Obituaries

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Wayland Steven Gills

Wayland Steven Gills

May 21, 2015

Wayland Steven Gills, 60, of New Hope Road, Hinton and formerly of Duhring, WV passed away on Thursday May 21, 2015 at his home. Born October 10, 1954 in Bluefield he was the son of the late Randolph Dayton and Katherine Leona Gills. Wayland was a continuous mine operator in the coal industry, attended the Church of Christ in Duhring...

Virginia "Jig" Ellen Gullett

Virginia "Jig" Ellen Gullett

May 20, 2015

Virginia Ellen “Jig” Johnson Gullett, 68, of Foy Bypass (Duhring), Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at her home. Born on February 7, 1947 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Gracie Adkins Johnson. She had been a resident of Montcalm for 40 years and was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church....

Mary Elizabeth Bryant

Mary Elizabeth Bryant

May 18, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Goins Bryant, 94, of Clove Lane Statesville, NC and formerly of Gary, WV, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015 at the Maple Leaf Health Care in Statesville, NC. Born on October 15, 1920 in Wilcoe, WV, she was a daughter of the late Muncy and Alpha Goins. She had been a resident of NC for 3 years...

John Edgar Levitt, Jr.

John Edgar Levitt, Jr.

May 16, 2015

John Edgar Levitt, Jr., 83, of Fellowship Street (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on August 22, 1931 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late John Edgar Levitt, Sr. and Lorna Doone Levitt. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bluewell and had been a resident...

James Edward Lowman

James Edward Lowman

May 14, 2015

James Edward (Jimmy) Lowman, 90, of Bluewell, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 8, 1924 in Betsy Layne, KY, he was the last surviving son of the late Roger and Florence Belcher Lowman. He was a retired conductor from Norfolk & Western Railways with 30 years of service. He was a...

Billy Ray Phillips

Billy Ray Phillips

May 13, 2015

Billy Ray Phillips, age 63, of Pinnacle Lake Road, Bluefield, WV, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at his home. Born on February 20, 1953 in Raleigh County, he was a son of Sylvia Marie Jarrell Bailey of Oakvale Road, Princeton, WV and the late Richard F. Bailey. He had lived in Bluewell for the past 6 years and was...

Joseph Hamer

Joseph Hamer

May 11, 2015

Jacksonville Florida - Joseph Hamer, 99 of Jacksonville Florida, formerly of Sandlick, Bluefield WV and Burk Mountain, Keystone WV, passed away May 11, 2015. He was born December 6, 1915 in Lancashire County, Kearsley England. He was born to the late James Hamer and Nellie Stockton Hamer. Joe and his family migrated from England to America when he was 6...

Mary Lillian Jennings

Mary Lillian Jennings

May 10, 2015

Mary Lillian Patrick Jennings, age 93, of Dogwood Village Nursing Home in Orange, VA died on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Born in Coopers, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charles G. and Nannie E. Fowler Patrick. She was the fourth of eight children. She was married on December 7, 1942 to...

Cloy Dewayne Price

Cloy Dewayne Price

May 9, 2015

Cloy Dewayne “C.D.” Price, age 70, of Lakeland Drive, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Christian Hands Adult Care in Princeton, WV. Born on July 27, 1944 in Weston, WV, he was a son of the late Rev. Haywood C. and Muriel L. Turner Price. He had lived in Bluefield since 1964 and was a retired salesman...

David Mac Bogle

David Mac Bogle

May 8, 2015

David Mac Bogle, 58, of Bluefield, VA, died suddenly on Friday, May 8, 2015 at the Wake Forest Cancer Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Mac was born on November 20, 1956 in Bluefield; he was a son of Mary Frances Johnson Havens of Bland, VA. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 30 years and had worked for AEP for...

Rae Berneze Lester

Rae Berneze Lester

May 7, 2015

Rae Berneze Shrader Lester, "Mamaw B", 95, of Sandlick, WV passed away May 7, 2015. She has joined her heavenly father, her beloved Earnest, and her friends. Berneze was born August 10, 1919 in Bluefield to K.B. and Forest Fielder Shrader. Berneze was a lifelong resident of Sandlick and a homemaker. She was a member of Sandlick United Methodist Church...

Paula Marie Booth

Paula Marie Booth

May 6, 2015

Bluefield- Paula Marie Booth, 34, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Wednesday May 6, 2015. Born December 27, 1980 in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late John William Woody, Sr. and Peggy Smith Woody Wright of Princeton, WV. Mrs. Booth was a lifelong member of the First Church of the Nazarene of Bluefield, WV where she was a...

Carline Woods

Carline Woods

May 5, 2015

Carline Woods, age 73, of Gyro Road, Matoaka, WV died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at his home. Born on August 10, 1941 in Freeman, WV, he was a son of the late Cletus E. and Mable L. Bailey Woods. He had lived in Matoaka for the past 27 years and was a member of the Deliverance Temple Church at...

William Joseph Hart

William Joseph Hart

May 5, 2015

William Joseph Hart, 86, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at the Princeton Health Care in Princeton. Born on February 19, 1929 in Horsepen, VA, he was a son of the late Wayne and Mary Graham Hart. He had been a resident of Bluefield since 1964 and was a retired truck driver and...

John H. Rodrian

John H. Rodrian

May 5, 2015

John H. Rodrian, age 91 of Westerville, OH passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Bluffton, SC. Mr. Rodrian was born on August 14, 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of the late John Dunnun Rodrian and Jane Harris Rodrian. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Force during WWII. He received his formal education from Carnegie...

Patricia A. Webb

Patricia A. Webb

May 3, 2015

Patricia A. (Patty) Repass Webb of Browning Lambert Mountain, went to be with the Lord on May 3, 2015, where she was surrounded by her family. She was currently living with her daughter Sandra and husband Danny Shott in Bluefield. Patty, was the daughter of the late Ernest and Rosie Martin Repass. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Maggie Hawley

Maggie Hawley

May 3, 2015

Maggie E. Hawley, 78, Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on February 25, 1937 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Poynter and Cholia LaRue Poynter. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 50 years and was a retired cook. Mrs....

Franklin D. Beavers

Franklin D. Beavers

May 2, 2015

Franklin D. Beavers, 81, of Pinnacle View Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Born on June 14, 1933 in English, WV, he was a son of the late Aldie Beavers and Tracy Beavers Vitatoe. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was...

Joe Edward Ashley

Joe Edward Ashley

May 1, 2015

Joe Edward Ashley, 44, of Pleasant Valley Drive, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on January 25, 1971 in Welch, he was a son of Ruby Muncy Ashley Craft of Princeton and the late Joe Ashley, Jr. He had been a resident of Princeton for several years and had formerly worked for...

Ethel Brown Grego Alger

Ethel Brown Grego Alger

Apr 30, 2015

Ethel Brown Grego Alger, 95, of High Point, NC, died peacefully in her sleep, Thursday, April 30, 2015, at her residence. Born January 31, 1920 in West Jefferson, NC. Ethel was the daughter of the late Emory and Eula Brown. She was preceded in death by husbands, Fortunato Grego and William “Al” Alger. six brothers; Edward, Gwin, Willard, Robert, Burman...