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Curtis Spinella
Apr 24, 2017
Curtis Ellwood Spinella, 80, of Flat Top, WV, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 after an extended stay at the VA Medical Center in Beckley.Born on March 22, 1937 in Switchback, he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Martin Spinella. He had been a resident of Flat Top since 2005 and was a member of the...
Sue Smith
Apr 23, 2017
Evangelist Sue G. Baber-Bohin-Gray-Smith, 90, of Bluefield, WV passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Sue was born on December 06, 1926 in Banner, VA to the late Silas Baber and Eliza Compton Baber. She was an Evangelist for many years and the Pastor of Good News Chapel for three years. She was...
Lonnie R. Gentry
Apr 23, 2017
Lonnie R. Gentry, 71, of Crumpler, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his residence. Lonnie was born on October 11, 1945 in Crumpler, West Virginia to the late Roby S. Gentry and Daphna Reed Gentry. He was a former coal miner and a member of Local Union #6033. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Virgie Charlotte Riffe
Apr 21, 2017
Virgie Charlotte Riffe, 94, of Bluefield, WV, and formerly of Falls Mills, VA, entered eternal life on Friday, April 21, 2017 and rests in the arms of God. Born on March 31, 1923 in Wyoming County, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Elsie Lester Riffe. Charlotte was a devoted wife, mother, sister, daughter, and grandmother. She was...
William Foster Farley
Apr 20, 2017
William Foster Farley, age 42, of Haynes Road, Bramwell, WV died on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at his home. Born on May 9, 1974, in Bluefield, he was a son of Mary Jane Akers Farley of Princeton, WV and the late Billy P. Farley. He had been a resident of Bramwell for the past 14 years and was a truck...
Walter Edward Oiler, Sr.
Apr 18, 2017
Walter Edward Oiler, Sr., 74, of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. Walter was born on July 10, 1942 in Goodwill, West Virginia to the late Charles and Carrie Perkins Oiler. He had been a resident of Montcalm for the past 45 years and had been employed by Lusk Deposal as a...
Leonard "Shep" Monroe Thomason
Apr 16, 2017
Leonard Monroe “Shep” Thomason, Sr., 72, of Captain St. Bluefield, WV passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his residence. Shep was born on December 02, 1944 in Crumpler, West Virginia to the late Robert Lee Thomason and Willie Mae Simons Thomason. He had been a resident of Bluefield, WV for the past 29 years and was a retired...
Kenneth Wayne Powers
Apr 15, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Powers, 64, of Collinsville, Illinois passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at his residence. Kenneth was born on June 23, 1952 in Warrior Mines, West Virginia to Nellie Powers. He was a 1970 graduate of Big Creek High School. After high school Kenneth served his county in the United States Air force. Kenneth was employed as a...
Ernest Chizmar
Apr 14, 2017
Ernest Chizmar, 86, of Camilla Drive (Bluewell), (6/15/30 – 4/14/17) passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Hospital. He was the son of John Andrew and Bertha Horvath Chizmar. He was a graduate of Elkhorn High School and a veteran of the US Marines. He was a member of the Princeton Elks. He enjoyed his career with Consolidation...
Shirley Louise Harman
Apr 14, 2017
Shirley Louise Harman of White Birch Lane, Bluefield WV passed away April 14, 2017 in St Joseph, MO surrounded by her children. Born April 22, 1940, she was a daughter of John and Cora Beckner. She was preceded in death her husband David M. Harman. Shirley was a homemaker and a loving Mother. She was employed by the Mercer County...
Archie "Jr" Amos Thompson
Apr 14, 2017
Archie 'Jr' Amos Thompson, Jr, 58 of Ingleside Road, Bluefield, WV passed away Friday April 14, 2017. Born in Bluefield, WV on May 4, 1958, he was the son of the late Archie Amos Thompson, Sr. and the late Minnie Abbatiello Taylor Thompson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Frankie Taylor; one sister,...
Lillian Mae Dollinger
Apr 10, 2017
Lillian Mae Dollinger, 84, of Wedgewood Drive, Princeton, and formerly of Jenkinjones, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017 at her home. Born on July 11, 1932 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Hush and Rebecca Whittacre Hughes. She had been a resident of Princeton for 5 years and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. ...
Roger Lee Steele
Apr 9, 2017
Roger Lee Steele, age 52 of Westfield, NC formerly of Eckman, WV passed away April 9th at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born on November 26, 1964 in Welch, WV to the late William ‘Bill’ Steele and Faye Thompson. Mr. Steele is survived by his loving wife, Terry Steele; two brothers, Jackie Thompson and Ronnie Thompson; and two sisters, Joyce...
Rachel Lynn Crabtree
Apr 8, 2017
Rachel Crabtree, 51, of Bluefield, passed away on April 8, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 30, 1965, she was a daughter of Richard Crabtree, Sr. and Rosa Perry. She was raised in Bluefield. Survivors include her longtime boyfriend, Mark Green; children, Ralph William Hanshaw or Roanoke, VA; Christina Kalina of Bluefield, Justin Hanshaw of Salem, WV;...
Jerry Franklin Bulford, Jr.
Apr 8, 2017
Jerry Franklin Bulford, Jr. 40, of Beckley and formerly of Brushfork, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Born on December 16, 1976 in Kingwood, he is a son of Jerry Franklin and Terri Lynn Bulford of Brushfork. He was a veteran of the US Marines, where he was a certified aircraft mechanic for the AirWings. He loved the outdoors,...
Velma Nicatie Goins
Apr 8, 2017
Bramwell- On April 8th, 2017, Velma Nicatie Goins, 95 years young, left this world to join the love of her life, Howard P. Goins, on what would have been their 79th anniversary! She often said she would meet him on the other side of the River Jordan… Theirs was a special love, and their only child, Perry Roger Goins, was...
Vennie Mae Green
Apr 8, 2017
Vennie Mae Green, 87, of Elkhorn, and formerly of Matoaka went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on April 5, 1930 to the late McKinley and Dathil Mullins. She was a homemaker and enjoyed going to church where she attended the Old Fashion Full Gospel Church...
Myrtle A. O'Donnell
Apr 8, 2017
Myrtle A. O’Donnell, 85, of Princeton, entered the gateway of Heaven on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Born on March 5, 1932 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Verlie and Mary Carter Wimmer of Bozoo and was a resident of Princeton for most of her life. She was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. In...
Charles A. Allen
Apr 7, 2017
Charles A. Allen, age 85, of Maybeury, WV, departed this life peacefully on April 7, 2017 at his residence Born August 8, 1932 in Keystone WV, he was a son of the late Walter & Viola Lee Allen. A graduate of Kimball High School, he worked for Eastern Gas & Assoc. Keystone where he later retired from. Charles was a...
Grace Wright
Apr 5, 2017
Grace Ratcliff Wright, 93, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Princeton Health Care. Born on May 6, 1923 in Matoaka, she was a daughter of the late John and Roxie Robbins Ratcliff. She had been a resident of Bluefield for all of her life and was a member of Brushfork United Methodist...
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