Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
John "J.C." Charles Gwinn, Sr.
Nov 9, 2009
On Monday, November 9, 2009 the Lord called another member of America's greatest generation home. John "J.C." Charles Gwinn, Sr., 85, of Mount Hope, WV died in an area hospital after a short illness. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Born May 18, 1924 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Hazel...
Inez Marie Hornsby Orler
Nov 8, 2009
Inez Marie Rucker Hornsby Orler, 78, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, November 08, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 09, 1931 at Pond Gap, WV she was the daughter of the late James and Betty Pearl Hapney Rucker. Mrs. Orler was a homemaker. Her first husband, William Clayton Hornsby, second husband, John Orler, son, James...
Helen V. Pomykata
Nov 7, 2009
Helen Vargo Pomykata, 85, of Beckley, WV passed away Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the home of her daughter, Maryann Humphrey. Born March 13, 1924 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Mike K. and Mary Shanta Vargo. Helen was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill and was retired from the...
Stella Shelton Malcolm
Nov 6, 2009
Stella Mae Hypes Malcolm, 102, of Rt. 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, November 06, 2009 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born April 17, 1907 at Tipton, WV she was the daughter of the late Albert Luther and Maude B. Rader Hypes and stepdaughter of the late India May Johnson Hypes. Mrs. Malcolm was homemaker. Her pride and joy...
Ruth Mcnulty Bays
Nov 2, 2009
Ruth Faye McNulty Bays, 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, November 02, 2009 at her home. Born August 06, 1919 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Warner Gradon and Gertrude Burgess McNulty. Mrs. Bays was a member of the Jones Avenue First Church of God, Oak Hill where she was a member of...
Reva Mae Bragg Pyles
Nov 1, 2009
Reva Mae Bragg Pyles, age 84, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at Hilltop Center at Hilltop, WV Born June 26, 1925 at Wriston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Frazier David and Annie Victoria Light Bragg. Reva was a homemaker and a cook in the Fayette County School System having cooked at...
Catherine Ruth Pack
Nov 1, 2009
Catherine Ruth Pack, 92, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009 at Hilltop Center, Hilltop, after an extended illness. Born May 10, 1917 at Erie, PA, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Woods. She was a homemaker and a member of the Crossroads Apostolic Holiness Church at Bradley. She was preceded in death by...
Terri Lynne Treadway Massey
Oct 29, 2009
Terri Lynne Treadway Massey, age 39, of Oak Hill, passed away at home on Thursday, October 29, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. Born September 21, 1970, in Beckley, she was the daughter of Otie Olen Treadway of Oak Hill and Mary Sue May Seligman of Oak Hill. She was the step daughter of Paul Seligman of Oak Hill...
Early E. Smoot
Oct 27, 2009
Early Eugene Smoot, 92, of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 29, 1916 at Orange, WV he was the son of the late Ernest Doubtful and Laura A. Dolin Smoot. Early was retired from Lackey Smokeless Coal at Anjean and was a member of the U.M.W.A. He...
Charles E. Dixon
Oct 27, 2009
Charles Edward Dixon, 53, of Scarbro, WV died on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 from injuries received on the job site at Newtown Energy's Eagle Mine in Comfort, WV. Born January 12, 1956 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Theodore O. "Teed” and Margaret C. Bozo Dixon. He was a trackman for Newtown Energy. Charles was...
Ella S. Bugin
Oct 23, 2009
Ella Sue Romm Bugin, 79, of Daniels, WV died on Friday, October 23, 2009 at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Born July 13, 1930 at Glen Jean, WV she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Bragg Romm. Mrs. Bugin was a member of the St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church, Beckley. She was a 1948 graduate...
Esther "Cookie" Mcguffin
Oct 22, 2009
Esther Jane "Cookie" Waugh McGuffin, 68, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at her home. Born August 22, 1941 at Brooklyn, WV she was the daughter of the late Clarence Howard and Herma Ellen Stewart Waugh. She was a disabled nursing assistant having worked for Plateau Medical Center. Mrs. McGuffin was a member of the Protestant....
Thelma Armstrong
Oct 21, 2009
On Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Thelma Baber Armstrong, 86, of Mount Hope, WV went to be with her husband of 63 years at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following an extended illness. Born January 23, 1923 at Acme, WV she was the daughter of the late William and Pearl Griffy Baber. Mrs. Armstrong was a member of the Baptist...
Lisa Hall Jones
Oct 21, 2009
Lisa Michelle Hall Jones, 38, of Lansing, WV currently residing in Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Candler Hospital in Savannah, GA. Born March 11, 1971 at Beckley, WV she was the beloved daughter of Tekoah "Tex” and Myra Sue "Susie” Hall of Lansing. Mrs. Jones was a member of the First Baptist Church, Bluffton, SC....
Duane D. Painter
Oct 20, 2009
Duane Daniel Painter, 32, of Scarbro, WV went with Jesus to dwell in the Kingdom of Heaven on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born August 09, 1977 at Oak Hill, WV he was the beloved son of the Tommy Wayne Painter of Scarbro and Elsie Frances Payne Painter of Oak Hill. Duane was 1995...
Jack "Squirrel" Montgomery
Oct 19, 2009
Jack "Squirrel" Edward Montgomery , 56, of Dothan, WV died on Monday, October 19, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 04, 1953 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of the late James Workman and Gladys Louise Amick Montgomery. Jack was a member of the Dothan Community Church. His first wife, Patricia Lynn Treadway Montgomery, second...
Rayola C. Fitzpatrick
Oct 19, 2009
Rayola Cathryne Altice Fitzpatrick, 66, of Whipple, WV died on Monday, October 19, 2009 at Select Specialty Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born January 01, 1943 at Sun, WV she was the daughter of the late William "Bill” and Nellie Waddell Altice. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was a member of the Sun Community Church. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Walter D. Fitzpatrick...
Margaret "Maggie" Anderson
Oct 18, 2009
Margaret "Maggie" E. McGuffin Anderson, 91, of Red Star, WV died on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born November 17, 1917 at Stone Cliff, WV she was the daughter of the late Claymus Wesley and Ethel Virginia Samples McGuffin. Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Red Star Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Her...
Margaret Faye Baber
Oct 18, 2009
Margaret Faye Davis Baber, 73, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born August 02, 1936 at Dutch Ridge, WV she was the daughter of the late Ocie and Elda Burns Davis. Mrs. Baber was a member of the Mossy Living Word Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a homemaker. She...
Helen Watters Rowe
Oct 17, 2009
Helen Marie Watters Rowe, 81, of Elkton, MD formerly of Oak Hill died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the home of her son, Larry Kirby in Elkton, MD. Born November 26, 1927 at Oak Hill, WV, she was a daughter of the late Patrick Dewey Watters and Lottie Belle Spencer Watters Osborne. Helen was a homemaker and a member of...
