Obituaries

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Hubert Wilson Workman

Hubert Wilson Workman

Mar 16, 2011

Hubert Wilson Workman, age 37, of 595 Hinton Road, Athens, WV, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 1:00 PM at his home. Born on April 13, 1973 in Bluefield, he was a son of Virginia Workman Lawrence of Athens. He worked for Tri-State Sealing. Those who knew Hubert know that he always had a big smile on his...

Vaynette Vera Vaselaros

Vaynette Vera Vaselaros

Mar 15, 2011

Vaynette Vera Vaselaros, age 89, of 5831 Airport Road, Bluefield, WV passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Tazewell, VA. Born on January 20, 1922 in Blackberry City, WV, she was a daughter of the late Sam McFarland and Cora McCoy McFarland. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a...

Geneva Mildred Butt

Geneva Mildred Butt

Mar 13, 2011

Geneva Mildred Butt, age 89, of PO Box 25, Nemours, WV, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on April 22, 1921 in Jenkinjones, she as a daughter of the late Roy and Gracie Williams Jessee. She was a member of the Jenkinjones Methodist Church and formerly worked in the offices for Pocahontas Fuel. She was...

Doris Jean Martin

Doris Jean Martin

Mar 13, 2011

Doris Jean O’Brien Martin, age 75, of Sedgewood Townhouse #63, Bluefield, VA, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on April 23, 1934 at Little Creek near Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Lacy Patrick and Cleo Webb O’Brien. She had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for...

Kathleen Tabor Gawthrop

Kathleen Tabor Gawthrop

Mar 12, 2011

Kathleen Tabor Gawthrop, 103 of Bluefield, WV, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 of natural causes. She was currently a resident of Princeton Health Care in Princeton, WV. Born in Bluefield, WV to parents, James Tabor and Ada Vernon Tabor, she is also preceeded in death by her husband, Tom Gawthrop, two brothers, James Tabor and Paul Tabor, one sister,...

Mazie Lee Burks

Mazie Lee Burks

Mar 12, 2011

BLUEFIELD, WV--- Mazie Lee Burks, age 91, of Bluefield, WV Passed away Saturday, March 12, 2011 at her residence. Romans 10:13, For whosever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Born February 28, 1920 at North Wilkesboro, NC she was the daughter of the late Wint and Maude Shumate Hall. She had been a resident of...

Della M. Shinault

Della M. Shinault

Mar 10, 2011

Della M. Robinette Shinault, 95, of Rt. 5 Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2011 to be with her Heavenly Father at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield, WV. Born on September 12, 1915 in Bluefield, WV she was the daughter of the late Mason Joe and Millie Davis Robinette. She was a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV...

Othelia "Phoebe" Esters

Othelia "Phoebe" Esters

Mar 10, 2011

Othelia P. “Phoebe” Watkins, Esters of Mount Carbon, West Virginia and Niagara Falls, New York formerly of Elkhorn, WV entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at CAMC in Charleston, West Virginia. Othelia P. “Phoebe” Esters was born on January 21, 1941 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Mr. Robert H. Watkins and Mrs. Minnie B. Bogle,...

Marvin Edward Moore

Marvin Edward Moore

Mar 9, 2011

Marvin Edward Moore, age 75, of PO Box 167 (Carswell Hollow), Kimball, WV passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at his residence.   Born on March 30, 1935 in Maitland, he was a son of the late Woodson and Rachel Arnold Moore. He had been a resident of Kimball for 40 years and was a retired coal miner for...

Carolyn Sue Harmon

Carolyn Sue Harmon

Mar 9, 2011

Carolyn Sue Harmon, age 61, of Rt. 2, Box 258, Rock, WV died on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at her residence.Born on September 21, 1949 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Mary Perdue Lewis . She had been a resident of Rock for the past 8 months and was a retired dietician. She...

Nicholas Paul Perriello

Nicholas Paul Perriello

Mar 7, 2011

Nicholas Paul Perriello, age 58, of Route 4 Box 224-N (Nemours), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on December 13, 1952 in Newark, NJ, he was a son of Vincent Perriello of Rt. 4 Bluefield, WV with whom Nicholas made his home, and the late Elva Yates Perriello. He had been a...

Lucille Kroski Pinter

Lucille Kroski Pinter

Mar 7, 2011

Lucille Kroski Pinter (Lucia Ann Czajkowski) age 88, of 2701 Yellow Warbler Lane, Richmond, VA and formerly of Gary, went to be with the Lord on March 7th, 2011 at her daughter’s home in Richmond, VA after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Lucille was born on November 23, 1922 at #10 in Gary, WVA. She is preceded in death by...

Frances Shrader

Frances Shrader

Mar 5, 2011

Frances (Lake) Shrader 90 of Princeton Health Care formerly of Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, March 05, 2011. Born August 15, 1920 in Littlesburg, WV she was the daughter of the late Thurmond and Alice (Scarberry) Hambrick. She was of the Methodist faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Arnold Shrader and...

Drema Gail Williams

Drema Gail Williams

Mar 1, 2011

Drema Gail Francisco Williams, age 60, of 2843 Horton Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at her residence. Born on March 16, 1950 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Jess Thomas and Lottie Dale Bailey Francisco. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the Fairview Christian Community...

Martha Lynne French

Martha Lynne French

Feb 26, 2011

Martha Lynne French, age 66, of 733 Max Meadows Road, Max meadows, VA, and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at a Wytheville, VA hospital. Born on September 28, 1944 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Seldon Edward and Martha Lynne Barrett Perry. She had been a resident of Bluefield for all of...

Alfred Lee Day

Alfred Lee Day

Feb 26, 2011

ANAWALT, WV---Alfred Lee Day, age 81, of 133 Indian Grave Road Anawalt, WV passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 at his residence. Born August 16, 1929 at Gary, WV he was the son of the late Shafter and Alminta Brewster Day. Mr. Day had been a resident of Anawalt all of his life and was retired from US Steel #14...

George Henry Shaw

George Henry Shaw

Feb 25, 2011

George Henry Shaw 81 went to be with the his LORD and Savior on Friday, February 25, 2011 at his home with his loving wife of 60 years and family by his side. He was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather. George was the youngest and last surviving child of the late Roscoe and Louise Mitchell Shaw. In...

Tommy Joe Teasley

Tommy Joe Teasley

Feb 23, 2011

Tommy Joe Teasley, age 70, of Lot 8 Davidson Mobile Home Park in Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home. Born on May 19, 1940, he was a son of the late Bernard and Mabel Hall Teasley. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 10 years and had retired from the US Army. In addition...

Carl Edward Lawson

Carl Edward Lawson

Feb 23, 2011

Carl Edward Lawson, Jr., age 43, of 368 Buckeye Hollow Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his residence. Born on April 20, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Jennifer Hutchens Clark of Bluefield, VA and the late Carl E. Lawson, Sr. He had been a resident of Princeton for 5 years and was...

Leonard V. Scott

Leonard V. Scott

Feb 19, 2011

BLUEWELL, WV---Leonard V.”Scotty” Scott, age 86, of Bluewell, WV passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his residence after a short battle with cancer. Born July 20, 1924 at Junior Pokey, WV (Welch). He was the son of the late Leonard and Nancy Mahalia Noe Scott. “Scotty” had lived in Bluewell for the past 63 years. He attended Gary High...