Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Alexander Lee Louisos
Jun 29, 2017
Alexander Lee Louisos , 45, of Beckley, WV died on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Born February 29, 1972 at Beckley, WV he was the son of William Thomas "Tom" Louisos and Trena Dale Dilley Louisos. Our dad was a loving father, amazing friend, and an outstanding person. He would give the shirt off his back for those in need and...
Jimmy Lee Shumate
Jun 29, 2017
Jimmy Lee Shumate, 81, of Oak Hill, WV, passed away on June 29, 2017 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV, after a long illness. He was born on September 16,1935 in Franklin, NC to the late Lee Russell and Anna Laura Bailey Shumate. Jimmy grew up in the coal camp in Stotesbury, WV. He often enjoyed reminiscing about his coal camp days and had...
Leon Craig Wolfe
Jun 28, 2017
Leon Craig Wolfe , 58, of Oak Hill died on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center. Born March 16, 1959 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of William C. Wolfe and the late Lois Elzieve DeBoard Wolfe. He was a plumber and a member of the Kincaid Church of God. Sister, Evonne King preceded him in...
Floyd Henry Robinson Jr.
Jun 25, 2017
SFC (Ret.) Floyd Henry Robinson, Jr., 74, of Parkton, NC formerly of Lochgelly, WV passed away, Sunday, June 25, 2017. Born February 8, 1943 in West Virginia, son of the late Edna Mae McCracken Robinson and Floyd Henry Robinson, Sr. He is preceded in death by his wife, Trinia Robinson, and a brother, Ray Allen Robinson. Mr. Robinson served in...
William Edgar Hurt
Jun 23, 2017
William Edgar Hurt, 79, of Glen Jean, WV passed away Friday, June 23, 2017 at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley. Born August 5, 1937 at Stanaford, WV he was the son of the late Alfred and Opal Williams Hurt. William was a US Marine Corps veteran. He retired from the Fayette County Board of Education maintenance crew with thirty-two years service...
Ricky Lee Frazier
Jun 22, 2017
Ricky Lee Frazier, 45, of Elyria, OH passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at University Hospital in Elyria. Born October 3, 1971, in Elyria, OH he was a son of Clarence Frazier (Elaine) of Elyria and the late Thelma Jean Frazier (nee Foster). A resident of Elyria for most of his life, Ricky spent some time in West Virginia, -...
John J. Norosky
Jun 21, 2017
MC-USN (SS) John J. Norosky, 78, of Whiteville, NC died Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. Born, September 30, 1938 in Summerlee, WV, the son of the late Frank Stanley and Nellie Chesunas Norosky. A brother, Frank C. Norosky preceded him in death. John served in the U.S. Navy for more than...
Sharon Snodgrass Endicott
Jun 20, 2017
Sharon Kay Snodgrass Endicott , 64, of Scarbro died on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston Born April 30, 1953 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late George Ralph and Anne Garretson Snodgrass. Sharon was a homemaker. A special grandson, Philip Endicott, Jr. preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Stephen...
Patrick Alan Hancock Jr.
Jun 20, 2017
Patrick Alan Hancock, Jr., 47, of Mount Hope passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 after a battle with cancer at Raleigh General Hospital. Born January 6, 1970 in Dearborn, MI, the son of Linda Addison Poland and the late Patrick Alan Hancock. Patrick was a 1988 graduate from Oak Hill High School. He was a supervisor and program coordinator for...
Mote Thompson Jr.
Jun 17, 2017
Winfred Moten "Mote" Thompson, Jr., 95, of Ashland, KY died of natural causes on Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the Horizon Bay Adult Living Facility in Sarasota, FL. Mote was born in Eccles, WV on September 11, 1921, son of a New River Coal Company mine Inspector, Winfred Moten Thompson Sr., and his wife, Bertha Hunter Thompson. Mote grew up...
Roy Allen Gilmore
Jun 15, 2017
Our precious husband, father and grandfather, Roy Allen Gilmore, 86, of Fayetteville, WV went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the VA Medical Center, Beckley, WV. Born July 19, 1930 in Rogersville, TN, he was a son of the late Walter and Jessie Lawson Gilmore. He was a US Army veteran having served during...
Sharon Mullins Taylor
Jun 14, 2017
Sharon Kay Mullins Taylor , 64, of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born January 30, 1953 at Virgie, KY she was the daughter of the late Harold Thomas and Jean Hall Mullins and stepdaughter of Zelda U. Martin Mullins of Oak Hill. Sharon was a 1971 graduate of Collins High...
Lacy Byron Stover
Jun 12, 2017
Lacy Byron Stover , 68, of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, June 12, 2017 at his home.. Born April 30, 1949 at Willis Branch, WV he was the son of the late Lacy Byron and Lovell Ann Williams Stover. A graduate of Concord College, Mr. Stover was a retired teacher from Mount Hope High School with 25 years service....
Robert Lane Kidd
Jun 11, 2017
Robert Lane Kidd, 56, of Oak Hill, WV passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at his residence. Born August 9, 1960 in Montgomery , WV he was the son of Judy L. Brown Kidd and the late Robert L. Kidd Robert was a US Air Force veteran and an electronic systems supervisor for plastic packaging manufacturing facilities. His wife, Lorna...
Leo E. Cogar
Jun 8, 2017
Leo Emil Cogar , 66, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, June 08, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born May 11, 1951 at Milburn, WV he was the son of the late Leo Nash and Frances Crist Cogar. Leo was a coal miner and a member of the UMWA. Those left to cherish his memory...
Patrick Shawn Dolin
Jun 5, 2017
Patrick Shawn Dolin , 41, of Page, WV died on Monday, June 05, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 30, 1975 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Junior Ray Dolin, Sr. and Margaret Hundley Dolin of Page, WV and the late Elizabeth Ann Smith Dolin. A brother, Junior Dolin preceded him in death....
Helen Bokovitz Bernath
Jun 4, 2017
Helen May "Cooky" Bokovitz Bernath , 81, of Scarbro died on Sunday, June 04, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born July 31, 1935 at Carlisle, WV she was the daughter of the late Joseph Jacob and Ann Wojtowicz Bokovitz. Mrs. Bernath retired from C&P Telephone Company. She was a member of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church and...
Rebecca Gale Hillyer
Jun 3, 2017
Rebecca Gale McClanahan Hillyer , 59, of Robson, WV died on Saturday, June 03, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born January 21, 1958 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Hazel Morris McClanahan. Rebecca was a graduate of the LPN program at Valley High School and was a Licensed Practical Nurse...
Shelby Kincaid Harler
May 31, 2017
Shelby Jean Kincaid Harler , 78, of Kincaid, WV died on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at her home. Born July 16, 1938 at Page, WV she was the daughter of the late Ralph Clayborne and Ellen Dana Payne Kincaid. Mrs. Harler was a retired school cook. She was of the Methodist faith. A daughter, Kimberly Kay Harler, preceded her in...
Albert Lee Elswick
May 20, 2017
Albert Lee “Bub” Elswick, 78, of Page, WV passed away Saturday, May 20, 2017 at CAMC Memorial in Charleston. Born January 3, 1939 in Lizemores, WV he was the son of the late Thomas and Pearl Blake Elswick. Albert was a coal miner and attended the Apostolic Lighthouse Church. He is preceded in death by three brothers; Arnold, Joseph, and...
