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Sadie Ethel Bailey
May 6, 2016
Sadie Ethel Bailey, 90, of Post Road, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016 at Heritage Hall in Tazewell, VA. Born on August 3, 1925 in Algoma, WV, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Lambert Workman. She had been a resident of Falls Mills for 16 years and was a member of the...
Evelyn "Doopie" Arnetta Hopkins
May 1, 2016
Evelyn Arnetta “Doopie” Hopkins, 98, of Roanoke, Virginia formerly of Bluewell, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, May 01, 2016 at Raleigh Court Health & Rehabilitation Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Evelyn was born on October 14, 1917 at Fall River in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Vent Elbert Hopkins and Jessie Grant Hopkins. She was a graduate of...
Angela Marie Baker Stanley Gillispie
Apr 27, 2016
Angela Marie Baker Stanley Gillispie, 40, of Lashmeet, WV went to be with her dad Moury Owen Baker, granddaughter Joshlynn Brook Lester, step granddaughter Kimberly Gillispie as well as her Uncles, Aunts and cousins on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 to live out her name Angel. Angela was born on Thursday, December 11, 1975 in Bluefield, WV to Billie Robertson Baker...
Mary Bell Tabor
Apr 24, 2016
Mary Bell Bowman Tabor, 83, of Idle Acres Drive (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Cassell’s Board and Care in Princeton. Born on August 3, 1932 in Tazewell, VA, she was a daughter of the late Howard Lane and Mary Leo Hash Bowman. She had been a resident of Brushfork for 62 years and was...
Kimberly Marie Frazier
Apr 21, 2016
Kimberly Marie Frazier, age 51, of Meadow Lane Loop, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Northfork, died on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA. Kimberly was born on February 08, 1965 in Bluefield, WV to Norma Perkins Shrader of Montcalm, West Virginia and the late Jimmie Shrader. She had been a resident of Bluefield for the past...
Betty Jennings Anderson
Apr 19, 2016
Betty Jennings Anderson, 59, of Meadow Circle, North Tazewell, VA passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Pulaski LewisGale Hospital. Born on October 21, 1959 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Betty Lou Jennings of Bluefield and the late George Garland Jennings, Jr. She was a 1975 graduate of Pocahontas High School and was perusing an online Bachelor...
Harold Gordon Witt, II
Apr 15, 2016
Harold Gordon Witt II, 49, of Coke Plant Road (Bluewell) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016 at his residence. Harold was born on December 06, 1967 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Harold Gordon Whitt, Sr. and the late Virginia Nuckols Witt. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and was a member of the Brushfork...
Nancy Ameli
Apr 13, 2016
Nancy J. Ameli, of Bluewell, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at her residence. Nancy was the first born child of Nick and Mary Piconi Ameli. She was born in Welch, WV, where the family lived until 1947 when they moved to Bluewell where she resided until her death. Survivors include: Sister, Christina Willis and spouse, William (Bill) and Brother,...
Jerry Wayne Stephenson
Apr 12, 2016
Jerry Wayne Stephenson, Jr., 32, of Huntington, WV was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven on April 12, 2016 at Cabell Huntington Hospital after a recent decline in health. Jerry was born in Princeton, WV on July 26, 1983 to the late Kathy Hazlewood and Jerry Stephenson, Sr. Jerry acknowledged his need for Jesus Christ and confessed the Lord as...
Clayton Perkins
Apr 12, 2016
Clayton W. Perkins, 92, of Trig Street, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on January 8, 1924 in Goodwill, he was a son of the late William C. and Mary York Perkins. He had been a resident of Princeton for several years and was of the Pentecostal faith. He was a retired...
Peggy Ann Marushia
Apr 11, 2016
Peggy Ann Franklin Marushia, 65, of Willow Bend Road, Lindside, WV, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 27, 1950 in Marytown, she was a daughter of the late Shade and Omie Mays Franklin. She had been a resident of Lindside since 1998 and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She was a...
Dennis "Ray" Blankenship
Apr 11, 2016
Dennis “Ray” Blankenship, 66, of Simmons River Road, Montcalm, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 8, 1949 in Grundy, VA, he was a son of the late Ira and Margaret Mattney Blankenship. He had been a resident of Montcalm for 18 years. He was a veteran of the US Marines and...
William Douglas Allemeier
Apr 8, 2016
William Douglas (Bill) Allemeier, 73, of Simmons River Road, Bramwell, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born and baptized at Providence Hospital, Detroit, MI, on April 15, 1942 to Ralph and Mary Allemeier of Delphos, Ohio. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Lassak-Allemeier, son Gregory Allemeier, daughter Sabrina Allemeier Karalus, step sons Jamie...
Herman "Buck" Cline
Apr 8, 2016
Herman “Buck” Cline, Jr. age 56, of Old Timer Road, Peterstown, WV, formerly of Litwar, died on Friday, April 8, 2016 at his home. Born on January 2, 1960, in Welch, WV, he was a son of Shirley Cline of Ballard, WV and the late Herman Cline, Sr. He had lived in Peterstown for the past 4 years and was...
Goldie Belcher Caughron
Apr 7, 2016
Goldie Belcher Caughron, 81, of Christiansburg, VA, formerly of Coaldale, WV died on Thursday, April 7, 2016 in Louisville, KY. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Bertha Belcher. She was preceded in death by 2 brothers, 8 sisters, and son in law, Everette Smith. She is survived by her son, Ron Caughron (Joann), Shelbyville, KY; daughter, Sandra...
Cathy Faye Roark
Apr 7, 2016
Cathy Faye Roark, 62, of Jerico Lane, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Welch Community Hospital. Born on February 15, 1954 in Welch she was a daughter of the late Charlie V Roark, Sr. and Lois Hamm Roark. She had been a resident of Gary for 20 years and was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Harry Arthur Montgomery
Apr 6, 2016
Harry Arthur Montgomery, 94, formerly of Quail Valley Manor Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Harry was born on January 13, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Harry Arthur Montgomery and Gertrude Pearee Montgomery. Harry was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Princeton,...
Sam Walter Perdue
Apr 6, 2016
Sam Walter Perdue, 76, of Hutchins Hollow Road Maybeury, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at his residence. Sam was born on August 04, 1939 in Barlow, West Virginia to the late Raymond and Ruth Wimmer Perdue. He had been a lifelong resident of Maybeury and attended the Maybeury Church of God. Sam was a retired coal...
Jean Lawrence
Apr 2, 2016
Jean Massie Lawrence, 81, of Mercer Mall Road (Maple View Community), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Princeton Healthcare from complications due to Alzheimer’s. Born on May 1, 1934 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Willard R. and Viola Parsons Massie. Jean was a 1953 graduate of Beaver High School and West Virginia...
James "J.W." Holbrook
Mar 31, 2016
James W. “J.W.” Holbrook, 97, of Bluefield, Virginia went to his heavenly home on Thursday, March 31, 2016. J.W. was born on January 10, 1919 in Gratton, Virginia. He was the son of the late Randolph and Mamie Wagner Holbrook. J.W. had been a 50 + year member of the Harmon Masonic Lodge in Bluefield, Virginia, Past Master of Grand...
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