Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Patrick David Slaven
Mar 9, 2011
Patrick David Slaven , 73, of Stoughton, MA formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at Norwood Hospital in Norwood, MA. Born October 17, 1937 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Garnet and Masil Crawford Slaven. Pat was a 1954 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill and attended West...
Jean Rae Mcdaniel Lewis
Mar 9, 2011
Jean Rae McDaniel Lewis , 74, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 05, 1936 at London, WV she was the daughter of the late Margaret L. McDaniel. She was a retired cook for Oak Hill High School with sixteen years service. Mrs. Lewis was a member of...
Robert J. Crouch
Mar 7, 2011
Robert James Crouch , 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, March 07, 2011 at the home of his granddaughter, Jeanette Nuckles. Born May 27, 1920 at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Charles William and Sadie Lee Burgess Crouch. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Crouch was a member of the Oak Hill First...
Polly A. Poff Neely
Mar 7, 2011
Polly Ann Poff Neely , 74, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 07, 2011 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born March 11, 1936 at Concho, WV she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Louise Epperly Poff. She was a homemaker. Two sisters, Drema Sue Lewis and Mary Lee...
Gene P. "Perk" Taylor
Mar 7, 2011
Gene "Perk" Pearlie Taylor , 65, of Beckley, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, March 07, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 23, 1945 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Alfred and Anna Margaret Smith Taylor. Perk was a former farmer on the family farm and gas station...
Thomas Fontana
Mar 5, 2011
Thomas Fontana , 80, of Mount Hope, WV died on Saturday, March 05, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 24, 1930 at Herndon, WV he was the son of the late Dominick and Marie Massara Fontana. He was a former brick layer and a retired coal miner having worked for Harvey Energy. His wife, Hilda Mae...
Frank Casey, Jr.
Mar 4, 2011
Frank Casey , Jr. 65, of Ansted, WV formerly of Phelps, KY died on Friday, March 04, 2011 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born July 08, 1945in Pike County, KY he was the son of the late Frank and Dora Daugherty Casey. Brothers, Butch, Sid, Fonzo, Earlin and Avery Lewis Casey, and sisters, Donna May Blankenship, Sylvia Coleman and...
James L. "Bo" Treadway
Mar 3, 2011
James Lee "Bo" Treadway, 58, of Wriston, WV died on Thursday, March 03, 2011 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV Born November 26, 1952 at Madison, WV, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Christine Bailey Treadway. He was a disabled long distance Truck Driver. He was preceded in death by two sons, Timmy Treadway and Patrick...
Sylvia Swanigan Bryant
Mar 2, 2011
Sylvia Swanigan Bryant, 81, of Sarahsville OH, passed away Friday, February 25, at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center. Born May 6, 1929 in Gatewood, WV she was the daughter of the late William H. and Laura (Presnell) Swanigan. She married Chester Bryant on April 10, 1949. Sylvia was a homemaker a proficient quilter enjoyed spending time with her family. Sylvia...
Drema S. Vance Helton
Mar 1, 2011
Drema Sue Vance Helton , 61, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at her home. Born March 18, 1949 at Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of the late McKinley and Hattie Martin Vance. Drema was a member of the Calvary Chapel, Beckley and a homemaker. Her husband, Jerry Lee Helton, Sr. preceded her in...
Ethel Lukie Berry
Feb 27, 2011
Ethel Berry, age 75 of Beckley, WV Passed away on Friday, February February 25, 2011 at BARH in Beckley. Born March 1, 1935 at Harvey, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Kathleen Cumbow Lukie and the step daughter of Wanda Lukie Craddock of Oak Hill, WV. Mrs. Berry was a homemaker. She was preceded in death...
Beryl Lacy Lockett
Feb 25, 2011
Beryl Lacy Lockett, age 59, of Hilltop, WV died February 25, 2011 at the Veterans Hospital in Beckley, WV after a long struggle with cancer. He was the son of Clarence L. and Lillian E. Lockett of Oak Hill. He was preceded in death by his parents and an older brother, Clarence E. Lockett. Upon his 1970 graduation for Collins...
Eugene E. Bowyer, Sr.
Feb 25, 2011
Eugene Edward Bowyer, Sr., age 73 of Beckley, WV formerly of Maple Fork, WV passed away on Friday, February 25, 2011 at his residence. Born May 22, 1937 at Willis Branch, WV, he was the son of the late George and Martha Mae Pinkerton Bowyer. Mr. Bowyer was a salesman having worked in the mining equipment industry and was a...
Alfred H. Kyne
Feb 24, 2011
Alfred Henry Kyne , 59, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the McDowell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Welch, WV. Born January 09, 1952 at McDowell County, WV he was the son of the late Alfred Lewis and Bessie Marie Green Kyne. He was a disabled US Army veteran. Mr. Kyne was a member of...
Phyllis J. Ross Miller
Feb 24, 2011
Phyllis June Ross Miller , 59, of Page, WV died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 11, 1952 at Mount Hope, PA she was the daughter of the late George William and Agnes Strout Ross. Phyllis was a graduate of LPN School in Beckley and a homemaker. Survivors include husband, David...
Mary S. Pauley
Feb 24, 2011
Mary Susan Pauley, 91, formerly of Fayetteville, WV, died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Dade City, FL, with her daughter by her side. She was born on the family farm at Alkol in Lincoln County, WV on February 2, 1920 to Arvil and Roxie Curry Meadows, who preceded her in death. She is survived by one sister, Della Patterson...
Adrian Ray Rhodes
Feb 23, 2011
Adrian Ray Rhodes , 44, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home. Born June 14, 1966 at Gary, IN he was the son of Norman Rhodes of Alabama and the late Linda Nugen Rhodes. Adrian loved the outside, fishing, cars and dirt bikes. He was kind-hearted to all he met. He dearly loved spending...
Kenneth Ray Walker
Feb 22, 2011
Kenneth Ray Walker , 55, of Rt. 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at his home of natural causes. Born November 25, 1955 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Bernard S. and Sophie K. McNeely Walker. He was a retired telephone serviceman for Verizon Telephone in Oak Hill. Mr. Walker was a member...
Coy W. Holley, Jr.
Feb 17, 2011
Coy Wilbur Holley , Jr. 61, of Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born May 31, 1949 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Coy W. and Edith Lunsford Holley. He was a disabled continuous miner operator for Beckley Coal Company. Mr. Holley was a member of...
James Patrick Allen
Feb 16, 2011
James Patrick Allen, 89, of Oak Hill, WV passed away at his residence on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Mr. Allen was a retired Agent for Peoples Life Insurance Company and a U. S. Army Veteran of World War II having attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was also a Lay Speaker and had served as Pastor of the Harvey...
