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Grace Bel Crigger
Nov 6, 2012
Grace Bell Crigger 96 of 811 Thorn Street Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 at Princeton Health Care in Princeton, West Virginia. . Mrs. Crigger was born on February 12, 1916 in Leckie, West Virginia she is the daughter of the late Frank Hanby and Mandie Bell Hanby. She had been a resident of Princeton, West...
Harley Jennings
Nov 2, 2012
Weyanoke, WV- Harley D. Jennings, 79, of Weyanoke, passed away Friday November 2, 2012 at the Raleigh Center in Daniels, WV. Born September 24, 1933 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Hobert and Nannie Jennings. Mr. Jennings was a member of the New Vision Pentecostal Holiness Church, was a retired coal miner and member of U.M.W.A....
Robert Dewayne Kidwell
Nov 1, 2012
Robert Dewayne Kidwell, Sr. 55, of 613 Havaco Drive Welch, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, November 01, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Robert was born on Monday, October 14, 1957 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Nancy Lockhart Kidwell and William Kidwell. He had been a resident of Welch for most of his life....
Lois L. Proffitt
Oct 31, 2012
On October 31, 2012, Lois L. Nipper Proffitt, age 80, of 2427 Bull Tail Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, was called home by God, after a short illness. She was surrounded by family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, William J. and Sally J. Nipper; her husband, Wilson (Pug) Proffitt; her much loved son, Michael Proffitt; and...
Carolyn Cook
Oct 30, 2012
Carolyn Cook, age 67, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at her residence. Born on September 3, 1945 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Charles Blake and Georgia Mae Meadwell Farley. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 24 years and was a former cashier at Go-Mart. In addition to her parents,...
Richard Neil Meredith
Oct 26, 2012
Bluefield, VA- Richard Neil Meredith of Colonial Gardens apartments, Bluefield, VA, formerly of Union St., Bluefield and Northfork, WV, passed away Friday October 26, 2012 at Tazewell Community Hospital following an extended illness. Richard was the son of the late Walter R.”Buss” Meredith and Beulah Kemp Meredith, of Northfork, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death...
Brenda Louise Beavers
Oct 24, 2012
Brenda Louise Beavers, age 57, of Route 4 Box 54-BB, Bluefield, WV, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the home of her sister in Rocky Gap. She had lived there with Paula and Rick for the last 5 months and that made her happier than she had been in years. Born on June 24, 1955 in Hampton,...
Rev. Calvin Linwood O'Donnell
Oct 22, 2012
Rev. Calvin Linwood O’Donell 73 of 409 Union Drive Princeton, WV passed away on Monday, October 22, 2012 at his residence. Rev. O’Donell was born on August 06, 1939 in McComas, WV to the late Willis and Elma Barger O’Donell. He was a minister for 46 years and was a pastor for churches in Princeton including Friendly Missionary Hall and...
Charlie Lee Jones
Oct 21, 2012
Charlie Lee Jones, age 76, of Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the Westwood Health Care Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on February 25, 1936 in Crumpler, he was a son of the late Charles Bascum and Ibbie Erie Meadows Jones. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 55 years and was a retired accountant and...
Catherine Juanita Ingram
Oct 18, 2012
Catherine Juanita Haynes Ingram, age 36, of Lewisburg, WV went home to with the LORD on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center. Born on August 13, 1976 in Charles County, MD, she was a daughter of Danny and Doris Attison Haynes of Falls Mills, VA. She was a certified nursing assistant and was thrilled to be...
Bernard Emmett Arney
Oct 18, 2012
Bernard Emmett Arney, age 85, of 2439 Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Golden Age Memory Care Center in Claypool Hill, VA. Born on September 5, 1927 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Dallas C. and Mary Cassel Arney. He attended public schools in Mercer County. He was a...
Michael Wayne Chapman
Oct 18, 2012
Michael Wayne Chapman, age 57, of Domingo Drive (PO Box 431), Anawalt, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on November 18, 1954 in Welch, he was a son of Flossie Thompson Chapman of Anawalt and the late Kelly Stuart Chapman. He had been a resident of Anawalt for all of his life and...
Paul Dannie Combs
Oct 15, 2012
Paul Dannie Combs, age 55, of Route 1 (Sandlick), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on March 5, 1957, he was a son of the late Charles Edward “Cowboy” and Juanita Ball Combs. He had been a lifelong resident of Sandlick and was a retired coal miner. He loved the coalmines and...
Juanita Stepp
Oct 14, 2012
Juanita Jane Stepp of Anawalt, formerly the Jenkinjones area, departed this life on Sunday, October 14,2012 at Wythe County Hospital in Wytheville, Virginia, following a long illness. Born on July 4, 1946 she was the daughter of the late Roy Stepp and Edna Harman Stepp. She was the oldest of three children. Juanita was a very devoted, caring, and loving...
Mary Elizabeth Hicks
Oct 14, 2012
Bluefield- Mary Elizabeth Hicks, 78, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Sunday October 14, 2012, at a Roanoke, VA hospital. Born May 16, 1934 in Mercer County she was a daughter of the Clarence and Thelma Thomas. Mrs. Hicks was of the Methodist faith and a devoted homemaker and wife. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Kiera Jade Hudgins
Oct 11, 2012
Kiera Jade Hudgins, 12 days old, of Route 2, Box 274, Rock, WV died on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Hospital. She was a beloved daughter of Robert Gravley of Parrott, VA and Ashley Hudgins of the home. Preceding her in death was her maternal grandfather, Jeffery Hudgins; Paternal grandfather, Clarence Gravley; and uncle, Terry Gravley. In addition...
Estell Wayne Edwards
Oct 9, 2012
Estell Wayne Edwards, age 55, of 5691 Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, VA passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at home. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the...
Betty Pauline Carner
Oct 7, 2012
Betty Pauline Carner, age 93, of 9604 New Hope Road, Bluefield, WV died on Sunday October 7, 2012 at Loving Hands Nursing Home in Green Valley. “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” Born on June 2, 1919 in Mercer County, she was...
Elizabeth Ann May
Oct 4, 2012
Elizabeth Ann May 52 of Raysal, WV went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 04, 2012 at her residence, after a long illness. She was born on October 05, 1960 in Canton, Ohio to Patricia “Pat” Morris Charley and the late Harry Charley. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 16 years James May of...
Lillian (Thelma) Proffitt Shrader
Oct 1, 2012
Lillian (Thelma) Proffitt Shrader, age 84 of 1201Packing Plant Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluewell. Born on Mach 2, 1928 in Bluewell, she was a daughter of the late William Shrader and Maudie (Hambrick) Shrader. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 84 years and was a member...
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