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Larkin Gene Rucker
Sep 26, 2017
Larkin Gene Rucker, Sr., 86, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a long illness.Born, July 17, 1931 in Pageton, WV. He was the son of the late James D. and Mary Price Rucker.He attended McDowell County Schools and graduated in 1949. He then worked in the West Virginia coal mines for two years, from...
Sarah Mae Bailey
Sep 26, 2017
Sarah Mae Bailey, 84, of Pocahontas, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia.Sarah was born on August 03, 1933 in Pocahontas, Virginia to the late William D. and Josie Mae Jeffery Milliner. She had been a resident of Pocahontas since 1969 and was a member of the Coaldale Freewill Baptist...
Tammera Kay Robertson
Sep 25, 2017
Tammera Kay Robertson, 45, of Arcadia, Florida formerly of Montcalm, WV passed away on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the home of her son in Bluefield, WV after a long battle with cancer. Tammera was born on March 02, 1972 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Paul Price of Arizona and the late Brenda Duncan Burgess. Left to cherish her memories are...
Carol Ann Taylor
Sep 25, 2017
Carol Ann (Barnette) Taylor, 76 of Asheville, NC formerly of Bluefield, WV passed peacefully on Monday, September 25, 2017 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC surrounded by her children. Born in Carswell, WV on February 15, 1941, the oldest child of the late Bernie and Sadie Barnette. Carol graduated from Gary High School and was on several committees throughout the...
Robert Lee Tiller, Sr.
Sep 21, 2017
Robert Lee Tiller, Sr.,58, of Montcalm, passed away on Thursday,September 21, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March19, 1959 in Mercer County, he was a son of Faye Carver Tiller of Brushfork and the late Lewis Tiller. He was a painter by trade.In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by her brothers, Billy L. Tiller, Sr....
Margaret Ellen Linkous
Sep 19, 2017
BLUEWELL – Margaret Ellen Linkous, 98, affectionately known as “Nana M ” by grandchildren and great-grandchildren, passed this life into her eternal heavenly home at Westwood Nursing Home on September 19, 2017, surrounded by family. Born on October 8, 1918, in Ada, West Virginia, daughter of the late William and Florence, “Bessie” (Sparks) Wimmer, she lived all her life in...
Roy "Sonny" Donald Poe
Sep 18, 2017
Roy Donald "Sonny" Poe, 82, Mack Road, Bluefield, WV passed away September 18 in Asheboro, NC. Roy was the son of the late B.B. (Jack) Poe and the late Nada Lamie Poe. He was a welder, being employed at Lecco, Coppinger’s, and Eimco, and was a member of Brushfork Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, father-in-law,...
Patricia Hughes
Sep 17, 2017
Patricia Ann Hughes, 68, of Pageton, passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Born on January 25, 1949 in Pageton, she was a daughter of the late Samuel L. and Dorothy (Kirk) Moore. She had been a lifelong resident of Pageton and was retired from Tug River Health Clinic. She was a lifelong member...
Veronica Daugherty
Sep 17, 2017
Veronica Sue Daugherty (Ronnie) age 70 of Abbs Valley VA passed away Sunday September 17, 2017 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born August 2, 1947 in Abbs Valley. She was the daughter of the late James Howard and Betty Poe Daugherty. Ronnie was a graduate of Pochantas High School; she received a Bachlor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and...
Bobby Ratliff, Sr.
Sep 17, 2017
Bobby G. Ratliff Sr., 73, of Beech Island, SC entered into his new life on September 17, 2017 surrounded by his loved ones. Bobby was Born on October 25, 1943 to the late Kennard and Stella Ratliff. He was a loving and devoted father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He was of the Christian faith. He was a...
Connally Richard Lynch, III
Sep 16, 2017
Connally Richard Lynch, III “Con” May 5, 1952- September 16, 2017 Richard passed away at his home September 16. He is now an Angel in God’s Heavenly band now. He was a college graduate from Ferrum Jr. College and Lebanon High School. He lived in Lebanon, VA and Princeton, WV. A retired UMWA Coal miner from Island Creek Coal Co....
V. Viola Johnson
Sep 15, 2017
Viola Spence Johnson, 96, of Loving Hands Adult Care, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Coalwood, WV passed away on Friday, September 15, 2017 at the Loving Hands Adult Care. She was born on July 11, 1921 and was a daughter, of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Johnson. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She served as treasurer and a Sunday School...
Frances Mabe
Sep 15, 2017
Frances D. Mabe, 92, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on December 5, 1924 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late William and Vida Hawks Davidson. She had been a resident of Bluefield and Rock for most of her life and was a member of...
Charles Logan
Sep 13, 2017
Charles Logan, 60, of Brushfork, passed away on September 13, 2017 in Brushfork. He was born on January 27, 1957 at Mullens, West Virginia. He was the son of the late Charles and Lena Mullins Logan and had been a resident of Brushfork since 2002. He was preceded in death by a sister Rosemary Logan. Charles is survived by a...
Betty Blackburn
Sep 13, 2017
Betty Joyce Blackburn, 80, of Lindbergh Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 9, 1937, in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late John Samuel and Gertrude Perry harry. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a former member of the First Church of the Nazarene...
Lula Lorene Harvey
Sep 12, 2017
Lula Lorene Harvey, 75, of Lorton Lick Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at her residence with her family by her side. Lula was born on September 11, 1942 in McComas, West Virginia to the lra Franklin Kirk and Della Shumate Kirk. She attended the Pine Grove Church of Christ and had been a resident of...
Ruth Irene Popp
Sep 10, 2017
Ruth Irene Popp, age 93, of Backwoods Avenue, Princeton, WV, formerly of Wolfe, died on Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Princeton Health Care. Born on April 16, 1924, in Jenkinjones, WV, she was a daughter of the late Riley and Ethel Byrd Greer. She had lived in Princeton for the past 6 years and was of the Protestant Faith. She...
Ronald Gilliam
Sep 10, 2017
Ronald Gilliam, age 73, of Bluefield, WV died on Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on January 7, 1944, in McDowell County, he was the son of the late Eugene and pearl Farmer Gilliam. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and was retired from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company. He was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith....
Jimmie R. Davis
Sep 8, 2017
Jimmie R. Davis, 82, Camilla Drive (Bluewell), passed away on Friday, September 8, 2017 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab. Born on October 8, 1934 in Leckie, he was a son of the late Joseph G. and Ruth (Davis) Davis. He had been a resident of Bluewell for over 50 years and was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church....
Juanita Ann Alvis
Sep 2, 2017
Juanita Ann Alvis, 88, of Village Green Circle, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at the Maples in Bluefield.Born on August 31, 1929 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Aleva Williams. She had been a resident of Princeton for 40 years and was a member of the Princeton Church of God. She...
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