Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Dora F. Hiltunen
May 7, 2005
Dora F. Argabright Hiltunen, 73, of Harvey Road, Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, May 7, 2005 at Hidden Valley Health Care Center, Oak Hill following an extended illness. She was born May 3, 1932 at Harvey, a daughter of the late Henry Martin Argabright and Rose Kozma Argabright. She was a homemaker and a disabled electronics technician having worked on...
Thelma M. Thurbon
May 7, 2005
Thelma Mae Groah Thurbon, 79, of Rock Lick, WV passed away on Saturday, May 07, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a sudden illness. Daughter of the late Ira and Violet McCormick Groah, she was born on February 27, 1926 at Ironton, OH and grew up in Rock Lick. She was a long-time member of the...
Nellie Alberchinski Payne
May 6, 2005
Nellie Alberchinski Payne, 93, of Oak Hill, passed away Friday, May 06, 2005, at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 30, 1911 at Carlisle, she was the daughter of the late Casmir and Rose Pobicek Alberchinski. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Howard Payne on May 22, 1978; three brothers, Carl D., Charles, and Stanley...
Wesley R. Dixon, Jr.
May 5, 2005
Wesley Roy Dixon, Jr., 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, May 05, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born June 13, 1940 at Deepwater, WV he was the son of the late Wesley R. Dixon, Sr. and Margaret Vivian Stone Dixon. He was a retired self employed carpet installer. Mr. Dixon...
Edna Bayless Ferris
May 4, 2005
Edna Marie Bayless Ferris, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 at Community Hospice Center in Ashland, KY following a short illness. Born July 04, 1926 at Catlettsburg, KY she was the daughter of the late Thomas P. Bayless, Sr. and Bessie Filmore Bayless. Edna was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill,...
James T. Ross
May 4, 2005
Mr. James Thomas Ross, 83, of Crestview, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, May 4, 2005, at his home following a long illness. Born December 24, 1921 at Coal Run, Fayette County, WV he was the son of the late Arthur and Cora Lee Ross. Mr. Ross was retired from the United States Air Force as a Chief...
Freddie Mccallister, Sr.
May 3, 2005
Freddie R. McCallister Sr., 62, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born March 31, 1943 he was the son of the late Norban William and Florence Eda Sampson McCallister. He was a retired carpenter's helper. Survivors include wife, Carol Miller McCallister; three sons, Freddie McCallister, Jr., Randy McCallister and David McCallister...
Ethel Campbell Ellison
May 2, 2005
Ethel Marie Campbell Ellison, 83, of Hilltop, WV died on Monday, May 02, 2005 at home following an extended illness. Born June 20, 1921 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Oscar Bennett and Lura Carnelia Anderson Campbell. Mrs. Ellison was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV where she was active in...
Helen Burgess
May 1, 2005
Helen Mae Carson Burgess, 97, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, May 01, 2005 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following an extended illness. Born February 29, 1908 at Snake Run, Allegheny County, VA she was the daughter of the late Chester R. Carson and Mary E. "Molly" Sively Carson Posey. Mrs. Burgess was a member of...
Jo Ann Zink Allen
Apr 29, 2005
Jo Ann Zink Allen , 72, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, April 29, 2005 at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 16, 1932 at Smithers, WV she was the daughter of the late Brainard and Helen Frances Pettigrew Zink. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Henry Allen...
Freda Stover Tyree
Apr 27, 2005
Freda Aliff Stover Tyree, 83, of Union Township, OH died on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Vista Care Hospice in Anderson Township, OH. Born November 04, 1921 at Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Eula and Zella Humphrey Aliff. She Hand Taper for Siemens Corporation, Norwood, OH. She was of the Baptist faith. Freda was preceded in...
Astri Jarrett
Apr 26, 2005
Astri Larsen Jarrett, 89, Myrtle Beach, SC formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday April 26, 2005 at Myrtle Beach Manor. Born in Risor, Norway, June 14, 1915, Astrid Erike Larsen was the daughter of the late Captain Lauritz and Wilhelmine Olsen Larsen. She immigrated to the United States in 1935 at the age of twenty. In 1940, she received...
Elsie Bandy Wooldridge
Apr 25, 2005
Elsie E. Catlett Bandy Wooldridge, 95, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, April 25, 2005 at Heartland of Beckley in Beckley, WV. Born April 17, 1910 at Buckingham County, VA she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Huddleston Catlett. Mrs. Wooldridge was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, Bradley, WV and was a homemaker. She was...
Marilyn Wriston
Apr 25, 2005
Marilyn Sue Bowles Wriston, 49, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 25, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born April 08, 1956 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter M. and Flora Jane Tatarski Bowles. Marilyn was Assistant Branch Manager for Bank One, Oak Hill, WV. She was a member...
Gracie Harris
Apr 23, 2005
Gracie McKinney Harris, 95, of Mount Hope, WV died on Saturday, April 23, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following an extended illness. Born September 04, 1909 at Summers County, WV she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Amanda McKinney. Mrs. Harris was a member of the Assembly of God, Mount Hope, WV and a homemaker....
Mattie Louise Riser
Apr 22, 2005
Mattie Louise Rice Riser, 79, of Carlisle, WV died Friday, April 22, 2005, at her home. Born November 7, 1925 in Eastland, TN she was the daughter of the late James Mattison and Arizona Harrington Rice. Mrs. Riser was a retired postmistress. She attended the First Church of God at Carlisle, member of ZETA masters since 1967. She enjoyed going...
Myrtle Pearl Sears
Apr 22, 2005
Myrtle Pearl Redman Sears, 86, of Oak Hill died Friday, April 22, 2005 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a short illness. She was born August 17, 1918 at Covington, VA a daughter of the late William H. and Sadie Jane Wolf Redman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church. Preceded in death...
Margaret Debusk
Apr 21, 2005
Margaret VanHuss DeBusk, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at her home following a short illness. Born October 20, 1920 at Washington County, VA she was the daughter of the late Samuel V. and Mary Camper VanHuss. Mrs. DeBusk attended the Oak Hill Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV and was a homemaker. Survivors include husband...
Lucille Persinger
Apr 21, 2005
Lucille Collins Persinger, 80, of Munroe Falls, Ohio, formerly of Mount Hope, WV and Bradley, WV died Thursday, April 21,2005 at Hospice of Akron after a long illness. She was born June 9, 1924 at Mount Hope, WV she was a daughter of the late Dennis C. and Ruth Ann Perry Collins. Lucille was a member of the Mount Hope...
Stanley Goff
Apr 18, 2005
Stanley Eugene Goff of Oak Hill, WV was promoted to Glory on his 80th birthday, Monday, April 18, 2005 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born April 18, 1925 at Gatewood, WV he was the son of the late Walter and Mabel Lafferty Goff. Mr. Goff was a member of the First Brethren Church, Oak...
