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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Merriem Frisby Mccormick
Mar 5, 2008
Merriem Essel Frisby McCormick, 81, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at her home. Born July 27, 1926 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late William and Rose Sublett Frisby. Mrs. McCormick retired from the Fayette County Clerk's office after 30 years service. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene...
George Robert Martin
Mar 5, 2008
George Robert Martin, 83, of Smithville, TN died on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV. Born July 16, 1924 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Robert and Emma Fox Martin. He grew up in and around Fayette County, WV. Upon his eighteenth birthday George joined the US Navy serving during World...
Thomas S. Gwinn, Sr.
Mar 5, 2008
Thomas S. Gwinn Sr., 66, of Hilltop, WV died on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at his home. Born on March 16, 1941 at Mullens, WV he was the son of the late Ray W. and Della Argentina Lockhart Morgan Gwinn. Mr. Gwinn was a retired engineer for CSX Railway. He was a member of the Davis Camp, Glen Rogers and...
Jesse Smith
Mar 2, 2008
Jesse Smith, 96, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, March 02, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 29, 1911 at Abraham, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Lewis and Mary Richmond Smith. Jesse was a trackman for the C&O Railroad having retired with 47 years service. He was a member of...
Charles W. Hardy
Mar 2, 2008
Charles W. Hardy, 80, of Oak Hill, WV formerly of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Sunday, March 02, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV of a short illness. Born May 05, 1927 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Charles W. and Lovelle Davis Hardy. Charles was a 1946 graduate of Pax High...
James Edward Donell
Feb 29, 2008
James Edward Donell, 76, of Pax, WV died on Friday, February 29, 2008 at his home. Born February 21, 1932 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Clarence and Flossie Mae Kidd Donell. He was a retired coal mine Tippleman. Brothers, Bob Donell, Joe Donell and Bill Donell and sisters, Maxine Leinback, Linda Foster and Jessie...
Douglas E. Myers
Feb 28, 2008
Douglas Earl Myers, 45, of Kincaid, WV formerly of Cleveland, OH died on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at his home. Born February 26, 1963 at Cleveland, OH he was the son of Mary Smith Myers of Kincaid, WV and the late John Myers, Jr. He was a disabled short order cook. Mr. Myers attended the Robson Free Will Baptist Church....
Audrey N. Williams
Feb 27, 2008
Audrey Nadine Whited Williams, 86, of Hilltop, WV died on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 27, 1921 at Gay in Jackson County, WV she was the daughter of the late Rev. Clarence Dowel and Dollie Gay Fields Whited. Mrs. Williams taught Elementary School and later Reading in both Fayette and Putnam...
Ann A. Stanevich Neubert
Feb 25, 2008
Ann Alice Stanevich Neubert, age 87, of Alliance, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV, passed away Monday, February 25, 2008 in Alliance, OH. Born in Eccles, WV on March 16, 1920 to the late Charles and Victoria Stanevich, she moved at the age of one to Summerlee, WV where she attended grade school and graduated from Oak Hill High School...
Frances A. Thompson
Feb 22, 2008
Frances A. Cales Thompson, age 88, of Prince, WV died Friday, February 22, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, WV after a long illness. Born March 16, 1919 at Cottageville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Alma Cox Cales. Frances was a graduate of Sandstone High School and McKendree Hospital School of Nursing. She was...
Robert L. Green
Feb 21, 2008
Robert Lee Green, 91, of Hilltop, WV formerly of Raleigh County, WV died on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 27, 1916 at Eccles, WV he was the son of the late Joshua and Mamie Wilson Green. Mr. Green was a retired coal miner. He was a World War II US Army veteran....
Bennie F. Collins
Feb 19, 2008
Bennie Franklin Collins, 78, of Cleveland, OH died on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at Southwest General Hospital in Cleveland, OH. Born May 20, 1929 at Artie, WV he was the son of the late Charles Adam "Charley" and America Ellen Burgess Collins. He was a retired punch operator. Bennie was the last surviving member of his immediate family having been...
Geneva M. Welch
Feb 14, 2008
Geneva Mae Welch, 80, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 18, 1927 at Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of the late Emory and Betha Plumley Bennett. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. "Bill" Welch; daughter, Jane Welch...
Hazel E. Bennett
Feb 13, 2008
Hazel Elizabeth Saunders Bennett, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 06, 1921 at Sewell, WV she was the daughter of the late Ira Franklin and Hattie McDaniel Saunders. Mrs. Bennett was a member of the Summerlee Presbyterian Church and a homemaker. She...
Billy Goins
Feb 12, 2008
Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Billy Joe Goins, 66, of Scarbro, WV died on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at his home. Born August 23, 1941 at Minden, WV he was the son of Irene Buckland Goins of Backus Mountain, WV and the late Curtis Goins. Billy was a disabled coal miner and an avid hunter. A sister, Brenda Goins...
Sterling R. Wright
Feb 11, 2008
Sterling R. Wright, 73, of Pax, WV died on February 7, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a brief illness. He was born on March 13, 1934 in Jordan Mines, VA, to the late Elmer and Berta Wright. Raised in Pax, he lived in Akron, Ohio over 40 years, returning to his childhood home in retirement. In addition...
Emma L. Lilly
Feb 8, 2008
Emma Lea Pruitt Lilly, 84, of Bradley, WV died on Friday, February 08, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 18, 1923 at Birch Garden, VA she was the daughter of the late Kelly Lee and Agnes Virginia Wolfe Pruitt. Mrs. Lilly was a member of the Bradley Freewill Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. Her husband,...
Harold D. "Hackey" Stump, Sr.
Feb 4, 2008
Harold "Hackey" Dean Stump, Sr., 74, of Page, WV died on Monday, February 04, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born October 19, 1933 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Posey L. and Emma Hodge Stump. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Stump was a US Navy veteran. He was a member of...
Francis J. Roggan
Feb 3, 2008
Francis Jerome Roggan, 88, of Rt 1 Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, February 03, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. He was born on December 02, 1919 at Buffalo, NY. Mr. Roggan was a retired Las Vegas casino employee having worked for the Hacienda and Rendevous Racing Casino and Sports Books. Survivors include his wife, Arvilla Jane Williams...
Opal Perry Lively
Feb 2, 2008
Opal Mae Perry Lively, 94, of Oak Hill, WV passed away, Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Mrs. Lively was born September 8, 1913 at Cunard, WV a daughter of the late Charles E. and Dottie Martin Perry. Mrs. Lively was a homemaker and floral artist. She was a faithful member of the Rebecca Bible Class...
