Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Woodrow Wilson Payne
Jan 5, 2021
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Payne. 93, of Scarbro, WV passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV Born August 12, 1927, in Dothan, WV he was the son of the late Charles Rankin and Della Beatrice Toney Payne. He was a 1945 graduate from Oak Hill High School, a graduate from diesel mechanic school in Chicago,...
Sharon Diana Pittman
Jan 4, 2021
Sharon Diana Giles Pittman, 71, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 at her residence . Born September 22, 1949 in Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Manning Giles. Sharon was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. She was a 1968 graduate of Collins High School in Oak...
Rosalee Collins Pierson
Jan 3, 2021
Rosalee Pierson May 1, 1934 ~ January 3, 2021 Rosalee, who was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and great grandmother peacefully departed from her loving family on January 3, 2021, at the Oak Hill Place Assisted Living in Oak Hill, WV of natural causes. Rosalee was born in Braxton County to William Collins and Alta Keener-Collins. Rosalee was...
Mary Ann Holley Aliff
Jan 3, 2021
Mary Ann Holley Aliff , 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, January 03, 2021 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 06, 1934 in Paint Creek, WV she was the daughter of the late Tom and Mary Emerson Holley. For many years Mary Ann owned an upholstery shop. She later worked for National Drapery Workroom and...
Susan Kay Hill
Jan 2, 2021
Susan Kay Hill, 73 of Scarbro, WV passed away with family members by her side on January 2, 2021, at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born in Buckhannon, WV on December 24, 1947, she was the youngest daughter of the late Charles L. and Maxine M. (Cochran) Cool. Susan was a 1966 graduate of Admiral King High School in...
Mary Ann Cumbow Johnson
Dec 31, 2020
Mary Ann Cumbow Johnson, 91, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, January 31, 2020, at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 2, 1929, at Harvey, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Olive Mayme Fitzgerald Cumbow. Mary Ann was a 1947 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley and took her nursing training...
James Reginald Hayslett
Dec 31, 2020
James Reginald Hayslett , 88, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 21, 1932 in Mount Lookout, WV he was the son of the late Wesley and Macel Osborne Hayslett. James was the owner of Hayslett Trucking Company for many years, and was a United States...
Betsy Jane Wilton Richardson
Dec 30, 2020
Betsy Jane Wilton Richardson , 83, of Scarbro (Blaketown,) WV died on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at Greenbrier Health Care Center in Lewisburg, WV Born March 26, 1937, in Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Joshua and Andrie Thompson Wilton. Jane was a 1955 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill and was retired from...
Juanita Foy Morton
Dec 23, 2020
Juanita Hope Foy Morton , 93, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at her home. Born April 11, 1927, in Barbour County, WV she was the daughter of the late Gordon and Ada C. Price Foy. Juanita was a former school teacher and had worked for the WV Department of Health and Human Resources She was...
Jason Shelby Rinehart
Dec 22, 2020
Jason Shelby Rinehart, 48, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at a Charleston Hospital. Born March 16, 1972, in Beckley, WV he was the son of Thomas C. Rinehart and Yevette Settle Wolfe. Jason was a coal miner and loved spending time with his family. In addition to his maternal and paternal grandparents he is...
Michael Dee Walbrown
Dec 20, 2020
Michael Dee Walbrown , 65, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born July 30, 1955 in Spencer, WV he was the son of the late Donzel Lee and Velma M. McCauley Walbrown. As owner of Walbrown Realty, Mike was a real estate broker and appraiser. He was preceded in...
Renee Murdock Tyree
Dec 20, 2020
I Made It Home Author Unknown I just wanted to let you know that I made it home. Everything is so pretty here, so white, so fresh, so new. I wish that you could close your eyes so you could see it too. Please try not to be sad for me. Try to understand. God is taking care of me...I'm...
Loretta Hinte Kemlock Swanigan
Dec 19, 2020
Loretta "Red" Hinte Kemlock Swanigan was granted her angel wings on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Loretta was born May 6, 1936, in Lochgelly, WV to the late Herman and Lola Brown Hinte. An avid card player, she would play "500" rummy at any given time, with anyone at any place. Loretta's career included being a cook at Ss. Peter and...
Kathleen Harrington Kelly
Dec 15, 2020
Kathleen Anne Harrington Kelly, 82, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Kathy was born February 13, 1938, in Westport, CT daughter of the late Milton and Marion Harrington and sister of the late Joan Harrington Schwartz. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Kelly, Jr., and special friends, Al and Rosemary Gannon....
Robert Lane Morton
Dec 13, 2020
Robert Lane Morton, age 67, went to be with his beloved wife, fur babies and his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV on December 13th, 2020. Born February 7th, 1953, at Lochgelly, WV Robert was the son of the late Thurmond Harold, Sr. and Alberta Jean Allen Morton. Robert was a 1972 graduate...
Michael Lawton Bolen
Dec 11, 2020
Michael Lawton Bolen, 74, of Mount Hope passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born January 23, 1946 in Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late A.M. “Mike” and Doris Kathryn Lawton Bolen. Michael worked as a dispatcher for Affordable Wrecking Co., was a United States Air Force Veteran, he attended...
Lawrence B. Mccoy
Dec 10, 2020
Lawrence B. McCoy, 81, went home to be with the Lord on December 10, 2020. Born October 30, 1939 Julian, WV he is son of the late Charles and Callie McCoy. He was preceded in death by sister, Clara; and brother-in-law, Don Nickell. Lawrence is survived by brother, Pete (Ellen) McCoy of West Virginia; nephew, Owen Nickell of Ohio, niece,...
Joseph Preston Tyree
Dec 10, 2020
Joseph Preston "Little Joe" Tyree , 94, of Oak Hill, WV died peacefully on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born March 07, 1926 in Cirtsville, WV he was the son of the late Augustus Jewell "Gussie" and Thelma Gertrude Blake Tyree. Joe Tyree was the third generation owner of Tyree Funeral Home, Inc. -...
Paul D. Fox
Dec 9, 2020
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, the world became a sadder place with the passing of Paul D. Fox, Sr., a good man, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He was born June 10, 1937 to parents Ruby and Raymond Fox. Other than his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Loren Fox and sister, Helen Quinn. Paul...
Mary Lee O'Dell
Dec 7, 2020
Mary Lee O’Dell, born June 5th, 1937, was called home, December 7th, 2020, after a long illness. Mary was the daughter of the late Vilda Hamrick & Homer Cottrell of Clay County, WV. Mary was a retired nursing assistant from the Autumn Years Nursing Center at Hilltop WV. She resided in Oak Hill, WV with her husband Bill O’Dell. She...
