Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Leonard Nelson Wriston
Nov 14, 2005
Leonard Nelson Wriston, 67, of New Matamoras, OH died November 14, 2005 at his home. Born August 27, 1938 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Luther Hansford and Edith Ethel Lively Wriston. He was a retired timberman. A brother, Bueaford Wriston preceded him in death. Leonard is survived by his companion, Delores Seevers of New...
Susan Ellen Evans
Nov 12, 2005
Susan Ellen Fleshman Evans, 45, of Minden died Saturday, November 12, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a short illness. She was born April 6, 1960 at Badrachnach, Germany, a daughter of William Edward and Barbara Ellen Sanger Fleshman of Minden. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Ray Evans. Survivors include three daughters, Ruby Ann...
Addison Brooke Haney
Nov 11, 2005
Addison Brooke Haney, 2 months old, of Bolt, WV died Friday, November 11, 2005 at home. She was born September 16, 2005 at Beckley, the daughter of Michael F. and Amanda Malay Haney. Preceded in death by her maternal great grandmother, Katie Marie Piotrowksi; uncle, Jack Allen Arrington; aunt, Ethel Virginia Arrington; cousins, Katelyn and Jamie Stump; paternal great grandparents,...
Wanda Yomnick
Nov 11, 2005
Wanda Workman Yomnick,79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, November 11, 2005 at Fayette Continuous Care Center in Fayetteville, WV. Her husband, John Yomnick preceded her in death on July 15, 1991. Burial will be at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Oak Hill.
Amber Adkins
Nov 10, 2005
Amber Marie Adkins infant daughter of Ronald Ray Adkins and Troy Leann Pennington Fisher of Milton, WV was stillborn on Thursday, November 10, 2005, at Women's and Children's Hospital, Charleston,WV. Additional survivors include a sister, Tiffany Fisher; two brothers, Aaron and Logan Fisher and grandparents, Rick and Ruth Pennington of Milton, WV and Grover Carter of Oak Hill, WV. There...
Minyonne Wikel
Nov 8, 2005
Minyonne Paulette Gray Wikel, 56, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a short illness. Born July 08, 1949 at Haleyville, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Jessey and Jeanette V. Gray. She was a nurse for Hidden Valley Nsg & Rehab Center. Mrs. Wikle attended...
William A. Amick
Nov 8, 2005
William Albert Amick, 72, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, November 8, 2005 in a Portland Oregon hospital. Born at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Albert Luther and Freda Virginia Tomlin Amick. William was an 11-year veteran of the US Navy. He was a citizn of the world, having lived and worked throughout in places...
Lowell E. Cogar, Sr.
Nov 7, 2005
Lowell E. Cogar Sr., 79, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, November 07, 2005 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born March 14, 1926 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late Loren and Pearl Wriston Cogar. Mr. Cogar was a member and deacon of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV. He was a member of...
Anna Mae Adkins
Nov 6, 2005
A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Anna Mae Lovell Adkins, 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, November 06, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born April 19, 1934 at Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late J. D. Lovell and Susie Matilda Cranfield Lovell Johnson and the step-daughter...
Haven P. Davis
Nov 4, 2005
Haven P. Davis, 83, of Maple Fork, WV, passed away Friday, November 4, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born April 23, 1922 at Nesco (Maple Fork), West Virginia, he was the son of the late Price and Emma Givens Davis. He was a retired Federal Mine Inspector, having retired from the Mount Hope office of the Dept. of...
Suzann Smith
Oct 31, 2005
Suzann Hamrick Smith, 57, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, October 31, 2005 at her home. Born November 23, 1947 at Powellton Hollow, Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of the late Opie and Hazel Hartwell Hamrick. She was a disabled Dietitian for Beckley ARH and of the Pentacostal faith. Three brothers, Donnie Ray, Jerry Lawrence and Jackie Lee...
Freda Howard Babinski
Oct 31, 2005
Freda Howard Babinski, 54, of McEwen, TN passed away Monday, October 31, 2005 following a short illness. She was the daughter of Lois Rice Howard Blaschak, also known as the poet Jenny Wren, of Lancing, TN formerly of Scarbro, WV and the late Cager D. Howard who preceded her in 1983. Freda was the author of two published books of...
Helen Bowyer
Oct 30, 2005
Helen L. Farr Bowyer, 87, of Clarksville, IN died on Sunday, October 30, 2005 in a Clarksville, IN care center following a long illness. Born June 10, 1918 at Sharpes, WV she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Edna Mitchell Farr, Sr.. Mrs. Bowyer was a member of the United Methodist Church, Oak Hill, WV and was a...
Jewel Wriston
Oct 27, 2005
Jewel Carmel Wills Wriston, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born May 23, 1922 at Putney, WV she was the daughter of the late Edward and Goldie Harper Wills. Mrs. Wriston was a member of the Apostolic faith and a homemaker. Her...
Cassandra J. Kessler
Oct 23, 2005
Cassandra Jean Kessler, 21 day old daughter of Justin Carl and Mary Beth Honaker Kessler, of Toccoa, GA died on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA. She was born October 02, 2005 in Toccoa, GA She was preceded in death by a paternal great grandfather, Guy Kincaid and maternal great grandfathers, Creed Evans Bradshaw...
Faye Thompson Arcudia
Oct 22, 2005
Faye Thompson Arcudia,84,of Oak Hill died Saturday, October 22, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley following a long illness. She was born April 24, 1921 at Killarney, WV, a daughter of the late Grady and Nora Barnes Gunnoe. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Thompson; her...
Delphia Evans
Oct 22, 2005
Verna Delphia Coleman Evans,93,of Rt. 1 Scarbro died Saturday, October 22, 2005 at Heartland of Charleston, Charleston, WV. She was born September 15, 1912 at Dothan, WV a daughter of the late Everette S. and Naomi S. Payne Coleman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church at East Kingston. Her husband, Desota Evans, two...
Stanley Uher
Oct 16, 2005
Stanley Uher,73,of Oak Hill formerly of Chicago and Lyons, Illinois died Wednesday, October 12 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a short illness. Born April 19, 1932, at Kingston, WV, he was the son of the late Mike and Vera Uher. Mr. Uher was a retired employee of the Public School system in Illinois. He was a graduate of the...
William "Bill" Sharpless
Oct 16, 2005
William E. "Bill" Sharpless, 47, of Apache Junction, AZ formerly of Mount Hope, WV went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 16, 2005. Born August 21, 1958 at Akron, OH he was the son of Barbara Wright of Beckley, WV and the late Frank Sharpless and stepson of Earl Wright of Beckley and the late Betty Sharpless....
Thomas Evan Kirk
Oct 15, 2005
Thomas Evan Kirk, 76, of Beckley, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2005 at the Webster Nursing and Rehab. Center, Cowen,WV following a long illness. Born June 9, 1929 at Newark, Ohio, he was the son of the late Evan Petrie Kirk and Betty Jane Palmer Ankrum. Mr. Kirk was a retired electrician and manager with Motorola in Memphis, Tenn. He...
