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Lavinia "Carol" Arbutus Rose
Jan 11, 2013
Lavinia Arbutus “Carol” Rose, age 64, of 911 Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on January 25, 1948 in Tazewell, VA, she was a daughter of the Dorothy Hampton Nelson and the late Charles Thomas Hampton. She was a homemaker and was of the Holiness faith. She...
Loessie Taylor Doss
Jan 8, 2013
Loessie E. (Taylor) Doss, age 101, of 315 Tank Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at her home. Born on October 27, 1911 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Isaiah and Mary Harman Hill. She had lived in Montcalm for 101 years and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she...
JoAnn Bailey
Jan 7, 2013
JoAnn Bailey, age 82, of Black Oak Road (Route 2), Rock, WV, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab. Born on June 24, 1930 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Stanley W. and Ruth White Ratcliff. She had been a resident of Rock for 62 years and was of the Methodist...
Jason Persiani
Jan 6, 2013
Jason Ray Persiani, age 33, of 1600 Hill Avenue, Apt 30, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2013 in Beckley. Born on October 1, 1979 in Bluefield, he was a son of Danny Persiani of Hinton and Connie Jones of Bluefield. He was a store clerk. He was preceded in death by Louis and Marie Persiani and Payton...
Aubrey "Bill" William Wagner
Jan 5, 2013
Aubrey "Bill" William Wagner Bluefield, WV - Aubrey "Bill" William Wagner, age 69, of 340 Victory Road, Bluefield, WV passed away on January 5, 2013 at his residence. Born Nov. 19, 1943 at Maybeury, WV, he served in the US Army 509th Airborne Division for 3 yrs. He was a retiree from the United States Postal Service after 27 years...
Leslie Morgan Nelson
Jan 5, 2013
Leslie Morgan Nelson, age 19, of 563 Rustic Hill Drive, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital from natural causes. Born on December 2, 1993 in Princeton, she was a daughter of Jeffrey Steward Nelson of Princeton and Jeniffer Perkins Shrewsbury of Camp Creek, but was raised by her grandparents, David & Bonnie Lilly...
Earl W. Burgess
Jan 5, 2013
Earl W. Burgess, 80, of Sherando, VA, formerly of Coaldale, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Augusta Health after a long illness. He was born February 21, 1932 in Maybeury, West Virginia to the late George H. Burgess and the late Ida Wood Burgess. He was a member of the American Legion Post 340...
Mark David Williams
Jan 4, 2013
Mark David "Doc" Williams, 49, of Old Bramwell Rd, Bluefield, WV died Friday, Jan. 4, 2012 at his home. Born on September 3, 1963 in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late Dorothy P. Williams Graham and Harry Randall Williams. As a youth, he attended Bramwell High School and Bramwell Wesleyan Church. He was raised in the Coopers/Shinbrier...
Clarence David Music
Jan 3, 2013
Clarence David “Dean” Music, age 62, of 63 Houston Hill, Elkhorn (PO Box 26, Northfork), passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Born on February 9, 1950 in Mingo County, he was a son of Cynthia Justus of Fairfield Lane and the late Clarence Lane Music. He was a retired coal miner and truck driver and...
Raymond Johnson Farmer
Jan 2, 2013
Raymond Johnson Farmer, age 88, of Route 3 Box 450 (116 Dahlia Street), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on September 6, 1924 in Goodwill, he was a son of the late Thomas and Sarah Spencer Farmer. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the...
Michael David Stevens
Jan 1, 2013
Michael David Stevens, age 54, of 2521 Netherwood, Greensboro, NC and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at his residence. Born on July 4, 1958, he was a son of David E. and Marquetta White Stevens of Bluefield. He was employed as an inside sales rep for State Electric in Greensboro. Survivors in addition to his...
Walter John Yinger
Dec 30, 2012
Walter Jon Yinger, Jr. Walter John Yinger, Jr. age 71, of the McDowell Nursing and Rehab. Center, Gary, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on August 13, 1941 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Walter John Yinger, Sr. and Dorothy Poe Yinger. He had been a resident...
Betty Jean Blevins
Dec 30, 2012
Betty Jean Blevins, age 69, of 103 Village Glen, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at her sister’s home. Born on June 1, 1943 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Bower Clyde and Ethel Dunford Farrington. She had been a resident of Princeton for 30 years and was a homemaker. In addition to...
John Andrew Kaczynski
Dec 30, 2012
John Andrew Kaczynski, age 61, of 60 Summers Street, Welch, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 in Charlotte, NC due to complications from lung cancer. Born on July 23, 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the only child of John and Ann Kaczynski of Pittsburgh, PA. He had been a resident of Welch for 38 years. He was...
Virginia Pruitt
Dec 30, 2012
Helen Virginia Pruitt, age 66, age 66, of 210 Armory Road (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 6, 1946 and was a daughter of the late Annie M. Blevins and the late Carl Hall. She loved playing with her grandkids and great grandkids. She was a...
Janet L. Dale
Dec 30, 2012
Janet L. Dale, loving mother and grandmother, died on Sunday, December 30, 2012, at the age of 81. Janet was born in Goodwill, WV to the late Kelly Dillon and the late Mary Dotson. She attended and was a member of Duhring Church of Christ. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Janet is survived by...
Ruth Elaine Krondon
Dec 29, 2012
Ruth Elaine (Lusk) Krondon, age 82, of 221 Dismal Creek Road, Bland, VA, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at her home. Born on November 6, 1930 in Rock, she was a daughter of the late Roy Erman and Josephine Alma Mullin Lusk. She had been a resident of Bland for 12 years and was a homemaker. In addition...
Judy G. Roberts
Dec 28, 2012
Judy G. Roberts, 59, of Bluefield, formerly of Crumpler went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Friday afternoon, December 28, 2012, at Princeton Community Hospital , after a long illness. Born September 22, 1953, in Welch, she was the daughter of the late William “Buck” Graham and Violet Johnson Graham. She was affiliated with the Crumpler United Methodist...
Donald Ray Harris
Dec 26, 2012
Donald Ray Harris, age 81, of 264 Matilda Place, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at his home. Born on February 21, 1931 in Jenkinjones, he was a son of the late Alexander and Mamie Baldwin Harris. He had been a resident of Green Valley for 27 years and was a retired corrections officer. He was a...
Clara Yvonne Economos
Dec 24, 2012
Clara Yvonne Economos 76 of Princeton, WV passed away on Monday, December 24, 2012 at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield, WV. Clara was born on May 05, 1936 in Bluefield, WV to the late Burt and Myrtle Belcher Gillespie. She had been a resident of Princeton, WV for the past three years, living the majority of her life in...
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