Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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...
Beatrice Campbell Ditchcreek
Feb 2, 2008
Beatrice L. Campbell Ditchcreek , 89, of Chattanooga, TN passed away Tuesday January 29, 2008. Born September 28, 1918 at Stuarts Draft, VA she was the daughter of the late Charles May Campbell and Ruth Elick Campbell. Her first husband Walter Damron, second husband, William Hunt and third husband, William Ditchcreek preceded her in death. Survivors include her three children,...
Leigh Ann Culmer
Jan 31, 2008
Our loving wife, mother, daughter and friend, Leigh Ann Casteel Culmer, 40, of Paint Creek Road, Rt. 1 Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 24, 1967 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Linda D. Keel Casteel of Orlando, FL and the late James Casteel. Mrs. Culmer...
Opal M. Williams
Jan 28, 2008
Opal May Skaggs Williams, 90, of Rt 1 Scarbro, WV formerly of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, January 28, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born December 26, 1917 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Emory and Hester Smith Skaggs. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Maple Fork Community Church and a...
Russell "Huck" Franklin
Jan 25, 2008
Russell "Huck" Franklin ,88, of Oak Hill, WV left this world to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus and join many family and friends in his eternal home on the other side on Friday, January 25, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. He was born in Kanawha County, WV on April 26, 1919, to the late John and...
Eugene W. Lafferty
Jan 24, 2008
Eugene Wilbur Lafferty, 85, of Beckley, WV passed away Thursday, January 24, 2008, at the home of his daughter, Anita Allen, in Sand Branch, WV. Born June 8, 1922 at Willis Branch, WV, he was the son of the late Lillian Lafferty Woolwine. Mr. Lafferty was retired from the US Army as platoon sergeant after serving for 21 years. He...
Virginia Eloise Garrett
Jan 24, 2008
Virginia Eloise Burton Garrett, 81, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born August 18, 1926 at Kaymore, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Avena Burton. Mrs. Garrett attended the Church of God and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh...
Mary Aiello Mathys
Jan 22, 2008
Mary Aiello Mathys, 77, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 21, 1930 at Gauley Bridge, WV she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Walker Evans. Survivors include her companion of 28 years, Shad Dummitt; one daughter, Maria A. Epperly and husband, Jerry of Oak...
Ethel M. Reany
Jan 21, 2008
Ethel Mildred Arnold Reany, 92 of Pottstown, PA, formerly or Oak Hill, WV passed away on January 21,2008. Ethel was the daughter of the late Samuel and Louisa Dempsey Woods Holly. Born January 27, 1915 at Lookout, WV, she was the last of 12 brothers and sisters. She is survived by four daughters, Norma Jean Arnold Hald and husband, Ben...
Betty Ann Bolt
Jan 21, 2008
Betty Anne Taylor Lykins Bolt, 69, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 21, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 12, 1938 at Cunard, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry Harrison Taylor and Virgie Mae Kelly Taylor Smith. She attended the Apostolic Holiness Church...
Belva Lively Hendrickson
Jan 21, 2008
Belva Lively Hendrickson, 93, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, January 21, 2008 at her home. Born December 29, 1914 at Lively, WV she was the daughter of the late William E. and Bessie Toney Lively. Mrs. Hendrickson was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Hill. After teaching elementary school for 45 years she retired from...
Lucy Gray Craddock
Jan 21, 2008
Lucy Gray Short Craddock, 91, of Minden, WV died on Monday, January 21, 2008 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born October 10, 1916 at Sinks Grove, WV she was the daughter of the late Marion Thomas and Louise Mutter Short. Mrs. Craddock was a homemaker. Her first husband, George Compton, second husband, Ernest C. Craddock, one son, Bobby Short...
Dollie Mae Kania
Jan 20, 2008
Dollie Mae Saunders Kania, 84, of Fayetteville, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born January 19, 1924 at Derry Hale, WV she was the daughter of the late Joe and Loretta Fields Saunders. Mrs. Kania was a member of the Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church of...
Robert C. Thomas, Sr.
Jan 20, 2008
Robert C. Thomas, Sr.,83, of Oak Hill, WV died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV Born December 8, 1924, at Charleston, WV, he was a son of the late William Caddo and Melinda Jackson Thomas. He was a retired lead machinist for the C & O Railway for 23 years. A U. S. Navy veteran of...
Ruby A. Mccormick
Jan 18, 2008
Ruby A. “Aunt Ruby” McCormick 92 of Eustis, FL passed away on Friday January 18, 2008 at the Rule MS Center in Eustis. Born in Altoona, AL she moved to this area in 1957 from Cleveland, OH. She was a retired Nurses Aid at Harry-Anna Children’s Hospital and a Christian. Many nieces and nephews survive including Patty Mitchell, Marilyn Garner...
John F. Oxendale
Jan 17, 2008
John Frederick Oxendale, 59, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born August 21, 1948 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late William "Fred" Frederick and Ruth Elizabeth Tyler Oxendale. He was an independent truck driver. John was a member of the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church...
Drema Joyce Young
Jan 17, 2008
Drema Joyce Todd Young, 63, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at her home. Born January 22, 1944 at Claremont, WV she was the daughter of the late Arville S. and Lilly Mae Ward Todd. Mrs. Young was a retired hairdresser and homemaker. Two brothers, Kenneth Todd and Jerry K. Ward preceded her in death. Survivors...
Dorothy E. Braenovich
Jan 15, 2008
Dorothy Ethel Braenovich, 75, of South Charleston, WV formerly of Kincaid, WV died on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at Tender Heart Home Care in South Charleston. Born August 14, 1932 at Culloden, WV she was the daughter of the late Howard and Carrie Foster Turley. Mrs. Braenovich attended the Kincaid United Methodist Church and was a member of the Oak...
Clara B. Smith
Jan 12, 2008
Clara Belle Estep Smith, 69, of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, January 12, 2008, at Charleston Area Medical Center, Memorial Divison, Charleston, WV. Born April 13, 1938 at Beckwith, WV, she was a daughter of the late Curtis Lee and Laura Belle Sparks Estep. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Smith; son,...
Opal Mankin Gilbert
Jan 11, 2008
Opal Virginia Mankin Gilbert, 92, of Conway, SC formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, January 11, 2008 at the home of her niece, Betty Presson. Born February 15, 1915 at Bolt, WV she was the fifth daughter of the late Clyde Arkle and Mary Elsie Backus Mankin. Mrs. Gilbert was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church...
