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Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
John C. Reed
Oct 16, 2008
John Charles Reed , 70, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at his home. Born August 04, 1938 at Huntington, WV he was the son of the late Warren M. and Virginia Mae Campbell Reed. His was a life well lived. John was a 1956 graduate of Huntington East High School. He was a US Army...
David Allen Thompson
Oct 15, 2008
David Allen Thompson , 48, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 following injuries received in an automobile accident on Rt. 19. Born April 11, 1960 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Robert "Bob" and Martha Yarber Thompson of Oak Hill. He was a restaurant cook having received a certificate in Culinary Arts. Mr....
Paul D. Jones
Oct 14, 2008
Paul Douglas Jones, age 64, of Kincaid, W.Va., died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at VAMC, Beckley, after a long illness. Born Nov. 1, 1943, at Ethel, Logan County, W.Va. he was the son of the late Hillery Jones and Cynthia Matheny Jones Bailey. Mr. Jones was a retired salesman and manager for Heilig-Meyers Co., Rainelle, W.Va. He was a...
Cecil Raymond Jarrett
Oct 14, 2008
Cecil Raymond Jarrett, age 83, of Scarbro, W.Va. passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Hidden Valley Nursing facility in Oak Hill after a long illness. Born March 8, 1925, at Milburn, W.Va., he was the son of the late Thearon Jarrett, Sr. and Mary Rose Drain Jarrett of Paint Creek. Cecil was a retired coal miner having worked...
Mary Hash
Oct 14, 2008
Mary Pralgauski Hash, 98, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born April 20, 1910 at Raleigh, WV she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Rosalie Pralgauski. She was a retired school cook for the Fayette County Board of Education having worked at Lochgelly, Rosedale and Oak Hill. Mrs....
Stella Lafferty Russell
Oct 11, 2008
Stella Lafferty Russell, 97, of Beckley, WV passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at SunBridge Pine Lodge Care & Rehab in Beckley, WV. Born April 09, 1911 at Willis Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Otis and Ollie Payne Lafferty. Mrs. Russell was a member of the Church of God in Beckley. She loved housekeeping, working...
Alfred W. Foster, Jr.
Oct 11, 2008
Alfred W. Foster Jr., 87, of Scarbro, WV died on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at his home. Born August 19, 1921 at Scarbro, WV he was the son of the late Willis Alfred Foster, Sr. and Laura Victoria Martin Foster. He was a retired coal miner. Also during his working years he was a Fayette County Constable, School Bus driver...
Becky Sue Cline
Oct 7, 2008
Becky Sue Cline, 55, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born September 17, 1953 at Kanawha Falls, WV she was the daughter of the late Thomas Cline, Jr.and Sarah Florence Clark Cline. Becky was a 1971 graduate of Fayetteville High School. She had a Bachelor's degree from West Virginia...
Margaret M. Boggess
Oct 7, 2008
Margaret Magalene Pauley Boggess, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV after a sudden illness. Born July 29, 1931 at Riverside, WV she was the daughter of the late George and Mae Sites Pauley. Mrs. Boggess was a member of the LifeBridge Assembly of God, Oak Hill and...
Marian Herndon Mcquade
Sep 29, 2008
Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade, a tireless advocate for senior citizen rights and founder of National Grandparents Day, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, September 26, 2008 at Hilltop Center, Hilltop, WV . She was 91 years old. The daughter of the late Clarence and Lucille (Dickerson) Herndon, she born on January 18, 1917 in Caperton , WV. Marian was a...
Rebecca Rae Plasha
Sep 27, 2008
Rebecca Rae Plasha, 58, of Lochgelly, WV went to be with Jesus and her mommy and daddy on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 08, 1949 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late Betty Lou Nicholls Plasha and John James Plasha. Becky had been a beloved resident at Hidden...
Carolyn Comer Defoe
Sep 27, 2008
Carolyn J. Wade Comer DeFoe, 62, of Oak Hill, WV became our loving mother angel watching over us in Heaven on Saturday, September 27, 2008. She left this earth after a long courageous battle with cancer. She passed away at home with her loving family surrounding her. All those who loved her and knew her know what a big heart...
Charles F. Mahood
Sep 23, 2008
Charles Francis Mahood, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 22, 1925 at Sun, WV he was the son of the late Frederick R. and Oma G. Vandall Mahood. He was a retired painter foreman for the Town of Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Mahood was a member...
Ruth Richmond Edwards
Sep 23, 2008
Ruth Richmond Edwards, 80, of Kingston, OH formerly of Dothan, WV passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, following an extended illness. She left this world in the same way that she lived her life, completely encircled by her family members who loved her so much. She was born on December 23, 1927, in Dothan, West Virginia, the daughter of...
Sammy Dennis Sparacino
Sep 22, 2008
Sammy Dennis Sparacino, of Beckley, WV passed away on Monday, September 22, 2008, after a long battle with colon cancer. He was in his 71st year. Born on May 20, 1937, and raised in Mabscott, WV he was the son of the late Santo and Chiara (Mary) Ciatto Sparacino. The youngest of 12 children and he was known only as...
Gladys I. Nichols
Sep 20, 2008
Our mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Gladys Irene Kees Nichols, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at her home Born December 15, 1932 at Collinsdale, WV she was the daughter of the late Homer Douglas and Leva Mae Marcum Kees. Mrs. Nichols attended the Oak Hill Christian Church at Summerlee and was a homemaker. She...
Sally J. Janney
Sep 20, 2008
Sally Jean Leslie Baggs Janney, 72, of Oak Hill, WV died at her home on Saturday, September 20, 2008. Born August 27, 1936 at Ludowici, GA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Hall and Thelma Christine Swindell Baggs. She was preceded in death by a sister, Shelby Baggs Hallman, Lakeland, FL. She is survived by her husband, Dr....
William R. Gardner
Sep 20, 2008
William Ray Gardner, 66, of Terry, WV died on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the home of his son, William. Born January 05, 1942 at Norville, WV he was the son of the late William Ellis and Marie Plumley Gardner. He was a US Army veteran. Survivors include two sons, William Ray Gardner, II of Terry, Sean Gardner of Clifton...
Janet "Ginger" Estep
Sep 19, 2008
Janet "Ginger" Elmore Markivich Estep, 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, September 19, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill after a long illness. Born July 31, 1937 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Harold Waddell Elmore and Goldie Elmore Humphrey. Mrs. Estep was a member of the Smyrna Baptist Church, Smyrna,...
Elsie Pearl Williams
Sep 18, 2008
Elsie Pearl DeBoard Williams , 87, of Pax, WV died on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 18, 1921 at Clay County, WV she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Emma Smith DeBoard. Elsie was a member of the Beckley Seventh Adventist Church and was a homemaker. She was preceded in...
