Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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....
Curtis "Johnny" Foster
Jul 3, 2003
Curtis Leroy "Johnny" Foster, 55, of Page, WV died on Thursday, July 3, 2003 at his home following a long illness. Born October 2, 1947 at Kincaid, WV he was the son of the late Ezra and Norma Payne Foster. He was a truck driver and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Foster Survivors include...
Ruth Elswick Fugate
Jul 3, 2003
Ruth Yvonne Elswick Fugate, 37, of Page, died Thursday, July 3, 2003 from injuries received in an automobile accident on Rt. 61 near Ingram Branch, WV. Ruth was born October 25, 1965 at Beckley, the daughter of Arnold William Elswick and the late Jerry Beatrice Buckner Elswick. She was an employee of Mountain State University, Beckley in the Testing and...
Margie Smith
Jul 3, 2003
Margie Lana Painter Smith 83, of Powhatan, VA formerly of Oak Hill died on Thursday, July 3, 2003 at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA following a long illness. Born April 10, 1920 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles William and Stella Star Webb Painter. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Smith was a member of the...
Harold Terry
Jul 2, 2003
Harold Lloyd Terry, 75, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 19, 1928 at Trap Hill, WV he was the son of the late James Aaron "J.A."and Glenna Deck Terry. Mr. Terry was a retired coal miner, life member of the Disabled American Veterans and member of the...
Bobby Mcmillion
Jul 2, 2003
Bobby Gene McMillion, Sr. , 64, of Belva, WV died on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Montgomery General Hospital following a long illness Born November 27, 1938 at Fayette County, WV he was the son of the late Lonnie and Naomi Virginia Jack McMillion. He was a retired Truck Driver having worked 20 years for Perry and Helton. Mr. McMillion...
Harriett Miller
Jun 29, 2003
Harriett "Granny" Blake Miller, 86, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 23, 1916 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Judson and Evelyn Lee Riggle Blake. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Scarbro Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
James Hornsby
Jun 26, 2003
James William Hornsby, 54, of Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, June 26, 2003 at his home of an apparent heart attack. Born December 16, 1948 at Hugheston, WV he was the son of Inez Marie Rucker Orler of Scarbro, WV and the late William Clayton Hornsby. Mr. Hornsby was employed by G.L.W. Construction Company. Survivors include Wife, Marian Angeline "Dolly"...
Martha Thompson
Jun 18, 2003
Martha Lea Thompson, 81, of Gallipolis, OH died on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, OH. Born July 7, 1921 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late P.H. and Minnie Holloway Thompson. She was a retired Nurse Anesthesiologist. She was preceded in death by her twin sister, Mary Crouse; other sisters, Lena...
Louise Rosiek
Jun 17, 2003
Louise Rose Kania Rosiek, 81, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at her home of an apparent heart attack. Born May 8, 1922 at Lochgelly, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter John Kania, Sr. and Valeria Pieprzyk Kania. Mrs. Rosiek was a retired Clerk for the A&P Grocery Store in Oak Hill and...
Theresa Patterson
Jun 15, 2003
Theresa Ann Smith Patterson, 46, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, June 15, 2003 at her home following a short illness. Born March 18, 1957 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Gloria R. Smith of Oak Hill and the late John Marvin Smtih. She was Day Care provider. Mrs. Patterson was a member of the United...
Larry Swanigan
Jun 14, 2003
Larry Wayne Swanigan, 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, June 14, 2003 at VA Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born November 7, 1938 at Lochgelly, WV he was the son of Roscoe C. and Ruby Runion Swanigan of Oak Hill. He was a Building Contractor in West Virginia and South Carolina. Most recently Mr. Swanigan attended the Fellowship...
Frances Walker
Jun 10, 2003
Frances O'Neal Carter Walker, 97, a 95 year resident of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born February 3, 1906 at Harvey, WV she was the daughter of the late R. H. and Della Moore Carter. Mrs. Walker was a retired school teacher for...
Sonia Smith
Jun 6, 2003
Sonia Sizemore Smith, 58, of Falls Church, VA died on Friday, June 6, 2003 at Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA following a brief illness. Born September 16, 1944 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of Violet Jachimowicz Sizemore of Scarbro and the late Jesse Sizemore. Ms. Smith was an employee of Key-Tech Services, Inc. in Alexandria, VA Survivors include...
Shirley Carr
Jun 4, 2003
Shirley Ann Cody Carr, 61, of Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 27, 1942 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Carrie Mae Moore Cody. She was a homemaker and a former Nursing Assistant for Hilltop Center. Mrs. Carr was a member...
San Dee Blackburn
Jun 1, 2003
Sandra Marie Fox-Blackburn, known by everyone as San-Dee died following a brief illness on May 29,2003 in Charlottesville" Virginia surrounded by her husband and family. San-Dee was an officer of Bank One, West Virginia, formerly Merchants and Miners National Bank. She began her successful banking career in August 1976. Her positions with the bank included Teller" Bookkeeper" Proof Operator" General...
Chase Williams
May 31, 2003
Chase Nathaniel Williams infant son of Jeffrey Thurmond and Jennifer Dell Williams of Pax, WV was stillborn on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Survivors include Grandparents, Thurmond and Loretta Williams of Pax Connie Fleming of Beckley Great grandparents, Jean and Troy Mitchem of Crab Orchard Vivian Turner of Pax Great, great grandmother, Anthia Godbey...
John Whimley
May 29, 2003
John Duane Whimley, 50, of Fayetteville, WV died on Thursday, May 29, 2003 at Hilltop, WV following a short illness. Born November 11, 1952 at Wayne County, MI he was the son of the late George Columbus Whimley and Janet Ruth Swanigan Slater He was a disabled cook. Survivors include Sister: Patty Teeter of Florida Brothers: Steven Slater of Florida...
