Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
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...
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...
