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Eugene Garland Lavender
Oct 22, 2016
Eugene Garland Lavender, age 88, of Bramwell Hill Road, Bramwell, WV died on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 14, 1928, in Upland, WV, he was a son of the late Albert E. and Reytha Hutton Lavender. He had lived in Bramwell for the past 65 years and was a member of the Bramwell...
Mona Elizabeth Taylor
Oct 20, 2016
Mona Elizabeth Owrey Taylor, age 65, of Glenwood Park Road, Princeton, WV expired at Princeton Community Hospital on October 20, 2016, after an extended illness. Born April 2, 1951 in Elkhorn, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Charles Henry Owrey and Mona Elizabeth Moreton Owrey. Mona was a graduate of Northfork High School, Concord College and West Virginia University,...
Lewis Henry Simons
Oct 19, 2016
Lewis Henry Simons, 93, of Kade Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 5, 1923 in Crozier, VA, he was a son of the late Fred and Margaret Blevins Simons. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 30 years and was a member of the Montcalm Church of...
Richard Eugene Roark, Sr.
Oct 17, 2016
Richard Eugene Roark, Sr., 52, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 28, 1963 in Bluefield, he was a son of Irene Pruitt Roark of Marion, OH and the late Billy E. Roark. He had been a resident of Princeton for 18 years and loved fishing, his family and his...
Donna Gail Calabro
Oct 13, 2016
Donna Gail Calabro, 74, of Wilson St. Yadkinville, North Carolina formerly of Welch, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at her residence. Donna had been a resident of North Carolina since 1997 and was a retired LPN. Donna was born on August 19, 1942 in Iaeger, West Virginia to the late James and Lenora Roberts Caskey. In...
Barbara Jean Parish
Oct 12, 2016
Barbara Jean Parish, 67, of, Dublin, VA, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at her home. Born on July 7, 1949 in Bridgeton, NJ, she was a daughter of Thelma Dooley of New Jersey and the late Fletcher Dooley. She been a resident of Dublin for 6 years and attended the Max Creek Baptist Church in Draper. She was...
Katherine Lorraine Horvath
Oct 11, 2016
Katherine Lorraine Perdue Horvath, age 55, of Boissevain, VA, formerly of Bramwell, WV, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 13, 1961, in Wilmington, Delaware, she was a daughter of the late Maurice Kermit and Frances Lorraine Perry Perdue. She was a homemaker most of her life and was a very dedicated wife,...
Patricia Gail Thomas
Oct 11, 2016
Patricia (Teresa) Gail Thomas, 58, of Woody Mobile Home Park Green Valley (Bluefield), WV. passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at her residence. Momma T was born on October 22, 1957 in Bluefield, WV to the late Clarence Hiland Ford and Minnie Ulden Dishman Ford. Momma T had been a resident of Green Valley for the past ten years...
Betty Ann Tiller
Oct 10, 2016
Betty Ann Tiller, 67, of Airy Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016 at the GlenWood Park Retirement Village in Princeton. Born on December 16, 1948 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Henry Leonard and Annie Elizabeth Hall. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a homemaker. She attended Edgemont...
William O. "Billy" Tabor, Jr.
Oct 6, 2016
William Oscar “Billy” Tabor, Jr., 43, of Stoney Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at his home. Born on January 14, 1973 in Aurora, IL, he was a son of William O. “Bill” Tabor, Sr. and Louise Privett Tabor. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended the Mowles Chapel Church. He was...
Doris June Pigg
Oct 4, 2016
Doris June Pigg, 89, of Sandlick, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at Cassells’s Board and Care in Princeton. Born on May 3, 1927 in Sandlick, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Eva Elizabeth Poe Surface. She had been resident of Sandlick for most of her life and was a homemaker. She was a member of...
Mildred Marie Blevins
Oct 4, 2016
Mildred Marie Blevins, 86, of Menor Road (Lashmeet), Rock, formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at the home of her son. Born on April 10, 1930 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Arnold and Melissa Ratcliffe Farlow. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and was a faithful...
Stephanie Michelle Wimmer
Oct 4, 2016
Stephanie Michelle Walshock Wimmer 28, of Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 following a fatal automobile accident. Stephanie was born in Winston-Salem NC. She was preceded in death by her father, Stephen M. Walshock, brother, Micheal Walshock, special Aunt Audrey Griffin, and father-in-law, Larry J. Wimmer. Stephanie loved and enjoyed life. She was...
Edgar Clark Anderson, Jr.
Oct 3, 2016
Edgar Clark Anderson Jr., 49, of College Ave, Bluefield, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016 at his home. Edgar was the son of the late Geraldine and Edgar C. Anderson and was born on February 1, 1967 in Bluefield. He attended Trinity UMC and worked as truck driver. He served in the US Army during Desert Storm. Survivors include...
Jack Osborne
Oct 1, 2016
Jack Osborne, 71, of Sunset Drive, Athens, and formerly of Iaeger, won the battle on Saturday October 1, 2016. He fought a good fight and kept the faith. Earth’s loss is Heaven’s gain. Born on September 18, 1945 in Horse Creek, WV, he was a son of the late Rural and Alice Mullins Osborne. He was a disabled coal miner...
David Allen Belcher
Sep 25, 2016
David Allen Belcher, 60, of Bluewell, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital. Born on January 30, 1956 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Bennie and Mabel Belcher. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 31 years and was a retired social worker and miner. He was a 1974...
Robert Alexander Finley
Sep 22, 2016
Robert Alexander Finley, 61, of Brett Street, Gary, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at his home. Born on April 14, 1955 in Welch, he was a son of the late John A. and Alma Jeann Lester Finley. He had been a lifelong resident of Gary and was of the Holiness faith. In addition to his parents, he...
James Lewis Mitchem
Sep 22, 2016
James Lewis Mitchem, 70, of Power House Hill Road, Maybeury, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. Born on August 20, 1946 in Eckman, WV, he was a son of the late Noah and Leona Lambert Mitchem. He had been a resident of Maybeury for 38 years and attended the Church of...
Billy Lee Fowler
Sep 21, 2016
Billy Lee Fowler, 86, of Quarrier Road, Athens, WV, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 30, 1930 in Thorpe, he was a son of the late Boyd and Hattie Mae Goins Fowler. He had been a resident of Athens for 35 years and was of the Baptist faith. He was a retired...
Charles Thomas "Tommy" Arnold, III
Sep 21, 2016
Charles Thomas Arnold III, "Tommy" also lovingly and funnily called "Goober Dewayne" of Bluewell, passed away on Wednesday evening, September 21, 2016, three days before his 32nd birthday, at his home. He was born in Bluefield on September 24, 1984 to the late Charles T. Arnold Jr. "Chuck" and Alva Snow Arnold. He lived in Bluewell all of his life....
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