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Phyllis Virginia Jennings

Phyllis Virginia Jennings

Aug 6, 2015

Phyllis Virginia Dunn Jennings, 69, of Montcalm, WV, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on September 10, 1945 in Pocahontas, VA, she was a daughter of the late Coy Oscar and Laula Hodges Dunn. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Melvin Junior Prevento

Melvin Junior Prevento

Aug 5, 2015

Melvin Junior Prevento 61, of Littlesburg Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 at his residence. Melvin was born on August 25, 1953 in Davy, WV to Melvin Prevento Sr. of Montcalm, WV and the late Thelma Jackson. Melvin had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 15 years and was of the Protestant faith. He...

Mary Ellen Jones

Mary Ellen Jones

Aug 3, 2015

"Nevertheless, I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel and afterward, you will take me into glory." Mary Ellen Kade Jones of Deerfield Subdivision, Bluefield, Virginia, passed away at Bluefield Regional Medical Center on Monday, August 3, 2015, following a short illness. Mary was born in Bluefield, WV on December...

Alice Jeffery

Alice Jeffery

Jul 31, 2015

Alice Jeffery, 45, of Bluefield, passed away July 31, 2015. She was a daughter of Violet Hodge of Bluefield, and the late Junior Hodge. Survivors include: Finance: Rayman Tiller Sisters: Tammy Carver and Mary Bourne Brothers: Robert and Roger Hodge Funeral services will be Monday, August 3, 2015 at 7:00PM at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home. Burial will follow at a later...

Charlotte Jeanette Moore

Charlotte Jeanette Moore

Jul 28, 2015

Charlotte Jeanette Moore, 69, of Covemont Loop (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 28, 2015 at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Born on September 30, 1945 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Leander and Juanita Hatfield Christian. She had been a resident of Sister’s Mobile Home Park in Brushfork for the past 20...

Shelby Jean Ogle

Shelby Jean Ogle

Jul 27, 2015

Shelby Jean Ogle 73 of Princeton, WV passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015 at an area hospital. Shelby was born on November 29, 1941 in Switchback, WV to the late Mason and Elizabeth Quesenberry Meadows. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by four children Billy, Mark, Betty Ann Bogle and June Hobs, two sisters Lucy...

Leon Robert Garvin, Jr.

Leon Robert Garvin, Jr.

Jul 22, 2015

Leon Robert Garvin, Jr., age 69, of Alvis Road, Princeton, WV died on Wednesday July 22, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 26, 1945 in Abilene, Texas, he was a son of the late Leon Robert Garvin, Sr. and Lessie Blackerby Garvin. He was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict having served in the US Navy. He had...

Laura Joan Griffith

Laura Joan Griffith

Jul 16, 2015

Laura Joan Griffith 53 of Idle Acres Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015 in Tybee Island, GA. Laura was born on January 29, 1962 in Gouverneur, New York to the late David F. and Lilly Roland Griffith. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1978 and was a member of the Catholic Church. She is...

Anthony Ray Amborn

Anthony Ray Amborn

Jul 16, 2015

Anthony Ray Amborn, 58, of Browning Lambert Mountain Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born on May 7, 1957 in Rock, he was a son of Theron and Yvonne Pigg Amborn of Michigan City, In. He had been a lifelong resident of Rock and was a member of the Mt....

Jacob DeWayne Davidson

Jacob DeWayne Davidson

Jul 14, 2015

Jacob DeWayne Davidson, 34, of Wilderness Road, Bland, VA, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at his home. Born on July 3, 1981 in Hinesville, GA, he was a son of Mark Anthony Davidson, Sr. and Katrina Ann Linkous Davidson. He had been a resident of Bland for 2 years and was self-employed. He was preceded in death by...

Adele Wright

Adele Wright

Jul 11, 2015

Adele Mara Wright, 66, of Rock, passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at her home. Born on January 15, 1949 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late Cletus E. and Mable L. Bailey Woods. She had been a resident of Rock for 15 years and was a member of the Deliverance Temple Church. She was a homemaker....

Helen "Libbie" Angles

Helen "Libbie" Angles

Jul 11, 2015

Helen “Libbie” Angles, age 51, of Price Street, Bluefield, VA joined GOD’S Angels on Saturday, July 11, 2015. Born on December 8, 1963 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Bertha Horne Honaker. She worked at Joy Global Corporation in Bluefield, VA and had attended the Midway Church of Christ. She was a loving and devoted...

Lesly "Toejoe" Joe Hicks

Lesly "Toejoe" Joe Hicks

Jul 10, 2015

Lesly “Toejoe” Joe Hicks 38 of Montcalm, WV passed away on July 10, 2015. Lesly was born on October 10, 1976 in Bluefield, WV to Tony and Tammy McNaught Hicks. Lesly had been a resident of Montcalm for the past 11 years. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Sherman and Ruth Hicks and maternal grandparents Al and...

Joseph Dean Hicks

Joseph Dean Hicks

Jul 10, 2015

Joseph Dean Hicks 52 of Montcalm passed away on July 10, 2015 at a residence in Montcalm. Joseph was born on March 25, 1963 in Chicago, IL to the late Sherman and Ruth Spicer Hicks. He was a former employee of Georgia Pacific as an equipment operator. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife...

Gwyneth Green

Gwyneth Green

Jul 10, 2015

Gwyneth Mae Green, 48, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2015 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on May 19, 1967 in Inglewood, NJ, she was a daughter of Hershell Eugene Key of Anawalt and Betty A. Akers Hawkins of Bluefield. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1989 and was a homemaker. She...

Eppie Mae Steele Sullivan

Eppie Mae Steele Sullivan

Jul 9, 2015

Eppie Mae Cook Steele Sullivan, 57, of Edgewood Road Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Thursday, July 09, 2015 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, Virginia. Eppie was born on April 07, 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Lewis (L.B.) and Irma Stacy Cook. She was a longtime resident of Bluefield, Virginia moving here in 1971. She had also be...

James Reece Asbury, Sr.

James Reece Asbury, Sr.

Jul 8, 2015

James Reece “Greek” Asbury, Sr., 88, of Clovis Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born on July 7, 1927 in Tazewell, VA, he was a son of the late Charles and Emma Lou Waddell Asbury. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 35 years and was a member...

Johnny Ray Helmandollar

Johnny Ray Helmandollar

Jul 7, 2015

Johnny Ray Helmandollar 69, of New Hope Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at Glenwood Retirement Village in Glenwood, West Virginia. Johnny was born on June 28, 1946 in Pageton, West Virginia to the late Ray R. and Virginia Conlee Helmandollar. Johnny worked as a Carpenter, Truck driver and coal miner in his life. He...

Dorothy Irene McCartney

Dorothy Irene McCartney

Jul 6, 2015

Dorothy Irene McCartney, 80, of Carswell Hollow Kimball, West Virginia passed away on July 06, 2015 at her home. Dorothy was born on July 09, 1934 in Ieager, West Virginia to the late Henry and Gladys Wickey Howard. She was of the Pentecostal faith and had been a resident of Kimball for the past 22 years. In addition to her...

Steven Gregory Privett

Steven Gregory Privett

Jul 5, 2015

Steven Gregory Privett, 17, lifelong resident of Sandlick Road, Glenwood, went home with Jesus Tuesday, July 5, 2015. He was welcomed by his grandfathers, Charles Junior Privett and Michael Dean Lopinsky, his aunt, Barbara Ann Waddell, and his uncle, Charles David Privett. Continuing his legacy are his parents Steven Wayne Privett and Anne Lopinsky; sisters, Kimberly Privett and Karissa Dunn;...

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