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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
William Chornsbay
Feb 14, 2005
William Chornsbay, 73, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, February 14, 2005 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 28, 1931 at Hamtramack, MI he was the son of the late William and Eva Grobosky Chornobay. William was a retired Tech Sgt for the US Air Force and also a veteran of the US Army and the Korean...
William "Billy" Buckner
Feb 14, 2005
William "Billy" Franklin Buckner, 57, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, February 14, 2005 at his home following a long illness. Born March 25, 1947 in Kanawha County, WV he was the son of the late Haymond and Helen West Buckner and stepson of the late Freda Buckner. He was disabled. Billy was preceded in death by several brothers...
Jon Dragan
Feb 12, 2005
Jon A. Dragan, 62, of Thurmond, WV died Saturday, February 12, 2005, at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV after suffering a stroke. Born in Pennsylvania he was the son of the late John S. and Barbara Kopcak Dragan. Mr. Dragan was a whitewater rafting pioneer in Fayette County. He, along with his wife and brothers, started the state's first commercial...
Betty Walker Kemper
Feb 11, 2005
Betty Jean Walker Kemper, 68, of Saint Petersburg, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, February 11, 2005 at her home. Born November 06, 1936 at Minden, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert W. and Evelyn Mae Dorsett Walker. She was a retired Patient Representative for the VA Medical Center, Beckley, WV. Survivors include husband,...
Shirley Armstrong Gruenberg
Feb 11, 2005
Shirley Staton Armstrong Gruenberg, 97, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, February 11, 2005 in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 09, 1908 at Burnwell,Pike County, KY she was the daughter of the late John (J.E.) and Arizona McCoy Staton. Mrs. Armstrong Gruenberg was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV and was a homemaker. She...
Linda Donell Foster
Feb 11, 2005
Linda Donell Foster, 61, of Maple Fork, died Friday, February 11, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley after a long illness. Linda was born February 4, 1944 at Willis Branch, a daughter of the late Clarence and Flossie Kidd Donell. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church on Summerlee Road. Besides her...
Willis Glen Criss
Feb 11, 2005
Willis Glen Criss, 83, of Harvey Hill, Harvey died Friday, February 11, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born March 22, 1921 at Harvey, he was the son of the late Glennie Swazy and Annie Wilkerson Criss. Mr. Criss was a retired coal miner from the New River Company having last worked at Siltex Mine at Mount Hope. He...
Randy A. Suttle
Feb 10, 2005
Randy "Hayes" Allen Suttle, 46, of Kilsyth, WV went to be home with the Lord on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at home following a couragous battle with cancer. Born June 14, 1958 at Beckley, WV he was the son Josephine Wines Suttle of Kilsyth and the late John "PeeWee" Suttle. Mr. Suttle was of the Baptist faith and a carpenter...
Mary Deal Richeson
Feb 7, 2005
Mary Magdalene Deal Richeson, 86, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, February 07, 2005 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a short illness. Her death occured on her 58th wedding anniversary. Born December 25, 1918 at Kilsyth, WV she was the daughter of the late Fred and Ola Brown Deal. Mrs. Richeson was a homemaker. She was...
Alma Blake Correll
Feb 6, 2005
Alma Louise Blake Correll, 93, of Centerville, OH formerly of Minden, died on Sunday, February 06, 2005 Heartland of Centerville, Centerville, OH. Born May 19, 1911 at Gatewood, WV she was the daughter of the late Omri N. and Helen F. Smith Blake. Mrs. Correll was a homemaker and a member of Hillside Chapel in Beavercreek, Ohio. She was preceded...
Andrew E. Wooten, Sr.
Feb 5, 2005
Andrew Edmund Wooten,Sr.,93, of Minden, WV died Saturday, February 5, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill following a short illness. He was born March 8, 1911 at Scarbro, WV to Abraham Lincoln and Bertha Scurlock Wooten. He was a retired lab technician at ARH, Beckley in the Cardiac/Pulmonary Lab for 27 years, a retired fire boss with 25 years...
Clifford Wayne Fankell
Feb 4, 2005
Clifford Wayne Fankell, 95, of Oak Hill died Friday, February 4, 2005 at Fayette Continuous Care Center, Fayetteville following a long illness. He was born March 7, 1909 in Carter County, Kentucky a son of the late Lloyd and Rachel Fankell. He was a retired coal miner from the New River Pocahonatas Coal Company at Minden. Member of the Oak...
Minnie Burke Kincaid
Feb 2, 2005
Minnie Virginia Burke Kincaid, 87, of Oak Hill, WV formerly of Kincaid, WV died on Wednesday, February 02, 2005, at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 19, 1917 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of the late John D. and Margaret Pegram Roop Burke. Mrs. Kincaid was a retired homemaker and Secretary-Treasurer for Kincaid Plumbing and...
Edna Lois Nichols
Feb 1, 2005
Edna Lois Elmore Nichols, of Scarbro, WV died on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. The daughter of the late Charles Edward and Ethel Julia Craft Elmore, Edna was born in Virginia and was raised in Whipple, WV. Mrs. Nichols was a member of the Scarbro Baptist Church and was...
Larry Simms
Jan 27, 2005
Larry Simms, 58, of Weirwood, WV died on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at his home. Born August 18, 1946 at Willis Branch, he was the son of Julia Deal Simms of Weirwood and the late Albert Simms. He was preceded in death by his father, Albert and a brother, Davey Simms. Larry will be sadly missed by his mother, Julia...
Hersey E. Eads
Jan 25, 2005
Hersey Ernest Eads, 89, of Houston, TX formerly of Kincaid, WV died on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at Treemont Nursing Home in Houston, TX with his son, Rodney Eads by his side. Born September 06, 1915 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Preston and Lucy Chaney Eads. Mr. Eads retired as an auditor with the WV...
James S. Patton
Jan 24, 2005
Rev. James S. Patton, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, January 24, 2005 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a short illness. Born September 16, 1917 at Elkview, WV he was the son of the late Alfred and Nora Patton. He was retired from Aflac Insurance Company and was a retired minister. Mr. Patton was...
Trilby Humphrey Tyree
Jan 23, 2005
Trilby Lee Humphrey Tyree, 95, of Franklin, IN formerly of Pax, WV, died on Sunday, January 23, 2005 the Franklin United Methodist Community in Franklin, IN. Born October 10, 1909 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry F. and Louella Lafferty Humphrey. Tribly lived her entire life in Pax until she moved to the assisted living...
Opal E. Taylor
Jan 23, 2005
Opal Elsie James Taylor, 96, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, January 23, 2005 at her home following a long illness. Born September 23, 1908 at Beards Fork, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry and Nellie Williams James. Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Oak Hill, WV and was a homemaker....
Claudia White Renick
Jan 22, 2005
Claudia Fay White Renick, 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV of natural causes. Born March 20, 1912 at Bim, Boone County,, WV she was the daughter of the late Dave and Debbie Green White. Mrs. Renick was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak...
