Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Rosalie Johnston
Aug 27, 2021
Rosalie Johnston, age 72, of Oak Hill, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born May 1, 1949 in Nicholas County, WV, she was the daughter of the late James and Zella Lorene Johnson Sizemore. Rosalie was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Orville Ray Johnston and siblings; Charlene Garritson, Selean “Chuckie”...
Jack Harrah
Aug 26, 2021
Wheeler Francis "Jack" Harrah, Jr. , 80, of Oak Hill, WV passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV. Born January 12, 1941 in Elverton, WV he was the son of the late Wheeler F. Harrah, Sr. and Madeline Maye Peters Harrah. Jack attended Collins High School in Oak Hill before joining the US...
Joyce Renkovish Lokant
Aug 23, 2021
Helen Joyce Lokant , 86, of Oak Hill, WV went to her Heavenly Father on Monday, August 23, 2021. Born July 05, 1935, at Milburn, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Renkovish and Beulah May Marshall Burgess. She was a member of the Fellowship Memorial Baptist Church in Oak Hill. Joyce was a loving and devoted wife...
Joey Adkins
Aug 22, 2021
Joey Adkins , 76, of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Encompass Health and Rehab in Princeton, WV. Born August 30, 1944 in Toney Hollow, WV he was the son of the late Earl Hirl and Livie Mae Smith Adkins. Joey was a US Army veteran serving from 1963 to 1966. He was a coal miner and...
Carla Harvey Arrington
Aug 22, 2021
Carla Jo (Harvey) Arrington, 61, went home to be with the Lord on August 22, 2021. A lifelong Oak Hill native, she was born there on November 24, 1959, the loving daughter of the late Carl Joseph and Christine Harvey. Carla was a generous soul and went out of her way to show those around her how much she cared...
Alfred Leroy "Sonny" Gilkey
Aug 21, 2021
Alfred Leroy “Sonny” Gilkey age 77, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Known as Sonny to everyone, he was born November 21, 1943, in Oak Hill and was the son of the late Alex Gilkey and Dorothy Pittman Gilkey Mills. Sonny was a millwright and conveyor installer. Surviving is his wife,...
David Ray Smith
Aug 21, 2021
Our beloved husband, father, grandad and great grandad David Ray Smith, age 76, of Oak Hill, WV left this world on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at his home surrounded by family after a long illness. David was a quiet man who loved his family beyond measure. Born October 31, 1944 in Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the...
Frances Ann Tucker
Aug 19, 2021
Frances Ann Tucker passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Frances was born on July 23, 1942 out in Mt. Olive, WV at the Tucker homeplace. She is the eldest child of Arnold and Lucille Tucker who proceeds her in death. Her surviving kin, would include: sister, Sharon Phillips of Mossy, WV, brother, John Tucker (Jean) of Kingston, NC, niece...
Terry Lee Dunbar Ii
Aug 18, 2021
Terry Lee Dunbar II , 49, of Piney View, WV passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 04, 1972 in Beckley, WV he was the son of the Terry Dunbar Sr. and the late Dixie Carol Lambert Dunbar.. Lee was a auto mechanic and loved working on anything that had a...
Donna Hinds Bryant
Aug 16, 2021
Donna Lee Hinds Bryant , 75, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, August 16, 2021, at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born March 07, 1946, in New Haven, CT she was the daughter of the late William Fulton and Caroline Allen Hinds. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Franklin Bryant, Sr. (7/23/94). Memories will...
Jackie Stephan Weeks
Aug 15, 2021
Jackie Stephan Weeks , 75, of Mount Hope, WV formerly of Pax, WV passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 02, 1945 at Pax, WV he was the son of the late Jack Weeks and Madge Aliff Weeks Humphrey and stepson of the late Bentley Humphrey. Jackie graduated from Mount...
Martha Jane Aliff
Aug 14, 2021
Martha Jane Johnston Aliff, 90, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at her home of 52 years surrounded by her family. She was born on March 19, 1931, in Pembroke, VA, to the late Fredrick Lee and India Snow Webb Johnston. She met the love of her life, Billy, at a Church “dinner on the...
Cheryl Lynn Baume
Aug 13, 2021
Cheryl Lynn Smith Baume, age 58, of Beckley, WV, passed away on Friday August 13, 2021. Born April 23, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of Carolyn J. Vandall Williams and the late Kenneth L. Williams and Cheryl was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps serving in Operation Desert Storm. She was the first woman from West...
Letha Crawford Williams
Aug 12, 2021
Letha Mae Crawford Williams, 70, of Hilltop, WV died on Friday, August 13, 2021 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 19, 1951 in Hinton, WV she was the daughter of the late Thomas Dale and Callie Susan Wiekle Crawford. Letha was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Hill. Preceding her in death were...
Daniel Allen Dobbs
Aug 8, 2021
Daniel Allen Dobbs, 60, of Glen Jean, WV passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Sunday , August 08, 2021, at his home. Dan was born November 15, 1961, in Columbus, Ohio to the late Gaillard Allen "Al" Dobbs and Catheline "Joy" Lewis Dobbs. Dan graduated from Westland High school and attended The Ohio State University. He was a photographer...
Amber Lynn Jessmer Sitzer
Aug 8, 2021
Spread love to the world Be hungry for Jesus Always want to know more Praise Him for what we have ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Amber Lynn Jessmer Sitzer, age 30, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on August 8, 2021. Born on August 17, 1990, in Brockport, NY, she was the daughter of Teresa Marie Weis Cooper (William) and the late Edward Vincent...
James Gordon Lively Sr.
Aug 7, 2021
James Gordon Lively, Sr., of Oak Hill, WV, passed away peacefully on August 7th, 2021. Born on March 15th, 1932, in Nuttall, WV, he was the son of the late Alvah French and Florence Pauline Eads Lively. James was a US Air Force veteran serving for 21 years as a Radio Mechanic and later taught Electronics. After retiring from the...
Glenna "Sparkle" Honaker
Aug 6, 2021
Glenna Mae “Sparkle” Blackwell Honaker, 73, of Scarbro, WV passed away August 6, 2021 at CAMC General, surrounded by her loving family. Born December 7, 1947 at Lochgelly, WV she was the daughter of the late Howard Glenn and Roberta Davis Blackwell. She was a retired employee of Stone & Thomas and an avid caregiver. She was a member of...
Rosetta Lee Yoney
Aug 5, 2021
Rosetta Lee Yoney , 72, of Beckley, WV passed away on Thursday, August 05, 2021 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born December 27, 1948 in Plum Orchard, WV she was the daughter of the late Frank and Rena Opal Wriston Yoney. Rosetta was a homemaker and loved her family. She was preceded in death by brother, Toney Lee...
Ida Proctor Moore
Aug 4, 2021
Ida May Proctor Moore , 74, of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Wednesday, August 04, 2021 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born September 24, 1946 in Elk Run, WV she was the daughter of the late Clifford Lewis and May Araujo Proctor. She was a retired licensed practical nurse having worked at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley....
