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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Mabel Mankin Ramey
Sep 27, 2003
Mabel Mankin Ramey, 90, of Conway, South Carolina fomerly of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, September 27, 2003, at home after a long illness. She was born May 1, 1913 in Oak Hill, a daughter of the late Clyde and Elsie Backus Mankin. She was the retired owner of Mabel's Dress Shop in Oak Hill and a member of the...
Hilda Weeks
Sep 26, 2003
Hilda Louise Bowyer Weeks, 81, of Bradley, WV died Friday, September 26, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley after a long illness. She was born at Cirtsville, WV, a daughter of the late John W. and Jessie Mae Howard Bowyer. She was a beloved wife and mother. A member of the Maynor Free Will Baptist Church and the Ladies...
Franklin Light
Sep 24, 2003
Franklin Dalmas Light, 62, of Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born March 19, 1941 at Kaymoor, WV he was the son of the late James Sherman and Olive Light. He was a former Police Officer in Washington, DC and was a disabled veteran. He was...
Allen Sharp
Sep 17, 2003
Allen Ray Sharp, 74, of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill of an apparent heart attack.
Charles Tincher
Sep 15, 2003
Charles Edward Tincher, 78, of Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, September 15, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a sudden illness. Born August 30, 1925 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Lee B. and Lillie S. Fridley Tincher. Mr. Tincher was a retired carpenter. He was preceded in death by a brother,...
Sarah Burwick
Sep 15, 2003
Sarah Leotia Rucker Burwick, 97, of Minden, WV died on Monday, September 15, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born June 27, 1906 at Devon, Wayne County, WV she was the daughter of the late William Henry Rucker and Claudie Workman Rucker Browning. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Juan A. Faria , Iii
Sep 10, 2003
Juan A. Faria III, 47, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, September 10, 2003 in Puerto Rico from injuries received in a truck accident. He was the son of Carolyn A. Hill of Oak Hill, WV and the late Juan A. Faria, Jr. Juan was the owner of a trucking company. He was a graduate...
Shirley Risko
Sep 8, 2003
Shirley May Ryder Risko, 70, of Glen Jean, WV died on Monday, September 08, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 28, 1933 at Hot Springs, VA she was the daughter of the late Corbett and Eugie Griffith Ryder. Mrs. Risko was a member of the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill, WV and a...
Alice Settle
Sep 5, 2003
Alice Mae Bowyer Settle, 70, of Ansted, WV died Friday, September 5, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Born March 6, 1933 at Creamery, she was the daughter of John Edgar and Mary Kirby Bowyer. She was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Settle, Sr.,a daughter,...
Garrett Treadway
Sep 1, 2003
Garrett Andrew Treadway, 4 months old, of Kincaid died Monday, September 1, 2003, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a brief illness. Garrett was born on May 2, 2003 in Beckley, the son of Joe and Andrea Bickford Treadway of Kincaid. He is also survived by his sister, Maddison Renee Treadway and twin brother, Trevor Lee Treadway, his grandparents,...
Drema Miller
Aug 31, 2003
Drema M. Miller, 76, of Page, WV died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Hilltop Center, Hilltop following a long illness. She was born at Gemoca, WV on December 19, 1926 a daughter of the late Richard Sullivan and Laura Carte Sullivan Senpeck. She was homemaker and member of the Church of God at Page where she cooked chili for the...
Thomas Hurley
Aug 30, 2003
Thomas P. Hurley, 59, of Wriston, WV died at home Saturday, August 30, 2003 after a brief illness.He was born at Robson, WV on July 23, 1944 the son of the late Isaac Hurley and Mildred Bailey Hurley. He was survived by a stepdaughter, Angela Miller of Beards Fork, and one stepson, Brian Johnston of Beards Fork. The body was...
Estelle Louise Hays
Aug 30, 2003
Estelle Louise Thorne Hays, 87, of Hudson Florida formerly of Oak Hill died Saturday, August 30, 2003 at West Pasco Retirement Center, Hudson, Florida following a long illness. She was born at Narrows, Virginia a daughter of the late Luther and Annie East Thorne. She was a member of Jones Avenue First Church of God, Oak Hill. She was preceded...
Katherina Mason
Aug 29, 2003
Katherina Mason, 76, of Rainelle formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, August 29, 2003 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a long illness. Born May 31, 1927 at Gelnhansen, Germany she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Luise Gunther. Mrs. Mason was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church, Rainelle, WV,...
Beulah G. Boyd
Aug 29, 2003
Beulah G. Bell Boyd, 91, of Kilsyth died Friday, August 29, 2003 at Mary's Garden at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill. She was born December 29, 1911 at Pemberton, WV the daughter of the late William B.and Lizzie Myers Bell. She was a homemaker and was of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow T....
Berta Wright
Aug 26, 2003
Berta Lee Wright, 91, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born March 20, 1912 at Orange County, VA she was the daughter of the late John and Rose Williams Lee. Mrs. Wright was a housewife and mother and a member of the Assembly of God,...
Eleanor Horton
Aug 26, 2003
Eleanor Alberta Horton, 86, of Deepwater and Montgomery, WV died on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a long illness. Born February 06, 1917 at Deepwater, WV she was the daughter of the late Clyde Dixon and Bertha Weber Horton. During her life she was employed first at Elk Furniture Store in Montgomery and...
Evelyn Painter Thompson
Aug 24, 2003
Evelyn Painter Thompson, 93, of Buckhannon, WV died on Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Serenity Care Home in Buckhannon, WV. Born August 02, 1910 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Cyrus Edmund and Lula Duncan Painter. Mrs. Thompson was a homemaker and a member of the Webster Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...
John "Jack" Gallagher
Aug 24, 2003
John "Jack" Gallagher Jr., 56, of Bradley, WV died on Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born May 10, 1947 at Brooklyn, NY he was the son of the late John Gallagher, Sr. and Charlotte Pertain Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher was a Computer Program Analyist and a member of the Faith Baptist...
George Vargo
Aug 23, 2003
GEORGE SCOTT VARGO, born in Mount Hope in 1926, died early Thursday morning at Charleston Area Medical Center, following a short illness. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U~,S.. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga. He was a former coal operator, served as a federal mine inspector, and was a supervisor until his retirement. He was...
