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Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Helen Slovak Bruns
Sep 28, 2005
Helen Slovak Lepto Bruns, 89, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at home, with family by her side. Born August 29, 1916 at Trenton, NJ she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Osvai Slovak. Mrs. Bruns was a member of the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill, WV. She was an...
J. Walter Brown
Sep 28, 2005
Former Oak Hill Mayor, J. Walter Brown, 85, died on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born at Union, WV on March 13, 1920,he was the son of the late Henry Clay (H.C.) and Annie E. Cummings Brown. Mr. Brown was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church, Oak...
Elizabeth Irene Smoot
Sep 23, 2005
Elizabeth Irene Smoot,81,of Brooksville,Florida, died Friday, September 23, 2005 at Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Brooksville. Born May 27, 1924 at Kilsyth, WV she was a daughter of the late Carl and Florence Miller Pruitt. Mrs. Smoot resided in Ashland, KY for many years before moving to Brooksville in 1996. She was a long time member of the First Church of Nazarene of...
Jess J. Berry, Sr.
Sep 22, 2005
Jess Jerome "Jim" Berry, Sr., 61, of Inglis, FL formerly of Page, WV, died on Thursday, September 22, 2005 at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center in Crystal River, FL. Born May 13, 1944 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Jesse and Eva Lee Robinson Berry. Jess was a Floor Technician for Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center....
Corp. William J. Rainey
Sep 17, 2005
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, September 17, 2005, at the Gentry Missionary Baptist Church, Sanger, WV for Corporal William J. Rainey who died June 23, 1951 at a P.O.W. Camp in North Korea. Corporal Rainey served with K ("King") Company in the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division of the United...
Billie Foster
Sep 16, 2005
Billie Foster, 63, of Page, WV died on Friday, September 16, 2005 at home. He was born December 5, 1941 at Kincaid, WV, a son of the late Ezra and Norma Payne Foster. He loved dogs. He is survived by his wife, Patty Snyder Foster of Page. Graveside Rites will be 11:00 AM Monday, September 19, at 11:00 AM with...
Deborah Miller Suggs
Sep 15, 2005
Deborah Hurd Miller Suggs, 50, of Douglasville, GA formerly of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, September 15, 2005 at her home. Born November 17, 1954 at Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of Margaret Karnes Hurd Crawford of Scarbro, WV and the late Douglas Paul Hurd and step daughter of William T. Crawford of Scarbro, WV. Mrs. Suggs...
Wanda Kurzyna
Sep 15, 2005
Wanda Canterbury Kurzyna, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, September 15, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born January 26, 1927 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Maxie Ray and Cammie Wilson Canterbury. Wanda was a devoted wife, loving mother and a homemaker. She was a retired sales...
Goldie Lodema Addison
Sep 14, 2005
A lifelong resident of Maple Fork, WV, Goldie Lodema Pittman Addison, 77, died on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at her home. Born April 02, 1928 at Cirtsville, WV she was the daughter of the late Carl and Jenny Belle Davis Pittman. She was a retired sales clerk at Eddie's Market in Bradley with 29 years service. She was also a...
Barbara Sue Smith
Sep 13, 2005
Barbara Sue Clark Smith, 63, of Deepwater, WV died on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at her home. Born February 23, 1942 at Lancaster, OH she was the daughter of the late Alfred Bud and Lucille McCall Clark. She was a homemaker. Survivors include three sons, Randy Smith of Englewood, OH, James Smith of Portmouth, OH and John Smith of Tyner,...
Paul D. Williams
Sep 12, 2005
Paul David Williams, 40, of Long Branch, WV died at his home on Monday, September 12, 2005. He was born May 4, 1965 at Summersville, WV. Paul loved life to the fullest. He enjoyed practical jokes, working in his flower garden and woodcrafting. He was a cook at The Korner in Pax, WV. He was the beloved husband to Sharon...
Mary J. Shelton
Sep 12, 2005
Mary J. Shelton, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, September 12, 2005 at her home following an extended illness. Born January 31, 1922 in Nicholas County, WV she was the daughter of the late Ovid and Ethel Brown. Mrs. Shelton was a homemaker and dental office receptionist for her husband, Dr. James H. Shelton DDS. She was a...
Mildred Vass
Sep 10, 2005
Mildred Juanita Wood Vass,81, of Oak Hill died Saturday, September 10, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. She was born April 30, 1924 at Beury Mountain, WV, a daughter of the late Roy Wood, Sr. and Bessie Staton Wood. She was a homemaker, housewife and mother and a member of the Thurmond Gospel Church. Her...
Margaret Marchio
Sep 7, 2005
Margaret Dower Marchio, 91, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 at her home. Born April 11, 1914 at Stone Cliff, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Effie Baker Dower. She was employed for the New River Company more than 20 years. Mrs. Marchio was a member of the Mount Hope Baptist Temple,...
June D. Parrish
Sep 6, 2005
June Deane Maddy Parrish, 80, of Bradley, WV died on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 at the home of her sister, Helen Huzoski, and niece, June McIntyre. Born September 11, 1924 at Lego, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Muriel Wilding Maddy. She was retired as Chief Medical Laboratory Technologist for Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV....
Delbert "Bert" Lawhorn
Sep 5, 2005
Delbert "Bert" Lacy Lawhorn, 42, of Lansing, WV died on Monday, September 05, 2005 at his home. Born February 28, 1963 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Betty Johnson Lawhorn of Oak Hill, WV and the late Delmas Lacy "Toad" Lawhorn. He was a US Navy veteran. His paternal grandparents, James L. "Jim" and Eva Violet Toney...
Margaret Louise Carroll
Sep 5, 2005
Margaret Louise Decker Carroll, 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, September 05, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 28, 1915 at Summerlee, WV she was the daughter of the late Claude Sylvester and Audrey Jones Decker. Louise retired from the Hecht Company as the Millinery Department Manager. After retirement Louise volunteered in the gift...
Cornelius "Connie" Simms
Sep 4, 2005
Cornelius "Connie" Houston Simms, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, September 04, 2005 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV due to complications following heart surgery. Born February 19, 1927 at Ansted, WV he was the son of the late Lawrence Watson and Madge Clendenin Sims. Daddy grew up in Beards Fork, attended Montgomery High School then...
Erma Redondo
Sep 3, 2005
Erma G. Backus Salgado Redondo, 96, of Muskegon, MI formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, September 03, 2005 in Muskegon, MI. Born January 01, 1909 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late George W. and Letetia Lively Backus. Mrs. Redondo was a retired Telephone Operator for C&P Telephone having 18 years of service. She...
Joanne Crumb Fedele
Sep 2, 2005
Ellen Virginia "Joanne" Crumb Fedele, 71, of Tidioute, PA formerly of Kilsyth, WV, died Friday, September 2, 2005 at Warren General Hospital, Warren, PA. Born April 2, 1934 in Carlisle, WV she was the eldest daughter of the late William Thomas "Bill" and Joanna Elliott Crumb. Joanne attended schools in Mount Hope, WV. She moved to Tidioute 44 years ago...
