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Hershel Cox
Jan 30, 2013
Hershel “Ray” Cox 61of 453 Jonah Ave. Bluefield, WV (Holly Hill Estates) passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Mr. Cox was born March 27, 1951 to Betty Kelly Peak of Bluefield, VA and the late Hershel Cox. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 13 years and was formerly of Green Valley....
Josh Jared Smith
Jan 29, 2013
Josh Jared Smith 39 of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Josh was born on June 06, 1973 in Princeton, WV to the late Joseph Ed Smith and Barbara Warden Smith. Josh was had been a lifelong resident of Princeton, WV and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Juanita Mae Billings
Jan 29, 2013
Juanita Mae Billings, age 59, of 337 Borage Avenue, Princeton, WV died on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 22, 1953, in Skygusty, she was a daughter of Viola Childs Wooldridge of Pageton and the late Hampton Wooldridge. She had lived in Mercer County for the past 30 years and worked as a radiology...
Roy Lee Nunn
Jan 28, 2013
Bluefield- Roy Lee Nunn, 75, of Rt. 3 Bluefield, WV, passed away Monday January 28, 2013 at a Roanoke hospital. Born September 17, 1937 in Bland County, VA, he was a son of the late Ronney Lee and Sallie Morehead Nunn. Mr. Nunn retired from the Lynchburg Foundry located in Radford, VA and had been a resident of Bluewell for...
Ina Zaborsky
Jan 27, 2013
Petersburg, VA- Ina Billings Zaborsky, 90, of 590 Flank Road Petersburg, VA, passed away Sunday January 27, 2013 at a Petersburg, VA hospital. Ina was born to the late Winnie Cornett Billings and Daniel Billings on May 11, 1922 in Coeburn, VA. Ina received her LPN nursing license in Sykesville, MD, in 1942. She was married in South Carolina on...
Gladys Clendenen
Jan 27, 2013
BLUEWELL, Gladys Clendenen, 90, affectionately known as “Ninny” by those who loved her best, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 27, 2013 surrounded by those who cared for her. Born on December 3, 1922 in Boissevain, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ollie and Mattie Dillon Compton. She had lived in Bluewell since 2004 and...
Nannie Lee Lowe
Jan 27, 2013
Bluefield- Nannie Lee Lowe, 90, of Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord after suffering from a long illness on Sunday January 27, 2013 while sleeping in her home. Born August 15, 1922 in Matoaka, WV, she was a daughter of the late Alex and Eula Mae Cecil. Mrs. Lowe was a devout member of The Church of Jesus...
Arnold Dayton Hamilton
Jan 27, 2013
Arnold Dayton Hamilton, II, age 37, of P.O. Box 286 Northfork, WV (Pearly Road, Elkhorn) died Peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at his residence. Born on November 8, 1975 in Bluefield, he was a son of Diana Lambert Hamilton of Switchback and the late Arnold Dayton Hamilton. He had lived in Northfork his entire life and...
Connie Louise Lewis
Jan 26, 2013
Connie Louise Lewis 57 of 107 Ada Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at her residence. Connie was born on August 26, 1955 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late James Burl Roland and Margaret Louise Sexton Roland. She was a graduate of Beaver High School and was of the Baptist faith. Connie had been...
Phillip John Lawless
Jan 26, 2013
Phillip "John" Lawless of Green Valley, WV passed away Saturday, January 26 at his home. Born April 30, 1933 at Hemphill, WV, son of Pearl Jane Dove Lawless and the late Phillip "Buster" Lawless. John attended Welch High School and was an excellent softball pitcher. He joined the United States Marine Corp and served for 4 years. After returning he...
Andrew John Shulock
Jan 24, 2013
Andrew John Shulock, Jr., age 78, of 3690 Coal Heritage Road, apartment #9, died on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 9, 1934, in Gary, he was a son of the late Andrew john Shulock, Sr. and Bessie Kish Shulock. He was a resident of Mercer County for the past 20 years after relocating...
Doris Elaine Shaffer
Jan 24, 2013
Doris Elaine Shaffer, age 83, of 260 Warden Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at her home. Born on July 12, 1929 in Fairmont, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Hattie Hicks Thompson. She had been a resident of Bluewell since 1954 and was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church. She...
Robert Michael Alley
Jan 19, 2013
Robert Michael “Mickey” Alley, age 57, of 185 Airy Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Born on December 6, 1955 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late William “Richard” Alley, Sr. and Marie Flora Shumate Alley. He had been a resident of Brushfork...
Mable Steele
Jan 17, 2013
Mrs. Mable West Steele, of Bluefield, WV and formerly of Iaeger, WV, departed this life on Thursday January 17, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born August 15, 1914 to the late Will and Elizabeth West in Kentucky, she was the last surviving member of her family. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by; her husband Estil...
Phyllis Lee Lindamood
Jan 16, 2013
Bluefield- Phyllis Lee Hypes Lindamood, 92, of Bluefield passed away Wednesday January 16, 2013 at Loving Hands Nursing Home in Bluefield, WV. Born August 20, 1920 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Floyd P. and Ida E. Broyles Hypes. Mrs. Lindamood was a life time member of Grace United Methodist Church and a lifelong resident of...
Maynard Basil Dillow
Jan 14, 2013
Maynard Basil Dillow, age 84, of Tabernacle Hill Road, Montcalm, WV went to be with the LORD on Monday, January 14, 2013 at his home. Born on March 16, 1928 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late John C. and Laura Mae Perkins Dillow. He had lived in Montcalm since 1980 and was a skilled heavy equipment operator....
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...
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