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Shelby Jean Sheets
Jan 4, 2016
Shelby Jean Sheets, 79, of Clemson Circle, Princeton, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2016 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on August 13, 1936 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late John Emmitt and Flora Georgia Lynch Taylor . She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a retired cook for the...
Shannon Marie Collette
Jan 4, 2016
Shannon Marie Collette age 35 of Welch and formerly of Pinnacle NC died Monday, January 4, 2016 at Welch Community Hospital. Shannon was born May 14, 1980 in Bluefield WV. She was a 1998 graduate of Mt. View High School, Welch WV She was preceded in death by her mother, Lynn Marie Collette of Pinnacle NC formerly of Welch, WV....
Ruby J. Hunter
Jan 4, 2016
…TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. 2 Corinthians 5:8 RUBY J. (BOWMAN) HUNTER, age 93 of Anawalt, WV went to be with our Heavenly Father Monday, January 4, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital, Princeton, WV. She was born in Mohegan, WV on August 2, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Ernest...
Paula Kay Tancer
Dec 30, 2015
Paula Kay Tancer 35, of Bluewell, WV went to join her father Williams Tancer and with the Angels on December 30, 2015. Paula was born on January 29, 1980 in Minnesota. She leaves behind two sons Jamason Snow and Cory Hacker, her mother Betty Jane Tancer of Tennessee. Two sisters, one brother and several nieces and nephews. She also leaves...
James Franklin Williams
Dec 27, 2015
James Franklin Williams, age 81, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV died on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at his home. Born on September 27, 1934 in Crumpler, WV, he was a son of the late James Fred and Dinah Ethel White Williams. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 71 years and was a self-employed service station operator. He...
Forest Hale
Dec 23, 2015
Forest L. “Rooster” Hale 60 of Meadowcrest Road (Stoney Ridge) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Forest was born on January 23, 1955 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Bill and Marie Wimmer Hale of Bluefield. He has been a resident of Bluefield for most his life and...
Pauline Hawley Vinciguerra
Dec 22, 2015
FULL OBIT WITH PICUTRE Pauline Hawley Vinciguerra 87 of School Street Bluefield, West Virginia died peaceful on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Westwood Medical Park in Bluefield, Virginia. Pauline was born on February 10, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Jack and Rodie Spangler Hawley. She was a graduate from Beaver High School and a retired sectary for...
Anetia Pickett
Dec 18, 2015
Anetia O. Pickett, age 76, of 615 Cardinal Street, Bluefield, Virginia, formerly of Keystone, WV, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday night, December 18, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Born July 02, 1939 in Keystone, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late...
Gary Wayne Blankenship
Dec 18, 2015
Gary Wayne Blankenship 58 of Old Bramwell Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at his residence. Born February 13, 1957 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Bill and Lou Ann McKinzie Blankenship of North Carolina. Gary has been a resident of Bluefield all of his life and was a Graduate of Montcalm High School. Gary was...
Edith Elizabeth Blevins Ratcliffe
Dec 18, 2015
Edith Elizabeth Blevins Ratcliffe 87 of Fellowship Road Bluefield (Bluewell), West Virginia passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at her residence. Edith was born on December 29, 1928 in Coaldale, West Virginia to the late Willie Calvin Blevins and Mary Sue Winfrey Blevins. Edith was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church where she was a member of...
Dorothy Elledge
Dec 14, 2015
Princeton, West Virginia - Dorothy Yates Elledge 95, of Halls Ridge Road Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Extended Care Home of Marlin Smith of Bluefield, West Virginia. Dorothy was born on Saturday, October 16, 1920 to the late Bill and Maggie Lucas Yates in Leckie, West Virginia. She had been a resident of...
Glen Tabor
Dec 14, 2015
Glen Tabor, 83, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on October 14, 1932 in Olive Hill, KY, he was a son of the late Clella and Arlie Baker Tabor. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and grew up in Sarah Ann, Logan...
Pierce Hill
Dec 14, 2015
Pierce “Wayne” Hill, 79, of Strawberry Loop, Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015 at GlenWood Park Retirement Village. Born on October 20, 1936 in Crystal, he was a son of the late Wiley Severt and Ruby “Pearl” Taylor Hill. He had been a resident of Princeton for 8 years and was of the Methodist faith. He was...
Gail Mills Hutchens
Dec 10, 2015
PRINCETON--During the early morning hours of December 10, Iris Gail Mills Hutchens left her earthly body at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. She is preceded in death by her parents Wather and Agnes Mills, four brothers, and a special nephew. Those left to cherish her memory are son Bram Reed, Jr. and his wife Angela of Salem, VA,...
Virginia Merkle
Dec 9, 2015
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Virginia Merkle, of Anawalt passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at her home. Ms. Merkle was born at Anawalt, WV and was the daughter of the late Frank and Sadie Lakitch Merkle. She had been a lifelong resident of Anawalt and was a member of the Catholic Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Phillip Patrick Lucion
Dec 8, 2015
Hensley, WV--In the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 8, 2015 heaven gained another angel when Phillip Patrick (Tallyboy) Lucion, 70 of Hensley, West Virginia was called home. Philip was the son of the late Robert and Ella Hill Lucion. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Rhonda Gail Lucion and daughter Tammy Lynn Lucion. In addition to...
Johnnie William Moore
Dec 8, 2015
Johnnie William Moore, 91, of Tazewell, VA, and formerly of Pageton, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at his home. Born on November 21, 1924 in Pageton, he was a son of the late Coley Moore and Carrie Fuller White. He had been a resident of Pageton for most of his life and was of the Methodist faith. He...
David Wayne Quesinberry
Dec 8, 2015
David Wayne Quesinberry, age 48, of Quail Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at his home. Born on November 23, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Sandra Southerland Sexton of Princeton and the late Gary W. Quesinberry. He had been a resident of Bluefield and Princeton for the last 8 years and attended the...
Phillip Roger Canoy
Dec 5, 2015
Lebanon, VA—On Saturday, December 5, 2015, our Heavenly Father called Phillip Roger Canoy to eternal rest after a brief but difficult battle with cancer. Phillip was born on November 19, 1938 in Switchback. He graduated from Northfork High School and served his country in the US Air Force. He worked for the FBI for a short time and then settled...
Rocky Stewart Dillon
Dec 5, 2015
Rocky Stewart Dillon 50 of Pinnacle Lake Road Bluefield, West Virginia beloved husband, father, son and brother went to be with the LORD on Saturday, December 05, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a long illness. Rocky was born on February 26, 1965 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Linda Compton Dillon and the late William “Bill” Dillon. Rocky had...
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