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Annabell Taylor
Dec 24, 2022
Annabell Dyson Taylor, 81, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born October 4, 1941, in Hemphill, WV, she was a daughter of the late Ray and Laura Bowman Dyson. Annabell was a lifelong resident of Bluefield. She retired from the Mercer County Board of Education and was a member of the First Baptist...
Larmer Basil Rogers
Dec 23, 2022
On December 23, 2022, Larmer Rogers, 95, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. A lifelong resident of McComas, WV, he spent 42 years working in the dark of the coal mines. Once he retired, he spent his time as a fisher of men, witnessing to all he could of his Pentecostal faith. Larmer spent his entire...
Jackie David Broomfield
Dec 23, 2022
Jackie David Broomfield, 62, of Maybeury, WV, passed away Friday morning, December 23, 2022 at his home. Born October 15, 1960 in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late Woodrow and Rachael Rose Broomfield. Jackie was a proud veteran of the United States Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Charles...
Opal Sizemore
Dec 22, 2022
Opal Lee Mitchem Sizemore, 91, of Northfork, WV passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022 at her home. Born December 17, 1931 in Wyoming County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Moody Carl and Gertrude Burks Mitchem. Opal was a member of Harbor Light Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Opal was preceded in...
Clarence Earl Byrd
Dec 21, 2022
Clarence Earl Byrd, 80, of Bluewell, passed away on Wednesday December 21, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on March 27, 1942 in Newport News, VA, he was a son of the late Clarence Elmo and Mary Elizabeth Kirk Byrd. He was a retired supervisor from Kroger. He was a veteran of the US Army.
He was preceded in death...
Richard Stevenson Miller Sr.
Dec 20, 2022
Richard Stevenson Miller Sr., 77, of Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday December 20, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital after a long, hard fight. He is at peace and in Heaven.
Born on July 15, 1945 in Jenkinjones, WV, he was a son of the late Rudy and Dotty Dollinger Miller. He was a retired coal miner having worked 25...
W. Earl "Snag" Garland
Dec 20, 2022
Earl “Snag” Garland, 86, of Rocky Gap, VA passed away on December 20, 2022 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. He was on born on January 23, 1936 in Bluefield, WV to the late Violet Lucas and Tanner Benjamin Garland Sr. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Angelia Garland; an infant son,...
Oney Mabel Martin
Dec 18, 2022
Oney Mabel Cook Martin
December 27, 1937 - December 18, 2022
On Sunday Night, December 18, 2022 our Heavenly Father Called Another Angel Home.
Mabel was born on December 27, 1937 in Bramwell, West Virginia to the late Woodrow and Virginia Cook. Mabel graduated from Bramwell High School in 1955 and was a resident of Bramwell for many years. Mabel...
Donna Gail Perry
Dec 10, 2022
Donna Gail Perry, 78 of Nemours, WV, went to be with the Lord on December 10 with family by her side. She was born in Pocahontas, VA on November 1, 1944. She married the love of her life, Paul, on November 27, 1959, and they just celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. She was a teacher at Montcalm Elementary School for...
Mary Jane Miller
Dec 10, 2022
Mary Jane Miller, 85, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Tazewell Community Hospital.
Born on September 6, 1937 in Belfrey, KY, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Evelyn Hinchee Layne. She had been a longtime resident of Mercer County and was a member of Deliverance Temple.
In addition to her parents, she...
Brenda Gay Lawson
Dec 10, 2022
Brenda Gay Lawson, 73, of Lindside, WV, born and raised in McDowell County and lived the last 20 years in Mt. Airy, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Johnson-Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA surrounded by family.
Born on November 25, 1949, in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Martillie Knuckles Lester.
In...
Donald Howard Taylor
Dec 8, 2022
Donald Howard Taylor,87, of White Hollow Rd., Bluefield,, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at his home.
Born on June 16, 1935 and Montcalm, he was a son of the late Cletus and Loessie Doss Taylor. He had previously worked for Coal Motors and Truck City.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
Charles William Pruitt
Dec 8, 2022
Charles William Pruitt, 87, of Nemours Valley Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at his home.
Born on June 4, 1935 in Nemours, he was a son of the late Starling and Mattie Lyons Pruitt. He was a retired motor winder from National Electric Coil. He was a member of the Bramwell Masonic Lodge AF&AM #45...
Sarah Ellen Dinger
Dec 5, 2022
Our precious and loving mother, Sarah Ellen Dinger, 92, of Bluefield, WV, went to join her Heavenly Father on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Princeton Community Hospital. She told her children she was going to see their Daddy.
Sarah lived in Bluefield most of her life, was a homemaker, and was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Bluewell....
Ernest Dwight Mullins
Dec 4, 2022
Ernest Dwight Mullins, 76, of Statesville, North Carolina, formerly of Tazewell County, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at S. Mitchell Mack Hospice House in Mooresville, NC, surrounded by his family. Born April 3, 1946, in Grundy, VA, he was the son of the late Elbert Luther and Myrtle Asbury Mullins. Upon graduation...
Carl Junior Workman
Dec 3, 2022
Carl Junior Workman, 64, of Anawalt died after a lengthy illness on December 3, 2022, at his home with his wife and son by his side. He was born January 8, 1958, in Welch, WV, the son of Hurley Howard Workman and Betty Jean Day Bailey.
Carl attended McDowell County Schools. After school he worked at Perdue Ashland Service Station. ...
Michael Reed Tessa, Jr.
Dec 3, 2022
Michael Reed Tessa, Jr., 30, of Tessa Lane, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2022.
Born on April 30, 1992 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of Michael Reed Tessa, Sr. and Minnie Shrader Tessa. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was employed by T-Mobile as a tech support agent. He also loved to...
Marilynne Kay Tilley
Nov 30, 2022
Marilynne Kay Tilley, of Lake Worth, joined Heaven's Celebration on November 30, 2022, after a courageous four-year battle with breast cancer. She was born March 12, 1947, on the top of a mountain in Montcalm, WV to June Taylor Tilley and Sidney Tilley, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death; brothers, George Tilley; and Sidney Tilley, Jr.;...
Lance Ward Bowman
Nov 28, 2022
Lance Ward Bowman, 94, of Bluefield, WV joined his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 28, 2022. Lance was born July 30, 1928, in Rock, WV to the late Howard Watson and Ottie Murrell Bowman. He was a lifelong resident of the Sandlick area having lived in four self-built homes. Lance attended and was a member of Sandlick United Methodist...
Shelby Jane Mullins
Nov 27, 2022
Shelby Jane Mullins, 58, of Crumpler, WV, passed away on November 27, 2022.
Born on January 10, 1964 in Bell County, TX, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Ida Jean Clark Seagraves. She had been a resident of Crumpler for most of her life and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by 2 children, 1...
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