Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
James Edward Asbury Sr.
May 17, 2015
James Edward Asbury , Sr. 81, of Page, WV died on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at his home. Born November 06, 1933 at Pax, WV he was the son of the late Wilburn Hansford Asbury and Thelma Rae Coleman Asbury Ingles and stepson of the late,Okey Herbert Ingles. He was a retired coal mine electrician James was a member of...
Terry Dewayne Bunting Sr.
May 16, 2015
Surrounded by his loving family, Terry DeWayne Bunting, Sr. , 68, of Victor, WV went into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born November 18, 1946 at Powellton, WV he was the son of the late Charles M. and Helen A. Peters Bunting. He was a certified nursing assistant. A...
Shirley Slavey Ford
May 15, 2015
Shirley Jean Slavey Ford , 77, of Mount Hope, WV died on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born September 29, 1937 at Alexandria, VA she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Ethel Browning Slavey. She was a former cab driver. Mrs. Ford was a Protestant. Her husband, Armistead Lee Ford, Sr. and...
William Boyd Wood Sr.
May 14, 2015
William B. Wood, Sr., 72, of Oak Hill, WV died Thursday, May 14, 2015 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley following a fight with lung cancer. He was born January 8, 1943 in Brackens Creek, WV son of the late John D. Wood and Mary Secrist Wood. He served in the Navy for 30 years in various ports around...
Tommy Joe Meredith
May 12, 2015
Tommy Joe Meredith , 67, of Pax, WV died on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at his home. Born January 17, 1948 at Kingston, WV he was the son of the late William Russell and Rachel Williams Meredith. He was a retired coal miner. Tommy enjoyed watching his birds, spending time with family and friends and watching his grandchildren play. He...
Julia Baire Arrington
May 10, 2015
Julia Ann Baire Arrington , 72, died on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born November 18, 1942 at Boone County, WV she was the daughter of the late Arnold and Artie Workman Baire. She was a homemaker. An infant son, Kevin Arrington; brother, Jerry Baire and sister, Sue Stone preceded her in death. Survivors...
Carl Joseph Harvey
May 9, 2015
Carl Joseph Harvey, age 87, of Oak Hill, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born October 9, 1927 in Oak Hill, he was the son of the Verie and Genevieve Krantz Harvey. Carl was the owner/operator of Harvey's Speed Shop and was also a independent claims adjuster. He was a member of the...
Dorothy Jean Smith
May 8, 2015
Dorothy Jean Smith Smith, age 87, of Hilltop, WV, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill. Born March 26, 1928 at Meadow Creek, WV she was the daughter of the late Jacob C. and Irene Hume Smith. Dorothy was a homemaker and a member of Thurmond Union Church. She was preceded in death...
Lenard Edward Smith
May 6, 2015
Lenard Edward Smith , 77, of Kincaid, WV died on Wednesday, May 06, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born June 27, 1937 at Concho, WV he was the son of the late Andrew Jasper and Willie Mae McCormick Smith. Lenard was an honorable US Air Force veteran. Two brothers, Stanley Smith and Bobby Lee Smith and...
Luther B. Raynes Jr.
Apr 27, 2015
Luther Buel "L.B." Raynes, Jr. , 85, of Oak Hill, WV passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV following a brief illness. Born June 23, 1929 at Robson, WV he was the son of the late Luther Buel Raynes, Sr. and Clella Bess Raynes. L.B. was a retired heavy equipment operator. He...
Dora Lewis Vest
Apr 27, 2015
Dora E. Lewis Vest , 85, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born May 13, 1929 at Kathyrn, WV she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Nina Myrtle Ayers Lewis. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Louise Lohman Jackson
Apr 27, 2015
Louise Marie Lohman Jackson , 97, of Oak Hill, WV died on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born September 27, 1917 at Prudence, WV she was the daughter of the late George and Mollie Shepherd Lohman. Louise began nurses training in 1936 at the Coal Valley Hospital in Montgomery and graduated in 1939...
Ida Heater Wickline
Apr 26, 2015
Ida Ruth Heater Wickline , 89, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 17, 1925 at Holly, WV she was the daughter of the late Porter and Ida Mae Robinson Heater. Ida was a member of the Duffy United Methodist Church. She was former owner of...
Elsie Hughart Bryant
Apr 25, 2015
Elsie Marie Hughart Bryant , 92, of Mount Hope, WV died on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at The Arbors in Gallipolis, OH. Born March 19, 1923 at Metalton, WV she was the daughter of the late Emmit Hughart and Zelda Ayers Hughart Dower. She was a retired clerk for Hill's Department Store in Beckley. Mrs. Bryant was a member of...
Bernard Jean Burton
Apr 25, 2015
Bernard Jean Burton , 74, of Packs Branch, WV died on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at his home. Born October 25, 1940 at Giles County, VA he was the son of the late Alan Edward and Mary Virginia Bowles Burton. He was a retired Mail Messenger for the US Postal Service. Bernard enjoyed hunting, fishing, walking in the woods and...
Jency Jane Massie Tincher
Apr 23, 2015
Jency Jane Massie Tincher, age 86, of Gatewood, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 1915 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born June 19, 1928 at Gatewood, WV, she was the daughter of the late William W. and Minnie Mae Patterson Massie. Jency was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant View Church of the Brethren. She was...
Georgia Rhodes Fisher
Apr 21, 2015
Georgia Gay Rhodes Fisher , 80, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born June 19, 1934 at Summerlee, WV she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Minnie Cody Rhodes. Georgia was a devoted wife and mother and a homemaker. She was a member of the Oak Hill...
Peggy Delung Jones
Apr 20, 2015
After a long and courageous battle, Peggy June DeLung Jones of Scarbro, WV won the victory when she peacefully went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Monday, April 20, 2015. She was the daughter of the late John and Arizona Lafferty DeLung. Peggy was a 1958 graduate of Collins High School. She was employed by the Unemployment Compensation...
Roger Dale Allen
Apr 18, 2015
Roger Dale Allen , 67, of Mount Hope, WV died on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Born October 20, 1947 at Harvey, WV he was the son of the late Leslie and Elizabeth Sheaves Allen. He was the owner and contractor with R.D. Allen Belt Service. Roger was a life-long sportsman and outdoors-man. He...
Michael Wayne Young
Apr 10, 2015
Our loving son, father and brother, Michael Wayne Young , 52, of Hinton, WV died on Friday, April 10, 2015 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hinton, WV. Born December 02, 1962 at Montgomery, WV he was the son of Donnie Clarie DeBoard Young and the late Jack Leonard Young. He was a carpenter and painter. As brother, Kirby Allen Young...
