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Cody Ryan Wooldridge
Aug 29, 2010
Cody Ryan Wooldridge, age 21, of 4079 Anawalt Ridge Road (Leckie Section), Anawalt, passed away Sunday morning from lacerations to the neck following an argument. Born on April 5, 1989 in Bluefield, he was the youngest son of the Randall Mark and Pam Smith Wooldridge. He had been a resident for all of his life and attended Mt. View High...
Mihaly J. Salata
Aug 29, 2010
Mihaly J. Salata, age 69, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on January 23, 1941 in Hungary, he was a son of the late Mihaly J. and Margrd Kauka Salata. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 11 months and was a retired contractor. He was a member...
Alex Herbert McCroskey
Aug 28, 2010
Alex "Herb" McCroskey, age 78, of Jenkinjones WV passed away on Saturday August 28, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following his battle with cancer. He was born May 26, 1932 in Jenkinjones. He was a lifelong resident of Jenkinjones in McDowell County WV. He was the son of the late Brady & Gladys Presley McCroskey. He was a coal...
Janet Marie Reed
Aug 27, 2010
Janet Marie Gillespie Reed, age 59, of Route 1 Box 105, Matoaka, WV, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2010 at a Princeton hospital. Born on August 1, 1951 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Evelyn Walker Gillespie of NC and the late Stanley D. Gillespie. She had been a lifelong resident of Matoaka and formerly worked at Hampton...
Glenna M. Poe
Aug 27, 2010
Glenna M. Poe 82, of 1213 Augusta St. Bluefield, WV passed away on August 27, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center with her family at her bedside. Born February 4, 1928 in Cedar Bluff, VA she was the oldest child of the late Glen W. and Cornelia Hall Martin. The family moved to Bluefield during her elementary school years where...
Betty Spencer Wellman
Aug 26, 2010
Bluefield – Betty Spencer Wellman, age 86 of Bluewell went to be with the Lord and other family members on Thursday, August 26, 2010. She died peacefully at home after a lengthy illness. Born on February 21, 1924 in McComas, she was the daughter of James William Spencer and Ginny Cochran Spencer. Betty had been a resident of Bluewell for...
Jimmie E. Sluss
Aug 26, 2010
Jimmie E. Sluss, age 79, of General Delivery, Wolfe, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 29, 1931 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Hubert and Nora Sluss. He had been a resident of Wolfe for 45 years and was of the Baptist faith. He was a retired...
Fred Allen Whaling
Aug 21, 2010
Fred Allen Whaling, age 77, passed away in his Christiansburg, VA home peacefully, on Saturday, August 21, 2010. Fred was born in Eckman, West Virginia on February 2, 1933. Even though he lived in Blacksburg, VA for the last 24 years, he was a West Virginia boy through and through. Mr. Whaling was a Veteran of the Armed Services and...
Roy Raymond Perry, Jr.
Aug 17, 2010
Roy Raymond Perry, Jr., age 27, of 2366 Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at his residence. Born on September 25, 1982 in Bluefield, he was a son of Roy and Nancy Lee Presley Perry. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended the Abbs Valley Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was employed...
Conley B. Goins
Aug 17, 2010
DUHRING, WV--- Conley Bernard Goins, age 55, of RT 2 Box 434 Duhring, WV passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born February 13, 1955 at Cliff Yards, WV he was the son of the late Glen Floyd and Pearl Virginia Dillon Goins. Mr. Goins was a lifelong resident of Duhring and was employed at Westwood...
Rose Reed
Aug 17, 2010
Rose “Irene” Reed, age 80, of the McDowell Continuous Care in Gary and formerly of Anawalt, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on August 17, 2010 in Sparta, NC, she was a daughter of the late Joe C. and Lula Lovelace. She had been a resident of Anawalt for most of her life and...
Danny L. Salyer
Aug 17, 2010
Danny L. (Wimmer) Salyer, age 51, of 182 Nebraska Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on June 25, 1959 in Bluefield, he was a son of Dennis Lowell Wimmer of Bluewell and Thelma Mitchelson Wimmer of Bluefield. He was of the Protestant faith. He was preceded...
Mary Helen Cornett
Aug 16, 2010
Mary Helen Cornett, 81, of Rt. 3 Box 218 Bluefield, WV. 24701 passed away on Monday, August 16, 2010 at the home of her son Jeffery Cornett in Durham, NC. Mary was born on March 01, 1929 in Bramwell, WV to the late J.S. Painter and Helen Shupe Painter. She was a resident of Bluefield, WV for 51 years and...
Prema Krishnan
Aug 16, 2010
Prema Krishnan, Born August 16, 1947 passed away the morning of August 16, 2010 in Bangalore, India surrounded by her loving family. Prema had been suffering a yearlong battle with Glioblastoma. She was a very active and successful business woman in addition to being a very caring and loving wife, mother and friend. She was extremely busy in the community...
Inez Fay Fuda
Aug 16, 2010
PRINCETON, WV---Inez Fay Fuda, age 90, of 149 Ben Horn Ave. Princeton, WV , formerly of Bluewell, WV. Passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 at Glen Wood Retirement Village, Glen Wood, WV. Born March 6, 1920 at Mullens, WV she was the daughter of the late Rev. W.G. and Nina Jewel Williams. Mrs. Fuda was a resident of Mercer County...
Marcus Eric Gonzalez
Aug 14, 2010
Marcus Eric Gonzalez, known to his friends as “Speedy” or “Gonzo”, 38, of Max Meadows, VA formerly of Roderfield, WV passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Welch, WV from injuries sustained in a auto accident. Marcus was born on September 7, 1971 in Welch, WV to Frank and Dorothy Davis Gonzalez. He had been a resident of Max...
Amy Lee Quillan
Aug 12, 2010
PRINCETON — Amy Lee Quillan, age 90, of 2191 Maple Acres Road, Princeton, W.Va., died on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at her home. Born on December 21, 1919 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Samuel William Sublett and Ellie Alice Hamblin Sublett. She had lived in Princeton for the past 13 years and was a member of...
Shelmaknee Whitehead
Aug 11, 2010
BLUEFIELD — Shelmaknee E. Whitehead, loving daughter of Jackie M. and Thelma R. Whitehead, passed into the waiting arms of the Lord on August 11, 2010 at West Virginia University Medical Center. Shelmaknee was born September 29, 1974 in Bluefield, W.Va.. and was the doting mother of Dont'e A. Huff. She was of the Baptist faith and had been battling...
Irene Harrell
Aug 10, 2010
Irene Harrell, age 85, of 214 School Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on October 28, 1924 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Alva R. and Nora Lee Thompson Stewart. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the Brushfork Baptist Church. She...
Zelda Bailey
Aug 9, 2010
Zelda Joyce Bailey, Princeton, WV On August 9, 2010, God called Zelda home to be with her dear husband, Everett. She fought a brave and lengthy battle with diabetes, but never complained. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, but most of all, she was our best friend. Words cannot express how much we love and cherish you. Zelda...
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