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Emma Lawrence
Sep 15, 2012
Emma Hanchock Lawrence, 90, of Bluefield, WV; formerly of Maybeury, WV passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at her home. Born on July 3, 1922, in Upland, WV, she was the daughter of the late Wash and Julia Lahosky Hanchock. She was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Bluefield. She was a homemaker known for her...
Barbara Otey
Sep 14, 2012
Barbara Ann Otey 78 of Bramwell, WV was carried by the Angels on Friday, September 14, 2012 to reunite with her loved ones in heaven. She passed away at her home with her family by her side. She lived her life with great strength, courage and sense of duty. The love and care of her family was her life’s work....
Bobbie Olan Perkins
Sep 14, 2012
Bobbie Olan Perkins 81 of New Hope Road Princeton, WV passed away on Friday, September 14, 2012 at his home after a long battle with lung cancer. Born April 18, 1931 in Montcalm, WV he was the son of the late Nora Taylor Perkins Walker and Charlie Walker and Fred Perkins. He and his family are former residents of Sheffield...
Shirley Kennett
Sep 14, 2012
ERIE, Pa. — Shirley A. Kennett, age 72, of Erie, Pa., passed away on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at home following a brief illness. She was born in Crystal, W.Va., on Aug. 23, 1940, daughter of the late Hayden and Gertie Spaulding. Shirley was a founding member of Interfaith Worship Center. She was also a member of the Women's Ministry...
Harry Charley
Sep 12, 2012
Harry Charley 79 of 169 Raysal Hollow Road Raysal, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Harry was born on July 02, 1933 in Fulton, West Virginia to the late Samuel and Margaret Hess Charley. He had been a resident of Raysal for the past eight years. He served...
Joseph Jackson Honaker
Sep 11, 2012
MONTCALM, WV---Joseph Jackson Honaker, Sr. age 78 of 598 Freedom Road Montcalm, WV passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born May 28, 1934 at Montcalm he was the son of the late Lacy Lee and Pearl Martin Honaker. Mr. Honaker was a lifelong resident of Montcalm and had worked at United Piece and Dye Works...
Drema Sue Banks
Sep 9, 2012
Drema Sue Banks, age 61, of 700 Garland Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on October 27, 1950 in Beckley, she was a son of Roscoe “Elmer” Brown of Princeton and the late Wilma June Sheets Brown. She had been a resident of Princeton for 5 years and...
Evelyn "Louise" Auton
Sep 7, 2012
Evelyn “Louise” Auton, 83, of Rt. 3 Box 333 Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday September 7, 2012 at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born July 9, 1929 in Ennis, WV, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Wancie Sells Lambert. Mrs. Auton was of the Baptist faith and was a devoted homemaker. In addition to her parents,...
Virginia Carol Saddler
Sep 6, 2012
Virginia Carol Saddler, 68, of Montcalm, WV, passed away Thursday September 6, 2012, in Bluefield, WV. Born June 13, 1944 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Roy Thomas Neal, Sr. and Ola Kidd. Mrs. Saddler had been a resident of Montcalm for the past twenty-six years and attended the Montcalm Church of God. Virginia was a...
Rita Ann White
Sep 6, 2012
Rita Ann Lusk White, age 51, of Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial hospital. Born January 4, 1961 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Curtis and Shelva Jean Bailey Lusk. Rita has worked as a CNA and Unit Clerk, she was a Senior Regent for the Women of the Moose Bluefield...
Ollie Virginia Black
Sep 3, 2012
Ollie Virginia “Ginny” Black, 89, of 142 Dangerfield Dr. Rocky Gap, VA formerly of Elkhorn, WV, passed away Monday September 3, 2012 at her home. Born February 21, 1923 in Hines, WV, she was a daughter of the late Bernard C. and Della Hines Moore. Mrs. Black had been a resident of Elkhorn, WV for 61 years before moving to...
Thomas Presley
Sep 2, 2012
Earl Thomas “Tom” Presley, Jr., 71, of Marble Ave., Montcalm, WV, passed away Sunday September 2, 2012 at a Bluefield hospital. Born November 14, 1941 in Elbert, WV he was a son of the late Earl Thomas Presley Sr. and Marion Marder Presley. Mr. Presley was a member of the Pine Grove Church of Christ, a veteran of the U.S....
Ronnie Ferrell
Aug 29, 2012
The Bluefield area lost a dedicated public servant on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Ronnie "Bub" Ferrell of 142 Lindbergh Road passed away suddenly at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. He was born in Mingo County on October 25, 1955, but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio at an early age. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Meda...
Michelle Renee Vinciguerra
Aug 28, 2012
Michelle Renee Vinciguerra, age 45, of 1540 Augusta Street Ext., Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Princeton Health Care in Princeton. Born on September 25, 1966 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Mike and Shirley Vinciguerra of Bluefield and Joyce Addair Vinciguerra of Ashland, KY. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 27 years...
Sherri Ann Watkins
Aug 28, 2012
Sherri Ann Watkins, age 41, of 834 Pinnacle View Road, Bluefield, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on June 27, 1971, she was a daughter of Patricia Watkins of MD and the late Drewery Stafford, Jr. Sherri leaves behind 3 daughters; Mary Smith and husband John of...
Samuel Harrison Butler
Aug 27, 2012
Samuel Harrison Butler, age 92, of HC83 Box 77B, Gap Mills, and formerly of Anawalt, passed away on Monday, August 27, 2012 at his home. Born on June 20, 1920 in KY, he was a son of the late Walter and Nan Peters Butler. He had been a resident of Gap Mills for 14 years and was a member of...
Clyde Hall
Aug 27, 2012
Clyde Hall, age 69, of Jenkinjones, passed away on Monday, August 27, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 30, 1943 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Clarence and Belle Jennings Hall. He had been a resident of West Virginia and Virginia for all of his life and was a retired truck driver. In...
Dorothy Marie Evans
Aug 24, 2012
NORTHFORK — Dorothy Marie Williams Evans, 78, of Morningside Drive, Northfork, passed away on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 at her residence surrounded by her family. Mrs. Evans was born Jan. 08, 1934 in Pocahontas, Va. to the late Jack and Maggie Anthony Shrader. She had been a resident of McDowell County her entire life. Survivors Include: Husband: James Evans of...
Brenda Pilkins
Aug 23, 2012
Bluefield- Brenda “Joyce” Pilkins, 69, of 4357 Airport Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away Thursday August 23, 2012 at the Bowers Hospice House of Beckley, WV. Born December 09, 1942 she was a daughter of the late Frazier and Mabel Whittaker Davis. Mrs. Pilkins was a member of the First Church of God on Airport Road and was a very devoted...
Yvonne Legg Hurst
Aug 21, 2012
Yvonne Legg Hurst, age 81, of Route 3, Box 464 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, WV passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at Charleston Area Medical Center – Memorial Division, Charleston, WV. Yvonne was born June 26, 1931 in Belburn, WV to the late Jack and Bessie (Hill) Legg. She was “raised” by John W. and Leona (Hill) Sigmon. She attended...
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