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Shirley Marrs Gilmore
Nov 10, 2015
Shirley Marrs Gilmore, age 80, formerly of Maple Acres, Green Valley, Princeton, West Virginia went to be with the Lord on November 10, 2015 at the Heritage Retirement Center, Tomball, Texas. She had been a resident of Texas for 3 years. Shirley was born December 21, 1934 to the late Bill Marrs and Ruby Crawford Marrs at Nemours, WV. Survivors...
Sylvia Marie Schultz
Nov 8, 2015
Sylvia Marie Schultz, 60, of Moss Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 4, 1954 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Bernard Lee and Emma Mae Bishop Hanks. She had lived in Bluefield for several years and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was...
Marie Elena Acord
Nov 8, 2015
Marie Elena Acord, age 73, of Maybeury, WV died on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on February 17, 1945 in Switchback, WV, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Martin Spinella. She had lived Maybeury and Elkhorn for the past 20 years and was a member of the Maybeury Church of God. She...
James "Jim" Ronald Helton
Nov 5, 2015
BLUEFIELD- James Ronald “Jim” Helton, artist, graphic designer, movie aficionado, long term caregiver, and a true English gentleman, departed this world at his home, on the evening November 5, 2015, (on Guy Fawkes’ Day!) following a long illness. He would have gotten great joy from the symbolism, due to his revolutionary nature. He was truly a force to be reckoned...
Brenda Lea Mills
Nov 5, 2015
Brenda Lea Mills 63 of 163 Judah Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, November 05, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Brenda was born on October 08, 1952 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Osbie “Bob” Bostic and Goldie Bishop Bostic. In addition to her parents Brenda was preceded in death by two...
Donna Walton Hamilton
Nov 5, 2015
Donna Walton Hamilton, 71, of Bluewell, WV flew away with the angels Thursday, November 5, 2015 at her home in Bluewell. Born November 19, 1943 at Bluefield Sanitarium in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of James and Ellen Walton. She lived in McComas, WV during the early years of her life and then moved to Bluewell, WV where she...
Carla Jean Long
Nov 1, 2015
Carla Jean Long 52 of Packing Plant Road Bluefield, WV passed away on November 01, 2015 Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Carla was born on August 11, 1963 in Bluefield, WV to Ollie Jane Bumgardner Ruble of Ohio and the late Carl Field. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV. In addition to her father...
Daniel Ray Lambert
Oct 31, 2015
Northfork, WV- Daniel Ray Lambert, 73, of Eckman Hollow, Northfork, WV, passed away Saturday October 31, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born April 20, 1942 he was a son of the late Velmer Lambert, Sr. and Minnie Duncan Lambert. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sons; Mitchel and Troy Lambert, and two brothers....
Harold Mickey Fowler
Oct 30, 2015
Harold Mickey Fowler, Sr., age 66, of Thorpe, WV died on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on December 20, 1948 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Roy and Georgia Mitchem Fowler. He had lived in McDowell County his entire life and was a retired disabled coal miner. He was a member...
Cathelene Mae Smith
Oct 27, 2015
Cathelene Mae Smith, 92, of Falls Mills, VA, went to be with her Savior on October 27, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Born on August 9, 1923 near Logan, in the small town of Niebert. She was the last of 12 children born to Albert Peyton and Lena Elizabeth Osborne Justice. A self-taught seamstress, she made clothing...
Virginia Attleen Scott
Oct 27, 2015
Virginia Attleen Scott, age 90, of Bluewell, WV went to her Eternal Home on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 in Roanoke, VA after a sudden illness. Born September 12, 1925 in West Jefferson, NC, Attleen was the daughter of the late R. L. “Fate” and Ella Mae Miller Elliott Hodges. Attleen was a member of Bluewell United Methodist Church since 1948,...
Arabella Walker
Oct 25, 2015
Arabella Walker, 100, of Caudill Court, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at her home. Born on July 26, 1915 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Louisi Ana Bailey McKenzie. She had been a resident of Princeton for 48 years and was a member of the New Hope United Methodist...
Olive Pennington
Oct 21, 2015
Olive Pennington, age 85, of Red Bud Drive, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. She was born on August 5, 1930 in Scotland. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 46 years and was a retired nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bluefield. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In...
Rev. Albert Lee Jarvis
Oct 20, 2015
Rev. Albert Lee Jarvis 89 of Titusville, Florida formerly of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at his residence. Rev. Jarvis was born on Friday, June 18, 1926 in Leckie, West Virginia to the late Rufus and Lula Bowles Jarvis. He was a graduate of Gary High School and a member of the Pentecostal of Holiness...
Ronald Wayne Gills
Oct 16, 2015
Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Gills, age 67, of New Hope Road, Princeton, WV died on Friday, October 16, 2015 at Pittsburgh University Hospital in Pennsylvania. Born on April 8, 1948 in Princeton, he was a son of the late Roscoe and Geraldine Martin Gills. He had been a resident of Princeton for 5 years and attended the Deliverance Temple Church in...
Louise Bowlin Haynes
Oct 15, 2015
Louise Bowlin Haynes, age 86, of Quail Valley Drive, Princeton, WV, formerly of Welch, WV died on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 8, 1929 in Bramwell, WV, she was a daughter of the late James Frank and Della Mae Miller Bowlin. She was a 1947 graduate of Bramwell High School and was employed at...
Kole Deon Harrison
Oct 14, 2015
Kole Deon Harrison was stillborn on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Welch Community Hospital. Survivors include: Parents: Keith Devon Harrison and Amy Malinda Dillon Harrison of Welch, WV Brothers: Ke’Andre, Tanner, Taylor and Kane Harrison of the home Paternal Grandmother: Vera Harrison of Welch, WV Maternal Grandfather: William Dillon of Welch Maternal Grandmother: Debbie Dillon of Welch, WV Graveside services...
Melvin Edward Hendricks
Oct 13, 2015
Melvin Edward “Mel” Hendricks, 59, of Royal Palm Beach, FL and formerly of Pocahontas, VA, passed away on October 13, 2015 at the Palms West Hospital. Born on November 15, 1956 in Tazewell, VA, he was a son of Melvin Cox of Bluefield and Lynda Hendricks of West Palm Beach, FL. He was a mechanic and formerly worked at Cole...
Roy David Hill
Oct 11, 2015
Roy David Hill, known to most by Pinky, age 69, passed away on Sunday, October 11th 2015. He was born in Pocahontas, VA and currently resided in Bluefield WV. He was preceded in death by father Joseph Hill and mother Constance Hill, sister Margaret Conley and husband George and brother Joe Gratton Hill, survived by wife Cecilia. He was an...
Dennis Lee Perkins
Oct 7, 2015
Dennis Lee Perkins, 57, of Warden Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at his home. Born on September 22, 1958 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Sylvester and Thelma Taylor Perkins. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
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