Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Margarett Marie Ruff
Nov 17, 2006
Margarett Marie Olds Ruff, 53, of Beckley died Friday, November 17, 2006, at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. Born December 2, 1952 at Montgomery, WV, she was a daughter of the late George Franklin Olds and Dolly Mattie Evans Olds. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two daughters, Ann Ruff of West Raleigh and Jennifer Stone of Beckley; one grandson,...
Jesse Bane, Jr.
Nov 16, 2006
Jesse Bane, Jr., 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at his home. Born October 05, 1923 at Sun, WV he was the son of the late Jesse Bane, Sr. and Amelia Hinte Bane. Mr. Bane was retired from the Fayette County Courthouse. He was the retired owner of Jess & Theresa's Place in Oak Hill....
Linda Jo Chambers
Nov 15, 2006
Linda Jo Smith Chambers, 58, of Watha, NC died on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at her home. Born October 16, 1948 at Jefferson County, AL she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Josie Mae Bogus Smith. Mrs. Chambers served her country honorably in the US Navy during the Vietnam Era. She was a registered nurse and worked with...
Ruby Kinser May
Nov 15, 2006
Ruby Kinser May, 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at Summersville Memorial Hospital Extended Care in Summersville, WV. Born March 01, 1924 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of the late G.S. Kinser, Sr. and Julia Belle Kincaid Kinser. Ruby retired after 23 years services as Credit Office Manager for Lowe's. She was a...
Maeola Blevins Gardner
Nov 12, 2006
Maeola Blevins Gardner, 72, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday morning , November 10, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a brief illness. Born July 22, 1934 at Killarney, WV she was the daughter of the late John Harvey Blevins and Nellie Viola (Blevins) Blevins Coleman. Maeloa was a 1952 graduate of Fayetteville High School....
Helen M. Bickford
Nov 11, 2006
Helen M. King Bickford, 83, of Page, WV died on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at her home. Born September 21, 1923 at Robson, WV she was the daughter of the late M.E. and Myrtle McNeely King. Mrs. Bickford was a member of the Robson Church of Christ and a homemaker. The family would like to extend a special thanks to...
Clara K. Stegel
Nov 11, 2006
Clara Kate Zink Stegel, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday,November 11, 2006 at her home. Born November 26, 1918 at War Ridge, WV, she was the daughter of the late Harry Bernard and Sue Brown Zink. Clara was the last surviving member of her family. She enjoyed painting and talking on the phone with friends. Her husband, Jacob Jack...
Walter "Herkey" Stark, Sr.
Nov 10, 2006
Walter "Herkey" Edd Stark, Sr., 70, of Fayette County, WV died on Friday, November 10, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 25, 1936 at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Willard Earl and Nora Lee Treadway Stark. He was a retired carpenter. Mr. Stark was a US Air Force veteran. Two brothers, Willard...
Lucy M. Stewart
Nov 10, 2006
Lucy Mae Adkins Stewart, 84, of Scarbro, WV died on Friday, November 10, 2006 at SunBridge Pine Lodge Care & Rehab in Beckley, WV. Born December 01, 1921 at Garden Ground, WV she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Estle Martin Adkins. Born December 01, 1921 at Garden Ground, WV she was the daughter of the late Aaron...
H. Thomas "Tom" Toney
Nov 8, 2006
Harold Thomas "Tom" Toney, 97, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 08, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 26, 1908 at Dothan, WV he was the son of the late John Pad and Alice S. Kessler Toney. He was a retired guard for the Virginia Railroad. Three brothers, Huey, F. Toney, Charles Ronald...
Charles E. Ellison
Nov 6, 2006
Charles E. Ellison, 58, of Oak Hill, WV passed away suddenly on Monday, November 06, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 05, 1948 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Alvin Harrison Ellison, Sr. and Ethel Marie Campbell Ellison. A lifelong resident of Oak Hill, Charles was a self employed automobile mechanic....
Beulah Mae Porterfield
Nov 5, 2006
A life punctuated by Christian love, integrity, and generosity ended Thursday night with the passing of Beulah Mae (Morgan) Porterfield, 86, of Price Hill, W.Va., who died in a Beckley nursing home after an extended illness. A Greenbrier County, WV native, she was born September 14, 1920, in the community of Hoseshoe Bend, near Ronceverte, WV the daughter of the...
Edith Burdette
Nov 4, 2006
Mrs. Edith Irene Jarrett Burdette, 87, of Edmond, WV died Saturday, November 4, 2006 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born December 24, 1918, at Greenview, Boone Co., WV, a daughter of the late Abraham Lincoln Jarrett and Clara Ann Kirk Jarrett. Mrs. Burdette was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in...
William "Raz" Rodgers
Nov 2, 2006
William "Raz" Rodgers, 92, died Thursday, November 2, 2006 long illness in the Fayette Nursing and Rehab Center in Fayetteville, West Virginia. He was born on May 2, 1914 in Camp Hill, Alabama and as a very young child with his family moved to Amherstdale, West Virginia, where his father was employed in the underground coal mines of Amherst Coal...
Estelle Mae Lilly
Nov 2, 2006
Estelle Mae Kincaid Lilly, 78, of Hilltop, WV died on Thursday, November 02, 2006 at her home. Born September 24, 1928 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Virginia Brown Kincaid. Mrs. Lilly was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Lando Lilly of April 20, 2004; a daughter, Sherry Lilly...
William C. Waddell
Nov 1, 2006
William Clayborn Waddell, 76, of Rt 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at his home. Born November 21, 1929 in North Carolina he was the son of the late Robert and Estelle Burchett Waddell. He was a retired carpenter. Mr. Waddell was a member of the Loup Creek Baptist Church, Wriston, WV. Four brothers preceded him in...
Donald C. Allen
Nov 1, 2006
Donald Carl Allen, 57, of Meadow Fork Road died on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at his home following a long illness. Born July 08, 1949 at Glen Jean, WV he was the son of the late Arthur and Evelyn Feazell Allen. He was the manager for Brownies Trucking, Beckley, WV and of the Protestant faith. Survivors include his wife, Jane...
Karl R. Fitzgerald
Oct 31, 2006
Karl Ray Fitzgerald, 66, of Nimitz, WV died on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at his home. Born March 14, 1940 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Rupert Karlton and Ruth Kelley Fitzgerald. He was the owner of the Fitzgerald Cash Register Company. Mr. Fitzgerald served in the US Army. One brother, John Fitzgerald preceded him...
Carlos Larry Lively
Oct 28, 2006
Carlos Larry Lively, 57, of Cirtsville, WV died on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at the home of his companion, Judy Smith in Glen Jean, WV. Born October 15, 1949 at Cirtsville, WV he was the son of Kathleen Lafferty Lively-Pitrowski of Maple Fork, WV and the late Carlos Woodrow Lively. He was a disabled coal miner. Two brothers, Gary and...
Harold L. Painter
Oct 28, 2006
Harold L. Painter, 93, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Saturday, October 28, 2006, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill following a short illness. Born September 17, 1913 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late C. E. Painter and Lula Duncan Painter. Mr. Painter was a retired coin operator mechanic for Wallace and Wallce of Oak...
