Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Kenneth B. Kees
May 11, 2006
Kenneth Benton Kees, 71, of Plymouth Township, MI formerly of Burnwell, WV died on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at his home. Born May 22, 1934 at Burnwell, WV he was the son of the late Kenneth Wayne and Mary Elizabeth Lucas Kees. Mr. Kees was a devoted member and active deacon of the Heritage Free Will Baptist Church in Taylor....
Calvin D. Elswick
May 11, 2006
Calvin Donald Elswick, 55, of Angier, NC died on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at his home. Born September 17, 1950 in Clay County, WV he was the son of the late Donald and Geraldine Woods Elswick. He was an employee for Industrial Construction Services. Mr. Elswick served in the US Marines during the Vietnam Conflict. His wife, Sylvia Elswick and...
Earl "Ram" Rodes
May 8, 2006
Earl "Ram" Rodes, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, May 08, 2006 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 30, 1919 at Gatewood, WV he was the son of the late Ira and Lula McClung Rodes. Mr. Rodes was the retired owner of Rodes Wrecking and also retired from the Merchants and Miners National Bank, Oak...
Carolyn J. Martin
May 8, 2006
Carolyn Joan Rouse Martin, 69, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, May 08, 2006 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born September 16, 1936 at Monongahela, PA she was the daughter of the late George Andrew and Alma Marie Tucker Rouse. Mrs. Martin was a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ, Monongahela, PA. She was...
Ralph Johnston
May 4, 2006
Ralph Lee Johnston, 46, of Kincaid, died Thursday, May 4, 2006 at Wriston. Born June 18, 1959, in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Wilburn, Sr. and Betty McQueen Johnston. He was a retired laborer working in construction. Ralph was loved by all his family and friends, and will be sadly missed. He was preceded in death...
Randolph Hendrickson
May 4, 2006
Randolph Hendrickson, 90, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, May 04, 2006 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born July 25, 1915 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late Herbert and Donna Grose Hendrickson. He was a retired warehouse supervisor for General Electric Company. Mr. Hendrickson was a member of...
John R. Parrish
May 3, 2006
John Robert Parrish, 75, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a short illness. Born February 23, 1931 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Ernest Parrish, Sr. and Pansy Terry Parrish. Mr. Parrish was retired from Economy Wholesale, Oak Hill, a former employee of Long...
Jacqueline Floyd Asbury
May 3, 2006
Jacqueline "Jackie" Floyd Asbury, 44, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 at her home. Born June 08, 1961 at Holden, WV she was the daughter of George Donald Floyd of Robson, WV and the late Mary R. Adkins Floyd. Jackie was the Administrative Assistant for the Southern Appalachian Labor School and a former member of Healing...
Waymon Dale Smith
May 2, 2006
Waymon Dale Smith, 39, of Wellston, Ohio, formerly of Ingram Branch and Kincaid,WV passed away at his home Tuesday, May 2, 2006 from complications of injuries he received when his house was destroyed by fire on February 16, 2006. Dale had third degree burns over fifty percent of his upper body. He spent seven weeks at Ohio State University I...
Ruth M. Mullins
May 1, 2006
Ruth McKay Taylor Mullins, 79, of Terry, WV departed for her heavenly home on Monday, May 01, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 30, 1927 at Cunard, WV she was the daughter of the late William Franklin and Lula Pennington Taylor. She was a former employee for the Raleigh County Board of Education with the transportation...
Audra F. Swanson
Apr 28, 2006
Audra F. West Swanson, 90, formerly of Oak Hill, WV and an Albuquerque, N.M. resident since 1997, died Friday, April 28, 2006, after a lengthy illness. During World War II she moved from her hometown of Oak Hill to Elkton, Md., where she worked in a munitions plant. It was in Elkton that she met her husband who served in...
Major E. Johnson
Apr 28, 2006
Major Earnest Johnson, 83, of Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, April 28, 2006 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 21, 1922 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Major Gwinn and Maude Estelle Stinnett Johnson. Mr. Johnson was the retired owner of Johnson Construction Company. He was a World War II US Navy...
Betty Jo Skeens
Apr 27, 2006
Betty Jo Holley Skeens, 59, of Beckley, WV died on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at her home from chronic lung disease. Born August 27, 1946 at Horse Creek, WV she was the daughter of the late Junior Ronald and Dessie Mae Wriston Holley. Mrs. Skeens was a member of the New Prospect Baptist Church, Sweeneysburg, WV and a homemaker. Two...
William Everett
Apr 27, 2006
William "Bill" Everett, 79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following an extended illness. Born August 26, 1926 at Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Linwood R. Everett and Elora Mae Twiddy Everett Merkley and stepson of the late Arlin A. Merkley. He attended the...
Jerry R. Cook
Apr 27, 2006
Our beloved Jerry Randall Cook, 69, of Canterbury Drive, Shady Spring, passed away suddenly Sunday, April 23 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Born in Wyoming County July 11, 1936, he was the son of the late Fred P. Cook of Oceana, the late Ona Cook Lewis Kirby of Beckley, and stepmother, Bethel Cook Angles of Oceana....
Maggie B. Pennock
Apr 26, 2006
Maggie Berthal Shields Pennock, 99, of Carlisle, WV died on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 18, 1906 at Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Wallace Shields and Rosie Toney Shields Bruno and step-daughter of the late Frank Bruno. Mrs. Pennock was a member of the Scarbro Baptist Church,...
Evelyn K. Hoskins
Apr 24, 2006
Evelyn Kathryn Feazelle Hoskins, 89, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, April 24, 2006 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC following a massive stroke. Born December 26, 1916 at Raleigh County, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Alexander "Alec" and Mabel Christine Feazelle. Mrs. Hoskins was a member of the Maynor Freewill Baptist...
James "Bud" King
Apr 22, 2006
James P. "Bud" King, 80, of Oak Hill died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at his home after a long illness. Born August 24, 1925, at Bolt, he was the son of the late Paul Upton and Lottie M. Acord King. Mr. King was a retired receiving clerk for Long Airdox in Oak Hill. He was of the Protestant faith, a...
Richard T. Mullins
Apr 22, 2006
Richard Thomas Mullins, 74, of Old Willis Branch Hollow, Pax, WV fell asleep in Christ on Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born March 22, 1932 at Clear Creek, WV he was the son of the late Renzie and Laura Williams Mullins. Richard was raised by his grandmother, the late Ida Williams and his uncle,...
Winston S. Smith
Apr 20, 2006
Winston Shelvon Smith, 63, of Ormond Beach, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, FL. Born October 18, 1942 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Shelvon and Margie Lana Painter Smith. Winston moved to the Ormond Beach area in 1992 where he was...
