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Etheline Maxine Burchett
Jan 27, 2015
Etheline Maxine Warden Burchett, 97, of rock Road, Montcalm, WV, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at her home. Born on November 27, 1917 in Nemours, she was a daughter of the late Lee and Daisy Dunn Warden. She had been a resident of Montcalm her entire life and was a member of the Wright Mountain Baptist Church. She...
James Ivan Wall
Jan 26, 2015
James Ivan Wall, 59, of Fairmont, WV, formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 at his home. Born on August 27, 1955 in Bluefield, he was a son of Margaret Jones Wall of Bluefield and the late Jack A. Wall. He has been a resident of Fairmont for 30 years and was of the Methodist faith. She...
Charles Edward Hurst, Sr.
Jan 24, 2015
Charles Edward Hurst, Sr., 78, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away with his loving family around him on Saturday, January 24, 2015. Born on March 6, 1936 in Dott, WV, he was a son of the late Chester Edward and Ada May Mateer Hurst. He had been a member of the Bluewell community for 78 years and was a...
Jesse Lee Cook
Jan 22, 2015
Jesse Lee Cook, 39, of Bluefield, Virginia was welcomed into Heaven Thursday, January 22, 2015 after a long illness. Born on February 26, 1975 in Tazewell, Virginia he was the son of Gail Cook. Jesse was a member of East End Baptist Church. He loved all of his family dearly. He served as PTA Dad at Springville Elementary for several...
James Hobert Wimmer
Jan 21, 2015
James Hobert Wimmer, 88, of 1800 Whitethorn Extension, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Bradshaw, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 21,2015. He passed peacefully at Bluefield Regional Hospital with family by his side. James was the owner and operator of Wimmer Service & Supply in Bradshaw, WV and retired in 1991. He was a former member of...
Sharon Gail Hearne
Jan 19, 2015
Sharon Gail Hearne, 65, of Hope Lane Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at her residence. Sharon was of the Baptist faith and had been a resident of Princeton since 1990. Sharon was born on January 02, 1950 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Roy Robey Hearne and Theda Sue Lang Hearne. In addition to...
Roger Wayne Chandler
Jan 19, 2015
Roger Wayne Chandler, 43, of 170 Coppola Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at his residence. Born on April 29, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Janice Ramona Nichols Chandler of Bluefield and the late Roger Lake Chandler, Sr. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a...
Doris F Whitlow
Jan 16, 2015
Doris Whitlow, 96, of Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Heritage Hall in Tazewell, Virginia. Doris was born on Monday, July 22, 1918 in Bassett, Virginia to the late Frank and Nannie Dodson Feazell. She was a member of the Fincastle Presbyterian Church in Bluefield, Virginia and the Red Hat Society. In addition to her parents,...
Franklin Roosevelt Moore Jr.
Jan 15, 2015
Franklin Roosevelt Moore Jr., 50, of Cumberland Road Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Northfork, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at his residence. Franklin was born on Thursday, January 16, 1964 in North Carolina to the late Franklin Roosevelt Moore Sr. and Sylvia Burger Moore. Franklin was a former Postal Worker in Northfork, West Virginia. He moved...
William Howard Mitchem
Jan 15, 2015
William Howard Mitchem, 59, of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. William was born on September 11, 1955 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Clifford and Selwyn Roberson Mitchem. He had been a resident of Princeton form most of his life. He was employed as a...
Brenda Joyce Proffitt
Jan 15, 2015
Brenda Joyce “Jody” Proffitt, age 58, of Meadow Loop Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on October 9, 1956 in Roanoke, VA, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Elbert Cox, Jr. and Annie Stewart Cox. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and attended...
Betty Jean Murphy
Jan 14, 2015
Betty Jean Johnson Murphy, 77, of Brushfork, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 29, 1937 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Elsvan Johnson, Sr., and Albenia Crigger Johnson. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and attended the Fairview Christian Church. She...
Samuel Rochetti
Jan 11, 2015
Samuel Rochetti, 89, of Arrowood Court, West Melvin, FL, and formerly of Crumpler, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at a Palm Bay, FL hospice house. Born on November 28, 1925 in Crumpler, he was a son of the late Mariano and Maria Guilani Rochetti. He had been a resident of FL for 20 years and was of the...
Lily Virginia Zeoli
Jan 10, 2015
Lily Virginia Zeoli, age 96, of Methodist Hill Road, Montcalm, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Virginia was born on April 10, 1918 in New River, VA to the late Vivian and Preston Simpkins. Virginia was a lifelong member of the Montcalm United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women....
Randal "Hambone" Hamilton
Jan 9, 2015
Randal "Hambone" Hamilton, 71, of Bluewell, West Virginia flew away with the angels Friday, January 9, 2015 surrounded by his family at Princeton Community Hospital. Born Tuesday, February 2, 1943 on Burke Mountain, he was the son of Wayne and Georgia Hamilton. He worked at National Electric Coil and PEMCO for many years. He loved riding motorcycles, drag racing, playing...
Edna Hazel Meskinish
Jan 9, 2015
Edna Hazel Meskinish 96, of Upshur St. Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Bramwell, West Virginia died Friday, January 09, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Edna was born on Thursday, June 27, 1918 in Pocahontas, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Frank and Pearl Carrier. She was a homemaker and attended Bramwell United Methodist...
Ual J. Thompson
Jan 8, 2015
Ual J. Thompson, 89, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Ual was born on September 16, 1925 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late Charles and Ester Francisco Thompson. He was a member of the Brushfork United Methodist Church. He was the former owner, along with...
Thomas Clifton Yates
Jan 8, 2015
Thomas Clifton Yates, 64, McNut Ave. of Princeton, West Virginia passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 08, 2015. He was born on October 22, 1950 in Elkhorn, West Virginia to the late Clifton Young Yates and Mary Helen Blevins Yates. He was a 1969 graduate of Northfork High School and worked in the mining industry for most of his adult...
Jason Samuel Grose
Jan 7, 2015
Jason Samuel Grose 45, of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, January 07, 2015 in Beckley, West Virginia from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Jason was born on October 11, 1969 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Judy Black and the late Billy B. “P.O.” Grose Sr. Jason was a Paramedic with Bluefield West Virginia Rescue Squad and served...
Eloise Farmer
Jan 6, 2015
Eloise "Lois" "Flossy" Mae (Hedrick) Farmer, of Pageton, WV went to be with her heavenly Father, Tuesday -January 6, 2015 at her home, surrounded by her family, after a short battle with cancer. Born May 9, 1928, in Hiawatha, WV, she was the daughter of the late James Agustus Hedrick and Josie Pine (Underwood) Hedrick. She was married to the...
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