A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials and Death Certificates
Online West Virginia Death Records Indexes
West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1973 (free) coverage varies by county; includes free downloadable images of the death records or certificates (may be currently offline); also has birth and marriage records; from West Virginia Archives and History.
West Virginia Death Index, 1853-1970 at FamilySearch (free with registration) includes statewide death index for 1917-1956, and a county death index for 1853-1970 (appears to end c. 1973); coverage for the county death index varies by county; entries in this database link to images of the death certificates at the above website.
West Virginia Death Indexes, 1917-1991 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch (free with registration) Also includes digitized death certificates, 1917- early Dec. 1965