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Cathy Faye Roark
Apr 7, 2016
Cathy Faye Roark, 62, of Jerico Lane, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Welch Community Hospital. Born on February 15, 1954 in Welch she was a daughter of the late Charlie V Roark, Sr. and Lois Hamm Roark. She had been a resident of Gary for 20 years and was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Harry Arthur Montgomery
Apr 6, 2016
Harry Arthur Montgomery, 94, formerly of Quail Valley Manor Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Harry was born on January 13, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Harry Arthur Montgomery and Gertrude Pearee Montgomery. Harry was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Princeton,...
Sam Walter Perdue
Apr 6, 2016
Sam Walter Perdue, 76, of Hutchins Hollow Road Maybeury, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at his residence. Sam was born on August 04, 1939 in Barlow, West Virginia to the late Raymond and Ruth Wimmer Perdue. He had been a lifelong resident of Maybeury and attended the Maybeury Church of God. Sam was a retired coal...
Jean Lawrence
Apr 2, 2016
Jean Massie Lawrence, 81, of Mercer Mall Road (Maple View Community), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Princeton Healthcare from complications due to Alzheimer’s. Born on May 1, 1934 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Willard R. and Viola Parsons Massie. Jean was a 1953 graduate of Beaver High School and West Virginia...
James "J.W." Holbrook
Mar 31, 2016
James W. “J.W.” Holbrook, 97, of Bluefield, Virginia went to his heavenly home on Thursday, March 31, 2016. J.W. was born on January 10, 1919 in Gratton, Virginia. He was the son of the late Randolph and Mamie Wagner Holbrook. J.W. had been a 50 + year member of the Harmon Masonic Lodge in Bluefield, Virginia, Past Master of Grand...
Edward Bryant
Mar 29, 2016
Edward Bryant, 77, of Johnson Street Anawalt, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Edward was born on March 22, 1939 in Eckman, West Virginia to the late Bailey Owens and Virginia Bryant. He was of the Baptist faith and was a retired coal miner. He had been a resident...
Patricia Ann Hall
Mar 27, 2016
Patricia Ann Hall, 74, of Hardison Street, Mocksville, NC, and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016. Born on August 25, 1941 at Coalwood, she was a daughter of the late Early H. and Cathlene Justice Smith. She had been a resident of Mocksville for over a year and was formerly of Bluewell. She was a homemaker....
Rufus Spencer
Mar 27, 2016
RUFUS SPENCER, 76, of Bluefield, Virginia, passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, on Resurrection Sunday, March 27, 2016. He was born on December 23, 1939, in Welch, WV, to the late Rufus and Mary Ella Wade Spencer. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Baylor Spencer and Charles Spencer; and one sister, Cecelia Spencer. Rufus attended the Elkhorn and Northfork...
Tommy Elvie Clemons
Mar 26, 2016
Tommy Elvie Clemons, 55, of Sherman Oaks Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on May 15, 1960 in Princeton, he was a son of the late Jack and Nancy Hazelwood Blevins. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 24 years and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. He had previously...
Tina Reedy
Mar 26, 2016
Tina Elizabeth Hitt Reedy, 51, of Due West Avenue N., Madison, TN, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Kendred Hospital in Nashville, TN. Born on September 8, 1964 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Patricia Belcher Briley of Bluefield and the late Edward Allen Smith. She was raised by her stepfather, the late Charles Briley. She...
Robert Fairchild
Mar 25, 2016
Robert E. Fairchild, 82, of New Hope Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, March 25, 2016 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born on February 18, 1934 in Davy, he was a son of the late George and Gillie Andrew Fairchild. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and was a retired security guard. In addition...
Rose Marie Premo
Mar 24, 2016
Rose Marie Premo, 62, of Princeton died at Princeton Community Hospital on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Rose Marie was born on April 11, 1953 in Bluefield, WV. She was the beloved granddaughter of Jack Premo, Sr. and Betty Rose Branson Premo who adopted her at a very early age. Rosie was born blind and had special needs, but she loved...
Kyle "Sandy" Sanford Lucado
Mar 20, 2016
Kyle Sanford “Sandy” Lucado, Jr., 58, of Crestview Drive, Pulaski, VA, and formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at LewisGale Hospital in Pulaski, VA. Born on June 27, 1957 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Kyle Lucado, Sr. and Mildred Pennington Lucado. He was raised by his grandparents, M/M Russ Pennington. He was...
Jimmy Uriah Warden
Mar 15, 2016
Jimmy Uriah Warden, 78, of Index Lane Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, West Virginia. Jimmy was born on May 21, 1937 in Montcalm, West Virginia to the late Thomas Andrew Warden and Eva May Slusser Warden. Jimmy was a graduate of Montcalm High School. After high school, Jimmy...
Matthew "Sam" N. King
Mar 15, 2016
Matthew N. "Sam" King, 80, of Princeton, WV died Tuesday morning March 15, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born October 1, 1935 in McComas, WV, he was the son of the late David King and Maggie Shrewsbury King. He started at Consolidation Coal Company as an electrician at Crane Creek and he was the proud owner of King's Tire Service...
Lawrence Louis Kapish
Mar 15, 2016
Lawrence Louis Kapish, 90, of Thorpe, WV passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Lawrence was born on June 06, 1925 in Thorpe, WV to the late Joseph Kapish and Catherine Baodner Kapish. He was retired from US Steel as warehouse foreman for 44 years; he served his country with the US Navy during WWII. He...
Michael Gordon East, Sr.
Mar 15, 2016
Michael Gordon East Sr., 66, of Prosperity School Rd. Rock (Windmill Gap), West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Michael was born on February 22, 1950 n Mercer County, West Virginia to the late Charles Raymond East and Myrtle McMillan East. Michael had been a lifelong resident of Windmill Gap and was of...
Ronald Lee Beggs
Mar 13, 2016
Ronald Lee Beggs, 64, of Redsky (Redeye Ridge) Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at his home. Born on April 25, 1951 in Goodwill, he was a son of the late Fred and Edith Taylor Beggs. He was raised by his grandmother, Eureka Beggs. He was a member of the Montcalm Church of Christ and was...
Linda Lou Underwood
Mar 12, 2016
Athens, WV. — Linda Lou (Cochran) Underwood, 67, of Athens, WV, and formerly of Rock, WV, went to be with the Lord on March 12, 2016. She was born in Ashland, WV on July 1, 1948 to the late Sherman S. Cochran and Ellen Stanley Cochran of Mercer County. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Lloyd Thomas...
Antonio "Tony" Rasi
Mar 11, 2016
Antonio “Tony” Rasi, 68, of Lynwood Drive, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born on January 18, 1948 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Frank and Christine Burgess Rasi. He had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for 44 years and was a member...
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