Obituaries
Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries
Randy Stacey Burress
Jun 13, 2025
Randy Stacey Burress, 74, of Princeton, WV, passed away Friday, June 13, 2025 at Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born February 1, 1951 in Welch, WV, he was the son of the late Fred and Hattie (Carter) Burress of Havaco, WV and Luther Jones and Alma "Midge" Burress of Elyria, Ohio. Preceding Randy in death were both sets of parents...
Juanita Green
Jun 11, 2025
Juanita Green, 78, of Bluefield, WV, passed June 11, 2025, at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital.
Born November 13, 1946, in Wyoming County, West Virginia, she was a daughter to the late Ralph and Ethel Reeves Williams. Juanita was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. Juanita was known by everyone as a good, strong woman, and a lover...
Flora Elizabeth Powers
Jun 11, 2025
Flora Elizabeth Powers, 101, of Bluefield, WV, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
Born in Bluefield in 1924, Flora was the only child of James Robert and Nanette Duncan Brown. From a young age, she took on responsibility with grace, helping her mother run a rooming house during the Great Depression. Even then, she embodied the...
Dwight Alan Miller
Jun 9, 2025
"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke in easy and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30
Dwight Alan Miller of Leckie, West Virginia,...
Kenneth Bane Stuart
Jun 8, 2025
Kenneth Bane Stuart, 71, of Brushfork, WV went to be with the Lord on Sunday June 8, 2025.
Born June 23,1953 in Mullens, WV, he was a son of the late Charles Jack Stuart and Geneva Faye Hicks Stuart. He was of the Church of God faith. He attended Bluefield High School. He was a laborer, working various jobs for doctors...
Patricia Ann Thomason
Jun 6, 2025
Patricia Ann Thomason, 78, of Rock, WV, passed Friday, June 6, 2025, at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital.
Born June 25, 1946, in Goodwill, WV, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Elsie Griffith Gilmore, Jr. Patricia was a lifelong resident of White Hollow in Rock, WV. She retired from Hills Department Store and was also a faithful caregiver...
Charles Phillip Monitor
Jun 6, 2025
Charles Phillip Monitor, 82, of Nemours, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Rich Creek, Va, surrounded by his loving family. Born on May 1, 1943, in St. Paul, Minnesota, Charles was the son of the late Anthony F. Monitor and Emily P. Monitor.
Charles honorably served his country in the United States...
James Daniel Jackson
Jun 5, 2025
James D. "Jimmy” Jackson, 80, of LIttlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at the GlenWood Healthcare Center.
Born on October 26, 1944 in Bluefield, WV he was a son of the late Ernest and Hattie Thomas Jackson. He was retired from the City of Bluefield where he was a longtime firefighter. He was also an avid...
Lincoln Allen Keen
Jun 4, 2025
Lincoln Allen Keen gained his wings and was called home welcomed by his uncle James and his adoptive grandpa Harvey on June 4th, 2025. He was born at Princeton Community Hospital on April 12, 2024, to his mother and father Ashley Justice of Longpole, WV and Nathen Keen of War, WV.
He was proceeded in death by his adoptive maternal grandfather...
Wiley Belcher, Jr.
Jun 2, 2025
Wiley Belcher, Jr. 81, of Tabor Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025, at his home.
Born on September 16, 1943 in Algoma, WV, he was a son of the late Wiley Belcher Sr. and Bertha Watkins Belcher. He was retired from the Bridge Crew at the WV Dept. of Highways. He was a veteran of the US...
Mildred Ann Crouse
Jun 2, 2025
Mildred Ann Crouse, 87, of Falls Mills, VA, passed Monday, June 2, 2025, at Heritage Hall in Tazewell, VA.
Mildred was born on July 2, 1937, in Abbs Valley, VA. She had been a resident of Falls Mills, VA, for over 25 years and was a graduate of Pocahontas High School. Mildred was a faithful member of Abbs Valley Baptist Church...
Jacklyn Renay Belcher
May 30, 2025
Jacklyn Renay Belcher, 53, of Red Oak Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, May 30, 2025 at her home.
Born on April 5, 1972 in Lynwood, CA, she was a daughter of the late Danny and Nancy Meade Rogers. She formerly worked at Gary's Market in Bluewell and was also a healthcare driver.
Survivors include her husband, Michael V. Belcher...
Thomas Keith Goodloe
May 28, 2025
Thomas Keith Goodloe, 64, of Bramwell, WV, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at his home. Born July 11, 1961 in West Virginia, he was a son of the late Wirt and Scharlottie Bolen Goodloe. Thomas was a construction worker. In addition to his parents, Thomas was preceded in death by two brothers, Wirt Junior Goodloe and Ernie Goodloe; three...
Cynon Celestino Penas
May 27, 2025
The Penas family lost Cynon Celestino Penas, age 42, of Fort Worth, FL on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at JFK hospital. He is the youngest grandchild of the late Frank Penas, Sr. and Catherine Penas and the youngest child of the late Frankie and Belinda Penas. Cyn grew up in Bluewell - leaving for Florida soon after high school graduation....
Rosie Lee Sizemore
May 27, 2025
Rosie Lee Sizemore, 97, of Garner, NC, passed Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at her home surrounded by family.
Born May 11,1928, in Algoma, WV, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Falcomata and Mossie Shell. Rosie was a member of the Burke Baptist Church. Rosie lived her life in the Elkridge and Northfork areas of West Virginia. She was a...
Elva Sue Bolt
May 27, 2025
Elva Sue Bolt, 80, of Princeton, WV, passed Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Mercer Healthcare Center in Bluefield, WV, with her son Robert by her side.
Born August 31, 1944, in Pike County Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Pearl Thomas Graham. Elva was a graduate of Northfork High School and worked her life as an in-home...
Bonnetta Fay Coeburn
May 26, 2025
Bonnetta Fay Coeburn, 64, of Princeton, WV, passed Monday, May 26, 2025, at her home.
Born December 9, 1960, in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Walter B. and Freda Ray Stacey Coeburn, Sr. Bonnetta was a lifelong resident of Mercer County and worked as a caregiver for ResCare.
Those left to cherish Bonnetta's memory are her sons, Aaron...
Cheryl Sue Pack Evans
May 26, 2025
On Monday, May 26, Cheryl Sue Pack Evans, 77, of Waxhaw, NC (formerly of Anawalt) was released from her pain and suffering to go home to be with the Lord. She had been a resident of Autumn Care Nursing Home for the past several years.
Born February 17, 1948, Cheryl was the daughter of the late Bill and Sylvia Pack. She...
Gary O'Dell Lowe
May 23, 2025
Gary O'Dell Lowe, 73, of Kimball, WV, passed away on Friday, May 23, 2025, at his home.
Born on March 11, 1952, in Welch, he was a son of the late Leroy and Flossie Belcher Lowe. He had lived in Kimball for 9 years and was a loader operator for 30 years at Branscome in Williamsburg, VA.
He was preceded in death...
Victoria Crofcheck
May 17, 2025
Victoria Ann Crofcheck, 74, of Bluefield, WV, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital Bluefield ER.
Born on January 12, 1951, to John and Dorothy Kimberling Crofcheck and was a granddaughter of the late John and Mary Crofcheck and Julia and Charles Kimberling.
She attended St. Matthew’s Catholic School and Church in Tyrone, PA. She...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
About
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home offers a collection of obituaries for Bluefield, WV. With services throughout West Virginia that are updated regularly. Find local obituaries and join us in celebrating memories and honoring their lives and legacies.
