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James Dewey Shrader
Apr 3, 2017
James Dewey Shrader, 81, of Abbs Valley, VA, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Born on March 11, 1936 in Stoney Ridge in Tazewell County, VA. For many years he was self-employed by Shrader Used Auto Parts since 1954. He loved playing his guitar and banjo. He wrote over 100 songs and had a love...
Louise Casey
Apr 2, 2017
Louise Miller Casey, 83, of Berea, Kentucky formerly of Freeman, West Virginia passed way Sunday, April 02, 2017 at Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Louise was born April 08, 1933 in Coaldale, West Virginia to the late Joseph and Nellie Miller Call. She was a member of the Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church and had been a resident of...
Beverly McVey
Apr 1, 2017
Beverly E. McVey, 74, of Simmons River Road (Duhring), Bluefield, went to her heavenly home on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at her home. Born on November 1, 1942 in Duhring, she was a daughter of the late John Calude and Edith Bailey Mitchell. She had been a lifelong resident of Duhring and was a member of the Pine Grove Church...
Sheri Denise Calabro
Mar 31, 2017
Sheri Denise Calabro, 49, of Riverside Drive, Welch, WV, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017 at her home. Born on December 17, 1967 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Carmelo and Donna Caskey Calabro. Survivors include: Sister: Tonya Calabro of Yadkinville, NC; Brother: Tony Calabro of State Road, NC; Nephew: Tyler Quigley of Boonville, NC; Great-niece:...
Dennis Dale Hodges
Mar 27, 2017
Dennis Dale Hodges, 68, of Red Oak Ridge Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at his residence from Leukemia due to exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam Conflict. Dennis was born on October 10, 1948 in Ashland, West Virginia to Laura Webb Hodges of Rock, West Virginia and the late Frank Hodges. Dennis was...
James Forrest Ritchie
Mar 25, 2017
James Forrest Ritchie, 50, of Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday morning, March 25, 2017 at his residence formerly of Westminster, SC. He was the former President of the Issaqueena Cruisers, motorcycle club of Westminster, SC and of Bluefield, WV. James was born on June 25, 1966 in Bluefield, WV to the late Gene and Elizabeth Rouse Ritchie. Jamie was...
Brenda Sue East
Mar 24, 2017
Brenda Sue East, 70, of Cola Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017 at her home. Born on May 10, 1946 in Crumpler, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Ethel Knuckles Rose. She had been a resident of Bluewell since 2004 and had formerly lived in Northfork. She was a homemaker. In addition...
Caydin Mix Rose
Mar 24, 2017
Caydin Mix Rose of Bluefield, WV went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 24, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Caydin was preceded in death by one Aunt Mitzie Rose and his maternal great grandparents Beryl Ann and Tom Pickett, Jr. He is survived by his father Vernon Fred Rose, Jr. and mother Megan...
Violet Louise Finney
Mar 23, 2017
Violet Louise Finney, 81, of Red Oak Ridge Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2017 at her residence. Violet was born on July 18, 1935 in Kyle, WV to the late Lawrence and Annie Ray York. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended Deliverance Temple. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
David Edward Shannon
Mar 23, 2017
David Edward Shannon, 82, of Rustic Hill Drive Princeton, West Virginia was called home to be with his LORD on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital. David was born January 05, 1935 in Keystone, West Virginia to the late Clarence Shannon and Bertie Virginia Moore Shannon Yost. He had been a lifelong resident of Princeton and was a...
Carolyn Marie Kirby
Mar 20, 2017
Carolyn Marie Kirby, 72, of Charcoal Street (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at her home. Born on September 24, 1944 in Bluewell, she was a daughter of the late Olen Giles and Edith Taylor Kirby. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Aldine Kirby and Wanda Dunford;...
Benny Salpini
Mar 20, 2017
BELARIDINO (BENNY) SALPINI, 91, of McLean, VA and formerly of Welch, died peacefully in a group home care facility in McLean, VA on March 20, 2017 following an extended period of health issues related to severe Dementia. Born in Welch, WVA on January 29, 1926. Benny was a devoted Father and Husband for over 50 years. He will be remembered...
Betty Marie Pruett
Mar 19, 2017
Betty Marie Jennings Pruett, 48, of Happy Hollow Road Montcalm, WV passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at her residence due to heart failure. Betty was born on June 29, 1968 in Bluefield, WV to Verney “Ray” Jennings of Montcalm and the late Phyllis Dunn Jennings. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a member of...
Crystal Gail Thomas
Mar 17, 2017
Crystal Gail Thomas, 37, of Goodwins Chapel Road, Princeton, passed away on March 17, 2017. Born on December 17, 1979 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Jerry Lee and Patricia Gail Ford Thomas. She had been a resident of Princeton for 16 years and was a stay at home mom and wife. She had a special bond...
Seldon Edward French
Mar 10, 2017
Seldon Edward “Pelon” French, 49, of Radford, VA, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017. Born on September 19, 1967 in Columbus, OH, he was a son of the late Martha Lynne Peery French of Bluefield and the late Cheaster Blaine Griffith of Bland, VA and step-father John French of Bland, VA. Seldon was always a self-employed hustler and hardworking...
Helen (Ginny) Virginia Goode
Mar 7, 2017
Helen Virginia (Ginny) Goode died Tuesday, March 07, 2017 at Glenwood Park Retirement Village in Princeton, WV. She moved to Glenwood Park Retirement Village in Princeton, May 31, 1995 from St. Albans, WV. Helen was born April 30, 1926 in Mount Hope, WV, moved to Norfolk, VA in 1944 and returned to West Virginia where she became affiliated with National...
Amber Reneé Terry
Mar 7, 2017
Amber Reneé Terry, 33, of Joppa Lane (Green Valley), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Cabell Huntington Hospital from injuries sustained in a house fire. Born on March 25, 1983 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Sandra Harless Mooney of Princeton and Daniel Albert Terry of Bluefield. She had been a resident of Green Valley...
Joyce Lee Martin
Mar 6, 2017
Joyce Lee Martin, 77, of Red Oak Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 at her home. Born on June 11, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Jake and Grace Gillespie Strong. She had been a resident of Red Oak Ridge for 60 years and was of the Holiness faith. She was a loving...
Olivia "Libby" Miller
Mar 5, 2017
Olivia (Libby) Miller, 71 of Falls Mills, VA died Sunday, March 5, 2017, at her residence. Born December 21, 1945 in Caretta, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Ida Conley. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. In additions to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband...
Janice Lee Littleton
Mar 3, 2017
Janice Lee Littleton, 75, of Princeton, formerly of Rock, went home to rest from this earth on March 3, 2017. She was born on January 10, 1942 in Bluefield to the late John Carl and Sylvania Belcher Mays. She loved to watch Bob Smallwood on TV and enjoyed spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was...
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