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Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Ethel Campbell Ellison
May 2, 2005
Ethel Marie Campbell Ellison, 83, of Hilltop, WV died on Monday, May 02, 2005 at home following an extended illness. Born June 20, 1921 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Oscar Bennett and Lura Carnelia Anderson Campbell. Mrs. Ellison was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV where she was active in...
Helen Burgess
May 1, 2005
Helen Mae Carson Burgess, 97, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, May 01, 2005 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following an extended illness. Born February 29, 1908 at Snake Run, Allegheny County, VA she was the daughter of the late Chester R. Carson and Mary E. "Molly" Sively Carson Posey. Mrs. Burgess was a member of...
Jo Ann Zink Allen
Apr 29, 2005
Jo Ann Zink Allen , 72, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, April 29, 2005 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 16, 1932 at Smithers, WV she was the daughter of the late Brainard and Helen Frances Pettigrew Zink. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Henry Allen...
Freda Stover Tyree
Apr 27, 2005
Freda Aliff Stover Tyree, 83, of Union Township, OH died on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Vista Care Hospice in Anderson Township, OH. Born November 04, 1921 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Eula and Zella Humphrey Aliff. She Hand Taper for Siemens Corporation, Norwood, OH. She was of the Baptist faith. Freda was preceded in...
Astri Jarrett
Apr 26, 2005
Astri Larsen Jarrett, 89, Myrtle Beach, SC formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday April 26, 2005 at Myrtle Beach Manor. Born in Risor, Norway, June 14, 1915, Astrid Erike Larsen was the daughter of the late Captain Lauritz and Wilhelmine Olsen Larsen. She immigrated to the United States in 1935 at the age of twenty. In 1940, she received...
Marilyn Wriston
Apr 25, 2005
Marilyn Sue Bowles Wriston, 49, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 25, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 08, 1956 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter M. and Flora Jane Tatarski Bowles. Marilyn was Assistant Branch Manager for Bank One, Oak Hill, WV. She was a member...
Elsie Bandy Wooldridge
Apr 25, 2005
Elsie E. Catlett Bandy Wooldridge, 95, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, April 25, 2005 at Heartland of Beckley in Beckley, WV. Born April 17, 1910 at Buckingham County, VA she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Huddleston Catlett. Mrs. Wooldridge was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, Bradley, WV and was a homemaker. She was...
Gracie Harris
Apr 23, 2005
Gracie McKinney Harris, 95, of Mount Hope, WV died on Saturday, April 23, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following an extended illness. Born September 04, 1909 at Summers County, WV she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Amanda McKinney. Mrs. Harris was a member of the Assembly of God, Mount Hope, WV and a homemaker....
Myrtle Pearl Sears
Apr 22, 2005
Myrtle Pearl Redman Sears, 86, of Oak Hill died Friday, April 22, 2005 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a short illness. She was born August 17, 1918 at Covington, VA a daughter of the late William H. and Sadie Jane Wolf Redman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church. Preceded in death...
Mattie Louise Riser
Apr 22, 2005
Mattie Louise Rice Riser, 79, of Carlisle, WV died Friday, April 22, 2005, at her home. Born November 7, 1925 in Eastland, TN she was the daughter of the late James Mattison and Arizona Harrington Rice. Mrs. Riser was a retired postmistress. She attended the First Church of God at Carlisle, member of ZETA masters since 1967. She enjoyed going...
Lucille Persinger
Apr 21, 2005
Lucille Collins Persinger, 80, of Munroe Falls, Ohio, formerly of Mount Hope, WV and Bradley, WV died Thursday, April 21,2005 at Hospice of Akron after a long illness. She was born June 9, 1924 at Mount Hope, WV she was a daughter of the late Dennis C. and Ruth Ann Perry Collins. Lucille was a member of the Mount Hope...
Margaret Debusk
Apr 21, 2005
Margaret VanHuss DeBusk, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at her home following a short illness. Born October 20, 1920 at Washington County, VA she was the daughter of the late Samuel V. and Mary Camper VanHuss. Mrs. DeBusk attended the Oak Hill Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV and was a homemaker. Survivors include husband...
Charles D. Trowbridge
Apr 18, 2005
Charles D. Trowbridge, 85, of Beards Fork, a good and faithful servant has won the fight, finished his course and gone home to receive his crown, on Sat. April 16, 2005 at his home. Born April 14, 1920, at Kimberly, he was the son of the late Homer and Mary Johnson Trowbridge. He was a retired coal miner with over...
Stanley Goff
Apr 18, 2005
Stanley Eugene Goff of Oak Hill, WV was promoted to Glory on his 80th birthday, Monday, April 18, 2005 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born April 18, 1925 at Gatewood, WV he was the son of the late Walter and Mabel Lafferty Goff. Mr. Goff was a member of the First Brethren Church, Oak...
James "Sandy" Craft
Apr 18, 2005
James "Sandy" Davis Craft, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 18, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born March 2, 1928 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Gordon Franklin and Ethel Rebecca McCoy Craft. Sandy was a loving husband and NASCAR fan. He was known...
Irene Kirby Brown
Apr 18, 2005
Mary Irene Kirby Brown, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, April 18, 2005, at her home following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Fayette County, Irene is survived by J. Ike Brown, her devoted husband of 57 years; her children, Debra Brown Brewer and husband, Michael, of Fayetteville and Rita Brown DeAth and husband, William, of Fayetteville, five...
James D. Lafferty
Apr 14, 2005
James "Papaw" D. Lafferty, 85, of Pax, WV died on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born April 07, 1920 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Frank and Rosa Williams Lafferty. He was retired from the WV Department of Highways. Mr. Lafferty was a member of the Weirwood Community...
Roxie Hall Blevins
Apr 14, 2005
Roxie Lou Hall Blevins, 70, of Piney View, WV died on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born March 30, 1935 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late Howard and Catherine Ida O'Dell Hall. Mrs. Blevins was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Beckley and...
Stanley Grand
Apr 13, 2005
Stanley J. Grand, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 14, 1917 at Arnold City, PA he was the son of the late Frank Grandalski and Violet Grandalski Brey. Stanley was a retired merchant having owned the Smart Shop in Man and Springfield, VA. He had worked...
Ronald Holley
Apr 11, 2005
Ronald Lee Holley, 62, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, April 11, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born October 28, 1942 at Mossy, WV he was the son of the late Junior Ronald and Dessie Mae Wriston Holley. Mr. Holley was an equipment operator for Crowell Brothers Construction of Lynchburg, VA and Dearing...
