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Margaret Janet Shumate
Jul 13, 2013
Margaret Janet Veronica Smith Shumate “Our Angel” of Bluefield, WV formerly of Crumpler, WV left this world to be re-united with the “Love of her life” the late Estel M. Shumate on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 4:37 p.m. at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Margaret, “Peggy” was born on December 13, 1925 in Newport, RI to the late...
Michael Wayne Jennings
Jul 10, 2013
Michael Wayne Jennings, 54, of Fredericksburg, Virginia formerly of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away the morning of July 10, 2013 at Mary Washington Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Sept. 26 1958. Preceded in death by his father, the late Albert C. Jennings and his sister Connie Sue Haynes. Michael was known for his generosity,...
Robert "Biggon" Lee Johnson
Jul 8, 2013
Robert Lee “Biggon” Johnson III 49 of Switchback, West Virginia passed away on Monday, July 08, 2013 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, West Virginia. Robert was born on Tuesday, December 24, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois to Robert “Bobby” Johnson Jr. and the late Irene Elizabeth Simpson Johnson. He was a member of the Bramwell Church of Christ and had...
Mary Mullins
Jul 7, 2013
Mary Ann “Mitzie” Mullins, 72, of Oakhurst Drive in Welch, bid farewell to this life, Sunday, July 7, 2013 after a long fight. She was born Mary Ann Zella to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Zella on February 20, 1941. She graduated from Gary High School and was married to Cody Herman Mullins on August 20, 1962. She raised four...
Rosie Marie Lockhart
Jul 5, 2013
Rosie Marie Lockhart, age 82, of Laurel Drive, Gary, WV died on Friday, July 5, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on July 9, 1930 in Elbert, WV, she was a daughter of the late David Lee and Pearlie Mae Bryant Peak. She had lived McDowell County her entire life and was a devoted wife and mother. She was of...
Rufus Jackson Keller
Jul 5, 2013
Rufus Jackson Keller, age 51, of 501 Lazenby Avenue, Princeton, WV died on Friday, July 5, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 23, 1961,in Welch WV, he was a son of the late William and Gladys Skeens Keller. He was of the Church of God Faith. He was a special person and was loved and adored by...
John Calvin Ball
Jul 4, 2013
John Calvin Ball, 61, of Augusta Street Ext., Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 4, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA after a brief illness. Born on September 30, 1951 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Virginia Heaton Ball and Sandy Bradford Ball. John graduated from Bluefield High School and recently retired from Bluestone Coal...
Esther Finley
Jul 3, 2013
Esther Mezaros Finley, 99, of Coppola Mobile Home Park (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on August 8, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Steve and Esther Wind Mezaros. She had been a longtime resident of Bluefield and was formerly of Thorpe. She was looking forward...
Bernice "June" B. Brown
Jul 2, 2013
Bernice B. “June” Brown, 84, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on May 13, 1929, in Castlewood, VA, where she received her education before moving to Bluefield, WV. She was a devoted member of First AME Zion Church where over the years she served...
Ricky Allen Lewis
Jul 1, 2013
Ricky Allen Lewis 50 of Maple Acres Road Bluefield, WV went to heaven to be with his father the late Floyd Davis Lewis and Brother Brian Keith Lewis on Monday, July 01, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Ricky worked many years for DCI in the construction field. He was also a heavy equipment operator and mechanic....
Michael "Mike" Wayne Brewster
Jun 29, 2013
Michael Wayne “Mike” Brewster, age 61, of 247 Warden Avenue (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on January 15, 1952, in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Mack and Mollie Proffitt Brewster. He had lived in Bluewell for the past 9 years and was a retired painter. He was a...
Dorothy Susan Lambert
Jun 29, 2013
Dorothy Susan Stiltner Lambert went home to be with Lord on June 29, 2013 at her home. She was born on July 01, 1954 in Welch, WV. She was the daughter of the late Lewis F. Stiltner Jr. and Othea Alburta Stiltner. She was a member of the Eastern Star and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she...
James Harrison Gentry
Jun 28, 2013
James Harrison Gentry, age 81, of Gentry Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on April 12, 1932 in Crumpler, he was a son of the late Roby S. and Daphna Dale Reed Gentry. He had lived in Princeton for most of his life and was of the Baptist faith. He was...
William Neal Perdue
Jun 28, 2013
William Neal “Rusty” Perdue, age 61, of Manassas Way (Perdue Hollow Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on August 5, 1951 in Boissevain, VA, he was a son of William A. Perdue and the late Mary Lee Gullion Perdue. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life...
Donnie Wayne Gresby
Jun 27, 2013
Cross Lanes, WV – Donnie Wayne Gresby, age 58 of Cross Lanes, WV passed away Thursday, June 27, 2013 at his home in Cross Lanes, WV. He was born March 27, 1955 in Darby, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Kelly D. Gresby, Jr. and Elizabeth O. Bland Gresby. He received his early schooling through Prince Edward County School System...
Clara Lee Georgeff
Jun 27, 2013
Clara Lee Georgeff (Sutphin) of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the age of 88. Born in Hillsville, Virginia, she was the last of 10 children born to James L. Sutphin and Cora Lee Sutphin (Marshall) Married for 46 years to George Georgeff (deceased) of Maybeury, West Virginia. Survivors include Son George (Chris) Georgeff...
Glenn (Bo) Allen Lilly, Sr.
Jun 26, 2013
Glenn Allen (Bo) Lilly Sr. 69, of Mim Lane Bluefield (Brushfork), West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Bo was born on December 04, 1943 in Bluefield, WV to the late Lewis Huston Lilly and Rebecca Ellen Bailey Lilly. Bo had been a resident of Brushfork for the past...
Richard William Yearout
Jun 25, 2013
Richard “Rick” William Yearout, age 53, of North Tazewell, VA, died on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, VA. Born on September 12, 1959, in Bluefield, he was a son of Naomi “Gerry” Belcher Ball of Bluefield, WV, and the late William Ezra Yearout. He had lived in North Tazewell for the past 2 years...
Laura E. "Liz" Henry
Jun 24, 2013
Laura Elizabeth “Liz” (Maxey) Henry, 67, of Lashmeet, WV passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013. Liz is survived by Darryl, her husband of 42 years, their children, Chad of Virginia, Travis of New York and Chism of Alaska, and by their grandchildren, Cailin and Carson. Liz graduated from Spanishburg High School and Concord College before earning an advanced degree...
Lloyd Wayne McMillan
Jun 23, 2013
Lloyd Wayne McMillan, age 63, of 145 Riffe Street, Falls Mills, VA died on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at Westwood Medical Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on February 2, 1950, he was a son of the late Lloyd McMillan, Jerry Mae Moody Jenkins and James Homer Jenkins. He had lived in Falls Mills for the past 10 years and was...
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