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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Bobby Ray Burgess
Nov 28, 2011
Bobby Ray Burgess, age 48, of 540 Pleasant Valley Drive, Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2011 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. Born on September 8, 1963 in Bethesda, MD, he was a son of Roy Burgess of Bluefield and Susan Sigmon Windle of Princeton. He had been a resident for Princeton for three years and...
Charlotte Ann Underwood
Nov 26, 2011
Charlotte Ann Underwood, 65 years old, of Rock West Virginia, went home to be with Jesus and her late husband, Thomas Underwood. She passed peacefully, with her loving family by her side, on November 26, 2011. Born on April 12, 1946 in Mary Branch, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Harrison & Ethel Farmer. Charlotte was retired...
David Dwayne King
Nov 24, 2011
David Dwayne “Midge” King, age 44, of P.O. Box 91, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on July 6, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Beulah Hampton. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and was a construction worker. In addition to his mother, a brother, Jeffery...
Carole Ann Marshall
Nov 23, 2011
Carole Ann Marshall 54 of Box 156 Pageton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at her residence. Carole had been a resident of Pageton for the past 25 years and was Catholic. Carole was born September 26, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Newson and Delores Rays Newson both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carole was preceded in death...
Veda Margaret Sexton
Nov 22, 2011
On November 22, 2011, Veda Margaret Avancini Sexton, of Bluefield was called home after a very long journey in this life at the age of 98. She was born on April 13, 1913 in Fayette County West Virginia, was raised in the mountains, and spent her entire life here. There was no place in this world more beautiful to her...
Edsel Wayman Taylor
Nov 17, 2011
Edsel Wayman Taylor, age 83, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on May 6, 1928 in Springton, WV, he was a son of the late Philip and Belle Blanche Basham Taylor. He had been a resident of the Bluefield area for 78 years and attended the Deliverance Temple Church. He was...
Sheila Wimmer
Nov 15, 2011
Sheila Quesinberry Wimmer, age 72, of 973 Cress School Road, Salisbury, NC and formerly of Bramwell, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at her home. Born in Bramwell, WV, to Arthur Levi and Virginia Bell Quesinberry. She was retired from Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Proceeded in death by both parents, husband Albert Swindle, brothers Richard Quesinberry of Elkhart, Indiana,...
Edward B. Poff
Nov 13, 2011
Edward Basil Poff, age 94, of 171 Sheppet Street (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on May 19, 1917 in Floyd County, VA, he was a son of the late Charles and Ollie Poff Poff. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 35 years and was a...
April Davenport Finley
Nov 11, 2011
April Davenport Finley, age 70, of 303 Powerhouse Road, Switchback, WV died on Friday, November 11, 2011 at her home. Born on April 26, 1941 in Switchback, she was a daughter of the late Fred Hill Rouse Sr. and Margaret G. Earl Rouse. She had lived in Switchback her entire life and was a member of the Church of God....
Nellie Jane Doss
Nov 11, 2011
Nellie Jane Murdock Doss, age 73, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, of Bluefield, WV, died at her residence on Friday, November 11, 2011. Born on January 11, 1938 in Gratton, VA, she was the daughter of the late James Fulton Murdock and Minnie Marie Cochran Murdock. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary...
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