Obituaries

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Hazel Virginia Warburton

Hazel Virginia Warburton

Jul 11, 2010

HAZEL VIRGINIA MEADE WARBURTON (84) of Route 3 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluewell, WV departed this world on July 11th to her Heavenly home. Born September 25, 1925 in Welch, West Virginia. She attended Bluewell United Methodist Church and loved to sing in the Choir. Past employments were with Feuchenberger Bakery, Kresges and Woolworth Department Stores. Her main vocation and most...

Karen Lucille Rico

Karen Lucille Rico

Jul 9, 2010

Karen Lucille coburn Rico, 57, of rt. 4 Box 345 Bluefield, WV passed away on Friday, July 09, 2010 at her residence. She was born on January 02, 1953 in Bluewell, WV to the late Charles Clifford coburn and Edith Byrd coburn. Karen was of the Holiness Faith and had been a resident of Bluefield for the past seven years....

Jordan Lafferty

Jordan Lafferty

Jul 9, 2010

Jordan “Chief” Lafferty, age 96, of P.O. Box 3124 Bluefield, WV (Route 20, Bluewell) died on Friday, July 9, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 2, 1914 in Wyoming County, he was a son of the late Charles Thomas and Ada Bailey Lafferty. He was a graduate of Herndon High School and was the retired owner and operator...

Evelyn Frances Gillenwater

Evelyn Frances Gillenwater

Jul 3, 2010

Evelyn Frances Gillenwater, 88, of 319 Fairgrounds Road Princeton, WV formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Saturday, July 03, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. She was born on July 16, 1921 in McComas to the late Albert and Elsie Stone Webb. Evelyn had been a resident of Montcalm for 50 years was a member of the Montcalm...

Ruth Lorraine Lane

Ruth Lorraine Lane

Jul 1, 2010

Ruth Lorraine Booth Lane, age 81, of Rt. 4, Box 94, Bluefield, West Virginia passed away at the home of her son, Rex Lane at Homestead Lane, Bluefield, Virginia on Thursday, July 01, 2010. Born on June 6, 1929 in Bluefield, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Roxie Lambert Booth. She had lived at Rt. 4,...

Tonya Marie Stapleton

Tonya Marie Stapleton

Jun 29, 2010

Tonya Marie Stapleton, age 35, of Route 4 Box 218-D, Bluefield, WV passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at her residence. Born on November 10, 1974 in Clarksville, TN, she was a daughter of Dennis Wright of Falls Mills, VA and Shirley “Vonnie” Walker Stapleton of Falls Mills, VA. She was a 1993 graduate of Graham High School and...

Rose Ella Johnston

Rose Ella Johnston

Jun 28, 2010

Rose Ella Swick Blankenship Johnston, age 60, of PO Box 124, Lerona, WV, passed away on Monday, June 28, 2010 at her residence. Born on October 10, 1949 in Marytown, she was a daughter of the late Jack and Florence Atwell Swick. She had been a resident of Mercer County for 20 years and was a former resident of Welch...

Charles Nathan Blizzard

Charles Nathan Blizzard

Jun 27, 2010

Charles Nathan “Butch” Blizzard, age 69, of Route 5 Box 723-B (Red Oak Ridge), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at a Charleston hospital after a short illness. Born on March 3, 1941 in Davy, he was a son of the late William C. and Margaret Ash Blizzard. He had been a resident of Red Oak Ridge...

Katherine M. Talley

Katherine M. Talley

Jun 23, 2010

Katherine M. Talley, age 78, of 2611 New Hope Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at her residence. Born on May 23, 1932 in Meadows of Dan, VA, she was a daughter of the late Early and Susan Gunter Cruise. She had been a resident of Princeton for 53 years and was a member of the...

Nora Elizabeth Tabor

Nora Elizabeth Tabor

Jun 22, 2010

Nora Elizabeth Lineberry Tabor, 83, known to her immediate family as “Tine, of Rt. 4, Bluefield, WV, and formerly of Bristol, TN, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield following a long illness. Elizabeth was born in Welch to the late Fred L. and Nancy Lineberry of Bluefield. She was a homemaker who...

Jesse Ray Smith

Jesse Ray Smith

Jun 22, 2010

Jesse Ray Smith, age 83, Route 5 Box 503, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at his home. Born on February 22, 1927 in Ennis, he was a son of the late Jesse Benjamin and Annie West Smith. He had been a resident of Ceres for 40 years and was an auto mechanic. He was a veteran...

Henry Harrison Dinger

Henry Harrison Dinger

Jun 20, 2010

Henry Harrison Dinger, Sr., age 73, of PO Box 252 Montcalm, WV, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at a Princeton hospital from the effects of a 2.5 year battle with cancer. Born on October 6, 1936 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late George Kyle Dinger and Arlene Poston Dinger Neal. He had been a resident...

Alma Satterwhite

Alma Satterwhite

Jun 18, 2010

Alma Stamper Satterwhite, 72, of Box 561 Mechanicsville, VA formerly of Bluefield, WV went to sleep on Friday, June 18, 2010 awaiting the resurrection. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Mamie Poole Stamper; and brother, Howard. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother who is survived by her husband of 50 years, Floyd E. Satterwhite Sr.;...

Dan Harvey Shinault

Dan Harvey Shinault

Jun 16, 2010

Dan Harvey Shinault, age 81, of 1220 Hill Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Born on December 26, 1928 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Frank Shinault, Sr., and and Mintor Byrd Shinault. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended the First Church...

Hazel L. Lacy

Hazel L. Lacy

Jun 16, 2010

Hazel L. Lacy, age 90, of Bluewell, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at a Tazewell, VA hospital. Born on December 31, 1919 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Henry G. and Esther Hawks Hicks. She had been a resident of Bluewell for over 30 years and was a member of the Coaldale Freewill Baptist...

Bobby Ray Patrick

Bobby Ray Patrick

Jun 16, 2010

Bobby Ray Patrick, age 61, of 114 Thorn Street, Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at a Bluefield nursing home. Born on December 24, 1948 in Mercer County, he was a son of Lewis H. Perdue and Evelyn F. Patrick. Bobby was of the Holiness faith and had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his...

Raymond Wesley Shaw

Raymond Wesley Shaw

Jun 16, 2010

Raymond Wesley Shaw, age 82, of 510 Gayle Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at the Loving Hands Adult Care in Green Valley. Born on January 17, 1928 in Switchback, he was a son of the late Roscoe Robe and Mary Louise Mitchell Shaw. He had been a lifelong resident of McDowell and Mercer counties and...

Jerry E. Craft

Jerry E. Craft

Jun 14, 2010

JERRY ELLIOTT CRAFT Age 67 of Stuart, FL, passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at his residence in Mariner Sands. Born in Bluefield, WV, he had been a resident of Florida for most of his life. Prior to retirement, he was a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Catholic Charities in Stuart. He was a member of Mariner Sands Chapel and...

Lori Ann Perry

Lori Ann Perry

Jun 12, 2010

Lori Ann Perry, age 27, of Green Valley, went to Heaven to be an angel for the LORD on Saturday, June 12, 2010. Born on August 23, 1982 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of Charles G. Perry of Bluefield, VA and Carolyn Perdue Perry of Bluefield, WV. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. She was a...

Roy Daniel Woodie

Roy Daniel Woodie

Jun 11, 2010

Roy Daniel Woodie, age 60, of 389-J Country Girl Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, June 11, 2010 at his residence. Born on November 2, 1949 in Lillybrook, he was a son of the late John and Beulah Workman Woodie. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 14 years and was a member of the Bluefield First Pentecostal...