Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Falon Ann Waddell
Mar 4, 2005
Falon Ann Waddell, 21,of Hilltop, died Friday, March 4, 2005 at University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. of a sudden illness. She was born May 10, 1983 at Pikeville, KY, the daughter of Frank A. Waddell of Logan and Marryanna Daniels of Hazard, KY. She was a student at Bluefield College working on a teaching degree and an employee of...
Frank P. Shumate
Mar 4, 2005
Frank P. Shumate, 73, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, March 04, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 03, 1932 in Beckley, he was the son of the late Clyde E. and Lottie Ellen Deck Shumate. He was the retired owner of Rosemont Floral, Oak Hill, WV. Frank was a member of the Saint...
Lena Pearl Barlow
Mar 4, 2005
Lena Pearl Ferris Barlow of San Mateo, FL formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, March 04, 2005 at Lakewood Nursing Center, Crescent City, FL. after a long illness. She was born january 26, 1920, at Oak Hill,WV a daughter of the late Sidney and Maggie Hodge Ferris. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Henry Barlow,...
Glenna Whittington
Mar 3, 2005
Glenna Aveline Craft Whittington, 92, of Gauley Bridge, WV formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, March 03, 2005 at Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston, WV. Born February 08, 1913 at Lizemore, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Mary L. Jarrett Craft and stepdaughter of the late Grover Harvey Mrs. Whittington was homemaker. She was...
Catherine "Kitty" Rackley
Mar 2, 2005
Catherine "Kitty" Berry Rackley, 93, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 following a long illness. Born April 21, 1911 at Platts Bridge, England she was the daughter of the late John and Cecilia Dunbar Berry. Mrs. Rackley was a member of the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Oak Hill, WV, the A.A.R.P., and was a Volunteer Senior...
Ora E. Ward
Mar 2, 2005
Ora Edith Garten Ward, 99, of Kilsyth, WV died on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a long illness. Born March 30, 1905 at Talcott, WV she was the daughter of the late Henry Hutchinson and Willie Pauley Garten. Mrs. Ward was a member of the Laurel Creek Freewill Baptist Church and attended the...
James O. Rexrode, Sr.
Mar 1, 2005
James Odell Rexrode Sr., 70, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, March 01, 2005 at his home of natural causes. Born April 22, 1934 at Cass, WV he was the son of the late Lonzo and Ethel Chestnut Rexrode. He retired in 1993 as a packer for Avery International. Mr. Rexrode was a member of the Faternal Order of...
Richard D. Burgess
Feb 26, 2005
Richard Donald Burgess, 61, of Loris, SC formerly of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, February 26, 2005, at Loris Community Hospital. Born August 17, 1943 at McComas, WV he was the son of the late Billy Donald and Margaret Ann Saunders Burgess. Richard was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV. Survivors include one brother, Jack...
Thomas W. Mcguffin
Feb 25, 2005
Thomas Wesley McGuffin, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, February 25, 2005 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born April 10, 1920 at Thurmond, WV he was the son of the late Claymus Wesley and Ethel Virginia Samples McGuffin. He was a retired auto mechanic having worked for Fayette Motors and Lawton and...
Cora Bailey Graley
Feb 24, 2005
Cora E. Bailey Graley, 82, of Clear Creek, WV died on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born May 10, 1922 at Raleigh County, WV she was the daughter of the late Oliff and Meadie Ewings Bailey. Mrs. Graley attended the Pax Advent Church, Pax, WV and was a homemaker....
Paul J. Brown
Feb 24, 2005
Paul Jerry Brown, 79, of New Smyrna Beach, FL died on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at the home of his care givers in Daytona Beach, FL. Born July 28, 1925 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Paul Alexander and Mary Fox Brown. Mr. Brown was retired from real estate development and antique retail sales. He owned...
Rosemary Pinson Feazell
Feb 22, 2005
Rosemry Pinson Feazell, 74, of Bel Air, MD formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD. Born February 22, 1931 in Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Katie Blizzard Pinson of Oak Hill, WV and the late Benjamin Pinson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dorma Feazell....
John Grabosky, Jr.
Feb 20, 2005
John Grabosky Jr., 82, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born June 16, 1922 at Carlisle, WV he was the son of the late John and Mary Lawaneska Grabosky. John was retired. He had worked for the NR&P Coal Company at Minden and the...
Robert L. Kidd
Feb 20, 2005
Robert Leonard Kidd, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 24, 1929 at Powellton, WV he was the son of the late Martin Leonard and Gertrude Miranda Kidd. He was a retired welder. Mr. Kidd served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Survivors...
Thomas Wayne Shepherd
Feb 19, 2005
Thomas Wayne Shepherd,51, of Oak Hill passed away Saturday, February 19, 2005 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill of a massive heart attack. He was born July 12, 1953 at Oak Hill the son of Ruby Ellen Ellison Shepherd of Oak Hill and the late William Lee Shepherd, Sr. He was a retired auto salesman, member of the Oak Hill...
Harless "Gene" Cassell
Feb 19, 2005
Surrounded by his family, Harless Eugene "Gene" Cassell, 74, of Oak Hill, WV lost his courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at his home. Born February 24, 1930 at Lockborne, OH he was the son of the late Fred and Gladys Meade Castle. He was a retired Master Sgt. for the US Army. He served his country...
Evelyn F. Blackburn
Feb 19, 2005
Evelyn Florene Blackburn, of 114 Forestview Drive, Beckley, went to rest in heavenly peace with her late husband, Carl L. Blackburn, on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at the Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, following a long illness. Those left to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Linda Blackburn, with whom she resided, of Beckley and Patricia Tucker and husband, Frank,...
Elizabeth Mccreary Davis
Feb 17, 2005
Elizabeth McCreary Davis, 88, of Melbourne Village, FL died on Thursday, February 17, 2005 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, FL. Born August 13, 1916 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Jesse Dean and Lizzy Farmer McCreary. She was a retired bookkeeper in the aerospace industry. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, James...
David L. Mahood
Feb 15, 2005
David L. Mahood, 73, of Warren, MI fomerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, February 15, 2005. He was the son of the late Frederick Rooks Mahood, Sr. and Oma Vandal Mahood. He was preeded in death by brothers, Robert Mahood and Frederick Rooks Mahood, Jr. and a sister, Margaret King. Survivors include his wife, Virgie Mahood; brothers, Chester R....
William "Billy" Buckner
Feb 14, 2005
William "Billy" Franklin Buckner, 57, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, February 14, 2005 at his home following a long illness. Born March 25, 1947 in Kanawha County, WV he was the son of the late Haymond and Helen West Buckner and stepson of the late Freda Buckner. He was disabled. Billy was preceded in death by several brothers...
