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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...
Marjorie Roland
Mar 3, 2016
Marjorie Murray Roland, 90, of Airport Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at her home. Born on October 1, 1925 in River, KY, she was a daughter of the late Jonathan and Doris Mary Brown Murray. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1993 and was a homemaker. She came to West Virginia at an...
Titus Eugene Cassell
Mar 2, 2016
For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. Romans 14:8 Titus Eugene Cassell North Tazewell – Titus Eugene Cassell, 70, of 142 Montclair Circle Road, North Tazewell, VA went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March...
Drema Sue Blackburn
Mar 1, 2016
Drema Sue Blackburn, 58, of Harmon Bridge Road, Thorpe, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at her home. Born on March 21, 1957 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of Bonnie Miller Walker of Thorpe and the late Herman Walker. She had been a lifelong resident of Thorpe and was a retired nursing assistant with 23 years...
Robert Alan Lunsford
Mar 1, 2016
Robert Alan Lunsford, 57, of Union Street Bluefield, WV passed away on Tuesday, March 01, 2016 at Charleston Area Medical Center, from a long illness. Alan was born August 22, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois to the late James Ryland and Frances Nira Taylor Lunsford. Alan served his country in the US Navy. Alan was employed at Bailey Lumber company at...
Kenneth Johnson Bailey
Mar 1, 2016
John 3:16 " For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Kenneth Johnson Bailey, 66, of Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on October 27, 1949 in Bluefield, he...
John Zane Surface
Mar 1, 2016
John Zane Surface, prominent Mercer County businessman, age 91, died March 01, 2016. Sandlick lost one of its oldest and finest citizens on this date. John was born June 27, 1924. He was the son of Frank E. Surface and Jeanette Carter Surface. In addition he was preceded in death by his brothers George, William, Donald, Kelly, and his beloved...
Helen Felicia Edwards
Feb 26, 2016
Helen Felicia Edwards, 93, of WJE Place (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016 at her home. Born on November 22, 1922 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Kelly and Mary Dotson Dillon. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 45 years and was a homemaker. She was of the Pentecostal faith. In...
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