Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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...
Irene Kirby Brown
Apr 18, 2005
Mary Irene Kirby Brown, 78, of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, April 18, 2005, at her home following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Fayette County, Irene is survived by J. Ike Brown, her devoted husband of 57 years; her children, Debra Brown Brewer and husband, Michael, of Fayetteville and Rita Brown DeAth and husband, William, of Fayetteville, five...
James "Sandy" Craft
Apr 18, 2005
James "Sandy" Davis Craft, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 18, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born March 2, 1928 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late Gordon Franklin and Ethel Rebecca McCoy Craft. Sandy was a loving husband and NASCAR fan. He was known...
Charles D. Trowbridge
Apr 18, 2005
Charles D. Trowbridge, 85, of Beards Fork, a good and faithful servant has won the fight, finished his course and gone home to receive his crown, on Sat. April 16, 2005 at his home. Born April 14, 1920, at Kimberly, he was the son of the late Homer and Mary Johnson Trowbridge. He was a retired coal miner with over...
Roxie Hall Blevins
Apr 14, 2005
Roxie Lou Hall Blevins, 70, of Piney View, WV died on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born March 30, 1935 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late Howard and Catherine Ida O'Dell Hall. Mrs. Blevins was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Beckley and...
James D. Lafferty
Apr 14, 2005
James "Papaw" D. Lafferty, 85, of Pax, WV died on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born April 07, 1920 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Frank and Rosa Williams Lafferty. He was retired from the WV Department of Highways. Mr. Lafferty was a member of the Weirwood Community...
Stanley Grand
Apr 13, 2005
Stanley J. Grand, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 14, 1917 at Arnold City, PA he was the son of the late Frank Grandalski and Violet Grandalski Brey. Stanley was a retired merchant having owned the Smart Shop in Man and Springfield, VA. He had worked...
Ronald Holley
Apr 11, 2005
Ronald Lee Holley, 62, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, April 11, 2005 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born October 28, 1942 at Mossy, WV he was the son of the late Junior Ronald and Dessie Mae Wriston Holley. Mr. Holley was an equipment operator for Crowell Brothers Construction of Lynchburg, VA and Dearing...
C. David Hundley
Apr 9, 2005
Carlton David Hundley,56,of Oak Hill died Saturday, April 9, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a short illness. He was born June 10, 1948 in Fayette County, a son of the late Carlton Austin and Billie Burke Beckelheimer Hundley. He was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill, and was a regional Golden Gloves...
Hugh Broughman
Apr 8, 2005
Hugh Daniel Broughman,76, of Oak Hill passed away Friday, April 8, 2005 at the CAMC Memorial Division, Charleston, following a short illness. Born July 10, 1928 at Huntington, he was the son of the late Harry St. George Broughman, Sr. and Martha Josephine Harrah Broughman. Mr. Broughman was a retired Maintenance of Way employee of the Virginian/N&W Railway/Norfolk & Southern...
Ruby Mae Cantley
Apr 2, 2005
Ruby Mae Cantley, 75, of Oak Hill died Saturday, April 2, 2005 at her home following a long illness. Born January 6, 1930 at Ramsey, she was the daughter of the late Nathan Robert and Mattie Ann Sorrell Hess. Mrs. Cantley was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Cantley; and two brothers, Lacy Hess and...
Ruth A. Smith Warden
Apr 2, 2005
Ruth Anne Collins Smith Warden, 95, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, April 02, 2005 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born July 08, 1909 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Ottie Budd and Dorothy Anne Scott Collins. A life long resident of Fayette County, Ruth was formerly employed at the Whipple Company Store...
Hazel Mowell
Apr 2, 2005
Hazel McFalls Mowell,89, of Pax, passed away at Hidden Valley Convalescent Center, Oak Hill on Saturday, April 2, 2005. She was born in Inman, Virginia on February 10, 1916 daughter of the late Jonas and Callie Williamson McFalls. She was a homemaker. Hazel was married to Clyde Mowell for 34 years until his death in 1968. Also preceding her in...
Georgia M. Mullins
Apr 2, 2005
Georgia Mae Baldwin Mullins, 79, of Hilltop, WV died on Saturday, April 02, 2005 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born April 06, 1925 at Grayson, KY she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Gobel Baldwin. Mrs. Mullins attended the Mossy Pentacostal Holiness Church. He was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Thelma F. Angle
Mar 31, 2005
Thelma Frances Mitchell Angle, 95, of Columbus, OH formerly of Mount Hope, WV passed away Thursday, March 31, 2005, in Columbus, OH. Funeral Services will be 1:30 PM Sunday, April 3, 2005, at Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, WV with Rev. Bill Withers officiating. Friends may visit from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM prior to the service at the funeral...
James R. Foster
Mar 30, 2005
James R. Foster, 81, of Page, WV died on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born March 31, 1923 at Patrick, VA he was the son of the late Robert and Mary Ruth Castle Foster. He was a retired coal miner for Foster Coal Company. Mr. Foster served in the...
Mary Jane Mitchell
Mar 29, 2005
Mary Jane Moses Mitchell, 79, of Miami, FL died on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at St. Anne's Nursing Center in Miami, FL following a long illness. Born July 07, 1925 at Johns, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Hattie Mary Johnson Moses. She was a retired secretary for the Dade Community College, Miami, FL. Mary Jane...
