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Donna Loretta Caves
Oct 30, 2022
Donna Loretta Caves, 42, of Crumpler, WV, went home to be with the Lord peacefully at her home on Sunday, October 30, 2022. Born March 1, 1980 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Carl Rose, Sr. and the late Dathel Loretta Green Rose. She was a member of the Eckman Trinity Pentecostal Holiness Church and was...
Marilyn Charlene Lindamood
Oct 28, 2022
Marilyn Charlene “Mert” Elmore Lindamood, 67, of Montcalm, WV, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2022 at her home.
Born on June 3, 1955 in Charleston, WV, she was a daughter of the late Clifford and Elizabeth Cardwell Elmore. She had been a resident of Montcalm for 48 years and attended the Salvation Through Christ Church. She was a homemaker...
Linda Sue Simpson
Oct 28, 2022
Linda Sue Allen Simpson was long time resident of Bluefield WV died Thursday October 27, 2022. She was born May 21, 1947, to the late Aaron and Lillian Allen.
Linda is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Terry Dale Simpson of Bluefield WV; two children, Kelli Tabor of Simpsonville Ky, and Terry Dale Simpson II of Ladson SC....
Christopher Alan Thompson
Oct 28, 2022
Chris Thompson gained his heavenly wings with his “five girls” surrounding him on October 28, 2022 at the age of 57 after a sudden illness.
Chris was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 27, 1965 to Roger and Mary Thompson, Brushfork, WV. He graduated from Bluefield High School in 1983 and received a double-major in English and Math from Bluefield...
Mary Elizabeth Evans
Oct 27, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Evans, 92, of Bramwell, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at her home.
Born on October 28, 1929 in Coaldale, she was a daughter of the late Hobart and Effie Woods Belcher. She was a retired dietician.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Evans, Sr.
Survivors include her daughters, Karen Sayers of Bramwell,...
Audie Edward Walker
Oct 25, 2022
Audie Edward Walker, 64, of Bluefield, WV, passed away peacefully at Princeton Community Hospital on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Born July 29, 1958 in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Geneva Messinger Walker.
Those left to cherish Audie’s memory are his daughter, Christina (Travis) Davis of Columbus, GA; sister Ruth “Sissy” Fitzko Kelly of Bluefield,...
Angela Renee Justice
Oct 24, 2022
Angela Renee Justice, 48, of Princeton, WV passed away Monday, October 24, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born February 12, 1974 in Princeton, WV, she was a daughter of Connie Akers Cook and the late Randal Cook. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clinton and Oma Akers; father-in-law, Jack Justice; and sister-in-law, Rachel...
Frances Elizabeth Stevenson
Oct 22, 2022
Frances Elizabeth Stevenson, 68, died peacefully at the Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA on Saturday, October 22, 2022. After years of treatment for kidney failure, God called her home. Her husband of forty-five years and son were by her side to the end.
She was born in Welch, WV to the parents of Marvin J. Finley and...
Niki Stiltner
Oct 16, 2022
Niki Lee Blevins Stiltner Swartz was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 15, 1973, to Roger (Pistol) Blevins and the late Sandra June Stevenson Blevins.
Her husband Eric Swartz, MIL-Irene Swartz and BIL- Fred Swartz also surviving her is her first husband and father of her girls and grandfather of her grandbabies, Joseph Stiltner. Their girls Savanna Stiltner and...
Billy F Hazelwood
Oct 15, 2022
Billy F. Hazelwood, 79, of East Bend, NC passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 15, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Goodwill, WV, he was a son of the late Roma Bell Hazelwood and Sampson Edgar Hazelwood. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. After completion of his...
Merita Faye Dawson
Oct 14, 2022
Merita Faye Dawson passed away October 14, 2022 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Merita was a former over the road Truck Driver but she was always happiest at her home in Rolfe WV with her Family. Merita was a person of faith she attended Old Fashioned Full Gospel Church in Northfork WV . She loved to sing in church along with...
Sara Kathryn Workman
Oct 12, 2022
Sara Kathryn Workman February 26, 1937 – October 12, 2022
Sara K. Workman, 85 of Bluefield, WV passed away from this world on Wednesday, October 12 at home, to her Heavenly home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey W. Workman Jr, sister Mary Jane Spangler, parents Carl H. and Clarice Spangler.
Sara was born in Bluefield, WV...
Kenneth Ray Hager
Oct 12, 2022
Kenneth Ray Hager, Sr., 75, of E. Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at the Bower’s Hospice House in Beckley, WV.
Born on May 24, 1947, he was a son of the late Robert Hager and Bertie Carrier Mitchell. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the Bluefield Eagles...
Larry Woodrow Smith
Oct 10, 2022
Larry Woodrow Smith, 47, of Bluefield, WV passed away Monday, October 10, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born March 18, 1975 in Beckley, WV, he was a son of Judy Coffman and the late Larry Russell Smith.
Those left to cherish Larry’s memory are his wife, Suzanne Rena Smith of Myrtle Beach, SC; mother, Judy Coffman of Bluefield, WV;...
David Wilton Farley
Oct 9, 2022
Pharoh's Army Got Drowned. David W. Farley of Princeton, West Virginia, died peacefully in his home on October 9, 2022, after a two year courageous battle with kidney disease he entered the land where we never grow old.
He was the son of the late Robert C. Farley, Sr and Hazel Agee Farley. David was born at the Bluefield Sanitarium...
Philip Green, Jr.
Oct 4, 2022
Philip Green, Jr., 93 of Welch, WV passed away on Oct. 4, 2022 in Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born to the late Philip Green, Sr. and Edith Green, on Sept. 18, 1929 in Wyoming County, WV. He was the proud owner and operator of Greens Refrigeration Co. He continued to work until late August when he became ill....
James Douglas Cochran
Oct 2, 2022
James Douglas “Sonny” Cochran, 78, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Born on February 19, 1944 in McComas, WV, he was a son of the late Henry James and Frances East Cochran. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 50 years and was a retired coal miner.
He was preceded in...
Alice Faye Gilley
Oct 2, 2022
Alice Faye Gilley, 80, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at her home in Princeton.
Born on May 25, 1942 in Nemours, WV, she was a daughter of the late Isaac Newton and Nannie Margaret Hellmandollar Sayers. She was homemaker, worked at Goodykoontz Drugstore and also volunteered at Princeton Community Hospital. She attended Ceres Baptist Church.
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Goldie Marie Hopkins
Oct 1, 2022
Goldie Marie Hopkins, 81, of Hidden Path Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on October 1, 2022 at the home of her daughter in Princeton.
Born on March 11, 1941 in Gary, WV, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Georgie Mitchem Fowler. She had previously worked in Welch in retail.
She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Mary Darlene Luster
Oct 1, 2022
Mary Darlene Luster, 62, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on January 27, 1960 in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Ronald L. and Shelby Key Bandy. She had been a resident of Princeton for 18 years and was a member of the Old Fashion Full Gospel Church...
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