Obituaries

Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries

Violet Spicer

Violet Spicer

Dec 23, 2013

Violet B. Spicer, 88, of the Cassell's Board and Care in Princeton WV went to be with her Lord and Savior on December, 23, 2013. She was formerly of McComas and Windmill Gap. Born on September 11, 1925 in Windmill Gap, she was the daughter of the late William James Beggs and Sebina V. Walker Beggs. She had been a...

E. Jack Martin

E. Jack Martin

Dec 23, 2013

E. Jack Martin 82 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, December 23, 2013 at Loving Hands Adult Care in Bluefield, West Virginia. Jack was born on March 20, 1931 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late George R. Martin and Ethel Swecker Martin. Jack had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the First...

Carol Ann East

Carol Ann East

Dec 21, 2013

Carol Ann East, 67, of Prosperity School Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 17, 1946 in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Edith Davis Woodward. She had been a resident of Windmill Gap for 40 years and was a stock clerk for Wal-Mart....

Brenda Lucille Venable

Brenda Lucille Venable

Dec 21, 2013

Brenda Lucille Sadler Venable, 66, of Fairlawn Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Savior on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on June 8, 1947 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Gilbert Elijah and Gladys Lucille Clower Sadler. She was a 1966 graduate of Gary High School and was a retired executive...

Lorraine Hallis

Lorraine Hallis

Dec 18, 2013

Lorraine “Frisky” Hallis 76, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 after a long illness. Lorraine was born on February 08, 1937 in Goodwill, West Virginia to the late William Howard Toler and Lucy Bell Blankenship Toler. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life, a graduate of Northfork High School, and...

Irene Gregory

Irene Gregory

Dec 18, 2013

IRENE MILDRED DAY GREGORY 89 of Rt. 5 Bluefield grew her wings and floated to heaven, to join the love of her life, Harry Gregory, in their heavenly home on December 18, 2013. Irene passed away at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on May 17, 1924, she was the daughter of the late, Josh & Lucy Farthing Day. She had been...

William Osborne

William Osborne

Dec 18, 2013

William Henry Osborne, 90, of Montcalm, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at his home. Born on March 3, 1923 on Peelchestnut Mtn., he was a son of the late Charlie and Martha Eliza Smith Osborne. He had been a lifelong resident of Pocahontas, VA. He was a retired coalminer. In addition to his parents, he...

Viola Sarah Webb

Viola Sarah Webb

Dec 15, 2013

Viola Sarah Mabe Webb, 93, of Rt. 20 (Bluewell), went to her eternal home on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Born on January 4, 1920 in McComas, she was a daughter of William and Annie Perdue Mabe. She will forever be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. She was one of the world’s best...

Robert C. Farley

Robert C. Farley

Dec 13, 2013

Robert C. Farley, Sr. 89 was called to his eternal home on Friday, December 13, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at his home on Paradise Lane in Pocahontas, Va. He had courageously fought cancer for the last four years. He was the son of the late James H. Farley and Claudia Collins Farley. Robert was born in Boissevain, Virginia...

Pauline Lucado

Pauline Lucado

Dec 10, 2013

Pauline Margaret Lucado, 86, of 362 Willowbrook Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 18, 1927 in Goodwill, WV, she was a daughter of James Lester and Gertie perkins Sheets. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a member of Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a...

John Wayne Murray, Sr.

John Wayne Murray, Sr.

Dec 9, 2013

John Wayne Murray, Sr. 59 of Virginia Ave. Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Monday, December 09, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. John was born on June 08, 1954 in Richlands, VA to the late John Ealy Jackson Murray and Elizabeth Ann Britt McGuire Murray. John had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for most of his...

Connie Fay Chilco

Connie Fay Chilco

Dec 9, 2013

Connie Fay Chilco 71 of Bluewell Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, December 09, 2013 at her residence. Connie was born on July 20, 1942 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Richard and Helen Fairchild McComas. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell, West Virginia. She was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church and...

Louisa Mitchem

Louisa Mitchem

Dec 9, 2013

Louisa Mitchem, 90, of Newton, NC and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013 at eh Catawba Hospice House in Newton, NC. Born on December 8, 1923 in Crumpler, she was a daughter of the late Alvin and Icie Shrewsbury Bailey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Louis Mitchem; a son, Alvis...

Milton Harlow Anthony, Sr.

Milton Harlow Anthony, Sr.

Dec 7, 2013

Milton Harlow Anthony, Sr., 86, of Bluefield, WV died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio. He was born in Elkhorn, WV on February 21, 1927 to the late Milton L. Anthony and Corrine Bennett Anthony. He attended McDowell County Public Schools before moving to Bluefield, WV in 1943. He married the "Love of...

Margaret Geraldine Perdue

Margaret Geraldine Perdue

Dec 6, 2013

Margaret Geraldine “Gerry” Perdue, 87, of 190 Stonecreek Road, Princeton, WV, passed away Friday December 6, 2013 at her home. Born March 17, 1926 in Raven, VA, she was a daughter of the late Rueben and Roea Griffith Coleman. She was a member of the Brushfork Baptist Church and a homemaker. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 50...

Gregory Allen Thomas

Gregory Allen Thomas

Dec 4, 2013

Gregory “Greg” Allen Thomas, December 13th 1958 – December 4th 2013. Greg Thomas age 54 of Montcalm, WV, went to meet his Lord on December 4th 2013. Greg was born December 13th, 1958 in Bluefield, WV, to Donald “Don” Cole Thomas and the late Betty Marie Thomas. He worked with Northern Southern Railroad for 14 years. He had a natural...

Shirley Carter

Shirley Carter

Dec 2, 2013

Our loving mother, Shirley Carter, 81, of Bluefield, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 2, 2013 after a long illness. Mom was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Edith Albert, her late husband, Phillip Richard Honeyak, her youngest daughter, Toni Lynn Bailey and her oldest sister, Wanda Peters. She is survived by her husband,...

Kathy Mae Harmon

Kathy Mae Harmon

Dec 1, 2013

Kathy Mae Harmon, age 61, of Mercer Continuous Care and Rehab in Bluefield, WV died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 15, 1952, in Lamar, WV, she was a daughter of the late Elijah Daniel and Hazel Annie Hudgins Breeden. She had lived in Mercer County all of her life and was a loved...

Joe Ann Howell

Joe Ann Howell

Nov 29, 2013

Joe Ann Eller Howell, age 81, of 515 15th Street North, Jacksonville Beach, FL died on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Community Hospice in Jacksonville. Born on April 27, 1932 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Annie Gillenwater Eller. She had lived in Jacksonville Beach for the past 46 years. She was...

Bartie Sutphin Lemons

Bartie Sutphin Lemons

Nov 26, 2013

Bartie Sutphin Lemons 78 of Brierwood Lane Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Bartie was born on May 19, 1935 in Virginia to the late Richard Columbus Sutphin and Goldie Dalton Sutphin. She has been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia for the past 58 years and...