Obituaries

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Linda Carol Gardner

Linda Carol Gardner

Dec 26, 2011

Linda Carol Gardner 59, of 1121 Hilltop Drive Cleveland, Tennessee passed away on Monday, December 26, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Linda was born on Sunday, February 17, 1952 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Harold and Carol Jean Hurst Gardner. Left to cherish her memory One Brother: John Gardner and wife Aurora of Georgetown, Tennessee One...

Joyce Ann Stamper

Joyce Ann Stamper

Dec 25, 2011

ANAWALT, WV---Joyce Ann Stamper, age 57, of P.O. Box 302 Anawalt, WV went to celebrate Christmas with her Daughter, Granddaughter, and Mother on December 25, 2011 at Welch Community Hospital. Born August 9, 1954 in Welch, WV she was the daughter of the late Luther and Hazel Anders Ellis. Mrs. Stamper was a beloved Wife, Mother, and Grandmother. She was...

Carol Jean Gardner

Carol Jean Gardner

Dec 24, 2011

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Carol Jean Gardner, 77, of 1121 Hilltop Drive, Cleveland, Tenn., formerly of Bluewell, W.Va., died at Memorial Hospital Chattanooga, Tenn. on Saturday, December 24. Carol was born January 22, 1934 in Duhring, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Wall Hurst. She was a resident of Cleveland, Tenn. for the past ten years,...

Sadie Mullins Reeves Sexton

Sadie Mullins Reeves Sexton

Dec 24, 2011

WASHINGTON, MD---Sadie Mullins Reeves Sexton, age 102, of Ft. Washington, MD formerly of Roderfield, Havaco, and Bluewell, WV passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 in Ft. Washington, MD Born September 27, 1909 in Wyoming Co. WV, She was a daughter of the late Matilda Wyatt Belcher Mullins and Solomon Mullins. Mrs. Sexton was a resident of Maryland since 1975 and...

Mary Lou Green

Mary Lou Green

Dec 23, 2011

Mary Low Green, age 66, of Welch, died on Friday December 23, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on March 14, 1945 in Mohegan, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Stella Williams Bishop. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 6 years and was of the Baptist Faith. She was a devoted...

Sarah Gay Williams-Thomas

Sarah Gay Williams-Thomas

Dec 22, 2011

Sarah Gay Williams-Thomas, 52, of Rt.1 Box 8 Bramwell WV formerly of Lasley St. Lebanon VA, entered into Heaven on Thursday, December 22,2011 with her family surrrounding her, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Born July 19, 1959 in Frankfort, KY to parents Ella Dotson Williams and the late Edward L. Williams Jr. She graduated from Bramwell High...

Lois Jean Lambert

Lois Jean Lambert

Dec 20, 2011

Lois Jean Lambert, age 86, of 404 Kee Street, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on June 4, 1925 in Bluefield, she was a son of the late Jim and Ida Mae Linkous. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. Survivors include a son, Larry Rye of...

Ray Gene Phillips, Jr.

Ray Gene Phillips, Jr.

Dec 19, 2011

Ray Gene Phillips, Jr., age 62, of Bluefield, VA, died December 19 after fighting a courageous battle with a rare cancer. Ray died at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born May 9, 1949 to Ray Gene & Edna Phillips, now deceased. He was raised in Pineville, West Virginia and was a...

Donnie Anderson, Sr.

Donnie Anderson, Sr.

Dec 17, 2011

BLUEFIELD, Va. — Donnie Monroe Anderson Sr., age 68, of 5691 Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, Va., passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital with his family by his side. Born on February 14, 1943 in Boissevain, Va., he was a son of the late Ralph and Virginia Anderson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

Thelma Francis Davidson

Thelma Francis Davidson

Dec 17, 2011

BLUEFIELD — Thelma Francis Gilley Davidson, age 90, of Rt. 4, Box 337 Bluefield, W.Va., died on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown, S.C. Born on May 22, 1921 in Goodwill, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late James C. and Sadie M. Carver Gilley. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 28 years...

Billy Winfrey Blevins

Billy Winfrey Blevins

Dec 15, 2011

Billy Winfrey Blevins, age 81, of Route 3 Box 453, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the home of his son Jeffery Blevins in King, NC. Born on April 17, 1930 in Coalwood, he was a son of the late W.C. and Mary Winfrey Blevins. He had been a resident of Mercer County for 73 years...

Thelma Lousia Foster

Thelma Lousia Foster

Dec 13, 2011

Thelma Lousia Powers Foster, age 88, of Rt. 4, Box 507, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Eckman and Eureka Hollow, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the home of her son in Northfork. Born on April 29, 1923 in Sugar Grove, VA she was the daughter of the late Calvin and Dinnie Richardson Powers. She had lived in Bluewell for...

Allie Mae Shockley

Allie Mae Shockley

Dec 11, 2011

Bluefield- Allie Mae Shockley, 89, of 2809 Edgemont Dr., Bluefield, WV, passed away Sunday December 11, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born March 26, 1922 in Patrick Springs, VA, she was the daughter of the late Hamilton and Viola Rorrer Belton. Mrs. Shockley had been a resident of Bluefield for fifty-five years and was a member of the Cumberland...

Geneva H Ellison

Geneva H Ellison

Dec 9, 2011

Geneva H. Ellison, age 89, of 3416 Laurel Fork Road, Rocky Gap, VA, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2011 at her home. Born on March 11, 1922 in Goodwill, she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Wall Hurst. She had been a resident of Rocky Gap for 11 years and was a member of the Duhring...

Harold Eugene Wimmer

Harold Eugene Wimmer

Dec 6, 2011

Harold Eugene Wimmer, age 85, of Route 4 Box 340, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Woltz Hospice House in Dobson, NC. Born on December 13, 1925 in Monticello, WV, he was a son of the late Morris B. and Ethel Dalton Wimmer. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 50 years and was...

John Letcher Harrold

John Letcher Harrold

Dec 5, 2011

John Letcher Harrold, II, age 44, of 210 North College Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on October 14, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Judy Willard Harrold of Falls Mills, VA and the late Jackie Randolph Harrold. He had been a resident of Falls Mills...

Gordon Lynn Crigger

Gordon Lynn Crigger

Dec 3, 2011

Gordon Lynn Crigger, age 68, of 77 Hickory Lane, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born on October 17, 1943 in Bluefield, VA, he was a son of the late Frank and Nellie Patrick Crigger. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and had served his country in the US...

Ernest E. Peraldo

Ernest E. Peraldo

Dec 2, 2011

Ernest E. Peraldo, age 100, of Bluefield, VA died Friday December 2, 2011 at Princeton Health Care Center. Born on June 16, 1911 in Gilliam, WV, he was the son of the late Augustus E. “Gus” and Edith Hawley Peraldo. He was a retired conductor for the Norfolk & Western Railroad and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen....

Debra Lynn Hill

Debra Lynn Hill

Nov 29, 2011

Debra Lynn Burress Hill, age 54, of 312 Gott Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 26, 1957, in Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Sam and Gladia Booth Burress. She had been a resident of Princeton for 20 years, was a graduate of Rocky Gap High...

Leslie Kay Fitzko

Leslie Kay Fitzko

Nov 28, 2011

Leslie Kay Fitzko, age 60, of Route 2 Box 55-A (Montcalm), Rock, WV, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 28, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Born on October 5, 1951 in Bluefield, she was a daughter Rosalee Miller of Memphis, TN and the late Lester Duncan. She was a loving wife and mother. She...