Obituaries

Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries

William "Bill" James Powell

William "Bill" James Powell

Nov 26, 2016

William “Bill” James Powell, Jr., 76, of Foy Bypass (Duhring) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Bill was born on Saturday, April 20, 1940 in Falls Mills, Virginia to the late William James Powell and Kathleen King Powell. Bill was a retired coal miner and a member of the...

Margaret Stacks

Margaret Stacks

Nov 26, 2016

BLUEFIELD-- Margaret Stacks, 96, of Loving Hands Adult Care, Airport Rd., Bluefield, WV, former resident of Bluefield, VA and Welch for 82 years passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Loving Hands Adult Care in Bluefield, WV. Margaret was born May 30, 1920 in Hartwell, Georgia to the late Sam J. and Emily Lowrance Stacks. She was a member of...

David R. Eason

David R. Eason

Nov 23, 2016

David R. Eason, 51, of Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Rock, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at The Maples in Bluefield, West Virginia. David was born on Monday, July 12, 1965 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late Henry Grady and Hattie Louise Powers Eason. David was a graduate of Montcalm High School. He was the...

Jerry William Brooks, Sr.

Jerry William Brooks, Sr.

Nov 22, 2016

Jerry William Brooks, Sr. ,67, of Leckie, WV passed away suddenly at his home on November 22, 2016.   He was born July 28, 1949 to the Late Opie R. Brooks and Ethel V. Perdue Brooks. He was a lifelong resident of Leckie and an avid WV Mountaineer fan. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, nephew and friend....

Leta Faye Bailey

Leta Faye Bailey

Nov 21, 2016

Leta Faye Bailey, 60, of Brushfork, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2015 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield.   Born on October 19, 1956 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Everett and Betty Francis Bailey. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a former retail store manager.   Survivors include her daughter, Cathy Harrison...

Rita Delphine Asbury

Rita Delphine Asbury

Nov 21, 2016

Rita Delphine (Jones) Asbury, 75, of Mystic, Connecticut, formerly from Princeton, WV, passed away to be home with her Lord and Savior on Nov 21, 2016 at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut. Born October 9, 1941 in Matoaka, WV, she was the daughter of Lehona Thorne (Jones) Morris and the late Edgar Jones. She graduated High School in Princeton and...

Elizabeth Dale Gregory

Elizabeth Dale Gregory

Nov 20, 2016

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." – Revelation 21:4   Elizabeth Dale Gregory, born May 26, 1942, at her great grandmother's home in Bluefield, WV, was the daughter of Myrtle Holt and Charlie Jack Gregory. Libby resided in...

Edith Collins

Edith Collins

Nov 20, 2016

Edith Collins, 90, of Skating Rink Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Bowers Hospice house in Beckley. Born on April 1, 1926 in Litwar, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Barbara Robinette Cline. She had been a resident of the Bluefield area for 18 years and attended the Shields Chapel....

Xavier Hagerman-Witt

Xavier Hagerman-Witt

Nov 18, 2016

Xavier James Hagerman-Witt, son of Jessica Hagerman and Dakota Witt of Bluefield, was stillborn on Friday, November 18, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital.   In addition to his parents, survivors include Grandparents are Ted and Vickie Hagerman of Brushfork, Tina Hale of Bluefield, and Steven Witt and Leshia Witt of Kentucky; Great-Grandparents are Roscoe and Donna Hale of Bluefield, Harold and...

Clifford Lee Payne

Clifford Lee Payne

Nov 17, 2016

                Clifford Lee Payne 43 of Princeton died November 17, 2016. Born January 20, 1973 in Welch to the late Lewis Clifford and Linda Payne.                 Preceded in death by one sister, four brothers                 Survivors: Brothers Ronald Rose (Dinah); Jerry Payne (Michelle) and James Rose (Rachael). Five sisters Mary Bailey; Frances Underwood (Vernon); Michelle Payne (Harry); Linda Payne and Annie Riffe (Danny). ...

Larry David Cline

Larry David Cline

Nov 16, 2016

Larry David Cline, 74, of Coaldale Mountain Bramwell, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Westwood Center in Bluefield, Virginia.                 Larry was born September 29, 1942 in Justice, West Virginia to the late Albert and Mary Cline. Larry had been a resident of Coaldale for the past thirty years and attended the Church of God. In addition...

Zina Mae Miller

Zina Mae Miller

Nov 15, 2016

Zina Mae Miller, 73, of Lombardy Road, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.   Born on February 22, 1943 in Pageton, she was a daughter of the late Fred Lee and Hazel Dean Parks. She had been a resident of Springville for 56 years and was a member of the Tip Top Church...

Larry M. Kinzer

Larry M. Kinzer

Nov 9, 2016

Larry M. Kinzer, 74 of Bluewell, WV passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at The Maples Nursing Home. He had lived at 262 Bluewell Ave. with his wife, Mary, for 43 years.  Born April 6, 1942, in Montcalm, WV, he was the son of Ezra Kinzer and Nellie Riggs Kinzer. Larry was educated in McDowell County Schools. He was of...

Lillian Richardson Bourne

Lillian Richardson Bourne

Nov 7, 2016

Lillian Richardson Bourne, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Monday, November 7, 2016, at Princeton Community Hospital.   Born October 2, 1932, in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Ella Richardson. In addition to her parents, she also was preceded in death by husband Steve Bourne, Sr., granddaughter Jamie R. Bourne, brother Jack Richardson, sisters Virginia Wysor...

Rosa "Biboo" Corte

Rosa "Biboo" Corte

Nov 7, 2016

Rosa “Biboo” Corte, 92, of Fawn Circle, Bluefield, VA, formerly of Kimball, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2016. Born on October 19, 1924 in Kimball, she was a daughter of the late Nick and Anna Toman Strock. She had been a resident of Bluefield, VA since 1996 and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bluefield,...

Roxie Helen Marrs

Roxie Helen Marrs

Nov 6, 2016

Roxie Helen Marrs, age 77, of Boissevain, VA, died on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center.Born on April 5, 1939 in Brewsterdale, WV, she was the daughter of the late Davis and Rosie Nunley Bowman. She had lived in Boissevain since 1971 and was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith. In addition to her parents, she was...

Beatrice Murle Cardwell

Beatrice Murle Cardwell

Nov 6, 2016

Beatrice Murle Cardwell, 45, of Rock Road Montcalm passed away on Sunday, November 06, 2016 at her residence.   Beatrice was born on August 06, 1971 in Charleston to Ottie and Shirley Tyler. Beatrice had been formerly employed as a CNA. Survivors include: her parents Ottie Lee and Shirley Jean Spears Tyler of Beckley; daughter Nicole Sumrall of Montcalm; grandson Jesse...

Vickie Jane Lunsford

Vickie Jane Lunsford

Oct 29, 2016

                Vickie Jane Lunsford, 65, of Coal Heritage Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia.                 Vickie was born on Friday, November 24, 1950 in Ennis, West Virginia to the late Isaiah and Evelyn Lambert Knight. Vickie had been a lifelong resident of the Bluefield area and was of the...

Wendy Ann Booth

Wendy Ann Booth

Oct 29, 2016

Wendy Ann Booth, age 36, of Bluefield, WV, died on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.   Born on August 10, 1980, in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of Herbert and Venus Mullins Justice. She had lived in Bluefield her entire life and was a member of the Roderfield Pentecostal Holiness Church.    Survivors:  Sons: Barry Booth, Jr....

Alice Virginia Lockhart

Alice Virginia Lockhart

Oct 29, 2016

Alice Virginia Nester Lockhart, 92, of Gastonia, North Carolina and formerly of Welch and Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Brookdale New Hope Assisted Living in Gastonia, North Carolina.                 She was born on March 22, 1924 in Coaldale, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Kelse and Hattie Mahaffey Nester. Alice attended Elkhorn...