Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Roger "Rocky" Wilson
Apr 6, 2004
Roger "Rocky" Dolan Wilson Jr., 20, of Hilltop, WV died on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 at the home of a neighbor in Scarbro, WV. Born June 20, 1983 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Roger Dolan Wilson, Sr. of Shady Spring and Glennys Nady Wilson of Scarbro. He was disabled. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wilson is...
Beatrice Burgess
Apr 5, 2004
Beatrice Virginia Smith Burgess, Oak Hill, WV, passed away Monday, April 5, 2004 at Holzer Senior Care Center in Gallipolis, OH. She was born June 1, 1913, in Wingrove, WV, the daughter of the late Henry Edward Smith and Emma Catherine Beasley Smith. Mrs. Burgess was a member of the Oak Hill United Methodist Church, the Challengers, a former member...
Drusilla Burke
Apr 1, 2004
Drusilla Frances Tincher Burke, 78, of Bradley, WV died on Thursday, April 01, 2004 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born February 26, 1926 at Fayetteville, WV she was the daughter of the late Forest L. and Emma Ritz Tincher. Mrs. Burke was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen...
Ralph Wheeler
Apr 1, 2004
Ralph Edward Wheeler, 51, died from an apparent heart attack on Thursday, April 1, 2004, at his home in Oak Hill. Born January 3, 1953, in Fayetteville, he was the proud son of Joan K. Todd of Beckley. A 1971 graduate of Fayetteville High School, he was Director of Maintenance at Raleigh Center of Daniels. He was the 2002 Regional...
Paul Comer
Mar 31, 2004
Paul Franklin Comer, 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV after a long battle with cancer. Born February 20, 1940 at Beards Fork, WV he was the son of the late Frank and Dorothy McKinney Comer. He was a retired electrician for Central Appalachian Coal at Morris Creek....
Samuel "Moon" Mullins
Mar 26, 2004
Samuel W. "Moon" Mullins, 84, of Tampa, FL formerly passed away Friday, March 26, 2004. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly S. Mullins. Moon was a graduate of Oak Hill High School where he was an outstanding athlete and a member of the OHHS Alumni Association. Mr. Mullins was a member of the Elks Lodge (Gandy) and...
Carlos Davis
Mar 23, 2004
Carlos Donald Davis, 83, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at home in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 11, 1921 at McAlpin, WV he was the son of the late Emmett and Nora Stone Davis. Mr. Davis was a graduate of Mount Hope High School where he was active in sports. After graduation he enlisted in...
Edwina Alderman
Mar 20, 2004
Edwina J. Underwood Alderman,64, of North Sand Branch Road died Saturday, March 20, 2004 at home after a long illness. She was born March 22, 1939 at Price Hill, WV a daughter of the late Ernest and Gertrude Lay Underwood. She was retired from White Chrysler-Dodge in Oak Hill, WV. She attended the Free Will Baptist Church at Cool Ridge,...
E. Phyllis Watkins
Mar 19, 2004
Esther Phyllis O'Dell Watkins, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Friday, March 19, 2004 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born September 28, 1917 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late John Fredrick "Fred" and Alice Lewis O'Dell. Mrs. Watkins was a member of the Jones Avenue First Church...
Stanley Costy
Mar 19, 2004
Stanley Francis Costy formerly of Lochgelly, WV, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2004, in Steinhatchee, FL at the age of 76. He was the son of the late Stanley and Rose Smith Costy of Lochgelly, WV. Mr. Costy was graduate of Oak Hill High School Class of 1950. He was a retired teacher having taught school in the Cincinnati,...
Lyda Fankell
Mar 14, 2004
Lyda Mae Shaffer Fankell, 93, of Oak Hill, WV died Sunday, March 14, 2004 at Fayette Continuous Care in Fayetteville, WV after a short illness. She was born in Carter County, Kentucky on February 15, 1911 a daughter of the late William R. Shaffer and Phoebe Ross Shaffer. Mrs. Fankell was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Hill...
Carrie Armstrong
Mar 14, 2004
Carrie Mae Roop Armstrong, 93, of Dothan, WV died Sunday, March 14, 2004 at Hilltop Center, Hilltop, WV after a long illness. Mrs. Armsrtong was a homemaker and member of the Dothan Missionary Baptist Church. She was born May 31, 1910 at Dothan, a daughter of the late James H. and Della Blake Roop. She was preceded in death by...
Margaret J. Vargo
Mar 13, 2004
Margaret Janney Vargo born in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia on September 18, 1923 and passed away Saturday, March 13, 2004 following a long illness. She graduated from Oak Hill High School then went to Mountain State College at Parkersburg, WV where she graduated with a business degree and belonged to the Alpha Iota sorority. Margaret was the secretary to...
Jerry Beavers
Mar 12, 2004
Jerry Beavers, 63, of Kincaid, WV died on Friday, March 12, 2004 at his home in Kincaid, WV. He was born March 28, 1940 the son of the late C. E. "Sleepy" Beavers and Billie Belcher Beavers. Mr. Beavers was a retired auto salesman having worked at Earehart Motors in Beckley. Member of the Page Baptist Church, Oak Hill Lodge...
Ossie Smith
Mar 9, 2004
Ossie Mae Keith Smith, 92, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 09, 2004 at Tincher Personal Care Home in Fayetteville, WV following a long illness. Born April 28, 1911 at Dante, VA she was the daughter of the late Jasper and Julia Johnson Keith. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Jones Avenue First Church of God, Oak...
Walter J. Karch
Mar 9, 2004
Walter J. Karch 76, of Newark, OH died on Tuesday, March 09, 2004 at Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, OH. Born December 03, 1927 at Columbus, OH he was the son of the late Earl R. and Hester O'Dell Karch. He wan an Engineer for Owens Corning. Mr. Karch served in the Army during World War II. He was preceded...
C.R. "Bud" Hill, Jr.
Mar 7, 2004
Claude R. “Bud” Hill, Jr., 74, of Fayetteville, WV, passed away on March 4, 2004 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. He was born on May 6, 1929 in Oak Hill, WV to Claude R. Hill and Mildred Haptonstall Hill. Surviving are his wife, Cynthia G. “Pinny” Hill, daughters Kathryn H. Dutton and husband Philip K. Dutton of Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY...
Betty Fox
Mar 3, 2004
Betty Jane Nuckels Fox, 77, of Route 1 Box 233-C, Fayetteville, died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at her home following a long illness. Born November 16, 1926 at Hilltop, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Charles Arthur and Macel Ardeth Buckland Nuckels. Mrs. Fox worked as a secretary from her high school graduation until her retirement. She...
Bama Barley
Mar 3, 2004
Bama Vola Drennen Barley, 85, of Bradley, WV died on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 at SunBridge Pine Lodge Care & Rehab in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born July 25, 1918 at Gamoca, WV she was the daughter of the late Tracy and Gladys Workman Drennen. Mrs. Barley was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. She was preceded...
Walter West
Mar 3, 2004
Walter Everett West, 63, of Gatewood, WV died Saturday, March 3, 2004, at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a long illness. He was born at Sanger, WV on November 23, 1941 a son of the late Paul Winston and Winnie Smith West. He was preceded in death by one brother, Bill West and one sister, Martha Yoder. Survivors include four...
