Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Nancy Chesunas Blake
Jul 2, 2009
Nancy Chesunas Blake, 92, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 02, 2009. Born April 27, 1917 at Eccles, WV she was the daughter of the late Ben and Jadwiga Legonis Chesunas of Salem Road. Nancy married the late William Robert Blake on August 26, 1936 and together they had eight children. She spent...
Lillie M. Linkous
Jul 1, 2009
Lillie M. Linkous, 70, of Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 14, 1939 at Merrimac, VA she was the daughter of the late Ivan Isaac and Barbara Ellen Lester Linkous. Miss Linkous was a member of the Gary Pentecostal Church, Gary, WV. Survivors include her siblings, Reba Linkous...
Roy Lee Proffitt
Jul 1, 2009
Roy Lee Proffitt, 67, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born October 09, 1941 at Crumpler, WV he was the son of the late Ernest and Cora Barrett Proffitt. Roy was raised at Ashland and Crumpler and attended Northfork Elkhorn High School where he played on the high...
Eric Paul Stover
Jun 27, 2009
Eric Paul Stover, 50, of Knoxville, TN formerly of Maple Fork, WV died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at his home. Born July 08, 1958 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Lovell A. Williams Stover of Maple Fork and the late Lacy B. Stover. He was a Security Guard for Searay Boat Company of Knoxville. Mr. Stover was...
Doran Jefferson Stover
Jun 27, 2009
Doran Jefferson Stover, 79, of Workman's Creek, WV died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, VA. Born August 13, 1929 at Clear Creek, WV he was the son of the late Clina and Ina Toney Stover. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Stover served in the US Army in the 101st Airborne Division and...
Wallace R. "Cabby" Bennett, Jr.
Jun 25, 2009
Wallace "Cabby" R. Bennett, Jr., 59, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, WV. Born October 10, 1949 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the Mable Marie Dixon Bennett of Oak Hill and the late Wallace R. Bennett, Sr. He was a master appraiser for the US...
Verna Mae Wickline
Jun 25, 2009
Verna Mae Settle Wickline, 74, of Wriston, WV died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at her home. Born March 23, 1935 at Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Merle Pennington Settle. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Charles R. Wickline preceded her in death. Survivors include one daughter, Jeannie Blevins of Wriston and two...
Erma Louise Ellis
Jun 24, 2009
Erma Louise Pittman Ellis Louise received her new body and heavenly reward when she departed this life on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. She passed away at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley following a sudden illness. She made her home at Cranberry for nearly 60 years. She was known in Raleigh and surrounding counties for her music ministry on WOAY TV...
Oscar P. Tennant
Jun 24, 2009
Oscar Phelix Tennant, 93, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. He was born October 22, 1915 at Prince, WV the son of the late John A. and Sarah Beasley Tennant and stepson of the late Dotsie Hobbs Tennant. He was a retired engineer for N&W Railroad having worked...
Callie S. Crawford
Jun 22, 2009
On June 19th, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., Callie Susan Crawford, age 81, of Oak Hill, WV passed peacefully in her sleep at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born April 26, 1928, at Ronceverte, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Johnny A. and Ethel Agnes Morgan Wiekle. Callie was a homemaker and formerly attended the Church of God...
Theodore R. Bailey, Jr.
Jun 19, 2009
Ted R. Bailey Jr., age 76, of Oak Hill, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2009, at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born March 8, 1933, in Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Theodore R. Bailey, Sr. and Lois Ashley Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a TV repairman having worked for National TV and Appliance....
Dorothy Redman
Jun 19, 2009
Dorothy Redman, 54, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, June 19, 2009 at her home. Born March 05, 1955 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Letha Tincher Redman Collingwood of Pottstown, PA and the late Calvin Redman, Sr. Survivors include a sister, Sandra Chornobay Sanchez of Harmony, NC; two half brothers, Jesse Redman and Joey Redman...
Tom W. Underwood
Jun 17, 2009
Tom Wayne Underwood, 50, of Beards Fork, WV died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his home. Born May 14, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Gene Underwood, Sr. of Beards Fork, WV and the late Patsy Gail Perdue Underwood. He was a self-employed carpenter and carpet installer. Tom was a member of the Fraternal Order...
Robert Keith Settle
Jun 16, 2009
Robert Keith Settle, 47, of Rt 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born October 23, 1961 in Fayette County, WV he was the son of James Land and Eva Mae Copley Settle of Wriston, WV. Bob attended Oak Hill High School leaving after the 11th grade to enlist in the...
Theodore David Foster
Jun 15, 2009
Theodore David Foster, 60, of Glen Daniel, WV formerly of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, June 15, 2009 at his home following a sudden illness. Born May 19, 1949 at Hinton, WV he was the son of Hallie Rogers Foster of Beckley, WV and the late Leland "Ted” Foster. He was a construction worker for Hobet Mining. Mr. Foster...
Velma Jean Tyree
Jun 13, 2009
Velma Jean Shrewsberry Tyree, 65, of Bolt, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital of injuries resulting from a recent accident. Velma was born on May 21, 1944 at Bud, WV to the late William McKinley and Evie Louellen Rinehart Shrewsberry. She was a homemaker and a member of the Breckenridge Baptist Church at Bolt. Survivors include...
John Mckinney, Jr.
Jun 11, 2009
John McKinney, Jr., 54, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 31, 1954 at Beckwith, WV he was the son of the late Dollie Smith McKinney and John McKinney, Sr. He was of the Holiness faith and a disabled miner and timber supplier. His wife, Donna Jean...
Zelda Ward Evans
Jun 11, 2009
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Zelda Mae Ward Evans, 84, of Glen White, WV died on Thursday, June 11, 2009 during surgery at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 11, 1924 at Grandview, WV she was the daughter of the late Ben and Zelia Ewing Whiting. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Roger D. Walters
Jun 9, 2009
Roger D. Walters , 63, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 15, 1945 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Ottie J. and Ruth Walters. He was a former coal miner. Roger had been a resident of Sheltering Arms Nursing Home for the past...
Gracie M. Davis Mcguffin
Jun 9, 2009
Gracie M. Davis McGuffin, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 27, 1930 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Ray Davis and Sally Hall Davis Murphy. Mrs. McGuffin was a Protestant and a homemaker. Her husband Robert C. "Bobby" McGuffin preceded her...
