Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Linda Louise Thorne
Aug 20, 2014
Linda Louise Thorne , 63, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 21, 1950 at Charleston, WV she was the daughter of the late Maurice Clay and Nanny Faye Raike Breckenridge. She was a homemaker. Survivors include husband, Raymond Lee Thorne; her six children, Renea Pittman of Oak...
Kathy Suzette Hurley Villarreal
Aug 16, 2014
Kathy Suzette Hurley Villarreal, 62, of Beckley, WV died Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, WV. Born August 20, 1951 at Beards Fork, WV, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Freda Blake Hurley. She was the personnel manager for Mountain State Home Health Care, Inc. Kathy was a 1969 graduate of Collins High School...
Frederick "Rick" Rutledge
Aug 15, 2014
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Frederick “Rick” A. Rutledge, Jr, 63, of Scarbro, WV, died peacefully, surrounded by his wife and children, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV on August 15, 2014 after enduring ALS for 14...
Joyce Ann Drennen
Aug 13, 2014
Joyce Ann Hodges Drennen , 78, of Oak Hill, WV was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the Dogwood Village in Orange, VA. Born October 11, 1935 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late Raymond Hayes and Mary Agnes Bush Hodges. Joyce was a life-long member of the Oak...
Carlos Larry Pruitt
Aug 11, 2014
Carlos Larry Pruitt , 75, of Harper, WV died on Monday, August 11, 2014 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 29, 1939 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Carl S. and Florence Miller Pruitt. Larry was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Joy Woolwine Pruitt; sons, Carlos Larry Pruitt, Jr....
Steve Grabosky
Aug 11, 2014
Steve Grabosky, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, August 11, 2014, at University Health System Charlottesville, VA after complications from surgery. Steve was born December 9, 1927 in Minden, WV, one of many coal towns in southern West Virginia, to John and Mary Luszczewska Grabowski, Polish immigrants looking for a better life in America. He graduated from Oak Hill...
Roger Lee Scarbro
Aug 10, 2014
Roger Lee Scarbro , 61, of Minden, WV died on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 27, 1953 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Huey and Anna Mae Miller Scarbro. He was a member of the Minden Missionary Baptist Church. Roger had been employed with Terry Lilly Construction...
J.Ike Brown
Aug 7, 2014
J. Ike Brown, 90, a lifelong resident of Fayette county, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 at CAMC Memorial Division surrounded by his devoted family and loving friends. The Rev. Stan Holmes administered last rites. Born in Gauley Bridge, WV, Aug.15,1923, the second son of Minnie McCutcheon Brown and Guy D. Brown, Ike had been a resident of Oak Hill since...
Kirby Allen Young
Aug 5, 2014
Kirby Allen Young , 55, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, August 05, 2014 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 19, 1958 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of the Donnie Claire DeBoard Young of Hinton, WV and the late Jack Leonard Young. He was a construction worker and a US Navy veteran. Survivors...
Robin Leigh Richardson
Aug 3, 2014
I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun of happy...
Rodney Lee Trimble
Aug 2, 2014
Rodney Lee “Tubby” Trimble, 59, of Oak Hill passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born September 22, 1954 at Montgomery, WV, he was the son of the late Everett and Kathleen Clendenin Trimble. Rodney was a painter and his hobbies included fishing with his brother, Butch. He graduated in 1973 from Collins High...
Elizabeth Ann Miller
Aug 1, 2014
Elizabeth Ann (Bea) Miller, 71, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Friday, August 1, 2014 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born November 15, 1942 at Dothan, West Virginia, Elizabeth was the younger daughter of the late Vernon W. Miller, Sr. and Cordia Pegram Miller. Surviving are her sister Cora Miller, her brother Vernon Miller,...
Novella Shaw Keel
Jul 31, 2014
Novella Shaw Keel , 87, of Paint Creek, WV died on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born February 24, 1927 at Rockport, KY she was the daughter of the late Roy and Elizabeth Hulse Shaw. A longtime member of the Long Branch Methodist Church, Mrs. Keel taught the children's class and the adult women's...
Vincent Curtis Sundstrom
Jul 31, 2014
Vincent Curtis Sundstrom , 95, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 24, 1918 at Louisville, NE he was the son of the late H. H. and Ellen Amanda Sundstrom. His grandparents emigrated from Sweden in the 1800's. Vince grew up in Louisville, NE and after graduating...
Timothy Wayne Word
Jul 31, 2014
Timothy Wayne Word, 29, of Farmville, VA, formerly of Beckley, WV, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, July 31, 2014, from an apparent heart attack. He was born February 5, 1985 in Beckley, WV. Timothy was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Bluefield State College, and was pursuing his master’s degree at American Public University. He...
Christine Marie Rankin
Jul 28, 2014
Christine Marie Reott Rankin , 64, of Lansing, WV died on Monday, July 28, 2014 at her home. Born December 25, 1949 at Clarion, PA she was the daughter of the late George Thomas and Lavina Goal Reott. She was a retired Addictions Counselor having worked in Pennsylanvia. She is survived by one son, Jason Reott of Fayetteville and a...
Eunice Jeanette Shuff
Jul 25, 2014
Eunice Jeanette Goff Shuff, 81, of Hilltop, WV died Friday, July 25, 2014 at her home after a long illness. Born October 11, 1932 at Cunard, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clifton Maxwell and Anna Burr Goff. She was preceded in death by her husband William Henry Shuff, Sr. She was a clerk and seamstress with G.C....
Ruth Ann Gilliam
Jul 25, 2014
Ruth Ann Butler Gilliam, 76, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, July 25, 2014 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. Born September 28, 1937 at Mount Hope, WV, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Anna Raycher Butler. Ruth was a retired operator for Long-Airdox Co. of Oak Hill and was of the Baptist...
Jean Mcallister Allport
Jul 24, 2014
Jean McAllister Allport , 81, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born July 07, 1933 at Lookout, WV she was the daughter of the late Russell E. McAllister and Mary Taylor McAllister Owen. She was retired from the Fayette County Board of Education having worked as service personnel at...
Patricia Evans Blankenbeckler
Jul 23, 2014
Patricia Lynn Evans Blankenbeckler , 60, of Beckley, WV died on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 06, 1953 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Claretta James Evans. She was a former waitress. Patricia loved to paint. Survivors include son, Eric Blankenbeckler of Sweeneysburg; daughter, Pam Lilly...
