Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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...
Helen E. Patton
Jun 22, 2005
Helen E. Stovall Patton, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness Born May 26, 1921 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Sexton and Cursy Ross Stovall. Mrs. Patton was a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV. She...
James B. Hess
Jun 21, 2005
Mr. James B. Hess, 90 of Warm Springs, GA formerly of Oak Hill, WV died May 5, 2005 at the St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA. Born November 1, 1914 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Meredith C. "Mack" and Edith Bessie Potter Hess. He moved to Warm Springs in 1987 after his retirement having...
Franklin Meadows
Jun 21, 2005
Reverend Franklin D. Meadows, 71, of Oak Hill, WV departed this life on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at his home. Rev. Meadows was an Ordained Bishop of the Church of God having pastored various churches in West Virginia and Virginia. He also served both states in the Administrative Offices as the Evangelism and Home Missions Director. Born on April 08,...
Homer H. Aliff
Jun 20, 2005
Homer Harrison Aliff, age 88, of Myrtle Beach, SC formerly of Pax, WV passed away Monday, June 20, 2005, at Conway Medical Center in Conway, South Carolina. Mr. Aliff , son of the late Benjamin Harrison and Elizabeth Milam Aliff, was born August 26, 1916, and was a lifelong resident of Pax, West Virginia. After suffering a stroke in late...
Philip "Pork Chop" Booth
Jun 19, 2005
Philip K. “Pork Chop” Booth, beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend, died at home in Charleston on Sunday, June 19, 2005. A son of Sarah Kerby Booth of Oak Hill, WV and the late William Hobart Booth, Pork Chop was born in Oak Hill, WV on Sept. 26, 1949. He attended Catholic school through the eighth grade in Oak...
Elsie M. Toney
Jun 19, 2005
Elsie Mae Crumb Toney, 88, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, June 19, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born January 25, 1917 at Carlisle, WV she was the daughter of the late Freeman Thomas and Susie Virginia Johnson Crumb. Mrs. Toney was a member of the Apostolic Holiness Church, Oak Hill, WV, the...
Sytha Ellen Sneed
Jun 18, 2005
Sytha Ellen Cordle Sneed,89,of Jacksonville, FL, formerly of Oak Hill died Saturday, June 18, 2005 at Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida. She was born February 7, 1916 at Vanlear, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Richard and Clara Johnson Cordle. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church where she was a member of the...
Pamela Roberts
Jun 10, 2005
Pamela Pavey Roberts, 64, of Hilltop, WV died on Friday, June 10, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born April 30, 1941 at Columbus, OH she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Ann Pavey. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two daughters, Ronda Tegeder of Hilltop, WV and May Tegeder of...
Freda A. Kelly
Jun 6, 2005
Freda A. Montgomery Kelly, 94, of Amherst, NY died on Monday, June 06, 2005 at in Amherst, NY. Born April 22, 1911 at Paint Creek, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert Y. and Victoria Collins Montgomery. Mrs. Kelley was a retired licensed practical nurse. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John S. Kelly on...
Tommy E. Wright
Jun 6, 2005
Tommy E. Wright, 61, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, June 06, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 04, 1943 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Roy and Stella Jane Harvey Wright. Tommy was a disabled water plant supervisor for the city of Indianapolis, IN. Survivors include brother, Bobby Wright...
Luke Edward Johnson
Jun 4, 2005
Luke Edward Johnson, infant son of Dale Eugene and Jennifer Elaine Johnson former residents of Oak Hill, WV, born May 16, 2005 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 4, 2005. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, June 8, 2005, at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV...
Robert Lee Ellison
Jun 3, 2005
Robert Lee Ellison,60, of Harvey, WV, died Friday, June 3, 2005 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a short illness. He was born September 9, 1944, at Jefferson, North Carolina, a son of the late Carl W. and Glenora M. Robinson Ellison. He was a disabled coal miner and a member of the Lighthouse Worship Center, Ansted, WV. Survivors include...
Virginia Thompson
Jun 2, 2005
Virginia Cooper Thompson, 90, of Wildwood House, Beckley, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 02, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born October 14, 1914 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Dovie Mae Akers Cooper. Virginia was retired from Fayette Clinic, Lochgelly, WV with 35...
