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Rita Delphine Asbury
Nov 21, 2016
Rita Delphine (Jones) Asbury, 75, of Mystic, Connecticut, formerly from Princeton, WV, passed away to be home with her Lord and Savior on Nov 21, 2016 at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut. Born October 9, 1941 in Matoaka, WV, she was the daughter of Lehona Thorne (Jones) Morris and the late Edgar Jones. She graduated High School in Princeton and...
Elizabeth Dale Gregory
Nov 20, 2016
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." – Revelation 21:4 Elizabeth Dale Gregory, born May 26, 1942, at her great grandmother's home in Bluefield, WV, was the daughter of Myrtle Holt and Charlie Jack Gregory. Libby resided in...
Edith Collins
Nov 20, 2016
Edith Collins, 90, of Skating Rink Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Bowers Hospice house in Beckley. Born on April 1, 1926 in Litwar, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Barbara Robinette Cline. She had been a resident of the Bluefield area for 18 years and attended the Shields Chapel....
Xavier Hagerman-Witt
Nov 18, 2016
Xavier James Hagerman-Witt, son of Jessica Hagerman and Dakota Witt of Bluefield, was stillborn on Friday, November 18, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. In addition to his parents, survivors include Grandparents are Ted and Vickie Hagerman of Brushfork, Tina Hale of Bluefield, and Steven Witt and Leshia Witt of Kentucky; Great-Grandparents are Roscoe and Donna Hale of Bluefield, Harold and...
Clifford Lee Payne
Nov 17, 2016
Clifford Lee Payne 43 of Princeton died November 17, 2016. Born January 20, 1973 in Welch to the late Lewis Clifford and Linda Payne. Preceded in death by one sister, four brothers Survivors: Brothers Ronald Rose (Dinah); Jerry Payne (Michelle) and James Rose (Rachael). Five sisters Mary Bailey; Frances Underwood (Vernon); Michelle Payne (Harry); Linda Payne and Annie Riffe (Danny). ...
Larry David Cline
Nov 16, 2016
Larry David Cline, 74, of Coaldale Mountain Bramwell, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Westwood Center in Bluefield, Virginia. Larry was born September 29, 1942 in Justice, West Virginia to the late Albert and Mary Cline. Larry had been a resident of Coaldale for the past thirty years and attended the Church of God. In addition...
Zina Mae Miller
Nov 15, 2016
Zina Mae Miller, 73, of Lombardy Road, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 22, 1943 in Pageton, she was a daughter of the late Fred Lee and Hazel Dean Parks. She had been a resident of Springville for 56 years and was a member of the Tip Top Church...
Larry M. Kinzer
Nov 9, 2016
Larry M. Kinzer, 74 of Bluewell, WV passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at The Maples Nursing Home. He had lived at 262 Bluewell Ave. with his wife, Mary, for 43 years. Born April 6, 1942, in Montcalm, WV, he was the son of Ezra Kinzer and Nellie Riggs Kinzer. Larry was educated in McDowell County Schools. He was of...
Lillian Richardson Bourne
Nov 7, 2016
Lillian Richardson Bourne, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Monday, November 7, 2016, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born October 2, 1932, in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Ella Richardson. In addition to her parents, she also was preceded in death by husband Steve Bourne, Sr., granddaughter Jamie R. Bourne, brother Jack Richardson, sisters Virginia Wysor...
Rosa "Biboo" Corte
Nov 7, 2016
Rosa “Biboo” Corte, 92, of Fawn Circle, Bluefield, VA, formerly of Kimball, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2016. Born on October 19, 1924 in Kimball, she was a daughter of the late Nick and Anna Toman Strock. She had been a resident of Bluefield, VA since 1996 and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bluefield,...
Roxie Helen Marrs
Nov 6, 2016
Roxie Helen Marrs, age 77, of Boissevain, VA, died on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center.Born on April 5, 1939 in Brewsterdale, WV, she was the daughter of the late Davis and Rosie Nunley Bowman. She had lived in Boissevain since 1971 and was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith. In addition to her parents, she was...
Beatrice Murle Cardwell
Nov 6, 2016
Beatrice Murle Cardwell, 45, of Rock Road Montcalm passed away on Sunday, November 06, 2016 at her residence. Beatrice was born on August 06, 1971 in Charleston to Ottie and Shirley Tyler. Beatrice had been formerly employed as a CNA. Survivors include: her parents Ottie Lee and Shirley Jean Spears Tyler of Beckley; daughter Nicole Sumrall of Montcalm; grandson Jesse...
Vickie Jane Lunsford
Oct 29, 2016
Vickie Jane Lunsford, 65, of Coal Heritage Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia. Vickie was born on Friday, November 24, 1950 in Ennis, West Virginia to the late Isaiah and Evelyn Lambert Knight. Vickie had been a lifelong resident of the Bluefield area and was of the...
Wendy Ann Booth
Oct 29, 2016
Wendy Ann Booth, age 36, of Bluefield, WV, died on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on August 10, 1980, in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of Herbert and Venus Mullins Justice. She had lived in Bluefield her entire life and was a member of the Roderfield Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors: Sons: Barry Booth, Jr....
Alice Virginia Lockhart
Oct 29, 2016
Alice Virginia Nester Lockhart, 92, of Gastonia, North Carolina and formerly of Welch and Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Brookdale New Hope Assisted Living in Gastonia, North Carolina. She was born on March 22, 1924 in Coaldale, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Kelse and Hattie Mahaffey Nester. Alice attended Elkhorn...
Eugene Garland Lavender
Oct 22, 2016
Eugene Garland Lavender, age 88, of Bramwell Hill Road, Bramwell, WV died on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 14, 1928, in Upland, WV, he was a son of the late Albert E. and Reytha Hutton Lavender. He had lived in Bramwell for the past 65 years and was a member of the Bramwell...
Mona Elizabeth Taylor
Oct 20, 2016
Mona Elizabeth Owrey Taylor, age 65, of Glenwood Park Road, Princeton, WV expired at Princeton Community Hospital on October 20, 2016, after an extended illness. Born April 2, 1951 in Elkhorn, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Charles Henry Owrey and Mona Elizabeth Moreton Owrey. Mona was a graduate of Northfork High School, Concord College and West Virginia University,...
Lewis Henry Simons
Oct 19, 2016
Lewis Henry Simons, 93, of Kade Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 5, 1923 in Crozier, VA, he was a son of the late Fred and Margaret Blevins Simons. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 30 years and was a member of the Montcalm Church of...
Richard Eugene Roark, Sr.
Oct 17, 2016
Richard Eugene Roark, Sr., 52, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 28, 1963 in Bluefield, he was a son of Irene Pruitt Roark of Marion, OH and the late Billy E. Roark. He had been a resident of Princeton for 18 years and loved fishing, his family and his...
Donna Gail Calabro
Oct 13, 2016
Donna Gail Calabro, 74, of Wilson St. Yadkinville, North Carolina formerly of Welch, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at her residence. Donna had been a resident of North Carolina since 1997 and was a retired LPN. Donna was born on August 19, 1942 in Iaeger, West Virginia to the late James and Lenora Roberts Caskey. In...
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