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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Elsie Sizemore
May 9, 2004
Elsie Mae Ewing Sizemore, 90, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born August 08, 1913 at Quinnimont, WV she was the daughter of the late Jasper and Linnie Bragg Ewing. Mrs. Sizemore was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Roscoe Sizemore; sons, William Dickerson, Roby...
Owen Ballengee
May 9, 2004
Owen Shirley Ballengee, 73, of Page, WV died on Sunday, May 09, 2004 at his home. Born January 05, 1931 at Mead, WV he was the son of the late John Edgar and Margaret Angeline Buckland Ballengee. He was a retired coal miner for Peabody Coal, Stickney Mines. Mr. Ballengee was a member of the Robson Freewill Baptist Church and...
Oneta Alice Douglass
May 6, 2004
Oneta Alice Douglass, 87,of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota formerly of Scarbro, WV died Thursday, May 6, 2004 in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. She was born at Leander, WV on April 4, 1917, a daughter of the late Ernest L. and Effie D. Hively Ramsey. She was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church in Oak Hill and a homemaker...
Marcie Amick Bowyer
May 6, 2004
Marcie Alettia Amick Bowyer, 77, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 06, 2004 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born on March 13, 1927 she was the daughter of the late Albert Luther and Freda Virginia Tomlion Amick. Mrs. Bowyer was retired from the A&P Grocery Store,...
Samuel J. Arthur
May 5, 2004
Samuel James Arthur, infant, of Ruther Glen, VA died Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, VA. He was the son of Charles and Stephanie Reece Arthur. Survived by grandparents, James and Tonia Arthur of Lanark; Steven and Elizabeth Reece of Mullens; four aunts, Windy Arthur, Sheri Stott, Rebecca Reece and Josephine Reece; two uncles, Jeremiah Reece...
Ruby Knotts Swanigan
May 3, 2004
Ruby Maude Runion Knotts Swanigan, 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, May 03, 2004 at her home following a long illness. Born June 02, 1911 at Bluff City, VA she was the daughter of the late Gordon L. and Minnie Crumb Runion. Mrs. Swanigan was a member of the First Brethren Chruch, Gatewood, WV and was a homemaker....
Thomas Hughes
May 2, 2004
Thomas Jefferson Hughes, 80, of Wellington, OH formerly of Kincaid, WV died on Sunday, May 02, 2004 at his home in Wellington, OH following a long illness. Born January 09, 1924 at Dixie, WV he was the son of the late Robert and Virgie Jones Hughes. Mr. Hughes lived in New London, OH since 1979 coming from North Ridgeville. He...
Jack A. Davis
Apr 30, 2004
Jack Arthur Davis, 83, of Scarbro, WV died Friday, April 30, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a short illness. He was born at Beards Fork on July 8, 1920 son of the late Rupert and Cora Lee Settle Davis. He was a retired mechanic. Mr. Davis grew up at Mulberry Branch where he attended a one room...
Joe Jarrett
Apr 27, 2004
Joe Nelson Jarrett, M.D, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born November 13,1914, Morgantown, WV he was the son of the late Rev. Charles Newton Jarrett and Edna Scott Jarrett. Dr. Jarrett received his B.S. in Medicine from West Virginia University in 1937 graduating Magna Cum Laude and his M.D. degree from...
William Fred Oxendale
Apr 26, 2004
William Frederick "Fred" Oxendale of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 26, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. He was a retired Masonry Instructor for the Fayette County Board Of Education, Fayette Plateau Vo-Tech Center, Oak Hill. Mr. Oxendale was a member of the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Oak Hill, WV, served in the Merchant Marines...
Curtis Aliff
Apr 25, 2004
Curtis Junior Aliff, 72, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, April 25, 2004 at his home following an extended illness. Born August 12, 1931 at Ingram Branch, WV he was the son of the late Andrew and Virgie Settle Aliff. Mr. Aliff was a member of the Mossy Worship Center, Mossy, WV. He served in the US Army during Korean...
Carl Burley
Apr 24, 2004
Carl Eugene Burley, 76, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, April 24, 2004 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a long illness. Born March 16, 1928 at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Clarence and Dolly Settle Burley. He was a retired welder. Mr. Burley was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church,...
Cathy Green
Apr 22, 2004
Cathy Marie Green, 33, of Kincaid, WV died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. Born on September 7, 1970 at Wharton, Boone County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert Nathaniel and Elsie E. Stewart Green. Cathy attended Special Education classes at Summerlee for 8 years. Beside her parents, she...
Oscar Keith Williams
Apr 21, 2004
Oscar Keith Williams, 64, of Union, WV died on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea, WV. Born April 29, 1939 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late Clate and Rene Saye Williams. Mr. Williams was a member of the Light House Church of God, Union, WV and graduated from Pax High...
Rita Holdren
Apr 21, 2004
Rita Naylor Holdren, 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born September 28, 1911 at Amma, WV she was the daughter of the late Tarlton Vaughn and Rose Emma Brannon Naylor. Mrs. Holdren was a Christian of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Earl Lilly
Apr 20, 2004
Earl Lando Lilly, 80, of Hilltop, WV died on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a short illness. Born May 02, 1923 at Dunns, WV he was the son of the late John Clifford and Sally Greer Lilly. Mr. Lilly was a retired Mine Foreman for New River Company. He served in the US...
Terry Shrout
Apr 19, 2004
Terry Lee Shrout, 41, of Mount Hope, WV passed away at approximaely 2:00 am on Monday, April 19, 2004 at home in Derry Hale, WV. Terry fought a long illness with congestive heart failure and finally succumbed to the conditions he'd fought so hard. Born June 25, 1962 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Noel Dayton and Lillie...
John Mike Semerau
Apr 16, 2004
John Mike Semerau, 92, of Fayetteville, WV formerly of Oak Hill, died on Friday, April 16, 2004 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 28, 1911 at Layland, WV he was the son of the late Julius and Augusta Gubta Semerau. Mr. Semerau was a retired commercial artist. He was one of the first employees hired at WOAY-TV...
Cody Elmore, Jr.
Apr 16, 2004
Cody O. Elmore, Jr., 69, of Lake Park, GA passed from this life on April 10, 2004 at his Lake Park residence. Born on May 30, 1934 in Fayette County, West Virginia he was the son of the late Cody 0., Sr. and Kathleen Hundley Elmore. Mr. Elmore proudly served his country for 21 years in the United States Navy....
Gary R. Lilly
Apr 15, 2004
Gary R. Lilly, 51, of Beckley, WV died on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born October 07, 1952 in West Virginia he was the son of Margaret Wills Lilly Hughart of Oak Hill and the late Arlie D. Lilly, Sr. Mr. Lilly was a self employed carpenter and he served...
