Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
James Henry Withrow
Sep 13, 2009
James Henry Withrow, 95 of Summerlee, WV died on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at Hilltop Center, Hilltop, WV. Born December 25, 1913 in Somerset, PA, he was the son of the late William and Elizabeth Saltsgiver Withrow. James was a retired coal miner with 41 years of service at the New River Coal Company at Lochgelly. He was preceded in...
John F. "Rusty" Ross Iii
Sep 12, 2009
John "Rusty" Franklin Ross, III, 61, of Garner, NC died on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, WV. Born September 22, 1947 in West Virginia he was the son of the late Beatrice "BeBe" Miller Ross and John Franklin Ross, II. Rusty was a 1965 graduate of Collins High School in Oak Hill. Survivors his...
Mary Campbell Dorton
Sep 9, 2009
Mary E. Campbell Dorton, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 15, 1923 at Stuart’s Draft, VA she was the daughter of the late Charles Mae and Ruth Elick Campbell. Mary was a well-known cook having worked at the Skyline Drive In at Hilltop for 30...
Mary Patricia Elkins
Sep 9, 2009
Mary Patricia Elkins of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born December 12, 1939 at Traverse City, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Leo A. Wolf and Barbara Elizabeth Zimmerman Wolf. Mary was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul...
Jessie Ray Smith
Sep 5, 2009
Jessie Ray Smith, 5 year old son, of Michelle Lynn Toney Smith and Jonathan Joshua Smith of Oak Hill died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born August 20, 2004 at Beckley, WV, he was a son of Michelle Lynn Toney Smith and Jonathan Joshua Smith. Jessie was a kindergarten student at New River Elementary School...
Dennis Lee Dunivant
Sep 4, 2009
Dennis Lee Dunivant, 65 years young, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, September 4, 2009, at Summersville Memorial Hospital, Summersville, WV. Born November 6, 1944 at Red Star, WV, he was a son of the late Bernard and Dorothy May McKinney Dunivant. He was disabled. Survivors include brothers, Bernard Ray Dunivant and his wife, Vivian of Hico, Charles Joe Dunivant...
Harry Edwin "Ed" Korn
Sep 3, 2009
Harry Edwin "Ed" Korn, 73, of Rt. 1, Fayetteville, WV died Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born May 30, 1936 at Oil City, PA, he was the son of the late Ernest and Muriel Hanna Korn. He was a retired, self-employed carpenter and millwright. Ed was a musician, both as a singer and a bass...
Nora Jane Tygrett
Sep 2, 2009
Nora Jane Meadows Tygrett, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 05, 1923 at Raleigh County, WV she was the daughter of the late Berman Earl Meadows, Sr. and Ollie Gilkerson Meadows Jones. Mrs. Tygrett attended Oak Hill High School and Beckley College and was a graduate...
Winifred L. Parker
Sep 1, 2009
Winifred Lawson Parker , 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 21, 1931 at Gatewood, WV he was the son of the late Rupert Cyrus and Zoe Mary Jones Parker. Mr. Parker was of the Christian faith. A brother, Dewey Parker and sisters, Ruth Hovis, Eleanor...
Margaret Coffman
Aug 31, 2009
Margaret Ann Coffman, 85, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, August 31, 2009 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born December 11, 1923 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Arno Coffman and Elizabeth Moran Coffman Webb and stepdaughter of the late Nelson Webb. Miss Coffman was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at...
Dorothy Abshire Berry
Aug 31, 2009
Dorothy Hutchison Abshire Berry, 77, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, August 31, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 10, 1932 at Salem, WV she was the daughter of the late Albert and Etta Elizabeth Rollins Hutchison. Dorothy was a member of the Peace In The Valley Church in Pax. She was a Medical...
Curtiss W. Martin
Aug 27, 2009
Curtiss William Martin, 64, of Mount Hope, WV passed into eternal life on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, Ohio. Curtis was diagnosed with lung cancer and had his lung removed in 1997. In the years since, he developed numerous health hurdles to over come stemming from his cancer. On Thursday, he finally succumbed to the earthly...
Willie Sue Brash
Aug 26, 2009
MY LAST REQUEST Please don’t say that I gave up, just say that I gave in. Don’t say I lost the battle, for it was God’s war to lose or win. Please don’t say how good I was, but that I did my best, Just say I tried to do what’s right, to give the most I could - not...
Jeremy T. Rinehart
Aug 26, 2009
Jeremy Thomas Rinehart, 33, of Rt. 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 25, 1976 in Beckley, WV he was the son of Thomas C. "Dude” Rinehart and his wife, Lisa of Lively, WV and Yevette "Vetsy" Settle Wilshire and her husband, Paul of Oak Hill, WV. He was...
Bessie E. Kirk
Aug 25, 2009
She is finally at peace. Bessie Edith Grover Kirk, 87, of Collinsdale, WV died on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at her home following a long illness. Born October 25, 1921 at Jackson, OH she was the daughter of the late Rupert and Cora Boggs Grover. She was a retired glassware maker for Owens Illinois Glassware in Huntington. Mrs. Kirk was...
Mattie J. Broyles
Aug 19, 2009
Mattie J. Bragg Broyles, 90, of Bradley, WV passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2009 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley. Born April 13, 1919 in Randolph County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Cora Simms Bragg. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Thompson; one sister, Violet Lilly and one brother, Lawrence Bragg. Survivors include four...
Thomas M. Powell
Aug 16, 2009
Thomas Melvin Powell, 63, of Oak Hill, passed away unexpectedly on August 14, 2009. He was born December 3, 1945 in Longacre, WV, the first of three children born to the late George William Melvin Powell and Lilly Evelyn Dixon Powell. He was a 1963 graduate of Fayetteville High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he...
Franklin Legg
Aug 14, 2009
Franklin D. Legg, 68, of Rt. 1, Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, August 14, 2009 at his home. Born October 21, 1940 at Minden, WV, he was the son of the late Roy Dewey and Ethel Lena Webster Legg. He was a disabled self-employed contractor. He was of the Christian faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Mary Ann Deturk
Aug 13, 2009
Mary Ann Ellison DeTurk, 80, of Asbury, WV died on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte, WV. Born December 10, 1928 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles "C.H." Ellison and Anna Ash Ellison. Mary Ann was a retired registered nurse having graduated from the Montgomery General Hospital nursing program....
Jackie P. "Jack" Guthrie
Aug 13, 2009
Jackie "Jack" Phil Guthrie, 75, of Hilltop, WV died on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at his home. Born April 12, 1934 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Robert B. Guthrie, Sr. and Gusta M. Weis Guthrie. Mr. Guthrie was a retired construction worker having called himself a "Jack of all trades." He worked on the...
