Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Thomas Alan Harlan
Apr 1, 2017
Thomas Alan Harlan, age 70, of Fayetteville, WV passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 26, 1946 in Montgomery, WV, he was raised and preceded in death by his grandparents, Opal and Lonnie Taylor and also by his mother, Agnes Collette. Tom was formerly employed by Semet-Solvay at Harewood, was Assistant...
Ethel Riffe Young
Apr 1, 2017
Ethel Theodosia Riffe Young , 80, of Fayetteville, WV went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 01, 2017 at Select Specialty-Saint Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Born January 20, 1937 at Jolo, WV she was the daughter of the late William Peter and Bessie Viars Riffe. Ethel was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother who loved Jesus...
Laurence Rolland Smith Iii
Mar 28, 2017
Laurence Rolland Smith, III , 55, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Huttonsville Correctional Facility in Huttonsville, WV. Born November 14, 1961 at Oak Hill, WV he was the son of the late Laurence Rolland Smith, II and Lois Mae Elmore Smith. He had worked in construction. A brother, Allard C . Smith preceded him...
Randy Allen Hornsby
Mar 27, 2017
Randy Allen Hornsby was granted his angel wings on March 27th, 2017. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends that Randy had touched in some great way throughout his short, yet very memorable life. Randy's life would seem too short to many but those who were touched by him understood that the quality of existence far exceeds...
Karen Cassell Hylton
Mar 22, 2017
Life Is Not The Same Without You The sun still rises in the east and darkness falls at night, but nothing now seems quite the same, each day is not as bright. The birds still sing, the flowers grow, the breeze still whispers too, but it will never, ever be the same world without you. It's so sad that you...
Robert Kelly Sarver
Mar 22, 2017
Robert Kelly Sarver , 76, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born August 25, 1940 at Harper, WV he was the son of the late John and Nancy Phillips Sarver. Kelly was a retired Service Manager for King Coal Chevrolet in Oak Hill...
Richard M. Fowler
Mar 20, 2017
Richard M. Fowler , 90, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, March 20, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 25, 1926 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Archie R. and Carrie Moling Fowler. A retired Gunnery Sergeant, Richard served 29 years with the US Marine Corps during World War II, Korea...
Seth Boggs
Mar 16, 2017
William "Seth" Boggs , 29, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born June 03, 1987 at Weston, WV he was the son of Janet L. Furst and William David Boggs. Seth loved anything that allowed him to spend his time in nature - being on the river, guiding, fishing,...
Julius Ray Stover
Mar 16, 2017
Julius Ray Stover , 67, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at his home. Born October 23, 1949 at Scarbro, WV he was the son of the late Herbert and Voneda Stover Romine. Although he was deaf, Julius was still able to make himself understood. He grew up in Minden and loved to hunt and fish....
Henry "Hank" Bailess
Mar 14, 2017
Henry "Hank" Melvin Bailess , 63, of Edmond, WV died on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV of an apparent heart attack. Born May 26, 1953 at Edmond, WV he was the son of the late Herbert "Dick" and Virginia Tully Bailess. Hank was a 1971 graduate of Ansted High School He retired after...
Bill Donovan Frasier
Mar 14, 2017
Bill Donovan Frasier , 91, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the good Lord and his precious wife on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at Harper Mills in Beckley, WV. Born August 10, 1925 at Middleport, OH he was the son of the late Donovan and Lenora Lawless Frasier. Mr. Frasier was a steadfast, hard working man who...
Betty Ward Hill
Mar 14, 2017
Betty June Ward Hill , 88, of Dorothy, WV died on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born April 15, 1928 at Whitesville, WV she was the daughter of the late George and Gladys Dempsey Ward. She was a retired dietitian for Pinecrest Hospital. Her husband, Ralph Hill; son, George Hill; sisters, Norma Jean...
Thomas Gregory Kessler
Mar 11, 2017
Thomas Gregory Kessler passed away peacefully Saturday March 11 holding hands with his wife Lyda Renfro Parent Kessler, and his two daughters Paige Kessler Johnson and Elizabeth Kessler Cox. A West Virginia native and avid outdoorsman he was born in Bellburn, WV on November 5, 1941. He was preceded in death by his parents Shamber Eccles Kessler and Frankie Bryant,...
Helen Vannatter Whitlock
Mar 9, 2017
Helen Louise “Sissy” Vannatter Whitlock, 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV after a short illness. Born on Sept. 15, 1930, at Fayette Station, WV, she was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Lawrence M. Whitlock, who passed away on Feb. 26, 2014. Also preceding her in...
James Eugene Thorne
Mar 5, 2017
James Eugene Thorne , 86, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, March 05, 2017 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born November 27, 1930 at Rock Lick, WV he was the son of the late Luther M. "Mote" and Annie Florence East Thorne. Mr. Thorne was a member of the Oak Hill Church of Christ and...
Harold Lee Willmeth
Mar 3, 2017
Harold Lee Willmeth , 64, of Beckley, WV died on Friday, March 03, 2017 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born April 25, 1952 at Mahan, WV he was the son of the late Earl and Mary Louise Adkins Willmeth. He was a disabled coal miner. Harold enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a member of the Ewing...
Frances Aliff Trump
Mar 1, 2017
Frances Loving Aliff Trump , 88, of Rocky River, OH died on Wednesday, March 01, 2017 at in Westlake, OH. Born June 01, 1928 in West Virginia, the daughter of the late William Thomas and Edith L. Mason Aliff. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Kenzie Trump on March 17, 2005. Graveside rites...
Dr. C. Robert` "Bob" Cooke
Feb 28, 2017
Dr. C. Robert Cooke, a pioneer in the provision of hemodialysis and an expert in diseases of the kidney, died at Methodist University Hospital, in Memphis, on February 28, 2017. The cause of death was pneumonia; he was 87. Dr. Cooke was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and Chief of Nephrology at the Veterans...
Roger Dale Hammontree
Feb 27, 2017
Roger Dale "Lil Rog" Hammontree, 69 of Lochgelly, WV passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston,WV following a short illness. Born August 20, 1947 in Lochgelly, WV and he is the son of the late Claude S. and Dorothy Jane Sisson Hammontree. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by siblings,...
Sandra Jean Adkins
Feb 27, 2017
Sandra Jean Bailes Adkins, 62, of Scarbro, WV passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born August 14, 1954 in Richwood, WV she was the daughter of the late Howard and Betty Graham Bailes. Sandra was a homemaker and was of the Protestant faith. Those left to cherish her memory include her loving and...
