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Carolyn B. Taylor
Oct 4, 2011
Carolyn B. Taylor, age 64, of 1215 Frederick Avenue, Pulaski, VA passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA. Born on March 10, 1947 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late R. E. (Ray) and Nell Margaret Harlow Barnett. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church...
David Blackwell
Oct 4, 2011
David Blackwell, age 61, of Route 1 Box 497 (Littlesburg Road), Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Born on November 7, 1949 in Dott, he was a son of Winifred Mae Shrewsbury Blackwell of Rock and the late Berman H. Blackwell. David was a retired coal miner having worked 34 years. He was a member of the Immanuel...
William Leslie Belcher, Sr.
Oct 1, 2011
William Leslie “Bill” Belcher, Sr., age 75, of 41 Colt Street, Rock, WV, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on September 8, 1936 in Kegley, he was a son of the late Clarence and Vivian Underwood Belcher. He was a member of the Wesley Chapel in Rock and was a graduate of Montcalm High...
Haven Robert Robinette, Jr.
Sep 30, 2011
Haven Robert Robinette, Jr. (Robbie) ,64, of Montcalm, West Virginia went to be with the Lord after a battle with cancer Friday, September 30, 2011 in Tazewell, Tennessee. Haven was born on December 6, 1946 in Bluefield, WV to the late Minnie Ownes Robinette and Haven Robinette, Sr. Haven attended Montcalm High School and Bluefield State College. After college he...
Dorothy Hester Copley
Sep 29, 2011
Dorothy Hester, Copley, age 71, of Northfork Hollow (PO Box 554), Northfork, WV, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 22, 1929 in Man, she was a daughter of the late Gerald and Minerva Mullins Lester. She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Northfork for 20 years. In addition to...
Joseph Brice Johnson
Sep 29, 2011
Joseph Brice Johnson of Lashmeet, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Joseph was born on Thursday, September 29, 2011 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Jasmine Johnson. In addition to his mother Joseph is survived by: Maternal Grandmother: Jessia Ann Taylor and fiancé Jeff Kidwell of Lashmeet, West Virginia...
Mary Lee Brooks
Sep 28, 2011
Mary Lee Brooks, age 84, of 821 Charlie Brown Road, Burnsville, NC and formerly of Falls Mills, VA and Florida, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Burnsville, NC. Born on April 26, 1927 in Falls Mills, VA, she was a daughter of the late Diamond C. and Lucille P. Gilpin. She was...
Harvey McCroskey
Sep 27, 2011
Harvey McCroskey, 69, of Rocky Gap, VA, formerly of Anawalt, WV, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital after a year and half battle with cancer. Born May 14, 1942 in Jenkinjones WV, he attended Heritage Baptist Church in Bland, VA and was a devoted husband and loving father and grandfather. A former employee of the McDowell...
Dorcas Virginia Burcham Bowles
Sep 27, 2011
Dorcas Virginia Burcham Bowles, age 81, of 370 Dry Fork Road, Rocky Gap, VA, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at the Brookshire Nursing Home in Hillsborough, NC. Born on May 14, 1930 in Wytheville, VA, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Edna Akers Burcham. She was much more than a homemaker. She was a loving...
Gladys Virginia Stepp
Sep 26, 2011
Gladys Virginia Stepp, age 65, of 146 Domingo Drive, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011 at the Gary Nursing and Rehab Center in Gary. Born on July 10, 1946 in Skygusty, she was a daughter of the late Gordon and Rose Irene Lovelace Reed. She had been a lifelong resident of Anawalt and was of the Methodist...
Gene Franklin Kirby
Sep 26, 2011
Gene Franklin Kirby, age 70, of Route 5 Box 420-D, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, September 26, 2011 at his home. Born on August 12, 1941 in Mercer County, he was a son of Edith Taylor Kirby of Rt. 4, Bluefield and the late Olen Giles Kirby. He had been a...
Kathy Jo Burns
Sep 21, 2011
Bluefield- Kathy Jo Burns, 53, of Rt.3 Box 568, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord Wednesday September 21, 2011. Born July 5, 1958 in Sandlick, WV, she was a daughter of Carol Shrader Aniel of Rt. 3 Bluefield, WV and the late Arnold Aniel . She attended the Rogers Street Community Church. In addition to her parents she...
James Lindamood
Sep 20, 2011
James W. Lindamood 93, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. James was born on August 20, 1918 in Bluefield and was the son of the late Walker L. and Pearl Anderson Lindamood. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his infant sister...
Woodrow Wilson Grim III
Sep 19, 2011
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Grim III 39 of Rt. 3 Box 186 Grim Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, September 19, 2011 at his home. Woody was born on November 23, 1971 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Okie Lambert Grim of Bluefield, West Virginia and the late Woodrow W. Grim, Jr. Mr. Grim had been a resident of Bluefield,...
Harry Randall Williams
Sep 19, 2011
Bluewell- Harry Randall “Randy” Williams, Jr., 53 of Rt. 4 Kinzer Apartments, Bluewell, passed away Monday September 19, 2011 at his home. A gentle giant of a man with a troubled heart and a mind at rest, at last. Born March 28, 1958 he was a son of the late Dorothy P. Graham, his beloved mother who passed away January...
Vickie Lynn Shrader
Sep 15, 2011
Vickie Lynn Shrader, age 49, of 201 Blue Rock Circle, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on November 13, 1961 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Doris Gills Evans of Princeton and the late Eugene Evans. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a Certified Nursing Assistant...
Atwith Juanita Bailey
Sep 15, 2011
Atwith Juanita Bailey, age 85, of 110 Vintage Oak, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at her residence. Born on December 30, 1925 in Franklin Springs, GA, she was a daughter of the late William E. and Emily Boothe Barlow. She had been a resident of Princeton for 18 years and was a member of the Montcalm...
Linda Leah Scarberry
Sep 15, 2011
Linda Leah Mullins Scarberry, age 48, of Tabernacle Hill, Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Bowman Gray Baptist Hospital following a long illness. Born on December 29, 1964 in Welch she was a daughter of the late Hubert Mullins and Dorothy Mullins Campbell. She had worked in the furniture industry for all of her life and worked...
Ethel Graham
Sep 13, 2011
Ethel Gillenwater Graham, 134 Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV. She fought the good fight, she kept the faith, and on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the age of 97, with her family by her side, she finished the race. Finally, she will receive her Crown of Righteousness, which her Lord whom she loved so much will give her. Born on...
John Garland Ratcliff
Sep 10, 2011
John Garland Ratcliff, age 86, of Rt. 4, Box 66 Bluefield, WV died on Saturday September 10, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 14, 1924 in Matoaka, he was a son of the late John F. and Roxie Robins Ratcliff. He was retired from the American Red Cross as a supervisor and had driven for Cimarron Coach...
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