Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
C.L. "Jack" Burk
Jul 26, 2003
Clarence L. "Jack" Burk, 80 of Oak Hill died Saturday, July 26,2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill of an apparent heart attack. He was born June 15, 1923 in San Jose, CA son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Burk. He traveled the world in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Jack worked with Cardox in CA. and...
James Moore
Jul 19, 2003
He is asleep in Jesus. James "Beech-Nut" Steven Moore Sr., 39, of Gatewood, WV died on Saturday, July 19, 2003 at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC following a short illness. Born September 18, 1963 at Hopewell, VA he was the son of James T. Moore, Jr. and Mary Scott Moore of Oak Hill. Mr. Moore was a Loader Operator/Welder...
Lewis Frye
Jul 17, 2003
Lewis Anderson Frye, 80, of Maple Fork, WV died on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at home following a long illness. Born August 8, 1922 at Long Branch, WV he was the son of the late Thomas Virgil and Cora Cole Frye. Mr. Frye was a member of the Crossroads Apostolic Church, Bradley, WV. He was a retired coal miner and...
Jessie Griffith
Jul 17, 2003
Jessie Phillip Griffith , 64, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, July 17, 2003, at Hidden Valley Healthcare Center in Oak Hill, WV following a long illness. Born on September 9, 1928 at Lochgelly, WV he was the son of the late Coonie and Mamie Tucker Griffith. Mr. Griffith was a disabled coal miner, a member of the Bradley...
Warren Wriston
Jul 14, 2003
Warren Wriston, 77, of Oak Hill, WV died Monday, July 14, 2003 at UVA Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA following a short illness. Born July 5, 1926 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late John Morris and Ola Bertha Armstrong Wriston. Mr. Wriston was a retired construction engineer. He and Helen moved to Cleveland, OH in 1951 and...
Clara Falk
Jul 11, 2003
Clara Ann Rhodes Falk, 66, of Bradley died Friday, July 11, 2003 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV. Born April 28, 1937 at Price Hill she was the daughter of Dorothy Ann Staples of Bradley and the late Johnny Greer. Mrs. Falk was preceded in death by a half-brother, Arthur Mack Staples; grandmother, Clara Dwier; nephew, Brian Mack Staple and...
Thelma Boyles
Jul 9, 2003
Thelma Muncy Boyles, 87, of Oak Hill, WV died on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Born January 6, 1916 at Pilgrim, KY she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Tamsy Preece Muncy. She was a retired Cook for Collins High School, Oak Hill. Mrs. Boyles was a member of the Jones Avenue...
Virgil Lee Worley
Jul 7, 2003
Virgil Lee Worley , 84, of Minden, WV died on Monday, July 7, 2003 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV following a long illness. Born August 8, 1918 at Mabscott, WV he was the son of the late Letch Prince and Ida Smith Worley. He was disabled. Survivors include a brother, Oather Worley of Minden and a special...
Lisa Pittman
Jul 5, 2003
Lisa Ann Dorton Pittman , 44, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, July 5, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Born January 13, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Mary Campbell Dorton of Oak Hill and the late Douglas Dorton. She was Co-Owner for Process Construction, Oak Hill and a US Postal Clerk...
Mary Treadway Smith
Jul 4, 2003
Mary A. Treadway Smith , 69, of Pikeville, KY died on Friday, July 4, 2003 at Pikeville Methodist Hospital in Pikeville, KY following a short illness. Born April 28, 1934 at Wriston, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Raymond and Leota Pennington Treadway. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E....
Curtis "Johnny" Foster
Jul 3, 2003
Curtis Leroy "Johnny" Foster, 55, of Page, WV died on Thursday, July 3, 2003 at his home following a long illness. Born October 2, 1947 at Kincaid, WV he was the son of the late Ezra and Norma Payne Foster. He was a truck driver and a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Foster Survivors include...
Ruth Elswick Fugate
Jul 3, 2003
Ruth Yvonne Elswick Fugate, 37, of Page, died Thursday, July 3, 2003 from injuries received in an automobile accident on Rt. 61 near Ingram Branch, WV. Ruth was born October 25, 1965 at Beckley, the daughter of Arnold William Elswick and the late Jerry Beatrice Buckner Elswick. She was an employee of Mountain State University, Beckley in the Testing and...
Margie Smith
Jul 3, 2003
Margie Lana Painter Smith 83, of Powhatan, VA formerly of Oak Hill died on Thursday, July 3, 2003 at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA following a long illness. Born April 10, 1920 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles William and Stella Star Webb Painter. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Smith was a member of the...
Harold Terry
Jul 2, 2003
Harold Lloyd Terry, 75, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 19, 1928 at Trap Hill, WV he was the son of the late James Aaron "J.A."and Glenna Deck Terry. Mr. Terry was a retired coal miner, life member of the Disabled American Veterans and member of the...
Bobby Mcmillion
Jul 2, 2003
Bobby Gene McMillion, Sr. , 64, of Belva, WV died on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Montgomery General Hospital following a long illness Born November 27, 1938 at Fayette County, WV he was the son of the late Lonnie and Naomi Virginia Jack McMillion. He was a retired Truck Driver having worked 20 years for Perry and Helton. Mr. McMillion...
Harriett Miller
Jun 29, 2003
Harriett "Granny" Blake Miller, 86, of Scarbro, WV died on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born August 23, 1916 at Scarbro, WV she was the daughter of the late Judson and Evelyn Lee Riggle Blake. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Scarbro Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
James Hornsby
Jun 26, 2003
James William Hornsby, 54, of Scarbro, WV died on Thursday, June 26, 2003 at his home of an apparent heart attack. Born December 16, 1948 at Hugheston, WV he was the son of Inez Marie Rucker Orler of Scarbro, WV and the late William Clayton Hornsby. Mr. Hornsby was employed by G.L.W. Construction Company. Survivors include Wife, Marian Angeline "Dolly"...
Martha Thompson
Jun 18, 2003
Martha Lea Thompson, 81, of Gallipolis, OH died on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, OH. Born July 7, 1921 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late P.H. and Minnie Holloway Thompson. She was a retired Nurse Anesthesiologist. She was preceded in death by her twin sister, Mary Crouse; other sisters, Lena...
Louise Rosiek
Jun 17, 2003
Louise Rose Kania Rosiek, 81, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at her home of an apparent heart attack. Born May 8, 1922 at Lochgelly, WV she was the daughter of the late Walter John Kania, Sr. and Valeria Pieprzyk Kania. Mrs. Rosiek was a retired Clerk for the A&P Grocery Store in Oak Hill and...
Theresa Patterson
Jun 15, 2003
Theresa Ann Smith Patterson, 46, of Mount Hope, WV died on Sunday, June 15, 2003 at her home following a short illness. Born March 18, 1957 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of Gloria R. Smith of Oak Hill and the late John Marvin Smtih. She was Day Care provider. Mrs. Patterson was a member of the United...
