Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Thomas Webster Wriston
Nov 24, 2019
Thomas Webster Wriston, 75, Mossy, WV died on Sunday, November 24, 2019 in a Beckley Hospital following a short illness. Born March 3, 1944 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late James C and Jewel Carmel Wills Wriston. He was preceded in death by one sister, Judith Kaye Wriston; and one brother, James F. Wriston. Thomas was...
Bobby Joe Law
Nov 22, 2019
Bobby Joe Law , 86, of Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, November 22, 2019, at Harper Mills in Beckley, WV. Born January 26, 1933, at Nickelville, WV he was the son of the late William and Lydia Lively Law. Bobby was a retired school custodian for the Fayette County Board of Education. His wife, Beverly Jan Settle Law preceded him...
Cledis Ambers Ransom
Nov 22, 2019
Cledis Ambers Ransom, 86, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hinton, WV. Born December 18, 1932 in Red Star, WV he was the son of the late Ambers and Lula Cochran Ransom. Cledis retired as a steel worker, owned a Texaco gas station, garage, and grocery store in Fayetteville. He...
Joan Payne Coleman
Nov 22, 2019
Our loving and devoted mother and Grammy, Twila Joan Payne Coleman , 76, of Dothan, WV died on Friday, November 22, 2019 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born December 19, 1942 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles Redon "Jake" and Betty Ruth Painter Payne. A 1960 graduate of Collins High School in Oak...
John M. Ashley
Nov 21, 2019
John Mathias Ashley, 88, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away on November 21, 2019 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. John was a resident at Hilltop Center in Hilltop, WV He was born on November 7, 1931 in Dimmock, WV to the late William Maxwell and Emma Jane Holliday Ashley. John served his country in the United States Air...
Ret Cpo John Allen Davis Rev.
Nov 20, 2019
On the afternoon of November 20, 2019; distant clouds covering the blue sky and West Virginia mountain tops, parted way as John A. Davis, 92, was welcomed into the arms of his Heavenly father. Born in Ansted, WV on June 21, 1927, he was the son of late Gordon and Mary Wood Davis. He was preceded in death by his loving...
Carrie Wright Nibert-Boswell
Nov 18, 2019
Carrie Kathleen (Kay) Wright Nibert-Boswell , 79, of Gallipolis Ferry, WV died on Monday, November 18, 2019, at Hidden Valley Nursing and Rehab Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born February 15, 1940, in Point Pleasant, WV she was the daughter of the late John Edwin and Lucy Ester Robertson Wright. She was preceded in death by her first husband of...
Nancy Perry James
Nov 17, 2019
Nancy Lee Perry Johnson James, 80, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on November 17, 2019. Nancy was born on September 15, 1939, in Sun, WV, to the late Rev. Cecil H. Perry and Virginia Bryant Perry. After graduating from Mount Hope High School in 1957, Nancy graduated from Morris Harvey College in 1964 with a degree in elementary education...
Elizabeth Jones Carrico
Nov 16, 2019
Elizabeth Carolyn Jones Carrico, 75, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at her residence. Born March 10, 1944, in Fayette County, WV she was the daughter of the late Rev. Woodrow and Edith Mae Dodson Jones. Elizabeth retired from the Federal Government where she worked as an Assistant Warden at the Women's Federal Prison Camp...
Anthony Thomas Vernieri-Perez
Nov 16, 2019
Anthony Thomas Vernieri-Perez, age 77, of Oak Hill, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the home of his daughter, Donna McCoy. Born March 23, 1942 in Dover, New Jersey he was the son of the late Eliseo and Margaret Venerio Perez and Mary Stover. Anthony was a former custodian at a pharmaceutical plant. He attended the Gospel Lighthouse...
Thomas Ballard Thorne
Nov 15, 2019
Thomas Ballard Thorne (Tommy), 66 of Price Hill departed this world peacefully at home on November 15, 2019. Thomas was 11-generation direct descendant of the renowned William Thorne signer of the Flushing Remonstrance in the year of our Lord 1657. The Flushing Remonstrance is regarded as the precursor to the U.S. Constitution provision on freedom of religion in the Bill...
Anita Karen Williams Evans
Nov 14, 2019
Anita Karen Williams Evans, age 70, of Mount Hope, WV passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Born April 6, 1949 in Fayette Co., she was the daughter of Dora I Shupe Williams and the late Shirley E. Williams. Karen was a homemaker and was employed as a clerk at Pettry's Store in Pax...
Kathy Lynn Hines
Nov 9, 2019
Kathy Lynn Mullens Hines, 64, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, WV Born February 28, 1955 in Pax, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Shirley Hall Mullens. Kathy devoted her life to family and loved ones. She served with love and was always first to volunteer...
William C. Wolfe
Nov 2, 2019
William C. Wolfe, age 90, of Wriston, WV passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV Born August 21, 1929 in Beckley,WV, he was the son of the late William Cornelius and Phoebe Belcher Wolfe. Bill was a retired construction superintendent and was a veteran having served his country in the US Air Force....
Erma Janice Williams
Oct 28, 2019
Erma Janice Williams , 95, of Louisville, KY formerly of Beckley, WV died on Monday, October 28, 2019 at her home. Born January 14, 1924 at Cirtsville, WV she was the daughter of the late Edgar Claude and Chloe Mae Evans Williams. She was a retired registered nurse having worked at Kanawha Valley Hospital. Before moving to Louisville Miss Williams...
Delmar Bradley Bennett
Oct 28, 2019
Our precious husband, father and brother, Delmar Bradley Bennett , 66, of Robson, WV passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 at his home. Born August 31, 1953 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of the late Cecil and Jean Oxley Bennett. Delmar was a 1971 graduate of Montgomery High School and attended the Christian Revival Center. He was...
Chreda Klosski Martin
Oct 27, 2019
Chreda Ann Klosski Martin , 70, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 21, 1948 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Stanley S. Klosski and Jessie Phillips Harvey Bellew Klosski. Chreda was a homemaker and a member of the Hand In Hand Missions....
Ruth Jean Smith Skaggs Marcum
Oct 26, 2019
Ruth Jean Smith Skaggs Marcum, age 86, of Oak Hill, passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Hill Top Center. Born December 10, 1932 at Red Star, WV, she was the daughter of the late Orval and Carrie Buckland Smith. Ruth had worked in retail and as a seamstress for Stone and Thomas. She attended the Oak Hill Gospel...
Douglas "Macky" Mcarthur Thomas Sr
Oct 22, 2019
Douglas “Macky” McArthur Thomas Sr. of Minden, WV passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill, WV. Born March 28, 1942 at Gatewood, WV, he was the son of the late Earl and Virginia Thorn Thomas. “Macky” is survived by his loving wife of 54 years Ruth Ann Martin Thomas; son James Thomas and his wife,...
Charles Tandy Jones
Oct 20, 2019
Charles Tandy Jones was born in Huntington, WV to Nancy Munce and Herbert E. Jones, June, 4, 1918. His youth was spent in Logan, Charleston, Oak Hill and all points in-between with the family business, Amherst Coal Company and Lundale Farm (Est. 1843) in Fayette County. These experiences led to life long fascinations with farming, equipment, people, business logistics, and...
