Obituaries

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Joseph Jackson Honaker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Corenia Alexander

Corenia Alexander

Aug 21, 2012

Bluefield- Corenia Alexander, 80, of 914 Carolina Ave., Bluefield, WV passed away Tuesday August 21, 2012 at a Bluefield hospital. Born January 4, 1932 in Longpole, WV, she was a daughter of the late Fleming and Lucy Damron Trent. Mrs. Alexander had been a resident of Bluefield since 1984 and was a member of the Miracle Valley Pentecostal Church. In...

Derek Wayne Tabor

Derek Wayne Tabor

Aug 20, 2012

Derek Wayne Tabor, age 22, of 240 Blue Heaven Road, Matoaka, WV, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 28, 1989 in Princeton, he was a son of Patricia Farmer Wimmer of the home, and the late Michael Lee Tabor. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a...

James Timothy "Timmy" Howell

James Timothy "Timmy" Howell

Aug 19, 2012

PETERSTOWN,WV--- James Timothy “Timmy” Howell, age 52, of Peterstown, WV passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born February 4, 1960 in Knoxville, TN he was the son of the late James H. and Doris Phillips Howell. Tim was a US Navy Veteran and was employed with J and N Trucking in Peterstown. He was a past...

Bessie Ellen Whitteker

Bessie Ellen Whitteker

Aug 19, 2012

Bessie Ellen Mullins Whitteker, 94 of Duhring, WV, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 19, 2012. Her faith in God and hope in Heaven is now her Joy and our comfort. She passed away peacefully at home in the presence of her family. She was born on January 22, 1918. She was preceded in death by her...

Evelyn Wright

Evelyn Wright

Aug 16, 2012

WRIGHT, Evelyn Perdue Taylor Shumate Bluefield , WV – Evelyn Wright, born May 8, 1919 , age 93, of Bluefield . Mrs. Wright was the daughter of the late Walter Perdue and Cora Dillman Perdue. Mrs. Wright was a home maker, worked for Maiden Form, Leggett’s, Singer, and was a foster parent to numerous children in Roanoke , VA. Mrs....