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Randall Ray Parks
Aug 7, 2015
Randall Ray Parks, 53, Maybeury, died August 7, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born May 9, 1962 in Welch to the late Alfred and Mary Alice Graham Parks and was a lifelong resident of Maybeury. Survivors: Son: Jessie Parks Daughter: Monica Cochran Companion: Lora Cochran Brothers: Russell, Norman and William Parks Sister: Janice Estep Services will be conducted on Wednesday,...
Lewis John Williamson
Aug 7, 2015
Lewis John Williamson 97 of Bluefield, WV formerly of Bramwell, WV passed away on Friday, August 07, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Lewis was born on March 26, 1918 in Bedford, VA to the late Lanie and Donie Maxie Williamson. Lewis was a long time employee of Belcher Alignment Service in Bluewell, WV and had been...
Madeline Carol Herndon
Aug 6, 2015
Madeline Carol Herndon 73 of Sandlick Road Bluefield, WV formerly of Bramwell, WV passed away on Thursday, August 06, 2015 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Carol was born on July 22, 1942 in McComas, WV to the late Woodrow and Nora Church. She was a Member of the Bramwell United Methodist Church and President of United Methodist Women as well...
Phyllis Virginia Jennings
Aug 6, 2015
Phyllis Virginia Dunn Jennings, 69, of Montcalm, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on September 10, 1945 in Pocahontas, VA, she was a daughter of the late Coy Oscar and Laula Hodges Dunn. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Melvin Junior Prevento
Aug 5, 2015
Melvin Junior Prevento 61, of Littlesburg Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 at his residence. Melvin was born on August 25, 1953 in Davy, WV to Melvin Prevento Sr. of Montcalm, WV and the late Thelma Jackson. Melvin had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 15 years and was of the Protestant faith. He...
Mary Ellen Jones
Aug 3, 2015
"Nevertheless, I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel and afterward, you will take me into glory." Mary Ellen Kade Jones of Deerfield Subdivision, Bluefield, Virginia, passed away at Bluefield Regional Medical Center on Monday, August 3, 2015, following a short illness. Mary was born in Bluefield, WV on December...
Alice Jeffery
Jul 31, 2015
Alice Jeffery, 45, of Bluefield, passed away July 31, 2015. She was a daughter of Violet Hodge of Bluefield, and the late Junior Hodge. Survivors include: Finance: Rayman Tiller Sisters: Tammy Carver and Mary Bourne Brothers: Robert and Roger Hodge Funeral services will be Monday, August 3, 2015 at 7:00PM at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home. Burial will follow at a later...
Charlotte Jeanette Moore
Jul 28, 2015
Charlotte Jeanette Moore, 69, of Covemont Loop (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 28, 2015 at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Born on September 30, 1945 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Leander and Juanita Hatfield Christian. She had been a resident of Sister’s Mobile Home Park in Brushfork for the past 20...
Shelby Jean Ogle
Jul 27, 2015
Shelby Jean Ogle 73 of Princeton, WV passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015 at an area hospital. Shelby was born on November 29, 1941 in Switchback, WV to the late Mason and Elizabeth Quesenberry Meadows. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by four children Billy, Mark, Betty Ann Bogle and June Hobs, two sisters Lucy...
Leon Robert Garvin, Jr.
Jul 22, 2015
Leon Robert Garvin, Jr., age 69, of Alvis Road, Princeton, WV died on Wednesday July 22, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 26, 1945 in Abilene, Texas, he was a son of the late Leon Robert Garvin, Sr. and Lessie Blackerby Garvin. He was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict having served in the US Navy. He had...
Anthony Ray Amborn
Jul 16, 2015
Anthony Ray Amborn, 58, of Browning Lambert Mountain Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born on May 7, 1957 in Rock, he was a son of Theron and Yvonne Pigg Amborn of Michigan City, In. He had been a lifelong resident of Rock and was a member of the Mt....
Laura Joan Griffith
Jul 16, 2015
Laura Joan Griffith 53 of Idle Acres Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015 in Tybee Island, GA. Laura was born on January 29, 1962 in Gouverneur, New York to the late David F. and Lilly Roland Griffith. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1978 and was a member of the Catholic Church. She is...
Jacob DeWayne Davidson
Jul 14, 2015
Jacob DeWayne Davidson, 34, of Wilderness Road, Bland, VA, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at his home. Born on July 3, 1981 in Hinesville, GA, he was a son of Mark Anthony Davidson, Sr. and Katrina Ann Linkous Davidson. He had been a resident of Bland for 2 years and was self-employed. He was preceded in death by...
Adele Wright
Jul 11, 2015
Adele Mara Wright, 66, of Rock, passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at her home. Born on January 15, 1949 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late Cletus E. and Mable L. Bailey Woods. She had been a resident of Rock for 15 years and was a member of the Deliverance Temple Church. She was a homemaker....
Helen "Libbie" Angles
Jul 11, 2015
Helen “Libbie” Angles, age 51, of Price Street, Bluefield, VA joined GOD’S Angels on Saturday, July 11, 2015. Born on December 8, 1963 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Bertha Horne Honaker. She worked at Joy Global Corporation in Bluefield, VA and had attended the Midway Church of Christ. She was a loving and devoted...
Lesly "Toejoe" Joe Hicks
Jul 10, 2015
Lesly “Toejoe” Joe Hicks 38 of Montcalm, WV passed away on July 10, 2015. Lesly was born on October 10, 1976 in Bluefield, WV to Tony and Tammy McNaught Hicks. Lesly had been a resident of Montcalm for the past 11 years. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Sherman and Ruth Hicks and maternal grandparents Al and...
Joseph Dean Hicks
Jul 10, 2015
Joseph Dean Hicks 52 of Montcalm passed away on July 10, 2015 at a residence in Montcalm. Joseph was born on March 25, 1963 in Chicago, IL to the late Sherman and Ruth Spicer Hicks. He was a former employee of Georgia Pacific as an equipment operator. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife...
Gwyneth Green
Jul 10, 2015
Gwyneth Mae Green, 48, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2015 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on May 19, 1967 in Inglewood, NJ, she was a daughter of Hershell Eugene Key of Anawalt and Betty A. Akers Hawkins of Bluefield. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1989 and was a homemaker. She...
Eppie Mae Steele Sullivan
Jul 9, 2015
Eppie Mae Cook Steele Sullivan, 57, of Edgewood Road Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Thursday, July 09, 2015 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, Virginia. Eppie was born on April 07, 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Lewis (L.B.) and Irma Stacy Cook. She was a longtime resident of Bluefield, Virginia moving here in 1971. She had also be...
James Reece Asbury, Sr.
Jul 8, 2015
James Reece “Greek” Asbury, Sr., 88, of Clovis Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born on July 7, 1927 in Tazewell, VA, he was a son of the late Charles and Emma Lou Waddell Asbury. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 35 years and was a member...
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