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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Erma Lane
Aug 12, 2003
Erma Irene Lane, 86, of Minden, WV died Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born June 8, 1917 in Pontiac, MI she was the daughter of the late Ada Parker. Mrs. Lane was a homemaker. Survivors include her former husband, Michael Clinton Lane of Minden, WV and her children, Michael Dzuris...
Damon "Mutt" Jones
Aug 11, 2003
Damon "Mutt" Jennings Jones, 65, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, August 11, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born February 5, 1938 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of Ida Jones Bowyer of Oak Hill, WV. He was a retired mechanic. Mr. Jones was vice president and had been a...
William R. Blake
Aug 10, 2003
William Robert Blake, born January 8, 1912, died August 7, 2003 at age 91 years. He was the son of the late Ira H. Blake and Erma Cox Blake Epperly. Born and raised at Wriston, WV he was the oldest son with four brothers and five sisters. He worked in the coal fields and retired from the State Road Department...
Thomas Williams
Aug 9, 2003
Thomas N. "Tom" Williams age 69, of Maple Fork, WV died Saturday, August 9, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley following a long illness. Born July 7, 1934 at Artie, WV he was the son of the late Murphy Lawrence and Ada Frances Stover Williams. Mr. Williams was a retired coal miner having worked for Peabody Coal Company. He...
Hubert Evans
Aug 6, 2003
Hubert Evans, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 7, 1919 at Sanger, WV he was the son of the late Benjamin and Myrtle Kathern Tincher Evans. He was a retired coal miner having worked 40 years for New River Coal Company at Lochgelly, Summerlee and...
Charles Wickline
Aug 1, 2003
Charles Russell Wickline , 68, of Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, August 1, 2003 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a short illness Born June 9, 1935 at Ingram Branch, WV he was the son of the late Russell Charles and Edna Shaver Wickline. He was a retired coal miner and a member of the UMWA. Mr....
Mary Jane Martin
Aug 1, 2003
Mary Jane Webster Martin, 86, of Rock Lick, WV died on Friday, August 1, 2003 at Heartland of Beckley in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born April 17, 1917 at Concho, WV she was the daughter of the late Thomas Elwood and Ida Mae Willow Webster. She was a member of the Summerlee Freewill Baptist Church where he husband...
John H. Williams
Jul 31, 2003
John Hunter Williams, 82, of Rt 3 Fayetteville, WV died on Thursday, July 31, 2003 at the home of his caregivers, John and Barbara Kinley in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born March 8, 1921 at Durbin, WV he was the son of the late John Luther and Frona Flynn Williams. Mr. Williams was a retired Chemical Engineer...
William King, Jr.
Jul 30, 2003
WIlliam O. King Jr., 48, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV of natural causes. Born July 15, 1955 at Nashville, TN he was the son of the late William O. King, Sr. and Norma Moore King. Mr. King was a member of the Church of Christ and a retired...
Rebecca Williams
Jul 27, 2003
Rebecca Sue Williams, 86, of Louisville, KY formerly of Cirtsville, WV died on Sunday, July 27, 2003 at Caritas Hospital in Louisville, KY following a long illness. Born May 16, 1917 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Edgar Claude and Chloe Mae Evans Williams. She was a retired Nurse Anestheist (CRNA). Miss Williams was a member...
C.L. "Jack" Burk
Jul 26, 2003
Clarence L. "Jack" Burk, 80 of Oak Hill died Saturday, July 26,2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill of an apparent heart attack. He was born June 15, 1923 in San Jose, CA son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Burk. He traveled the world in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Jack worked with Cardox in CA. and...
James Moore
Jul 19, 2003
He is asleep in Jesus. James "Beech-Nut" Steven Moore Sr., 39, of Gatewood, WV died on Saturday, July 19, 2003 at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC following a short illness. Born September 18, 1963 at Hopewell, VA he was the son of James T. Moore, Jr. and Mary Scott Moore of Oak Hill. Mr. Moore was a Loader Operator/Welder...
Lewis Frye
Jul 17, 2003
Lewis Anderson Frye, 80, of Maple Fork, WV died on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at home following a long illness. Born August 8, 1922 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Virgil and Cora Cole Frye. Mr. Frye was a member of the Crossroads Apostolic Church, Bradley, WV. He was a retired coal miner and...
Jessie Griffith
Jul 17, 2003
Jessie Phillip Griffith , 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 17, 2003, at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born on September 9, 1928 at Lochgelly, WV he was the son of the late Coonie and Mamie Tucker Griffith. Mr. Griffith was a disabled coal miner, a member of the Bradley...
Warren Wriston
Jul 14, 2003
Warren Wriston, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, July 14, 2003 at UVA Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA following a short illness. Born July 5, 1926 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late John Morris and Ola Bertha Armstrong Wriston. Mr. Wriston was a retired construction engineer. He and Helen moved to Cleveland, OH in 1951 and...
Clara Falk
Jul 11, 2003
Clara Ann Rhodes Falk, 66, of Bradley died Friday, July 11, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born April 28, 1937 at Price Hill she was the daughter of Dorothy Ann Staples of Bradley and the late Johnny Greer. Mrs. Falk was preceded in death by a half-brother, Arthur Mack Staples; grandmother, Clara Dwier; nephew, Brian Mack Staple and...
Thelma Boyles
Jul 9, 2003
Thelma Muncy Boyles, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Born January 6, 1916 at Pilgrim, KY she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Tamsy Preece Muncy. She was a retired Cook for Collins High School, Oak Hill. Mrs. Boyles was a member of the Jones Avenue...
Virgil Lee Worley
Jul 7, 2003
Virgil Lee Worley , 84, of Minden, WV died on Monday, July 7, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born August 8, 1918 at Mabscott, WV he was the son of the late Letch Prince and Ida Smith Worley. He was disabled. Survivors include a brother, Oather Worley of Minden and a special...
Lisa Pittman
Jul 5, 2003
Lisa Ann Dorton Pittman , 44, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, July 5, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Born January 13, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Mary Campbell Dorton of Oak Hill and the late Douglas Dorton. She was Co-Owner for Process Construction, Oak Hill and a US Postal Clerk...
Mary Treadway Smith
Jul 4, 2003
Mary A. Treadway Smith , 69, of Pikeville, KY died on Friday, July 4, 2003 at Pikeville Methodist Hospital in Pikeville, KY following a short illness. Born April 28, 1934 at Wriston, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Raymond and Leota Pennington Treadway. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E....
