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Mary Christine Saul
Apr 24, 2009
Mary Christine Saul, age 70, of Bluewell, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2009 at a Princeton nursing home. Born October 1, 1938 in Bluewell, she was the daughter of the late Garland Saul and Anna Hambrick. She lived in Bluewell all of her life. Mary loved gardening; cooking and she loved nature and her cats. In addition to her...
Emma Marie Fletcher
Apr 23, 2009
Emma Marie Fletcher, of 82, Route 5 Box 278, Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the residence of her great niece, Wilma and James Foster in Reidsville, NC. Born on March 15, 1927 in KY, she was a daughter of the late David Harrison and Fannie Pearl Matthews Fields. She had been a resident of Bluefield...
Elizabeth Frances Coleman
Apr 23, 2009
Elizabeth Frances Coleman, age 71, of PO Box 1334 (Prater Hollow), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on July 20, 1937 in Richlands, she was a daughter of the late Vergil and Preal Martin Stevens. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 42 years and was of the Pentecostal holiness faith....
Irene B. Austin
Apr 20, 2009
Irene Bowyer Austin, 88, of 3959 Pisggh Road Princeton, West Virginia went to be with the LORD on Monday, April 20, 2009 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Austin was born on June 15, 1920 to the late Emmett Perdieu and Elizabeth Baldwin Predieu in Hotchkiss, West Virginia. She was a member of the Sandlick Methodist...
Chad Allen Taylor
Apr 20, 2009
Chad Allen Taylor, 23, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away suddenly on Monday, April 20, 2009. He was born on February 14, 1986 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Wanda (Sue) Clark Taylor and the late Danny Wayne Taylor. Chad was a graduate of Bluefield High School and was of the Nazarene Faith. In addition to his father Chad was preceded...
Bobby Estel Watkins
Apr 20, 2009
Bobby Estel Watkins, 77, of Rt. 2 Box 89 Rock, West Virginia (Montcalm) went home to be with his LORD and savior after a short illness on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mr. Watkins was the son of the late Claude Watkins and Georgia Spencer Watkins born on February 21, 1932 in...
Mae Elizabeith Burton
Apr 19, 2009
Mae Elizabeth Burton, age 87, of 4727 Middlefork, Leander, KY and formerly of Coaldale, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville, KY after a long illness. She was born on May 6, 1921 in Maybeury and was a daughter of the late Robert and Lula Woods Mitchelson. She had had been...
Thomas (Ted) Williams, Sr.
Apr 16, 2009
Thomas Theodore (Ted) Williams, Sr., of Abbs Valley departed this life April 16, 2009. He was born September 13, 1918, in Dante, Virginia, and was the son of John and Carrie Williams. He was preceded in death by both parents and brothers Clarence, James, Clifford, Floyd, Willard, and Estes: sisters Edna Rutherford and Estelle Hicks. and infant daughter Elizabeth Carol....
John Andrew Prasatek
Apr 14, 2009
John Andrew Prasatek, age 52, of Eades Mill Road Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on December 16, 1956, he was a son of the late Joseph M. and Oneita Windle Prasatek. He had been a resident of Princeton for 10 years, was a carpenter, and was of the Catholic faith. He...
Nettie Mae Winebarger
Apr 12, 2009
ANAWALT — Nettie Mae Winebarger, age 96, of P.O. Box 183, Anawalt, W.Va., passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the home of her daughter, Shirley Woolridge in Skygusty. Born on September 24, 1912 in Carroll County, Va., she was a daughter of the late William and Aurlene Horton Bowman. She had been a resident of Leckie for 60...
Edward Ambrose Paynter
Apr 11, 2009
NORTHFORK — Edward Ambrose "Buddy" Paynter Sr., 75, of P.O. Box 224 Northfork, W.Va. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at home with his family by his side. Mr. Paynter was born on November 10, 1933 in Zanesville, Ohio to the late Charles Earl Paynter and Hannah Mildred McMann Paynter. He had been a resident...
Margaret F. Farmer
Apr 11, 2009
BLUEFIELD — Margaret F. Farmer, 89, of P.O. Box 702 (Bluemont Drive) Bluefield, W.Va. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Bland Nursing and Rehab Center in Bastian, Va. Margaret was born on January 07, 1920 in Scioto County, Ohio to the late Jacob Fox and Eunice Gallagher Fox. She had been a resident of...
Pansy Elaine Snow
Apr 6, 2009
Pansy Elaine Thomas Frost Snow, age 79, of Route 5 Box 390 (Pinnacle View Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on August 17, 1929 in Possum Hollow, she was a daughter of the late Roscoe B. and Pearl May Kelly Thomas. She had been a resident of Bluewell for most her...
Patrick Rodney Thompson
Apr 6, 2009
Patrick Rodney Thompson, age 54, of PO Box 434 (Freedom Road), Montcalm, WV, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2009 at his residence. Born on September 17, 1954 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Joseph (JD) and Macie White Thompson. He had been a resident of Montcalm for most of his life and was a coal miner...
Mitzie Lynn Rose
Apr 5, 2009
Mitzie Lynn Rose, age 28, of 1292 Stoney Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at a Charleston hospital following a lengthy illness. Born on April 14, 1980 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Vernon and Ruth Davis Rose of Bluefield. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and Anawalt...
Dayton R. Harvey
Apr 5, 2009
Dayton Randall “Blue” Harvey, age 80, of Route 2 Box 137 (McComas), Rock, WV, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 14, 1929 in McComas, he was a son of the late Dayton Elmore and Goldie Ardelia Walker Harvey. He had been a lifelong resident of McComas and was a retired coal miner....
Lacy Jennings Robertson
Mar 28, 2009
Lacy Jennings Robertson, age 83, of Route 5 Box 142-B, Bluefield, WV went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at the Doctor’s Hospital in Sarasota, FL. Lacy was born September 14, 1925 in Ada, WV, and was the son of the late Edward Kyle Robertson and Lula Shelton. He was married to his wife,...
Roy Harold Murphy
Feb 25, 2009
Roy H. Murphy, age 67, of Glenwood, WV, went home to be with the LORD on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on June 28, 1941 in Adamsville, Ohio he was a son of the late Charles W. and Dorothy Kasper Murphy. He had lived in Glenwood for the past 6 years before moving from Maybeury where...
Patty Kay Reed
Dec 16, 1964
Patty Kay Reed, age 47, of 311 Lady Fern Drive, Lerona, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at her residence. Born on December 16, 1964 at Princeton, she was a daughter of the late JL Robinette, Jr. and Lorena Swim Walker. She had been a resident of Lerona for 6 years and was a homemaker. In addition to...
Howard Gordon French
Feb 13, 1942
Howard Gordon French, age 68, of PO Box 172, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on February 13, 1942 in Gary, he was a son of the late Howard and Gladys Stoneman French. He had been a resident of Anawalt for 14 years and was a retired letter carrier from the US...
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