Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Charles F. Mahood
Sep 23, 2008
Charles Francis Mahood, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 22, 1925 at Sun, WV he was the son of the late Frederick R. and Oma G. Vandall Mahood. He was a retired painter foreman for the Town of Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Mahood was a member...
Sammy Dennis Sparacino
Sep 22, 2008
Sammy Dennis Sparacino, of Beckley, WV passed away on Monday, September 22, 2008, after a long battle with colon cancer. He was in his 71st year. Born on May 20, 1937, and raised in Mabscott, WV he was the son of the late Santo and Chiara (Mary) Ciatto Sparacino. The youngest of 12 children and he was known only as...
Gladys I. Nichols
Sep 20, 2008
Our mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Gladys Irene Kees Nichols, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at her home Born December 15, 1932 at Collinsdale, WV she was the daughter of the late Homer Douglas and Leva Mae Marcum Kees. Mrs. Nichols attended the Oak Hill Christian Church at Summerlee and was a homemaker. She...
Sally J. Janney
Sep 20, 2008
Sally Jean Leslie Baggs Janney, 72, of Oak Hill, WV died at her home on Saturday, September 20, 2008. Born August 27, 1936 at Ludowici, GA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Hall and Thelma Christine Swindell Baggs. She was preceded in death by a sister, Shelby Baggs Hallman, Lakeland, FL. She is survived by her husband, Dr....
William R. Gardner
Sep 20, 2008
William Ray Gardner, 66, of Terry, WV died on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the home of his son, William. Born January 05, 1942 at Norville, WV he was the son of the late William Ellis and Marie Plumley Gardner. He was a US Army veteran. Survivors include two sons, William Ray Gardner, II of Terry, Sean Gardner of Clifton...
Janet "Ginger" Estep
Sep 19, 2008
Janet "Ginger" Elmore Markivich Estep, 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, September 19, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill after a long illness. Born July 31, 1937 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Harold Waddell Elmore and Goldie Elmore Humphrey. Mrs. Estep was a member of the Smyrna Baptist Church, Smyrna,...
Elsie Pearl Williams
Sep 18, 2008
Elsie Pearl DeBoard Williams , 87, of Pax, WV died on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 18, 1921 at Clay County, WV she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Emma Smith DeBoard. Elsie was a member of the Beckley Seventh Adventist Church and was a homemaker. She was preceded in...
Elsie Hess Kendall
Sep 13, 2008
Elsie Hess Kendall, 83, of The Villages, FL formerly of Beckley and Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Arbor Village Nursing Home in Wildwood, FL. Born October 06, 1924 at Eckman, WV she was the daughter of the late Estel and Goldie Lovell Hess. Mrs. Kendall was a member of the First Baptist Church of Beckley...
Provie Marchio
Sep 10, 2008
Provie Marchio, 88, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born March 10, 1920 at Kilsyth, WV he was the son of the late Jack and Vincenza Marchio. He was a member of the Mount Hope Baptist Temple. Provie retired from the General Services Administration after 20 years service as...
Emma Martin Kennedy
Sep 9, 2008
Emma E. "Toodles" Martin Kennedy, 74, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born September 10, 1933 at Minden, WV she was the daughter of the late Jacob Charles and Creasey Foley Smith. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Edward Martin on...
Darrell D. "Butch" Zutaut
Sep 7, 2008
Darrell "Butch" Dean Zutaut , 51, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, September 07, 2008 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Born September 14, 1956 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Margaret Phillips Zutaut of Oak Hill and the late A.E. "Ed" Zutaut. He was a delivery driver for United Parcel Service. Darrell was a...
Myra Faye Ford
Sep 7, 2008
Myra Faye Fernandez Ford, 76, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, September 07, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 28, 1931 at Ramsey, WV she was the daughter of the late Joe Fernandez, Jr. and Carrie Meleese Terry Fernandez. Faye was the retired Comptroller for WOAY in Oak Hill with 42 years service. She...
Amanda "Tiny" Griffith
Aug 29, 2008
Amanda Sue "Tiny" Griffith, 24, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, August 29, 2008 at Minden, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born May 8, 1984 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of Gregory Griffith of Prudence and the late Carmella Evans Sullivan. She attended the Jones Avenue First Church of God, Oak Hill. Survivors include one...
Geraldine Kay Miller
Aug 25, 2008
Geraldine Kay Blackburn Miller , 64, of Stanaford, WV died on Monday, August 25, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born March 14, 1944 at Layland, WV she was the daughter of the late Roscoe K. and Macil Vandall Blackburn. She was a homemaker Her husband, Billy Gene Miller preceded her in death. Survivors include two daughters, Debra...
Linda Kay Smith
Aug 25, 2008
Linda Kay Smith, 50, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, August 25, 2008 in Mount Hope, WV. Born October 29, 1957 in Raleigh County, WV she was the daughter of the late Otis and Nettie Webb Smith. Ms. Smith was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Brian Smith; two sisters, Gloria Gray and Carolyn...
James Robert "Bob" Gentry
Aug 17, 2008
James Robert "Bob" Gentry , 69, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Born November 18, 1938 at Scarbro, WV he was the son of the late Howard and Lois Wilmer Gentry. Bob was a retired architectural draftsman for Mullins Construction of Oak Hill and Gates Engineering of Beckley. He was...
Dolores Noroskey Rush
Aug 16, 2008
Dolores Ann Noroskey Rush, 82, of Chesapeake, Va. formerly of Oak Hill, WV passed away Saturday August 16, 2008 at the Maryview Nursing Center, Suffolk, Va. where she had resided for thirteen years. Born June 6, 1926 in Sun, WV she was the daughter of the late Carl J. and Bessie Lee Wickline Noroskey of Oak Hill, WV. She was...
Jessie Jay Grisard
Aug 13, 2008
Jessie Jay Lafferty Grisard , 95, of Charleston, WV formerly of Oak Ridge, TN died on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Meadowbrook Acres Nursing Center in Charleston, WV. Born February 02, 1913 at Herberton, WV she was the daughter of the late Jay Milton and Helen Humphrey Lafferty. She was a a retired secretary for the federal government. Two sisters,...
Harry W. Whittington, Jr.
Aug 11, 2008
Our husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend Harry William Whittington, Jr. will always be loved and missed. Of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV and at the age 79 he died on Monday, August 11, 2008 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV. Born March 29, 1929 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of the late Harry W. Whittington, Sr....
William F. Drennen, Jr.
Aug 11, 2008
OAK HILL — William F. Drennen Jr., age 72, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born Feb. 22, 1936, at Stanaford, W.Va., he was the son of the late William F. Drennen, Sr. and Lillian Brewster Drennen. Mr. Drennen was a former employee of Long-Airdox and former Chief of...
