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Adena Ruth Brady
Jun 22, 2013
Bluefield, WV- Adena Ruth Stevens Brady, 86, of 279 Fellowship Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away Saturday June 22, 2013 in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Born December 29, 1926 in McComas, WV she was a daughter of the late Charles William “Bill” and Ocie Graham Stevens. Mrs. Stevens was a member of the Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church and...
James Edward Gibberson
Jun 21, 2013
James Edward Gibberson, age 77, of 463 Perdue Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 1, 1936 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Frank and Ruth Perdue Gibberson. He was a retired salesman for Wallace hardware and Bluefield Supply. He was a veteran of the...
Bobby Lee Keaton
Jun 21, 2013
Bobby Lee Keaton, age 85, of 829 Perdue Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV died on Friday, June 21, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 28, 1928 in Pipestem, WV, he was a son of the late Oran Homer and Carrie Farley Keaton. He had lived in Bluefield most of his life and was retired from the Foremost Dairy...
Darrell R. Belcher
Jun 20, 2013
Darrell R. Belcher 71, of Bantam Road, Bluefield, WV completed his earthly journey and went to join his heavenly father on June 20, 2013 at The Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV with family by his side. He was a life long resident of Mercer County, and as he would say “Born in a small little red house in Crystal,...
Pauline Ann Coleman
Jun 18, 2013
RODERFIELD —Pauline Ann Coleman, 63, Wall Street, Roderfield, W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born on June 18, 1950 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Acie William McCoy, Sr. and Leona Mae Lester McCoy. She had been a resident of McDowell County all of her life and was a devoted homemaker....
Gregory Paul Sanders
Jun 18, 2013
Gregory Paul Sanders 63 of Charcoal Street Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Gregory was born on March 11, 1950 in Houston, Texas to the late James Hollis Sanders and Pauline Hudspeth Sanders. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past six years and was...
Donnie Eugene Rider
Jun 13, 2013
Donnie Eugene “Tinker” Rider, Jr., age 42, of Raven, VA passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy, VA from injuries sustained in a tree accident in Hurley, VA. Born on February 10, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Sandra Jean Farmer Mash and Donnie Eugene Rider, Sr. He had been a resident...
Bobby Allen Bailey
Jun 11, 2013
Bobby Allen Bailey, Jr. age 42, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 13, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Frances Gregory Bailey of Bluefield and the late Bobby Allen Bailey, Sr. He had been a resident of Bluefield his entire life and had formerly...
Everett Brewer, Jr.
Jun 11, 2013
Everett Lee Brewer Jr., 29, of Northfork went to be with the lord at his residence in Northfork Hollow on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Born September 16, 1983 in Galax,Virginia, he was the son of Everett Brewer Sr. and Sylvia Church Jones. He was retired from Bluestone Mining Company. He worked with them for 7 years and Also Bluefield State...
Marie Frances Lusk
Jun 10, 2013
Marie Frances Lusk, 87, of Sedgewood Townhouses, Bluefield, VA, went to be with her Lord and Savior, June 10, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born November 7, 1925 in Merrimac, VA. She was the daughter of the late Mike and Annie Proco Krondon. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting, and most of all spending...
Lillian Elizabeth Turner
Jun 10, 2013
HALLSVILLE- Lillian Elizabeth Blevins Turner went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on June 10, 2013. Lillian was born on October 30, 1922 in Crozer Hollow McDowell County, WV to Major and Georgia Blevins and is the second of eight children. Lillian married Lawrence Eugene Turner on July 15, 1949. They were blessed with two children, Michael...
Paul Winford Martin
Jun 9, 2013
PAUL WINFORD MARTIN, 91, a longtime resident of Bluewell and, most recently, a resident at the Glenwood Park Retirement Village, passed away on Sunday evening, June 9 at Glenwood Park. He was born on November 28, 1921, in Callaway, Virginia. He was the son of Morgin H. Martin and Effie Sigmon Martin of Montcalm – both of whom preceded him...
Thelma Virginia Boyd
Jun 8, 2013
Thelma Virginia Boyd, age 92, of Hernshaw, WV and formerly of Elkhorn and Princeton, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Montgomery General Hospital in oak Hill. Born on March 5, 1921 in Giles County, VA, she was a daughter of the late William and Laura Combs Rose. She had been a resident of Princeton for 30 years after...
Charlie Vincent Roark
Jun 7, 2013
Charlie Vincent Roark, Jr., age 56, of Brushfork, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 of a long illness. Born on August 26, 1956 in in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Charlie V. Roark, Sr. and Lois Faye Hamm Roark. He graduated from Gary High School and later joined the US Navy where he served 6...
John Roger Roark
Jun 7, 2013
John Roger Roark, Sr., 60 of Jenkins Jones Mountain Road. Anawalt, WV passed away on Friday, June 07, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. John was born on October 04, 1952 in Welch, WV to the late Elmer and Dorothy Presley Roark. John had been a resident of Anawalt for the past 40 years and was a...
Thomas Bruce Snow
Jun 7, 2013
Thomas Bruce Snow, 74, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Born on November 27, 1938 in Keystone, he was a son of the late CS and Ruth Bruce Snow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Richard H. Snow. Tom was...
Goldie Mae Jarvis Gills
Jun 6, 2013
Goldie Mae Epperson Jarvis Gills 89 of Low Gap Road Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, June 06, 2013 at her residence. Goldie was born on April 24, 1924 in Goodwill, West Virginia to the late Fred Jefferson and Josephine Johnson Epperson. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Terry Leon Price, Sr.
May 29, 2013
Terry Leon Price, Sr., age 51, of O’Toole Road, Anawalt, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at his home. Born on August 17, 1960 in Chicago, he was a son of the late Robert and Pauline Warshaw Price. He had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County and was a retired mechanic from the McDowell County Board of Education...
Mary Ellen Law
May 29, 2013
Mary Ellen Law, 90, of the GlenWood Park Retirement Village, Princeton, and formerly of Cumberland Road, Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the nursing home. Born on March 7, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Pearly Powers. She was a retired teller from the First Century Bank in Bluefield. In addition to her...
Kathleen Faye Key
May 29, 2013
Kathleen Faye Key, 50, of Oak park Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on December 15, 1962 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Sadie Sullivan Church of Rock and the late James Church. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 4 years and was formerly of...
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