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Lucille Riddle
Jul 22, 2017
May your right hand always be stretched out for giving and friendship and never in want. --An Irish Blessing Lucille Bryant Riddle, age 95, of Bluewell, died peacefully on July 22, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 7, 1922 near Montcalm, the daughter of Oliver Taylor and Martha Scott Taylor. In addition to her parents, she...
Bonita Ann Searle
Jul 18, 2017
Bonita Ann Searle, 52 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at The Maples Nursing Home after an extended illness. Bonita was born on December 08, 1964 in Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania. She had been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia for the past six years. She was a member of the Salvation Army Citadel in Bluefield, West...
Mildred Kincaid Cornett
Jul 16, 2017
Mildred Kincaid Cornett, age 92, of Falls Mills, VA, passed away peacefully Sunday July 16, 2017 at her daughter's home in Pounding Mill, VA. She was born in Beckley, WV on December 13, 1924. She married Calvin Mack Cornett of Crumpler, WV in 1944. She was a member of the Northfork Baptist Church in Northfork WV and was also a...
Marvin Eugene Edwards
Jul 15, 2017
Marvin Eugene Edwards, 85, of Derby Lane, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 11, 1932 in Gap Mills, VA, he was a son of the late Fulton and Pearl Mae Hunnel Edwards. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 28 years and was a retired veteran of the US...
Willie David Havens
Jul 13, 2017
Willie David Havens, 37, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on February 27, 1980 in Princeton, he was a son of David Havens of Rock and Rhonda Harding of Old Fort, NC. He had been a lifelong resident of Sandlick and was a graduate of Montcalm High School....
Tammy Sue Crouse
Jul 13, 2017
Tammy Sue Crouse, 56, of Hundley Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. Born on September 20, 1960 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Lillie M. Martin of Princeton. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and Princeton and was a homemaker. She was a “jack of all...
Mack Chester Knuckles
Jul 13, 2017
Mack Chester Knuckles, 82, of Switchback, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on September 24, 1934 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Dewey and Mary Opal Cochran Knuckles. He had been a resident of McDowell County for most of his life and was a retired coal miner....
Robert D. East
Jul 11, 2017
Robert D. East, 81, of Princeton, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at home. Born on April 1, 1936 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Everette and Mary Crouch East. He had been a resident of Princeton for 51 years and was a retired chief electrician for Eastern Associated Coal Company. He was a member of the...
Sandra "Sandy" Kay Dillon
Jul 6, 2017
Sandra Kay “Sandy” Dillon, age 63, of Forty Foot Street, Princeton, WV died Thursday, July 6, 2017, at her residence.Born on June 13, 1954, in Pageton, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charles Penland and Madeline Carver Penland of Pageton. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include: Her Mother: Madeline Carver Penland of Pageton, WVHusband:...
David Rader Hambrick
Jul 6, 2017
Bluewell—David Rader Hambrick, 76, of Coke Plant Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 6, 2017. He passed away suddenly with his family by his side, after an extended struggle with chronic illness.Born February 23, 1941 at home in Littlesburg, WV he was the son of the late George Everett and Hattie Hambrick. David retired...
Arnold Coffey
Jul 5, 2017
Arnold Coffey, 84, of Bluefield and formerly of Welch, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 5, 2017 after an 18 year battle with Parkinson’s. He had been a resident of Bluefield for over 30 years and attended the First Church of God in Bluefield, VA. He was retired from the US Postal Service with...
Glenna Rae Vance
Jul 4, 2017
Glenna Rae Crisco Vance, age 82, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 4, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. “Absent from the body, present with the Lord.”Born on November 5, 1934, in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late Adam McKinley and Minnie Elizabeth Davis Crisco. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
George Washington Harmon
Jul 3, 2017
George W. Harmon, 84, of 448 Indian Grave Road, Anawalt, WV 24808, passed away on Monday, July 3, 2017 from injuries sustained in a four wheeler accident. Born March 2, 1933 in Skygusty, WV. He was the son of the late Thomas Harman and the late Nettie Mae Harman Winebarger. He had been a resident of Leckie for 60 years. ...
Roy S. Underwood
Jul 1, 2017
Roy S. Underwood, 84 of Bluefield WV passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at his home after a two year battle with melanoma. Roy was born in Bluefield, WV on September 22, 1932; he was the son of Roscoe and Alice Bailey Underwood. Roy served in the Korean War with the Army Corp of Engineers. He worked as a...
Dr. David A. Kovach
Jun 28, 2017
Dr. David A. Kovach passed away on June 28, 2017 surrounded by family at his home. Born September 2, 1944, he was the son of the late Gaza and Margaret Booher Kovach. Dr. Kovach graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and received his DDS degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He then served two years in the United States Air Force...
Beulah Thelma Hodge
Jun 23, 2017
Beulah “Toots” Thelma Hodge, age 77, of Anawalt, died on Friday, June 23, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.Born on January 12, 1940, in Leckie, WV, she was a daughter of the late Nathaniel and Emma Gay Newsome Jarvis. She had lived in Anawalt for the past 24 years and was a retired supervisor for the Amoco Oil Corporation. She was...
Kenneth William Hunt
Jun 23, 2017
Kenneth William Hunt, age 67, of Whitfield Avenue, Princeton, WV died on Friday, June 23, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 5, 1949, in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late William and Effie Mitchem Hunt. He was retired as a delivery man and was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith. He had lived in Princeton for...
Helen Ruth Jenkins
Jun 15, 2017
Helen Ruth Jenkins, 80, of Bland St. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the Maples Nursing Home. Helen was born February 12, 1937 in Wytheville, Virginia to the late Edgar Ernst Grimes and Eva Mae Burk Grimes. She had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 64 years. In addition to her parents she...
Lotus Dawn Sowers
Jun 15, 2017
Lotus Dawn Sowers, 89 of St. Augustine, FL formerly of Freeman, WV was called home by her Heavenly Father on Thursday, June 15, 2017. She was the beloved wife of the late Frank R. Sowers, Sr.Lotus was born on July 24, 1927 in Yards, VA to the late Fred and Ruby Boley. She was a member ofBible Baptist Church in...
Fred Eddie Lane
Jun 14, 2017
Fred Eddie Lane, 76, of Kegley, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Summers Nursing and Rehab in Hinton, West Virginia. Fred was born on August 04, 1940 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Fred and Laura Combs Lane. Fred had been a resident of Kegley for the past thirteen years.In addition to his parents he...
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