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Sherri Lynn Jarvis
Jun 13, 2017
On Tuesday June 13, 2017, Sherri Lynn Jarvis, age 50, of Anawalt, WV, went home to be with the lord. She had been fighting for years and finally Jesus called her home. Sherri was very passionate about the lord and spent her life serving him. She lit up the room with her beautiful spirit and there was never a person...
Watha French Woody
Jun 9, 2017
Watha French Woody, age 70, of Rocky Gap, VA went to be with the LORD on Friday, June 9, 2017.Born on September 22, 1946 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Charley and Vinnie Dot Stowers Woody. He had been a lifelong resident of Rocky Gap. He was married to Brenda Cabell Woody on September 25, 1975 in...
Leslie Joyce Smith
Jun 9, 2017
Leslie Joyce Smith, 69, of Princeton, WV peacefully entered her new life on Thursday, June 09, 2017.Born on December 12, 1947, she was a daughter of the late George H and Doris Rose Cunningham Smith. She had been a resident of Princeton, WV since 2010. Leslie was a retired Computer programmer for the State of North Carolina. In addition to...
Mary Ann Cheeks
Jun 8, 2017
Mary Ann Cheeks, 84, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2018 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on May 17, 1933 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Emmitt Sizemore and Zellie White Sizemore. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Edd Dewitt Cheeks and one son Jeffery...
James Frederic Pennington
Jun 6, 2017
James Frederic Pennington, 83, of Debra Road, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born on December 10, 1933 in Fries, VA, he was a son of the late Guy and Laura Eller Pennington. He served in the US Army from 1956-58 and was a retired truck driver for Overnite...
Dexter Lee Huff
Jun 5, 2017
Dexter Lee Huff, 76, of Anawalt, WV, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at his home. Born on June 29, 1940 in Carroll County, VA, he was a son of the late Gleve G. and Ibra E. Mitchell Huff. He had been a resident of Pageton for most of his life and was a member of the Conlinktown Church...
Deborah Jean Horn
Jun 5, 2017
Deborah Jean Horn, age 62, of Wilmore, WV (Iaeger), formerly of Dubois, PA, went to the Lord’s arms on Monday June 5, 2017. She was the special daughter of Christine Graham Allen and John “Bud” Allen. She leaves behind a loving husband of 46 years, Herman Horn of Wilmore. Two daughters; Lisa Cardwell (Christopher Cardwell) and Jeannie Clements (David Clements)...
Ann Coffey
Jun 5, 2017
Falls Mills- Ann Coffey, 55, of Falls Mills, gained her angel wings on the 5th of June 2017. Born on May 22, 1962 in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of Betty Lou Mayo and the late John Spencer Mayo. Mrs. Coffey was a cook for Tazewell County Public Schools for 20 years as well as Bob Evans and Dairy...
Dennis Wright
Jun 3, 2017
Dennis Monroe Wright, 59, of Brushfork, went home to be with the LORD on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 12, 1958, he was a son of the late George and Nell Virginia Lawson Wright. He was a great son, brother and uncle and was of the Church of Christ faith. He was a...
Barbara Ann Pertee
Jun 3, 2017
Barbara Ann Crabtree Pertee, 72, of Bluerock Circle, Princeton, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family and friends.Born on December 10, 1944 in Big Sandy, she was a daughter of the late Girley and Bertie England Crabtree. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and sister. She was a member...
Evelyn Hamilton
Jun 2, 2017
Evelyn Dawson Hamilton, 74, of Sheppard Road, Bluewell, had her soul set free on the morning of June 2, 2017, leaving behind her earthly duties of wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Born on December 9, 1942 in English, WV, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Nettie Bell Dawson....
Kenneth Lawrence Minnix
Jun 1, 2017
Kenneth Lawrence Minnix, age 76, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital.Born on February 16, 1941 in Freeman, WV, he was a son of the late Wallace and Mary White Minnix. He worked for Steiners Cabinet Maker for 6 years, Consolidation Coal Company for 16 years and was self-employed in coal mining...
Milgram Raymond Sutphin
May 31, 2017
Milgram Raymond Sutphin, 71, of School Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at his home, with his wife by his side, after a long battle with cancer. Born on December 2, 1945 in Wytheville, VA, he was a son of the late Willie and Sybil Hall Sutphin. He was a welder for Norkfolk-Southern Railroad and attended...
Roger Lee Puckett
May 29, 2017
Roger Lee Puckett, Sr., 69, of Lorton Lick Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Roger was born on March 12, 1948 in Welch, West Virginia to the late William Lee Puckett and Martha Gray Puckett. Roger was a retired coal miner and Long Distance truck driver. Roger...
Joseph "Robin" Nester
May 28, 2017
Joseph Victor “Robin” Nester, 60, of Brandywine Lane Bluefield, WV passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at his home. Robin was born on April 13, 1957 in Bluefield, WV to Learlene Lilly Nester Baker and the late Vergil Ollen Nester. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV, he was a self-employed carpenter and had formerly been employed...
Elizabeth Geneva Cartwright
May 28, 2017
Elizabeth Geneva Cartwright, 81, of Main Coke Oven Road Pageton, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Dogwood Crossing Nursing Home in Tazewell, Virginia. Elizabeth was born on October 06, 1935 in Litwar, West Virginia to the late Bert and Mary Virginia Griggs Price. She had been a resident of Pageton for the past fifty years and...
Margaret Ann Jones
May 28, 2017
Margaret Ann Jones, 82, of Pageton WV, passed away on Sunday May 28th, 2017 at Glenwood Nursing Home. Margaret was born on December 11, 1934 in Maybeury, West Virginia to Charity and Albert Salsgiver. After the passing of her mother when she was only three, she was raised by her stepmother, Bessie Salsgiver Walker. Margaret married Roy Jones Sr. and...
Edna "Boots" Mae Lynch
May 27, 2017
Edna Mae “Boots” Lynch, 81, of Princeton Health Care formerly of New Hope Road passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Princeton Health Care in Princeton, West Virginia.Edna was born on November 29, 1935 in McComas, West Virginia to the late Robert and Bertha Lusk Poore. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 60 years and was of...
Anita Louise Holcomb
May 24, 2017
Anita Louise Holcomb, 76, of Glen Dale Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 13, 1941 in Thornhill, she was a daughter of the late Robert Estel and Mary Jenkins Hundley. She had been a resident of Princeton for 40 years and was a member of the Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness...
Ruth Hopkins
May 22, 2017
Ruth E. Hopkins, 88, of Roanoke, VA and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017 at the Raleigh Court and Rehab Center in Roanoke.Born on April 29, 1929 in Marytown, she was a daughter of the late Vent Elbert and Jessie Grant Hopkins. She graduated from Welch High School with a state certificated in distributed education. She...
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