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Clarence Dallas Crouse
Oct 2, 2019
Clarence Dallas Crouse, 77, of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, West Virginia.
Clarence was born on September 06, 1942 in Tazewell, Virginia. He had been a resident of the Bluefield and Princeton area for most of his life. Clarence entered the United States Army and served his county...
General Thomas "Tommy" M. Huff
Sep 30, 2019
Jesus said unto her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;
General Thomas M. “Tommy” Huff, age 67, of Eads Mill Road, Princeton, WV died on Monday, September 30, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on November 18, 1951, in Pageton, WV, he was a son of the late...
Ramona Louise Webb
Sep 29, 2019
Ramona Louise Webb, 80, of Montcalm, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Louise was born on December 15, 1938 in the house she lived in for entire life. She graduated from Montcalm High School in 10th grade in 1954, and continued her education at Bramwell High School where she graduated 12th grade in 1956. After...
Emma Broyles
Sep 28, 2019
Emma L. Vest Broyles, 96, of New Hope Road, Bluefield, WV, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Westwood Nursing Home in Bluefield, VA where she had lived for the last year and half. Born on September 6, 1923 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Albert G. and Fannie Morris Vest....
Corporal David Arnold Belcher
Sep 27, 2019
Corporal David Arnold Belcher, 80, of Lerona, West Virginia, formerly of Burke Mountain, Keystone, WV passed away Friday, September 27, 2019 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia. David was born October 19, 1938 on Burke Mountain, a son of the late Harold Belcher and Lovella Stanley Belcher. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Thelma Smith
Sep 27, 2019
Thelma Smith, age 86, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Friday, September 27, 2019 at Cumberland Nursing and Rehabilitation.
She was born on November 28, 1932 in Honeywell, Kentucky, daughter of the late Frank Preston and Sidney Boyd Ford.
She attended Slate Branch Baptist Church. Thelma was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed singing, reading and attending...
Debra Lynn Shirley
Sep 26, 2019
Debra Lynn "Debbie" Shirley, 63 of Bluefield, WV passed in peace Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family and friends. Debbie was an avid animal lover caring for her cats she lovingly adored.
Born on January 21, 1956 in Iaeger, WV, to the late Harrison and Myrtle Shirley of Iaeger, WV.
In addition to...
Robert "Bobby" Hurst
Sep 24, 2019
Robert “Bob” A. Hurst, 61, of Princeton, West Virginia went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia.
Robert was born on January 29, 1958 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late A.M. “Buddy” Hurst and Blanche G. “Tootsie” Hurst. Robert was retired from One Valley Bank in Princeton, West Virginia...
James Wesley Farmer, II
Sep 20, 2019
James Wesley Farmer II, 76, of Clover, SC, and formerly of Bramwell, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 in Kings Mountain, NC.
Born on November 19, 1942 in Bramwell he was a son of the late James Wesley Farmer and Dollie Mae Woods Rose. He was a retired Superintendent at Preservati and Dome Coal Company in WV and retired...
Betty Jane White
Sep 17, 2019
Betty Jane White, 84, of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia.
Betty was born on March 01, 1935 in Rolfe, West Virginia to the late Muncy Atkins Sexton and Nellie B. Warner Sexton. Betty had been a resident of Montcalm, West Virginia for the past 37 years and...
Susan Ann Kay Parker
Sep 16, 2019
Susan Ann Kay (Nicewonder) Parker, 64, of Pinnacle View Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, September 16, 2019 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia.
Susan was born on May 20, 1955 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Darvin Curtis Nicewonder and Margaret Ruth (Kelly) Nicewonder. Susan had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and...
James Howard Workman, Sr.
Sep 16, 2019
James Howard Workman, Sr., 85, of Matewan, passed away on September 16, 2019.
Born on June 18, 1934, he was a son of the late Fred and Mary Hart Workman. He had been a resident of Red jacket for 49 years and was a retired coal miner and member of the UMWA. He was a veteran of the US Marines,...
Jerry Richard Shumaker
Sep 15, 2019
Jerry Richard Shumaker, 76, of Oasis Court, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at his home.
Born on March 25, 1943 in Princeton, he was a son of the late James Edward and Mary Lucille Byrd Shumaker. He had been a resident of Mercer County his entire life and attended Johnston Chapel Baptist Church in Princeton. He...
Christian Allen Phillips
Sep 13, 2019
Christian Allen Phillips, 27, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019.
Born on September 6, 1992 in Princeton, he was a son of Troy C. Dahlin of PA and Beth Phillips and Stewart Johnson of Princeton. He had been a resident of Princeton for 8 years and was an employee of SuddenLink in Beckley.
He was preceded...
Lowell Thomas Perdue
Sep 12, 2019
Lowell Thomas “Tommy” Perdue, 85, of Perdue Hollow Road (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, September 12, 2019.
Born on March 18, 1934 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late Giles S. and Sally Caldwell Perdue. He had been a lifelong resident of Brushfork and was a member of...
Donna Tucker
Sep 10, 2019
Bluefield- Donna Jo Martin Tucker, 77, of Lorton Lick Rd., Bluefield, WV, passed away September 10, 2019, at her home. Born April 09, 1942 in Ft. Wayne, IN, she was a daughter of the late Donald Joseph and Virginia Lawhead Martin. Mrs. Tucker was a devoted mother and housewife. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Thomas Edward Marushia, Sr.
Sep 9, 2019
Thomas Edward Marushia Sr., 75, of Willow Bend Road Lindside, West Virginia passed away on Monday, September 09, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Thomas was born on January 03, 1944 in Davy, West Virginia to the late Joe Marushia and Blanche Jewell Marushia. Thomas was a retired coal miner after 25 years underground and was a member of the UMWA....
Rhonda Diane Simpson
Sep 6, 2019
Rhonda Diane Simpson, 47, of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Friday, September 06, 2019 at WVU - Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Rhonda was born on March 31, 1972 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Judy Dyson and the late Jerry L. Clower.
Rhonda attended Montcalm High School, and later got her GED. She had been...
Shelby Jean Nichols
Sep 5, 2019
Shelby Jean Nichols, 81, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Glenwood Nursing Home.
Shelby was born on December 24, 1937 in McComas, West Virginia to the late Charles Blake Farley and Georgie May Medwell Farley. She was a member of the Church of God Worldwide Ministries.
In addition to her parents she was preceded...
George Russell Garrett
Sep 3, 2019
George Russell Garrett passed away Monday, September 3 at his home. Born February 18, 1915 in Lebanon, VA, he was the son of the late George M. and Nannie Gibson Garrett.
Russell was a graduate of Lebanon High School and went on to graduate from Bluefield College in 1934. He began his employment at Pocahontas Fuel Company store in Amonate,...
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