Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Dean M. Elkins
Mar 28, 2011
Our beloved husband, Dad, son and brother, Dean Morgan Elkins, peacefully passed away on Monday, March 28, 2011, following a courageous battle with ALS. Born on November 14, 1964, in Holden, WV, Dean was the son of Max Elkins of Oak Hill and the late Mary Elkins. He was also preceded in death by his brother Ricky Elkins and his...
Charles Edwin Skeens
Mar 28, 2011
Charles Edwin Skeens , 70, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, March 28, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV of cancer. Born October 17, 1940 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Rachelle Brewer Skeens of Beckley and the late James Skeens. He was a retired coal miner. Charles was a member of the VFW, American Legion...
Billy Eugene Williams
Mar 28, 2011
Billy Eugene Williams , 53, of Hilltop, WV died on Monday, March 28, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 07, 1957 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Dallas Aaron and Patricia Ann Ferris Williams. He was a laborer for Mountaineer Stone. Billy was a graduate of Mount Hope High School....
Bobby Ray Withrow
Mar 24, 2011
Bobby Ray Withrow , 65, of Glen Jean, WV died on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 03, 1945 at Red Star, WV he was the son of the late Ivan Russell and Sadie Ray DePriest Withrow. His wife, Mary Louise Burgess Withrow preceded him in death. Survivors include his companion, Georgia A....
John H. "Jack" Berry
Mar 24, 2011
John "Jack" Harold Berry , 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Only a short time ago, his wife, Cathern Leona Crawford Berry preceded him in death on February 11, 2011. Born April 22, 1923 at Pax, WV he was the son of the late John and Cecilia...
Alexander E. "Alex" Easton
Mar 24, 2011
Alexander Edwin "Alex" Easton , 93, of Oak Hill, WV entered into the presence of his Lord on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 10, 1917 at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Andrew E. Easton, Sr. and Anges Lambie Easton. Alex was a retired officer of Flat...
Joyce A. Newton Craft
Mar 22, 2011
Our loving wife, mother and grandmother, Joyce Ann Newton Craft , 67, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV. Born September 04, 1943 at Harvey, WV she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Lannie Smith Newton. Mrs. Craft was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. Four...
Wanda Tyree Toney
Mar 22, 2011
Wanda Maxine Tyree Toney , 85, of Cirtsville, WV died on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born April 21, 1925 at Cirtsville, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Lillian Ester Maynor Tyree. Wanda was a homemaker and a member of the Maynor Freewill Baptist Church. Her husband, Nathan Hale Toney, two...
Gladys Woolwine Settle
Mar 20, 2011
Gladys Woolwine Settle, 90, formerly of WV, gently passed into the arms of her Lord & Savior Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Harmon House, Mt. Pleasant, PA. She was born March 28, 1920 in Cirtsville, WV, a daughter of the late Rufus and Lillian Basham Woolwine. She was a loving homemaker and a member of the Dunbar Baptist Church for...
Roger Joe Sharp
Mar 19, 2011
Roger Joe Sharp , 72, of Scarbro, WV died on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at his home. Born March 29, 1938 at Milburn, WV he was the son of the late Jesse Cammeron and Dessie Marie Woodson Sharp. He was a retired coal miner having worked at Milburn. Mr. Sharp was a US Army veteran and a member of the...
John Dorsey Painter
Mar 18, 2011
John Dorsey Painter, age 64, of Mt. Hope, WV passed away on Friday, March 18, 2011 in Beckley, WV. Born June 19, 1946 in Mt. Hope, WV he was the son of the late Clinton and Beulah Bennett Painter. John was a member of the Mt. Hope Assembly of God and attended day classes at FMRS in Fayetteville and Beckley....
Iva Kelly Robertson
Mar 17, 2011
A long-time resident of the Page and Kincaid areas, Iva DeLon Kelly Robertson , 96, died on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Pine Lodge Nursing and Rehab Center in Beckley, WV. Born December 29, 1914 at Bluff City, VA she was the daughter of the late Ocela and Lou Delia Haskett Kelly. Iva attended the Kincaid First Church of God...
Bernard P. Gibson, Sr.
Mar 17, 2011
Bernard Paul Gibson, Sr., 85, of Hilltop, WV died on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 18, 1925 at Alcott, WV he was the son of the late Charles Brack Gibson, Sr. and Clara Stottler Gibson Redman. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Gibson was a member of the Oak Hill...
Helen Ruth Smith Sizemore
Mar 15, 2011
Helen Ruth Smith Sizemore , 66, of Glen Morgan, WV died on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born March 04, 1945 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of Helen McCormick Smith of Kincaid and the late Roy A. Smith. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Dennis Earmine Sizemore preceded her in death. In...
Sammie E. Million
Mar 15, 2011
Sammie Adron Million , 65, of Glen Jean, WV died on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at his home. Born April 01, 1945 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Loren Malcolm and Aleen Aaron Million. Sammie was a retired carpenter having worked construction for car and boat trade shows. He was a member of the carpenter's union....
Alexander "Alex" Sneddon
Mar 15, 2011
Alexander "Alex" Sneddon , 84, of Rt 3 Fayetteville, WV went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 28, 1926 at Kilsyth, WV he was the son of the late John Laird and Margaret McNeil Sneddon. He retired from the US Postal Service in Cincinnati, OH with 27...
Sharon Jenkins Schoffner Hancock
Mar 14, 2011
Sharon Kristen Jenkins Schoffner Hancock , 64, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, March 14, 2011 at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Born December 30, 1946 at Carlisle, WV she was the daughter of the late James Christian and Garnett Prather Jenkins. Mrs. Hancock was a member of the New Beginning Church of God at Glen Jean and...
Sharon L. Gestewitz
Mar 11, 2011
Sharon Louise Gestewitz, 49, of North Sand Branch Road, Bradley, WV passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV She was born June 3, 1961 at Elkton, MD she was the daughter of the late Phillip Melvin and Patricia Faye McNeely Gestewitz. Sharon was a disabled clerk for Wal Mart and was a member of...
Earnest Franklin Koone, Sr.
Mar 11, 2011
Earnest Franklin "Frank" Koone, Sr. , 54, of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born August 09, 1956 at Oak Hill, WV he was the eldest son of the late William Franklin Koone, Jr. and Earnestine Kamits Koone. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 33...
Kathy Withrow Cody
Mar 10, 2011
Heaven gained another angel when Kathy Lou Withrow Cody , 53, of Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV with her husband, children and sister by her side. She went to join her son, Stanley Edward "Eddie" Cody on the second anniversary of his death. Born June 05, 1957 at Oak...
