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Freda Pauline Munsey
Jun 19, 2009
Freda Pauline Riggs Munsey, age 80, of Rt. 3, Box 687, Bluefield, WV (Lorton Lick Road) died on Friday June 19, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on July 11, 1928, in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Gilbert T. Riggs Sr. and Rachel Day Riggs. She was a resident of Mercer County her entire life and...
Mary Claudine Webb
Jun 15, 2009
Mary Claudine Goforth Webb, age 84, of 336 S. College Avenue, Bluefield, VA passed away peacefully following a short illness on Monday, June 15, 2009 at the home of her son, Dan Webb, in Bluefield, VA. Born on July 11, 1924 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Henry Thomas and Ella Mae Harry Goforth. She had been...
Clara mae Carraher
Jun 9, 2009
Clara Mae Carraher, age 84, of Route 3 Box 676, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at a Wytheville, VA hospital. Graveside services will be conducted on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM at the Mt. Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria, VA.
Betty Ann Goins
Jun 5, 2009
Betty Ann Goins, age 70, of Route 3 Box 339, Bluefield, WV passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009 at her residence. Born on April 9, 1939 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Orville and Sallie Mae Johnson Shilling. She had been a resident of Rt. 3, Bluefield for 40 years and was a member of the...
Robert E. Presley
Jun 5, 2009
ANAWALT- Robert E. Presley, Sr. age 67, of PO Box 45, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009 at his residence. Born on November 22, 1941 in Jenkinjones, he was a son of the late Robert James and Neva L. Flanner Presley. He had been a resident of Anawalt for most of his life and was a veteran...
Thurman Whitt Perdue
Jun 1, 2009
Thurman Whitt Perdue, age 74, of 1143 View Avenue, Bluefield, WV, went home to be with God on Monday, June 1, 2009 at his residence. Born on February 1, 1935 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Kimbo and Lilly Ruth Childress Perdue. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was formerly employed by Bluefield State...
Joseph Ricky Nogosky
Jun 1, 2009
Joseph Ricky Nogosky, 55, of 1011 Independence Drive Alabaster, Alabama formerly of Gary, West Virginia. Passed away on Monday, June 01, 2009 at Montgomery Regional Medical Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was born April 26, 1954 in Welch, West Virginia to Joseph Nogosky of Elbert, West Virginia and the late Maggie Amcola Nogosky. Rick resided in Alabaster, Alabama with his...
Lucille Kathleen Kelley
May 30, 2009
Lucille Kathleen Kelley, age 88 of City View Heights, Princeton, WV, passed quietly away on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the home of her daughter, Sylvia Vipperman, after a short illness. Born on September 13, 1920 at Kellysville, WV she was a daughter of the late Albert and Sylvia Maxfield Whitt. She had been a resident of Princeton for most...
Lewis Leondus Clower
May 30, 2009
Lewis L. “Leon” Clower, age 52, of Lorton Lick Road, Montcalm, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Veterans Medical Center in Beckley. Born on July 27, 1955 in Portsmouth he was son of Johnnie F. Clower, Sr. of Bluefield and the late Ella Louise Tiller Clower. He was a three year veteran of the US Army...
Ailene Lockhart
May 29, 2009
Aliene Lockhart, age 70, of New Hope Road (PO Box 3743), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born on September 1, 1938 in Williamson, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow and Gertrude Varney Bevins. She had formerly been a resident of Gary for 46 years and of...
Cora B. Davidson
May 29, 2009
Cora B. Davidson, age 91, of Fremont, died on Friday, May 29, 2009 at St. Joseph Residence in New London. She was born on September 1, 1917 in Crystal, West Virginia, On January 1, 1934, Cora married Stewart Davidson in Vaughn, West Virginia. He preceded her in death on October 13, 1979. Cora enjoyed crafts, fishing and collecting antiques. Cora...
Marie Kade
May 29, 2009
Marie Hicks Kade, age 89, of Route 3 Box 425 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Lord on Friday evening, May 29, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital with family by her side. Born on June 20, 1919 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Allen and Minnie Bryant Hicks. She had been a resident...
Ricky Dean Adkins
May 28, 2009
PRINCETON - Ricky Dean Adkins, age 55, of Princeton, West Virginia, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 7, 1954 in Princeton, he was son of the late Oble Lee Adkins and Lorene Beatrice Collins. He has been a lifetime resident of Mercer County and a graduate of Montcalm High School Class of...
Alverda Vance
May 28, 2009
Alverda “Casey” Vance, 71, of 370-A Bluewell, West Virginia passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mrs. Vance was born on December 04, 1937 in Romney, West Virginia to the late Burr E. Barnes and Mary G. Loy Barnes. She was a member of the Bramwell Presbyterian Church and...
Margaret A. Holloway
May 26, 2009
Margaret A. Holloway, age 79, of the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on December 6, 1929 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Mary Hanchock Roebuck. She had been a resident of Mercer County most of her life and was a retired waitress...
Mary Ellen Wimmer
May 25, 2009
Mary Ellen Wimmer, age 68, of 546 Prator Hollow Road, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at her residence. Born on January 14, 1941 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Ruby E. Crowder Graham. She had been a resident of Falls Mills for 50 years and was a member of the...
Jack Allen Borich
May 24, 2009
Jack Allen Borich, age 58, of Green Valley, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at his home. Born on April 4, 1951 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Joseph P. and Hazel Jones Borich. He had been a resident of Green Valley for most of his life and was employed for 32 years by...
Allen "Barney" Dale
May 23, 2009
Allen “Barney” Dale, age 57, of Route 1 Box 394-B (Sandlick Road), Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on January 21, 1952 in Welch, he was a son of Mila Bishop Dale of McDowell, WV and the late Roy Dale. He had been a resident of Route 1...
Zella O. Pollard
May 23, 2009
Zella O. Pollard of Largo, Florida died May 23, 2009 at Morton Plant Hospital of Clearwater, due to complications from surgery. Born in Pageton W.V. on March 2, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Verdi Farmer. She was a resident of Florida for the last 12 years. Ms. Pollard and Mr. Pollard was the former owner...
Phyllis Jean Wingate
May 22, 2009
Phyllis Jean Wingate, age 59, of P.O. Box 104, Davy, WV, died on Friday May 22, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 22, 1950 in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of Donna Justice Blizzard of Princeton and the late Billy E. Stevenson. She had lived in Davy all of her life and was a graduate of...
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