Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Nina V. Wright
Aug 3, 2007
Nina Virginia Thompson Wright, 76, of Pax, WV died on Friday, August 03, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 17, 1931 at Long Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late John F. and Ocie E. Allen Thompson. She was a disabled Coal Lab Technician having worked for New River Company and Eastern Associated...
Elmer James Richeson
Aug 3, 2007
Elmer James Richeson, 83, of Mount Hope, WV passed away quietly on Friday, August 3, 2007 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center, Oak Hill, WV where he had been a resident for a year. He was born May 29, 1924 at Minden, WV, a son of the late Elmer Carlisle and Margaret Davenport Richeson. He was a retired night supervisor at...
Billy C. Harris
Aug 2, 2007
Billy Charles Harris, 54, of Rt 1 Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, August 02, 2007 at his home. Born May 18, 1953 at Gastonia, NC he was the son of Imogene Bruce Harris of Gastonia, NC and the late Winston Deyo Harris He was preceded in death by his a brother, Benny Harris. Survivors include two sisters, Frankie Stone...
Patty Jones
Jul 31, 2007
Patty Louise Maynard Jones, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 03, 1930 at Beauty, KY she was the daughter of the late Alvins and Rachel Staton Maynard. Mrs. Jones attended the Page Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Walter Zemonek
Jul 28, 2007
Walter Zemonek, 87, of Oak Hill, WV went to be with the Lord, Saturday, July 28, 2007, at his home. He was born in Portage, PA, on May 10, 1920, the son of the late Blaise and Alice Kamalski Zemonek. Then at six years of age his family moved to Scarbro, WV, and later resided in Oak Hill. He was...
Helen L. Calvert
Jul 28, 2007
Helen Lazarsky Calvert, 96, of Rt 1 (Salem-Gatewood Road) Fayetteville, WV died on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at her home following a lengthy illness. Born January 17, 1911 at Red Star, WV she was the daughter of the late Ed and Anna Seletyn Lazarsky. Mrs. Calvert was a member of the Harvey Chapel United Methodist Church. She was a retired...
Frank J. "Doodle" Carper
Jul 26, 2007
At his home surrounded by his loving wife, Margie, family and friends, Frank "Doodle" Junior Carper, 81, of Kincaid, WV went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 26, 2007 following a long illness. Born June 06, 1926 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Vance and Ethel May Reese Carper. Mr. Carper was a...
Gladys June Lightsey
Jul 26, 2007
Gladys June Scarbro Lightsey, 68, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident on Rt 612 at Carlisle, WV. Born December 10, 1938 at Mossy, WV she was the daughter of the late R. L. and Violet P. Wriston Scarbro. She was a...
Dennis E. Sizemore
Jul 21, 2007
Dennis E. Sizemore, 63, of Glen Morgan, WV died Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Union, WV of an apparent heart attack. He was born July 19, 1944, at Ward, WV, a son of the late Roscoe and Edith Cox Sizemore. Dennis was a coal miner having retired from Eastern Coal. He was member of the U.M.W.A. Local #1503, District #17;...
George M. Walker, Sr.
Jul 20, 2007
George M. Walker, Sr.,78, of Wriston, WV died Friday, July 20, 2007 at the VA Hospital, Beckley, WV after a long illness. He was born February 5, 1929, at Elk River, WV the son of the late James and Martha Jenkins Walker. He was a retired coal miner, U.S. Army veteran where he attained the rank of Sgt., an avid...
Lonny G. Collins
Jul 16, 2007
Lonny Gene Collins, 63, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, July 16, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 26, 1943 at Workman's Creek, WV he was the son of the late Emmitt F. and Gracie E. Summers Collins. He was a retired coal miner for Consolidated Coal, Clear Fork. Lonny was a member of the UMWA...
Wanda Ward
Jul 15, 2007
Wanda Ervin Ward, 83, of Roanoke, VA formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at Carilion Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born May 09, 1924 at Minden, WV she was the daughter of the late Morris and Minnie Dial Ervin. She was a retired sales clerk for Wenders Discount & Store 99 in Oak Hill. Wanda...
Helen V. Spencer
Jul 15, 2007
Helen Virginia Powers Spencer, 86, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at her home. Born December 19, 1920 at Kingston, WV she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Lee Powers. Mrs. Spencer was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church at East Kingston and was a homemaker. Her husband, Robert L. Spencer, Sr. preceded...
Catherine Sherwood
Jul 14, 2007
Catherine Sherwood, of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2007. She was a resident of Fayetteville for over 40 years. Mrs. Sherwood She was born in Ronceverte, WV, the daughter of the late Daniel and Cora Ripley Phillips. She is survived by stepchildren, Carol Launt of TN, James Sherwood of Belle,WV and Terence R. Sherwood, Jr. of Sanford,...
William Edward Fleshman
Jul 13, 2007
William Edward Fleshman, 71, of Minden, WV died Friday, July 13, 2007 at the Appalachian Regional Hospita in Beckley, WV. Born December 20, 1935 at Prince, WV he was a son of the late James T. and Susie Smith Fleshman. William was a retired coal miner and a veteran of the Korean War. He was of the Christian faith. Other...
Michael A. Lafferty
Jul 12, 2007
Michael Allen Lafferty, 45, of Hilltop, WV died on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at his home. Born December 28, 1961 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Josephine Marie Ann Vannatter Lafferty of Glen Jean, WV and John Allen Lafferty of Piney View, WV. He was a maintenance man for ACE Whitewater. Mr. Lafferty attended the Pentecostal Church...
Marie Anderson Coffman
Jul 9, 2007
Marie Anderson Coffman, 84, of Baltimore, MD formerly of Scarbro, WV died Monday, July 9, 2007 at the home of her daughter, Brenda Kaye. Born January 15, 1923 in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Dollie Williams Anderson. Marie was employed for many years at Wallace and Wallace Music in Oak Hill and...
Patricia E. Plumley
Jul 8, 2007
Patricia Elaine Withrow Plumley, 55, of Beaver, WV died on Sunday, July 08, 2007 at her home. Born February 07, 1952 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of J. Edward Withrow of Kirbysville, Texas and Marie Creed Law of Beckley, WV. Ms. Plumley was a member of the Spokenword Tabernacle, Beaver and was a former volunteer for the Red...
Chalmers Roles
Jul 6, 2007
Chalmers A. Roles, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, July 06, 2007 at his home. Born September 30, 1920 at Fireco, West Virginia, he was the son of the late James Andrew and Nadine Meadows Roles. He was preceded in death by his wife, Priscilla Feazell Roles on May 13, 1996. He was retired and a World War...
William Keith Humphrey
Jul 5, 2007
William Keith Humphrey, 66, of Maple Fork, WV died on Thursday, July 05, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 21, 1940 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Page S. Humphrey, Sr. and Clara Mae Brock Humphrey. He was a retired Bus Driver for the Raleigh County Board of Education and a...
