Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Joe Jarrett
Apr 27, 2004
Joe Nelson Jarrett, M.D, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born November 13,1914, Morgantown, WV he was the son of the late Rev. Charles Newton Jarrett and Edna Scott Jarrett. Dr. Jarrett received his B.S. in Medicine from West Virginia University in 1937 graduating Magna Cum Laude and his M.D. degree from...
William Fred Oxendale
Apr 26, 2004
William Frederick "Fred" Oxendale of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 26, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. He was a retired Masonry Instructor for the Fayette County Board Of Education, Fayette Plateau Vo-Tech Center, Oak Hill. Mr. Oxendale was a member of the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Oak Hill, WV, served in the Merchant Marines...
Curtis Aliff
Apr 25, 2004
Curtis Junior Aliff, 72, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, April 25, 2004 at his home following an extended illness. Born August 12, 1931 at Ingram Branch, WV he was the son of the late Andrew and Virgie Settle Aliff. Mr. Aliff was a member of the Mossy Worship Center, Mossy, WV. He served in the US Army during Korean...
Carl Burley
Apr 24, 2004
Carl Eugene Burley, 76, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, April 24, 2004 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a long illness. Born March 16, 1928 at Minden, WV he was the son of the late Clarence and Dolly Settle Burley. He was a retired welder. Mr. Burley was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church,...
Cathy Green
Apr 22, 2004
Cathy Marie Green, 33, of Kincaid, WV died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a long illness. Born on September 7, 1970 at Wharton, Boone County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert Nathaniel and Elsie E. Stewart Green. Cathy attended Special Education classes at Summerlee for 8 years. Beside her parents, she...
Oscar Keith Williams
Apr 21, 2004
Oscar Keith Williams, 64, of Union, WV died on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea, WV. Born April 29, 1939 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late Clate and Rene Saye Williams. Mr. Williams was a member of the Light House Church of God, Union, WV and graduated from Pax High...
Rita Holdren
Apr 21, 2004
Rita Naylor Holdren, 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV. Born September 28, 1911 at Amma, WV she was the daughter of the late Tarlton Vaughn and Rose Emma Brannon Naylor. Mrs. Holdren was a Christian of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Earl Lilly
Apr 20, 2004
Earl Lando Lilly, 80, of Hilltop, WV died on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Hilltop Healthcare Center in Hilltop, WV following a short illness. Born May 02, 1923 at Dunns, WV he was the son of the late John Clifford and Sally Greer Lilly. Mr. Lilly was a retired Mine Foreman for New River Company. He served in the US...
Terry Shrout
Apr 19, 2004
Terry Lee Shrout, 41, of Mount Hope, WV passed away at approximaely 2:00 am on Monday, April 19, 2004 at home in Derry Hale, WV. Terry fought a long illness with congestive heart failure and finally succumbed to the conditions he'd fought so hard. Born June 25, 1962 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Noel Dayton and Lillie...
John Mike Semerau
Apr 16, 2004
John Mike Semerau, 92, of Fayetteville, WV formerly of Oak Hill, died on Friday, April 16, 2004 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 28, 1911 at Layland, WV he was the son of the late Julius and Augusta Gubta Semerau. Mr. Semerau was a retired commercial artist. He was one of the first employees hired at WOAY-TV...
Cody Elmore, Jr.
Apr 16, 2004
Cody O. Elmore, Jr., 69, of Lake Park, GA passed from this life on April 10, 2004 at his Lake Park residence. Born on May 30, 1934 in Fayette County, West Virginia he was the son of the late Cody 0., Sr. and Kathleen Hundley Elmore. Mr. Elmore proudly served his country for 21 years in the United States Navy....
Gary R. Lilly
Apr 15, 2004
Gary R. Lilly, 51, of Beckley, WV died on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born October 07, 1952 in West Virginia he was the son of Margaret Wills Lilly Hughart of Oak Hill and the late Arlie D. Lilly, Sr. Mr. Lilly was a self employed carpenter and he served...
Donald Stark
Apr 14, 2004
Donald Harvie Stark, 80, passed away on April 12, 2004, at the Hidden Valley Nursing Center in Oak Hill after a long illness. He was born in Huntington, WV, to former Mayor of Mount Hope, William Harvie Stark and Dorothy Williams Stark on September 18, 1923. Mr. Stark was graduated from Montgomery High School in 1941 and attended West Virginia...
Thomas Jones, Sr.
Apr 13, 2004
Thomas Lucian Jones Sr., 59, of Kincaid, WV died on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at his home in Kincaid, WV. Born October 17, 1944 he was the son of the late Hilary Herman Jones and Cynthia R. Matheney Jones Bailey and the stepson of the late Vernon L. Bailey. Mr. Jones was a retired master machinist for Phillips Electronics (formerly...
Glenn Rudd
Apr 13, 2004
Perry Glenn Rudd, 69, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at his home. Born April 10, 1935 at Borger, TX he was the son of the late Elton Rudd and Flo Millsap Rudd Ragland. Mr. Rudd was a retired T/SGT for US Air Force with 20 years service and was a retired minister and pastor of...
Earl Vannatter
Apr 13, 2004
Rev. Earl B. Vannatter, 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA following a short illness. Born December 06, 1928 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Jess Andrew Vannatter, Sr. and Opal Ear Hughes Vannatter Rackley. He was a retired Minister and Electrician. Mr. Vannatter was...
Sarah Lanham Taylor
Apr 12, 2004
Sarah Adena Lanham Taylor, 21, of North Page, WV died on Monday, April 12, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident at Kincaid, WV. Born April 21, 1982 at Plymouth, IN she was the daughter of Daniel Wayne and Jan Laffoon Lanham of North Page. Mrs. Taylor was a homemaker and...
Elsie Mcvey
Apr 12, 2004
Elsie Clarice Wiley McVey, 91, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 12, 2004 at Charleston Hospital in Charleston, SC. Born October 03, 1912 at Lerona, WV she was the daughter of the late Otie Edgar and Viola Phillips Wiley. Mrs. McVey was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse for PMC and RGH and a Protestant by faith. She was...
Sean Bailey
Apr 11, 2004
Sean Colin Bailey, 18, of Kingsport, TN formerly of Fairdale, WV died on Sunday, April 11, 2004 at Beckley, WV from injuries received in an automobile accident on Harper Road. Born December 28, 1985 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Vicky L. Cole Bailey of Fairdale and the late O. J. "Jack" Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a member...
Alton Lewis
Apr 7, 2004
Alton Lee Lewis, 55, of Willis, MI formerly of Fenton and Belleville, MI died on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. Born June 25, 1948 at Sun, WV he was the son of the late William Raymond and Nina Myrtle Ayers Lewis. He retired from General Motors in 1999 after 31 1/2 years...
