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Willard Lee Green
Jan 21, 2014
Willard Lee Green 63 of Glenwood Haven Road Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Willard was born on June 01, 1950 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Golden and Delma Frazier Green. He joined the US Army in 1969 serving in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971 where...
Percy Simpkins
Jan 21, 2014
Percy Simpkins, 80, of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at The Maples in Bluefield. Born on May 3, 1933 in McComas, he was one of 17 children born to the late Preston and Vivian Thornton Simpkins. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County. He was a retired coal miner and was a member of the...
Clyde Milton Casey, Sr
Jan 17, 2014
Clyde Milton Casey Sr. 62 of Country Girl Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away after a long battle with his illness on Friday, January 17, 2014 with his son C.J. and C.J.’s mother Bernice by his side at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Clyde was born on June 06, 1951 in Jenkinjones, West Virginia to the late...
Donald Ray Martin
Jan 16, 2014
Donald Ray Martin, Sr., age 72, of Pisgah Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born on September 14, 1941 in Princeton, he was a son of the late Vesper and Faye Hill Martin. He had been a lifelong resident of Princeton and was a member of the Painter United...
John Henry Sargent Jr
Jan 16, 2014
“But the fruit of the spirit is love; joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” Galatians 5:22 John Henry Sargent, Jr. 71 of Poetown Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed from this life to be with Jesus on January 16, 2014 with wife Annita, family and friends by his side. He was a Vietnam Veteran and was retired from the...
Bernard Rice Farmer
Jan 15, 2014
Bernard Rice Farmer, 83, of 919 Lyndale Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 28, 1930 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Rufus Jackson and Mary Rebecca Barrett Farmer. He was a lifelong member of the First Church of God on Fincastle Lane, Bluefield, VA where...
Timothy Lusk
Jan 14, 2014
Timothy Michael “Timmy” Lusk, 40, of Harry Street (Midway), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 1, 1973 in Bluefield, he was a son of Michael and Gail Stamper Lusk of Bluefield. He had been a resident of Bluefield for his entire life and was a graduated of Bluefield High...
Mary Edna Hollis
Jan 13, 2014
Mary Edna Clements Hollis 85 of Bluefield, WV passed away at home on Monday, January 13, 2014. She was born in Crumpler, WV on May 27, 1928 to the late Joe Henry (Booge) Clements and Iretta Stanley Clements. Mrs. Hollis made her home in the Bluewell area, later moving to the Brushfork area. She was a homemaker for many years...
Thomas Jerry Spicer
Jan 11, 2014
Thomas “Jerry” Spicer 72 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at his residence. He was born on September 23, 1941 in McComas, West Virginia to the late Alvie Spicer and Ora Gillenwater Spicer. Mr. Spicer was a retired coal miner after 23 years and was a member of the UMWA. He was the Pastor of...
Dennis Taylor
Jan 10, 2014
Dennis Bearl Taylor, 69, of Bluewell, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2014 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on November 20, 1944 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Bearl B. and Helen Bailey Taylor. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a US Army Veteran. He was a coal miner having...
Vernon Lee Hylton
Jan 9, 2014
Vernon Lee Hylton, 83, of City View Heights, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at his home. Born on March 29, 1930 in Havaco, he was a son of the late Arthur and Maggie Vernon Hylton. He was a retired coal miner from Eastern Associated Coal Company in Keystone with 21 years of service and was a...
Joyce Jean Shrader
Jan 8, 2014
Joyce Jean Shrader, 86, of Henry Hollow Road, Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at her home. Born on December 20, 1927 in Midway, she was a daughter of the late John and Letha Russell Gregory. She had been a lifelong resident of the Bluefield area and was a member of the Pine Grove Church of Christ. She...
Elizabeth "Libby" Mills
Jan 5, 2014
MILLS, HELEN ELIZABETH ("Libby"), 90, of Princeton, W.Va. passed away at Putnam Center Nursing Home, in Hurricane, W.Va., on Sunday, January 5, 2014. She was 90 years old. She was born in Welch, W.Va. She was preceded in death by her husband, Orley Edward Mills, her daughter, Judy Mills Kennedy, and her parents Joe and Kate Farris, of Welch, W.Va....
Rebecca Hall
Jan 4, 2014
Montcalm- Rebecca (Becky) Hall of Hall Mt., Montcalm, went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2014 at a Roanoke Hospital after a long battle with cancer. She will be greatly missed by all. Born on October 1, 1952 in PA, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Irene Collins Issac. Becky was raised by her Grandfather;...
William H. Howington
Jan 3, 2014
William H. “Squeek” Howington, 67, of Skygusty, went to be with the Lord Friday, January 3, 2014 suddenly in his home. Born on October 29, 1946 in Freeman, he was a son of the late Woodrow and Katherine Gilley Howington. He worked at US Steel No. 14 and Shawnee. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in...
Willie Lockhart
Jan 3, 2014
Willie Lockhart, age 81 of New Hope Road, Bluefield, W.Va. passed away on Friday, January 3, 2014 at his home. Born on June 16, 1932 in Caldwell, WV, he was a son of Wallace Lockhart and Mildred Kathleen Loomis Lockhart. He was a retired coal miner for US Steel for 42 years and was a veteran who served during the...
Iris Shrader
Dec 30, 2013
Iris Shrader, 85, of Henry Hollow Road, Bluefield, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 2, 1928 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Howell O’Donnell. She had been a lifelong resident of Lorton Lick Road and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents,...
Glenna Kathleen Thompson
Dec 30, 2013
Glenna Kathleen Jones Thompson, 37, of Green Valley, went to be with her heavenly father on Monday, December 30, 2013. Born in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of Linda Maxine Finley Jones of the home and the late Carl Edward Jones, Sr. She was a graduate of Mountview High School and was a former resident of McDowell County before...
Ina Cecil
Dec 29, 2013
Ina M. Adams Cecil of Bluefield, VA formerly of Welch, WV passed away on December 29, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 6, 1932 in Edwight, WV, she was the daughter of the late Ken and Tishie Miller Adams. She had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for 3 years and was a member of the First...
Joyce Gay Phelps
Dec 28, 2013
Bluefield - The Lord came and took our beloved wife, mother and sister, Joyce Gay Phelps, on December 28, 2013 at her residence. Her long and beautiful journey is over. She was born on February 08, 1961 in Bluefield, WV to the late Steve and Edna Tessa. She was a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV and was of the Baptist...
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