Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Billy Payne
Mar 16, 2009
Billy Payne, 85, of Murfreesboro, TN formerly of Dothan, WV passed away on Monday, March 16, 2009 at the Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, TN. Born April 29, 1923 at Dothan, WV he was the son of the late Charles Rankin and Della Beatrice Toney Payne. He was a graduate of Oak Hill High School and a retired coal...
Les S. Mckinney
Mar 15, 2009
Dr. Les Simpson McKinney, age 73, of Pinellas Park, FL, passed away on March 10, 2009 following a battle with Alzheimer’s. Born on August 4, 1935 in Gallipolis, Ohio, Les was preceded in death by his parents, Dell and Fannie McKinney. Surviving are his wife, Sally D. McKinney, daughters Vicki Johnson and husband Rick of Pinellas Park, FL, Kathy Sumner...
Hayleigh Faith Treadway
Mar 15, 2009
Hayleigh Faith Treadway, infant daughter of Marshall and Jessie Lynn Kees Treadway of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. She was born March 15, 2009 at Huntington, WV. In addition to her parents she is survived by her paternal grandparents, Rick and Karen Treadway of Ona; maternal grandparents, Greg and...
Abigail Grace Treadway
Mar 13, 2009
Abigail Grace Treadway, infant daughter of Marshall and Jessie Lynn Kees Treadway of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, March 13, 2009, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. She was born Friday, March 13, 2009 at Huntington. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her paternal grandparents, Rick and Karen Treadway of Ona; maternal grandparents, Greg and Della Kees...
Rita Dove Snyder
Mar 13, 2009
Rita Jeanette Dove Snyder, 67, of Murrells Inlet, SC formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, March 13, 2009 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet, SC. Born August 29, 1941 at Penbrook, WV she was the daughter of Everette Hueston Dove of Oak Hill, WV and the late Bessie Lillian Cox Dove. Rita was a 1959 graduate of...
Joyce Johnson Bell
Mar 11, 2009
Joyce Jean Johnson Bell, 74, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 26, 1934 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Jean Patrick Johnson. She was a homemaker. Joyce graduated from the Ashland (KY) High School in 1952. Governor Wallace Wilkinson named her...
Stanley E. "Eddie" Cody
Mar 10, 2009
With his parents, siblings and a close friend by his side, Stanley Edward Cody, 26, of Scarbro, WV, affectionately known as "Eddie" to most, died on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at the UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA Born April 7, 1982 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV, he was the son of Stanley H. and Kathy Withrow Cody of Scarbro....
Brian William Cameron
Mar 10, 2009
Brian William Cameron, infant son of Charles Jason and Amanda Lee Cruikshanks Cameron was stillborn on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at CAMC - Women and Children's Hospital in Charleston, WV. A great grandmother, Mae Cruikshanks preceded him in death. Survivors include In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Charles Aiden Cameron of Oak Hill; maternal grandparents,...
Kathleen A. Stadtler
Mar 10, 2009
Kathleen Anne Cummings Stadtler, 46, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 08, 1962 at Pittston, PA she was the daughter of Anne Kathryn Burt Cummings of Pittston, PA and the late Michael Cummings. She was a member of the Faithbridge Assembly of God and a homemaker....
