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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Gertrude Atkins
Nov 26, 2003
A dedicated wife, mother and grandmother, Gertrude Lee Painter Atkins, 76, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at her home. Born October 29, 1927 at Paint Creek, WV she was the daughter of the late Asa Amos and Lura Mae Williams Painter. Mrs. Atkins was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, William...
Archie Lambert
Nov 24, 2003
Archie Augusta Lambert Jr., 52, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, November 24, 2003 at his home following a short illness. Born October 15, 1951 at Eccles, WV he was the son of the late Archie Augusta Lambert, Sr. and Minnie Sue Altizer Lambert. Mr. Lambert was a coal miner and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He served in...
Lawrence "Eddie" Trowbridge
Nov 22, 2003
Lawrence "Eddie" Edward Trowbridge, 48, of Smithers, WV died on Saturday, November 22, 2003 at Montgomery General Hospital in Montgomery, WV following a short illness. Born June 03, 1955 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Charles Dallas Trowbridge and the late Ceclia Kathleen Jarrell Trowbridge. Mr. Trowbridge was a Protestant. He was a cook at Pizza Hut, Smithers....
Mildred Eder
Nov 21, 2003
Mildred A. Eder,79, of Prosperity died Friday, November 21, 2003 at her home surrounded by her family. Born January 5, 1924 at Garten, WV, a daughter of the late Herbert and Avena Bryant Burton. She was a resident of Mount Hope for many years except fro the past few years. She attended the Glen Jean Church of God for many...
Fred "Berghoff" Pennington
Nov 20, 2003
Fred "Berghoff" Ronald Pennington, 70, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, November 20, 2003 at CAMA - General Division in Charleston, WV following a long illness. Born November 01, 1933 at Scarbro, WV he was the son of the late Lewis Clark and Elizabeth Weatherford Pennington. Mr. Pennington was a retired Mechanic/Detail Man for Steen-Miller and was a member...
Anita Catherine Small
Nov 19, 2003
Anita Catherine Johnson Small, 44, of Charlotte, NC died on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at her home in Charlotte, NC following a sudden illness. Born January 25, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Johnny N. and Mary L. Clay Johnson of Oak Hill, WV. She was a Music Minister at Advant Lutheran Church in University City,...
Marie Humphrey
Nov 17, 2003
MARIE HUMPHREY Doris Marie Humphrey of Beckley, WV died Monday, November 17, 2003 at Easton, Maryland. She was 87 years old. Born September 3, 1916 in Floyd County, Virginia, she was the daughter of Stafford Dangerfield and Mary (Aldredge) Dangerfield. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard W. Humphrey on June 19, 1978; and, by her granddaughter, Kristin...
Raleigh England, Iii
Nov 17, 2003
Raleigh "Gene" Eugene England, III , 31, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, November 17, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 23, 1972 at Portsmouth, VA he was the son of Dr. Raleigh Eugene England, II and Betty Morton England of Bradley, WV Mr. England was a Baptist by faith and a carpenter. Survivors include wife,...
Charlotte Bookman
Nov 17, 2003
Charlotte Jean Puckett Bookman, 66, of Durham, NC died on Monday, November 17, 2003 in Durham, NC after a lengthy illness. Born October 8, 1937 at Kilsyth, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Richard and Hazel Bibb Puckett. Mrs. Bookman married Paul K. Bookman, Sr. shortly after graduating from Mount Hope High where she was a majorette....
Ella Edwards
Nov 15, 2003
Ella Cleo Phillips Edwards, 98, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, November 15, 2003 at The Summit at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born October 27, 1905 at Lerona, WV she was the daughter of the late Winton Carrington and Rhoda St. Clair Phillips. Mrs. Edwards was a member of the Lerona Methodist Church,...
Hattie Bennett
Nov 15, 2003
Hattie "Teacher" E. Bennett, 90, of Kilsyth, WV died Saturday, November 15, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital after a short illness. She was born September 26, 1913 at Willis Branch, WV, the daughter of the late Willie and Elsie Phillips Williams. Hattie was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother, sister and friend. She was a volunteer at Raleigh General...
Kathleen Butler
Nov 14, 2003
Kathleen Butler of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV died Friday, November 14, 2003, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, WV. She was born December 8, 1923 at Eccles, WV, the daughter of the late Luther Martin Thorne and Annie Florence East Thorne. Mrs. Butler was retired from the Dietary Department of Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. She was a member of...
Cheryl Berry
Nov 14, 2003
Cheryl Jean Massie Berry, 45, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, November 14, 2003 at her residence after a long illness. She was born May 15, 1958 in Fayette County, a daughter of Alice Hughes Tincher of Fayetteville and the late Eddie Massie. Mrs. Berry was a homemaker and a member of the Gatewood Salem Free Will Baptist Church. She...
Glema Cogar
Nov 13, 2003
Glema Jean Lafferty Cogar, 72, of Scarbro, WV went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 13, 2003 at CAMA - General Division in Charleston, WV following a short illness. Born August 23, 1931 at Mahan, WV she was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Geneva Potter Lafferty. Mrs. Cogar was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist...
June Bibb
Nov 8, 2003
June Scarborough Bibb, 91, of Scarbro formerly of Shady Spring, died Saturday, November 8, 2003 at Hilltop Center, Hilltop, WV. She was born July 5, 1912 at Winding Gulf, WV a daughter of the late Calvin and Elsa Ramsey Scarborough. Mrs. Bibb was a homemaker and a member of the Open Door Church at Shady Spring. She was preceded in...
Herbert Reese
Nov 5, 2003
Herbert Fletcher Reese, 84, of Route 2, Fayetteville, WV (Wriston)died Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. He was born May 13, 1919 at Robson, WV a son of the late Charlie and Hattie Burgess Reese. He was a coal miner and a farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Magdalene Tuck...
Evelyn Thomas Mclain
Nov 3, 2003
Mrs. Evelyn Beatrice Thomas McLain, 96, of Jacksonville, Florida formerly of Oak Hill, died Monday, November 3, 2003, in Jacksonville Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was born September 4, 1907 at Parral (Summerlee), WV, a daughter of the late James Isaac "J. I." Thomas and Mollie Bays Thomas. Mrs. McLain was a homemaker, a lifelong member of the...
Cecil Brewer
Nov 3, 2003
Cecil Brewer, 74, of Oak Hill, WV died at home, Monday, November 3, 2003 after a long illness. He was born May 11, 1929 at Jackson, Kentucky, a son of the late Willie and Nora Hensley Brewer. He was a retired miner with Allied Chemical, Harewood, WV with forty one and a half years of service. Member of the Jones...
Harold Harvey
Oct 31, 2003
Harold James Harvey, 89, of Scarbro, WV died on Friday, October 31, 2003 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 26, 1914 at Summers County, WV he was the son of the late Elonzo Newton and Louise Catherine Biggs Harvey. He was a retired coal miner and carpenter having last been employed by Brooks Foundry at Albion, MI....
James Wriston
Oct 30, 2003
James Franklin Wriston, 61, of Summersville, WV died on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born January 14, 1942 at Westerly, WV he was the son of Jewel C. Wills Wriston of Oak Hill and the late James Cebert Wriston. He was a disabled coal miner. other...
