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🌱 Oak Hill area remembers businessman and aviator Michael Edward Swartz

Oak Hill, West Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

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  • Oak Hill area remembers businessman and aviator Michael Edward Swartz

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 66 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Clouds and sun with a shower, temps: high: 55, low: 39.
  • Friday: Periods of sunshine, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

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• Michael Edward Swartz, 85 (portcitydaily.com) — Oak Hill readers are reminded of longtime businessman and aviator Michael Edward Swartz, who once ran a coal trucking business in Fayette County and owned rental properties in the Oak Hill area. The 85-year-old West Virginia native later built Island Appliance into a major Wilmington, North Carolina retailer, and is remembered by family for his loyalty, hard work, and love for visiting this region.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Fayetteville

  • Memorial Day weekend travel in West Virginia expected to surge as summer begins (wvexplorer.com)
  • This 3.1-Mile Trail in West Virginia Leads You To A Jaw-Dropping View Of The New River Gorge Bridge (myfamilytravels.com)

Beckley

  • Beckley Vet Center stationing Mobile Vet Center in Oak Hill on May 13 (woay.com)
  • Gov. Patrick Morrissey travels to Beckley to sign Baylea's Law (wvpress.org)
  • WVU Tech's Communiversity initiative wins award - West Virginia Daily News (wvdn.com)

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