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Curtis Howard Sizemore
Dec 4, 2016
Curtis Howard Sizemore, Sr., 77, of Packing Plant Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at his residence. Born on January 10, 1939 in Bottom Creek, WV, he was a son of the late Wiley and Elizabeth Sizemore. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 2 years and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She...
Brenda Joyce East
Dec 3, 2016
Brenda Joyce East, 67, of Bluewell School Road Bluefield (Bluewell), West Virginia passed away Saturday, December 03, 2016 at her residence. Brenda was born on April 29, 1949 in Welch, West Virginia to the late William and Faye Blevins Sizemore. She had been a resident of Bluewell for the past 26 years and was a member of Sweet Home Baptist...
June Miller
Dec 2, 2016
BLUEFIELD—June (Hash) Miller, 94, of Hampton, VA, former resident of Bluefield, WV for 57 years passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at Northampton Convalescent & Rehab Center, Hampton, VA. June was born July 18, 1922 in Fox, Virginia to the late Charles and Christie Hash of Galax, VA. She was a member of Cumberland Heights Baptist Church in Bluefield, WV...
John Frederick Page
Dec 2, 2016
John Frederick Page, 88, of Coal Heritage Road, Bluewell, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2016 at his home. Born on May 18, 1928 in Nemours, he was a son of the late Fred M. and Nannie Butt Page. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and was a graduate of Bramwell High School. He formerly worked for Pocahontas...
Doris Helen Nance
Dec 2, 2016
Doris Helen Nance, 80, of Anawalt, West Virginia passed away at her home on Friday, December 02, 2016. Doris was born April 01, 1936 in Ashe County, North Carolina to the late Reece and Blanche Miller Testerman. Doris had been a resident of Anawalt for the past 62 years and was of the Baptist faith. Doris was a loving wife...
Brenda Burgess
Dec 2, 2016
Brenda Burgess went home to be with The Lord on December 2, 2016 in Montcalm, West Virginia at her residence due to a massive heart attack. She was born on July 17, 1953 in Bluefield WV to James and Irene Duncan Brenda was a licensed beautician whose love for her family was only eclipsed by her kindness and compassionate heart...
Denise Diana Kapish
Dec 1, 2016
Denise Diana Kapish, 37, of Gary, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Born on August 20, 1979 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Frank Kapish of Gary and the late Marianna McCray Kapish. She had been a lifelong resident of Gary for all of her life and was...
Burton Lee Perry
Dec 1, 2016
Burton Lee Perry, Jr., 38, of Princeton entered eternal rest Thursday morning December 1, 2016. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, James and Dorothy Presley of Skygusty and paternal grandparents, James and Irene Perry of Skygusty. He attended Princeton Sr. High School and served in the US Air Force for 8 years. He was currently attending Costal...
Mabel Mae Triplett Hull
Nov 30, 2016
Mabel Mae Triplett Hull, 86 of Richmond, VA, formerly from Welch, WV; passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at her residence in Lakewood Manor, Richmond, Va. She was born February 9, 1930 in Mohegan, WV to Juney Turner and Necy Elizabeth King Triplett. She was a faithful member of the First Church of God in Welch and lived most...
William "Bill" James Powell
Nov 26, 2016
William “Bill” James Powell, Jr., 76, of Foy Bypass (Duhring) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Bill was born on Saturday, April 20, 1940 in Falls Mills, Virginia to the late William James Powell and Kathleen King Powell. Bill was a retired coal miner and a member of the...
Lois Dodson Matney Hormell
Nov 26, 2016
Lois Dodson Matney Hormell, 88, formerly of Welch, West Virginia, passed away November 26, 2016, at the Village Green Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Lois was born September 29, 1928, in Ferrum, Virginia, to the late Buster & Gladys Dodson. She was a graduate of Welch High School and was married to the late Chester M....
Margaret Stacks
Nov 26, 2016
BLUEFIELD-- Margaret Stacks, 96, of Loving Hands Adult Care, Airport Rd., Bluefield, WV, former resident of Bluefield, VA and Welch for 82 years passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Loving Hands Adult Care in Bluefield, WV. Margaret was born May 30, 1920 in Hartwell, Georgia to the late Sam J. and Emily Lowrance Stacks. She was a member of...
David R. Eason
Nov 23, 2016
David R. Eason, 51, of Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Rock, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at The Maples in Bluefield, West Virginia. David was born on Monday, July 12, 1965 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late Henry Grady and Hattie Louise Powers Eason. David was a graduate of Montcalm High School. He was the...
Jerry William Brooks, Sr.
Nov 22, 2016
Jerry William Brooks, Sr. ,67, of Leckie, WV passed away suddenly at his home on November 22, 2016. He was born July 28, 1949 to the Late Opie R. Brooks and Ethel V. Perdue Brooks. He was a lifelong resident of Leckie and an avid WV Mountaineer fan. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, nephew and friend....
Rita Delphine Asbury
Nov 21, 2016
Rita Delphine (Jones) Asbury, 75, of Mystic, Connecticut, formerly from Princeton, WV, passed away to be home with her Lord and Savior on Nov 21, 2016 at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut. Born October 9, 1941 in Matoaka, WV, she was the daughter of Lehona Thorne (Jones) Morris and the late Edgar Jones. She graduated High School in Princeton and...
Leta Faye Bailey
Nov 21, 2016
Leta Faye Bailey, 60, of Brushfork, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2015 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on October 19, 1956 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Everett and Betty Francis Bailey. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a former retail store manager. Survivors include her daughter, Cathy Harrison...
Elizabeth Dale Gregory
Nov 20, 2016
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." – Revelation 21:4 Elizabeth Dale Gregory, born May 26, 1942, at her great grandmother's home in Bluefield, WV, was the daughter of Myrtle Holt and Charlie Jack Gregory. Libby resided in...
Edith Collins
Nov 20, 2016
Edith Collins, 90, of Skating Rink Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Bowers Hospice house in Beckley. Born on April 1, 1926 in Litwar, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Barbara Robinette Cline. She had been a resident of the Bluefield area for 18 years and attended the Shields Chapel....
Xavier Hagerman-Witt
Nov 18, 2016
Xavier James Hagerman-Witt, son of Jessica Hagerman and Dakota Witt of Bluefield, was stillborn on Friday, November 18, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. In addition to his parents, survivors include Grandparents are Ted and Vickie Hagerman of Brushfork, Tina Hale of Bluefield, and Steven Witt and Leshia Witt of Kentucky; Great-Grandparents are Roscoe and Donna Hale of Bluefield, Harold and...
Clifford Lee Payne
Nov 17, 2016
Clifford Lee Payne 43 of Princeton died November 17, 2016. Born January 20, 1973 in Welch to the late Lewis Clifford and Linda Payne. Preceded in death by one sister, four brothers Survivors: Brothers Ronald Rose (Dinah); Jerry Payne (Michelle) and James Rose (Rachael). Five sisters Mary Bailey; Frances Underwood (Vernon); Michelle Payne (Harry); Linda Payne and Annie Riffe (Danny). ...
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