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Rodney Lee Hoback
Jan 16, 2017
Rodney Lee Hoback, Jr., 26 of Guinea Mountain Road Pearisburg, VA passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Rodney was born on August 21, 1990 in Bluefield, WV to the late Rodney Lee Hoback, Sr. and Martha Eldridge Hoback. He had been a resident of the Pearisburg, VA area for the past 10...
Alma Jean Gillenwater
Jan 16, 2017
Alma Jean Gillenwater, 82, of Matoaka Road (Lake Bottom), Rock, WV, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at his home. Born on June 10, 1934 in Oakvale, she was a daughter of the late Noah and Vergie Rosa Thomas. She had been a resident of Matoaka Road for 27 years and attended the Roger Street Community Church. She formerly worked...
Edith Elma Yates
Jan 15, 2017
Edith Elma Yates, 76, of New Haven Road, North Tazewell, VA, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at the Dogwood Crossing Nursing Home in North Tazewell, VA. Born on June 27, 1940 in Jenkinjones, she was a daughter of the late Rudy Paul and Dotty Catherine Dollinger Miller. She had been a resident of North Tazewell for 8 years...
Eleanor Chambers
Jan 13, 2017
Eleanor Chambers, 62, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother of Bramwell, WV passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 after a long courageous battle with cancer. Eleanor was born December 8, 1954, in Panther, WV to the late John and Goldia Bryant. She was a homemaker, a caregiver, she never met a stranger and opened her home to everybody. She was...
Mary Wood
Jan 10, 2017
Mary Coppino Wood, 84, of Brandywine Lane, Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at the Commonwealth Assisted Living in Christiansburg, VA. Born on October 7, 1932 in Northfork, she was a daughter of the late Gaetano Coppino and Georgia Henderson Null. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and was a graduate of...
Clara Mae Tabor
Jan 10, 2017
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 Clara Mae Tabor, 96, of Packing Plant Road (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, departed the world on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 to her heavenly home. Born on April 13, 1920 in Nemours, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Bessie Surface...
Adam Gray Smith
Jan 8, 2017
Adam Gray “AG” Smith, 84, of Summerfield Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Although known for the courageous fighter he was, after a tiring battle with Alzheimer's at the ripe old age of 84, he decided to wave the white flag and surrender. His battle here on earth was...
Bobby Lee Perdue
Jan 7, 2017
Bobby Lee Perdue, 40, of Mountaineer Lane Bluefield, WV passed away Saturday, January 07, 2017 at his residence. Bobby was born on April 26, 1976 in Bluefield, WV to Michael Perdue of Bluefield, VA and Marlena Perry Moye of Spanishburg, WV. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV. He was preceded in death by Bonnie Perdue, Harry &...
Queen Easter Greer
Jan 7, 2017
Queen Easter Greer, age 97 of Gray, Tennessee passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Wellmont Hospice in Bristol. She was a daughter of the late Charles Raymond and Donie Emiline Conley Hart. She was a member of Rock Heritage Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, James Dexter Greer, Sr.; one...
Charles Michael Woods
Jan 6, 2017
Charles Michael “Mike” Woods, age 62 of Old Linwood Road, Lexington passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mike was born in Mercer County, West Virginia on March 22, 1954 to Garnett Lewis Woods, Sr. and Mary O’Donnell Woods. He was employed with Davidson County Schools as a custodian with South Davidson School. He was preceded in...
Christopher "Shane" Scott
Jan 5, 2017
Christopher “Shane” Scott, 40, of Bryant St. Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, January 05, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Shane was born on April 05, 1976 in Bluefield, WV to Dorothy Horton Scott Pennington and the late Jesse S. Scott, Jr. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was employed at United Exhaust as...
Louella Jane Barrett
Jan 4, 2017
**DUE to inclement weather, the funeral for SATURDAY has been rescheduled to Monday morning at 11:00. Friends may call from 10:00-11:00, prior to services. Louella Jane Barrett, 89, of Old Bramwell Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, January 04, 2017 at the Maple Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV. Louella was born on July 01, 1927 in Bluefield, WV...
Sheryl Jean Oiler
Dec 30, 2016
Sheryl Jean Oiler, 69, of Montcalm, WV went home to be with her Savior on Friday, December 30, 2016 after a short battle with cancer. Sheryl was born on July 6, 1947 and was the daughter of the late Vinson and Christine Epperson. Sheryl dearly loved her family, friends and her church family. Her home was always open to anyone...
Betty Jean Fagio
Dec 30, 2016
Betty Jean Fagio, 81, of Greenwood Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Bland County Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on September 3, 1935 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late William Wilhite, Sr. and Margaret Young Wilhite. She had lived mostly in McDowell but relocated to Bluefield twelve years ago. She...
Virginia "Sammy" C. Boyd
Dec 29, 2016
Virginia C. “Sammy” Boyd, 90, of Lancaster, PA and formerly of Bluewell and Bramwell, went to see her Lord on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Mt. Joy Hospice. Born on October 19, 1926 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Everett Reeves and Mary Alagria Coburn Cox. She had lived most of her life in Bluewell and the...
Beatrice Frances Robertson
Dec 29, 2016
Beatrice Frances Robertson, 79, Princeton, WV died on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on April 10, 1937, in Premier, WV, she was a daughter of the late Scott and Maggie Vanover Steele. She had lived in Princeton for the past 28 years. She loved watching game shows and Jerry Springer, eating at Outback, Ryan’s and...
Ronald Dale Bailey
Dec 24, 2016
Ronald Dale Bailey, 81, of Jake Street, Montcalm, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at his home. Born on May 7, 1935 in McComas, he was a son of the late Charlie and Claudine Thompson Bailey. He had been a resident of Montcalm for 49 years and was a member of the Brushfork Church of Christ. He was a...
Tommy Lee Ray Addison
Dec 21, 2016
Tommy Lee Ray Addison, 56, of Ingleside Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on June 3, 1960 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Raymond and Helen Honaker Addison Woody. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and had worked for Danieley Mobile Home Movers. In addition to...
Pearl Beatrice Brimm
Dec 21, 2016
Pearl Beatrice Brimm, 71, of Country Girl Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at her home. Born on July 2, 1945 in Radford, she was a daughter of the late William “Bill” Frost and Pansy Thomas Snow. She had lived in Bluefield most of her life and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she...
Howard Michael Fowler
Dec 21, 2016
Howard Michael Fowler, 54, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at his home. He was born on July 6, 1962 in Welch and was a son of the late Bobby Ray and Elsie Miller Fowler. He had been a resident of Bluefield for two years and was of the Holiness faith. He was formerly of Gary...
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