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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Patrick Alan Hancock Jr.
Jun 20, 2017
Patrick Alan Hancock, Jr., 47, of Mount Hope passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 after a battle with cancer at Raleigh General Hospital. Born January 6, 1970 in Dearborn, MI, the son of Linda Addison Poland and the late Patrick Alan Hancock. Patrick was a 1988 graduate from Oak Hill High School. He was a supervisor and program coordinator for...
Sharon Snodgrass Endicott
Jun 20, 2017
Sharon Kay Snodgrass Endicott , 64, of Scarbro died on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston Born April 30, 1953 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late George Ralph and Anne Garretson Snodgrass. Sharon was a homemaker. A special grandson, Philip Endicott, Jr. preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Stephen...
Mote Thompson Jr.
Jun 17, 2017
Winfred Moten "Mote" Thompson, Jr., 95, of Ashland, KY died of natural causes on Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the Horizon Bay Adult Living Facility in Sarasota, FL. Mote was born in Eccles, WV on September 11, 1921, son of a New River Coal Company mine Inspector, Winfred Moten Thompson Sr., and his wife, Bertha Hunter Thompson. Mote grew up...
Roy Allen Gilmore
Jun 15, 2017
Our precious husband, father and grandfather, Roy Allen Gilmore, 86, of Fayetteville, WV went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the VA Medical Center, Beckley, WV. Born July 19, 1930 in Rogersville, TN, he was a son of the late Walter and Jessie Lawson Gilmore. He was a US Army veteran having served during...
Sharon Mullins Taylor
Jun 14, 2017
Sharon Kay Mullins Taylor , 64, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born January 30, 1953 at Virgie, KY she was the daughter of the late Harold Thomas and Jean Hall Mullins and stepdaughter of Zelda U. Martin Mullins of Oak Hill. Sharon was a 1971 graduate of Collins High...
Lacy Byron Stover
Jun 12, 2017
Lacy Byron Stover , 68, of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, June 12, 2017 at his home.. Born April 30, 1949 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Lacy Byron and Lovell Ann Williams Stover. A graduate of Concord College, Mr. Stover was a retired teacher from Mount Hope High School with 25 years service....
Robert Lane Kidd
Jun 11, 2017
Robert Lane Kidd, 56, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at his residence. Born August 9, 1960 in Montgomery , WV he was the son of Judy L. Brown Kidd and the late Robert L. Kidd Robert was a US Air Force veteran and an electronic systems supervisor for plastic packaging manufacturing facilities. His wife, Lorna...
Leo E. Cogar
Jun 8, 2017
Leo Emil Cogar , 66, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 08, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 11, 1951 at Milburn, WV he was the son of the late Leo Nash and Frances Crist Cogar. Leo was a coal miner and a member of the UMWA. Those left to cherish his memory...
Patrick Shawn Dolin
Jun 5, 2017
Patrick Shawn Dolin , 41, of Page, WV died on Monday, June 05, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 30, 1975 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Junior Ray Dolin, Sr. and Margaret Hundley Dolin of Page, WV and the late Elizabeth Ann Smith Dolin. A brother, Junior Dolin preceded him in death....
Helen Bokovitz Bernath
Jun 4, 2017
Helen May "Cooky" Bokovitz Bernath , 81, of Scarbro died on Sunday, June 04, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born July 31, 1935 at Carlisle, WV she was the daughter of the late Joseph Jacob and Ann Wojtowicz Bokovitz. Mrs. Bernath retired from C&P Telephone Company. She was a member of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church and...
Rebecca Gale Hillyer
Jun 3, 2017
Rebecca Gale McClanahan Hillyer , 59, of Robson, WV died on Saturday, June 03, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born January 21, 1958 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Hazel Morris McClanahan. Rebecca was a graduate of the LPN program at Valley High School and was a Licensed Practical Nurse...
Shelby Kincaid Harler
May 31, 2017
Shelby Jean Kincaid Harler , 78, of Kincaid, WV died on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at her home. Born July 16, 1938 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Ralph Clayborne and Ellen Dana Payne Kincaid. Mrs. Harler was a retired school cook. She was of the Methodist faith. A daughter, Kimberly Kay Harler, preceded her in...
Albert Lee Elswick
May 20, 2017
Albert Lee “Bub” Elswick, 78, of Page, WV passed away Saturday, May 20, 2017 at CAMC Memorial in Charleston. Born January 3, 1939 in Lizemores, WV he was the son of the late Thomas and Pearl Blake Elswick. Albert was a coal miner and attended the Apostolic Lighthouse Church. He is preceded in death by three brothers; Arnold, Joseph, and...
George Edward Amos
May 19, 2017
George Edward Amos , 63, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, May 19, 2017 at his home. Born August 28, 1953 at Chicago, IL he was the son of the late George and Lois Jean Totten Amos. In keeping with his wishes, George was cremated. There will be no visitation or service. Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com...
Phoebe Bolden Thacker
May 13, 2017
Phoebe Nora Bolden Thacker , 73, of Gatewood, WV died on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Born July 09, 1943 at Pikeville, KY she was the daughter of the late Willard and Osie Justice Bolden. Her husband, Billy Earl Thacker; brother, Charles; and sisters, Edith and Gladys preceded her in death. Survivors include...
Mary Barker Pittsenbarger
May 7, 2017
Mary Janice Barker Ellison Pittsenbarger , 77, of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, May 07, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 29, 1939 at Hinton, WV she was the daughter of the late Martin Luther and Sadie Meadows Barker. Mary was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening and reading. She was preceded in death by her...
Howard Junior Brown
May 7, 2017
When I've been to my last service and fades softly on the air the note of the last song for me and then the final prayer. When friends arise and slowly walk down the long chapel aisle to take a look at my cold corpse as they pass in single file there may be words of flattery, some may even...
Louis A. Lively Jr.
May 4, 2017
Louis Alvah Lively, Jr. , 88, of Pineville, WV died on Thursday, May 04, 2017 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 16, 1928 at Mount Carbon, WV he was the son of the late Lewis A. Lively, Sr. and Minnie Sona Nichols Lively. He was a retired machinist. and was a US Army veteran of the Korean...
Harold "Windy" Ford
Apr 30, 2017
After battling cancer for 30 days, Harold "Windy" Dean Ford , 68, of Artie, WV died on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV Born August 02, 1948 at Alpoca, WV he was the son of the late Arnold and Eliza Margaret Brown Ford. He was a coal mine foreman for Massey Energy. Windy was a...
Jennie Ann Frayer
Apr 30, 2017
Jennie Ann Zelek, Berry- Frayer, 89, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House. Born April 19, 1928 in Lochgelly, WV she was one of nine children born to Naturalized Immigrants the late John Zelek and Agnes Liska, Zelek. She is preceded in death by her first husband Howard Berry; brother John Zelek, sisters; Helen Biner, Loretta Zelek,...
