Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Thomas P. Taylor
Dec 27, 2007
Known by all for his loyalty, kindness and integrity, Commander Thomas Paul Taylor, 72, of Winter Park, FL passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2007 after a brief illness. Born on October 6, 1935 at Newlyn, WV he was the son of Marguerite Thomas Taylor of Greenville, SC and the late Willis Bryant Taylor. Tom graduated from Gainesville High School...
John Wesley Rice
Dec 27, 2007
John Wesley Rice, 94, of Lancing, TN formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at Morgan County Life Care Center in Wartburg, TN. Born July 01, 1913 at Eastland, White County, TN he was the son of the late James Mattison and Arizona Harrington Rice. John was well known as the "Candy Man" and loved by...
Betty L. Cosby
Dec 26, 2007
Betty Lucille Masters Cosby, 81, of Bradley, WV died on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 25, 1926 at Amherstdale, WV she was the daughter of the late Elijah A. and Mary Maude Ferguson Masters. She was a retired parts manager for Sears Roebuck. Mrs. Cosby was a member of the Callaway Heights...
Margaret M. (Montgomery) Boehly
Dec 25, 2007
Margaret M. (Montgomery) Boehly, age 95 of Berkeley Square, Hamilton, Ohio formerly of Mount Hope, WV crossed over to the Father’s House on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at the Ft. Hamilton Vitas Unit. She was born on March 18, 1912 in Roseville, West Virginia to the late Robert Garfield and Pearl Frances (Vernon) Montgomery. Margaret was the second of ten...
Stella J. "Jennie" Styers
Dec 25, 2007
Stella Jane "Jennie" Pasnick Styers of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, she was the daughter of the late David and Jennie Duda Pasnick. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Styers was a member of the Doggett Methodist Chapel and the Moose Lodge. She was...
David J. Parrish, Sr.
Dec 24, 2007
David J. Parrish, Sr. age 67 of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, December 24, 2007 after a long illness. He was the son of the late Ernest L. Parrish Sr. and Pansy Terry Parrish. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Ernest L. Parrish, Jr., John Robert Parrish and two infant sisters. David is survived by wife of...
Delphia V. Smith
Dec 23, 2007
Delphia Virginia Fitzwater Smith , 89, of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 17, 1918 at Crickmer, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert Vincent Fitzwater and Ethel Lea Fox Fitzwater Rhodes. Delphia was a member of the Apostolic Holiness Church of Oak Hill. Her pastor...
Susan A. Smith
Dec 21, 2007
Susan Ann Bragg Smith, 71, of Patterson Heights, Hilltop, WV died on Friday, December 21, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born September 23, 1936 at Danese, WV she was the daughter of the late Jess Bragg and Wanda Brown Bragg Treadway. Susan was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a sister, Nellie Deloris Treadway...
William L. "Billy" Whaples
Dec 20, 2007
William "Billy" Lee Whaples, 31, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV following a long illness. Born November 16, 1976 at Key West, FL he was the son of Gary Whaples of Oak Hill, WV and Denise Summers Whaples Mullins of Oak Hill, WV. He was a coal miner for...
Donald " D.P." Lively
Dec 19, 2007
Donald "D.P." Price Lively, 98, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his home. Born March 30, 1909 at Lively, WV he was the son of the late George W. and Anna Davis Lively. Mr. Lively had a varied career beginning as a clerk with the Coal Run Coal Company. He was a bookkeeper for the...
David H. Morton, Sr.
Dec 17, 2007
David Howard Morton, Sr., 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 17, 2007 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born August 29, 1923 at South Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Floyd M. and Goldie A. Newcomer Morton. He was retired from FMC Chemical Corporation and also as a Fayette County School Bus Driver....
Kathy Beals Wriston
Dec 14, 2007
Kathy Sue Beals Wriston, 45, of Oak Hill died suddenly, Friday, December 14, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born February 17, 1962 at Oak Hill, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Barbara Johnson Beals. Kathy was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Donley Wayne Wriston; five sons, Keith Rice, Oak Hill, Jason Rice, Scottsdale, AZ,...
Manuel Suzza, Jr.
Dec 12, 2007
Surrounded by his loving family, Manuel Suzza Jr., 81, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born February 03, 1926 at Williamson, WV he was the son of the late Manuel and Hazel Stepp Suzza. He was a retired machinist...
Donald G. Smith
Dec 10, 2007
Donald Gene Smith, 60, of Pulaski, VA formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 10, 2007 at the home of his father. Born February 11, 1947 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Ray L. Smith of Oak Hill, WV and the late Marjorie "Sap" J. Valentine Smith. He was employed with ATK in Radford, VA....
Elizabeth L. Patrick
Dec 10, 2007
Elizabeth L. Olenick Patrick, 95, of Rt 1 Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, December 10, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 23, 1912 in Russia she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Evodokia Olenick. Mrs. Patrick was a member of the Salem Road Free Will Baptist Church and a homemaker. Her husband, Chris...
Edith Vealey
Dec 10, 2007
Edith Louise Miller Vealey, 88, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, December 10, 2007 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 19, 1919 at Burnwell, WV she was the daughter of the late Oren and Annie Calvert Miller. She was a retired cook for Burgerland and Mount Hope High School. Mrs. Vealey was of the Protestant faith....
Madeline Smith
Dec 10, 2007
Madeline Betts Smith , 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, December 10, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 15, 1924 at Grantsville, WV she was the daughter of the late Ray and Pearl Cain Betts. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Pineville Presbyterian Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death...
Kenneth J. Beals
Dec 10, 2007
Kenneth Junior Beals , 73, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 10, 2007. Born November 13, 1934 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Abe and Bertha Ina Kiser Beals. He was a retired coal miner. Mr. Beals was a member of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Lochgelly, WV and...
Alberta L. Watkins Toney
Dec 8, 2007
Alberta Lou Watkins Toney , 53, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, December 08, 2007 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV following a long illness. Born September 16, 1954 she was the daughter of the late William and Lora Mae Wilson Watkins. She was a homemaker. A son, Daniel Clayton Toney preceded her in death. Survivors include one...
Justin E. Mcvey
Dec 8, 2007
Justin Edward McVey, 25, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Saturday, December 08, 2007. Born February 13, 1982 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Becky Cline of Oak Hill, WV and Lewis McVey of Salem, VA. Justin had worked for Foodland of Oak Hill. Survivors include two brothers, Joshua McVey of San Francisco, CA and Christopher Cline...
