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Eva Ann Perkins
Feb 24, 2018
Eva Ann Perkins, 84 of Princeton, WV passed away peacefully on Saturday February 24, 2018 at the home of her daughter after a long illness. Born in Abney, WV and raised in Montcalm, she was the daughter of the late James Matthew and Arlie Eureka Beggs and was the youngest of 11 children. She was retired from A&P Foods in...
Dana Lynn Wolford
Feb 24, 2018
Dana Lynn Wolford, 43, of Bluefield, West Virginia lost her fight to cancer on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Princeton Community Hospital.Dana was born on September 01, 1974 in Warren, MI to Dana Ray Wolford of Princeton, WV and the late Kathie Oma Ratliff. Dana was a loving Mother, Grandmother, Daughter, Sister and Wife. She was a former member of...
Arnold Harry Parker
Feb 23, 2018
Arnold Harry Parker, age 78, of Browning-Lambert Road, Rock, WV died on Friday, February 23, 2018 at Princeton Community Hospital.Born on December 1, 1939 in Rock, WV, he was the son of the late Edgar and Gwen Lusk Parker. He was a retired salesman for a coffee company, a mining machine company, and enjoyed farming as well. In addition to...
Delmer Franklin Jones
Feb 23, 2018
Delmer Franklin Jones, age 86, of Golden Harvest Nursing Home, Welch, WV died on Friday, February 23, 2018 at Golden Harvest.Born on May 23, 1931 in Vivian, WV, he was a son of the late Milburn and Clara Patrick Jones. He had worked in grocery sales and as a caretaker. He had last attended the Bluewell Baptist Church and had...
Ernestine Ann Wirt
Feb 22, 2018
Ernestine Ann Wirt, age 85, of The Maples Nursing Home, died on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at The Maples.Born on June 30, 1932 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Renes and Hazel Beavers Wirt. She was a member of the Ceres Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Frances...
Rita Deloris Doyle
Feb 18, 2018
Rita Deloris Doyle, 68, of Louden Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on June 12, 1949 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Gordon and Grace Carr Summers. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness...
Stella Alberta Poff
Feb 17, 2018
Stella Alberta Miles Poff, age 99, died Saturday, February17, 2018 at the Bluefield Regional Hospital. Stella was preceded in death by her parents Asa and Sarah Miles of Keystone, West Virginia, husband Edward B. Poff of Bluewell, and most recently her sister Elva Miles Lockhart of Bluefield, Virginia. All of her other siblings passed in prior years. Surviving is her...
Bobby Joe Powell, Sr.
Feb 17, 2018
Bobby Joe Powell, Sr., age 74, of Perdue Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.Born on May 23, 1943 in McDowell, WV, he was a son of the late Elbert and Lydia Pearl Conn Powell. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 25 years and was a retired coal miner with...
Billy Eugene Gullett
Feb 16, 2018
Billy Eugene Gullett, Sr., age 78, of Foy Bypass, Bluefield, WV died on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.Born on December 5, 1939 in Baileysville, WV, he was a son of Garnet Rose Gullett of Welch, WV and the late Clyde Samuel Gullett. He had lived in Montcalm since 1979 and was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith....
Shirley M. Eller
Feb 14, 2018
Shirley M. Eller, age 83, of Beltsville, MD, formerly of Bluewell, died on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Laurel Regional Hospital.Born on April 17, 1934 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Annie L. Gillenwater Eller. She had lived in Beltsville for the past 60 years and was retired from Bell-Atlantic and Frontier Telephone...
Dwight Eugene Scott
Feb 10, 2018
Dwight Eugene Scott, 71 of Princeton passed away Saturday February 10, 2018 at Cabell Huntington Hospital from complications of pneumonia.He was born on June 22, 1946 in Princeton to the late Aubrey Lee Scott and late Madeline Helen (Hamm) Scott of Mentor, Ohio. He is also preceded in death by his brother Ronald Lee Scott of North Carolina.Dwight was a...
Marie Leola Boerboom
Feb 10, 2018
Marie Leola Boerboom, 51, of Knox Street Bluefield, WV passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018 at University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. Marie was born on July 28, 1966 in Bluefield, WV to the late Reece T. and Pearlie Mae Carter Riley. She was a member of First Christian Church in Bluefield, WV and had been a lifelong resident of...
Charles D.W. Greer
Feb 8, 2018
Charles D.W. Greer, of Anawalt, devoted husband, father, and grandfather went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 8, 2018, at his home after a long illness.Born January 15, 1947, Charles was the son of Lonzo Roark and Zinner Young. Charles was of the Baptist faith and a member of Long Point Missionary Baptist Church. Charles served his country...
Betty Joan Cline
Feb 8, 2018
Betty Joan Cline, 83, of Bramwell, passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 24, 1934 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mae Trenor McPeak. She had been a resident of Bramwell for 65 years and was a member of the Edgemont Baptist Church. She was retired...
Sheila Lynn Belcher
Feb 8, 2018
Sheila Lynn Belcher, 56, of Sportsman Drive Bluefield, West Virginia went to be with the LORD on her birthday Thursday, February 08, 1962 at her residence after a battle with cancer.Sheila was born on Thursday, February 08, 1962 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Elmer and Margaret Berta Sorah. Shelia worked for the United States Postal Service as a...
Charlie Marion "Moose" Neel, Jr.
Feb 7, 2018
Charlie Marion (Moose) Neel, Jr. 59 of Princeton was called home to be with his Lord and Savior.He was born on January 3, 1959 in Bluefield, WV to the late Charlie and Charlotte Call Neel. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first son, Charlie Marion Neel lll, a brother David Neel, and sister Beryl...
Randall Thomas O'Dell
Feb 6, 2018
Randall Thomas O’Dell, age 77, of Glade Spring, Va., passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Bristol Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with kidney and heart diseases. Randall was born on October 4, 1940, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bluefield, W.Va., to the late Richard Harold O’Dell, Sr. and Callie Ethel (Puckett) O’Dell. He was preceded in...
Walter "Keith" Johnson
Feb 6, 2018
Walter Keith Johnson, 45, of Maybeury, affectionately known as Keith, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 after a short illness.
He attended the Maybeury Church of God where he was a buddy to all who knew him. He loved his PEPSI and enjoyed going to Southern Highlands where he had many friends. His favorite...
Theresa Bowman
Feb 4, 2018
Our dearest mother, Theresa Bowman, passed away on February 4, 2018, after a brief battle with cancer. Born on December 25, 1959, she lived a full life. She will be remembered by her family, including 4 daughters, Kim, Jenny and Doug, Alisha and Josh, and Megan and Julian. Also her grandsons Dustin, Kendall, Jacob, Logan, Alaric, Joran, and Ryker. As...
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