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Mary Louise Smothers
Mar 9, 2013
Mary Louise Harmon Taylor Smothers, age 87, of 121 Bailey Hollow Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at her home. Born on September 22, 1925 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Andrew Harmon and Mamie Harmon. She had been a resident of Princeton for 53 years and was a member of the...
John (Johnny) William Woody, Sr.
Mar 7, 2013
John (Johnny) William Woody, Sr. 51 of Frederick St Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, March 07, 2013 at his home from a brain hemorrhage. Born on January 01, 1962 in Bluefield to the late Joyce Woody Nelson and James Harold. He had been a resident of Bluefield all his life and attended the First Church of Nazarene. Johnny was...
Bernice Witt
Mar 6, 2013
Bernice Craft Witt, Age 93, of Bluewell, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday March 6, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. Born October 18, 1919 in Mercer County, she was the daughter of the late James T. Craft and Veda Richardson Craft. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church of Glenwood. She was devoted...
Macie Lorraine Fields
Mar 6, 2013
Delbarton, WV- Macie Lorraine Fields, 78, of Rt.2 Box 146, Delbarton, WV, passed away Wednesday March 6, 2013 at the Loving Hands Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born March 1, 1935 in Abbs Valley, VA, she was daughter of the late Everett and Ruth Davis Harman. Mrs. Fields had lived in Delbarton the last 23 years, was of the Christian Faith...
Minnie Eloise Lowe
Mar 6, 2013
Minnie Eloise Gillespie Lowe, age 70, of the Maples Nursing Home (1600 Bland Street), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Born on April 9, 1942 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Reese Melvin and Ethel Mae Arthur Gillespie. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of...
Helen Salpini
Mar 6, 2013
HELEN (ELENA) C. SALPINI of Welch, West Virginia departed this life at age 92 on March 6, 2013 at a care facility in Fairfax, Virginia. She was born on August 27, 1920 in Accumoli, Province of Rieti, Italy. She was the daughter of the late Pietro and Marianina Salpini and emigrated to this country as an infant with her parents....
Mary Kathleen Shrader
Feb 28, 2013
Mary Kathleen “Kackie” Shrader, age 82, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on April 3, 1930 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Clifford H. and Mary Fagg Lynch. She had been a resident of Littlesburg for over 60 years and was a member...
Clifford "Danny" Surface
Feb 24, 2013
Clifford “Danny” Surface, 77, of Pisgah Road, Princeton, WV passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the Brian Center in Fincastle, VA where he had recently been transferred to following a lengthy stay in Bristol Regional Medical Center and the Greystone Nursing Home in Blountville, TN. Born July 29, 1935, in Mercer County, WV, he was the son of...
Juanita Gail Dickens
Feb 24, 2013
Juanita Gail Dickens, age 72, of 645 Maple Acres Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Glenwood Park Retirement Village. Born on December 15, 1940 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Bearl and Helen Bailey Taylor. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a homemaker. In addition to...
Linda Hodges East
Feb 23, 2013
Our Master Said: Well done my good and faithful servant. Matthew 25:21 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness…. “ II Timothy 4:7,8 Linda Hodges East, 66, of Windmill Gap went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...
Peggy June Bailey
Feb 21, 2013
Peggy June Bailey 82 of Mountain Ash Drive Bluefield, WV went to be with her LORD on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at her daughter’s home. Born April 15, 1930 in Thornhill, she was the daughter of the late Harry Stone Griffith and the late Sue Hodges Griffith. Peggy was a High School Graduate and attended both Bramwell and Montcalm High...
Frances Marie Fulford
Feb 21, 2013
Frances Marie Allen Fulford, 85, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 after a long illness at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born June 28, 1927, in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Carroll and Reba Creaseman Allen. She was a retired supervisor from GTE and Bluefield Regional Medical Center and had lived in Bluefield for 48...
Eppie E. Riffe
Feb 20, 2013
Eppie E. Riffe of Pebblestone Drive Falls Mills, VA died on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV. Born on January 22, 1922 in Wyoming Co. at Cub Creek, she was a daughter of the late Bilton and Dixie Harless Cook. She was last survivor of this family. Eppie was a housewife, mother and “Granny”...
Irene Poff
Feb 18, 2013
Irene Martin Poff, age 91, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 7, 1921 in Summersville, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Rosetta O’Dell Martin. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 55 years and was a member of the Bluewell United...
Leola Mae Bailey
Feb 17, 2013
Leola Mae Bailey of Tabernacle Hill Montcalm, WV went to meet her LORD and Savior on Sunday, February 17, 2013 in Princeton, WV. She was born April 26, 1914 in Ashland, WV to the late Louis Ferris and Bertha Gregory Ferris. She was of the Baptist faith. She had been a resident of Montcalm for the past 51 years and...
Dwight Randolph Hall
Feb 15, 2013
Dwight Randolph Hall, age 59, of Bud, WV, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital. Born on September 26, 1953 in Rock, he was a son of the late James Nathan and Murel Elizabeth Thomas Hall. He had been a resident of Itmann for 10 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Tammy Fagg
Feb 13, 2013
Tammy Fagg, age 51, of Bluefield, WV, went to Heaven on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Born on January 11, 1962 in Bluefield, Tammy was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Fagg; one sister, Rosa Leigh Shinault, her paternal grandparents, Clarence and Della Shinault, and her maternal grandparents, Charles and Bertha...
Virginia Faye Nemchick
Feb 13, 2013
Virginia Faye Nemchick, age 83, of Bland, VA, passed away on Wednesday, February 13 2013 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on September 22, 1929, she was a daughter of the late James and Effie Kilgore Tolliver. She was a homemaker, loved doing crafts and was a member of the Elkhorn Methodist Church. In addition to her parents,...
William David Burnett
Feb 13, 2013
William David “Bill” Burnett, age 91, of Harry Heights Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on September 17, 1921 in Cedar Bluff, VA, he was a son of the late William Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Cordle Burnett. Bill was a descendent of John Burnett of Aberdeen, Scotland, who...
Harold Jackson Blevins
Feb 12, 2013
Harold Jackson Blevins, of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born in Goodwill, WV on August 30, 1929. He was the son of the late Oscar J. and Serilda Jane Taylor Blevins. Harold served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was a route man for Betsy Ross bakeries that later...
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