Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Barbara Skaggs
Oct 18, 2003
Surrounded by family and friends, Barbara Jean Hatfield Skaggs, 72, of Scarbro, WV joined the Heavenly Host and received her Angel Wings Saturday, October 18, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 24, 1930 at Turkey Knob, WV she was the daughter of the late Luther and Bertha Holstein Hatfield. Mrs. Skaggs was a member of the...
Jack James, Sr.
Oct 17, 2003
Jack L. James, Sr. 67, of North Sand Branch, WV died on Friday, October 17, 2003 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born December 18, 1935 at North Sand Branch, WV he was the son of the late Emory and Anna Evans James. He was a former employee of Sophia Electric & Gunter Electric. Mr. James attended the...
Cleo Yeager
Oct 16, 2003
Cleo Margaret Yeager, 85, of Oak Hill, WV formerly of Kincaid, WV died on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at Mary's Garden at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 11, 1918 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late George L. and Bettie Fleshman Yeager. She was a retired English Teacher for Collins Junior High School, Oak...
Drema "Libby" Richards
Oct 15, 2003
Drema "Libby" Ellen Taylor Surnear Richards, 62, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born June 05, 1941 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Wilbur H. and Kathleen Clifford Taylor. She was a retired fork lift operator for Lear Corporation, Strausburg,...
Virginia O'Dell
Oct 13, 2003
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Virginia Luella Skaggs O'Dell, 81, of Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, October 13, 2003 at her home in Fayetteville, WV following a long illness. Born November 27, 1921 at Horseshoe, WV she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Bessie Skaggs. Mrs. O'Dell was a homemaker and a member of the First Church of...
Walter Page
Oct 11, 2003
Walter Page, 84, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, October 11, 2003 at his home in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born January 03, 1919 at Clifty, TN he was the son of the late Ed and Ova Rackley Page. After being in the Civil Conservation Corps, Mr. Page was a coal miner for 43 years. He...
Samuel Glen Frazier
Oct 8, 2003
Samuel Glenn Frazier, 81, a life long resident of Page, WV went to be with Jesus and his lovely bride, Mildred, on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born April 12, 1922 at Page, WV he was the son of the late Samuel H. and Lillian Violet Frazier. Mr. Frazier was...
Mauro Maminta, M.D.
Oct 6, 2003
Mauro Uson Maminta M.D., 73, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, October 06, 2003 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV following a long illness. Born June 18, 1930 in Manila, Philippines he was the son of the late Teodoro and Apolonia Uson Maminta. Dr. Maminta was a retired Medical Physician. He was a member of the SS...
Ida Delung
Oct 4, 2003
Ida Lafferty DeLung, 83, of Mossy, WV died on Saturday, October 04, 2003 at at home following a long illness. Born November 12, 1919 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late William Garfield and Amanda Wriston Lafferty. Mrs. DeLung was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Marvin DeLung; a daughter, Ada Lou...
Merle Ellis
Oct 4, 2003
A good mother and dedicated wife, Merle V. Ellis, 85, of Beckley, WV died on Saturday, October 04, 2003 at SunBridge Pine Lodge Care & Rehab in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born July 18, 1918 at Crab Orchard, WV she was the daughter of the late Edgar Hurt and Rhetta Viola Propps. Mrs. Ellis was a member of...
Mae Ann Canterbury
Sep 28, 2003
Mae Ann Evans Canterbury, 68, of Rt. 3, Fayetteville went to be with the Lord suddenly on Sunday, September 28, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. She was born August 19, 1935 in Oak Hill, a daughter of the late Jesse B. and Gladys Mae Pinson Evans. She was a homemaker and a member of the Kesler Memorial Presbyterian...
Mabel Mankin Ramey
Sep 27, 2003
Mabel Mankin Ramey, 90, of Conway, South Carolina fomerly of Oak Hill, WV died Saturday, September 27, 2003, at home after a long illness. She was born May 1, 1913 in Oak Hill, a daughter of the late Clyde and Elsie Backus Mankin. She was the retired owner of Mabel's Dress Shop in Oak Hill and a member of the...
Patricia Workman
Sep 27, 2003
Patricia L. "Pat" Workman, 39, of Iron Station, North Carolina formerly of Scarbro, WV died Saturday, September 27, 2003 at her home in North Carolina. She was born July 17, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio a daughter of Patricia Milam Workman of Scarbro and the late Russell "Rusty" Workman. She was an equipment operator for a construction company in North Carolina...
Hilda Weeks
Sep 26, 2003
Hilda Louise Bowyer Weeks, 81, of Bradley, WV died Friday, September 26, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley after a long illness. She was born at Cirtsville, WV, a daughter of the late John W. and Jessie Mae Howard Bowyer. She was a beloved wife and mother. A member of the Maynor Free Will Baptist Church and the Ladies...
Franklin Light
Sep 24, 2003
Franklin Dalmas Light, 62, of Fayetteville, WV died on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born March 19, 1941 at Kaymoor, WV he was the son of the late James Sherman and Olive Light. He was a former Police Officer in Washington, DC and was a disabled veteran. He was...
Allen Sharp
Sep 17, 2003
Allen Ray Sharp, 74, of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill of an apparent heart attack.
Charles Tincher
Sep 15, 2003
Charles Edward Tincher, 78, of Fayetteville, WV died on Monday, September 15, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a sudden illness. Born August 30, 1925 at Fayetteville, WV he was the son of the late Lee B. and Lillie S. Fridley Tincher. Mr. Tincher was a retired carpenter. He was preceded in death by a brother,...
Sarah Burwick
Sep 15, 2003
Sarah Leotia Rucker Burwick, 97, of Minden, WV died on Monday, September 15, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a short illness. Born June 27, 1906 at Devon, Wayne County, WV she was the daughter of the late William Henry Rucker and Claudie Workman Rucker Browning. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Juan A. Faria , Iii
Sep 10, 2003
Juan A. Faria III, 47, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, September 10, 2003 in Puerto Rico from injuries received in a truck accident. He was the son of Carolyn A. Hill of Oak Hill, WV and the late Juan A. Faria, Jr. Juan was the owner of a trucking company. He was a graduate...
Shirley Risko
Sep 8, 2003
Shirley May Ryder Risko, 70, of Glen Jean, WV died on Monday, September 08, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born July 28, 1933 at Hot Springs, VA she was the daughter of the late Corbett and Eugie Griffith Ryder. Mrs. Risko was a member of the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill, WV and a...
