Obituaries

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Jerry Thomason

Jerry Thomason

Sep 30, 2012

Jerry Thomason 62 of Rt. 1 Box 406 Bluefield, WV passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Jerry was born on March 04, 1950 in Bluefield, WV to the late Charlie Lewis Thomason and Mattie Lou Harmon. Jerry had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a retired construction worker. Survivors...

Beulah Louise Lambert

Beulah Louise Lambert

Sep 29, 2012

Beulah Louise Lambert, age 78 of Riddle Drive (PO Box 303), Anawalt, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on October 13, 1933 in Pageton, she was a daughter of the late Allen and Maude Cooper Mitchem. She had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County. She was a member since she was 10 years...

Sally Louise Kapish

Sally Louise Kapish

Sep 27, 2012

Sally Louise Kapish, age 82, of 98 Peyton Place (PO Box 73), Thorpe, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on August 8, 1930 at Wilcoe, she was a daughter of the late John and Carrie Sowers Sparks. She had been a resident of Thorpe for all of her life and was of...

Freda Ann Parks

Freda Ann Parks

Sep 26, 2012

Freda Ann Parks, age 77, of P.O. Box 201, Anawalt, WV died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at her residence. Born on May 21, 1935 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Cindy Wright Mallory. She had lived in Anawalt her entire life and was a member of the Conklintown Church of God. She was a...

Freda Ann Parks

Freda Ann Parks

Sep 26, 2012

Freda Ann Parks, age 77, of P.O. Box 201, Anawalt, WV died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at her residence. Born on May 21, 1935 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Cindy Wright Mallory. She had lived in Anawalt her entire life and was a member of the Conklintown Church of God. She was a...

Reda Marie Nance

Reda Marie Nance

Sep 24, 2012

Reda Marie Spencer Nance, age 72, of Antler Branch Road (Elkhorn Mtn), Anawalt, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2012 at the residence of her daughter in Gary. Born on January 2, 1940 in WV, she was a daughter of the late Haron and Marie Farmer Spencer. She had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County and was a member...

Mona Kay Duncan

Mona Kay Duncan

Sep 24, 2012

Mona Kay Duncan, age 56, of Newberry, South Carolina, formerly of Bluefield, WV died on Monday, September 24, 2012 at Providence Hospital in Columbia, SC. Born on March 6, 1956 in Tazewell County, VA, she was a daughter of the late Patton and Lona Underwood Van Dyke. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She had lived in South...

Hazel Virginia Rogers

Hazel Virginia Rogers

Sep 23, 2012

MONTCALM, WV---Hazel Virginia Rogers, age 82, of P.O. Box 493 Montcalm, WV (McComas) passed away Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV. Born November 20, 1929 at McComas, WV she was the daughter of the late John O. and Virginia Belle Gills Rogers. Ms. Rogers was a retired cook and was a member of the...

Ruby Wilma Merkle

Ruby Wilma Merkle

Sep 22, 2012

BLUEFIELD, WV--- Ruby Wilma Merkle of 692 W. Cumberland Road Bluefield, WV passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Ms. Merkle was born at Pageton, WV and was the daughter of the late Frank and Sadie Lakitch Merkle. She was a resident of the Bluefield area for the past six months. She was formerly of Greensboro,...

Sharon Purdie

Sharon Purdie

Sep 21, 2012

Weber City, VA - Sharon Purdie, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday Morning (September 21, 2012) after a brief illness. Sharon was a beautiful person inside and out. She was not only humble but she always put others first. Sharon had a remarkable way of finding the simple joys in life whether it was having dinner...

Louise L. Thomas

Louise L. Thomas

Sep 21, 2012

Louise L. Thomas, 91, of 3119 Maple Acres Rd., Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday September 21, 2012 at Westwood Nursing Home. Born May 6, 1921 in Bluefield, WV she was a daughter of the late Posey L. and Addie Ellen Edwards Lester. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Greenview United Methodist Church, was a member of the Circle 3...

Janie Diane Harrison-Giberson

Janie Diane Harrison-Giberson

Sep 20, 2012

Janie Diane Harrison-Giberson, age 43, of Rt. 1, Box 463, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Hospital. Born on April 6, 1969 in Princeton, she was a daughter of Willis Kenneth and Joyce McBride Harrison of Nemours, WV. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 7...

Pamela Webb Lambert

Pamela Webb Lambert

Sep 18, 2012

Pamela D. Webb Lambert, 51, of High Point, NC went to be with the Lord on September 18, 2012 at Bowman Gray Baptist Hospital. Pam was born on October 26, 1960 in Mullens, WV. She was the daughter of Carnes Webb, Sr. and Patricia Repass Webb of Montcalm. She was a resident of Montcalm until 1992 then moved to High...

Charlotte Roberta Holmes

Charlotte Roberta Holmes

Sep 17, 2012

Charlotte Roberta (Beggs) Holmes Charlotte Roberta Holmes, 86, of Princeton died Monday, Sept 17, 2012 at Princeton Health Care. Born June 9, 1926 in Mercer County, WV she was the daughter of the late Jim and Eureka Beggs. She was employed by Moen and was a small business owner in Ohio before returning to WV. She loved animals and was...

Earl Calvin Hines

Earl Calvin Hines

Sep 16, 2012

PRINCETON,WV---Earl Calvin Hines, age 93, of Glenwood Retirement Village, formerly of Browning Lambert Mountain, Rock, WV. passed away early Sunday morning, September 16, 2012 at Glenwood Retirement Village. Born October 21, 1918 in McComas, WV he was the son of the late Kelly and Victoria Hines. Mr. Hines was a resident of Rock, WV for over eighty years. He retired...

Emma Lawrence

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

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

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

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

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...