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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...
Sylvia Marie Schultz
Nov 8, 2015
Sylvia Marie Schultz, 60, of Moss Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 4, 1954 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Bernard Lee and Emma Mae Bishop Hanks. She had lived in Bluefield for several years and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was...
Brenda Lea Mills
Nov 5, 2015
Brenda Lea Mills 63 of 163 Judah Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, November 05, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Brenda was born on October 08, 1952 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Osbie “Bob” Bostic and Goldie Bishop Bostic. In addition to her parents Brenda was preceded in death by two...
James "Jim" Ronald Helton
Nov 5, 2015
BLUEFIELD- James Ronald “Jim” Helton, artist, graphic designer, movie aficionado, long term caregiver, and a true English gentleman, departed this world at his home, on the evening November 5, 2015, (on Guy Fawkes’ Day!) following a long illness. He would have gotten great joy from the symbolism, due to his revolutionary nature. He was truly a force to be reckoned...
Donna Walton Hamilton
Nov 5, 2015
Donna Walton Hamilton, 71, of Bluewell, WV flew away with the angels Thursday, November 5, 2015 at her home in Bluewell. Born November 19, 1943 at Bluefield Sanitarium in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of James and Ellen Walton. She lived in McComas, WV during the early years of her life and then moved to Bluewell, WV where she...
Carla Jean Long
Nov 1, 2015
Carla Jean Long 52 of Packing Plant Road Bluefield, WV passed away on November 01, 2015 Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Carla was born on August 11, 1963 in Bluefield, WV to Ollie Jane Bumgardner Ruble of Ohio and the late Carl Field. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV. In addition to her father...
Daniel Ray Lambert
Oct 31, 2015
Northfork, WV- Daniel Ray Lambert, 73, of Eckman Hollow, Northfork, WV, passed away Saturday October 31, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born April 20, 1942 he was a son of the late Velmer Lambert, Sr. and Minnie Duncan Lambert. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sons; Mitchel and Troy Lambert, and two brothers....
Harold Mickey Fowler
Oct 30, 2015
Harold Mickey Fowler, Sr., age 66, of Thorpe, WV died on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on December 20, 1948 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Roy and Georgia Mitchem Fowler. He had lived in McDowell County his entire life and was a retired disabled coal miner. He was a member...
Cathelene Mae Smith
Oct 27, 2015
Cathelene Mae Smith, 92, of Falls Mills, VA, went to be with her Savior on October 27, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Born on August 9, 1923 near Logan, in the small town of Niebert. She was the last of 12 children born to Albert Peyton and Lena Elizabeth Osborne Justice. A self-taught seamstress, she made clothing...
Virginia Attleen Scott
Oct 27, 2015
Virginia Attleen Scott, age 90, of Bluewell, WV went to her Eternal Home on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 in Roanoke, VA after a sudden illness. Born September 12, 1925 in West Jefferson, NC, Attleen was the daughter of the late R. L. “Fate” and Ella Mae Miller Elliott Hodges. Attleen was a member of Bluewell United Methodist Church since 1948,...
Arabella Walker
Oct 25, 2015
Arabella Walker, 100, of Caudill Court, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at her home. Born on July 26, 1915 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Louisi Ana Bailey McKenzie. She had been a resident of Princeton for 48 years and was a member of the New Hope United Methodist...
Olive Pennington
Oct 21, 2015
Olive Pennington, age 85, of Red Bud Drive, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. She was born on August 5, 1930 in Scotland. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 46 years and was a retired nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bluefield. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In...
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