Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Brenda Stevens Foster
Aug 14, 2019
Brenda Joyce Stevens Foster, 69, of Scarbro died on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at home. Born July 06, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Roy Emmett Stevens, Sr. and Betty Lou Evans Stevens. Brenda was born in Sanger. Her best friend was her husband, Terry. Together, they were youth ministers for many years, and many teenagers in our...
Carol Fay Brown
Aug 14, 2019
Carol Fay Radford Brown, 85, of Robson passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at CAMC Memorial in Charleston. Born July 28, 1934 in Beards Fork, WV she was the daughter of the late Roy and Eva Dial Radford. Carol was a homemaker and a faithful member of the Freewill Baptist Church at Robson. She is preceded in death by her...
Larry D. Oliver
Aug 9, 2019
Larry D. Oliver, 65 of Hilltop died Friday, August 9, 2019, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley following a long illness. Born November 17, 1953, he was the son of the late Eugene J. "Dukie" Oliver and Mabel "Eloise" Craver Oliver. Larry was a retired HVAC Account Specialist with HSC, Inc. of Beckley, WV. He was a member of the...
Betty Harmon Walker
Aug 7, 2019
Betty Harmon Walker, 88, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away Wednesday , August 7, 2019, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born April 7, 1931, in Rock Lick, WV, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Audra Atkins Harmon. Betty was a 1949 graduate of Oak Hill High School and a graduate of West Virginia Institute of...
Hilmer Junior Aliff
Aug 7, 2019
Hilmer Junior Aliff, 71, of Mt. Nebo, WV died on Wednesday, August 07, 2019 at Summersville Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. Born September 02, 1947 at Paint Creek, WV he was the son of the late Hilmer H. and Emma Ruth Keffer Aliff. Junior was in the coal mines for 17 years. After the mines he went to become...
Georgia Mae Maynor
Aug 7, 2019
Surrounded by her loving family, Georgia Mae Maynor, age 86, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Born August 5, 1933 in Kilsyth, WV, the first born of the late Ivan and Violet Beckelheimer Maynor. Also preceding her in death was her infant brother, James Randall Maynor. Left to cherish her memory are her devoted son, Kirby Maynor; two...
Sidney Preston Burns
Aug 6, 2019
Sidney "Sid" Preston Burns , 80, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born January 11, 1939 at Fort Springs, WV he was the son of the late Ray E. and Margaret L. Persinger Burns. Sidney was a retired Construction Manager for Stafford Consultants. He was of the Methodist faith....
Jean "Gigi" Novak Kennedy
Aug 6, 2019
Fair winds and following seas - shipmate you stand relieved. We have the watch. ======================================================================== Our precious wife, mother and sister, Jean Therese "Gigi" Novak Kennedy , 52, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 27, 1967 at Cleveland, OH she was the daughter of the late James...
Thomas John Cabic
Aug 5, 2019
Thomas John Cabic, age 73, of Three Mile Bay, NY and Spring Hill. FL, passed away suddenly on Monday, August 5, 2019 at Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway, WV. Born March 7, 1946 in Rochester, NY, he was the son of Clarence William and Myra Dorothy Grapenstetter Cabic. Mr. Cabic was owner/operator of Empire Fence Company and Cabic Family...
William Emmitt Word Jr.
Aug 5, 2019
William “Emmitt” Word Jr., 82, of Beckley, WV crossed over Jordan and entered into heaven to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, August 5, 2019. Born September 17, 1936 in Friendship, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late William Emmitt Word, Sr. and Ruth Harrington Word. In 1955 Emmitt entered the Army where he served one tour...
Thomas W. James Jr.
Aug 4, 2019
Thomas William James Jr, 84 of Oak Hill, WV passed away peacefully, on Sunday, August 4.2019 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. He was born October 2, 1934 to the late Thomas W. Sr, and Elizabeth Shuck James. Tom graduated from Collins High School in 1952, and attended West Virginia University, Concord College and West Virginia University Institute of...
Alan Lee Coppa
Aug 3, 2019
Alan Lee Coppa of Lansing, WV was born on April 22, 1959 and left us on August 3, 2019. He was the first born of Joseph Coppa and Audrey Coppa. He is survived by his mom and siblings; sisters, Joetta and Janna and brothers, Lawrence, David and Jeff. Alan was cremated. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm...
William B. Sasser
Jul 20, 2019
William Bayron Sasser , 86, of Pax, WV died on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at his home. Born November 20, 1932 at Fremont, NC, son of the late William Howell and Effie Sonora Smith Sasser. He was a retired Maintenance Worker for PBT Telecommunications. William was a member of the Long Branch United Methodist Church where he had served as...
James Larry Bandy
Jul 20, 2019
James Larry Bandy, 82, of Beckley, went to be with Jesus on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Larry was known for his ever present smile and his love for others. Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Ray Bandy and Elsie Bandy Wooldridge; son, James Robert “Robbie” Bandy; brothers, Robert “Bobby” Bandy and Ray “Juke” Bandy; sisters Isabelle Thomas and...
Benton Eugene Conner
Jul 18, 2019
Forever in our hearts, Benton "Benny" Eugene Conner, 73, of Scarbro, WV passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born November 6, 1945 in Oswald, WV he was the son of Bethel Shrout Conner and the late Arthur Conner. Benton was a boss in the strip mines, he attended the Harvey Methodist Church and...
Rosetta Rogusky
Jul 14, 2019
Rosetta Rogusky , 91, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at her home. Born March 17, 1928 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Carl and Beulah Florence Phillips Rogusky. Rosetta was a retired Claims Deputy for the WV Department of Employment Security having worked 20 years at the Oak Hill...
Glenn D. Ballengee
Jul 13, 2019
Glenn Daniel Ballengee , 60, of Beckley, WV died on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 28, 1958 at Landisburg, WV he was the son of the late Owen Shirley and Annie Laurie Parrish Ballengee. Brothers, Roy D. Ballengee, Ralph Dennis Ballengee, Larry Dixon Ballengee, and sister, Drema Ballengee preceded him in death....
Bruce P. Miller Jr.
Jul 11, 2019
Bruce P Miller, Jr., 79, of Crab Orchard, WV died on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Bruce P. Miller, Sr. and Lola (Kilgore) Miller, both of Man. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 26 years, Janet (Wooten) Miller, of Logan. He...
Charles Lee Kidd
Jul 11, 2019
Charles Lee Kidd , 76, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. In his own words Mr. Kidd tells us about his life. "I was born in Mount Hope in 1943. I attended Mount Hope Grade School, Jr. High School, and graduated from Mt. Hope High School. I graduated from...
James Eric Arthur
Jul 11, 2019
Our precious son, brother and father, James Eric Arthur , 42, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born December 24, 1976 in Beckley, WV he was the son of Katie and Roger Hewitt of Oak Hill and James and Vicky Arthur of North Carolina. Eric, known as Bones, was...
