Elnora Cremeens McCoy, survived by Monongah relatives, passes away

Elnora June McCoy, 73, of Fairmont -- daughter of the late Carl and Opal (Garrison) Cremeens and mother of Monongah’s Margie Cartwright and Fairmont’s Sandy Hewitt, who is married to former Monongah resident Thomas Hewitt – passed away Saturday.

Margie is married to Joseph Cartwright.

Elnora’s sister, Mary Scritchfield, lives in Monongah.

Thomas Hewitt is Charles Shultz’ stepson. 

Thomas’ son is Mark Hewitt, whose daughter, Joanna Hewitt Ross, married to Mike Ross, is involved in preserving and promoting North Central West Virginia coal heritage with Fairmont State's Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center. They work with community partners through the use of technology (social media, crowdsourcing, way finding) to promote local businesses and local coal heritage sites.

Joanna and Elaine Hewitt Monell, Class of 1949, the widow of Raymond “Soak” Monell, Class of 1945 who lives in the Dayton, Ohio suburb of Riverside, are cousins.

Charity Morris, daughter of the late Danny Morris, Class of 1947, is related to Joanna and Elaine through Sallie Ann Edwards, who came to America from Wales. Sallie Ann was the half-sister of Danny’s mother, Katherine Grace Morris. Her parents were Margaret Elizabeth Jones Edwards and Edward Edwards. Thomas Hewitt was Sallie Ann’s son.

If you have memories of the McCoy, Cremeens, Hewitt, Monell or Morris families, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll add the information on the Monongah High Alumni blog.

Elnora’s obituary

Elnora June McCoy
(September 22, 1941 - December 6, 2014)

Elnora June McCoy, 73, of Fairmont passed away Saturday December 6, 2014 at The Fairmont Regional Medical Center. She was born September 22, 1941 in Fairmont, WV, daughter of the late Carl and Opal (Garrison) Cremeens.

Elnora previously owned and operated at cleaning business, and enjoyed studying the bible.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert McCoy; an infant brother; three sisters, Ann Swiger, Shirley Hamrick, and Lydia Russell.

She is survived by her former husband and father of her children, Frank Junior Scritchfield.; four children, Frank Scritchfield and wife Brenda of Farmington, Charles Joseph Scritchfield and wife Susie of Rivesville, Margie Cartwright and husband Joseph of Monongah, Sandy Hewitt and husband Thomas of Fairmont; two sisters, Mary Scritchfield of Monongah, and Hilda Scritchfield of Fairmont; grandchildren, Frank Scritchfield Jr., Jeremiah Scritchfield, Carl Scritchfield, Summer Scritchfield, Derek Scritchfield and wife Kristen, Christopher Scritchfield, Kendra Myers, and husband Steven, Stephanie Scritchfield, Sarah Carnes and husband D.J., Joseph Scritchfield, Samuel Scritchfield, Angela Tennant and husband Bob, Jamie Dickie, Angela Fox and husband John, Virginia Imboden, Justin Gower and wife Christy, Vicki Gamble and husband Marcus; great-grandchildren, Jasmin, Thomas, Brianna, Aydrean, Brayden, Rayden, Evan, Ashton, Anna, Andrew, Liam, Trinity, and Dillon,Amber Lemley, Anna, Shaun, and Seth Lemley, Walter Fox, Chloe Mezzanotte, Brady Imboden, Ethan Imboden, Kaiden, Kileylynn, and Keagen Sine.

The family will receive friends at Domico Funeral Home, 414 Gaston Ave. in Fairmont from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday. The funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday December 10, in the funeral home with Pastor Tom Hewitt officiating. Interment will follow at Grove Cemetery Tower Hill in Monongah. Condolences may be sent online to the family at www.domicofh.com .