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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...
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...
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