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Clovis Cox
Oct 26, 2017
In the early morning hours of October 26, 2017, Clovis Cox, 88, of Bluefield, WV, completed his journey here on Earth to meet his Savior in Heaven. Born in Montcoal, WV on October 2, 1929, he was a son of the late Don Lee and Velma America Cox. He was the eldest of nine children and his love for his...
Sidney Gerald Jennings
Oct 26, 2017
Sidney Gerald Jennings, 79, of Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on June 11, 1938 in Weynoke, WV, he was a son of the late James Hobart and nannie Bell Groves Jennings. He had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and McComas and attended the Church of God. He was...
Timothy Dean Day
Oct 26, 2017
Timothy Dean Day, 44, of Bluefield departed this life on Thursday, October 26, 2017.Born June 20, 1973 in Bluefield, he was the son of Ethel and Dale Davis of Nemours and the late Earl “Dean” Day. Timmy enjoyed playing in numerous sports growing up and enjoyed playing music on his guitar in his later years. In addition to his mother...
Goldie Pansy Sexton
Oct 23, 2017
Goldie Pansy Sexton, age 95, of 1600 Bland Street, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, October 23, 2017.Born on March, 29, 1922, Goldie was the daughter of the late Sylvester Preston Scott and Annie Laura Mills. She was a homemaker most of her life while working for Zenith Electronics in Chicago, IL. She was a member of Maybeury...
Karsyn Ruth Belt
Oct 23, 2017
BLUEFIELD-- Karsyn Ruth Belt was born on Monday, October 23, 2017. She conquered this world and was welcomed into the arms of Jesus the same day. Karsyn is the daughter of Louis and Kelly Belt and the twin sister of Layla Noelle Belt of Bluefield, WV. Karsyn was loved by many, including her maternal grandmother Nancy Ellison, paternal grandfather Jay...
Sergio Daniel Castillo
Oct 22, 2017
Sergio Daniel Castillo, 62, of Ivy Crest Street Bluefield, West Virginia (Green Valley) passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Sergio was born on July 21, 1955 in Monterrey, Mexico to the late Perfecto Castillo and Rosa Barajas Castillo. Sergio had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 28 years and...
Joy Ellen Shepard
Oct 19, 2017
Joy Ellen Shepard, 84, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on October 19, 2017 in Pounding Mill, VA. Born on October 12, 1933 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Caroline Lambert Lewis. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and was a former nurse. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Louise Ann Collins
Oct 19, 2017
Louise Ann Collins, 72, of Dawson School Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at home surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on April 18, 1945 in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Gray Rogers, II and Glenna Louise Patteson. Lou Ann was a 1963 graduate of Bluefield...
Roscoe Vinton Marshall
Oct 19, 2017
Roscoe Vinton Marshall, 96, of Arbor Ridge Drive Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his residence. Roscoe was born on September 10, 1921 in Dugspur, Virginia to the late Ira S. Marshall and Mettie V. Turman Marshall. He had been a resident of Mercer County for the past twenty five years formerly living in Coalwood,...
Betty Jean Wimmer
Oct 18, 2017
Betty Jean Wimmer, 87, of 1800 Whitethorn Extension, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Bradshaw, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. She passed away peacefully at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Palliative Care Unit with family by her side.Betty was a former member of 42 years at the Bradshaw Church of God and current member of the East...
Roland "Wayne" Belcher, Sr.
Oct 18, 2017
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Roland “Wayne” Belcher, Sr. of Bastian, VA died October 18, 2017. He was born on November 25, 1936 to the late Elsie and Leonard Belcher of McComas, WV. He served his country proudly in the Navy. Wayne was self-employed with Belcher’s...
Robert Winton Eanes
Oct 17, 2017
Robert "Bob” Winton Eanes, 70, of Marellen Avenue, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at his home after a bout of cancer, heart disease, and lung problems.Born on October 3, 1947, in Sophia, WV, he was a son of the late Walter G. and Elizabeth E. Hill Eanes. He had been a resident...
Ray "Doug" Douglas Ham
Oct 17, 2017
Ray "Doug" Douglas Ham, 74, of Westwood Park Road Bluefield, Virginia formerly of Boissevain, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Ray was born on September 26, 1943 in Lundale, West Virginia to the late Wilmmer Wells Ham and Ethel May Maynard Ham. In addition to his parents he was...
Mary Frances Cox
Oct 16, 2017
BLUEWELL- In loving memory of Mary Frances “Finley” Cox, born November 11, 1939. She closed her eyes here and has opened them in her Heavenly home on October 16th, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Dempsey Cox and her son, Arthur Kenneth Cox both of Bluewell, WV. Her Father and Mother, Fred and Ruth Finley of...
Jean Elizabeth Gaither
Oct 16, 2017
Jean Elizabeth Gaither died on October 16, 2017, at the age of eighty-six in Paintsville, Kentucky, after a long illness. Born on August 7, 1931, in Mercer County West Virginia, Jean was the daughter of the late Bill and Flossie Mitchem of Lorton Lick Road. She was one of eleven children and is survived only by a brother, Robert Mitchem,...
Jason Lee Gregory
Oct 13, 2017
Jason Lee Gregory, 39, of Princeton, West Virginia formerly of Falls Mills, Virginia passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 at his residence. Jason was born on September 06, 1978 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Debi Cox and Rick Gregory. He attended First Assembly Christian School and Graduated from Shady Springs High School. Jason had been a resident of Princeton...
Frankie Lee Dillon
Oct 12, 2017
Frankie Lee Dillon, age 76, of Beckley Road, Princeton, WV, formerly of Roderfield, died on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC.Born on January 11, 1941, in Premier, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jesse James and Mary Bell Overby Hall. She had lived in Princeton for the past 9 years and was...
Harry Mitchem
Oct 9, 2017
Harry O’Neal Mitchem, 92, of Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Crumpler, West Virginia passed away on Monday, October 09, 2017 at his residence. Harry was born on December 25, 1924 in Crumpler, West Virginia to the late Samuel Preston Mitchem and Cloah Ann Bailey Mitchem. He was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church and was a retired coal...
Margaret "Maggie" Mullins
Oct 8, 2017
Margaret “Maggie” Pendleton Mullins, 65, of the Havens, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at the Havens. She was born on February 26, 1952 in Princeton, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Corinne White Pendelton where she had lived most of her life. Along with her husband, they were the owners and operators of...
Harry Gene Formica
Oct 7, 2017
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Harry Gene Formica, 88 of Bluefield, WV, died Saturday October 7, 2017 after a brief illness. Born March 11, 1929 at Thacker, WV, he was a son of the late Mike Formica and Pearl Vasvary Formica. He was a U.S. Army...
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