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Junior Key
Jan 8, 2020
Junior “June” Key, 88, of Crane Creek Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on June 2, 1931 in Ashland, WV, he was a son of the late James Alfred and Dina Jane Cecil Key. He had been a lifelong resident of the McComas area and was a retired coal miner for...
Janice Jackson
Jan 8, 2020
Janice C. Jackson, 82, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Born on January 31, 1937 in Stanford, WV, she was a daughter of the late James Robert and Lillie Millsap Clendenen. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the Mid-Way Christian Church. She...
Danny Ray Rash
Jan 7, 2020
Mr. Danny Ray Rash, of Bluefield, WV, left us to be with the Lord on January 7, 2020. Danny will be loved and missed by his surviving mother, Wilma Cox; brothers Robert and Scott; his children Rachael, Devin, and Lily; grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and his best friend, Jerry Lambert. After college, Danny explored his passion for cooking and...
Ella Mae Warden
Jan 5, 2020
Ella Mae Warden, 74, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center in Bluefield.
Born on February 28, 1945 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Virginia Lawless Thomason. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 45 years and was retired from Rite-Aid in Bluewell.
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Lydia Rebecca Hall
Jan 2, 2020
Lydia Rebecca Marie Hall, 57, born on January 15, 1962, of Reese Harmon Ridge Rd. Lashmeet, WV went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 2, 2020. Dedicated and Loving wife to Daniel Hall, Sr and proud mother to Daniel Hall Jr and wife Heather Hall, Joseph Hall and wife Kimberly Hall. Loving grandmother to Atalaya Hall and also...
Charles S. Thomason
Dec 31, 2019
Dr. Charles S. Thomason, 85, of Bluefield, VA went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 31, 2019, at the Charleston Area Medical Center.
Born in Sandlick, WV, he was the son of the late Robert Thomason and Ada Hall Thomason. He was also preceded in death by sisters: Janie Shutt, Trula Mumford, Elizabeth Farley, and Helen Blackburn....
Brenda Fowler
Dec 28, 2019
Brenda Fowler, 76, of Thorpe, passed away on December 28, 2019. She was born on September 2, 1943 and had been a lifelong resident of Thorpe.
Survivors include sons, Michael Fowler and Kyle Fowler, and a daughter, Tara Fowler.
Cryptside services will be conducted on Tuesday at 1:00 PM at Woodlawn Mausoleum with Rev. F.D. Sexton officiating.
Friends and...
Dennis Wesley Asbury
Dec 28, 2019
Dennis Wesley Asbury, 62, of Norfolk, Virginia passed away on December 28th, 2019.Dennis was born on December 21st, 1957 in Princeton, West Virginia to Bill Graham Asbury and Rita Delphine Jones.Dennis grew up the oldest of 6 children. His family followed his father's military career and moved around many times throughout his life. Dennis spent some of his childhood in...
William Alan Dollinger
Dec 25, 2019
William Alan Dollinger, 66, of Wedgewood Ave. Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia.
Alan was born on October 10, 1953 in Jenkinjones, West Virginia to the late James E. Dollinger and Lillian Hughes Dollinger. He had been a resident of Princeton, West Virginia for the past...
Blanche Sneed
Dec 25, 2019
Blanche Taylor Sneed went home to be with the Lord on December 25, 2019. Blanche grew up in Anawalt WV but spent most of her life in Bluewell WV. She was a charter member of Bluewell Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years John Sneed, brothers Fred Taylor and Vinson Taylor of Anawalt WV,...
Milfred "Bud" Brice Powers
Dec 24, 2019
Milfred “Bud” Brice Powers, 90, of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 after a short illness.
Bud was born on August 21, 1929 in Elkhorn, West Virginia to the late James Luther Powers and Virgie Alice Brewer Powers.
Bud was a good moral man who loved God, family and country. Bud was a hard...
Lonnie Edward Graham
Dec 23, 2019
Lonnie Edward Graham, 85, of Natchez Lane (Sandlick), Bluefield, West Virginia left his earthly home for a better home on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Lonnie was born on July 29, 1934 in Eckman, West Virginia to the late Reuben Graham and Laura Mitchem Graham. Lonnie had been a resident of the Bluefield area for the...
Michael Ray Underwood
Dec 22, 2019
Michael Ray Underwood, 70, of Brushfork Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
Born on June 30, 1949 in Princeton, he was a son of the late Eddie and Clara P. Quillian Underwood. He had been a resident of Brushfork for 14 years and was a retired parts...
Charles Clinton Thompson
Dec 20, 2019
Charles Clinton Thompson, 65, of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019 at his residence.
Charles was born on October 02, 1954 in Mercer County, West Virginia to the late Charles “Bug” Thompson, Jr. and Lillian Beckner Thompson. Charles had been a resident of Montcalm, West Virginia for most of his life. He was an active...
Grace Opel Martin
Dec 20, 2019
Grace Opal Martin, 96, of Premier, West Virginia passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, West Virginia.
Grace was born on January 13, 1923 in Mohegan, West Virginia to the late Fredrick Arthur Burbett and Birdie Dixon Burbett. Grace had been a resident of Premier and Welch for the majority of her life....
Mary Frances Bond
Dec 19, 2019
Mary Frances Bond, 97, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019 in the Roanoke, VA area.
Born on October 29, 1922 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Giles and Sally Caldwell Perdue. She was the wife of the late James W. Bond. She was a 1941 graduate of Beaver High School and was a retired telephone...
Richard "Dickie" Wayne Barber
Dec 19, 2019
Richard “Dickie” Wayne Barber, 68, of Bristol, Virginia formerly of McDowell County, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, Tennessee.
Richard was born on October 03, 1951 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Ernest Glen Barber, Sr. and Geneva Pearl Shafter Barber.
Richard had been a resident of Bristol,...
Betty Lou Teel
Dec 18, 2019
Betty Lou Teel, 82, of Crooked Creek Drive Northfork (McDowell), West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at her residence.
Betty was born on September 22, 1937 in Elkhorn, West Virginia to the late Joe W. Graham and Bertha Virginia Finney Graham. Betty had been a resident of McDowell for the past thirty years and was a former...
Gaylon Dale Akers
Dec 17, 2019
Gaylon Dale Akers, 55, of Stoney Ridge Road; Bluefield, West Virginia went to sleep and woke in the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at his residence.
Gaylon was born on October 05, 1964 in Princeton, West Virginia to the late James Akers and Norma Booher Akers. Gaylon, had been a resident of Mercer County for the past...
Robert Eric Baugh
Dec 14, 2019
Robert Eric Baugh, 41, of 3363 Maple Acres Road in Green Valley died suddenly Saturday, December 14, 2019. Eric was born February 2, 1978, in Bluefield, WV and was the son of Robert E. Baugh of Glenwood Park, and Connie Barrett Howell of Green Valley and was a lifelong resident of Mercer County. He was a 1996 graduate of Bluefield...
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