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Albert Cecil Pearcy
Aug 22, 2016
Albert Cecil Pearcy, age 70, of Coaldale, Passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on December 27, 1945 in Bluefield, VA he was a son of the late Oscar and Bessie Stamper Pearcy. Albert worked in Falls Mills V.A. as a truck driver for Industrial Transport. He was a graduate of Graham High School...
Jennifer Shaw
Aug 22, 2016
Jennifer Meade Shaw, 52, of Jersey Lane Bluefield, WV (Bluewell) passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016 at her residence. Jennifer was born on December 17, 1963 in Welch, WV to the late Willard and Shelba McPeak Meade. She was a former employee of the Kroger Deli in Bluewell, WV. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Denver Dale Walker
Aug 22, 2016
Denver Dale Walker, 76, of Springfield, TN, passed away on August 22, 2016 at his son’s home. Born on July 29, 1940 in Jenkinjones, he was a son of the late John Ivory and Della Lockey Walker. He lived in Anawalt before moving to Springfield, TN. He was employed by US Steel for 33 years as a coal miner. He...
Joan Marie Miller
Aug 20, 2016
Joan Marie Parks Miller, age 69, of Anawalt, WV died on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Welch Community Hospital. Born on December 16, 1946 in Pageton, WV, she was a daughter of the late Fred Lee and Hazel Parks. She had lived in Anawalt for 40 years and was a member of the Black Wolfe Baptist Church. She was a...
Roosevelt Cisco
Aug 16, 2016
Roosevelt Cisco, 79, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at his home in Bluefield, WV. Born in O'keefe, WV, he was the son of William Patton Cisco and Hattie Kennedy Cisco. Roosevelt was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Loyal Order of Moose, and Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He lived in Bluefield for 47 years and retired...
Albert Jeffery Stanger
Aug 14, 2016
Albert Jeffery Stanger, age 64, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV died on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at his home. Born on March 21, 1952 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Robert and Eva Diana Sylvester Stanger. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and was a graduate of Montcalm High School. He was a retired...
Etta Kate Reynolds
Aug 12, 2016
Etta Kate Reynolds, of Longacre Lane, Princeton, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 at her home. Born on April 23, 1930 in Yukon, she was a daughter of the late Isaiah and Flora Vance Kennedy. She had been a resident of Princeton for 24 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Sweet Home Baptist Church...
Stanley York Shinault
Aug 12, 2016
Stanley York Shinault, 65, of Labrador Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 3, 1950 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Leonard A. and Edna Quesenberry Shinault. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a graduate of Bluefield High School. He was a...
William Michael Sampson
Aug 12, 2016
William Michael “Billy” Sampson, age 45, of Falls Mills, VA passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 Born on November 23, 1970 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was a son Sherman Shrader and Wanda Murray Shrader. He was a graduate of Montcalm High School and had lived in Falls Mills since 1997. He served his country with pride in...
Sam White, Jr.
Aug 11, 2016
Sam White, Jr., 62, of Brushfork Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on August 11, 2016 at his home from a long illness of cancer. Born on February 8, 1954 in Welch, he was a son of Dorothy Mullins White of the home and the late Sam White, Sr. He was a heavy equipment operator and served in the US Army...
Walter William Kowaleski
Aug 11, 2016
Walter William Kowaleski, age 92, of Brushfork, formerly of Kimball, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 15, 1923 in Gary, he was a son of the late Joseph and Stella Rychlik Kowaleski. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 15 years and was formerly of McDowell County. He was a graduate...
David Willard Smith
Aug 7, 2016
David Willard Smith, 64, of Schenley Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at his home. Born on October 30, 1951 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Charlie and Hazel Roark Smith. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, VA for 24 years and was a member of the East River Church in...
Glenn "Little Man" Allen Bennett III
Aug 4, 2016
Glenn Allen “Little Man” Bennett, III, 41, of Tank Hill Rd., Bluefield, WV passed away Thursday August 4, 2016 at his home. Born December 31, 1974 in Bluefield he was the son of Bobby and Carrie Cochran Bennett of Lorton Lick Road. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 10 years and was an accomplished Auto Body...
Benjamin David Farmer, Jr.
Aug 2, 2016
Benjamin David Farmer, Jr., age 21, of Henry Street, Princeton, WV, died on Tuesday August 2, 2016 following a motorcycle accident. Born on October 9, 1994 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Benjamin David Farmer, Sr. and Patty Mann Farmer of Princeton. He had lived in Mercer County his entire life and was self-employed. He was a...
Donna Addison Clemons
Aug 1, 2016
Donna Addison Clemons, 42, of Sherman Oaks Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Monday, August 01, 2016 at her residence. Donna was born on January 05, 1974 in Bluefield, WV to Terry Brown and the late Rebecca Diana Addison. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV and was a former nursing assistant at Cumberland Care in Bluefield, WV....
Ruby Mitchem
Jul 31, 2016
Ruby Mitchem, 59, of Pageton, WV formerly of Northfork, WV passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016 at her residence. She was born on October 12, 1956 to the late Robert and Cynthia Jenkins Bell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Allan Mitchem and two brothers William “Danny” and Kenneth “Squeaky” Bell. Survivors...
Steven James Pennington
Jul 30, 2016
Steven James Pennington, 52, of Columbus, OH passed away on July 30, 2016 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 11:00 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Friends may call on Tuesday from 10:00-11:00 AM.
Michelle Marie Lafon
Jul 29, 2016
Michelle Marie Lafon, 36, of Harry St., Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday July 29, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born January 13, 1980 in MI she was a daughter of Dana Ray Wolford of Princeton, WV and the late Kathie Ratliff Wolford. Mrs. Lafon was a devoted wife and mother and also a volunteer with the Bluewell Volunteer Fire...
Tammy Lynn Bell
Jul 26, 2016
Tammy Lynn Bell, 50, of Bluefield surrounded by her family went home to be with God our savior after a long courageous battle on July 26, 2016. Born on May 25, 1966 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late James and Frances Lunsford. She had been a lifelong resident Mercer County and was of the Baptist faith....
Clara "Janie" Conley
Jul 24, 2016
Clara “Janie” Conley, 91, of Glenwood Park Retirement Village in Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016. Clara was born on August 13, 1924 in West Virginia to the late William R. and Clara Bell Watson Spence. She had been a resident of Glenwood Park for the past five years and was a member of Fairview Christian...
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