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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Lora "Maxine" Sizemore
May 29, 2005
Lora "Maxine" Sizemore,76, of Oak Hill, our beloved mother and grandmother went peacefully in her sleep after a long illness on Sunday, May 29, 2005 at her home. Born December 23, 1928, at Glen Jean, she was the daughter of the late Luther and May Holstine Hatfield. She was a homemaker, Mamaw and mother. She was a member of the...
Louis E. Bowles
May 28, 2005
Louis "Louie" Eugene Bowles, 53, of Oak Hill went to be with his Heavenly Father at 11:55 P. M. Saturday, May 28, 2005 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born November 2, 1951, at Thayer, WV, he was the son of Veoma Morris Bowles, Oak Hill and the late Benjamin D. Bowles. He is survived by a...
John C. Hill, Jr.
May 25, 2005
John C. Hill, Jr., 85, of South Charleston, WV died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV after a short illness. Born July 29, 1919 at Nuttall, WV he was the son of the late John Charles and Mabel H. Buckland Hill. John lived his early years at Hilltop, WV. He was a 1938 graduate of...
Claude B. Adkins
May 25, 2005
Claude Burton Adkins, 79, of Lakeland, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died May 25, 2005. Born February 5, 1926 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Wilson and Darlie M. Treadway Adkins. Claude was a graduate of Oak Hill High School and a member of the OHHS/CHS Alumni Association. He was a World War II...
Rodney C. Sutphin
May 21, 2005
Rodney Carr Sutphin, 41, of Winterville, NC died on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC of an apparent heart attack. Born July 25, 1963 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Janet W. Richmond Sutphin of Rt 1 Scarbro, WV and the late Bobby K. Sutphin. Rodney was a Divisional Manager for...
John F. O'Dell, Jr.
May 18, 2005
John Fredrick O'Dell Jr., 84, of Saint Albans, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at CAMA - General Division in Charleston, WV following a brief illness. Born September 05, 1920 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late John Fredrick "Fred" and Alice Lewis O'Dell. He was a retired bus driver...
Airman Kevin A. Cogar, Jr.
May 18, 2005
Airman Kevin Allen Cogar Jr., 19, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. Born August 18, 1985 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Tammy Elizabeth Hamilton Martin and her husband, Jerry Martin, Sr. of Oak Hill, WV and Kevin Cogar, Sr....
Hazel E. Perry
May 15, 2005
Hazel Ernestine Downey Perry, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, May 15, 2005. Born November 18, 1917 at Franklin, KY she was the daughter of the late Ernest Ragland and Mabel Hargis Downey and stepdaughter of the late Daisy Pearson Downey. Hazel's early years were spent in western Kentucky on a farm. She later was graduated from Bowling...
Helen Mae Crouch
May 14, 2005
Helen Mae Crouch,80, of Minden, WV died Saturday, May 14, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckle, WV. She was born July 22, 1924 at Coalwood, WV a daughter of the late John and Lula Smith Alley. She was preceded in death by one sister, Louise Ratliff. She was survived by her husband, Robert Crouch; one daughter, Sharon Ward and husband,...
Ilena Faye Armstrong
May 14, 2005
Ilena Faye Armstrong, 79, of Mount Hope, WV died Saturday, May 14, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital following a short illness. Born July 18, 1925 at Landisburg, WV she was the daughter of the late John Lake ande Alice Mae Drew Armstrong. She was a homemaker and member of the Mount Hope United Methodist Church. Ilena was preceded in death...
Gary Lee Robinson
May 13, 2005
Gary Lee Robinson,62,of Oak Hil, WV died Friday, May 13, 2005, at Beckley Veteran's Administration Medical Center. He was born August 13, 1942 at Lochgelly, WV a son of the late Robert L. and Nellie Berry Robinson. Gary was a disabled carpenter and a veteran of the US Marine Corps. Preceded in death by three brothers, John William, Robert Ray...
Ethel Tennant
May 12, 2005
Ethel Genava Rodes Tennant, 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 12, 2005 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born January 28, 1915 at Lochgelly, WV she was the daughter of the late Venna Lee "Pop" and Ada Mae Plumley Rodes. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Tennant was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church, Oak...
Rowena Rhodes George
May 11, 2005
Rowena J. Rhodes George, 96, of Beckley, WV died on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at her home. Born March 15, 1909 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Lucy McCoy Rhodes. She was a member of the Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Beckley. Rowena was a graduate of Mount Hope High School, salutorian of her graduating...
Thelma M. Thurbon
May 7, 2005
Thelma Mae Groah Thurbon, 79, of Rock Lick, WV passed away on Saturday, May 07, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a sudden illness. Daughter of the late Ira and Violet McCormick Groah, she was born on February 27, 1926 at Ironton, OH and grew up in Rock Lick. She was a long-time member of the...
Dora F. Hiltunen
May 7, 2005
Dora F. Argabright Hiltunen, 73, of Harvey Road, Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, May 7, 2005 at Hidden Valley Health Care Center, Oak Hill following an extended illness. She was born May 3, 1932 at Harvey, a daughter of the late Henry Martin Argabright and Rose Kozma Argabright. She was a homemaker and a disabled electronics technician having worked on...
Nellie Alberchinski Payne
May 6, 2005
Nellie Alberchinski Payne, 93, of Oak Hill, passed away Friday, May 06, 2005, at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 30, 1911 at Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Casmir and Rose Pobicek Alberchinski. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Payne on May 22, 1978; three brothers, Carl D., Charles, and Stanley...
Wesley R. Dixon, Jr.
May 5, 2005
Wesley Roy Dixon, Jr., 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 05, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born June 13, 1940 at Deepwater, WV he was the son of the late Wesley R. Dixon, Sr. and Margaret Vivian Stone Dixon. He was a retired self employed carpet installer. Mr. Dixon...
James T. Ross
May 4, 2005
Mr. James Thomas Ross, 83, of Crestview, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, May 4, 2005, at his home following a long illness. Born December 24, 1921 at Coal Run, Fayette County, WV he was the son of the late Arthur and Cora Lee Ross. Mr. Ross was retired from the United States Air Force as a Chief...
Edna Bayless Ferris
May 4, 2005
Edna Marie Bayless Ferris, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 at Community Hospice Center in Ashland, KY following a short illness. Born July 04, 1926 at Catlettsburg, KY she was the daughter of the late Thomas P. Bayless, Sr. and Bessie Filmore Bayless. Edna was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill,...
Freddie Mccallister, Sr.
May 3, 2005
Freddie R. McCallister Sr., 62, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born March 31, 1943 he was the son of the late Norban William and Florence Eda Sampson McCallister. He was a retired carpenter's helper. Survivors include wife, Carol Miller McCallister; three sons, Freddie McCallister, Jr., Randy McCallister and David McCallister...
