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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Drogan Braenovich
Jul 27, 2005
Drogan Braenovich, 80, of Kincaid, WV died on Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born March 28, 1925 at Page, WV he was the son of the late George and Mary Zelic Braenovich. He was a retired coal miner having worked for Cannelton Industries. Mr. Braenovich was a member of the U.M.W.A., Oak Hill...
Norma Janney
Jul 26, 2005
Norma Jean Bannister Janney, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at her home. Born April 20, 1930 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Earl C. and Nell Musgrave Bannister. She was a retired registered nurse having worked for Hilltop Center and FMRS. Norma was a member of the Saint Andrew's Episcopal...
Goldie Mae Price
Jul 18, 2005
Goldie Mae Price, 97, of Oak Hill died Monday, July 18, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. She was born April 7, 1908 at Ashford, WV, a daughter of the late Charley Kirk and Myrtle Frashure Kirk. She was a homemaker and grandmother; a member of the Oak Hill United Methodist Church and the Pythian Sisters #132, Oak...
Ulysses Payne
Jul 18, 2005
Ulysses Payne,78, formerly of Pax, WV died July 18, 2005 in a nursing home at Lake Placid, Florida. Ulysses was a 1946 graduate of Pax High School where he excelled in basketball. He was the first to be drafted in the U.S. Army from Dade County, Florida during the Korean War. His tour of duty was served as cook at...
Gabriel Treadway
Jul 15, 2005
Gabriel Ean Alonzo Treadway, 3 week old infant son of Charlotte Ramsey and George Treadway of Mount Hope died Friday, July 15, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley. He was born June 22, 2005 at Beckley. Besides his parents, he is survived by his paternal grandfather, Roy Treadway and companion, Sharon Moles of Mount Hope; paternal grandmother, Cynthia Hurt of...
Sarah Kerby Booth
Jul 15, 2005
Sarah Kerby Booth, beloved mother, wife, friend died on Friday, July 15, 2005 at The Summit at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill, WV after an extended illness. Sarah was born on September 6, 1924, one of two children born to the late Francis and Dora Kerby. She was a devout Catholic of the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Parish, Oak...
David L. Ewing Mcmillion
Jul 13, 2005
Surrounded by family and friends, David Leonard Ewing McMillion, 58, of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at his home. Born April 24, 1947 at Prince, WV he was the son of the late Golden Leonard and Edith Ewing and adopted son of the late Charles and Ada McMillion. Mr. McMillion was a member of the...
Florence Srednicki Bias
Jul 13, 2005
Florence Srednicki Bias, 66, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born June 22, 1939 at Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late John Joseph Srednicki, Sr. and Mary Regina Duda Srednicki. She was retired from the WV Job Service with 47 years...
Russell L. Riffe, Sr.
Jul 12, 2005
Russell Lewis Riffe Sr., 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born November 23, 1918 at Roxalia, Monroe County, WV he was the son of the late Luther and Roxie Wickline Riffe. He was retired from Union Carbide, Alloy, WV. Mr. Riffe was a...
Russell L. "Rusty" Riffe, Jr.
Jul 12, 2005
Russell Lewis "Rusty" Riffe, Jr., 61, of Hampton, VA formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at his home. He was the son of Rachael Bragg Riffe of Oak Hill, WV and the late Russell Lewis Riffe, Sr. Rusty was a 1962 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill. He had been a resident of Hampton...
Irene Humphrey Price
Jul 11, 2005
Irene Frances Humphrey Price, 81, of Carlisle, WV joined her Lord and Savior on Monday, July 11, 2005 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born August 12, 1923 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Roy Odie and Lucy Jane Treadway Humphrey. Irene was a homemaker and was devoted to her family, church, friends...
Angela Burley
Jul 9, 2005
Angela Dawn Burley, 35, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, July 09, 2005 at the home of her mother in Oak Hill, WV following a brief illness. Born January 28, 1970 at Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of Freema Suttle Burley of Oak Hill, WV and the late Carl Eugene Burley. Angela was a receptionist for Gauley Robertson,...
Charles "Chuck" Webb
Jul 7, 2005
Rev. Charles "Chuck" Ray Webb, 55, of Oak Hill, WV was carried home by the angels on Thursday, July 07, 2005 following a long illness. Born August 05, 1949 at Minden, WV he was the son of Sara Elizabeth Nugen Webb of Oak Hill, WV and the late Charles Nelson Webb. He was a disabled WV State Mine Division, Dept...
Willard "Jess" Elam
Jul 5, 2005
Willard "Jess" Elam, 71, of Robson, WV died on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV of a sudden illness. Born January 18, 1934 in Fayette County, WV he was the son of the late Willard and Myrtle Eddison Elam. Jess was a retired supervisor for Thrall Car Manufacturing Company of Chicago Heights, IL. He...
Helen M. Trail
Jul 4, 2005
Helen Marie Richardson Trail,70, died Monday, July 4, 2005, at her home following a long illness. Born June 26, 1935, at Catherine, WV, a daughter of Thelma Kincaid Richardson of Oak Hill and the late Adam Wade Richardson, Sr. Mrs. Trail was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She looked forward to visits from her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She...
James E. Toney
Jul 3, 2005
James Edgar Toney, 29, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, July 03, 2005 at his home. Born February 01, 1976 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Norma Jean Smathers McDaniels of Oak Hill, WV and the late Ronald Edgar Toney and step-son of Donald Lynn McDaniels of Oak Hill. Mr. Toney attended the Garten Pentacostal Church. Survivors...
Teresa Yvonne Sharp
Jul 2, 2005
Teresa Yvonne Bowles Sharp,50,of Minden died Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a sudden illness. She was a homemaker. Teresa loved her grandchildren and working with her flowers and yard work. She was born August 31, 1954 at Oak Hill, daughter of Veoma Morris Bowles of Oak Hill and the late Benjamin D. Bowles. She...
Emery Adkins
Jul 1, 2005
Emery Adkins, whom co-workers called one of North Carolina's pre-eminent bowling technicians, died Friday, July 1, 2005, of heart failure at his home in Cary, NC. He was 77. For 27 years, Emery Adkins made sure the pins kept falling at Western Lanes Bowling Center on Hillsborough Street. "He was probably the best Brunswick bowling lanes mechanic in the state,"...
Sona Pack
Jun 30, 2005
Sona Clara Bennett Pack, 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born March 17, 1923 at Abraham, WV she was the daughter of the late David and Effie Smith Bennett. Mrs. Pack was a member of the Nimitz Baptist Church, Nimitz, WV and a...
Charles P. Miller, Jr.
Jun 27, 2005
Charles Preston Miller Jr., 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, June 27, 2005 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 20, 1918 at McKendree Hospital, McKendree (Sewell), WV he was the son of the late Charles Preston Miller, Sr. and Zella Shuck Miller. Charlie was a graduate of Montgomery High School. He attended New...
