Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Matthew "Diddle" Hundley
May 22, 2004
Matthew Jody "Diddle" Hundley, 20, of Oak Hill died Saturday, May 22, 2004 near the New River at Cunard following an accident. He was born May 26, 1983 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, a son of Carlton David and Rosa Louise Wriston Hundley of Oak Hill. Diddle was an employee of Pino Construction Company of Oak Hill. He was...
Eva Owen
May 21, 2004
Eva Thora Hollis Owen, 88, of Beards Fork, WV died on Friday, May 21, 2004 at Montgomery General Hospital in Montgomery, WV following a short illness. Born July 23, 1915 at Ramsey, Huntingtonshire, England, she was the daughter of the late George and Violet Hollis. Mrs. Owen was of the Protestant faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death...
Ruby Daniels
May 21, 2004
Ruby Daniels, 79, of Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, May 21, 2004 at Fayette Continuous Care Center in Fayetteville, WV following a long illness. Born February 28, 1925 at Winona, WV she was the daughter of the late Julia Daniels. Survivors include friends and caregivers, Margie and Levi Stanley of Fayetteville, WV. Graveside Rites will be Monday, May 24, at...
William "Bill" Janney
May 20, 2004
William A. "Bill" Janney, 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 20, 2004 at his home in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 06, 1921 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late John William and Mary Lou "Molly" Souder Janney. He was a retired salesman for King Coal Chevrolet & Cadillac, Oak Hill. Mr. Janney...
Opal Woods
May 18, 2004
Opal L. Walker Woods, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Vaughan Dunlap following a long illness. Born August 24, 1916 at Sipsey, AL she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Lydia Aaron Walker. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Woods was a member of...
Harry Goodman
May 13, 2004
Harry R. Goodman 95, of Mocksville, NC formerly of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, May 13, 2004 at Davie County Hospital in Mocksville, NC. Born January 27, 1909 at Lansing, WV he was the son of the late Lens and Vernie McClung Goodman. He was a retired coal miner for New River Company at Siltex and Garden Grounds and...
Frederick Burns
May 12, 2004
Frederick Winston Burns, 35, of Minden, WV died on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at his home. Born May 05, 1969 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Walter Everett West and Garnett Burns. He was disabled. Other survivors include brothers, David Wayne West of Oak Hill; Joey Kenneth West, Sr. and Walter Christopher Burns both of...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
