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Oak Hill is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 8,179 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beckley metropolitan area. Country singer Hank Williams died in Oak Hill on his way to a concert on January 1, 1953. The city is also home to the historic Oak Hill Railroad Depot which still stands today as an ...
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
Kevin J. McGroarty, 53, of West Pittston, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, after battling a long fight with mediocracy. Born 1960 in the Nesbitt Hospital, he was the bouncing baby boy of the late Lt ...
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Compositions created specially for funeral use or as a memorial to a deceased person or persons. Settings of the requiem mass can be found in that subcategory.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Oak Hill, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Oak Hill, West Virginia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
John Howard Payne (1791–1852), composer of "Home! Sweet Home!" [124] Henry Pellew (1828–1923), 6th Viscount Exmouth [125] Paul J. Pelz (1841–1918), architect of the Library of Congress [126] Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), U.S. senator from Illinois and president of Bell & Howell [127] George Peter (1779–1861), Representative from ...
George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.