Obituaries

Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries

Nana Dinger

Nana Dinger

Aug 11, 2011

Nana Bell Virginia Dinger, age 89, of Route 1 Box 475 (Littlesburg Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Princeton Health Care in Princeton. Born on February 19, 1922 in Bluefield, she was the daughter of the late Elbert and Helen Hall Dinger. She had been a resident of Littlesburg Road for most of her...

Roger Lee Bircham

Roger Lee Bircham

Aug 11, 2011

Roger Lee Bircham, Sr., age 70, of PO Box 3052, Bluewell, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on August 25, 1940 in Coaldale, he was a son of the late Hyman and Irene Tabor Bircham. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 50 years and was of the Baptist faith. He was a...

Opal McGuire

Opal McGuire

Aug 8, 2011

Opal Bailey McGuire, age 89, of 1718-A Pomeroy Road, Salem, VA and formerly of Beartown, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at her residence. Born on July 11, 1922 in Beartown, she was a daughter of the late Everette and Dillie Roberts Bailey. She was a very caring and loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of the...

Lois Ruby Dunford

Lois Ruby Dunford

Aug 8, 2011

Lois Ruby Dunford, age 98, of the Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center in Bluefield, and formerly of Princeton, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011. Born on February 17, 1913 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Virginia Louvicie Harris Crabtree. She had been a former resident of Princeton for 40 years and was of...

Nancy Victoria Sells

Nancy Victoria Sells

Aug 8, 2011

Maybeury- Nancy Victoria Sells The world lost a part of its heart on August 8, 2011, our mother and friend, Nancy Victoria Sells. She lost her battle with this life and has gone on to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and her family that has gone on before her. She was a woman whose kindred spirit and...

Carl Andrew Tabor

Carl Andrew Tabor

Aug 7, 2011

Carl Andrew Tabor, age 67, of West Palm Beach, FL and formerly of Brushfork, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2011 in Florida. Born in Bluefield on August 25, 1943 he was a son of Mae Wimmer Tabor of Brushfork and the late Elmer Tabor. He retired from EIMCO Machinery with 30 years of service and then proceeded to enjoy...

Chester Mitchell

Chester Mitchell

Aug 6, 2011

Chester “Jerome” Mitchell, age 49, of 380 Echo Way, Princeton, WV passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Ruby Memorial hospital in Morgantown. Born on November 30, 1961 in Welch, he was a son of Nora Elva Mitchell Jackson. He had been a resident of Princeton for 10 years and had formerly worked for Joy Manufacturing in Bluefield, VA....

Stewart Keith Lusk

Stewart Keith Lusk

Aug 6, 2011

Stewart Keith Lusk, of 233 Clemson Drive, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at his home. Born in Bluefield, he was a son of Ann Hall Kendrick of Bluefield and the late Stewart Lusk. He had been a resident of Princeton for two years and attended the Deliverance Temple Church in Brushfork. In addition to his father,...

David Edward Kolb

David Edward Kolb

Aug 2, 2011

David Edward Kolb, age 20, of 223 Preston Street, Bluefield, WV died on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital following a courageous battle with leukemia. Born on June 29, 1991 in Princeton, he was a son of Robert and Tammie Wright Kolb. He had lived in Bluefield and Montcalm his entire life and was a graduate of Montcalm...

David Alvin Nunley

David Alvin Nunley

Aug 2, 2011

Rev. David Alvin Nunley “Dave” 54 of Bluefield, West Virginia went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday afternoon August 2, 2011 at the New River Valley Medical Center in Radford, Virginia. He fought a long and brave fight for nearly 4 years with Kidney Cancer. He left behind but will see in Heaven one day soon, loving...

Edward Nelson Rebuck

Edward Nelson Rebuck

Aug 2, 2011

Edward Nelson Rebuck, age 71, 204 Sagebrush Drive, Princeton, WV died on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at his home. Born on September 19, 1939 in Powhatan, WV, he was a son of the late Wallace and Josephine Langford Rebuck. He was a graduate of Bluefield High School. He was retired from the Bluefield Area Transit System as a bus driver...

Bennie Virginia Semones

Bennie Virginia Semones

Aug 1, 2011

Bennie Virginia Hickam Semones, age 89, of 184 Forborough Street, North Tazewell, VA, and formerly of Coalwood, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2011 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on October 18, 1921 in Lynch Mines, KY, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Lula Tomlinson Hickam. She had been a resident of Tazewell for...

Beulah Francis Shrader

Beulah Francis Shrader

Aug 1, 2011

Beulah Francis Shrader, age 86, of 1350 Fincastle Farm Road, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2011 at the GlenWood Park Retirement Village. Born on June 27, 1925 in Goodwill, she was a daughter of the late Kelly and Mary Dotson Dillon. She had been a former resident of Freeman for 61years and was a member of the...

Clinton M. Farley

Clinton M. Farley

Aug 1, 2011

Clinton M. Farley, age 85, of Rt. 3, Box 445, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Camp Creek, died peacefully at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield on August 1, 2011. He is now in the arms of our Loving Lord and Savior. Born on October 1, 1925 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Mingo and Lessie Harris...

Beulah Francis Shrader

Beulah Francis Shrader

Aug 1, 2011

Beulah Francis Shrader, age 86, of 1350 Fincastle Farm Road, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2011 at the GlenWood Park Retirement Village. Born on June 27, 1925 in Goodwill, she was a daughter of the late Kelly and Mary Dotson Dillon. She had been a former resident of Freeman for 61years and was a member of the...

Wilma June Brown

Wilma June Brown

Jul 30, 2011

Wilma June Brown, age 82, of 700 Garland Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Glenwood Park Retirement Village. Born on May 16, 1929 in Elkhorn, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Bertha Sage Sheets. She had been a resident for Princeton for 22 years and was of the Baptist faith. She...

Elizabeth Hatter

Elizabeth Hatter

Jul 29, 2011

Elizabeth Mills Hatter, age 52, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2011 in Tazewell, VA. Born on April 30, 1959 in Whitewood, VA, she was a daughter of Leona Fanin of Bluefield and the late Joe Culbertson. She had been a resident of Mercer County for most of her life and was of the holiness faith. She...

Mary Ann Poff

Mary Ann Poff

Jul 29, 2011

I Have Fought the Good Fight, Finished the Race, and Kept the Faith. Mary Ann Poff, age 82, of Route 5 Box 437 (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2011 at a Bluefield regional Medical Center. She was a loving mother and wife. Born on July 29, 1929 in Wilcoe, she was the daughter of the late Joe...

Betty Jane Hambrick

Betty Jane Hambrick

Jul 29, 2011

Betty Jane Hambrick 82 of Hurricane Ridge Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away Friday, July 29, 2011. She was born on July 27, 1929 in Bluefield, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Elizabeth Ethel Hager Holt. Betty was retired from New Method and Bluefield Cleaners where she worked for over 40 years Betty was...

Kenneth Ray McVey

Kenneth Ray McVey

Jul 25, 2011

Kenneth Ray McVey, age 75, of 199 Perdue Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 30, 1935 in Switchback, he was a son of the late Thomas R. and Sylvia DeBusk McVey. He had been a resident of Brushfork for 40 years and was a member of the...