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Betty Jennings Anderson
Apr 19, 2016
Betty Jennings Anderson, 59, of Meadow Circle, North Tazewell, VA passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Pulaski LewisGale Hospital. Born on October 21, 1959 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Betty Lou Jennings of Bluefield and the late George Garland Jennings, Jr. She was a 1975 graduate of Pocahontas High School and was perusing an online Bachelor...
Harold Gordon Witt, II
Apr 15, 2016
Harold Gordon Witt II, 49, of Coke Plant Road (Bluewell) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016 at his residence. Harold was born on December 06, 1967 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Harold Gordon Whitt, Sr. and the late Virginia Nuckols Witt. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and was a member of the Brushfork...
Nancy Ameli
Apr 13, 2016
Nancy J. Ameli, of Bluewell, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at her residence. Nancy was the first born child of Nick and Mary Piconi Ameli. She was born in Welch, WV, where the family lived until 1947 when they moved to Bluewell where she resided until her death. Survivors include: Sister, Christina Willis and spouse, William (Bill) and Brother,...
Jerry Wayne Stephenson
Apr 12, 2016
Jerry Wayne Stephenson, Jr., 32, of Huntington, WV was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven on April 12, 2016 at Cabell Huntington Hospital after a recent decline in health. Jerry was born in Princeton, WV on July 26, 1983 to the late Kathy Hazlewood and Jerry Stephenson, Sr. Jerry acknowledged his need for Jesus Christ and confessed the Lord as...
Clayton Perkins
Apr 12, 2016
Clayton W. Perkins, 92, of Trig Street, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on January 8, 1924 in Goodwill, he was a son of the late William C. and Mary York Perkins. He had been a resident of Princeton for several years and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was a retired...
Peggy Ann Marushia
Apr 11, 2016
Peggy Ann Franklin Marushia, 65, of Willow Bend Road, Lindside, WV, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 27, 1950 in Marytown, she was a daughter of the late Shade and Omie Mays Franklin. She had been a resident of Lindside since 1998 and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She was a...
Dennis "Ray" Blankenship
Apr 11, 2016
Dennis “Ray” Blankenship, 66, of Simmons River Road, Montcalm, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 8, 1949 in Grundy, VA, he was a son of the late Ira and Margaret Mattney Blankenship. He had been a resident of Montcalm for 18 years. He was a veteran of the US Marines and...
William Douglas Allemeier
Apr 8, 2016
William Douglas (Bill) Allemeier, 73, of Simmons River Road, Bramwell, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born and baptized at Providence Hospital, Detroit, MI, on April 15, 1942 to Ralph and Mary Allemeier of Delphos, Ohio. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Lassak-Allemeier, son Gregory Allemeier, daughter Sabrina Allemeier Karalus, step sons Jamie...
Herman "Buck" Cline
Apr 8, 2016
Herman “Buck” Cline, Jr. age 56, of Old Timer Road, Peterstown, WV, formerly of Litwar, died on Friday, April 8, 2016 at his home. Born on January 2, 1960, in Welch, WV, he was a son of Shirley Cline of Ballard, WV and the late Herman Cline, Sr. He had lived in Peterstown for the past 4 years and was...
Goldie Belcher Caughron
Apr 7, 2016
Goldie Belcher Caughron, 81, of Christiansburg, VA, formerly of Coaldale, WV died on Thursday, April 7, 2016 in Louisville, KY. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Bertha Belcher. She was preceded in death by 2 brothers, 8 sisters, and son in law, Everette Smith. She is survived by her son, Ron Caughron (Joann), Shelbyville, KY; daughter, Sandra...
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...
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