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Dexter Lee Huff
Jun 5, 2017
Dexter Lee Huff, 76, of Anawalt, WV, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at his home. Born on June 29, 1940 in Carroll County, VA, he was a son of the late Gleve G. and Ibra E. Mitchell Huff. He had been a resident of Pageton for most of his life and was a member of the Conlinktown Church...
Deborah Jean Horn
Jun 5, 2017
Deborah Jean Horn, age 62, of Wilmore, WV (Iaeger), formerly of Dubois, PA, went to the Lord’s arms on Monday June 5, 2017. She was the special daughter of Christine Graham Allen and John “Bud” Allen. She leaves behind a loving husband of 46 years, Herman Horn of Wilmore. Two daughters; Lisa Cardwell (Christopher Cardwell) and Jeannie Clements (David Clements)...
Ann Coffey
Jun 5, 2017
Falls Mills- Ann Coffey, 55, of Falls Mills, gained her angel wings on the 5th of June 2017. Born on May 22, 1962 in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of Betty Lou Mayo and the late John Spencer Mayo. Mrs. Coffey was a cook for Tazewell County Public Schools for 20 years as well as Bob Evans and Dairy...
Dennis Wright
Jun 3, 2017
Dennis Monroe Wright, 59, of Brushfork, went home to be with the LORD on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 12, 1958, he was a son of the late George and Nell Virginia Lawson Wright. He was a great son, brother and uncle and was of the Church of Christ faith. He was a...
Barbara Ann Pertee
Jun 3, 2017
Barbara Ann Crabtree Pertee, 72, of Bluerock Circle, Princeton, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family and friends.Born on December 10, 1944 in Big Sandy, she was a daughter of the late Girley and Bertie England Crabtree. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and sister. She was a member...
Evelyn Hamilton
Jun 2, 2017
Evelyn Dawson Hamilton, 74, of Sheppard Road, Bluewell, had her soul set free on the morning of June 2, 2017, leaving behind her earthly duties of wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Born on December 9, 1942 in English, WV, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Nettie Bell Dawson....
Kenneth Lawrence Minnix
Jun 1, 2017
Kenneth Lawrence Minnix, age 76, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital.Born on February 16, 1941 in Freeman, WV, he was a son of the late Wallace and Mary White Minnix. He worked for Steiners Cabinet Maker for 6 years, Consolidation Coal Company for 16 years and was self-employed in coal mining...
Milgram Raymond Sutphin
May 31, 2017
Milgram Raymond Sutphin, 71, of School Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at his home, with his wife by his side, after a long battle with cancer. Born on December 2, 1945 in Wytheville, VA, he was a son of the late Willie and Sybil Hall Sutphin. He was a welder for Norkfolk-Southern Railroad and attended...
Roger Lee Puckett
May 29, 2017
Roger Lee Puckett, Sr., 69, of Lorton Lick Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Roger was born on March 12, 1948 in Welch, West Virginia to the late William Lee Puckett and Martha Gray Puckett. Roger was a retired coal miner and Long Distance truck driver. Roger...
Joseph "Robin" Nester
May 28, 2017
Joseph Victor “Robin” Nester, 60, of Brandywine Lane Bluefield, WV passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at his home. Robin was born on April 13, 1957 in Bluefield, WV to Learlene Lilly Nester Baker and the late Vergil Ollen Nester. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV, he was a self-employed carpenter and had formerly been employed...
Elizabeth Geneva Cartwright
May 28, 2017
Elizabeth Geneva Cartwright, 81, of Main Coke Oven Road Pageton, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Dogwood Crossing Nursing Home in Tazewell, Virginia. Elizabeth was born on October 06, 1935 in Litwar, West Virginia to the late Bert and Mary Virginia Griggs Price. She had been a resident of Pageton for the past fifty years and...
Margaret Ann Jones
May 28, 2017
Margaret Ann Jones, 82, of Pageton WV, passed away on Sunday May 28th, 2017 at Glenwood Nursing Home. Margaret was born on December 11, 1934 in Maybeury, West Virginia to Charity and Albert Salsgiver. After the passing of her mother when she was only three, she was raised by her stepmother, Bessie Salsgiver Walker. Margaret married Roy Jones Sr. and...
Edna "Boots" Mae Lynch
May 27, 2017
Edna Mae “Boots” Lynch, 81, of Princeton Health Care formerly of New Hope Road passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Princeton Health Care in Princeton, West Virginia.Edna was born on November 29, 1935 in McComas, West Virginia to the late Robert and Bertha Lusk Poore. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 60 years and was of...
Anita Louise Holcomb
May 24, 2017
Anita Louise Holcomb, 76, of Glen Dale Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 13, 1941 in Thornhill, she was a daughter of the late Robert Estel and Mary Jenkins Hundley. She had been a resident of Princeton for 40 years and was a member of the Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness...
Ruth Hopkins
May 22, 2017
Ruth E. Hopkins, 88, of Roanoke, VA and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017 at the Raleigh Court and Rehab Center in Roanoke.Born on April 29, 1929 in Marytown, she was a daughter of the late Vent Elbert and Jessie Grant Hopkins. She graduated from Welch High School with a state certificated in distributed education. She...
Teresa Pilkins
May 21, 2017
Teresa Faye Kipfinger Pilkins, 56, of Stoney Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at the home of her parents. Born on January 20, 1961 in Norfolk, VA, she was a daughter of Jack and Ruth Hurley Kipfinger of Stoney Ridge Road, Bluefield. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended the Mowles Chapel....
Doris Evelyn Burgess
May 21, 2017
Doris Evelyn Burgess, 84, of Pocahontas, VA and Heritage Hall in Tazewell, passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on February 15, 1933 in Pocahontas, VA, she was a daughter of the late Herman Paul and Ethel Hedrick Davidson. She had been a lifelong resident of Pocahontas and was a member of the Boissevain Pentecostal...
David Wayne Rash
May 18, 2017
David Wayne Rash, 50, of Bluefield, WV, passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side on Wednesday, May, 18, 2017. David was born in Auroa, Colorado on February 4, 1967. He was a graduate of Princeton Senior High School. David attended Deliverance Temple Church in Brushfork, WV where he re-dedicated his life to Christ and was baptized...
Donald Louis Crisco
May 12, 2017
Donald Louis Crisco, age 86, of College Avenue, Bluefield, WV died on Friday, May 12, 2017 at his home.Born on April 13, 1931 in Brushfork, WV, he was a son of the late Adam McKinley and Minnie Elizabeth Davis Crisco. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in the US Army. He was the recipient of 2...
Edna Keller
May 11, 2017
Edna V. Keller, 68, of Pocahontas Avenue, Bramwell, WV, passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 6, 1948 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow and Virginia Sparks Cook. She had been a resident of Bramwell for most of her life and was a member of the Bluewell United...
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