Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Hazel E. Bennett
Feb 13, 2008
Hazel Elizabeth Saunders Bennett, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 06, 1921 at Sewell, WV she was the daughter of the late Ira Franklin and Hattie McDaniel Saunders. Mrs. Bennett was a member of the Summerlee Presbyterian Church and a homemaker. She...
Billy Goins
Feb 12, 2008
Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Billy Joe Goins, 66, of Scarbro, WV died on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at his home. Born August 23, 1941 at Minden, WV he was the son of Irene Buckland Goins of Backus Mountain, WV and the late Curtis Goins. Billy was a disabled coal miner and an avid hunter. A sister, Brenda Goins...
Sterling R. Wright
Feb 11, 2008
Sterling R. Wright, 73, of Pax, WV died on February 7, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a brief illness. He was born on March 13, 1934 in Jordan Mines, VA, to the late Elmer and Berta Wright. Raised in Pax, he lived in Akron, Ohio over 40 years, returning to his childhood home in retirement. In addition...
Emma L. Lilly
Feb 8, 2008
Emma Lea Pruitt Lilly, 84, of Bradley, WV died on Friday, February 08, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 18, 1923 at Birch Garden, VA she was the daughter of the late Kelly Lee and Agnes Virginia Wolfe Pruitt. Mrs. Lilly was a member of the Bradley Freewill Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. Her husband,...
Harold D. "Hackey" Stump, Sr.
Feb 4, 2008
Harold "Hackey" Dean Stump, Sr., 74, of Page, WV died on Monday, February 04, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born October 19, 1933 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Posey L. and Emma Hodge Stump. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Stump was a US Navy veteran. He was a member of...
Francis J. Roggan
Feb 3, 2008
Francis Jerome Roggan, 88, of Rt 1 Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, February 03, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. He was born on December 02, 1919 at Buffalo, NY. Mr. Roggan was a retired Las Vegas casino employee having worked for the Hacienda and Rendevous Racing Casino and Sports Books. Survivors include his wife, Arvilla Jane Williams...
Opal Perry Lively
Feb 2, 2008
Opal Mae Perry Lively, 94, of Oak Hill, WV passed away, Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Mrs. Lively was born September 8, 1913 at Cunard, WV a daughter of the late Charles E. and Dottie Martin Perry. Mrs. Lively was a homemaker and floral artist. She was a faithful member of the Rebecca Bible Class...
Beatrice Campbell Ditchcreek
Feb 2, 2008
Beatrice L. Campbell Ditchcreek , 89, of Chattanooga, TN passed away Tuesday January 29, 2008. Born September 28, 1918 at Stuarts Draft, VA she was the daughter of the late Charles May Campbell and Ruth Elick Campbell. Her first husband Walter Damron, second husband, William Hunt and third husband, William Ditchcreek preceded her in death. Survivors include her three children,...
Leigh Ann Culmer
Jan 31, 2008
Our loving wife, mother, daughter and friend, Leigh Ann Casteel Culmer, 40, of Paint Creek Road, Rt. 1 Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 24, 1967 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Linda D. Keel Casteel of Orlando, FL and the late James Casteel. Mrs. Culmer...
Opal M. Williams
Jan 28, 2008
Opal May Skaggs Williams, 90, of Rt 1 Scarbro, WV formerly of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, January 28, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born December 26, 1917 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of the late Emory and Hester Smith Skaggs. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Maple Fork Community Church and a...
Russell "Huck" Franklin
Jan 25, 2008
Russell "Huck" Franklin ,88, of Oak Hill, WV left this world to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus and join many family and friends in his eternal home on the other side on Friday, January 25, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. He was born in Kanawha County, WV on April 26, 1919, to the late John and...
Eugene W. Lafferty
Jan 24, 2008
Eugene Wilbur Lafferty, 85, of Beckley, WV passed away Thursday, January 24, 2008, at the home of his daughter, Anita Allen, in Sand Branch, WV. Born June 8, 1922 at Willis Branch, WV, he was the son of the late Lillian Lafferty Woolwine. Mr. Lafferty was retired from the US Army as platoon sergeant after serving for 21 years. He...
Virginia Eloise Garrett
Jan 24, 2008
Virginia Eloise Burton Garrett, 81, of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born August 18, 1926 at Kaymore, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Avena Burton. Mrs. Garrett attended the Church of God and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh...
Mary Aiello Mathys
Jan 22, 2008
Mary Aiello Mathys, 77, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 21, 1930 at Gauley Bridge, WV she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Walker Evans. Survivors include her companion of 28 years, Shad Dummitt; one daughter, Maria A. Epperly and husband, Jerry of Oak...
Ethel M. Reany
Jan 21, 2008
Ethel Mildred Arnold Reany, 92 of Pottstown, PA, formerly or Oak Hill, WV passed away on January 21,2008. Ethel was the daughter of the late Samuel and Louisa Dempsey Woods Holly. Born January 27, 1915 at Lookout, WV, she was the last of 12 brothers and sisters. She is survived by four daughters, Norma Jean Arnold Hald and husband, Ben...
Betty Ann Bolt
Jan 21, 2008
Betty Anne Taylor Lykins Bolt, 69, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 21, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 12, 1938 at Cunard, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry Harrison Taylor and Virgie Mae Kelly Taylor Smith. She attended the Apostolic Holiness Church...
Belva Lively Hendrickson
Jan 21, 2008
Belva Lively Hendrickson, 93, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, January 21, 2008 at her home. Born December 29, 1914 at Lively, WV she was the daughter of the late William E. and Bessie Toney Lively. Mrs. Hendrickson was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Hill. After teaching elementary school for 45 years she retired from...
Lucy Gray Craddock
Jan 21, 2008
Lucy Gray Short Craddock, 91, of Minden, WV died on Monday, January 21, 2008 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born October 10, 1916 at Sinks Grove, WV she was the daughter of the late Marion Thomas and Louise Mutter Short. Mrs. Craddock was a homemaker. Her first husband, George Compton, second husband, Ernest C. Craddock, one son, Bobby Short...
Dollie Mae Kania
Jan 20, 2008
Dollie Mae Saunders Kania, 84, of Fayetteville, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born January 19, 1924 at Derry Hale, WV she was the daughter of the late Joe and Loretta Fields Saunders. Mrs. Kania was a member of the Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church of...
Robert C. Thomas, Sr.
Jan 20, 2008
Robert C. Thomas, Sr.,83, of Oak Hill, WV died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV Born December 8, 1924, at Charleston, WV, he was a son of the late William Caddo and Melinda Jackson Thomas. He was a retired lead machinist for the C & O Railway for 23 years. A U. S. Navy veteran of...
