Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
William C. Waddell
Nov 1, 2006
William Clayborn Waddell, 76, of Rt 2 Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at his home. Born November 21, 1929 in North Carolina he was the son of the late Robert and Estelle Burchett Waddell. He was a retired carpenter. Mr. Waddell was a member of the Loup Creek Baptist Church, Wriston, WV. Four brothers preceded him in...
Donald C. Allen
Nov 1, 2006
Donald Carl Allen, 57, of Meadow Fork Road died on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at his home following a long illness. Born July 08, 1949 at Glen Jean, WV he was the son of the late Arthur and Evelyn Feazell Allen. He was the manager for Brownies Trucking, Beckley, WV and of the Protestant faith. Survivors include his wife, Jane...
Karl R. Fitzgerald
Oct 31, 2006
Karl Ray Fitzgerald, 66, of Nimitz, WV died on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at his home. Born March 14, 1940 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Rupert Karlton and Ruth Kelley Fitzgerald. He was the owner of the Fitzgerald Cash Register Company. Mr. Fitzgerald served in the US Army. One brother, John Fitzgerald preceded him...
Carlos Larry Lively
Oct 28, 2006
Carlos Larry Lively, 57, of Cirtsville, WV died on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at the home of his companion, Judy Smith in Glen Jean, WV. Born October 15, 1949 at Cirtsville, WV he was the son of Kathleen Lafferty Lively-Pitrowski of Maple Fork, WV and the late Carlos Woodrow Lively. He was a disabled coal miner. Two brothers, Gary and...
Harold L. Painter
Oct 28, 2006
Harold L. Painter, 93, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Saturday, October 28, 2006, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill following a short illness. Born September 17, 1913 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late C. E. Painter and Lula Duncan Painter. Mr. Painter was a retired coin operator mechanic for Wallace and Wallce of Oak...
Lotus B. Davis
Oct 23, 2006
Lotus Brown Davis, 79, of Sand Branch, WV went home to be with Jesus on Monday, October 23, 2006 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV after a long battle with cancer. Born October 21, 1927 at Maple Fork, WV he was the son of the late Russell and Mattie Davis Davis. He was a retired surface miner. Lotus was...
Mary Joellen Preston
Oct 23, 2006
Mary Joellen Craft Preston, 73, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, October 23, 2006 at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 21, 1933 at Neon, KY she was the daughter of the late Thomas D. and Gladys Harris Craft. Mrs. Preston was a former school teacher in Neon, KY and Marion, IL. She...
Brian Lee Schubert
Oct 21, 2006
Brian Lee Schubert, 66, of Alta Loma, CA died on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at Teays Landing in the New River Gorge at Fayetteville, WV as the result of injuries received during a BASE jump from the New River Gorge Bridge. Born June 23, 1940 at Chicago, IL he was the son of Roslaie Beedle Schubert of Mission Viejo, CA...
William R. Clement
Oct 18, 2006
William "Bill" Ralph Clement, 82, of Kincaid, WV died on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born June 21, 1924 at Robson, WV he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Opal Mary Ellison Clement. He was a retired Television Repair Technician. Bill was a World War II US Navy veteran. He...
Charlotte Maxine Waters
Oct 15, 2006
Charlotte Maxine Waters, 72, of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 11, 1934 at Carbondale, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Flodie Moore Waters. She was the retired custodian for the Fayetteville United Methodist Church. Maxine was of the the Baptist faith and a volunteer...
Bertha V. Cobb
Oct 13, 2006
Bertha Violet Higginbotham Cobb, 97, of Page, WV died on Friday, October 13, 2006 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born April 10, 1909 at Putnam County, WV she was the daughter of the late Noah and Myrtia May Gullion Higginbotham. Mrs. Cobb was a member of the Robson Church of Christ and a homemaker. Her husband, Delbert G....
Alfin C. Maynor, Sr.
Oct 13, 2006
Alfin Carl Maynor, Sr. , 62, of Pax, WV died on Friday, October 13, 2006 at his home following an accident. Born February 25, 1944 at Old Willis Branch Hollow, WV he was the son of the late Ross and Della Jane Williams Maynor. He was a retired coal miner with 32 years service having been last employed by Consolidation...
Elinor Jo Lilly
Oct 13, 2006
Elinor Jo Smithson Lilly , 69, of Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, October 13, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born November 21, 1936 at Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert Aaron and Iris I. Atkins Smithson. She was a Medical Lab Technician for Prince Medical Labs. Mrs. Lilly...
Donald J. Dufour, Sr.
Oct 11, 2006
Donald "Jack" Jackson DuFour, Sr., 61, of Cool Ridge, WV died on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at VA Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born April 21, 1945 at Caperton, WV he was the son of the late George and Jinny Margaret McCormick DuFour. He was a warehouse worker for Fisher Auto Parts. Mr. DuFour was a member of the Glen...
Alex "Shinnie" Szuch
Oct 10, 2006
Alex "Shinnie" Szuch, 88, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at his home. Born October 17, 1917 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late James and Molly Demyan Szuch. He was retired from the General Services Administration-Maintenance for the Bureau of Mines. Mr. Szuch was a World War II US Army veteran...
Jason E. Hunley
Oct 10, 2006
Jason Edward Hunley, 18, of Mount Hope, WV went home to Heaven on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at his home. Born April 24, 1988 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Edward "Eddie" Hunley, Jr. and Judy Parsons Hunley of Mount Hope, WV Jason was a member of the United Methodist Church, Mount Hope, WV. He was a 2005...
Frances Dixon Hawley
Oct 8, 2006
Frances Dixon Hawley, 86, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, October 08, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born November 13, 1919 at Daisy, WV she was the daughter of the late George Ewart and Frances Leckie Dixon. She was retired as the administrative officer of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (formerly the U.S. Bureau...
Frank M. Sulesky, Jr.
Oct 7, 2006
Frank Meade Sulesky, Jr., 76, of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, October 7, 2006 in the VA Medical Center, Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born January 9, 1930 in Scarbro, WV, he was the son of the late Frank M. Sulesky, Sr. and Mildred M. Zandlo Sulesky. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Ann "Peggy"...
Jimmy Wayne Bowyer
Oct 6, 2006
Jimmy Wayne Bowyer, 37, of Myrtle Beach, SC died on Friday, October 06, 2006 at his home. Born March 07, 1969 at Maple Fork, WV he was the son of Eugene Edward Bowyer, Sr. of Beckley, WV and the late Claudine Faye Ison Bowyer and was the stepson of Jessie Bowyer. He was a customer sales representative for an electrical...
Brenda "Bing" Wilby
Oct 5, 2006
Brenda Kay "Bing" Meredith Wilby, 61, of Fort Myers, FL died on Thursday, October 05, 2006 at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, FL. Born May 23, 1945 at Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of Kathleen Hamm Meredith of Oak Hill, WV and the late John J. Meredith. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two daughters, Tonya Wilby of Boca...
