Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Ed Wygal
Jan 20, 2009
Ed Wygal, 90, of Beaver, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 08, 1918 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Creed T. and Frances Walkup Wygal. He was a US Army veteran serving in World War II and received a Bronze...
Rosemary Boardwine Wriston
Jan 16, 2009
Our loving wife, mother and grandmother, Rosemary Boardwine Wriston, 64, of Scarbro, WV was serenaded by the angels into the gates of Heaven on Friday, January 16, 2009. Born January 22, 1944 at Carlisle, WV she was the daughter of Katherine Miller Boardwine of Fayetteville, WV and the late Clifford Boardwine. Mrs. Wriston was a member of the Mossy Living...
John H. Wooldridge, Sr.
Jan 16, 2009
John H. Wooldridge, Sr.,73, of Bradley, WV died Friday, January 16, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 5, 1935, at Thacker, WV, he was the son of the late Bryant and Maggie Ford Wooldridge. He retired from the coal mining industry and was a member of the U.M.W.A. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Violet A. Mccallister
Jan 16, 2009
Violet Adair Brown McCallister, 96, of Scarbro, WV died on Friday, January 16, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born September 08, 1912 at Kilsyth, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late John Bolen and Sarah Elizabeth Payne Brown. Violet was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing and cooking for her family. Her husband, James Albert...
Shara Epperly Jenkins
Jan 15, 2009
Shara Epperly Jenkins, 73, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at her home. Born October 17, 1935 at Cunard, WV she was the daughter of the late William P. and Zella Morton McGriff. Shara was a 1954 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill and attended Beckley College. She was a former employee of the...
Billy Ray Ayers, Sr.
Jan 14, 2009
Billy Ray Ayers, Sr., 67, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 04, 1941 at Royal, WV he was the son of the late Orville Preston and Katherine Marie Ayers. He was a retired welder for Long Airdox of Oak Hill. Survivors include two daughters, Leslie Foster...
Lorena M. Lester
Jan 12, 2009
Lorena Mae Jones Lester, 70, of Arlington, VA died on Monday, January 12, 2009 at Hagerstown, MD. Born October 09, 1938 in West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Harold and Thelma Jarrell Jones. She was a retired Administrative Assistant for Arlington County, VA. Her husband, Donald F. Lester preceded her in death on June 19, 2000. Survivors...
John H. Morris
Jan 11, 2009
John Hancock Morris, 81, a fifteen-year resident of Elkton, VA formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, VA. Born July 05, 1927 at Welch, WV he was the son of the late Walter and Maude Myrtle Hancock Morris. Mr. Morris was a retired teacher with 40 years service and...
Pauline C. Ramey
Jan 10, 2009
Pauline C. Ramey, 76, of Mount Hope, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, January 10, 2009, at Sunbridge Pine Lodge, where she was a patient for 13 years. Born May 29, 1932 at Clifftop, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Bessie Parrish Coy. Mrs. Ramey was a disabled office manager for Tamroy Mining Inc. and...
Mary A. Goode
Jan 10, 2009
Mary Ann, nee Penrod, Goode, 102, long time resident of Oak Hill, West Virginia, born September 26, 1906, in the family log cabin in Wayne County, West Virginia, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Cedar Ridge Healthcare Center, Lebanon, Illinois. Mrs. Goode was born Isabel Spurlock and was adopted at the age of eleven months by Joseph and Julia Penrod...
Jean Ann Mcadams
Jan 9, 2009
Jean Ann McAdams, 57, of Bradley, WV died on Friday, January 09, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born June 23, 1951 at Beckley, WV she was a daughter of Helen Spade Suttle of Bradley and the late Rev. Carlos Suttle. Jean Ann was a machine operator having worked for Precision Twist Drill in Crystal Lake, Illinois. In addition...
Paul Lee Logan, Sr.
Jan 6, 2009
Mr. Paul Lee Logan Sr. 71, of Lake City, FL died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 at The Lake City Medical Center after a brief illness. He was a native of Tamroy, West Virginia and had made his home in Lake City for the past 6 years, moving here from Murphy. NC. He was a member of the Lake City Christian...
William Terchek
Jan 2, 2009
William F. Terchek, 95, of Minden, WV died Friday, January 2, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a long illness. Born April 18, 1913 at Forest City, PA, he was the son of the late Frank and Frances Moser Terchek. He was retired from the maintenance department at Montgomery General Hospital, Montgomery, WV. He was a member of...
Paul Junior Gardner
Dec 31, 2008
Paul Junior Gardner, 63, of Mill Creek, Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 30, 1945 at Laurel Creek, WV he was the son of the late Cecil Arvil and Rosetta Mae Ward Gardner. He was a debarker for the Jim C. Hamer Company at Garden Grounds. Mr. Gardner...
Vivian Shrewsbury
Dec 28, 2008
Vivian Farris Shrewsbury , 89, of Iron Station, NC formerly of Glen Morgan, WV died on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at CMC Lincoln Medical Center in Lincolnton, NC. Born January 17, 1919 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Madison VanBuren and Bessie Stover Farris. Mrs. Shrewsbury was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her...
Lucille Wolford
Dec 27, 2008
Lucille Thresa Lowe Wolford, 88, of Gatewood, died Saturday, December 27, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born February 17, 1920 in Logan County, WV, she was a daughter of the late George and Pearl Criche Lowe. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill. She was preceded in death...
Dino S. Garten
Dec 26, 2008
Dino Shawndale Garten, 36, of Page, formerly of Lester, W.Va., died on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at his home. Born June 28, 1972, at Beckley, W.Va., he was the son of Margaret L. Hundley Dolin and her husband, Junior Ray, of Page, W.Va., and Bewey MacArthur Garten, Jr. and wife, Jennifer, of Lester, W.Va. He was a construction laborer. Dino...
Glenda Sloan
Dec 25, 2008
Glenda Gay Armstrong Sloan , 68, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born August 30, 1940 at Carbondale, WV she was the daughter of Thelma Jean Baber Armstrong of Mount Hope and the late Joseph Robert Armstrong. She was a disabled agent for Peoples Life Insurance. She was preceded...
Dessie D. Thomas
Dec 25, 2008
Dessie Deloris Naylor Thomas , 85, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born October 08, 1923 at Clay County, WV she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Burma Morton Naylor. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church. She was...
Veoma Morris Bowles
Dec 25, 2008
Veoma P. Morris Bowles, 74, of Oak Hill, WV left her earthly home to reside with the Lord in her heavenly home on Christmas morning, Thursday, December 25, 2008 following a lengthy illness. Born September 04, 1934 at Thayer, WV she was the daughter of the late William E. "Ernie" and Annie Avancini Morris. She was married to the late...
