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Joseph William White
Aug 29, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our dad Joseph William White, also known to many as Joe, Joe Bill and Big Joe. On August 29, 2024 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C. surrounded by family we said our final goodbyes. Born on April 17, 1957 to the late Robert “Bob” and Helen...
Jackie Lee Heffinger
Aug 29, 2024
Jackie Lee Heffinger, 76, of Anawalt, WV, passed Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Born April 17, 1948, in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late Marvin E. and Eva Cochran Heffinger. Jackie was a resident of McDowell County for most of his life. He worked as an installer and repairman for Frontier.
In addition to his...
Edward Allen Hughes
Aug 28, 2024
Edward Allen Hughes, 78, of Pageton, WV, passed Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at his home.
Born May 6, 1946, in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late Clark and Mae Painter Hughes. Edward worked as plumber for the McDowell Board of Education. He was a member of Thorpe United Methodist Church.
In addition to his parents, Edward was preceded in...
Gwendolyn Starr Stephens
Aug 27, 2024
Gwendolyn Starr Stephens, affectionately known as "Starr," passed away peacefully on August 27, 4, at the Hospice House in Beckley, West Virginia. Born on July 12, 1950, in Welch, West Virginia, Starr's bright spirit touched the lives of everyone she encountered.
Starr's life was a filled with love, laughter, and connection. At the age of 18, she fell head over heels...
Rodney Lee Mitchem, Sr.
Aug 27, 2024
Rodney Lee Mitchem, Sr., 59, of Bluefield, WV, passed Tuesday August 27, 2024, at his home.
Born June 5, 1965, in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of Loretta Dunford Mitchem and the late Deannie Mitchem. Rodney was a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV, and he worked at the Mountaineer Bowling Alley in Bluefield.
Those left to cherish Rodney's memory are, his...
Barbara Ann Polatz
Aug 26, 2024
Barbara Ann Shumate Polatz 76, Of Bluefield, passed away on August 26th, 2024 in Elkins, WV.
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, she is the daughter of the late Estel Shumate and the late Margaret Smith Shumate. She is the second born child, and eldest sister of 6 siblings. She took pride in being a great sister. Barbara graduated from Ribault Senior...
Darrell Ray Steele
Aug 25, 2024
Darrell Ray Steele, 78, of Bluefield, WV, passed August 25, 2024, at Bluestone Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV.
Born August 18, 1946, in Wise, VA, he was a son of the late Clarence and Lillie Hamilton Steele. Darrell was a retired coal miner, retiring in 2001. He also attended the Pentecostal Holliness Faith Church in McDowell County.
In addition to his...
Glenna June Vance
Aug 21, 2024
June Lockhart Church Vance, 87, of Palatka, FL and Iaeger, WV passed into her heavenly home on August 21, 2024. She was born February 8, 1937, in Panther, WV to the late Robert G. Lockhart and Marlene Paine Lockhart.
June was a 1955 graduate of Iaeger High School and following graduation June began working as a bookkeeper at Southern Furniture Company...
William Robert Webb
Aug 16, 2024
William Robert “Bill” Webb
“As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years…” Psalm 90:10
W.R. “Bill” Webb was 16 months into his second century… a testimony to God’s blessing and his strength! His first 100 years were filled with his faith, family and friends—mostly church and railroad relationships. He was a member...
Robert Joseph Mitchelson
Aug 16, 2024
Robert “Joe” Mitchelson, 67, of Bluefield, WV passed away Friday, August 16, 2024 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born January 4, 1957 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Howard B. and Doris Sluss Mitchelson. Joe was retired from the Mercer County Board of Education and was a member of Deliverance Temple Church. Joe had a loving smile...
Eligah William Proffit
Aug 16, 2024
“Blessed be the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” James 12:1
Eligah William Proffit, 74, of Windy Oaks Bluefield, WV received his crown on Friday August 16, 2024. William was born and raised on Bradshaw Mountain in McDowell...
Frances Ann Harris
Aug 15, 2024
Frances Ann Proffitt Harris, 87, of Matilda Place, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at Princeton Hospital.
Born on June 15, 1937 in Mudfork, VA, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Frances M. Farmer Stevenson. She was a member of the First Church of God on Airport Road and had been a resident of...
Raymond Charles Osborne
Aug 14, 2024
Raymond Charles Osborne, 58, of Bramwell, WV, passed Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV.
Born January 6, 1966, in Welch, WV, he was the son of Charles and Nellie Mullins Osborne. Raymond was a graduate of Mt. View High School and a resident of Bramwell for over 20 years. He was a retired coal miner.
A brother,...
Betty Charlene Forrest
Aug 14, 2024
Betty Charlene (Davis) Forrest, 66, of Anawalt, WV, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at JW Ruby Memorial Hospital. She lived in O'Toole, WV, with her beloved husband Kenneth Ray Forrest for 48 years.
Born on September 26, 1957 in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Eddie and Mildred Farmer Davis....
Melissa Gail Taylor Parr
Aug 14, 2024
Melissa Gail Taylor Parr, 51, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
Born on July 22, 1973 in Pulaski, Va, she was a daughter of Freda Asbury and the late Sammy Asbury. She was employed by Taco Bell.
In addition to her father, she was proceeded in death by her brothers Terry, and William Pracker Asbury; and brother-in-law, Jason...
Claude Julian Mitchem
Aug 13, 2024
Claude Julian Mitchem, 84, of Pageton, WV, passed Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV.
Born November 30, 1938, in Pageton, WV, he was a son to the late Allen S. and Maudie Cooper Mitchem. Claude was a resident of Pageton for over 20 years and was a retired coal miner. He was of the Baptist...
Howard Garland Hubbard, Sr.
Aug 11, 2024
Howard “Nubbin” Garland Hubbard Sr., 86, of Smithers, WV, and formerly of Browning Lambert Mountain, Montcalm, passed Sunday, August 11, 2024, at Montgomery Nursing and Rehab Center in Montgomery, WV.
Born September 7, 1937, in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late William Howard and Virginia Helmandollar Hubbard. Howard was a retired welder. He was a lifelong resident of...
Claude Larry Clark
Aug 11, 2024
Claude Larry Clark, 72, of Princeton, WV, passed on August 11, 2024, at his home surrounded by his wife, family, and friends.
Claude was a retired truck driver at Frankie Graham Trucking and loved hunting, fishing, golfing, and NASCAR.
Claude was preceded in death by mother Minnie and father Claude Clark; brothers and sister;daughter, Frances; and grandson Chris Jr.
Claude is survived by...
David Dennis Duncan
Aug 8, 2024
David Dennis Duncan, 71, of Bluefield, WV passed away Thursday, August 8, 2024 Princeton Community Hospital. Born November 28, 1952 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Willard R. and Beulah Short Duncan. He was of the Baptist faith and had given his heart to the Lord. He worked at Crossroads Chevron for most of his life...
John Daniel Caudill
Aug 6, 2024
John Daniel Caudill, Sr., 71, of Bluefield, WV, passed Tuesday August 6, 2024, at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital.
Born May 10, 1953, in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Clifton H. and Nettie Baber Caudill. John retired from Andy Clark Ford after 38 years in 2008, and he also volunteered for Bluefield Rescue Squad for 25 years....
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