Obituaries

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Karsyn Ruth Belt

Karsyn Ruth Belt

Oct 23, 2017

BLUEFIELD-- Karsyn Ruth Belt was born on Monday, October 23, 2017. She conquered this world and was welcomed into the arms of Jesus the same day. Karsyn is the daughter of Louis and Kelly Belt and the twin sister of Layla Noelle Belt of Bluefield, WV. Karsyn was loved by many, including her maternal grandmother Nancy Ellison, paternal grandfather Jay...

Sergio Daniel Castillo

Sergio Daniel Castillo

Oct 22, 2017

Sergio Daniel Castillo, 62, of Ivy Crest Street Bluefield, West Virginia (Green Valley) passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Sergio was born on July 21, 1955 in Monterrey, Mexico to the late Perfecto Castillo and Rosa Barajas Castillo. Sergio had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 28 years and...

Joy Ellen Shepard

Joy Ellen Shepard

Oct 19, 2017

Joy Ellen Shepard, 84, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on October 19, 2017 in Pounding Mill, VA. Born on October 12, 1933 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Caroline Lambert Lewis. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and was a former nurse. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Louise Ann Collins

Louise Ann Collins

Oct 19, 2017

Louise Ann Collins, 72, of Dawson School Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at home surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on April 18, 1945 in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Gray Rogers, II and Glenna Louise Patteson. Lou Ann was a 1963 graduate of Bluefield...

Roscoe Vinton Marshall

Roscoe Vinton Marshall

Oct 19, 2017

Roscoe Vinton Marshall, 96, of Arbor Ridge Drive Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his residence. Roscoe was born on September 10, 1921 in Dugspur, Virginia to the late Ira S. Marshall and Mettie V. Turman Marshall. He had been a resident of Mercer County for the past twenty five years formerly living in Coalwood,...

Betty Jean Wimmer

Betty Jean Wimmer

Oct 18, 2017

Betty Jean Wimmer, 87, of 1800 Whitethorn Extension, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Bradshaw, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. She passed away peacefully at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Palliative Care Unit with family by her side.Betty was a former member of 42 years at the Bradshaw Church of God and current member of the East...

Roland "Wayne" Belcher, Sr.

Roland "Wayne" Belcher, Sr.

Oct 18, 2017

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7   Roland “Wayne” Belcher, Sr. of Bastian, VA died October 18, 2017. He was born on November 25, 1936 to the late Elsie and Leonard Belcher of McComas, WV.   He served his country proudly in the Navy. Wayne was self-employed with Belcher’s...

Robert Winton Eanes

Robert Winton Eanes

Oct 17, 2017

Robert "Bob” Winton Eanes, 70, of Marellen Avenue, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at his home after a bout of cancer, heart disease, and lung problems.Born on October 3, 1947, in Sophia, WV, he was a son of the late Walter G. and Elizabeth E. Hill Eanes. He had been a resident...

Ray "Doug" Douglas Ham

Ray "Doug" Douglas Ham

Oct 17, 2017

Ray "Doug" Douglas Ham, 74, of Westwood Park Road Bluefield, Virginia formerly of Boissevain, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Ray was born on September 26, 1943 in Lundale, West Virginia to the late Wilmmer Wells Ham and Ethel May Maynard Ham. In addition to his parents he was...

Mary Frances Cox

Mary Frances Cox

Oct 16, 2017

BLUEWELL- In loving memory of Mary Frances “Finley” Cox, born November 11, 1939.   She closed her eyes here and has opened them in her Heavenly home on October 16th, 2017.    She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Dempsey Cox and her son, Arthur Kenneth Cox both of Bluewell, WV.  Her Father and Mother, Fred and Ruth Finley of...

Jean Elizabeth Gaither

Jean Elizabeth Gaither

Oct 16, 2017

Jean Elizabeth Gaither died on October 16, 2017, at the age of eighty-six in Paintsville, Kentucky, after a long illness. Born on August 7, 1931, in Mercer County West Virginia, Jean was the daughter of the late Bill and Flossie Mitchem of Lorton Lick Road. She was one of eleven children and is survived only by a brother, Robert Mitchem,...

Jason Lee Gregory

Jason Lee Gregory

Oct 13, 2017

Jason Lee Gregory, 39, of Princeton, West Virginia formerly of Falls Mills, Virginia passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 at his residence. Jason was born on September 06, 1978 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Debi Cox and Rick Gregory. He attended First Assembly Christian School and Graduated from Shady Springs High School. Jason had been a resident of Princeton...

Frankie Lee Dillon

Frankie Lee Dillon

Oct 12, 2017

Frankie Lee Dillon, age 76, of Beckley Road, Princeton, WV, formerly of Roderfield, died on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC.Born on January 11, 1941, in Premier, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jesse James and Mary Bell Overby Hall. She had lived in Princeton for the past 9 years and was...

Harry Mitchem

Harry Mitchem

Oct 9, 2017

Harry O’Neal Mitchem, 92, of Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Crumpler, West Virginia passed away on Monday, October 09, 2017 at his residence. Harry was born on December 25, 1924 in Crumpler, West Virginia to the late Samuel Preston Mitchem and Cloah Ann Bailey Mitchem. He was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church and was a retired coal...

Margaret "Maggie" Mullins

Margaret "Maggie" Mullins

Oct 8, 2017

Margaret “Maggie” Pendleton Mullins, 65, of the Havens, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at the Havens.   She was born on February 26, 1952 in Princeton, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Corinne White Pendelton where she had lived most of her life. Along with her husband, they were the owners and operators of...

Harry Gene Formica

Harry Gene Formica

Oct 7, 2017

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Harry Gene Formica, 88 of Bluefield, WV, died Saturday October 7, 2017 after a brief illness. Born March 11, 1929 at Thacker, WV, he was a son of the late Mike Formica and Pearl Vasvary Formica. He was a U.S. Army...

Bernard E. Neal

Bernard E. Neal

Oct 6, 2017

Bernard E. “Jeep” Neal, 73, of Groveland Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital.   Born on August 6, 1944, he was a son of the late Martha (Beatrice) Neal Brooks and James B. Brooks, Sr. He had been a resident of Bluefield his entire life. Jeep started his career as a Master Electrician...

Henry Martin Lucion

Henry Martin Lucion

Oct 6, 2017

In Loving Memory of Henry Martin LucionHenry Martin Lucion, 80, of Bluewell, WV, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017. Henry was the son of the late Robert and Ella Hill Lucion, of Hensley, WV. Henry spent the majority of his professional life with the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, where he served for more than 30 years.However, Lucion’s proudest achievement...

Shirley Elaine Haynes

Shirley Elaine Haynes

Oct 6, 2017

Shirley Elaine Haynes, 67, of Haynes Road, Bramwell, WV, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017 at her home.   Born on April 23, 1950 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Harry Lewis, Sr. and Ruth Lambert Lewis. She had been a resident of Bramwell and had worked in home health.   In addition to her parents, she...

Aaron "Shorty" Lee Poff

Aaron "Shorty" Lee Poff

Oct 6, 2017

Aaron Lee “Shorty” Poff, 73, of Nature Lane (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 18, 1944 on Browning Lambert Mtn., Rock, he was a son of the late Troy Wilson and Kathleen Taylor Poff. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a graduate of Montcalm High...