Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
James Carl Mcghee, Sr.
Jul 25, 2013
James Carl McGhee, Sr., age 83, of Newton, NC passed away Thursday, July 25, 2013 at his residence. Born January 17, 1930 in Eccles, WV, he was the son of the late Joseph Harden and Nora Pearl Cozort McGhee. James was a retired Ford auto worker, a US Army veteran and a member of UAW. He was a member of...
Juanita Robertson Vaughn
Jul 24, 2013
Juanita Robertson Vaughn , 68, of Lafayette, IN died on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born March 18, 1945 at Gainesville, FL she was the daughter of the late Milton and Ruth Simms Robertson. She was a homemaker. Survivors include three daughters, Carolyn Vance of Scarbro, Ruth Henderson of LaFayette, IN and Betty...
Hazel "Cissie" Kent
Jul 22, 2013
Hazel Irene “Cissie” Abshire Kent, 89, of Beckley, West Virginia, formerly of Mount Hope, WV died at her home on Monday, July 22, 2013. Born October 26, 1923 at Mount Hope, WV, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Mabel Perry Abshire. Hazel was a retired employee of the Fayette County Board of Education as a custodian...
Margaret Louise Puckett Beirne
Jul 22, 2013
Margaret Louise Puckett Beirne, 86, was granted her angel wings on July 17, 2013. Her final days were spent surrounded by loving family and friends whose lives she touched so memorably. Margaret was born on May 22, 1927, a daughter of the late Charles and Hazel Puckett of Kilsyth, WV. She was a 1945 graduate of Mt. Hope High School...
Lois "Jenny Wren" Rice Blaschak
Jul 22, 2013
Mrs. Lois “Jenny Wren” Rice Blaschak, age 83 of Lancing, TN formerly of Scarbro, WV went home to be with her Lord on July 19, 2013 after a long illness, Jenny was surrounded by her loving family whom she loved very much. She was a faithful Christian who loved her Lord. Jenny Wren was an accomplished author of many books,...
Wanda M Lewis Daley
Jul 20, 2013
Wanda M. Lewis Daley, 99, of Akron, Ohio passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Born May 18, 1914 at Mount Hope, WV, she was the daughter of the late Albert Henry Lewis and Jennie Mariah Angus Abshire Lewis. After graduating from Mount Hope High School in 1932, she moved to Akron, Ohio where she discovered the Big Band sound...
Luke Earl Hess
Jul 20, 2013
Luke Earl Hess , 40, of Bradley, WV died on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Sherwood Lake in Neola, WV. Born November 12, 1972 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Novella Craigo Blankenship of Bradley and stepson of the late Monroe Blankenship. Mr. Hess was a former employee of Hamer Pellet Fuel. He was a member of the...
Greg Allen Stover
Jul 19, 2013
Greg Allen Stover, age 39, of Sand Branch, WV passed away on Friday, July 19, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV Born November 10, 1973 at Beckley, WV. He was the son of Roberta Lee Williams Stover of Sand Branch, and the late Roger J. Stover. Greg enjoyed the outdoors and tinkering with old cars. Survivors in addition...
Ronald Ray "Rondal" Shifflett
Jul 17, 2013
Ronald Ray “Rondal” Shifflett, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at his home in Cornell, Wis. Born in Kingston, WV on July 24, 1940 he was the son of the late Raymond and Thelma (Coleman) Shifflett. After attending school in Oak Hill, Ron enlisted in the US Navy when he was 19. He spent time on...
Nancy Jean Sevy Williams
Jul 17, 2013
Nancy Jean Sevy Williams , 77, of Corliss, WV died on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at her home. Born July 17, 1936 at Lookout, WV she was the daughter of the late Snowden and Eva Martin Sevy. Nancy was a member of the Hilton Village Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Corliss Red Hat Society and Corliss...
Carolyn Sue Bowyer Clark
Jul 17, 2013
Carolyn Sue Bowyer Clark , 75, of Rainelle, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Summers County Hospital in Hinton, WV. Born May 25, 1938 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Nicholas Elmer Bowyer and Nancy Elick Duncan Bowyer Geffs. She was a homemaker. Carolyn was a graduate of...
George William "Bill" "Pappy D" Dickson
Jul 16, 2013
George William "Bill" "Pappy D." Dickson , 85, of Beckley, WV went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 25, 1928 at Harvey, WV he was the son of the late Edgar Washington and Beatrice Donnelly Dickson. Mr. Dickson was a retired WV State Trooper with...
Edward Cecil Bowles
Jul 15, 2013
Edward Cecil Bowles , 64, of Sand Branch, WV died on Monday, July 15, 2013 at Specialty Select Hospital at St. Francis in Charleston, WV. Born March 16, 1949 at Beckley, WV he was the son of the late Cecil and Constance Dowdy Bowles. He was a retired butcher. Mr. Bowles was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by...
Wavie Elenor Burgess Butler
Jul 9, 2013
Wavie Elenor Burgess Butler , 74, of Clear Creek, WV died on Tuesday, July 09, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born January 17, 1939 at Artie, WV she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Margaret Dunbar Burgess. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Lawrence "Buddy" Butler; brothers, Cubie, James and Phillip Burgess; sisters, Rosetta Stover,...
Jerry Don Wickline
Jul 2, 2013
Psalm 100 The Message (MSG) A Thanksgiving Psalm 1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. 3 Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn’t make him. We’re his people, his well-tended sheep. 4 Enter with the password: “Thank you!” Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him....
Dee Ett Beaver Scarbrough
Jun 30, 2013
Dee Ett Beaver Scarbrough, 91, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at her home. Born July 13, 1921 at Dalton, GA she was the daughter of the late Judge and Mae Beaver. Mrs. Scarbrough was a member of the Shiloh Community Baptist, Safford, AZ. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Sharon Sue Crouch Ward
Jun 29, 2013
Sharon Sue Crouch Ward , 69, of Cleveland, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV lost her battle with cancer on Saturday, June 29, 2013 in Cleveland. Born November 03, 1943 at Minden, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert James and Helen Mae Alley Crouch. She was a homemaker. An infant sister, Gloria Crouch and infant brother, David...
Larry D. Vass
Jun 28, 2013
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. II Corinthians 5:8 Larry Dennis Vass , 75, of Cirtsville, WV died on Friday, June 28, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 21, 1937 at Cirtsville, WV he was the son of the late Luther...
Paul O'Dell Holtsclaw
Jun 25, 2013
Paul O'Dell Holtsclaw , 74, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Heartland of Beckley in Beckley, WV. Born December 15, 1938 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late William H. and Sylvia Jones Holtsclaw. He was a retired Carpenter. Paul served in the US Army during Vietnam Era having attained the rank of...
James Thomas Mundy, Jr.
Jun 25, 2013
Rev. James Thomas Mundy Jr. 77, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 in Lynchburg, VA. Born September 10, 1935 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late James Thomas Mundy, Sr. and Bernice Eugenia Gentry Mundy. Rev. Mundy was a retired Baptist minister having pastored for 48 years. He was a US Air Force...
