Obituaries

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Opal Maxine Quesenberry

Opal Maxine Quesenberry

Nov 25, 2013

Opal Maxine Quesenberry 97 of Vista Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013 a Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Opal was born on November 18, 1916 in Roderfield, West Virginia to the late Jesse Wells and Maude Fisher Wells. Opal had been a resident of Bluefield since 1972 and was a member of Roderfield...

Drema Marie Katona

Drema Marie Katona

Nov 25, 2013

Drema Marie Katona, 69, of Charwood Avenue, Princeton, WV, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 25, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital with her family by her side. Born on December 19, 1943 in Stotesbury, WV, she was a daughter of the late William N. Smith, Jr. and Aretta Minnix Smith. She had been a resident...

Louise Mitchem

Louise Mitchem

Nov 23, 2013

Louise Lynch Mitchem, 81, of Woodland Lane, Princeton, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at her home. Born on October 19, 1932 in Montcalm she was a daughter of the late Clifford and Ruth Fagg Lynch. She had been a resident of Princeton for over 50 years and was a member of the New Salem United Methodist Church. In...

Floyd Eugene Satterwhite

Floyd Eugene Satterwhite

Nov 20, 2013

Floyd Eugene Satterwhite, Jr., age 51, of Jacksonville, TX and formerly of Richmond, VA, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Jacksonville. Born on July 11, 1962 in Richmond, VA, he was a son of Floyd Satterwhite, Sr. of Mechanicsville, VA and the late Alma Stamper Satterwhite. He had been a resident of Texas for 17 years and music...

Lillie Eva Fitzko

Lillie Eva Fitzko

Nov 19, 2013

Lillie Eva Fitzko, of Thomasville, NC and formerly of Walnut Street, Princeton, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 2:54 pm at her and her daughter’s home in Thomasville NC at the age of 92. She was born on December 27, 1920 in coaldale and was a daughter of the late Rassie and Florence...

Stanley Colin Tucker

Stanley Colin Tucker

Nov 17, 2013

Stanley Colin Tucker, age 70, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at his residence. Born on May 25, 1943 in Crumpler, he was a son of the late James S. and Sarah Gentry Tucker. He had been a resident of Rt. 3, Bluefield for 3 years, was a retired coal miner for 20...

James Edward Perdue

James Edward Perdue

Nov 15, 2013

JAMES EDWARD PERDUE, 71, OF 177 CHARCOAL STREET, BLUEFIELD, W. VA. DIED AT HIS HOME ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2103 OF NATURAL CAUSES. JAMES WAS BORN IN BLUEFIELD ON APRIL 4, 1942, AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CLAYTON AND BEULAH PERDUE. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BYA SON, JAMIE PERDUE, A SISTER, MARTHA...

Ruby Robbins

Ruby Robbins

Nov 14, 2013

Ruby Robbins, 89, of Salem, VA and formerly of Salem, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the Salem Health and Rehab Center in Salem, VA with her daughters by her side. She was born on July 28, 1924 and was a member of the Duhring Church of Christ and Montcalm Christian Church. She was...

Mark Alan Warden

Mark Alan Warden

Nov 9, 2013

Mark Alan Warden, 47, of Black Oak Road, Princeton, WV, died November 9, 2013, with his family by his side at Princeton Community Hospital. Mark was born March 18, 1966, in Bluefield, WV to William and Brenda Warden. Mark was a lifelong resident of Princeton, where he attended Princeton Senior High School. Mark was employed at Warden's Market and Flowers...

Alice Jean Stamper Sprinkle

Alice Jean Stamper Sprinkle

Nov 9, 2013

Alice Jean Stamper Sprinkle, age 77, of Spurrier Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born on April 30, 1936 in Ashland, she was a daughter of the late Earl Ray and Mamie Poole Stamper. She was a 1954 graduate of McComas High School and was a graduate of...

Charles Robert Venable

Charles Robert Venable

Nov 9, 2013

Bluefield- Charles Robert Venable, 66, of 292 Fairlawn Rd., Bluefield, WV, went to be with his Lord on Saturday November 9, 2013 at his home. Born September 18, 1947 in Welch, WV; he was a son of the late Robert Venable, Jr. and the late Doris Burton Venable. Mr. Venable was an active member of East End Baptist Church where...

Howard "Dink" L. Shrader

Howard "Dink" L. Shrader

Nov 5, 2013

Howard L. “Dink” Shrader, age 56, of Bluewell, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born on July 8, 1957 in Bluefield and was the son of Howard G. “Poppa Dink” and the late Betty Curry Shrader of Bluewell. Dink graduated Bluefield High School in 1975 and worked at Cole International for 19...

Nellie Louise Wyatt

Nellie Louise Wyatt

Nov 5, 2013

Nellie Louise Wyatt 94 of Fortlawn, South Carolina formerly of Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 05, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Nellie was born on Friday, March 07, 1919 in the West Graham section of Bluefield, Virginia to the late Newton B. and Mary Elizabeth White Stevenson. She was a former member of the Church of...

Margaret Cecil Conlee

Margaret Cecil Conlee

Nov 4, 2013

Margaret Cecil Conlee 96 of Lorton Lick Road Bluefield, WV passed away peacefully on Monday morning November 04, 2013. She was born on April 06, 1917 in Duhring, West Virginia to the late Kenton Robert Whittaker and Ora Frances Arrington. She was raised in Duhring, West Virginia and was a lifelong resident of Mercer County, West Virginia. Margaret was a...

Tommy Lee Witt

Tommy Lee Witt

Nov 4, 2013

Tommy Lee Witt 66 of Princeton Towers (Stafford Drive) Princeton, West Virginia passed away at his residence on Monday, November 04, 2013. Tommy was born on November 30, 1946 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Howard and Frances Wright Witt. He served his country with the US Air Force and was a former serviceman with Central Television of Bluefield,...

Frank Michael Kapish

Frank Michael Kapish

Nov 4, 2013

Frank Michael Kapish III 38 of Gary, West Virginia passed away Monday, November 04, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Frank was born on January 20, 1975 in Bluefield, WV to Frank Kapish, Jr. of Gary, West Virginia and the late Marianna McCray. He had been a resident of Gary for most of his life and was a...

Betty Lou Wright

Betty Lou Wright

Nov 1, 2013

YORK (formerly of Bluefield, WV) – Mrs. Betty Lou Saddler Wright, 79, went to be with the Lord very suddenly on Friday, November 1, 2013 at her home. Born August 20, 1934 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Robert Saddler, Sr. and Maggie Lunsford Saddler. For over 19 years, she was a very active member of...

Clyde Junior King

Clyde Junior King

Nov 1, 2013

Clyde Junior King, age 86, Amelia Place, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2013 at his residence. Born on February 5, 1927 in McComas, he was a son of the late William M. and Sallie Pearl Wimmer King. He had been a resident of Princeton for 46 years and was of the Methodist faith. He was a retired...

Alva Snow-Arnold

Alva Snow-Arnold

Oct 31, 2013

Alva O. Snow Arnold, age 51 of Bluewell, WV entered peacefully into rest on October 31, 2013 at her home. Alva was born January 5, 1962 in Mercer County to the late Alvis and Pansy Snow. Preceding Alva was both parents, Alvis and Pansy Snow, husband, Charles Thomas Arnold II, brother in laws, Danny Arnold, Doug Brimm and Harry Campbell,...

Peggy Martin Belcher

Peggy Martin Belcher

Oct 31, 2013

Peggy Martin Belcher, 80, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born on April 16, 1933 in Richlands, VA, she was a daughter of the late Glen and Cornelia Hall Martin. She had been a resident of the Bluefield area for most of her life and was a retired...