Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Camilla Rose Zelek
Jan 16, 2017
Camilla Rose "Cam" Zelek , 77, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, January 16, 2017 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born August 31, 1939 at Lochgelly, WV she was the daughter of the late John and Agnes Liska Zelek. Camilla was a member of the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Oak Hill. She was preceded...
Charles Brooks Burk
Jan 14, 2017
Charles Brooks Burk, 81, of Scarbro, WV passed on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 27, 1935 at Dothan, WV he was the son of the late Charles Y. and Lydia Payne Burk. He was a retired auto mechanic. He was preceded in death by his wife, Donna G. Mahoney Burk on November...
Margaret Ann Cobb
Jan 13, 2017
Margaret Ann Williams Cobb, 88, of Beckley, WV passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born April 7, 1928 at Mossy, WV she was the daughter of the late Arnold and Velma Meadows Williams. Her husband, Harrison Cobb; two sons, Larry Cobb, and Bobby Ray Cobb; a daughter: Velma Joyce Cobb; a great grandson,...
Marie Lee Phillips
Jan 11, 2017
Marie Lee Petosa Phillips , 76, of Maple Fork, WV gained her wings on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, after a long, courageous battle with lung cancer Born April 24, 1940 at Bristol, CT she was the daughter of the late Louis and Pauline Hotchkiss Petosa. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She...
Pauline Meadows Burnside
Jan 10, 2017
Pauline Deloris “Polly” Burnside, née Meadows, of Beckley, West Virginia formerly of Kincaid, West Virginia, died January 10, 2017, at age 88, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of sixty-three years, Robert A. Burnside, Sr., by her parents, Paul and Grace Meadows; and by a sister, Billie Jean Meadows...
Robla "Stew" Mankin Jr.
Jan 4, 2017
Robla G. “Stew” Mankin, Jr. 98, of Dayton, TN formerly of Oak Hill, WV died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at his home. Born in Eccles, West Virginia, Stew was the son of the late Robla G. and Amanda “Happy” Stewart Mankin Sr.. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving his country as a Sergeant during World War...
Sandra Kay Smith-Bowyer
Jan 2, 2017
Sandra Kay Smith-Bowyer , 53, of Mount Hope, WV passed away peacefully on Monday, January 02, 2017 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 05, 1963 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Ida Belle Jones Bowyer. Sandra enjoyed music, the sound of rainfall, and reading the Holy Bible. A green...
Gary Allen Nowlin
Jan 1, 2017
Gary Allen Nowlin , 68, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, January 01, 2017 at VA Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born April 26, 1948 in Oak Hill, OH, he was the son of the late Berlin and Marie Naylor Nowlin. He worked as a crane operator Gary was a member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church,...
Steven Michael Adkins Sr.
Dec 31, 2016
Steven Michael Adkins, Sr. , 54, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, December 31, 216 at his home. Born May 11, 1962 at Pontiac, MI he was the son of Charles Adkins of Michigan and Pauline Ruth Bostic Adkins of Fayetteville, WV. He was a self employed landscaper. Arrangements are pending. Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com Arrangements...
Mary Farthing Moran
Dec 29, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Farthing Moran , 89, of Sophia, WV died on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Harper Mills in Beckley, WV. Born October 04, 1927 at Stotesbury, WV she was the daughter of the late Hubert Franklin and Rebecca Florence Herndon Farthing. She retired from the Credit Bureau of Beckley. Mrs. Moran was a member of the Sophia First Baptist...
Coach Delbert Franklin Adkins
Dec 27, 2016
Delbert "Coach" Franklin Adkins , 84, of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born December 19, 1932 at Highland Mountain, WV he was the son of the late Beecher and Lida (Adkins) Adkins. Coach Adkins was a teacher and coach at Mount Hope High School for 30 years, where he...
Daniel B. Barton
Dec 25, 2016
Daniel B. Barton , 78, of Fayetteville, WV died on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at his home from a long illness Born July 26, 1938 at Elverton, WV he was the son of the late Daniel C. and Elizabeth Clendenin Barton. Dan attended school in Fayetteville and Campbell County School in Kentucky. He attended Concord College and graduated from Beckley...
Garnet Leona Ellison Bonifacio
Dec 22, 2016
Reverend Garnet Leona Ellison Bonifacio, affectionately known as "Bonnie", of Mount Hope, WV died on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 15, 1926 at Dothan, WV she was the daughter of the late Garnet T. and Myrtle Ethel Toney Ellison. Bonnie enjoyed growing a variety of plants and flowers. Her passion...
Vonna Calvert Kincaid
Dec 17, 2016
Vonna Marie Calvert Kincaid , 89, of Vienna, VA died on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Born January 07, 1927 at Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Harry and Rosie Marie Baumgartner Calvert. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Robert Kincaid. Graveside rites will be on Wednesday,...
James Lowell Hypes
Dec 16, 2016
James Lowell Hypes , 90, of Fayetteville, WV died on Friday, December 16, 2016 at Fayette Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, WV. Born August 17, 1926, he was the son of the late Justin M. Hypes and Bertha Synes Hypes McClung. He was a retired right of way specialist for a gas utility and a US Army veteran. His...
William Thomas Crawford Jr.
Dec 14, 2016
William Thomas Crawford, Jr. , 89, of Senoia, GA formerly of Scarbro, WV died on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at his home. Born October 06, 1927 at Mount Hope, WV he was the son of the late William Thomas Crawford, Sr. and Lorna Catherine Fitzpatrick Crawford. Bill was a retired chief electrician for New River Company. He attended the Oak...
Samuel A. Tygrett
Dec 6, 2016
Samuel A. Tygrett , 62, of Fayetteville, WV died on Tuesday, December 06, 2016 at his home after a two year battle with brain cancer. Born September 14, 1954 at Garten, WV he was the son of the late Paul A. Tygrett, Sr. and Lora G. Cody Tygrett. He was a retired driller for Alpha Natural Resources. A brother, Jerry...
Karen L. Armstrong
Dec 5, 2016
Our most precious angel, Karen Lynn Gaylor Armstrong , 57, of Mount Hope, WV died on Monday, December 05, 2016 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born January 23, 1959 in Tennessee she was the daughter of Linda Bennett Gaylor Martin of Beckley, WV and the late Ballard Lee Gaylor. In addition to her mother, Karen leaves behind...
Felice Jobe Stark
Nov 27, 2016
Felice Jobe Stark, 88, of Mount Hope, WV passed away on November 27th in Columbia, Tennessee. Born on June 24, 1928, in Oak Hill, WV she was the daughter of the late Nicholas John and Nettie Hinte Jobe. Mrs. Stark graduated from Mt. Hope High School in 1945 and Marshall University in 1949. She was a retired school teacher for...
Donna Mahoney Burk
Nov 27, 2016
Love, Follow, Obey He'll lead me home if I but follow, He'll hear my pleading, if I but pray, He'll keep me safe from harm and danger, If I but follow the narrow way. He'll dry my tears when my heart is breaking, If I but listen to what he'll say, He'll give me comfort in my sorrow, When I...
