Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
William A. Sutphin, Jr.
Mar 19, 2008
Dr. William Ashby Sutphin, Jr., 72 of Kernersville, NC died March 17, 2008 at High Point Regional Cancer Center High Point, NC following a long illness. Born January 9, 1936 at Summerlee, WV he was the eldest son of Bessie Cantley Sutphin of Oak Hill, WV and the late William A. Sutphin. The Rev. Dr. Sutphin was a graduate of...
Robert Lee Suttle
Mar 19, 2008
Robert Lee Suttle, 67, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 25, 1940 at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Gar and Mary Cannady Suttle. He was a disabled truck driver for Coca Cola in Beckley, WV. Mr. Suttle attended the Packs Branch Baptist Church....
Billie K. Skaggs
Mar 19, 2008
A great loss to this world and a wonderful addition to the next, Billie Skaggs was a beloved mother to all who knew her, the rock upon which many storms were weathered and counselor to all who needed guidance. Billie Kaye Gilbert Skaggs, 65, of Oak Hill, WV departed this life on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at her home following...
Bradley J. Lemasters
Mar 19, 2008
Bradley John Lemasters, 36, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Thurmond, WV. Born November 04, 1971 at Peoria, IL he was the son of Willard John Benson of Peoria, IL and the late Becky Huser Jeter. Bradley was a freelance photographer. He was a member of the Christian Worship Center, Oak Hill and was a...
Margaret K. Wood
Mar 19, 2008
Margaret Kathryn Jones Wood, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 29, 1924 at Calloway, Raleigh County WV she was the daughter of the late Claudius Hart Jones, Sr. and Eva Hoke Jones. She was a retired nursing assistant for Plateau Medical Center. Margaret was a...
Roy Lee Cales
Mar 16, 2008
Roy Lee Cales, 68, of Robson, WV died on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at his home. Born June 29, 1939 at Deepwater, WV he was the son of the late Fred and Melissie Dean Cales. Roy was retired from Cargill Salt Mine in Cleveland, OH where he was was a member of Union #436. He was an outdoorsman. Several brothers...
Catherine A. Lagos
Mar 15, 2008
Catherine Anne Lagos, 86, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Saturday, March 15, 2008 at her home. Born November 17, 1921 in Harlan County, Kentucky, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Macejko Novobilski. She was a homemaker and a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill. She was preceded in death by her...
William "Bill" Szuch
Mar 14, 2008
William Dale "Bill" Szuch, 53, of Salem, Virginia, formerly of Mount Hope, WV passed away suddenly Friday, March 14, 2008 while on a business trip in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. Born February 12, 1955 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Luis F. and Anna Wilson Szuch. He was an employee of Alcan Products and a former...
Stephen F. "Steve" Pleva
Mar 13, 2008
Stephen Francis "Steve" Pleva, 91, of Cleveland, OH formerly of Scarbro, WV died Thursday, March 13, 2008. He was born August 26, 1916 in West Virginia. Dear brother of Ted Pleva and wife, Mary, Sophia Korntheuer (Ted, deceased), John Pleva and wife, Julia, Casimir Pleva, Frank Pleva and the deceased Leon Pleva, Frances Bugin, Julia Bugin and Mary Nason and...
William A. Saye
Mar 11, 2008
William Arnold Saye, 80, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, VA. Born June 28, 1927 at Lick Fork, WV he was the son of the late William Arnold Saye, Sr. and Hazel Dawson Saye. He was a retired welder for Long Airdox. Mr. Saye was a member of...
Billy Lee Reece, Sr.
Mar 10, 2008
Billy Lee Reece, Sr. 66, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, March 10, 2008 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 24, 1941 at Plum Orchard, WV he was the son of the late William Reece and Lavella "Garnet" Wriston Vanover. He was retired outside foreman for WV American Water Company. He was preceded in death by...
George Robert Martin
Mar 5, 2008
George Robert Martin, 83, of Smithville, TN died on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, WV. Born July 16, 1924 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Robert and Emma Fox Martin. He grew up in and around Fayette County, WV. Upon his eighteenth birthday George joined the US Navy serving during World...
Thomas S. Gwinn, Sr.
Mar 5, 2008
Thomas S. Gwinn Sr., 66, of Hilltop, WV died on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at his home. Born on March 16, 1941 at Mullens, WV he was the son of the late Ray W. and Della Argentina Lockhart Morgan Gwinn. Mr. Gwinn was a retired engineer for CSX Railway. He was a member of the Davis Camp, Glen Rogers and...
Merriem Frisby Mccormick
Mar 5, 2008
Merriem Essel Frisby McCormick, 81, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at her home. Born July 27, 1926 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late William and Rose Sublett Frisby. Mrs. McCormick retired from the Fayette County Clerk's office after 30 years service. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene...
Charles W. Hardy
Mar 2, 2008
Charles W. Hardy, 80, of Oak Hill, WV formerly of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Sunday, March 02, 2008 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV of a short illness. Born May 05, 1927 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Charles W. and Lovelle Davis Hardy. Charles was a 1946 graduate of Pax High...
Jesse Smith
Mar 2, 2008
Jesse Smith, 96, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, March 02, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 29, 1911 at Abraham, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Lewis and Mary Richmond Smith. Jesse was a trackman for the C&O Railroad having retired with 47 years service. He was a member of...
James Edward Donell
Feb 29, 2008
James Edward Donell, 76, of Pax, WV died on Friday, February 29, 2008 at his home. Born February 21, 1932 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Clarence and Flossie Mae Kidd Donell. He was a retired coal mine Tippleman. Brothers, Bob Donell, Joe Donell and Bill Donell and sisters, Maxine Leinback, Linda Foster and Jessie...
Douglas E. Myers
Feb 28, 2008
Douglas Earl Myers, 45, of Kincaid, WV formerly of Cleveland, OH died on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at his home. Born February 26, 1963 at Cleveland, OH he was the son of Mary Smith Myers of Kincaid, WV and the late John Myers, Jr. He was a disabled short order cook. Mr. Myers attended the Robson Free Will Baptist Church....
Audrey N. Williams
Feb 27, 2008
Audrey Nadine Whited Williams, 86, of Hilltop, WV died on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 27, 1921 at Gay in Jackson County, WV she was the daughter of the late Rev. Clarence Dowel and Dollie Gay Fields Whited. Mrs. Williams taught Elementary School and later Reading in both Fayette and Putnam...
Ann A. Stanevich Neubert
Feb 25, 2008
Ann Alice Stanevich Neubert, age 87, of Alliance, OH formerly of Oak Hill, WV, passed away Monday, February 25, 2008 in Alliance, OH. Born in Eccles, WV on March 16, 1920 to the late Charles and Victoria Stanevich, she moved at the age of one to Summerlee, WV where she attended grade school and graduated from Oak Hill High School...
