Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Barbara Gail Smith
Mar 10, 2013
Barbara Gail Smith , 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 16, 1937 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Roby Grant and Gola Myrtle McLain Smith. A longtime resident of Twin Oaks Apartments in Oak Hill, Barbara Gail attended the Oak Hill...
Tom Redford Massey
Mar 9, 2013
Tom Redford Massey , 87, of Minden, WV died on Saturday, March 09, 2013 at his home. Born February 22, 1926 at Cunard, WV he was the son of the late Bill Dennis and Corby Rollins Massey. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill. Burial will be at...
Marjorie "Marge" Oiler Simms
Mar 9, 2013
Marjorie "Marge" Oiler Simms , 85, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, March 09, 2013 at her home. Born January 08, 1928 at Marting Mountain, WV she was the daughter of the late James Albert and Rose Ellen Crump Oiler. Mrs. Simms was of the Protestant faith. She enjoyed league bowling at White Oak Lanes and was a member...
Wanda Treadway Watts
Mar 8, 2013
Wanda E. Treadway Watts , 91, of Lakewood, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, March 08, 2013 at Fairview Hospital in Fairview Park, OH. Born April 05, 1921 in West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Walter Melvin and Rebecca J. Stevens Treadway. Wanda loved playing bingo and watching sports. Two sisters, Alma Shumaker and...
Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Bozo Jarosz
Mar 8, 2013
Elizabeth "Sis" Ann Bozo Jarosz , 91, of Scarbro WV died on Friday, March 08, 2013 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born October 31, 1921 in Stonage, VA she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Knausz Bozo, Sr. Her childhood was spent in Beauty, KY and in 1935 the family moved...
Deanna Lynn Adkins Hulvey
Mar 8, 2013
Deanna Lynn Adkins Hulvey, age 46, of Alandale, FL passed away suddenly at her home on Friday, March 8 2013. Born July 4, 1966 in Portsmouth, VA she was the daughter of the late Jesse Thomas and Glenda Gail Toney Adkins. A brother, Thomas Ray Adkins preceded her in death. She is survived by sisters, Donna Wilson of South Daytona,...
Charles Edward West
Mar 4, 2013
Charles Edward West , 74, of Gatewood, WV died on Monday, March 04, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 04, 1938 at Sanger, WV he was the son of the late Paul Winston and Winnie Smith West. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Bill West, Walter E. West and Melvin West and sister,...
Pamela Sue Pennington Settle
Mar 4, 2013
Pamela Sue Pennington Settle , 49, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, March 04, 2013 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 04, 1964 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Dixie Allen Pennington Williamson of Scarbro, WV and the late Delbert Pennington. She was a homemaker. In addition to her loving mother, Pamela is...
Melvina Stanley Evans
Mar 2, 2013
Melvina Stanley Evans , 95, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, March 02, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 30, 1917 at Kayford Mountain, WV she was the daughter of the late James and Fairlena Holsten Stanley. Mrs. Evans attended the Crossroads Apostolic Holiness Church, Bradley. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in...
John Edward "Ed" Holt
Mar 2, 2013
John Edward “Ed” Holt, age 64, of Oak Hill,WV passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Born January 4, 1949 in Oak Hill, WV, he was the son of the late John Earl Holt and Bonnie Warden Holt Navicki. Ed was a member of Oak Hill Masonic Lodge #120 AF&AM and had recently retired from...
Clarence Eugene "Buster" Billings
Feb 28, 2013
Clarence Eugene “Buster” Billings, 93, went home to be with the Lord and his family on February 24, 2013. Born in Kilsyth, West Virginia on October 22, 1919, he was the fourth of sixteen children born to Charley and Ada Billings. Clarence graduated from Pax High School, served almost 5 years as Master Sergeant in the Army Air Force during...
Perry Gray Stover
Feb 25, 2013
Perry Gray Stover , 93, of Mossy, WV died on Monday, February 25, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 26, 1919 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late Charlie and Ada Thompson Stover. He was a retired coal miner having worked at Riverton Coal Company. Mr. Stover was a member of the Mossy...
Carlos Abram " Bags" Williams, Jr.
Feb 23, 2013
Carlos Abram “Bags” Williams, Jr., age 85 of Corliss, WV, formerly of Pax, WV passed away on Saturday February 23, 2013 at Heartland of Rainelle after a long illness. Born February 27, 1927 in Long Branch, WV, he was the son of the late Carlos “Gooch” and Grace Akers Williams. Carlos was a supervisor in the construction of mine tipples...
Beatrice Alice "Bea" Berry Page
Feb 23, 2013
Beatrice "Bea" Alice Berry Page , 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Springfield, VA. Born March 21, 1920 at Weirwood, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Cecilia Dunbar Berry. Bea attended Summerlee Grade School and was a 1939 graduate of Oak Hill High School....
Marcelline Maxine Mullins Rhodes
Feb 22, 2013
Marcelline Maxine Mullins Rhodes, 82, of Oak Hill, WV, died Friday, February 22, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born at Long Branch, WV on November 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Lola Vanneter Mullins. She was a loving mother, wife and house wife. She was preceded in death by daughter, Pam...
Gerald David Bragg, Sr.
Feb 22, 2013
Gerald David Bragg, Sr., age 73, of Scarbro, WV passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 at his residence. Born September 21, 1939 at Wriston, WV, he was the son of the late Edward and Nora Woolwine Bragg. Gerald was a retired coal miner having work for Maple Meadow Mining as a miner operator and was a member of the...
Ella Elaine Olds Cantley
Feb 21, 2013
Ella Elaine Olds Cantley , 61, of Fayetteville, WV died on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at her home. Born May 27, 1951 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late George and Dolly Evans Olds. She was a homemaker. Ella was a member of the Crooked Run Community Church. A sister, Margaret Ruff preceded her in death. Survivors...
Mary Josephine Turpin Blankenship
Feb 20, 2013
Mary Josephine Turpin Blankenship , 78, of Beckley, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 23, 1934 at Carswell Hollow, WV she was the daughter of the late Elmer N. Bromfield and Gay Delphia Turpin Johnson. Mary had been a 14 year resident of Oak Hill....
Madge D. Smithson French
Feb 20, 2013
Madge Darlene "Ginger" Smithson French was born on October 18, 1937 in Chimney Corner, WV. Ginger went to be with the Lord her Savior on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 following a long battle with Altzheimers Disease. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Samuel French II, an infant son, and her daughter Kathy French Wilson. She...
Lewis French "Buster" Tyree
Feb 19, 2013
Lewis F. "Buster" Tyree, 90, formerly of Charleston WV and Santee SC, passed away Feb. 15, at the Veteran’s Victory House, in Walterboro SC. Born September 05, 1922 at Lively, WV he was the son of the late Jefferson Clay and Della Frances Lively Tyree. As the last surviving of seven children he was predeceased by brothers Frank, Ross, Lawrence,...
