Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Lawrence "Tommy" Thompson
Dec 12, 2008
Lawrence Edward "Tommy" Thompson, 65, of Rt. 1, Fayetteville, WV died at his home on Friday, December 12, 2008. Born March 12, 1943 at Salem Road, Oak Hill, he was the son of the late Emmett H. Thompson and Ruby Mae Garrett Thompson Wheeler. He was retired from Dunn Coal and Dock at Cannelton and was a former butcher at...
Ruth M. Williams
Dec 12, 2008
Ruth Mereda Williams, 77, formerly of Pax, WV died on Friday, December 12, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a long illness. Born June 27, 1931 at Artie, WV she was the daughter of the late Murphy and Ada Stover Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Roland, Rex, and Thomas...
Rachael E. Riffe
Dec 10, 2008
Rachael Elaine Bragg Riffe , 88, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 27, 1920 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of the late Jobe and Cora Kincaid Bragg. She was a retired beautician and retired from the Fayette County Committee on Aging. Mrs. Riffe was...
Virginia M. Cobb Clay
Dec 9, 2008
Virginia Mae Tincher Cobb Clay , 87, of Page, WV died on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 02, 1921 at Dempsey, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Eunice Scott Tincher. Mrs. Clay was a member of the Kincaid First Church of God and the Women of the Church...
Bobby Joe Evans
Dec 9, 2008
Bobby Joe Evans , 52, of Glen Jean, WV died on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at Montgomery, WV. Born December 31, 1955 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Hubert and Pansy Ellen Swanigan Evans and step-son of Madge Willis Evans of Oak Hill. Bobby was a former miner and WV Department of Highways employee. He...
Margaret E. Helton
Dec 8, 2008
Margaret Evelyn Bailey Helton , 92, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, December 08, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born February 26, 1916 at Skelton, WV she was the daughter of the late Emmett and Mary Maschal Bailey. Mrs. Helton was a member of the Mount Hope Christian Church where she served faithfully as choir director,...
Mabel C. Arrington
Dec 8, 2008
Mabel C. Dixon Arrington , 74, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 08, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 15, 1934 at Alderson, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Arthur and Lucy Katherine Bryant Dixon. She was a retired cashier for Aide's Discount Store in Oak Hill and a homemaker....
John C. Keffer, Sr.
Dec 7, 2008
John Curtis Keffer, Sr. 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, December 07, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born November 20, 1937 at Whitby, WV he was the son of the late Porter and Mae Blevins Keffer. He was a retired superintendent for Charleston Construction in Saint Albans. Mr. Keffer was a member of the Oak...
Patricia Ann Washburn
Dec 5, 2008
A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Patricia Ann Perkins Washburn , 73, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 05, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 31, 1935 in Missouri she was the daughter of the late Waldo and Bertha Manning Perkins. Mrs. Washburn grew up in...
Joann Boyd
Dec 5, 2008
Joann Dillon Boyd, 79, of Mount Hope, WV passed away Friday, December 5, 2008, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born November 11, 1929 at Lindside, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. and Mary Ann Mann Dillon. Joann was raised by her grandparents the late Julia and William Mann. She spent her...
Barbara Ann Worrell
Dec 5, 2008
Barbara Ann Curtis Worrell, 69, of Red Star, WV died on Friday, December 05, 2008 at her home. Born January 5, 1939 at Hopewell, VA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Mazie King Curtis. She was a homemaker and a member of the Dothan Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Ronald C. "Ramblin Man" Settle
Dec 4, 2008
Ronald "Ramblin Man" Clayton Settle, 53, of Robson, WV died on Thursday, December 04, 2008 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV. Born February 20, 1955 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of the late Robert Gordon and Maxie Lucille Rollins Settle. He was a utility man for Frasier Creek Mining. Mr. Settle was of the Baptist faith....
Bennie Chesunas
Dec 4, 2008
Bennie Chesunas, 93, of Hamlin, WV formerly of the Oak Hill area died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at VA Medical Center in Huntington, WV Born January 1, 1915 at Eccles, WV he was the son of the late Ben and Edna Legonis Chesunas. Mr. Chesunas was a disabled US Army veteran having served during World War II. He was...
Judith C. Entsminger Landers
Dec 4, 2008
Judith Carmen Entsminger Workman Landers, 60, of Bentree, WV formerly of Dothan, WV died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the home of her daughter, Tammy. Born July 1, 1948 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry “Junior” Entsminger and Dessie Richmond Franklin. Judith attended the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind at Romney. As...
Audra Wriston
Nov 29, 2008
Audra Hudson Wriston, 99, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 06, 1909 at Mammoth, WV she was the daughter of the late Dan and Lurie Grubb Hudson. Mrs. Wriston was the oldest member of the Church of the Nazarene in Oak Hill and was a homemaker....
Jimmy Roger Taylor
Nov 29, 2008
Jimmy Roger Taylor, 76, of Oak Hill, died Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Charleston Area Medical Center, Memorial Division, Charleston, WV after a short illness. Born December 18, 1931 at Cool Ridge, WV, he was the son of Jimmy and Lizzie Compton Taylor. He attended the Pentecostal Church at Garten. He is survived by his wife, Helen Peck Taylor; three...
Judy Trickle
Nov 28, 2008
Judy Trickle, 61, of Oak Hill, WV died Friday, November 28, 2008 at Fayette Nursing and Rehab. Center at Fayetteville, WV. Born November 8, 1947 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of llene Hammen Trickle Muggler of Rockford, Illinois and the late George Trickle. Judy was a graduate of Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Wisconsin. She was a homemaker....
Elsie May Coleman
Nov 27, 2008
Elsie May Coleman, 85, of Mount Hope, died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill following a long illness. Born December 24, 1922 at Cowpasture, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Maggie McCutcheon Vance. Mrs. Coleman was a homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church at Ramsey, WV In addition to her...
Amy Marie Drennen
Nov 27, 2008
Amy Marie Drennen, 35, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with Jesus, Thursday, November 27, 2008 at her residence as a result of a house fire. Born June 20, 1973 at Ashtabula, Ohio, she was the daughter of Mike and Rebecca Hughes Drennen of Oak Hill. Amy was a member of the LifeBridge Assembly of God in Oak Hill...
Elizabeth Marie Harborth
Nov 25, 2008
Elizabeth Marie Wilson Harborth, 50, of Crab Orchard, WV died Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Born March 4, 1958 at Mullens, WV, she was a daughter of Ida Fae Graham Reed of Princewick and the late Arlie Gene Wilson. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a...
