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Debbie Darlene Epperson
Feb 28, 2017
Debbie Darlene Epperson, age 59, of Mannering Road, Rock, WV (McComas) died on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 25, 1958, in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Robert Junior and Lula Jane Dickerson Epperson. She had lived at McComas for the past 30 years and attended the Pentecostal Holiness Church....
Frances Alice Bowman
Feb 27, 2017
Frances Alice Bowman, 82, of Tuggle Hollow Road, Montcalm, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 at her home. Born on December 25, 1934 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Lona Poore Church. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Jackie "Tre" Michael Whitehead, III
Feb 27, 2017
Jackie “Treʹ” Michael Whitehead, III went to be with his Lord on Monday, February 27, 2017 after succumbing to the injuries he sustained in a car accident. He was born, Tuesday, January 19, 1999 in Mercer County, WV, a son of Samantha Whitehead Pruett and Jackie M. Whitehead, Jr. of Bluefield, VA. Tre’ was kind, thoughtful, funny, cheerful, energetic, athletic,...
Gabriel Elijah Hagerman
Feb 23, 2017
Gabriel Elijah Hagerman, 10, of Lonesome Pine Road, Rock, WV, passed away from injuries sustained in a UTV accident. Born on August 9, 2006 in Princeton, he was a son of Glenn David Hagerman, II of Rock and Kerri Dillon Hodges of Charleston. He had been a resident of Rock for all of his life and was a fifth grade...
Benjamin Timothy Stepp
Feb 21, 2017
Benjamin Timothy Stepp,54 of 152 Don Minnix Lane (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV died on Tuesday February 21 at home with his loving father Hubert Fred Stepp. Born April 12, 1962 in Bluefield WV, he was the son of Hubert Fred Stepp and the late Audrey "Bobbie" Tabor Stepp. Mr. Stepp was a graduate of Bluefield High School and attended Bluefield State...
Hubert Fred Stepp
Feb 21, 2017
Hubert Fred Stepp, 89 of 152 Don Minnix Lane (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV died on Tuesday February 21st with his loving son Benjamin Timothy Stepp. Born November 1st, 1927 in Louisa KY, he was the son of the late Benjamin Harrison Stepp and Effie Wooten Stepp Wilbur. Mr. Stepp was a caring husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend. He served...
Ardith Smith
Feb 21, 2017
Ardith Smith, 88, of Cola Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Lord and Master on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 23, 1928 in Rock, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Gwen Lusk Parker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bluewell and was a...
Janice L. Stevens Burress
Feb 19, 2017
Janice L. Stevens Burress, age 72 of Prophetstown, IL formerly of Montcalm, WV passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017. Janice was born on August 13, 1944 in Montcalm, West Virginia, the daughter of Frank and Mamie Stevens. She married Edward Kenneth Burress on October 30, 1960 in Bluefield, Virginia. Janice was a homemaker all her life In addition to her...
Verlie Maynard Beckner
Feb 18, 2017
Verlie Maynard Beckner, 67, of Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Glenwood Park Nursing and Rehabilitation after a long illness. Verlie was born on July 13, 1949 in Bluefield, WV to Elsie Harless Beckner and the late Verlie Beckner. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past ten years. He is preceded in death...
Troy Wilson Poff
Feb 15, 2017
Troy Wilson “T Roy” Poff, 95, of Terrie Haute, IN, and formerly of Bramwell, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in Indiana. Born on June 1, 1921 in the Godfrey area of McComas, he was a son of the late Robert Bob and Mary E. Dalton Poff. He had lived in Indiana for 5 years but had lived in...
Leonard Junious Mitchell
Feb 14, 2017
Leonard Junious Mitchell, 83, of Bluefield, WV passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Leonard was born on March 20, 1933 in Bramwell, WV to the late Sallie Jenkins Mitchell. He had been a resident of Mercer County for most of his life and a retired coal miner with US Steel in Gary,...
Margaret Ann Cundiff
Feb 13, 2017
Margaret Ann Cundiff, 73, of Bluefield, WV passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017 in Bluefield, WV. Margaret was born on June 10, 1943 in Bluefield, WV to the late Earl H. Goodwin and Gladys Robinette Goodwin. She had been a resident of Bluefield all her life and was a strong member of the Falls Mills Christian Church. In addition...
Augustine C. Pollard
Feb 13, 2017
Augustine C. Woods Pollard, 74, of Bluefield, WV passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Augustine was born on July 11, 1942 in Dante, VA to the late William R. and Cleo Taylor Woods. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1971. Augustine was the retired owner and operator of Pollards Construction...
David William Bailey
Feb 12, 2017
David William Bailey, 67, of Elkhorn, WV formerly of Bluefield, WV passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 at McDowell Nursing and Rehab in Gary, WV. David was born on June 22, 1949 in Worth, WV to the late Earl Bailey and Ann Barber Bailey. He had been a resident of Bluefield for twenty three years and had resided in McDowell...
Nancy Lee Blackburn
Feb 12, 2017
Nancy Lee Blackburn, age 83, of Airport Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Lord and husband on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at her home. Born on February 26, 1933 in Princeton, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Nina Beatrice Lamb Caldwell. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and...
Jaxson Blaze Nester
Feb 11, 2017
Jaxson Blaze Nester 5 months old of Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Jaxson was born on August 30, 2016 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Jacob A. Nester and Leandra D. Fuller. Jaxson was preceded in death by his maternal great grandparents Wanda and Donald Fuller; Paternal great grandfather Richard Hedrick ;uncles...
Robert Lee Crabtree
Feb 7, 2017
Robert Lee “Bobby” Crabtree, 49, of Mudfork Road Bluefield, VA passed away on Tuesday, February 07, 2017 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Bobby was born on June 07, 1967 in Bluefield, WV to Rosa Byrd Perry and the late Richard Crabtree, Sr. He had been a resident of Mudfork for the past ten years and was of the Pentecostal faith....
Nicholas Wayne Wright
Jan 29, 2017
Nicholas Wayne Wright, 3 week old infant son of Kadana Lynn Wright and Austin Jarvis of Bluefield, passed away January 29, 2017. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his siblings, Anna Mae Wright and Noah Franklin Wright of the home; grandparents, George F. & Sharon Wright of Bluefield; grandmother, Melissa Akers of Princeton; great grandmother, Betty Wright...
Duard L. Garrison
Jan 29, 2017
KELLYSVILLE — Duard L. Garrison, 89, of Kellysville, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born June 08, 1927 in Big Stone Gap, VA to Noah J. and Dorothy Robinson Garrison. He retired from Appalachian Power in Glen Lyn, VA after 38 years of service. He had been a active member of Oakvale...
Nikki Rae Brady
Jan 28, 2017
Nikki Rae Brady 34, of Huntington, WV formerly of Princeton, WV passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017 in Huntington, WV. Nikki was born on April 06, 1982 in Williamson, KY to Nancy Jo Blankenship and Ronny Brady. She was a graduate of Princeton Senior High School and had earned her certification as a dental assistant from Mercer County Technical...
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