Obituaries
Oak Hill & Mt. Hope Obituaries
Local obituaries for Oak Hill, Mt. Hope and Fayette County, WV
Delbert Fletcher Gilliam
Apr 8, 2015
Delbert Fletcher Gilliam , 56, of Beckwith, WV died on Wednesday, April 08, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born February 16, 1959 at Beckwith, WV he was the son of Barbara Blake Gilliam of Beckwith, WV and the late Percy Gilliam. Mr. Gilliam was a Foreman for the WV DOH - Oak Hill. He was preceded in...
Edith Bonifacio Davis
Apr 8, 2015
Edith B. Davis, 91, of Dade City Florida, formerly of Mount Hope, WV died on Tuesday, April 8, 2015. Born August 1, 1923 in Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of the late Sam and Maria Troiani Bonifacio. She was a substitute elementary teacher and homemaker in Dade City, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis...
Ruth Janese Easton
Apr 4, 2015
Ruth Janese Easton, 91, formerly of Woods Avenue, Oak Hill, died Saturday, April 4, at Snyder's Nursing Home, Salem, VA. Born May 5, 1923, in Minden, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Andrew E. and Agnes Lambie Easton. She had lived in Minden, Beckley and Oak Hill, all her life until moving near family in Roanoke, VA in 2011....
William Edward Anderson
Apr 1, 2015
William Edward Anderson, 89, of Oak Hill, died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Charleston Area Medical Center, General Division, Charleston WV, following a long illness. Born on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1925 at the family farm in Teaberry, WV, near Lewisburg, he was the son of the late Samuel Beard Anderson and Laura Yates Anderson....
Thelma Jean Foster Frazier
Mar 27, 2015
Thelma Jean Foster Frazier, age 68, of Page, passed way on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill. Born December 10, 1946 at Wriston, WV, she was the daughter of Myrtle K. Settle Foster of Page and the late James R. Foster. Thelma formerly worked in the kitchen at Plateau Medical Center and attended the New Life...
Nina Settle Foster
Mar 25, 2015
Nina Lee Settle Foster , 91, of Dempsey, WV died on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Born January 27, 1924 at Wriston, WV she was the daughter of the late Herbert Land and Merle Pennington Settle. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Foster and daughter, Joann Foster; three brothers, Snook Settle, Pete Settle...
Mark E. Sexton
Mar 24, 2015
Mark Estel Sexton , 43, of Oak Hill, WV died on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born September 30, 1971 at Beckley, WV he was the son of Estel M. "Etchie" Sexton, Jr. and Treatha Waldron Sexton of Oak Hill, WV. He was a certified blaster working in surface mining. Mark loved to hunt...
Gregory P. Nunn
Mar 23, 2015
Gregory Pierre Nunn, 58, of Oak Hill, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born on August 4, 1956, he was the son of the late Steven Dyer and Evelyn Ruth Cox Nunn. He was a 1974 graduate of Collins High School and attended Concord College. Greg married Donna, his wife of 33 years in July...
James Ernest Davis
Mar 20, 2015
James Ernest Davis, age 67, of Mount Hope, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 20, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his family. Born September 14, 1947 at Diana, WV, he was the son the late James”Jim” and Flora Schrader Davis. James was a retired water plant worker and attended the Price Hill Freewill Baptist Church. He...
Sylvia Aretta Scarbro
Mar 14, 2015
Sylvia Aretta Stover Scarbro, 76 of Scarbro, WV, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV following a short illness. Born August 13, 1938 at Mossy, WV, she was the daughter of the late Hobert and Martha Aliff Stover. She was also preceded in death by her husband Eddie Scarbro and two sisters, Rushie Stover and Flossie...
Billy James Mcknight
Mar 8, 2015
Billy James McKnight , 89, of Oak Hill, WV died on Sunday, March 08, 2015 at CAMC - Memorial Division in Charleston, WV. Born August 08, 1925 at Coal Grove, OH he was the son of the late William and Hazel Holliday McKnight. After graduating from Logan High School, Bill joined the U.S. Air Force, Aviation Cadets in 1943. After...
Rebecca Gaye Mahoney
Mar 6, 2015
Rebecca Gaye Mahoney, age 60, of Oak Hill, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill after a short illness. Born April 13, 1954 in Oak Hill, she was the daughter of Lois Mundy Mahoney of Oak Hill and the late James W. “Mike” Mahoney. Rebecca was a 1972 graduate of Collins High School and...
Ida Davis Mcguffin
Mar 2, 2015
Ida Virginia Coffey Davis McGuffin , 87, of Hilltop, WV formerly of Maple Fork, WV died on Monday, March 02, 2015. Born August 09, 1927 at Harvey, WV she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Viola Walker Coffey. She was a homemaker. Mrs. McGuffin was a member of the Maple Fork Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school,...
Edna Hawkins England
Mar 1, 2015
Edna Viola Hawkins England , 95, of Oak Hill, WV went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 01, 2015 at Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hilltop, WV. Born June 09, 1919 at Sullivan, WV she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Martha Feazell Hawkins. She was a homemaker. Mrs. England was a member of...
Judy Quesenberry Epperly
Feb 28, 2015
Judy Ann Quesenberry Epperly , 70, of Oak Hill, WV died on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born July 16, 1944 at Giles County, VA she was the daughter of Claud Quesenberry of Oak Hill, WV and the late Sylvia Ann Frazier Quesenberry. She was a retired saleswoman for Sears Monument. Her husband,...
Kenneth Duane Anderson, Sr.
Feb 28, 2015
A heart full of beautiful memories, Sprayed with a million tears, Wishing he could have spared you If just a few more years. It does not take a special day For us to think of you, Each day we silently offer up A special prayer for you. We cannot bring the old days back, When we were all together, Our...
Gene Austin Bowen
Feb 28, 2015
Gene Austin Bowen, age 83, beloved husband and father passed away peacefully on February 28, 2015 with his family by his side after a long illness. Born February 26, 1931 at Longacre, WV he was the son of the late Clarence M. and Grace Tucker Bowen. He was a retired coal minter having worked 35 years for Peabody Coal Company....
Solomon Lewis Hudson
Feb 27, 2015
Solomon Lewis Hudson, 84 of Fayetteville, WV died February 27, 2015 at Bowers Hospice House, Beckley, WV. Born January 15, 1931 at Fayetteville, he was the son of the late Roy and Arkansas Burke Hudson. He was retired from General Motors Pontiac Division as a supervisor of the sheet metal division, attended Loop Creek Baptist Church and was U.S. Army...
James H. Ford
Feb 22, 2015
Surrounded by his loving family, James H. Ford, age 85 of Charlton Heights, WV passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 22 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born on June 15, 1929 in Prudence, Fayette County, James was the son of the late Reverend Max Ford and Marie Saunders Ford. He is survived by his loving wife of...
Ronald Irving Paine
Feb 22, 2015
Ronald Irving Paine , 79, of Lochgelly, WV died on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at his home. Born April 13, 1935 at Colebrooke, OH he was the son of the late Irving M. and Laura F. Owen Paine. He was a Truck Driver for a recycling center. Mr. Paine was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness. He...