Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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...
Marie W. Carmen Rosette
Jul 5, 2007
Marie Willis Carmen Rosette, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 05, 2007 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 20, 1924 at Patterson, NJ she was the daughter of the late Frank Charles and Lillian Estel Huskey Carman, Sr. Mrs. Rosette was a member of the In His Image Ministries, Oak Hill and a...
Larry E. Steoart
Jul 3, 2007
Larry Jean Steoart, 65, of Page, WV died on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 at his home. Born January 02, 1942 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of Irene Johnson Bajorek of Page, WV and the late Robert Steoart. He was a disabled construction worker. He is survived by a son, Dearl Roy Steoart of Claremont, NC Mr. Steoart...
Roy E. Bailey
Jul 3, 2007
Roy Edward Bailey, 60, of Hubert, N.C., formerly of Long Branch, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2007, of a sudden illness. Born June 19, 1947, at Bee Branch, WV he was the son of Susie Weaver Bailey of Scarbro, WV formerly of Long Branch, WV and the late Corbit W. Bailey. He was preceded in death by his father-in-law, George...
Nellie M. Phlegar
Jul 1, 2007
Nellie Mae Parker Phlegar, 85, of Summerville, SC died Sunday, July 1, 2007 at a Charleston, SC hospital. Born March 9, 1922 in Corbin, KY she was the daughter of the late Robert and Rosie Crowder Parker. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Theodore James Phlegar, Sr. preceded her in death. Survivors include one son, Theodore J. Phlegar, Jr. of...
Margaret M. Scott
Jun 29, 2007
Mrs. Margaret M. Scott, 80, of Evans, GA wife of the late John Howard Scott formerly of Oak Hill, WV, entered into rest on Friday, June 29, 2007 at Doctor’s Hospital in Augusta, GA. A memorial service will be held on at 6:30 PM on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV with Rev. William Slates...
Edith Case George
Jun 24, 2007
Edith E. Case George, 84, of Greystone in Beaver, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 18, 1922 at Plainfield, NJ she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lillian Gempler Case. Edith was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Oak Hill...
Charles M. Debusk
Jun 18, 2007
Charles M. DeBusk, 88, of Beaver, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, June 18, 2007 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born January 02, 1919 at Washington County, VA he was the son of the late Ira and Eunice Greer DeBusk. He retired from the Long-Airdox Company in Oak Hill after 44 1/2 years service. Mr....
Orpha Jane O'Dell
Jun 12, 2007
Orpha Jane O’Dell, 96, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at the Glenwood Park Retirement Community near Princeton, WV where she had been a resident over eight years. She grew up on a farm on Pea Ridge outside of Oak Hill, WV and lived most of her life residing in Oak Hill on Woods Avenue with her husband, Lundy. They were...
Betty Jane O'Dell
Jun 9, 2007
Betty Jane Payne O'Dell, 81, of Charleston, WV formerly of Dothan, WV passed away on Saturday, June 09, 2007 at the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst, IL after a long illness. Following cancer surgery in 2005 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Mrs. O'Dell resided with her son, David, in Addison, IL. Born June 13, 1925 at Dothan, WV she...
Giles (Junior) Adkins
Jun 8, 2007
Giles (Junior) Adkins, 75, of Rt 3. Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, June 08, 2007 at his home following a short illness. Born October 14, 1931 at Highland Mountain, he was the son of the late Giles and Ruby Collins Adkins. He was a retired coal miner from Westmoreland Coal Co. after 27 years of service. Junior attended the Family...
