Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Arnold "Bill" Elswick
Dec 10, 2003
Arnold William "Bill" Elswick, 62, of Page, WV died on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born August 16, 1941 at Charleston, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Edward and Ivy Pearl Blake Elswick. He was a Pipefitter and Plumber and a disabled coal miner. Mr. Elswick served...
Frank Troitino
Dec 9, 2003
Frank G. Troitino, 94, of Mount Hope passed into eternity, Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley after a sudden illness. Born in the province of Pousada, Galicia, Spain on October 11, 1909, he was the youngest son of the late Jesus and Maria Gulias Troitino. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family and was...
Betty Martin
Dec 3, 2003
Betty Lee Alexander Martin 80, of Mount Hope, WV died on Wednesday, December 03, 2003 at Mary's Garden at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill, WV of natural causes. Born June 15, 1923 at Nuttalburg, WV she was the daughter of the late William Sheridan and Elizabeth Lipford Alexander. Mrs. Martin was a member of the Mount Hope Federated League, Fayette...
Lewis E. Brown
Dec 2, 2003
Lewis Edward Brown, 78, of Robson, WV died on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 at Montgomery General Hospital in Montgomery, WV following a short illness. Born January 01, 1925 at Julian, WV he was the son of the late Lewis Preston and Vennie Hoy Brown. Mr. Brown was retired from Cannelton Coal Industries as a coal miner with 41 years servicc....
Alice Criss
Dec 2, 2003
Alice Jean Criss, 74, of Sanger, WV died on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV of an apparent heart attack. Born October 17, 1929 at Dewitt, WV she was the daughter of the late Robert and Minnie Bell Criss. Miss Criss was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death...
Hattie Whitt
Dec 2, 2003
Hattie L. Davidson Whitt, 101, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Born July 29, 1902 at Maybury, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Bailey Davidson. Mrs. Whitt was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church, Oak Hill, WV and homemaker. She was preceded...
A.J. "Jack" Crumb
Dec 2, 2003
Andrew "Jack" Jackson Crumb, 76, of Scarbro, WV died on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 13, 1927 at Oakwood, WV he was the son of the late Fleming Thomas and Susie Virginia Johnson Crumb. He was preceded in death by sisters, Margaret Crumb, Ruth Elizabeth Crumb, Gloria Crumb and Mary Maude Hall;...
J. Willis Stover
Dec 1, 2003
James Willis Stover, 95, of Waverly, OH formerly of Bradley, WV died on Monday, December 01, 2003 at Pike County Hospital in Waverly, OH following a brief illness. Born November 08, 1908 at Cirtsville, WV he was the son of the late Amos and Mary Annie Maynor Stover. He was a retired Teacher/Principal for Raleigh County with 44 years service...
Mildred Harmon
Nov 30, 2003
Loving mother and grandmother, Mildred Louise Perry Harmon, 79, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, November 30, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born June 08, 1924 at Glen Jean, WV she was the daughter of the late Carl E. and Beatrice Watkins Perry. Mrs. Harmon was a homemaker and a member of...
Emma B. Treadway
Nov 27, 2003
Emma B. Arthur Treadway, 79, of Oak Hill died Thursday, November 27, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley after a short illness. She was born at Oak Hill, WV on February 28, 1924 a daughter of the late Jennings and Mary Virginia Lovett Arthur. Mrs. Treadway was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Hill Christian Church...
Carl Light
Nov 26, 2003
Carl Light,83, of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, November 26, 2003 in White Plains, New York. He was born at Page, WV on January 13, 1920 the son of the late Herman Light and Sadie Walker Light Poston and loving son of stepfather, George Lewis Poston. Mr. Light was a retired self employed master plumber having owned Carl Light Plumbing...
Gertrude Atkins
Nov 26, 2003
A dedicated wife, mother and grandmother, Gertrude Lee Painter Atkins, 76, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at her home. Born October 29, 1927 at Paint Creek, WV she was the daughter of the late Asa Amos and Lura Mae Williams Painter. Mrs. Atkins was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, William...
Geraldine Humphrey
Nov 26, 2003
Geraldine "Jerre" Hackney Humphrey, 70, of Beckley, WV died Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley after a long illness. She was born March 10, 1933 at Kincaid, WV a daughter of the late Elza C. and Claytie Baughn Hackney. Mrs. Humphrey was a homemaker and was of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death by...
Archie Lambert
Nov 24, 2003
Archie Augusta Lambert Jr., 52, of Scarbro, WV died on Monday, November 24, 2003 at his home following a short illness. Born October 15, 1951 at Eccles, WV he was the son of the late Archie Augusta Lambert, Sr. and Minnie Sue Altizer Lambert. Mr. Lambert was a coal miner and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He served in...
Lawrence "Eddie" Trowbridge
Nov 22, 2003
Lawrence "Eddie" Edward Trowbridge, 48, of Smithers, WV died on Saturday, November 22, 2003 at Montgomery General Hospital in Montgomery, WV following a short illness. Born June 03, 1955 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Charles Dallas Trowbridge and the late Ceclia Kathleen Jarrell Trowbridge. Mr. Trowbridge was a Protestant. He was a cook at Pizza Hut, Smithers....
Mildred Eder
Nov 21, 2003
Mildred A. Eder,79, of Prosperity died Friday, November 21, 2003 at her home surrounded by her family. Born January 5, 1924 at Garten, WV, a daughter of the late Herbert and Avena Bryant Burton. She was a resident of Mount Hope for many years except fro the past few years. She attended the Glen Jean Church of God for many...
Fred "Berghoff" Pennington
Nov 20, 2003
Fred "Berghoff" Ronald Pennington, 70, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, November 20, 2003 at CAMA - General Division in Charleston, WV following a long illness. Born November 01, 1933 at Scarbro, WV he was the son of the late Lewis Clark and Elizabeth Weatherford Pennington. Mr. Pennington was a retired Mechanic/Detail Man for Steen-Miller and was a member...
Anita Catherine Small
Nov 19, 2003
Anita Catherine Johnson Small, 44, of Charlotte, NC died on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at her home in Charlotte, NC following a sudden illness. Born January 25, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Johnny N. and Mary L. Clay Johnson of Oak Hill, WV. She was a Music Minister at Advant Lutheran Church in University City,...
Raleigh England, Iii
Nov 17, 2003
Raleigh "Gene" Eugene England, III , 31, of Beckley, WV died on Monday, November 17, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 23, 1972 at Portsmouth, VA he was the son of Dr. Raleigh Eugene England, II and Betty Morton England of Bradley, WV Mr. England was a Baptist by faith and a carpenter. Survivors include wife,...
Marie Humphrey
Nov 17, 2003
MARIE HUMPHREY Doris Marie Humphrey of Beckley, WV died Monday, November 17, 2003 at Easton, Maryland. She was 87 years old. Born September 3, 1916 in Floyd County, Virginia, she was the daughter of Stafford Dangerfield and Mary (Aldredge) Dangerfield. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard W. Humphrey on June 19, 1978; and, by her granddaughter, Kristin...
