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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Russell E. Edwards, Sr.
Aug 29, 2006
Russell Edwin Edwards Sr., 80, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 23, 1926 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late Fitzhue Lee and Ella Cleo Phillips Edwards. He was a retired coal miner. Russell was a Protestant by faith, a member of Oak Hill...
Carl J. Cody
Aug 29, 2006
Carl Joseph Cody, 64, of Lowell, OH formerly of Gatewood, WV died Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born May 15, 1942 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Edwin and Goldie Rorabaugh Cody. He was a Boiler Maker and a member of Local #667, Charleston, WV. Carl was a...
James E. Murphy, Sr.
Aug 26, 2006
James Edward Murphy Sr., 47, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 22, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Sherry A. Rice Murphy of Oak Hill, WV and the late James L. Murphy. He was a truck driver for Pike Electric. Survivors include...
Naomi V. Backus
Aug 26, 2006
Naomi Virginia Pugh Backus, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at her home. Born February 02, 1929 at Backus Mountain, WV she was the daughter of the late Samuel Henry and Myrtle M. Sawyers Pugh. Naomi was the former owner of the White Oak Drug, Oak Hill, WV. She attended the First Brethren Church, Oak...
James N. "Jimmy" Toney
Aug 23, 2006
James "Jimmy" Nathan Toney, 57, of Pax, WV died on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 10, 1948 at Cirtsville, WV he was the son of Wanda Tyree Toney of Cirtsville, WV and the late Nathan H. Toney. Jimmy was a truck driver. Additional survivors include his wife, Josephine Marie "Jo" Lilly Toney;...
Carl Henry Robinson
Aug 22, 2006
Carl Henry Robinson, 74, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at the Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, following a short illness. Born April 27, 1932, at Clifftop, WV he was the son of the late Ralph W. and Georgia Moody Robinson. Mr. Robinson was retired from Sears Company as a service technician. He was a member...
John H. Hager
Aug 22, 2006
John Henry Hager, 76, of Mount Hope, WV passed away Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born January 26, 1930, at Longacre, WV he was the son of the late John T. and Ailene Jordan Hager. John was an active member of the Mt. Hope Baptist Temple. He was retired from Cannelton Coal Company, having...
Marie Aliff
Aug 19, 2006
Marie Reed Aliff, 88, of Pax, WV passed away on Friday, August 19, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC in the company of her loving daughter, son-in-law, granddaughters and great granddaughter. Born on April 20, 1918 she was the daughter of the late Andrew Wilson and Anna Small Reed from Greenbrier County, WV. After moving from Greenbrier County to Fayette County,...
Janet Sue Legg
Aug 17, 2006
Janet Sue Hamilton Legg , 53, of Beckley, WV died on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 19, 1953 at Cedar Grove, WV she was the daughter of Deloris Irene West Hamilton of Oak Hill, WV and the late Edward M. Hamilton. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. A daughter,...
Vernon D. Peters, Ii
Aug 16, 2006
In loving memory of Vernon D.Peters II, 52, of Ingram Branch, WV died on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at his home. Born May 08, 1954 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Vernon D. and Sarah D. Carper Peters of Kincaid, WV. He was disabled and an avid fisherman and outdoorsman. Survivors include wife, Mary Ann Angogti Peters; one...
Leona Mccune
Aug 12, 2006
Leona Jones McCune, 64, of Mount Hope, WV died on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at CMC Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, NC. Born March 12, 1942 at Kaymoor, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward and Elsie Leona Smith Jones. Five brothers, Frank, Charles, Leroy, William and Oather Jones and one grandson, Kenneth McCune preceded her in death....
Leonard "Pee Wee" Settle
Aug 11, 2006
Leonard Oliver “Pee Wee” Settle, 81, of Rt 1 Scarbro, WV, passed away Friday, August 11, 2006, at the Fayetteville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Fayetteville, WV. Born June 27, 1925, at Westerly, WVhe was the son of the late Oliver and Kanzie Aliff Settle. Leonard was a retired coal miner. He was also a member of the Mossy Living Word...
Daniel B. Neely, Sr.
Aug 5, 2006
Daniel Ben Neely, Sr., 85, of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, August 05, 2006 Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 19, 1921 at Cunard, WV he was the son of the late Oliver Carlisle and Minnie Kelly Neely. Dan was a retired Assessor for Fayette County and retired Radio Master Chief for the US Naval Reserve....
Gladys F. Mccance
Aug 3, 2006
Gladys Frances Romage Humphries McCance, 80, of Glouster, OH formerly of Layland, WV died Thursday, August 3, 2006, in McConnelsville, Ohio, following a short illness. Born Aug. 15, 1925, at Layland, WV she was the daughter of the late Martin and Willie Claxton Romage. Mrs. McCance was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by...
Lillian Gill
Aug 3, 2006
Lillian Virginia Gill, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born March 10, 1931, at Thurmond, WV, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Vona Dawn Dempsey Coffman. Mrs. Gill was a housewife, homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Original Church of God...
Patrick M. Fannin
Jul 31, 2006
Patrick Michael (P) Fannin, 29, of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, July 31, 2006, at his home following a sudden illness. Born Feb. 17, 1977, in Chicago, Ill., he was the son of Karen Lykins Fannin of Oak Hill and the late Michael Lee Fannin. Mr. Fannin was a construction worker. Additinal survivors include his stepfather, William (Billy) Fleshman of...
Anne M. Bailey
Jul 28, 2006
The angels descended from heaven to Hidden Valley Nursing Home in Oak Hill, WV at 4:05 a.m. on Friday, July 28, 2006, and lifted Anne Mae Lavender Bailey into the loving arms of God. Anne was born February 17, 1921, at Kingston, WV the daughter of the late William Thomas Lavender and Mary Bertha Lewis Lavender. In addition to her...
Frank P. Brown, Sr.
Jul 27, 2006
Frank Preston Brown, Sr., 88, of Mount Hope, WV passed away Friday, July 27, 2006 at his home following a long illness. Born April 26, 1918 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late William Thomas and Cora I. Stover Brown. Mr. Brown was a retired automobile mechanic and a US Army veteran, where he served as a...
Johnny D. Moore
Jul 26, 2006
Johnny D. Moore, 48, of Ansted, WV formerly of Rittman, OH died on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at Turkey Creek area Rt 60 near Ansted, WV. Born April 13, 1958 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Wanda June Ramsey Moore Keener of Ansted, WV and the late Virgil Moore. He was a disabled drywaller and was of the...
Della Irene Tankersley
Jul 22, 2006
Della Irene Tankersley, 84, of Hilltop, WV passed away Saturday, July 22, 2006, at Sun, following a long illness. Born January 22, 1922 at Odd, WV she was the daughter of the late Nelt and Effie Bolen. Mrs. Tankersley was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Edward Tankersley. Survivors include...
