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Jeffrey Whitehead
Feb 13, 2015
Jeffrey Main Whitehead, age 59, known to family and friends as JDUBB was born March 1, 1955 to the late Jack and Ethel Sue Peoples of Bluefield WV. Jeffrey was a native of the area as he was called home to glory on Friday, February 13, 2015 He spent a lifetime building a Legacy of Leading the Way, Providing, Protecting,...
Roy Melvin Kade
Feb 12, 2015
Roy Melvin Kade, 74, of Kade Hollow Road, Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the Beckley’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Born on May 16, 1940 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Ernest and Chloie Bibey Kade. He was a veteran of the US Army. He is survived by 5 living children: Mrs. Teddy (Melva) Atkins...
William Arnold "Bud" Perdue
Feb 12, 2015
William Arnold “Bud” Perdue, 87, of Airport Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 23, 1927 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late W.H. “Bill” and Katherine Burnopp Perdue. He had been a resident of Bluefield all of his life and was retired in 1990 from American Electric...
James David Coeburn
Feb 12, 2015
James David Coeburn, Jr., 61, of Lambert Hollow Road, Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at his home. Born on August 19, 1953 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late James David Coeburn, Sr. and Nellie Mary Lusk Coeburn. He had been a resident of Montcalm his entire life and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith....
Alan Eugene Underwood
Feb 11, 2015
Alan Eugene Underwood 57 of 4th Street Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Alan was born on September 17, 1957 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Paul and Betty Osborne Underwood. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past five years. In addition to...
Roland Wayne Tiller
Feb 10, 2015
Roland “Wayne” Tiller, 59, of Old Pisgah Road, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at his home. Born on April 23, 1955 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late William Roland and Annie Eloise Carver Tiller. He had been a resident of Princeton for 6 years and was disabled. He formerly worked as a general laborer...
Benjamin Hassel Williams, Jr.
Feb 4, 2015
Benjamin Hassel Williams Jr., 48 of Forty Foot Street Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, February 04, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Benjamin was born on March 29, 1966 in Logan, WV to Edna Baisden Ellis and the late Benjamin Hessel Williams Sr. Benjamin was employed by Wal-Mart in Princeton, WV as a Tire Tec. In addition to his...
Russell Everett Lucas, Jr.
Feb 2, 2015
Russell Everett Lucas Jr, 42, of Top Street Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, February 02, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Russell was born on May 16, 1972 in Emporia, Virginia to Ella Pearl Slivers Lucas and the late Russell E. Lucas Sr. Russell has been a resident of Bluefield for the past years and recently started attended...
Margaret Helen Burger
Jan 31, 2015
Margaret Helen Burger, 83, of Crumpler, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 10, 1931 in WV, she was a daughter of the late John and Hazel Prunty. She had been a resident of Crumpler for most of her life and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Midway Shiloh Temple...
Opal Lee Shires
Jan 28, 2015
Opal Lee Persinger Shires, 89, of Mapledale Lane Bluefield (Green Valley), West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at her residence. Opal was born on October 25, 1926 in Gap Mills, West Virginia to the late Mr. & Mrs. Persinger. She was a member of the Greenview United Methodist Church and had been a resident of Green Valley...
Beatrice Howerton
Jan 28, 2015
Beatrice Campbell Howerton, 84, of Rock, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2014 at the home of her sister. Born on January 27, 1931 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late John and Barbara Ellen Mosley Harmon. She had been a resident of Rock for 40 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the...
Haller Wesley Curran
Jan 28, 2015
Haller Wesley Curran, 85, of New Hope Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at his home. Born on February 28, 1929 in Thornhill, WV, he was a son of the late Lynch Alexander and Johnsie McMillian Curran. He had been a resident of Route 20 in Bluewell for 44 years and was a member of the...
Henry Grady Eason
Jan 28, 2015
Henry Grady Eason, 77, of Fawn Lane, Princeton, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 7, 1937 in Johnson County, NC, he was a son of the late Al Vester and Neppie Nettoy Lewis. He had been a resident of Princeton for several years and was a heavy equipment operator and operating...
Wallace Bernard Finley
Jan 28, 2015
Wallace Bernard “Uncy” Finley, age 71, of Tams Highway, Sophia, WV, beloved brother “Uncy”, uncle, and friend, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 28, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital. Born on August 16, 1943 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Arley James and Ida Mae Mullins Finley. He had been a resident of...
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...
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