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Priscilla Ellen Morgan
Oct 18, 2013
Priscilla Ellen Morgan, age 71, of 264 Switchback Road, Bluefield, WV died on Friday, October 18, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on August 4, 1942 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Roberts Rakes. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She had lived in Bluefield since 1977 having moved from...
Ryland Tracy French
Oct 16, 2013
Ryland Tracy French 72 of Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Tracy was born on Saturday, September 06, 1941 in Bluefield, Virginia to the late Ivan French and Ethel Rutherford French. He was a 1959 graduate of Graham High School in Bluefield, Virginia. He was a retired manufacturing engineer and...
James Douglas Keller
Oct 16, 2013
James Douglas Keller 72 of Jacksonville, Florida formerly of West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida, where he resided at the home of a special sister-in-law, Cathy Keller for the past twenty years. James was born on May 31, 1941 in Eckman, West Virginia to the late William James Coleman...
Kathleen Spinella
Oct 15, 2013
Kathleen Spinella, age 84, of Maybeury, WV, died on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at her residence. Born on November 14, 1928, in Switchback, WV, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Martin Spinella. She was a member of the Maybeury Church of God and was a homemaker. She had lived in Switchback her entire life. In addition...
Lillian Beckner Thompson
Oct 14, 2013
Lillian Beckner Thompson, age 83, of Salisbury, NC, formerly of Bluefield, WV, died on Monday, October 14, 2013 at the Kiser Hospice in Salisbury. Born on March 20, 1930, on Browning Lambert Mountain, she was a daughter of the late John Boyd and Cora Perkins Beckner. She had worked as a receptionist for the Princeton Senior Center and attended the...
Regina Mae Hedrick
Oct 10, 2013
Regina Mae Farmer Hedrick, age 59, of 156 Cannon Street, Princeton, WV took her Heavenly Flight on her birthday, Thursday, October 10, 2013 with her loved ones gathered around her after a short battle with cancer. Born on October 10, 1954, in Anawalt, she was the daughter of Eloise (Lois) Farmer of Pageton and the late James G. Farmer. She...
Claude Allen Musick, Jr.
Oct 10, 2013
Claude Allen “Jimmy” Musick, Jr., age 60, of 135 Ramey Street, Bramwell, WV died on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 25, 1953, in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Claude Allen “Dab” and Joyce Lee Maxey Musick. He had lived in Bramwell since 1983 and had formerly lived in Coaldale. Survivors:...
Teresa Renee Butler
Oct 10, 2013
Teresa Renee Fowler Butler, 43, of Nemours, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 22, 1969 in Welch, she was a daughter of Tommy R. and Brenda L. Hodge Fowler of Thorpe. She had been a resident of Nemours for 11 years and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She was a...
Rhonda Bailey
Oct 9, 2013
Rhonda Ann Bailey, age 54, of 415 Federal Street, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at her home. Born on July 18, 1959 in Logan County, WV, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Alice Bell Hall. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 4 months having moved from Logan County. Survivors: Daughter: Tara...
Jimmy "JC" Yates
Oct 8, 2013
Jimmy Carr “JC” Yates, age 87, of (Leckie) Anawalt, WV, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the McDowell Nursing and Rehab Center in Gary. Born in Anawalt on June 16, 1926, he was a son of the late Bunyon and Mary Rebecca Bowman Yates. He worked for US Steel in Gary and was a member of the UMWA....
Anita Gail Howard
Oct 6, 2013
Anita Gail Howard of Jeffersonville, IN, formerly of Princeton, WV, was lifted up on Sunday, October 6, to experience the ultimate love of God and the eternal bliss of heaven. She suffered only briefly from a rare pulmonary illness that consumed her within four months of original diagnosis. Anita was born in Bluefield, WV in 1966 and lived in Montcalm...
Florence Marie Riffe
Oct 6, 2013
Thorpe, WV- Florence Marie Riffe, 86, of 95 Payton Place Rd., Thorpe, WV, was reunited with her loved ones and in the arms of the precious Lamb, early October 6, 2013 at the home of her daughter; Patricia (Jeanie) Tickle and granddaughter; Pamela Mullins of whom was like a daughter to her and also a loving care giver. Born March...
James Harrison Gibson
Oct 6, 2013
James Harrison Gibson, Sr., age 78, of 85 Jimmy’s Place, Sparta, NC, formerly of Switchback, WV, died on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at his home. Born on October 8, 1935, in Pocahontas, VA, he was a son of the late Robert Duke Gibson, Sr. and Willa Little Gibson. He had attended Elkhorn High School. He was a US Army Veteran...
Wiley "Bill" Simpson
Oct 2, 2013
On October 2, 2013 Wiley "Wild" Bill Simpson passed over to glory while at home with family following a long illness. He had lived on Stover Road in Mt. Hope for the past 22 years with his daughter, Janis and her husband Doug Williams. Born in McDowell County he is the son of the late Bill and Pearl Simpson. He...
Jack Lee Kinder
Oct 2, 2013
Well done my good and faithful servant. Jack Lee Kinder, 66, of 346 S. College Avenue, Bluefield, VA, went to be with the Lord and to be pain free on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born December 10, 1946, he was the first son of Junior Lee Kinder and Mary Elizabeth Tolbert Kinder. He was a graduate...
Herman Glen "Sonny" Hicks
Oct 1, 2013
Herman Glen (Sonny) Hicks, 74, of Undercliff Terrace, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. Born on April 5, 1939 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Everett and Verlie Meadows Hicks. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County, and was a graduate of Bluefield High School. He...
Rev. J. David Gibson
Sep 30, 2013
Reverend J. David Gibson, 64, of Woodbridge, VA passed away at Sibley Memorial Hospital on September 30, 2013 after a brief illness. He spent his life serving God, first as an Evangelist, then as a Pastor, ministering to thousands of people over the years. He pastored seven churches in his 45 year ministry, serving in the states of West Virginia,...
Jennifer Lynn Finley
Sep 30, 2013
Jennifer Lynn Wallace Finley, age 60, passed away September 30, 2013 at her home. She was born December 21, 1952 in McDowell County, WV, daughter of the late Charles Wilson Wallace and Mabel Mae Johnson Wallace. She is survived by: her sons, Clayton Chase Finley, Matthew Lee Finley and his fiancee, Ashton Swann; daughters and sons in-law, Tina Renee and...
Ruby Joyce Burton
Sep 30, 2013
Ruby Joyce Burton 82 of Bluefield, WV formerly of Glen Lyn, Virginia passed away on Monday, September 30, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV. Ruby was born on May 03, 1931 in Mercer County, West Virginia to the late Floyd and Bonnie White Barrett. Ruby had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, West Virginia and was of...
Buford Lee Lusk
Sep 25, 2013
Buford Lee Lusk, 77, of Gilia Lane, Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on July 13, 1937 in McComas, he was a son of the late Charlie Lee and Mattie Taylor Lusk. He was a retired mine foreman with 19 years of service and formerly worked at Lusk Disposal and...
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