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Michael Anthony Watkins
Aug 9, 2018
Michael Anthony Watkins, 58, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away at his home, suddenly in his sleep, on Thursday, August 9, 2018.Born on February 5, 1960 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Calvin Watkins and Betty Spence Shrader. He was a 1978 graduate of Bluefield High School and was employed by Cole’s Truck Parts in Bluefield....
Foster Lewis Tilley
Aug 7, 2018
Foster Lewis Tilley, 82, of Oakland Drive, Princeton, and formerly of Anawalt, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.Born on August 13, 1935 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Robert and Della Wyatt Tilley. He had been a resident of Princeton since 1999 but formerly lived in Anawalt. He was a...
James E. Clark, Sr.
Aug 7, 2018
James E. Clark, Sr., 68, of Airport Road, Bluefield, and formerly of Ada, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at his home following a long illness surrounded by his family and friends.Born on October 25, 1949 in Stotsbury, WV, but had lived in Maryland until 1980 and then moved to Bluefield. He was a son of the late Lake...
Dorothy J. (Dot) Hale
Aug 6, 2018
Dorothy J. (Dot) Beard Hale, 93, of Bluewell, WV, passed away on August 6, 2018, following a lengthy illness. Dot was born October 21, 1924, in Bluefield, VA. She was the daughter of the late Lindsay L. and Ruby B. Beard. She married R. S. (Ruck) Hale on July 14, 1945 and was married 45 years until Ruck's death in...
Rev. Donald Randolph Bowles
Aug 2, 2018
Bowles, Rev. Donald Randolph (Don), 83, of the Welch-Pineville Road, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018. He was reunited in heaven with his son Duke who had passed on February 8, 1976. Donald, an evangelist and coal miner, retired from U.S. Steel number 50 mines in 1997, where he worked as a Roof Bolter. He ministered over the airwaves...
Douglas Eugene Blankenship
Aug 2, 2018
Douglas Eugene Blankenship, 74, of Pocahontas, VA, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.Born on April 3, 1944 in Crystal, WV, he was a son of the late Pearl Gilmore. He had been a resident of Tazewell County for 22 years and was a retired truck driver and barber. He was also the co-owner, along with...
Frank Thomas Sexton
Aug 2, 2018
Frank Thomas Sexton, 94, of Freeman (Bramwell), West Virginia, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at Veterans Care Center in Salem, Virginia. Born February 23, 1924 in Bluefield, West Virginia, Frank was the son of the late Mason and Bertha Harman Sexton. He had been a resident of Freeman/Bramwell for forty-five years and was of the Baptist faith. Frank served...
Hazel Pendleton
Aug 2, 2018
Hazel Pendleton, 85, of Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV.Born on August 6, 1932 in Pulaski, VA, she was a daughter of the late Charles C. and Blanch Vest Parsell. Hazel worked for the State of WV with the Department of Employment Security and retired after 35 years of service....
Judy Faye Hill
Aug 1, 2018
Judy Faye Hill, age 60, of Pinnacle View, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on December 23, 1957, in Bluefield, she was the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Mary Lowe. .She had lived in Bluefield her entire life and was a devoted mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents,...
Mary Slovak
Jul 30, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Slovak, 69, of West Lafayette, OH, passed away Monday, July 30, 2018.She was the wife of the late David Slovak and was also preceded in death by her parents, Orin and Helen Whyde; a son, David, Jr.; a daughter, Christy Slovak; and one brother, David Whyde; and one sister, Myrna Whyde.Survivors include: 2 daughters, Pamela (Keith) Smith of...
Billie Ann Short
Jul 29, 2018
Our beautiful mother, grandmother and wife Billie Ann Hayton Short of Falls Mills, Virginia passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018, after a long battle with kidney cancer. She was born on August 10, 1942 to the late Bill and Annie (Jennings) Hayton in Pocahontas, Virginia, where Billie would spend her childhood and attend the high school “on the hill”. In...
David Ray Chambers
Jul 28, 2018
David Ray Chambers, 63, of Bramwell, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. David was born July 18, 1955 in Welch to the late Floyd and Zollie Owens Chambers. In addition to his parents, David was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Bryant Chambers and two step-sons, Dewayne Blankenship and Michael Coleman; 5...
Frank "Peanut" Hoge Perdue, Jr
Jul 27, 2018
Frank Hoge “Peanut” Perdue, Jr., 73, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018 at the Maples in Bluefield, West Virginia. Peanut was born on July 20, 1945 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Frank and Lula Evelyn Perdue. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, West Virginia where he worked as a Gas Station...
Fora Bell Lewis-Perdue
Jul 27, 2018
Flora Bell Lewis-Perdue, 89, of Bluefield, (Green Valley), WV passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018 at her residence. Florabell was a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was born on March 28, 1929 to the late John Lewis and Rachel Hoops Lewis. She was a very loving mother, grandmother and will be sadly missed. In addition to her parents she...
Bessie Elizabeth Carriger
Jul 27, 2018
Bessie Elizabeth Carriger, 97, of Bluefield, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 9, 1920 in Belfrey, KY, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Santo. She had formerly lived in Capels before moving to Bluefield and was a graduate of Welch High School. She was a former clerk...
Ulysses Cundiff
Jul 24, 2018
Ulysses D. Cundiff, 77, of Bluefield, VA passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at his home with family by his side. Born May 19, 1941 in Yards, VA, he was the son of the late Samuel and Drucilla Cundiff. He grew up in the rural community of Nemours, WV. He graduated from Bluefield High School and Bluefield State College. He...
John "JP" Paul Ford
Jul 24, 2018
John Paul “JP” Ford, Sr., 41, of Bluefield, West Virginia went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. JP was born on November 11, 1976, in McDowell County, West Virginia, the youngest child of the late William McDowell Ford, Sr. and Damita Jo Hairston Ford. JP had been a resident of...
Buford Samuel Helmandollar
Jul 24, 2018
Buford Samuel Helmandollar, 92 of Princeton, WV, went to his Heavenly home on July 24, 2018 at Charleston Area Medical Center.Born on February 26, 1926 in McComas, WV, he was the son of the late Roby William and Maudie Riggs Helmandollar. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Kathleen Scott Helmandollar; three brothers,...
Virginia Fay Clower
Jul 23, 2018
Virginia Fay Clower, 44, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Virginia was born February 4, 1974 in Bluefield, WV to Emerson and Virginia Day Carter.In addition to her parents, Virginia is survived by one brother, Bobby Swim of Brushfork, WV; two sisters, Debra Broomand and Muhammad of Louisville, KY and...
Rosemary Elizabeth Booksha
Jul 19, 2018
Rosemary Elizabeth Booksha, 74, of Bluefield, VA (Abbs Valley) formerly of Roanoke County, VA passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the home of her daughter. Rosemary was born on October 10, 1943 in Mullins, WV to the late Harold Clay Harvey and Mary Heath Harvey. She had been a resident of Abbs Valley for the past 11 years...
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