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Samuel Franklin Aust
Jul 25, 2012
Samuel Franklin Aust 55 of P.O. Box 522 Montcalm, WV (Tabernacle Hill) passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Samuel was born on Saturday, September 22, 1956 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Mozelle Hollar Aust and the late Joe Henry Aust. He had been a resident of Montcalm for most of his life...
Howard Ray Overbaugh
Jul 24, 2012
Howard Ray Overbaugh, age 64, of Rutledge, TN, formerly of Bland, VA, died on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Tanner Medical Center in Villa Rica, GA. Born on January 25, 1948 in Anawalt, WV, he was the son of the late Clowney and Irene Blevins Overbaugh. He was a retired supervisor for the State Department of Transportation and was a...
Johnnie Weiss
Jul 21, 2012
Johnnie Weiss, age 80 of Princeton, WV, died on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at his home with his loving arms around his wife and in the presence of his family. Born in Speedway, WV in 1932, he was a son of the late James and Gladys Richmond Weiss. He had lived in Princeton for the past 39 years and was...
Tonya Dawn Williams
Jul 21, 2012
Tonya Dawn “Tony” Williams, 40, of Brushfork, WV passed away July 21, 2012 in Giles County, Va. Tony was born August 16, 1971, the daughter of the late Dorothy “Phyllis” Williams Graham. She grew up in Coopers, WV, attended Bramwell High School and Bluefield High School. She attended Bramwell Weslyan Church in Bramwell in her youth and in later years...
Bernard A. Helmandollar
Jul 20, 2012
Bernard A. Helmandollar, age 88, of Bluefield, cherished father and grandfather, died on Friday, July 20, 2012 while at his residence. Born on November 23, 1923 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late George Thomas Helmandollar and Martha Hawks Helmandollar. He was a veteran of World War II having served with the 279th Engineer Combat Battalion of the...
Matha Jean Johnson
Jul 17, 2012
Matha Johnson obituary Matha Jean Johnson 51 years old of Maybeury, W.Va. went to be with Jesus and her mother July 17, 2012 at 1 A.M. in the morning. She was preceded in death by her father Russell Johnson and her mother Helen Mae Johnson, her grandparents Hobert and Artie Scott, Sarah and Jack Johnson. She is survived by her...
Joan "Nina" Stotts
Jul 16, 2012
Joan A. “Nina” Stotts, 74, formerly of Bramwell, WV passed away July 16, 2012 at home with her family at her bedside in Portage, Michigan. Joan was the only daughter of Forest Allen and Carl White Allen and was a 1956 graduate of Bramwell High School, Bramwell, WV. She owned and operated Joan’s Ceramic Shop in Bramwell and retired from...
Peggy Lane Lunsford
Jul 14, 2012
BLUEWELL — Peggy Lane Parks Lunsford, age 48, of Bluewell, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on Sept. 28, 1963, she was a daughter of the late William D. and Ruth Blackwell Parks. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. In addition to her parents, she was...
Roy Earl Landers
Jul 11, 2012
Roy Earl Landers Roy Earl Landers, age 82, of Ormond Beach, FL, and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 20112 at the Avante Health & Rehab Center in Ormond Beach. Born on March 17, 1930 in Huntington, he was a son of the late Robert and Carl Alberta Hendricks Landers. He was a retired hardware salesman and...
Blanche Lora Kitts
Jul 8, 2012
Blanche Lora Kupner Kitts, age 84, of 3140 Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at her home. Born on February 24, 1928 in Ellington, MO, she was a daughter of the late Alen and Otha McBride. She had been a resident of Sandlick for many years and attended the Sandlick Baptist Church. In addition to...
Dennis William Thomason
Jul 6, 2012
Dennis William (Danny) Thomason, Sr., age 58, of Route 3 Box 535, Bluefield, died on Friday, July 6, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC surrounded by his family after a long illness. At death, the soul freed from the pains, weariness, illness, and limitations of the body, he began his highest life in Heaven. Dennis was born October 24,...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Mitchem Williamson
Jul 5, 2012
BLUEFIELD, WV---Jacqueline “Jackie” Mitchem Williamson, age 82, of Bluewell, WV passed away Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born December 9, 1929 at Sagamore, WV she was the daughter of the late William “Bill” and Flossie Miller Mitchem. Mrs. Williamson was a resident of the Bluewell area for the past 6 years where she was a loving...
Larry E. Bailey
Jul 3, 2012
Larry E. Bailey, age 65, of 110 Vintage Oak, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at his home. Born on September 30, 1946 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late William H. and Atwith Juanita Barlow Bailey. He had been a resident of Princeton for 1 year after moving from Cincinnati, where he had...
Donald Ray Bowling
Jul 1, 2012
Donald Ray Bowling 67 of 3017 Bluefield Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, July 01, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Bowling was born on February 09, 1945 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Hubert L. Bowling and Jannie Hager Bowling. He has been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a retired Brick...
Louella Mae Music
Jun 30, 2012
Louella Mae Music 61 of 200 Devon Street Eckman, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Louella was born on June 01, 1951 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Addison and Willie Dove Christian. She had lived in Eckman for the past nine years and was of the...
Bobby Demarcey
Jun 30, 2012
Bobby Demarcey, age 76, of 120 Savory Lane, Princeton and formerly of Maybeury and Bramwell, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at his residence. Born on March 19, 1936 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Leon and Ora Green Demask. He was a retired coal miner, was a member of the UMWA, and was a truck...
Nikki Anetta McPeak
Jun 29, 2012
Nikki Annetta McPeak 34 of 3225 Ridgecrest Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, June 29, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Nikki was born on October 13, 1977 in Princeton, West Virginia to Kip Lawrence and Annetta Fuda McPeak of Bluefield, West Virginia. She had been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia for all...
Betty Sue Honaker Meadors
Jun 28, 2012
BRAMWELL, WV---Betty Sue Honaker Meadors, age 82 of RT 1 Box 68 Bramwell, WV entered into eternal life on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at her residence. Born March 19, 1930 in Bluefield, WV she was the daughter of the late William Stanley and Cornelia Francis Woodward Honaker. Mrs. Meadors was a resident of Bramwell for the past 54 years where...
Garnett Britten
Jun 25, 2012
Garnett Wright Rincic Britten, age 85, of 4135 Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, went home to be with the LORD and her loved ones on Monday, June 25, 2012 at the First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst, NC. Born on January 8, 1927 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Oatha Cecil and Daisy Marie Bailey Wright. She had...
Bonnie Farrow
Jun 24, 2012
Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Bonnie Ann Burnopp Farrow, age 46, of Bradley, WV, passed away on June 24, 2012 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley. Born on September 13, 1965 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Donald and Doris Burnopp of Bluefield. She...
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