Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Michael Wayne Dixon-Bragg
Nov 24, 2005
Michael Wayne "Paco" Dixon-Bragg,21,of Oak Hill passed away Thursday, November 24, 2005 at his home. He was born December 23, 1983 at Beckley, WV, a son of Larry Bragg and Catherine Ritondo Dixon, both of Oak Hill. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Edith and Anthony Ritondo and Clarence and Beulah Bragg. Other than his parents, survivors include...
Ellis "Red" Barker, Jr.
Nov 22, 2005
Ellis Huston "Red" Barker Jr., 82, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at Fayette Nursing & Rehab Center in Fayetteville, WV. Born April 17, 1923 at Rush Run, WV he was the son of the late Ellis Huston Barker, Sr. and Elizabeth Hartenstein Barker. His brother, Francis L. Barker preceded him in death in 1998. Survivors include...
John W. Wriston
Nov 21, 2005
John Wesley Wriston, 77, of Mossy, WV died on Monday, November 21, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV after a long battle with lung disease. Born October 27, 1928 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late Rev. Howard Ray "H.R." and Lucille Scott Wriston. Mr. Wriston attended Asbury College and Morris Harvey College. He...
Robert L. Painter
Nov 20, 2005
Robert Lee Painter, 69, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at his home following a brief illness. Born November 22, 1935 at Milburn, WV he was the son of the late Harold J. and Georgia Carpenter Painter. He was a retired Custodial/Maintenance Worker for the Fayette County Board of Education. He was a US Navy and US...
Bessie "Granny Mae" Scarbro
Nov 17, 2005
Bessie "Granny Mae" Wriston Scarbro,90, of Route 1, Scarbro, left this life to await the rapture of the saints of our Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at an Oak Hill care center. She was born August 12, 1915 at Mossy,WV, a daughter of the late William "Bill" and Martha Stover Wriston. Mrs. Scarbro was a homemaker. She...
William E. Coy
Nov 16, 2005
William Edgar Coy,58,of Robson, WV formerly of Scarbro, WV died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a short illness. He was born December 28, 1946 at Runa, WV, a son of Emogene P. Johns Coy of Scarbro and the late Joseph M. Coy. Mr. Coy was the director of Social Services for Pinecrest Hospital, Beckley...
Mary K. "Kitty" Danner
Nov 15, 2005
Mary Katherine "Kitty" Patteson Danner, 89, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV after a short illness. Born in Mount Hope, WV on November 13, 1916 she was the daughter of the late Alexander M. and Virgie Lee Groves Patteson. Mrs. Danner was a retired Fayette County school teacher having...
Leonard Nelson Wriston
Nov 14, 2005
Leonard Nelson Wriston, 67, of New Matamoras, OH died November 14, 2005 at his home. Born August 27, 1938 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Luther Hansford and Edith Ethel Lively Wriston. He was a retired timberman. A brother, Bueaford Wriston preceded him in death. Leonard is survived by his companion, Delores Seevers of New...
Susan Ellen Evans
Nov 12, 2005
Susan Ellen Fleshman Evans, 45, of Minden died Saturday, November 12, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a short illness. She was born April 6, 1960 at Badrachnach, Germany, a daughter of William Edward and Barbara Ellen Sanger Fleshman of Minden. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Ray Evans. Survivors include three daughters, Ruby Ann...
Addison Brooke Haney
Nov 11, 2005
Addison Brooke Haney, 2 months old, of Bolt, WV died Friday, November 11, 2005 at home. She was born September 16, 2005 at Beckley, the daughter of Michael F. and Amanda Malay Haney. Preceded in death by her maternal great grandmother, Katie Marie Piotrowksi; uncle, Jack Allen Arrington; aunt, Ethel Virginia Arrington; cousins, Katelyn and Jamie Stump; paternal great grandparents,...
Wanda Yomnick
Nov 11, 2005
Wanda Workman Yomnick,79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, November 11, 2005 at Fayette Continuous Care Center in Fayetteville, WV. Her husband, John Yomnick preceded her in death on July 15, 1991. Burial will be at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Oak Hill.
Amber Adkins
Nov 10, 2005
Amber Marie Adkins infant daughter of Ronald Ray Adkins and Troy Leann Pennington Fisher of Milton, WV was stillborn on Thursday, November 10, 2005, at Women's and Children's Hospital, Charleston,WV. Additional survivors include a sister, Tiffany Fisher; two brothers, Aaron and Logan Fisher and grandparents, Rick and Ruth Pennington of Milton, WV and Grover Carter of Oak Hill, WV. There...
Minyonne Wikel
Nov 8, 2005
Minyonne Paulette Gray Wikel, 56, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a short illness. Born July 08, 1949 at Haleyville, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Jessey and Jeanette V. Gray. She was a nurse for Hidden Valley Nsg & Rehab Center. Mrs. Wikle attended...
William A. Amick
Nov 8, 2005
William Albert Amick, 72, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, November 8, 2005 in a Portland Oregon hospital. Born at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Albert Luther and Freda Virginia Tomlin Amick. William was an 11-year veteran of the US Navy. He was a citizn of the world, having lived and worked throughout in places...
Lowell E. Cogar, Sr.
Nov 7, 2005
Lowell E. Cogar Sr., 79, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, November 07, 2005 at Ansted Center in Ansted, WV. Born March 14, 1926 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late Loren and Pearl Wriston Cogar. Mr. Cogar was a member and deacon of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV. He was a member of...
Anna Mae Adkins
Nov 6, 2005
A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Anna Mae Lovell Adkins, 71, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, November 06, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born April 19, 1934 at Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late J. D. Lovell and Susie Matilda Cranfield Lovell Johnson and the step-daughter...
Haven P. Davis
Nov 4, 2005
Haven P. Davis, 83, of Maple Fork, WV, passed away Friday, November 4, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born April 23, 1922 at Nesco (Maple Fork), West Virginia, he was the son of the late Price and Emma Givens Davis. He was a retired Federal Mine Inspector, having retired from the Mount Hope office of the Dept. of...
Suzann Smith
Oct 31, 2005
Suzann Hamrick Smith, 57, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, October 31, 2005 at her home. Born November 23, 1947 at Powellton Hollow, Montgomery, WV she was the daughter of the late Opie and Hazel Hartwell Hamrick. She was a disabled Dietitian for Beckley ARH and of the Pentacostal faith. Three brothers, Donnie Ray, Jerry Lawrence and Jackie Lee...
Freda Howard Babinski
Oct 31, 2005
Freda Howard Babinski, 54, of McEwen, TN passed away Monday, October 31, 2005 following a short illness. She was the daughter of Lois Rice Howard Blaschak, also known as the poet Jenny Wren, of Lancing, TN formerly of Scarbro, WV and the late Cager D. Howard who preceded her in 1983. Freda was the author of two published books of...
Helen Bowyer
Oct 30, 2005
Helen L. Farr Bowyer, 87, of Clarksville, IN died on Sunday, October 30, 2005 in a Clarksville, IN care center following a long illness. Born June 10, 1918 at Sharpes, WV she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Edna Mitchell Farr, Sr.. Mrs. Bowyer was a member of the United Methodist Church, Oak Hill, WV and was a...
