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Tessie Ann Johnson
Sep 8, 2020
Tessie Ann Johnson, 89, of Princeton, WV, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at her home. Born April 24, 1931 in Beartown, WV, Tessie was a daughter of the late Cager David and Thrissie Robertson Blankenship. She was a homemaker and a member of the Princeton Free Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, Tessie was preceded in death by...
Sharon Lynn Jones
Sep 7, 2020
Sharon Lynn Jones, age 63, of Welch, WV, passed peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2020 at her home after a 3-year battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Jack and Margaret Johnson of Burke Mt., Keystone, WV. She was a member of Big Jenny Freewill Baptist Church for 40 years where she served as the Children’s Sunday...
Gerald Keith Burchett
Sep 6, 2020
Gerald Keith Burchett, 71, of Montcalm, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at the home of his daughter, Amy Akers.
Born on September 23, 1948 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Garland and Maxine Warden Burchett. He had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a retired truck driver. He was a veteran of the...
Bonnie Arlene Hale
Sep 5, 2020
Bonnie Arlene Hale, 79, of Rock, WV, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020 in Cabell-Huntington Hospital. Born June 13, 1941 in McDowell County, WV, Bonnie was a daughter of the late William Harvey and Edith Victoria Comer Parks. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God. In addition to her parents, Bonnie was preceded in death...
Frank Samuel Miles, Jr.
Sep 5, 2020
Frank Samuel Miles, Jr., age 57, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2020.
Born on October 28, 1962 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Frank Samuel Miles, Sr. and Macile Riggs Miles. He was a graduate of Princeton High School and was a lifelong resident of Bluefield.
In addition to...
Billy Rose
Sep 5, 2020
Billy Rose, 79, of the Princeton Towers, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born on October 30, 1940 in Anawalt, he was a son of the late George Rose, Jr. and Sophia Mikels Rose. He was a US Army Veteran and work in the medical field for many years. In...
Larry Duaine Farmer
Sep 3, 2020
On September 3, 2020, Larry Duaine “Fink” Farmer, age 70, took his journey to his heavenly home. He passed away at his home surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was a life long resident of McDowell County where he made his home in Pageton for 47 years.
He was born in Welch, WV, February 19, 1950 to the...
Carolyn Marie Horne
Aug 28, 2020
Carolyn Marie Horne, 68, of Bluefield, WV passed away Friday, August 28, 2020 at Princeton Community Hospital, Bluefield. Born May 24, 1952 in Charlotte, NC, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Patricia Emerson Dixon. Carolyn had been a life-long resident of Bluefield and worked as a CNA. In addition to her parents, Carolyn was preceded in death...
Kristina Ann Taylor
Aug 24, 2020
Kristina Ann Taylor, 30, of Montcalm, WV, passed peacefully at her home after a brief illness. Her boisterous laugh and outgoing personality will be missed by all that knew her. She made friends easily and never knew a stranger. Kristina graduated from Montcalm High School in 2008. She attended Concord University and Bluefield State College. Her smiling face was seen...
Wilma Lucille Soto
Aug 24, 2020
Pastor Wilma Lucille Soto 73 of Havaco, WV passed away August 24th, 2020. She was born April 14th, 1947, she was the Daughter of Bascum Morgan and Ollie Finley Morgan of Wilcoe, WV.
Lucille was the Pastor of Welch Pentecostal Church of God for the last 15 years. She was employed at Welch Community Hospital for the last 27 years...
Billy Ray Rumburg, Jr.
Aug 23, 2020
Billy Ray Rumburg, Jr., 38, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020 at his home. Born April 6, 1982 in Roanoke, VA, Billy was a son of the late Billy Rumburg, Sr. and Barbara Call Lynch. He worked for Aspen Tree Service and currently was employed by Townsend Tree Service in Glen Lyn, VA. Billy loved to fish...
Vera Sylvia Roberts
Aug 22, 2020
Vera Sylvia Roberts of Bluefield, W.Va., passed away on August 22, 2020, at home. She was 83 years old.
Vera was born at Eckman, W.Va., and was the daughter of Gordon Tyree Roberts and Mary Estelle French Roberts. She retired from General Telephone Company (Verizon). She was a member of Fincastle Presbyterian Church; Bluefield, Va.
Left to cherish her memory...
Hedy Dooley
Aug 20, 2020
Hedy Saunders Dooley, age 72, of Princeton, WV, died on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital.
Born on March 20, 1948 in Princeton, WV, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary Hicks Saunders. She had lived in Princeton for the last 4 years and was of the Baptist Faith. She had worked at a...
Irma Lea Webb
Aug 20, 2020
Irma Lea Nunn Webb, 99 years of age, passed away peacefully at her home in Bluefield, VA on August 20, 2020.
Irma was born during the Great Depression on January 2, 1921 in Switchback, McDowell County, WV to father, Woodrow Wilson Nunn, a coal miner and mother, Alice Roxanne Shaw Nunn. She is predeceased by four siblings: Joseph Nunn,...
Wanda Gaye Lilly
Aug 19, 2020
Wanda Gaye Lilly, 48, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV. Born September 29, 1971 in Bluefield, WV, Wanda was a daughter of the late Rader and Nancy Lynn Farmer. She worked as a cashier at Walmart. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her boyfriend,...
Shirley Hogan
Aug 18, 2020
Shirley Faye Hogan, age 86, of Bluefield, WV went to be with our Lord August 18, 2020 following a short illness.
Shirley was born June 4, 1934 in Keokee, VA, a daughter of the late Fred and Izel Tate of Big Stone Gap, VA.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years Carlos Hogan, son Fred Hogan,...
Betty Jo Woodie
Aug 16, 2020
Betty Jo Phelps Woodie
Bluefield, Va
Betty Jo passed away on August 16, 2020 at her home with loved ones by her side. She is now in heaven with her heavenly Father, her parents and many family members.
Betty Jo was born September 30, 1929 in Iaeger, WV. She was the daughter of the late Montie and Pauline...
Mary Largen
Aug 14, 2020
Mary Gray Mathis Largen, 79, of Bluefield, formerly of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 14, 2020. The youngest child of the late David and Mildred Gray Mathis, Mary was born on September 7, 1940. She graduated from Trigg County High School and completed several business courses before marrying the late Teddy Ray Largen on March 2, 1963....
Sybil Davis
Aug 12, 2020
Sybil Johnson Davis, age 86, of Rye Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at her home.
Born on February 6, 1934 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was a daughter of the late Shuby Johnson and Florence Weaver Allison. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, VA and had lived in Nemours for...
Eulah Hawley
Aug 4, 2020
Eulah Ree Hawley, 89, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at the Princeton Health Care Center. Born on March 31, 1931 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Burl and Laura Hicks Taylor. She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Princeton and was a graduate of the Little French Beauty Academy....
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