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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Giles (Junior) Adkins
Jun 8, 2007
Giles (Junior) Adkins, 75, of Rt 3. Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, June 08, 2007 at his home following a short illness. Born October 14, 1931 at Highland Mountain, he was the son of the late Giles and Ruby Collins Adkins. He was a retired coal miner from Westmoreland Coal Co. after 27 years of service. Junior attended the Family...
James D. "Jimmy" Jones
Jun 6, 2007
James "Jimmy" D. Jones, 59, of Dempsey, WV died on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 at his home. Born September 08, 1947 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of the late Hayward L. and Edith Fridley Jones. Mr. Jones was a member of the Loop Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Dempsey, WV. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert...
Vaden L. Davis
Jun 6, 2007
Vaden K. Davis, 71, of Fredericksburg, VA formerly of Dothan, WV died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at his home. Born September 19, 1935 at Dothan, WV he was the son of Bonnie Coleman Davis of Dothan and the late Vaden Roy Davis. Mr. Davis had been a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and had 42 years of combined...
Shirley E. Williams
Jun 4, 2007
Shirley E. Williams,88, of Packs Branch, WV died Monday, June 4, 2007 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV after a long illness. Born April 5, 1919 at Packs Branch, he was a son of the late Rev. John B. and Hallie Lafferty Williams. He was a retired post office carrier and a member of the Packs Branch Missionary...
David W. Stover
Jun 4, 2007
David Wayne Stover, 34, of Backus Mountain Road at Meadow Bridge, WV went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 04, 2007 on Backus Mountain Road from injuries received in an ATV accident. Born January 03, 1973 at Fairlea, WV he was the son of Telma (Stover) Stover of Mount Hope, WV and the late Clifford Burford Stover. He...
George S. Kinser
Jun 4, 2007
George S. Kinser, 88, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, June 04, 2007 at Fayette Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, WV. Born December 13, 1918 at Kincaid, WV he was the son of the late G.S. Kinser, Sr. and Julia Belle Kincaid Kinser. He retired from Milburn Colliery with 32 years service. Mr. Kinser was a member of...
Howard R. King
Jun 4, 2007
He was loved by all who knew him and never met a stranger. Howard Roy King, 50, of Page, WV died on Monday, June 04, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV of an apparent heart attack. Born March 21, 1957 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Patricia Gladys Radford King of Robson, WV and the...
Ernest R. Bragg, Sr.
Jun 3, 2007
Ernest “Ernie” Ray Bragg, Sr., 61 of Huntersville, NC went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 3, 2007. Ernie was born on July 16, 1945 in Lochgelly, West Virginia. He was the son of the late Herbert E. and Virginia E. Webster Bragg. He was a loving and devoted father and grandfather. Important things in his life were...
Daniel R. Skinner
Jun 2, 2007
Daniel R. Skinner , 45, of Beckley, WV died on Saturday, June 02, 2007 at his home after a long illness and very courageous battle. There are no words to express the sorrow and void of those he left behind. His family is comforted knowing his mother-in-law, Stella Smith who preceded him in death and loved him so, watched over...
Charles L. Kuhn
Jun 1, 2007
Charles Lee Kuhn, 77, of Cool Ridge, WV died on Friday, June 01, 2007 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born July 25, 1929 at Cunard, Fayette County, WV he was the son of the late Ulysses S. "Jack" and Margaret E. "Bessie" Kincaid Kuhn. He was a retired coal miner having 36 years service with Smith & Stover...
Michael J. Miklos
May 28, 2007
Michael Joseph Miklos, 59, of Mount Hope, WV died Monday, May 28, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born March 21, 1948 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Margaret Vargo Miklos of Mount Hope, WV and the late Joseph Miklos. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Miklos was a member of the Mount Hope United Methodist...
Betty Hodge Elam
May 27, 2007
Betty Jean Hodge Elam, 78, of Hilltop, WV passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at her home following a short illness. Born December 20, 1928 at Dry Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Thelma Barnhart Smith. She was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV and a homemaker. In addition...
Eleanor M. Noonan
May 21, 2007
Eleanor Marion Benson Noonan , 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, May 21, 2007 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born October 11, 1914 at Dorchester, MA she was the daughter of the late Gustuf O. and Helga O. Lundquist Benson. Eleanor was reared in Dorchester, MA and educated in Boston schools. She worked from 1948-1956 for Jenkins...
Fannie I. Jones
May 17, 2007
Fannie Irene Ferri Jones, 90, of Oak Hill, WV slipped quietly away in the early hours of Thursday, May 17, 2007. She was surrounded by her loving family. Born May 15, 1917 she was the sixth child and second daughter of the late Frank and Giovanni Pietrone Ferri and was intensely proud of her Italian heritage. She always said, “I’m...
Charles H. Prather, Sr.
May 16, 2007
Charles Herman Prather, Sr., 88, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at his home. Born April 04, 1919 at Glen Jean, WV he was the son of the late Robert Luther and Sarah Amanda Beckelheimer Prather. He retired from the New River Company with 42 years service. Mr. Prather was of the Baptist faith and was...
Teresa L. Johnson
May 14, 2007
Teresa Lee Hovanski Johnson, 55, of Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, May 14, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident. Visitation will be held at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Memorial services will be on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 2:00...
Janice Armentrout
May 13, 2007
Janice A. Shelton Armentrout, 74, of Rt. 4 Fayetteville, WV died at home, Sunday, May 13, 2007 after a short illness. She was born May 10, 1933 at Winding Gulf, WV a daughter of the late Earl and Edna M. Ash Shelton. She worked as a clerk at Ben Franklin store in Fayetteville and was a member of the Gatewood...
Stella "Maxine" Hamilton
May 11, 2007
Our loving mother, mawmaw and "mawmaw great", Stella "Maxine" Painter Hamilton, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, May 11, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 14, 1923 at Lucas, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Lana Terry Painter. She was a retired cook for Fayette County Schools. Mrs....
Mary L. Lay
May 10, 2007
Surrounded by her loving family, Mary Louise Small Lay, 84, of Mount Hope, WV went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born November 29, 1922 at Boone in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late John Ernest and Zoie Wood Small. She retired from...
C. Thomas Quesenberry
May 6, 2007
C. Thomas Quesenberry, 79, died peacefully at the Bower's Hospice House in Beckley following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Opie and Winifred Quesenberry of Lanark, WV. Tom, a loving and caring husband, Dad and Poppy, will be missed every day by the loves of his life-- wife, Opal, daughter, Calentha and granddaughter, Molly Clendenin. He...
