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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Michael J. "Mike" Simmons
Jan 9, 2008
Michael "Mike" Joseph Simmons, 57, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a sudden illness. Born November 02, 1950 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Garland J. "Mutt" Simmons of Oak Hill, WV and the late Mildred Lydia Ladoucer Simmons. Mike was of the Christian faith....
Norman Conner
Jan 5, 2008
Norman Conner, 81, of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at his home of lung cancer. He was born November 5, 1926 at Scarbro, WV, a son of the late Andrew and Emily Forbes Conner. Norman retired in 1984 from Elkem Metal at Alloy after 36 years. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Oak Hill; past...
Nancy Law
Jan 4, 2008
Nancy Loraine Price Law, 67, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, January 4, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a sudden illness. She was born November 4, 1940 at Eagle, WV, a daughter of the late Hollas and Thelma Lockett Price. She was retired from the Department of Health and Human Resources, Fayette County, after 22 years of...
Mildred Rieman
Jan 2, 2008
Mildred Bryant Rieman, 90, of Charleston, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died in the arms of her children on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 at her home. Born June 19, 1917 at Iredell County, NC she was the daughter of the late William Richard and Clyde Foster Bryant. Mildred met her future husband, Henry Rieman on Pearl Harbor Day in...
Cecil Alvin Robertson
Dec 31, 2007
Cecil Alvin Robertson, 87, of Wriston, WV died on Monday, December 31, 2007 at his home. Born August 12, 1920 at Wriston, WV he was the son of the late Cecil and Ellen Walker Robertson. He was a retired coal miner and landlord. Mr. Robertson was of the Baptist faith and a member of the UMWA. He was a World...
Wade H. Payne
Dec 31, 2007
Wade Harding Payne, 86 of Fort Myers, FL formerly of Mossy, WV died on Monday, December 31, 2007 in Fort Myers. Born at Mossy, WV he was the son of the late Samuel Reed and Minnie Burnside Payne. He was retired from the US Air Force after serving 26 years. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Wegmet;...
Sandra Sue "Wanda" Hicks
Dec 31, 2007
Surrounded by her loving family, Sandra Sue "Wanda" Hicks, 62, of Layland, WV went home to be with her Lord on Monday, December 31, 2007 at the home of her daughter in Piney View, WV. Born March 31, 1945 at Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Nelcie Faye Richmond and Arnold Tuck Bragg. Wanda was a...
Margie Ann Sneed
Dec 30, 2007
Margie Ann Nichols Sneed , 90, of St. Albans, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at her home. Born January 19, 1917 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Clarence Frederick and Dollie Sue Burgess Nichols. She was a member of the Jones Avenue First Church of God in Oak...
Martin W. Piotrowski
Dec 30, 2007
Martin William Piotrowski, 85, formerly of Lochgelly, WV and most recently residing in Wilmington, NC died on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC, following a long illness. He was born May 30, 1922 at Pittsburgh, PA he was the son of the late Francis Stephen and Elizabeth Schorsch Piotrowski. The family moved to...
Thomas P. Taylor
Dec 27, 2007
Known by all for his loyalty, kindness and integrity, Commander Thomas Paul Taylor, 72, of Winter Park, FL passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2007 after a brief illness. Born on October 6, 1935 at Newlyn, WV he was the son of Marguerite Thomas Taylor of Greenville, SC and the late Willis Bryant Taylor. Tom graduated from Gainesville High School...
John Wesley Rice
Dec 27, 2007
John Wesley Rice, 94, of Lancing, TN formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at Morgan County Life Care Center in Wartburg, TN. Born July 01, 1913 at Eastland, White County, TN he was the son of the late James Mattison and Arizona Harrington Rice. John was well known as the "Candy Man" and loved by...
Betty L. Cosby
Dec 26, 2007
Betty Lucille Masters Cosby, 81, of Bradley, WV died on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 25, 1926 at Amherstdale, WV she was the daughter of the late Elijah A. and Mary Maude Ferguson Masters. She was a retired parts manager for Sears Roebuck. Mrs. Cosby was a member of the Callaway Heights...
Stella J. "Jennie" Styers
Dec 25, 2007
Stella Jane "Jennie" Pasnick Styers of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, she was the daughter of the late David and Jennie Duda Pasnick. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Styers was a member of the Doggett Methodist Chapel and the Moose Lodge. She was...
Margaret M. (Montgomery) Boehly
Dec 25, 2007
Margaret M. (Montgomery) Boehly, age 95 of Berkeley Square, Hamilton, Ohio formerly of Mount Hope, WV crossed over to the Father’s House on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at the Ft. Hamilton Vitas Unit. She was born on March 18, 1912 in Roseville, West Virginia to the late Robert Garfield and Pearl Frances (Vernon) Montgomery. Margaret was the second of ten...
David J. Parrish, Sr.
Dec 24, 2007
David J. Parrish, Sr. age 67 of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, December 24, 2007 after a long illness. He was the son of the late Ernest L. Parrish Sr. and Pansy Terry Parrish. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Ernest L. Parrish, Jr., John Robert Parrish and two infant sisters. David is survived by wife of...
Delphia V. Smith
Dec 23, 2007
Delphia Virginia Fitzwater Smith , 89, of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 17, 1918 at Crickmer, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert Vincent Fitzwater and Ethel Lea Fox Fitzwater Rhodes. Delphia was a member of the Apostolic Holiness Church of Oak Hill. Her pastor...
Susan A. Smith
Dec 21, 2007
Susan Ann Bragg Smith, 71, of Patterson Heights, Hilltop, WV died on Friday, December 21, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born September 23, 1936 at Danese, WV she was the daughter of the late Jess Bragg and Wanda Brown Bragg Treadway. Susan was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a sister, Nellie Deloris Treadway...
William L. "Billy" Whaples
Dec 20, 2007
William "Billy" Lee Whaples, 31, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV following a long illness. Born November 16, 1976 at Key West, FL he was the son of Gary Whaples of Oak Hill, WV and Denise Summers Whaples Mullins of Oak Hill, WV. He was a coal miner for...
Donald " D.P." Lively
Dec 19, 2007
Donald "D.P." Price Lively, 98, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his home. Born March 30, 1909 at Lively, WV he was the son of the late George W. and Anna Davis Lively. Mr. Lively had a varied career beginning as a clerk with the Coal Run Coal Company. He was a bookkeeper for the...
David H. Morton, Sr.
Dec 17, 2007
David Howard Morton, Sr., 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 17, 2007 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born August 29, 1923 at South Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Floyd M. and Goldie A. Newcomer Morton. He was retired from FMC Chemical Corporation and also as a Fayette County School Bus Driver....
