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William Eugene Gillenwater
Apr 7, 2013
William “Eugene” Gillenwater went home to be with the Lord and to join his late father William “Harvey” Gillenwater and daughter Evenlaneline “Angie” Gillenwater-Shultz on April 07, 2013 at his home in Lake Shawnee. Eugene was born August 28, 1954 in Bluefield, WV to Alma Jean Gillenwater and the late William “Harvey” Gillenwater. He served his county with the United...
Carl William Rose
Apr 7, 2013
Carl William Rose, Sr., formerly of Bluefield, WV, passed away on April 7, 2013, in Sun City Center, Florida on the 92nd anniversary of his birth. He was the son of Carl Ellis Rose and Margaret Saul, brother to Colin Rose (all deceased). He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia. He worked as a stone mason prior to joining the...
Helen Joyce Fowler
Apr 6, 2013
Helen Joyce Fowler, age 73, of 500 Ingleside Road, Bluefield, formerly of Thorpe, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 25, 1940 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late coy and Irma Fowler of Thorpe. She had been a resident of Ingleside Road for 9 years where she lived with her...
John Arthur Garay, Jr.
Apr 6, 2013
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 for John Arthur Garay, Jr., 63, of Salisbury, NC, formerly of Skygusty, WV who was called home Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Carolinas’ Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. Born November 26, 1949 in Skygusty, John was the son of the late John Arthur Garay, Sr., and the late Betty...
Ruth Lewis
Apr 5, 2013
Ruth Verena Lewis, 91, of Rogers street, Bramwell, WV, passed away Friday April 5, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born October 17, 1921 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mattie Patrick Lambert. She had been a resident of Bramwell for fifty-three years, a member of the Bramwell United Methodist Church, and a devoted homemaker....
Albert Sturms
Apr 5, 2013
Albert Leon (Peanut) Sturms, age 76, of Freedom Road, Montcalm, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Vickie Simons
Apr 3, 2013
Vickie J. Simons, age 60, of Packing Plant Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Carillon Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, VA. Born in Wolfe West Virginia on January 9, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Bland and Grace Bise Hutchens. She attended Bramwell High School, and was member of the Christ Episcopal Church...
Linda Harter
Apr 3, 2013
Linda Jane (Bailey) Harter, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the age of 85. Linda was one often children born to Lora and Cletus Bailey on August 21, 1927 in Goodwill, WV. She graduated in 1945 and went to work for the Naval Academy enrollment department in Washington D.C. She met and married her children's...
Woodrow Newton Neal
Apr 3, 2013
Woodrow Newton Neal, age 93, of PO Box 1353, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Westwood Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, VA. Born on April 15, 1919 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Jess and Estiline Hall Neal. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a retired caretaker....
Janet Gail Johnson
Apr 3, 2013
Bluefield- Mrs. Janet Gail Johnson, 64, of Rt. 5 Box 451-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away Wednesday April 3, 2013 at Bluefield hospital. Born on June 16, 1948 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Frank E. and Dorothy Irene Wright. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a graduate of Bluefield High School. She was...
Rita Sadler
Apr 2, 2013
Leckie (Anawalt), WV - Rita Arlene Sadler, 66, of Leckie (Anawalt), WV passed away at Riverview Nursing Home in Richcreek, VA on Tuesday April 2, 2013. Born with Cerebral Palsy in Leckie on March 21, 1947, Rita was never able to enjoy the activites most of us took for granted but she always had a smile on her face. It...
Jesse Clarence Hawks
Apr 2, 2013
Jesse Clarence Hawks, age 84, of Brushfork, went to be with his Lord and family on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 7, 1928 in Ashland, WV, he was a son of the late Charlie Hawks, Sr. and Nannie White Hawks. He was a faithful member of the Brushfork First Church of God. Jesse was...
Shirley Mae Rose
Apr 1, 2013
Shirley Mae Rose age 75 went to be with the Lord Monday, April 1, 2013 at her residence in Montcalm, WV. Shirley was born December 3, 1937 at home in Carswell Hollow McDowell County. She was the daughter of the late John Andrew Rose and Alice Cochran Rose. Shirley, confined to a wheelchair her whole life, she never took a...
Hershal Ivan Parker
Mar 31, 2013
Hershal Ivan Parker, age 89, of Warden Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on August 31, 1923 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Edgar and Gwen Lusk Parker. He had been a resident of Bluewell for most of his life and was a veteran of the US...
Dewey Lee Mullins
Mar 31, 2013
Dewey Lee Mullins, age 72, of Northfork, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Born on May 31, 1940 in War, he was a son of the late Wilson Thomas and Viller Miller Mullins. He had been a resident of McDowell County for most of his life and was a former construction worker. In addition to his parents, he was...
Linda Irene Sexton-Price
Mar 30, 2013
BATAVIA, OH — Linda Irene Sexton-Price passed gently into her Savior's arms on Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Batavia, Clermont, Ohio. Linda was born January 9, 1951 in Freeman, WV, the daughter of the late Reginald Mason Sexton and Delila Winifred Shrader. She attended Morehead State University in Morehead, KY where she earned her degree in Physical Education. After college...
Mary Lou Keller
Mar 29, 2013
Mary Lou Keller, age 55, of 186 Delaney Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away Friday, March 29, 2013 at her home. Born on July 20, 1957 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Horton and Phyllis Stiltner Crutchfield. She had been a resident of Princeton for two years, was a homemaker, and attended the Deliverance Temple Church in Brushfork....
Buster Miller
Mar 26, 2013
Buster Miller, 97, of Bluewell, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. He was preceded in death by his is loving wife of 67 years, Mildred; a son, Buster, Jr.; and one great grandson, J.J. Hill; one sister, and eight brothers. Buster was born and raised in Jenkinjones for most of his life and worked in...
Viola Elizabeth Anthony
Mar 23, 2013
Viola Elizabeth Campbell Anthony, 84, of Bluefield, WV peacefully departed this life on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Bluefield, WV. She was born in Eckman, WV on October 25, 1928 to the late Andrew William Campbell, Sr. and Willie Mae Campbell. They moved to Bluefield, WV in 1943 and she attended Mercer County Public Schools graduating...
Arthur Bilton Riffe
Mar 23, 2013
Bluefield, VA- Arthur (Bilton) Riffe, 74, of 119 Jefferson St., Bluefield, VA, passed away Saturday March 23, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born August 1, 1938 in Litwar, WV he was a son of the late Mervin E. and Eppie E. Cook Riffe. Arthur was a resident of Bluefield, VA and Falls Mills, VA most of his life. He...
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