Obituaries

Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries

Anne Lambert

Anne Lambert

Jul 27, 2017

On Thursday, July 27, 2017 our dear mother, Anne Mae Lambert, of Bramwell, left the earth to be with the LORD. She will be greatly missed. A private service was held on Monday, July 31, 2017 to honor her memory. 

Richard Eugene Bailey

Richard Eugene Bailey

Jul 26, 2017

Richard Eugene (Gene) Bailey, of Holden Beach, NC formerly of Pageton, WV died peacefully on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Affectionately known as Beetle he was born February 26, 1929 in Goodwill, West Virginia in Mercer County the son of the late Mary Bane Arrington Bailey and Hector Bryan Bailey. He worked in the coal mining...

Carl Junior Sayers

Carl Junior Sayers

Jul 25, 2017

Carl Junior Sayers, 60, of Lashmeet, West Virginia passed on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.                 Carl was born on March 17, 1957 in Michigan to the late Carl Wycliff Sayers and Marie Moore Sayers. He had been a resident of Lashmeet for the past ten years and attended the Church of God. Carl was...

Rosemarie Therese Giles

Rosemarie Therese Giles

Jul 22, 2017

ROSEMARIE THERESE GILES, 87 passed away July 22, 2017. She was born on November 23, 1929 in Defiance, IA, to parents, Arnold Mengwasser and Margaret (Luecke) Mengwasser of Jefferson City, Mo., and Rich Fountain, MO. She was married on November 22, 1958 in Chicago, IL to MSGT Richard Eugene Giles (divorced 1972). She leaves her daughter, Debra Leigh (Giles) Bisaha...

Lucille Riddle

Lucille Riddle

Jul 22, 2017

               May your right hand always be stretched out for giving and friendship and never in want. --An Irish Blessing     Lucille Bryant Riddle, age 95, of Bluewell, died peacefully on July 22, 2017 surrounded by her loving family.  She was born June 7, 1922 near Montcalm, the daughter of Oliver Taylor and Martha Scott Taylor.        In addition to her parents, she...

Bonita Ann Searle

Bonita Ann Searle

Jul 18, 2017

Bonita Ann Searle, 52 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at The Maples Nursing Home after an extended illness.  Bonita was born on December 08, 1964 in Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania. She had been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia for the past six years.  She was a member of the Salvation Army Citadel in Bluefield, West...

Mildred Kincaid Cornett

Mildred Kincaid Cornett

Jul 16, 2017

Mildred Kincaid Cornett, age 92, of Falls Mills, VA, passed away peacefully Sunday July 16, 2017 at her daughter's home in Pounding Mill, VA. She was born in Beckley, WV on December 13, 1924. She married Calvin Mack Cornett of Crumpler, WV in 1944. She was a member of the Northfork Baptist Church in Northfork WV and was also a...

Marvin Eugene Edwards

Marvin Eugene Edwards

Jul 15, 2017

Marvin Eugene Edwards, 85, of Derby Lane, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 11, 1932 in Gap Mills, VA, he was a son of the late Fulton and Pearl Mae Hunnel Edwards. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 28 years and was a retired veteran of the US...

Willie David Havens

Willie David Havens

Jul 13, 2017

Willie David Havens, 37, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on February 27, 1980 in Princeton, he was a son of David Havens of Rock and Rhonda Harding of Old Fort, NC. He had been a lifelong resident of Sandlick and was a graduate of Montcalm High School....

Tammy Sue Crouse

Tammy Sue Crouse

Jul 13, 2017

Tammy Sue Crouse, 56, of Hundley Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. Born on September 20, 1960 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Lillie M. Martin of Princeton. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and Princeton and was a homemaker. She was a “jack of all...

Mack Chester Knuckles

Mack Chester Knuckles

Jul 13, 2017

Mack Chester Knuckles, 82, of Switchback, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on September 24, 1934 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Dewey and Mary Opal Cochran Knuckles. He had been a resident of McDowell County for most of his life and was a retired coal miner....

Robert D. East

Robert D. East

Jul 11, 2017

Robert D. East, 81, of Princeton, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at home. Born on April 1, 1936 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Everette and Mary Crouch East. He had been a resident of Princeton for 51 years and was a retired chief electrician for Eastern Associated Coal Company. He was a member of the...

Sandra "Sandy" Kay Dillon

Sandra "Sandy" Kay Dillon

Jul 6, 2017

Sandra Kay “Sandy” Dillon, age 63, of Forty Foot Street, Princeton, WV died Thursday, July 6, 2017, at her residence.Born on June 13, 1954, in Pageton, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charles Penland and Madeline Carver Penland of Pageton. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include: Her Mother: Madeline Carver Penland of Pageton, WVHusband:...

David Rader Hambrick

David Rader Hambrick

Jul 6, 2017

Bluewell—David Rader Hambrick, 76, of Coke Plant Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 6, 2017. He passed away suddenly with his family by his side, after an extended struggle with chronic illness.Born February 23, 1941 at home in Littlesburg, WV he was the son of the late George Everett and Hattie Hambrick. David retired...

Arnold Coffey

Arnold Coffey

Jul 5, 2017

Arnold Coffey, 84, of Bluefield and formerly of Welch, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 5, 2017 after an 18 year battle with Parkinson’s.   He had been a resident of Bluefield for over 30 years and attended the First Church of God in Bluefield, VA. He was retired from the US Postal Service with...

Glenna Rae Vance

Glenna Rae Vance

Jul 4, 2017

Glenna Rae Crisco Vance, age 82, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 4, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. “Absent from the body, present with the Lord.”Born on November 5, 1934, in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late Adam McKinley and Minnie Elizabeth Davis Crisco. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

George Washington Harmon

George Washington Harmon

Jul 3, 2017

George W. Harmon, 84, of 448 Indian Grave Road, Anawalt, WV  24808, passed away on Monday, July 3, 2017 from injuries sustained in a four wheeler accident.   Born March 2, 1933 in Skygusty, WV.   He was the son of the late Thomas Harman and the late Nettie Mae Harman Winebarger.  He had been a resident of Leckie for 60 years. ...

Roy S. Underwood

Roy S. Underwood

Jul 1, 2017

Roy S. Underwood, 84 of Bluefield WV passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at his home after a two year battle with melanoma. Roy was born in Bluefield, WV on September 22, 1932; he was the son of Roscoe and Alice Bailey Underwood. Roy served in the Korean War with the Army Corp of Engineers. He worked as a...

Dr. David A. Kovach

Dr. David A. Kovach

Jun 28, 2017

Dr. David A. Kovach passed away on June 28, 2017 surrounded by family at his home.  Born September 2, 1944, he was the son of the late Gaza and Margaret Booher Kovach.    Dr. Kovach graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and received his DDS degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He then served two years in the United States Air Force...

Beulah Thelma Hodge

Beulah Thelma Hodge

Jun 23, 2017

Beulah “Toots” Thelma Hodge, age 77, of Anawalt, died on Friday, June 23, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.Born on January 12, 1940, in Leckie, WV, she was a daughter of the late Nathaniel and Emma Gay Newsome Jarvis. She had lived in Anawalt for the past 24 years and was a retired supervisor for the Amoco Oil Corporation. She was...