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Zonah Ilene Dooley
Sep 7, 2014
Zonah “Ilene” Dooley, 87, of Glenwood, went to be with her LORD on Sunday, September 7, 2014 from GlenWood Park Nursing Home. Born on September 30, 1927 in Oakvale, Ilene was a daughter of the late Cephus Boyd Harry and Willie Wimmer Harry. She was the wife of 60 years to the late Rev. Charlie G. Dooley, Jr. She was...
Roger Wayne Burnopp
Sep 5, 2014
Roger Wayne Burnopp 72 of Red Oak Ridge Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, September 05, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Roger was born on April 01, 1942 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Edward K. and Mary E. Bailey Burnopp. He has been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended Brushfork Baptist...
Freddie Gentry
Sep 5, 2014
Freddie Gentry, 77, of Crumpler, WV died peacefully on September 5, 2014 surrounded by his family. He was born in Crumpler, WV on September 23, 1936 and was the son of the late Roby S. and Daphna Gentry. Throughout his life he was known to his many friends as "Toe". Freddie was a veteran of the United States Army, after...
Shelby Jean Murray
Sep 1, 2014
Shelby Jean Murray, 77, of Autry Place, Princeton, went to be with her Lord and loved ones on September 1, 2014. Born on April 1, 1937 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Hall McNeal and Lellier French McNeal. She was of the Baptist faith and had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life....
Timothy Roy Johnson
Aug 22, 2014
Timothy Roy Johnson 45 of Middle Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley, West Virginia. Timothy was born on Saturday, January 04, 1969 in New Martinsville, West Virginia to Helen (Workman) Johnson of Paden City, WV and the late Charles Johnson. Timothy was a graduate of Paden City High...
Barbara Waddell
Aug 21, 2014
Barbara A. Privett Waddell, 53, of Immanuel Lane, Bluefield, passed on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on Welch on December 23, 1960 she was a daughter of the late Charles Privett and Nancy Day Privett of Bluefield, WV. She was a graduate of Concord College at Athens, WV. She retired from the Mercer County School System...
Sharon Joy Issacs
Aug 20, 2014
Sharon Joy Isaacs, age 59, of Bluewell, WV died on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 26, 1954 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Irene Collins Isaac. She had lived in the Bluefield area her entire life having been raised in Duhring on River Road. She was a...
Kenneth William Beard
Aug 20, 2014
Kenneth William Beard, 72, of W. Main Street, Princeton, and formerly of Bramwell, passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Christian Care of Winfrey Lane in Princeton. Born on November 4, 1941 in Welch, he was the only child of the late Bill Beard and Helen Evans Beard Collins. He is survived by his wife, Billie Jean Foster...
Cecile Alice Simpson
Aug 19, 2014
Cecile Alice Simpson, 76, of Simpson Court, Rock, passed away on Tuesday,August 19, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on February 26, 1938 in PA, she had been a resident of Rock for 35 years as a homemaker. Survivors include: Husband of 36 years: Perry C. "Butch" Simpson of the home 2 sons: William Smith, III of CA Jimmy T.W....
Sue Burkett
Aug 19, 2014
Sue Arvilla Burkett, 80, of Burke Mtn., Keystone, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 25, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Edward Preston and Peggy Green Sizemore. She had been a resident of Burke Mtn. for all of her life and was a member of the Penridge Old Regular Baptist...
Sabrina Lambert
Aug 17, 2014
Sabrina Lynn Lambert, 44, of Princeton, passed away on August 17, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital following a short illness. Born on June 13, 1970 in Welch, she was a daughter of Martha Cecil Mullens of Premier and the late Jay Mullens. She had been a resident of Princeton for one year and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She...
Dustin Allen Graham
Aug 14, 2014
Dustin Allen Graham, age 22, of Bramwell, WV, died on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on May 25, 1992, in Bluefield, he was a son of Michael R. Graham of Beckley, WV and Selena Dawson Jarvis of Bramwell, WV. He was a restaurant worker for Applebee’s in Bluefield, VA. He was a graduate of Montcalm...
Anthony Paul Peretti
Aug 14, 2014
I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever. John 6:51-52 Anthony Paul Peretti, 66, of 2015 Jefferson St., Bluefield, WV departed this life Thursday August 14 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born January 10, 1948 in Welch, WV, he was the son of...
Willis Roger Dye, Sr.
Aug 11, 2014
Willis Roger Dye, Sr., age 78, of Grapefield Road, Bastian, VA, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 28, 1936 in Honaker, VA, he was a son of the late Otis and Edith Mudder Dye. He had been a resident of Bastian for 57 years and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith....
Kermit Clayton Lucado
Aug 9, 2014
Kermit Clayton Lucado, 79, of Surface Hill Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Another one of God’s children was called Home. Born on January 4, 1935 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Andrew Jackson “Jack” and Rivers Bessie Sublett Lucado. He had been a resident...
Bernice M. Long
Aug 7, 2014
On August 7, 2014 our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister aunt and friend was raised on angel wings to her heavenly home. Bernice M. Long, 86, of Princeton, WV was born to Jay Morgan and Amanda Lockhart Morgan Thornton on March 14, 1928 in Wyoming County. Bernice lived in Iaeger and Welch before moving to Mercer County 33 years ago....
Mary C. Romeo
Aug 4, 2014
Mary C. Romeo, age 90 of 3123 Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of August 4, 2014. Born on April 18, 1924 in Kimball, WV she was the daughter of the late Dominick and Angeline Larkin Romeo. Mary was preceded in death by her sister Lena Panzera, and brothers John L. Romeo, Sam...
Fred Beggs
Aug 4, 2014
Fred Lawrence Beggs, 83, of Hicks Hollow Road (Montcalm), Rock, WV, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 at his home. Born on April 14, 1931 in Raleigh County, he was a son of the late James and Eureka Hall Beggs. He had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a retired coal miner. He was preceded in death...
James Edward Nichols
Aug 2, 2014
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. James Edward Nichols, Jr., 57, of City View Heights, Princeton, WV, departed this life on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Born on June 24, 1957 in Welch, he was a son of Patricia Marshall Nichols of McDowell,...
Rhonda Donna Jean Edwards
Aug 1, 2014
Rhonda Donna Jean Anderson Edwards 51, of Abbs Valley, Virginia passed away on Friday, August 01, 2014 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born March 08, 1963 in Bluefield, WV to Shirley Dawson Anderson and the late Donnie Anderson. She was a 1981 graduate of Pocahontas High School and a former employee of Bluefield Regional Medical Center. She was...
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