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Alma Juanita Farmer
May 22, 2009
Alma Juanita Casey Farmer, age 82, of Pageton, WV, won her battle with cancer Friday, May 22, 2009 surrounded by her loving family as she departed from her earthly life and began her eternal life with Jesus. A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Skygusty, she was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother who always placed the...
Dollie Olsowski
May 22, 2009
Dollie Tabor Olsowski, 90, of Chester, VA and formerly of Coaldale, died Friday, May 22, 2009 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Stewart and Mollie Stowers Tabor and the widow of Bennie F. Olsowski. Mrs. Olsowski is survived by a son George H. Olsowski and his wife Cora, a grandson, Michael A. Olsowski,...
Eva Sue Rash
May 18, 2009
Eva Sue Rash, age 59, of PO Box 528, Anawalt, WV, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, May 18, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a long battle with cancer. Born on November 11, 1949 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Flay and Helen Day Rhodes. She had been a lifelong...
Aaron W. Casey
May 17, 2009
Aaron W. Casey, age 64, of Route 3 Box 598, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on August 17, 1944 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Henry and Ruby M. Graham Casey. He had been a resident of Rt. 3, Bluefield for 26 years and was of the Protestant...
Henry Lewis Shrader
May 16, 2009
Henry Lewis Shrader, age 83, of 209 Hill Creek Road, Richlands, VA and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Saturday May 16, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on March 3, 1926 in Littlesburg, he was a son of the late Dave and Lena Auton Shrader. He had been a resident of Richlands for one year and was a retired...
Phillip Bellini
May 15, 2009
Phillip Bellini, age 76, of PO Box 213, Thorpe, WV, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Home Sweet Home Care Center in Lashmeet. Born on May 24, 1932 in Anawalt, he was a son of the late John and Maria Maggio Bellini. He had been a resident of Thorpe since 1972 and was a veteran of the...
Richard M. Poe
May 15, 2009
Fire Chief Richard Marvin Poe, age 80, of 1213 Augusta Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on May 15, 2009 at a Bluefield Hospital. Born on February 8, 1929 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Raymond M. and Nada Harvey Poe. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Richard...
Danny Ray Gibson
May 13, 2009
Danny Ray Gibson, age 59, of Montcalm, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 surrounded by his family at the home of his sister, Charlotte, who faithfully and lovingly cared for him during the last year of his life. Danny was born on May 4, 1950 in Iaeger to the late Virgil and Pearl Lester England Gibson. He was a...
Darrell Eugene Watkins
May 12, 2009
Darrell Eugene Watkins, age 56, of 11456 Mt. Rose Drive, King George, VA, and formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at his residence. Born on October 30, 1952 in Bluefield, he was a son of Flossie Jennings Watkins and the late Bobby Watkins. He had a career of over 20 years as a tunnel supervisor. He...
Lila Lee Hill
May 12, 2009
Lila Lee Hill, age 74 of Boones Mill, VA and formerly of Bluewell passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She was preceded in death by her father, John Peters. Surviving are her husband, Everett Hill; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael Hill and wife Joan of Suffolk, Darrell Hill of Virginia Beach, Timothy Hill and wife Charlotte of Wilford, SC; several...
Michael Anthony Bryant
May 11, 2009
Michael Anthony Bryant, age 48, of 116 Brown Farms Drive, Cleveland, NC, formerly Gary, died on Monday, May 11, 2009 in Statesville. Born on August 19, 1960, in Welch, he was a son of Mary Goins Bryant of Gary and the late Roger Bryant. He was a graduate of Gary High School. He had been a resident of Cleveland, NC...
Donna Mae Jennings
May 9, 2009
Donna Mae (Bryan) Jennings, age 62, of Rowlesburg, WV, died on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Ruby Memorial Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Donna was born on September 8, 1947 in Rowlesburg and was a daughter of the late Muriel Lavada (Mayne) Ely and Harold “Jim” Gordon Ely of Rowlesburg. She loved spending time with her family and friends...
Joyce Ann Gover
May 6, 2009
Joyce Ann Gover, 65, of Lincolnton, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Morristown, North Carolina. Joyce was born on February 12, 1944 in Odd, West Virginia to Gladys Murray Church and the late Jessie Church. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by three brothers Jackie Thomas...
Robert William Fowler
May 6, 2009
Robert William Fowler, age 83, of Statesville, NC, formerly of Gary, WV, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at his home. Born on August 21, 1925, in Thorpe, WV, he was a son of the late William and Nannie Mitchem Fowler. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the US Army where he received a Bronze...
Donald Lee Cook
May 2, 2009
Donald Lee Cook, Sr. age 65, of PO Box 254, Boissevain, VA, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at his residence. Born on October 12, 1943 in Oceana, he was a son of the late Dr. Ted R. and Lillian Cooke Cook. He had been a resident of Boissevain for 40 years and was a member of the Christ...
Danny Mark Surface
May 2, 2009
Danny Mark Surface, age 51, of Route 3 Box 97, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on November 3, 1957, he was a son of Clifford Danny Surface of Princeton and the late Ollie Jean Lambert Surface. He had been a resident of Mercer County for all of his life and was...
Rickey James Boyd Clower
May 1, 2009
Rickey James Boyd Clower, age 59, of Montcalm, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009 from injuries sustained in a structure fire in Montcalm. Born on March 29, 1950 in McComas, he was a son of the late Jaybe and Louise King Clower. He had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
James Daniel Folks
Apr 30, 2009
James Daniel Folks, age 70, of Route 1 Box 468, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on July 21, 1938, he was a son of the late James Andrew and Louise Herald Lively Folks. He had only been a resident of Bluefield for 2 months and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith....
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Roland Powell
Apr 27, 2009
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Roland Powell, SKCS, US Navy (Retired) age 81 of Rt. 3, Box 178 Bluefield, WV (Bluewell) died on Monday, April 27, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 24, 1927 in Freeman, WV, he was the son of the late Kasper R. and Alma M. Conner Powell. He was a resident of Bluewell since 1984 and...
Robert Whitley Hedrick
Apr 26, 2009
Robert Whitney “Red” Hedrick, age 80, of Route 3 Box 649 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2009 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born on June 13, 1928 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late James Everett and Ethel D. Wise Hedrick. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and...
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