Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
John Robert Jewell
Dec 22, 2008
John Robert Jewell , 63, of Pax, WV died on Monday, December 22, 2008 at his home. Born April 23, 1945 at Maple Fork, WV he was the son of the late Johnny Newton and Nina Hale Jewell. He was a retired machinist for I.T.W. of Glenview, IL. Mr. Jewell was a member of the Maple Fork Baptist Church. He...
Steven Joe Hamilton, Sr.
Dec 21, 2008
Steven Joe Hamilton, Sr. , 50, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 13, 1958 at Welch, WV he was the son of the late George and Maxine Moxley Hamilton. Steven was a long distance truck driver for Warrior Express. Survivors include his wife, Elaine Harris Hamilton; two...
Evelyn Grose Adkins
Dec 20, 2008
Evelyn Grose Adkins, 72, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born March 06, 1936 at Bluefield, WV she was the daughter of the late Paul and Ruth Poe Grose. Mrs. Adkins was a retired school teacher having taught in McDowell, Kanawha and Fayette counties. She also held a West...
Ronald R. Berry, Sr.
Dec 20, 2008
Ronald R. Berry , Sr., 61, of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at his home. Born June 01, 1947 at Lawton, WV he was the son of the late Ira C. and Mae V. Jones Berry. He was a retired locomotive assemblyman for General Motors. He was a member of the U.A.W. in LaGrange, Il....
John Thomas Cody, Sr.
Dec 19, 2008
John Thomas Cody, Sr., 59, of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, December 19, 2008 at his home. Born May 18, 1949 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Edwin and Goldie Rorabaugh Cody. Mr. Cody was a construction laborer. Survivors include one son, John T. Cody, Jr. of Maryland; one daughter, Sonya Cody of Virginia;...
Mildred Tompkins Lewis
Dec 18, 2008
Mildred Gertrude Tompkins Lewis, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at her home. Born August 08, 1925 at Lansing, WV she was the daughter of the late Aubrey Ossington Tompkins, Sr. and Grace Stout Tompkins. Mrs. Lewis was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Hoyt Lewis; a daughter, Charlotte Slone;...
Barbara Ellen Skaggs
Dec 17, 2008
Barbara Ellen Skaggs, 39, of Kilsyth, WV died on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 06, 1969 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of Delma Hundley Skaggs of Kilsyth, WV and the late Samuel Henry Skaggs. Ms. Skaggs was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald Skaggs and...
Clara E. Wriston
Dec 17, 2008
Clara Evelyn Aliff Wriston, 87, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 31, 1921 at Sweetwood, WV she was the daughter of the late Brad and Charolette Scarbro Aliff. Mrs. Wriston attended the Mossy Advent Church many years ago and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Brenda Sue Pino
Dec 16, 2008
Brenda Sue Garrett Pino, of Mount Hope, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., following a short illness. Born Sept. 23, 1950, in Mount Hope, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Hugh Lynn and Virginia Eloise Burton Garrett of Mount Hope, W.Va. In addition, she...
John E. "Jack" Hill
Dec 16, 2008
John Earl "Jack" Hill , 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born December 03, 1944 at Cleveland, OH he was the son of the late Walter Frank Hill, Sr. and Thelma Marion Ledyard Moir. Jack retired as Superintendent for Bridge Haven Golf Course at Rt 1 Fayetteville and...
Dewey Sharkey Byrd
Dec 16, 2008
Dewey Sharkey Byrd , 78, of Ormond Beach, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, FL. Born December 24, 1929 at Saxon, TN he was the son of the late James and Rosa Vester Byrd. He was a retired Tipple Foreman for Pittston Coal Company. Mr. Byrd was a...
Harold C. Painter
Dec 14, 2008
Harold Clinton Painter , 76, of Dothan, WV died on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Nicholas County Nursing and Rehab Center in Richwood, WV. Born August 13, 1932 at Carlisle, WV he was the son of the late Harry A. "Sweetie" and Eula Jane Terry Painter. Harold was retired having been a 12 year employee for the WV Department of...
Lawrence "Tommy" Thompson
Dec 12, 2008
Lawrence Edward "Tommy" Thompson, 65, of Rt. 1, Fayetteville, WV died at his home on Friday, December 12, 2008. Born March 12, 1943 at Salem Road, Oak Hill, he was the son of the late Emmett H. Thompson and Ruby Mae Garrett Thompson Wheeler. He was retired from Dunn Coal and Dock at Cannelton and was a former butcher at...
Ruth M. Williams
Dec 12, 2008
Ruth Mereda Williams, 77, formerly of Pax, WV died on Friday, December 12, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a long illness. Born June 27, 1931 at Artie, WV she was the daughter of the late Murphy and Ada Stover Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Roland, Rex, and Thomas...
Rachael E. Riffe
Dec 10, 2008
Rachael Elaine Bragg Riffe , 88, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 27, 1920 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of the late Jobe and Cora Kincaid Bragg. She was a retired beautician and retired from the Fayette County Committee on Aging. Mrs. Riffe was...
Virginia M. Cobb Clay
Dec 9, 2008
Virginia Mae Tincher Cobb Clay , 87, of Page, WV died on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 02, 1921 at Dempsey, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Eunice Scott Tincher. Mrs. Clay was a member of the Kincaid First Church of God and the Women of the Church...
Bobby Joe Evans
Dec 9, 2008
Bobby Joe Evans , 52, of Glen Jean, WV died on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at Montgomery, WV. Born December 31, 1955 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Hubert and Pansy Ellen Swanigan Evans and step-son of Madge Willis Evans of Oak Hill. Bobby was a former miner and WV Department of Highways employee. He...
Margaret E. Helton
Dec 8, 2008
Margaret Evelyn Bailey Helton , 92, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, December 08, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 26, 1916 at Skelton, WV she was the daughter of the late Emmett and Mary Maschal Bailey. Mrs. Helton was a member of the Mount Hope Christian Church where she served faithfully as choir director,...
Mabel C. Arrington
Dec 8, 2008
Mabel C. Dixon Arrington , 74, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 08, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 15, 1934 at Alderson, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Arthur and Lucy Katherine Bryant Dixon. She was a retired cashier for Aide's Discount Store in Oak Hill and a homemaker....
John C. Keffer, Sr.
Dec 7, 2008
John Curtis Keffer, Sr. 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, December 07, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born November 20, 1937 at Whitby, WV he was the son of the late Porter and Mae Blevins Keffer. He was a retired superintendent for Charleston Construction in Saint Albans. Mr. Keffer was a member of the Oak...
