Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Bessie M. Humphrey
Jan 25, 2006
Bessie Mae Lawhorn Humphrey, 84, of Newark, DE formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at the home of her daughter. Born January 05, 1922 at Brown's Mountain, WV she was the daughter of the late James and Eva Violet Toney Lawhorn. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Jacob "Jake" Newman Humphrey; a great granddaughter, Kirsten...
Willard Lafferty
Jan 21, 2006
Willard Lafferty, 88, of Mount Hope, WV was promoted to glory on Saturday, January 21, 2006. Born January 24, 1917 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Charles L. and Bessie Jane Phillips Lafferty. He was a faithful servant of Christ beginning September 29, 1953 and an active member of the Cranberry Baptist Church. His loving...
Shelba Jean Aliff
Jan 20, 2006
Shelba Jean Aliff, 67, of Rt. 1, Scarbro, died Friday, January 20, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. She was born May 18, 1938 at Kingston, WV, a daughter of the late Haden and Beaulah Wills Aliff. She was retired from the FBI with 30 years of service and was a member of the Mossy...
Delora E. Teano
Jan 20, 2006
Delora E. Camack Teano, 86, of Raleigh, NC formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, January 20, 2006 at WakeMed Center in Raleigh, NC following a short illness. Born March 07, 1919 at Vincennes, IN she was the daughter of the late William and Bessie Brown Camack. Mrs. Teano was a member of the United Methodist Church, Oak Hill,...
Mildred Wolfe
Jan 18, 2006
Mildred Lorraine Hale Wolfe, 65, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a long illness. Born April 22, 1940 at Berea, KY she was the daughter of the late Jesse Forest and Yetta Gadd Hale. Mrs. Wolfe attended the Gospel Tabernacle, Oak Hill, WV. A long-time employee of...
Gloria Aranda Lopez
Jan 17, 2006
Gloria Rose Aranda Lopez, 70, of Whipple, WV died on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at her home. Born April 13, 1935 at Carlisle, WV, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Rose and Cora E. Quick Aranda. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Augustine "Sam" Lopez, Jr.; two...
Kathryn M. Brown
Jan 17, 2006
Kathryn Mae Brown, 79, of Robson, WV died on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at Montgomery General Elderly Care in Montgomery, WV. She was born March 5, 1926 at Beards Fork, WV, a daughter of the late Ralph and Edith Dial Taylor. She was a homemaker and member of the Robson Free Will Baptist Church. Besides her parents, she was preceded...
Trinity Smith
Jan 15, 2006
Our little angel went home to be with the Lord. Trinity Don Smith, three months old, of Kilsyth, WV died on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at her home. Born September 19, 2005 at Beckley, WV she was the daughter of Gary Wayne Smith, Jr. of Glen Jean, WV and Jacklyn Dawn Massie of Kilsyth, WV. Survivors include maternal grandmother, Sherry...
Hattie Virginia Yeager
Jan 13, 2006
Hattie Virginia Raynes Yeager, 88, of Oak Hill died Friday, January 13, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, WV. She was born November 25, 1917 at Cannelton, WV, a daughter of the late Walter Brent and Emma Jones Raynes. Virginia was a retired restaurant operator. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde W. Yeager on March 9,...
Rose Pawlus
Jan 12, 2006
Rose Frances Zandlo Pawlus, 91, of Scarbro, WV departed this life on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born September 24, 1914 at Oswald, WV she was the daughter of the late Joseph "Joe" and Agnes Barbara Vetak Zandlo. She was a member of the SS Peter and Paul...
William "Bill" Lawton
Jan 12, 2006
William "Bill" Richard Lawton, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born February 24, 1921 at Sunbury, PA he was the son of the late George Russell and Kathryn M. Wallace Lawton. Bill was a longtime member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church and the Shirley Donnelly Bible...
Harry J. Smith
Jan 10, 2006
Harry J. Smith, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 10, 1919 at Grantsville, WV he was the son of the late Walter E. and Georgia Deems Smith. He was retired from Cabot Oil & Gas, Pineville, WV with 35 years service. Harry was a member of...
Virginia Price
Jan 9, 2006
Virginia Johnson Price, 92, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, January 09, 2006 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 21, 1913 at Kenova, WV she was the daughter of the late James R. Johnson and Alma Brumfield Johnson Watts. Mrs. Price was a member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church, Oak Hill, WV. She retired as...
Jefferson "Jeff" Davis
Jan 9, 2006
Jefferson Lee Davis, 59, of Beaver, WV died on Monday, January 09, 2006 at CAMC - General Division in Charleston, WV. Born December 13, 1946 at Summerlee, WV he was the son of the late John Toney and Edna Marie Sutphin Davis. Jeff was currently a Deputy Director for the WV Public Service Commission, Weight Enforcement. He was a retired...
Patricia Blevins
Jan 7, 2006
Patrica Ann Courtney Blevins, 65, of Oak Hill died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. She was born March 30, 1940 in Geneva, Ohio, a daughter of the late Oliver D. Courtney and Miriam Lind Shemel. She was a homemaker and of the Episcopal faith, and a member of the Women of the Moose at Oak...
Ricky R. Williams
Jan 5, 2006
Ricky Ray Williams, 46, of Clear Creek, WV died on Thursday, January 05, 2006 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a short illness. Born February 22, 1959 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Stella Mae Bailey Williams of Hilltop, WV and the late Virgil Ray Williams. Mr. Williams was a member of the Ewings Creek Church,...
Vesta Moses
Jan 5, 2006
Vesta I. Rinehart Moses, 99, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, January 05, 2006 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born October 30, 1906 at Kincaid, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Lottie Payne Rinehart. Mrs. Moses was a member of the Gospel Tabernacle, Oak Hill, WV. She...
Walter D. Fitzpatrick
Jan 2, 2006
Walter D. Fitzpatrick, 66, of Scarbro, WV died Monday, January 2, 2006 at his home. Born July 30, 1939 at Dothan, WV he was the son of the late Edgar Jefferson and Beulah Pearl Buttrick Fitzpatrick. Walter was a retired coal mining truck driver and was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. He was preceded in death...
Melissa Cara Settle
Dec 31, 2005
Melissa Cara Toney Settle, 40, of Route 2, Fayetteville passed away Saturday, December 31, 2005, on Route 61 near Ingram Branch, following an auto accident. Born December 7, 1965 at Oak Hill, she was the daughter of Alfred F. "ToJo" Toney of Oak Hill and the late Joann Foster Toney. Melissa was a homemaker, and a member of the Page...
James E. Elder
Dec 29, 2005
James Edward Elder, 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, December 29, 2005 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born March 13, 1923 at Sanger, WV he was the son of the late William Edward and Hessie Carle Burgess Elder. He was a retired serviceman for Sears and a former coal miner. He served in the US...
