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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...
Samantha Nicole Harris
Aug 31, 2015
Samantha Nicole Harris, 21, of Huntington, WV, formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital from results sustained in an ATV accident. Born on September 25, 1993 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Michael Harris of Raven, VA and Jennifer Miller Harris of Huntington. She had lived in Mercer County most of her...
Sarah "Jane" Shrader
Aug 28, 2015
Sarah Jane Holbrook Shrader, 67, of Nemours Valley Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, August 28, 2015 at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Jane was born on August 8, 1948 in Bluefield, to the late Curtis Madison Holbrook, Sr. and Mary Belle Brewer Holbrook. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend....
Frankie Rocchetti
Aug 25, 2015
Francesco (Frankie) Rocchetti, age 85, of Crumpler, WV, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 21, 1929 at Crumpler, he was the son of the late Mariano and Maria Giuliani Rocchetti. He was a lifelong member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Powhatan. He was a disabled coal miner and inventor to...
Rosa Ellen Hendrick
Aug 23, 2015
Proverbs 31:28, “Her children arise up and call her blessed.” Rosa Ellen Hendrick, 85, of Pinnacle lake Road, Bluefield, WV, peacefully departed this life on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Princeton Health Care with her family by her bedside. Rosa was born in Horsepen, VA on May 7, 1930 to the late Charles and Jenny Matthews Myers. She had lived...
John Delida
Aug 23, 2015
John Richard Delida, 88, of Duck Pond Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. He had most recently been a resident of the Mercer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the last 5 years. Born on April 17, 1927 in Elkhorn, he was a son of the late Luke and Mary Semonco Delida. He...
Barbara Ann England
Aug 22, 2015
Barbara Ann England, 74, of Princeton, WV went to meet her Lord and Savior on Saturday August 22, 2015. Barbara was born on October 29, 1940 in Cyclone, WV. to the late George Wesley and Ona Short Toler. She was preceded in death by both parents; siblings Imogene Toler Wilbur, Mason Toler, Ronnie Toler and Dorothy Sos. She was a...
Joel Frederic Pennington
Aug 21, 2015
Joel Frederic Pennington, 55, of Debra Road, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on March 11, 1960 in Bluefield, he was a son of James F. Pennington of Falls Mills, VA and the late Melba I. Leonard Pennington. He had been a lifelong resident of Falls Mills, was a graduate of...
Thomas Ray Bailey
Aug 21, 2015
Thomas Ray Bailey, Jr., 50, of Williams Street (Abbs Valley), Bluefield, VA, and formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 30, 1965 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Thomas R. “Tommy” and Betty Lewis Bailey. He had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for 10 years...
Thelma Thompson
Aug 20, 2015
Thelma Thompson, 85, of Bluefield, went home to be with her Heavenly Father at the Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Thursday, August 20, 2015 with her daughter, Marion T. Johnson by her side. Thelma was born on February 24, 1930 in Fluvanna Co., VA. She was the daughter of the late Thomas E. & Maggie B. Ross. Thelma graduated from Genoa...
Helen Louise Salpini
Aug 19, 2015
FAIRFAX, VA---Helen Louise Salpini died peacefully in a care facility in McLean, VA on August 19, 2015 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Born in Panther, WV on August 28, 1926, Louise was a devoted wife of 60 years and mother. She will be remembered for her compassionate nature, keen wit and generous heart. Upon graduation from Concord College, Louise...
Joyce Gail Tolbert Cline
Aug 11, 2015
“HE will keep him in perfect peace, all those who trust in HIM. “ Joyce Gail Tolbert Cline, age 62, of Brightview Way, Bluefield, WV passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Born on January 18, 1953 in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Guy and Mattie Rose Neal...
Eloise Reed
Aug 11, 2015
Eloise Reed, 86, of Singer Lane, Princeton, and formerly of Christiansburg, VA, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on January 25, 1929 in Elkhorn, she was a daughter of the late Wiley and Lottie Caldwell Osborne. She had been a resident of Princeton for 6 years and was formerly of Christiansburg, VA. She was...
Randall "Rip" Taylor
Aug 8, 2015
Randall “Rip” Taylor 46 of Whites Hollow Road Montcalm, WV passed away Saturday, August 08, 2015 at his residence. Rip was born on August 20, 1968 in Chicago, IL to Donald and Betty Morris Taylor of Montcalm, WV. He had been a resident of Mercer County for the past 35 years and attended Kegley Praise and Worship. Rip was a...
Randall Ray Parks
Aug 7, 2015
Randall Ray Parks, 53, Maybeury, died August 7, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born May 9, 1962 in Welch to the late Alfred and Mary Alice Graham Parks and was a lifelong resident of Maybeury. Survivors: Son: Jessie Parks Daughter: Monica Cochran Companion: Lora Cochran Brothers: Russell, Norman and William Parks Sister: Janice Estep Services will be conducted on Wednesday,...
Lewis John Williamson
Aug 7, 2015
Lewis John Williamson 97 of Bluefield, WV formerly of Bramwell, WV passed away on Friday, August 07, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Lewis was born on March 26, 1918 in Bedford, VA to the late Lanie and Donie Maxie Williamson. Lewis was a long time employee of Belcher Alignment Service in Bluewell, WV and had been...
Madeline Carol Herndon
Aug 6, 2015
Madeline Carol Herndon 73 of Sandlick Road Bluefield, WV formerly of Bramwell, WV passed away on Thursday, August 06, 2015 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Carol was born on July 22, 1942 in McComas, WV to the late Woodrow and Nora Church. She was a Member of the Bramwell United Methodist Church and President of United Methodist Women as well...
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