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Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
John Edward Kincaid Sr.
Oct 23, 2013
John Edward Kincaid Sr. 85, of Tobaccoville, NC passed away October 21, 2013. He was born in Kincaid, WV on November 13, 1927 son of the late Luther G. and Goldie Ellis Kincaid. At the age of 15, he enlisted in the Merchant marines and worked on numerous ships during World War 2. A proud WWII Veteran, he served in...
Basil Ross Sweeney
Oct 19, 2013
Basil Ross Sweeney , 87, of Beckley, WV passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 13, 1926 at Sweeneysburg, WV he was the son of the late Charles A. and Eliza Tyree Sweeney. Basil was employed by the state of WV Department of Veterans Affairs and retired from the Department of...
Carlos Ray Arthur, Sr.
Oct 19, 2013
Carlos Ray Arthur, Sr.,age 73, of Fayetteville, WV, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at his residence after a long illness. Born August 27, 1940 at Prosperity, WV, he was the son of the late Frank E. and Pansy M. Wilson Arthur. Carlos was a retired school principal retiring from Rosedale Elementary School, was a a member of the...
Louise Elaine Bowyer Wriston
Oct 18, 2013
Louise Elaine Bowyer Wriston, age 67, of Pax, WV, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born April 16, 1946 at Anniston, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Bittle Bowyer. Louise was a homemaker and a member of the Willis Branch Community Church at Pax, WV. Surviving are...
Clarence Robert Moore
Oct 16, 2013
Clarence Robert Moore , 63, of Oak Hill, WV went to his rest on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at his home. Born December 09, 1949 at Fayette Station, WV he was the son of the late Richard and Daisy Toney Moore. Clarence retired after 20 years from the Christian Nursing Home. Working as an orderly he was albe to show...
Louzania Ann "Dana" Huffman Craddock
Oct 15, 2013
Louzania "Dana" Ann Huffman Craddock , 92, of Pax, WV went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 following an extended illness. Born February 12, 1921 at Harper, WV she was the daughter of the late Emory and Mae Kincaid Huffman. Dana was a homemaker. She was a member of the Long Branch United Methodist Church where she...
Velma Loretta Waugh Newton
Oct 14, 2013
Velma Loretta Waugh Newton, age 83, of Cedar Bluff, VA formerly of Scarbro, WV passed away Monday, October 14, 2013 at Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, Virginia. She was born in Denton, Kentucky and was the daughter of the late Howard and Herma Stewart Waugh. Mrs. Newton was a fulltime homemaker, a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother....
Russell Henry Mckinney
Oct 14, 2013
Russell Henry McKinney , 52, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, October 14, 2013 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born September 14, 1961 at Beckley, WV he was the son of the late John and Dolly Smith McKinney. He was a Coal and Log Hauler. Mr. McKinney was a member of the Sand Branch Worship Center....
Preston Lee Kelly
Oct 13, 2013
Preston Lee Kelly , 68, of Weirwood, WV died on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at his home. Born May 02, 1945 at Mahan, WV he was the son of the late Ruby Laura Kelly Dotson and stepson of Charlie Dotson. Preston was a retired school bus driver for the Fayette County Board of Education with 23 years service. He was...
Freel Boyd
Oct 13, 2013
Freel Boyd , 94, of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born March 09, 1919 at Ealemsville, VA he was the son of the late Jesse Claude and Mary (Lucy) Whitlock Boyd. Well known in the construction business, Freel was a retired foreman for Erdman Construction. Mr. Boyd was a...
James Lloyd Adkins
Oct 12, 2013
James Lloyd Adkins, 82, of Kincaid, WV, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 20, 1931 at Kincaid , WV, he was the son of the late Carbet Earl and Beatrice Marie Kincaid Adkins. Mr. Adkins was a retired coal miner. He was a mine rescue squad member and served his...
Peggy Sue Nutter Fox
Oct 9, 2013
Peggy Sue Nutter Fox , 78, of Ansted, WV died on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at her home. Born July 28, 1935 at Ansted, WV she was the daughter of the late Emory and Beatrice Pauley Nutter. Peggy was a homemaker. Her husband, Ashley Fox, a son, Gary Fox and a sister, Evelyn Stull preceded her in death. Survivors include...
Mark Thompson Miller
Oct 4, 2013
Mark Thompson Miller, Sr., 89, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, October 4, 2013, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born December 20, 1923 on a farm near Hans Creek in Monroe County, WV he was the youngest son of the late Samuel Reuben and Dora Thompson Miller. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Draven Lucian Tipton
Oct 3, 2013
Draven Lucian Tipton, 2 months old, son of Danielle Tipton and Daniel W. Croft of Hilltop, WV died Thursday, October 3, 2013. He was born July 25, 2013 at Beckley, WV. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Rennie John Tipton, Jr. of Fayetteville, WV and Joy Tipton-Carr of Crab Orchard; great grandfather, Rennie John Tipton,...
Calvin Clarence Robertson
Oct 3, 2013
Calvin Clarence Robertson , 84, of Wriston, WV went home to be with his Jesus on Thursday, October 03, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 26, 1929 at Taylor Branch, WV he was the son of the late Walter Cecil and Mary Ellen Walker Robertson. He was a retired surface miner having been a heavy equipment...
Lewis Emmitt "Bill" Rogers, Jr.
Sep 30, 2013
Lewis Emmitt "Bill" Rogers Jr., 79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, September 30, 2013 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born July 14, 1934 at Saint Albans, WV he was the son of the late Lewis Emmitt Rogers, Sr. and Pribble Ray Rogers. Bill was a retired weighmaster for Union Carbide. He was a Protestant. Two sons,...
Helen Minerva Mccormick Smith
Sep 29, 2013
Helen Minerva McCormick Smith, age 100, of Kincaid, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born March 17, 1913 at Poplar Gap, Putnam County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles Berry and Mary Talithia Meddings McCormick. Helen was a homemaker and a long time resident of Kincaid, WV....
Pat Junior Murphy
Sep 29, 2013
Pat Junior Murphy , 62, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at his home. Born June 19, 1951 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late John Alexander and Sally Hall Murphy. Pat was a 1970 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill. He was a Hydraulic Repairman for W. R. Murdock...
Ellen Mae Miller Lawson
Sep 27, 2013
Ellen Mae Lawson, age 97, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her residence. Born August 11, 1916 at Fayetteville, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin and Nancy Jane Bell Miller. Ellen was a homemaker, creating a loving home for her family. Surviving are her daughter, Mary Lawson McCurdy of Fayetteville,...
Bridget Hermes
Sep 25, 2013
Bridget Hermes , 72, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at her home. Born September 18, 1941 at Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Arthur J. Hermes, Jr. and Margaret Cunningham Hermes. Ms. Hermes was a retired New Jersey school teacher. Her husband, Carl Robert Furrevig preceded her in death on January 6, 2010....
