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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...
Donnie Steele
Mar 10, 2016
HERNDON — Donnie Steele, 66, of Herndon Road, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the home of his son. Born on November 26, 1949 in Welch, he was a son of the late William Sherman and Agnes Gibson Steele. He was a maintenance worker for Norfolk & Southern Railroad and was a veteran of the US Air Force...
Margaret Ann Simmons
Mar 9, 2016
Margaret Ann Simmons, 76, of College Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, March 09, 2016 at The Maples nursing and Rehab center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Margaret Ann was born on January 08, 1940 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Arlie and Margaret Ayers. Margaret was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bluefield, West Virginia....
Della Louise Taylor
Mar 7, 2016
Della Louise (Thompson) Taylor, 68, of Beckley and formerly of Pocahontas, VA. Went peacefully to be with the Lord March 7, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents Jack and Geneva Thompson and two infant daughters. She is survived by her son Jesse Cook and his wife Tina of Beckley, WV and her beloved grandson Tyler Cook of...
Kathleen Kirk
Mar 6, 2016
Kathleen V. Johnston Kirk, 85, of Estes Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 28, 1930 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late James Allen and Cora Pierce Johnston. She had been a resident of Mercer County for most of her life and was a member of...
Bettie Maybelle White
Mar 5, 2016
Bettie Maybelle White, 83, of Clayton Pointe Drive Clayton, North Carolina formerly of Ashland, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at her residence in North Carolina. Maybelle was born on September 14, 1932 in Ashland, West Virginia to the late William D. and Lillie Brooks Owens. She resided in Ashland, West Virginia, for the majority of her...
Charles Roger Barie, Sr.
Mar 5, 2016
Charles “Roger” Barie, Sr., 66, of McPeake Court, Bluefield, went to be with our LORD on Saturday, March 05,2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Charles was born on October 22, 1949 to the late John and Hazel Godfrey Barie. Roger was a avid race car driver and CB and HAM radio operator. In addition to his parents...
Mary Magdalene Justus Kirk
Mar 4, 2016
Mary Magdalene Justus Kirk, 85, of Princeton, West Virginia went to her heavenly home on Friday, March 4, 2016 at her residence. Mary was born on July 04, 1930 in Panther, West Virginia to the late Thomas and Nellie Roberts Justus. Mary, formerly of Coalwood, West Virginia, worked as the manager of Sears in Welch for many years. She had...
David Lee Hines
Mar 4, 2016
David Lee Hines, age 53, of Branch Street, Crumpler, WV died on Friday, March 04, 2016 at his home. Born on May 25, 1962 in Welch, he was a son of the late Mack and Myrtle May Hines. He had lived in Crumpler for the past 28 years and was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a member...
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