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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Demaia Tolli Foster
Dec 4, 2013
Demaia Tolli Foster , 92, of Mt. Hope, WV passed in peace on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born November 11, 1921 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Serafino Francesco and Mary DiGivonni Tolli, both Italian immigrants who came to the US in 1916. Ms. Foster attended Woodrow Wilson High...
Bernard G. Blake
Dec 4, 2013
Bernard G. Blake , 66, of Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital at St. Francis in Charleston, WV. Born September 27, 1947 at Mossy, WV he was the son of the late William B. and Dorothy L. Stover Blake. He was a Heavy Equipment Operator for the coal mining industry. Bernard enjoyed hunting and...
Jackie Lee Dunbar
Dec 3, 2013
Jackie Lee Dunbar , 69, of Clear Creek, WV died on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 31, 1943 at Clear Creek, WV he was the son of the late Cleo Ray and Emma Agnes Taylor Dunbar. He was a coal mine roof bolter with 47 years service as a miner. Jackie was...
Leona Jean Aaron
Dec 2, 2013
Leona Jean Aaron , 63, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 02, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born January 22, 1950 at Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of the late James Alton and Margaret Couch Aaron. Jean was a medical transcriptionist. She was a former Dietary Supervisor at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley...
Dawn Joyce Blankenship Tharp
Dec 1, 2013
Dawn Joyce Blankenship Tharp , 62, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, December 01, 2013 at her home. Born July 03, 1951 at Richwood, WV she was the daughter of the late Curtis Blankenship and Nina Blankenship Mullens. She was a homemaker. Ms. Tharp attended the Rock Assembly Church, now the Day Star Church at Kilsyth. Survivors include one...
Carmella Weeks Hines
Nov 29, 2013
Carmella Weeks Hines , 81, of Cherry Hill Twp, NJ died on Friday, November 29, 2013 at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden City, NJ. Born October 17, 1932 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late John Preston and Eva Imogene Rinehart Weeks. She was a homemaker and former employee of the Admissions Department for...
Clarence L. "Junior" Craft, Jr.
Nov 29, 2013
Clarence L. “Junior” Craft, Jr. age 53, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born March 30, 1960 in Oak Hill, he was the son of the late Clarence L. “Pete” Craft, Sr. and Orpha Greer Craft. Junior was a graduate of Collins High School and owner/operator of C&C Market...
George Edwin Gwinn
Nov 28, 2013
George Edwin Gwinn, 64, of Red Star, WV died at his home on Thursday, November 28, 2013. Born September 23, 1949 at Red Star, WV, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Charlotte Bell Gwinn. George was a drywall contractor. He was a member of the Carlisle Church of God and the Mount Hope Lions Club. He was...
Eugene C. "Gene" Allen
Nov 26, 2013
Eugene "Gene" Clyde Allen , 61, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 17, 1951 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Eugene Earl and Pearl Mankin Allen. He was a furniture salesman for John W. Eye Company. Gene was a member of...
Esther I. Edwards Zwicharowski
Nov 25, 2013
Esther Isabell Edwards Zwicharowski , 80, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, November 25, 2013 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 01, 1933 at Elmhurst, PA she was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Valeda I. Rodney Edwards. Esther worked over 17 years as a Deli Manager at Giant Food...
Thomas W. Howard
Nov 25, 2013
Thomas W. Howard, age 91, of Mt. Hope, WV, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013 at his residence. Born February 11, 1922 at Mt. Hope, WV, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Gwendolyn “Gwen” Williams Howard. Mr. Howard was a 1939 graduate of Mt. Hope High School and studied a year at Greenbrier Military Institute...
Michael Stephen Settle
Nov 21, 2013
Michael Stephen Settle age 52 of Dempsey Road, died on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at his residence. Born September 16, 1961 in Ashland, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ira and Theressa Dodd Settle. Michael was a truck drive in the coal industry, was a avid fisherman and hunter and a member of the NRA. He was preceded...
Mary Frances Stone Perry
Nov 21, 2013
Mary Frances Stone Perry, 86, of Mount Hope, WV died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV. Born December 17, 1926 at Kilsyth, WV, she was the oldest daughter of the late Clarence Mahlon and Blanche Lee Farrish Stone. She was retired from the Fayette County Board of Education as a school teacher from Mount Hope Elementary...
Juanita Billings Hatcher
Nov 21, 2013
Juanita Billings Hatcher , 91, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born November 10, 1922 at Packs Branch, WV she was the sixth of sixteen children of the late Charley E. and Ada Bailey Billings. She and her husband were the owners of Hatcher's Music Store in Oak Hill....
Walter George Summers, Jr.
Nov 19, 2013
Walter George Summers, Jr. , 92, of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV following a long illness. Born August 08, 1921 at Sun, WV he was the son of the late Walter G. Summers, Sr. and Margaret Summers Bouchard. Mr. Summers was a 47 year employee of...
Roy Wayne Hinkle
Nov 18, 2013
Roy Wayne Hinkle , 60, of Hilltop, WV died on Monday, November 18, 2013 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 18, 1953 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Roy H. and Gladys Pennington Hinkle. He was a retired yardman for Fayco Lumber Company in Oak Hill. Brothers, Donald F. Hinkle, Darrell E....
Jane Ann Samuels Simms
Nov 13, 2013
Our loving mother and grandmother, Jane Ann Samuels Simms , 58, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at her home. Born February 26, 1955 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late John R. and Dorothy Leffel Samuels. Jane was a homemaker and a former employee of Heck's Department Store, various other department...
James A. "Dick" Taylor
Nov 4, 2013
James A. "Dick" Taylor , 89, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, November 04, 2013 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV. Born February 26, 1924 at Prudence, WV he was the son of the late Carl and Elizabeth Starks Taylor. Dick was a retired Service Man for WV American Water Company with 33 years service. He served...
Russell E. "Rusty" Edwards, Jr.
Nov 2, 2013
Russell E. "Rusty" Edwards, Jr. , 62, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, November 02, 2013 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 10, 1951 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Russell E. Edwards, Sr. and Etta Jean Holdren Edwards, Sr. He was a construction Crane Operator. Rusty was a motorcycle...
Mary Louise Burgess Evans
Oct 31, 2013
On Thursday, October 31, 2013, while surrounded by family and friends, the gates of Heaven swung open and the sweet, loving spirit of Mary Louise Evans peacefully entered in. Born June 04, 1944 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Carl Hobart and Rosie Della Campbell Burgess. She was a retired Housekeeper for Hilltop Nursing and...
