Ray Spears, 89, of Mount Hope, WV died Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV after a short illness. He was born February 19, 1920 at Cribs, WV a son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Hallie Armstrong Spears. Tom was a used and new wholesaler and retailer. He was a member of the...
Mary Lucille Dempsey
Apr 4, 2009
Mary Lucille Dempsey, age 84, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. Born June 7, 1924 at Graydon, WV, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Dorsey and Thelma Parker Dorsey Davis. Mrs. Dempsey was a homemaker and a member of...
Anita Delores Watkins
Apr 2, 2009
Surrounded by her husband, children and close friends, Anita Delores Doyle Watkins, 61, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, April 02, 2009 at home after a prolonged battle with fibrosis of the lungs. Born January 31, 1948 at Fort Worth, TX she was the daughter of Mary Choate Beauchamp and the late Eugene Doyle. Anita was a kind and...
Drewie Paul Shrewsberry
Apr 2, 2009
Paul Shrewsberry, 67, of Scarbro died Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Beckley after a long illness. Born December 5, 1941 at Bud, WV, he was the son of Aline Sizemore Shrewsberry of Fayetteville and the late Estel Shrewsberry. Mr. Shrewsberry was a disabled veteran having served with the US Marine Corps and was a member...
Verna Conner
Apr 2, 2009
Verna Toney Conner of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, April 02, 2009 at the Specialty Select Hospital at Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born April 29, 1922 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Sam and Lottie Bragg Toney. Verna was a homemaker and attended the Dothan Community Church. She was preceded in death by...
Estel Julie Pennington Adkins
Apr 2, 2009
Estel Julie Pennington Adkins, age 42, of Hilltop, WV passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born September 4, 1966 in Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Willis Eugene and Lottie Ann Elsie Evans Smith. Estel was a disabled CNA having last worked at Hidden Valley Health Center. She...
Spiro Buncic
Mar 29, 2009
Spiro Buncic, 91, of Cleveland, OH died on Sunday, March 29, 2009 in Cleveland. Born August 26, 1917 in Yugoslavia, he was the son of the late Pero and Marija Shempraga Buncic. Mr. Buncic was retired from the Van Dorin Company. His dear companion, Betty Garrett preceded him in death on July 23, 1992. He was the beloved father of...
Mary E. Ripoll Thompson
Mar 28, 2009
Mary Elizabeth Ripoll Thompson, 85, of Ashland, KY died on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at the Hospice Care Center in Ashland, KY. Born August 05, 1923 at Lochgelly, WV she was the daughter of the late Vincente Casto and Elsie Fridley Ripoll. Mrs. Thompson was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Ashland, KY and a homemaker. She graduated...
Darrel R. Massey
Mar 28, 2009
Darrel R. Massey, age 88, of Gatewood, WV went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV after a long illness. Born May 25, 1920 at Crab Orchard, WV, he was the son of the late Walter and Minnie Mae Patterson Massie. Darrel attended Salem Road Freewill Baptist Church where he...
Robert G. Adkins
Mar 28, 2009
Robert Gene Adkins, 81, of Greensboro, NC, formerly of Huntington, WV, died on March 11, 2009 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 03, 1927 at Cunard, WV he was the son of the late Otey and Garnet Lego Adkins. Bob had worked as a Hospital Administrator for the Huntington Hospital and as a...
Ralph E. Kincaid
Mar 27, 2009
Ralph E. Kincaid, 79, of Packs Branch, WV died on Friday, March 27, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 24, 1929 at Packs Branch, WV he was the son of the late Wayman Lonnie and Russie Bailey Kincaid. He was a retired Tipple Plant Operator for King Powellton Coal in Kingston. Mr. Kincaid was a member...
Edgar H. Graff, Jr.
Mar 26, 2009
Edgar Howard Graff, Jr., 84, of Ocala, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2009. Born November 20, 1924 in Scarbro, WV he was a son of the late Helen Sanger Graff and Edgar H. Graff, Sr. He was a graduate of Oak Hill High School and so enjoyed attending the events of the OHH/CHS...
Laura L. Keaton
Mar 25, 2009
Laura Louise Ference Gulkowski Keaton, 96, of Summerlee, WV died on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. The third of thirteen children, she was born on July 15, 1912 in Chicago, IL the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Levondowski Ference. Mrs. Keaton worked in the Philadelphia shipyards in 1941,...
Ruby M. Johnson
Mar 24, 2009
Ruby Mae Hicks Johnson, 97, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at home in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 12, 1911 at Cabell County, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry B. and Ida Conner Hicks. She was a homemaker. Ruby was active for many years in the Oak Hill and Fayetteville Baptist churches...
