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Andrew (Bootie) Bailey
Oct 7, 2015
Andrew J. Bailey, Sr. (Bootie) age 88 passed away at his daughter’s home in Morristown, TN on October 7, 2015. Born at home in Goodwill, WV on August 11, 1927, he was the last living heir of Ernest and Sadie Bailey. Andrew lived in the home place of his parents until 2012, before moving to TN with his daughter for...
Marshall Hedrick
Oct 7, 2015
Marshall James Hedrick, 92, of Trent Street, Princeton, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at his home. Born on January 28, 1923 in Crumpler, he was a son of Oley and Elizabeth Hall Hedrick. He was a member of the Montcalm United Methodist Church. He was also a veteran of World War II. He was a retired coal miner...
James Alan Farmer
Oct 7, 2015
James Alan Farmer, 52, of Captain Lane, New Castle, VA, and formerly of Montcalm went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at his home. Born on September 27, 1963 in Portland, OR, he was a son of Betsy Burris Farmer of Littleton, NC and the late Frank Farmer. He was a retired brick mason with Pistol...
Jessica Marie Wimmer
Oct 7, 2015
Jessica Marie Wimmer was still born on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV Jessica is survived by her mother Casey Dawn Gray and father Joshua Lee Wimmer Sr. Two brothers; twin Brother Joshua Lee Wimmer Jr and Xavier Michael Gray. Maternal Grandparents Stephanie Bush and James Gray and step grandmother Virginia Gray. Paternal grandparents...
Hershel (Tater) Hall, Jr.
Oct 6, 2015
Hershel (Tater) Hall, Jr., 79, of Heather Street, Falls Mills, VA, and formerly of McDowell County, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at his home. Born on December 19, 1935 in Welch, he was a son of the late Hershel Hall, Sr. and Elizabeth Rose. He was a member of the Pure in Heart Ministries in Tazewell. He was...
Kenneth Ray Miller, Sr.
Oct 5, 2015
Kenneth Ray Miller, Sr., 72, of Sigmon Road, Camp Creek, WV, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015 at his home. Born on March 4, 1943 in Jenkinjones, he was a son of the late Howard Joseph and Violet Pearl Miller Miller. He had been previously been a resident of Anawalt for 37 years and was a retired coal miner...
Ida Mae Clay
Oct 4, 2015
Ida Mae Clay, 81, of Jake Street, Montcalm, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her home. Born on May 6, 1934 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Ellie Hamblin Sublett. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was retired from the housekeeping department at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. She was a...
June D. Walker
Oct 3, 2015
June D. Walker, age 71, of Grand Central Avenue, Ripley, WV died on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Jackson General Hospital in Ripley. Born in Jenkinjones West Virginia on December 21, 1943 passed away on October 3, 2015 at 1pm. He was preceded in death by his father, John Ivory Walker, mother Della Lockey Walker, twin brother Raymond Walker, sister-in-law...
Richard Small Sr.
Oct 1, 2015
Richard Small, Sr., 92, of Leonard Avenue, Newton, NC and formerly of Pageton, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at a Hickory, NC hospital. Born on June 8, 1923 in Inez, KY, he was a son of the late Frank and Sadie Preece Small. He had been a resident of NC for 5 years and was a member of...
Eddie Charles Fowler
Sep 19, 2015
Eddie Charles Fowler, age 35, of Armory Road, Bluefield, WV (Brushfork) died on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, WV. Born on May 18, 1950 in Bluefield, he was a son of Elizabeth May Fowler of Bluefield, WV and the late Everette Charles Brown. He had formerly lived in Coaldale and Bramwell. He...
Girlie Ramsey
Sep 18, 2015
Girlie Ramsey, age 93, of Bluefield, West Virginia, made her transition on Friday night, September 18, 2015 at Mercer Nursing & Rehab Center in Bluefield. Girlie was born on May 19, 1922 in Boyd, Alabama to the late Nettie Bell Clements. She grew up in Boyd and was educated in the Boyd public school system. Girlie accepted Christ at an...
Duane L. Davis
Sep 15, 2015
Duane L. Davis, 78, of Fincastle Lane, Bluefield, Virginia died Tuesday September 15, 2015 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, West Virginia. Born May 10, 1937 in Peterstown, West Virginia, he was the son of John J. Davis and Evelyn Bower Davis. Duane was a graduate of West Virginia Business College and the West Virginia School of Banking. He...
Mary Jewell Hall
Sep 13, 2015
Mary Jewell Hall, 68, of Airport Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on December 29, 1946 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Rachel Rose Broomfield. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 10 years and attended the Church of God. She was a...
Ricky Allan Dillon
Sep 12, 2015
Ricky Allan Dillon 56 of Princeton, WV formerly of Welch, WV and Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Ricky was born on April 30, 1959 in Welch, WV to Frankie Hall Dillon and the late Claude "Poss" Dillon. Ricky had been a resident of Princeton for the past two months and served...
Roger Dale Hensley
Sep 11, 2015
Roger Dale Hensley of Fern St. Princeton, WV passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, September 11, 2015 at 3:30 am of a terminal illness. Roger was comforted by family and friends at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. At the time of his passing, Roger was 48 years old. Roger was born in Gallipolis, Ohio on December...
Barbara Ann Williams Dunn
Sep 7, 2015
Barbara Ann Williams Dunn, 60, of Tabernacle Hill, Montcalm, died Monday, September 7, 2015 at her home. Barbara was born June 19, 1955 and was the daughter of the late Dorothy P. Williams Graham and Harry R. Williams. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Randy and David Williams; sisters, Kathy Faulkner, Tonya Williams and Rhonda Sue Graham and...
Virginia "Nanny" Mae Buckner
Sep 3, 2015
Virginia Mae “Nanny” Buckner 92 of Bluewell, WV passed away on Thursday, September 03, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her family. Virginia was born on September 04, 1922 in Bramwell, WV to the late Booker Jones Hill and Mary Wasco Hill. Virginia had been a resident of Bluewell for the past 40 years. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness...
Stephen Michael Ashley
Sep 2, 2015
Stephen Michael Ashley 49 of Pleasant Valley Drive Princeton, WV passed away on Wednesday, September 02, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Stephen was born on April 16, 1966 in Welch, WV to Ruby Muncy Ashley Craft of Princeton, WV and the late Joe Ashley, Jr. He was a graduate of Mt. View High School in Welch, WV as was of...
Lee Grat Butt
Sep 1, 2015
Lee Grat Butt, 90, of Longview Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 24, 1925 in Nemours, he was son of the late Grat W. and Pearlie Odell Phillips Butt. He had been a resident of Bluefield since 1979 and was a member of the Mt. Herman Baptist Church in...
James Everette Wimmer
Aug 31, 2015
James Everette Wimmer, 81, of Prater Hollow Road, Falls Mills, VA, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at his home. Born on August 24, 1934 in Falls Mills, VA, he was a son of late Arthur and Stacy Christine Danley Wimmer. He had been a resident of Falls Mills his entire life and was a member of the Voice of...
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