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Virginia Merkle
Dec 9, 2015
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Virginia Merkle, of Anawalt passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at her home. Ms. Merkle was born at Anawalt, WV and was the daughter of the late Frank and Sadie Lakitch Merkle. She had been a lifelong resident of Anawalt and was a member of the Catholic Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Phillip Patrick Lucion
Dec 8, 2015
Hensley, WV--In the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 8, 2015 heaven gained another angel when Phillip Patrick (Tallyboy) Lucion, 70 of Hensley, West Virginia was called home. Philip was the son of the late Robert and Ella Hill Lucion. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Rhonda Gail Lucion and daughter Tammy Lynn Lucion. In addition to...
Johnnie William Moore
Dec 8, 2015
Johnnie William Moore, 91, of Tazewell, VA, and formerly of Pageton, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at his home. Born on November 21, 1924 in Pageton, he was a son of the late Coley Moore and Carrie Fuller White. He had been a resident of Pageton for most of his life and was of the Methodist faith. He...
David Wayne Quesinberry
Dec 8, 2015
David Wayne Quesinberry, age 48, of Quail Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at his home. Born on November 23, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Sandra Southerland Sexton of Princeton and the late Gary W. Quesinberry. He had been a resident of Bluefield and Princeton for the last 8 years and attended the...
Phillip Roger Canoy
Dec 5, 2015
Lebanon, VA—On Saturday, December 5, 2015, our Heavenly Father called Phillip Roger Canoy to eternal rest after a brief but difficult battle with cancer. Phillip was born on November 19, 1938 in Switchback. He graduated from Northfork High School and served his country in the US Air Force. He worked for the FBI for a short time and then settled...
Rocky Stewart Dillon
Dec 5, 2015
Rocky Stewart Dillon 50 of Pinnacle Lake Road Bluefield, West Virginia beloved husband, father, son and brother went to be with the LORD on Saturday, December 05, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a long illness. Rocky was born on February 26, 1965 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Linda Compton Dillon and the late William “Bill” Dillon. Rocky had...
Samuel David Hood
Dec 4, 2015
Samuel “Sam” David Hood, age 69, of Old Coaldale Mountain Road, Coaldale, WV died on Friday, December 4, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on November 29, 1946 in Welch, he was a son of the late David and Flossie Tedder Hood. He had lived in Coaldale for the past 30 years and was a retired carpenter and roofer. He...
Sammy Jarrod Stepp
Dec 3, 2015
Sammy Jarrod Stepp, 32, of Tyro Place (Bluewell), Bluefield and formerly of Anawalt, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015. Born on March 7, 1983 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Juanita Stepp and had lived most of his life in McDowell County. He was a 2001 graduate of Pocahontas High School and formerly worked at Echostar....
Russell Douglas Lemons
Dec 1, 2015
Russell Douglas Lemons, age 86, of Brierwood Lane, Bluefield, WV died on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at Westwood Health Care in Bluefield, VA. Born on June 20, 1929 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Flem and Doris Nolan Lemons. He had lived in Bluefield, WV most of his life and was a graduate of Beaver High School....
Mary Jo Tackett Mitchem
Nov 30, 2015
Mary Jo Tackett Mitchem 65 of Laurel Street Bluefield (Bluewell), WV passed away on Monday, November 30, 2015 at her residence. Mary was born on March 15, 1950 in Mohegan, WV to the late Joseph and Martha Hicks Tackett. She had been a resident of Bluewell for the past 16 years and was a member of the Old Fashion Full...
Patricia Ann Roberts
Nov 29, 2015
Patricia Ann Roberts, 47, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at her home. Born on August 11, 1968 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Mary Stevenson Roberts of the home and the late Cleophus Roberts. She had been a resident of Bluefield for all of her life, was a homemaker, and was of...
Jackie Howard Chatman
Nov 28, 2015
Jackie Howard Chatman, known to his friends as Jack, of Bramwell, WV was 75 years old. He passed away on November 28th 2015 in Inman, SC surrounded by his family. He leaves behind a Sister Wanda Smith, a daughter Rondi Browning, and a granddaughter Lily Browning. Family will receive friends and relatives on Friday, December 11, 2015 from 5:00p.m. until...
Andrew Semonco
Nov 26, 2015
Andrew “Andy” Semonco, age 92, of Red Oak Ridge, Bluefield, WV, an old soldier, went home to be with his Savior on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at his home. Born on June 8, 1923 in Elkhorn, WV he was a son of the late Andrew Bosic Semonco and Mary Damon Semonco. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 21...
Robert Luther Brooks
Nov 18, 2015
Robert Luther Brooks, 77, of Yukon Street, Princeton, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 6, 1938 in Sharpsburg, GA, he was a son of the late John Robert and Della Verner Brooks. He had been a resident of Princeton for 50 years and was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic...
Erin Marie Brown
Nov 17, 2015
Erin Marie Farley Brown, 39, of Lynn Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 in Floyd, VA from injuries sustained from a vehicle accident. Born on December 5, 1975 in New York, she was a daughter of James Farley of Princeton and Marie Theobald Farley of Elliston, VA. She was employed by Fed-Ex and was of the...
Jimmy Wayne Thompson
Nov 16, 2015
Princeton- Jimmy Wayne Thompson, Sr., 81, of Jimmies Place, Princeton, WV, went home to be with his Savoir Monday November 16, 2015. Born May 09, 1934 in McComas, WV, he was a son of the late Edd and Goldie Conner Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Ceres Baptist Church, was a retired sales representative having worked with Pocahontas...
Paul Lewis Bell
Nov 12, 2015
Paul Lewis Bell, 86, of French Street (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born on August 1, 1929 in Freeman, he was a son of the late Aries and Dora Belcher Bell. He was a retired coal miner and was a veteran of the US Army, serving in Korea. In...
Sylvester "Bud" Grose
Nov 11, 2015
Sylvester “Bud” Grose, 89, of Dogwood Hill Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, went to be with his LORD on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 21, 1926 in Crumpler, he was the son of the late Henry Harrison and Sadie Lambert Grose. He was a member of the Voice of Praise Worship Center and was employed by...
Shirley Marrs Gilmore
Nov 10, 2015
Shirley Marrs Gilmore, age 80, formerly of Maple Acres, Green Valley, Princeton, West Virginia went to be with the Lord on November 10, 2015 at the Heritage Retirement Center, Tomball, Texas. She had been a resident of Texas for 3 years. Shirley was born December 21, 1934 to the late Bill Marrs and Ruby Crawford Marrs at Nemours, WV. Survivors...
Marie Elena Acord
Nov 8, 2015
Marie Elena Acord, age 73, of Maybeury, WV died on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on February 17, 1945 in Switchback, WV, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Martin Spinella. She had lived Maybeury and Elkhorn for the past 20 years and was a member of the Maybeury Church of God. She...
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