Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
John Grabosky, Jr.
Feb 20, 2005
John Grabosky Jr., 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born June 16, 1922 at Carlisle, WV he was the son of the late John and Mary Lawaneska Grabosky. John was retired. He had worked for the NR&P Coal Company at Minden and the...
Robert L. Kidd
Feb 20, 2005
Robert Leonard Kidd, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 24, 1929 at Powellton, WV he was the son of the late Martin Leonard and Gertrude Miranda Kidd. He was a retired welder. Mr. Kidd served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Survivors...
Thomas Wayne Shepherd
Feb 19, 2005
Thomas Wayne Shepherd,51, of Oak Hill passed away Saturday, February 19, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill of a massive heart attack. He was born July 12, 1953 at Oak Hill the son of Ruby Ellen Ellison Shepherd of Oak Hill and the late William Lee Shepherd, Sr. He was a retired auto salesman, member of the Oak Hill...
Harless "Gene" Cassell
Feb 19, 2005
Surrounded by his family, Harless Eugene "Gene" Cassell, 74, of Oak Hill, WV lost his courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at his home. Born February 24, 1930 at Lockborne, OH he was the son of the late Fred and Gladys Meade Castle. He was a retired Master Sgt. for the US Army. He served his country...
Evelyn F. Blackburn
Feb 19, 2005
Evelyn Florene Blackburn, of 114 Forestview Drive, Beckley, went to rest in heavenly peace with her late husband, Carl L. Blackburn, on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at the Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, following a long illness. Those left to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Linda Blackburn, with whom she resided, of Beckley and Patricia Tucker and husband, Frank,...
Elizabeth Mccreary Davis
Feb 17, 2005
Elizabeth McCreary Davis, 88, of Melbourne Village, FL died on Thursday, February 17, 2005 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, FL. Born August 13, 1916 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Jesse Dean and Lizzy Farmer McCreary. She was a retired bookkeeper in the aerospace industry. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, James...
David L. Mahood
Feb 15, 2005
David L. Mahood, 73, of Warren, MI fomerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, February 15, 2005. He was the son of the late Frederick Rooks Mahood, Sr. and Oma Vandal Mahood. He was preeded in death by brothers, Robert Mahood and Frederick Rooks Mahood, Jr. and a sister, Margaret King. Survivors include his wife, Virgie Mahood; brothers, Chester R....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
