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Jerry Dean Ritchie
Mar 11, 2015
Jerry Dean Ritchie, 56, of Packing Plant Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at his home. Born on March 9, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH, he was a son of the late Edward and Edith Crockett Ritchie. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 30 years and was a coal miner and carpenter. He was of...
Kathy Ann Pruitt
Mar 11, 2015
Kathy Ann Mabe Pruitt, 52, of Spurrier Road, Bluefield, passed away on March 11, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on December 16, 1962 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Frances Davidson Mabe of Bluefield and the late John M. Mabe. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was of the Baptist faith. She was a...
John Henry Wimmer
Mar 11, 2015
John Henry Wimmer Sr., 43, of Pinnacle Lake Road Bluefield (Nemours), WV passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at his residence after a long illness. John was born on September 10, 1971 in Bluefield, WV to the late Charlie Sarver and Charlotte Gibson Sarver. John had been a resident of Nemours for the past five years. He was an...
Helen Musick
Mar 11, 2015
Helen Musick, 83, of Nemours Valley Road, Bluefield, WV, left this world on March 11, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 7, 1932 in Coopers, she was a daughter of the late George and Maxie Elizabeth Artrip Musick. She had been a resident of Nemours and Bramwell for most of her life and was a member of...
Billy Ray Punturi
Mar 10, 2015
Billy Ray Punturi, 72, of Jenny Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on December 27, 1942 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Nindo and Ethel Hall Punturi. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a retired sheet metal worker. In addition to...
Mary Sue Richardson
Mar 10, 2015
Mary Sue Richardson, 84, of Bluefield, VA, formerly of Bluefield, WV, surrounded by her family members, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Richardson; her sister Fannie Lou Henderson, her brother Paul E. Cochran, Jr., her brother-in-law Donald R. Ragan and several nephews. Mary...
James Ballard Stowers
Mar 10, 2015
James Ballard Stowers, 81, of Camellia Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at his home. Born on November 24, 1933 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Ballard and Eula Smith Stowers. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 19 years and was retired from joy Manufacturing. He was of the Baptist faith...
Yolanda "Vee" McNew
Mar 6, 2015
Yolonda “Vee” Fuda McNew, age 95, of Edward Avenue, Princeton, WV died on Friday March 6, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 17, 1920 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jim and Mary Fuda. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Catholic Church. In addition to her...
Bennie Mitchell Belcher
Mar 4, 2015
Bennie M. Belcher, 88, of Bluefield, WV formerly of Algoma, left to meet his maker, on Wednesday, March 04, 2015. He was the son of the late Benjamin and Mary Belcher of Algoma, WV. He was the last of his generation. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years Mabel Belcher; Brothers...
Earl Milton Bailey
Mar 3, 2015
BLUEFIELD – Earl Milton Bailey, 62, of Falls Mills, VA passed away on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 at Beckley VA Medical Center. Born on January 22, 1953 in Bluefield he was the son of the late Kenneth A. Bailey and Ruby L. Coeburn Bailey. Earl loved to fish and was an avid NASCAR fan; he operated an auto body shop....
Lilly Belle Griffith
Feb 28, 2015
Lilly Belle Griffith, 81, of Idle Acres Road, Bluefield, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at her home. Born on February 19, 1934 in Coalwood, she was a daughter of the late Hubert and Rhoda Muncy Roland. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1978 and formerly worked at Flowers Bakery and the Pinnacle Restaurant. In addition to...
Terrance Edward Kade
Feb 27, 2015
Terrance Edward Kade, 37, of Prosperity Road, Beckley, WV, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on October 10, 1977 in Princeton he was a son of Teresa Munsey Saunders of Beckley and Donald Ray Kade of Telford, TN. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County. He was preceded in death by his...
Bernard William Gills
Feb 27, 2015
Bernard William Gills, Sr., 80, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 27, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born October 26, 1934 on Belcher Mountain in Crystal, he was a son of the late Stuart and Callie Scott Gills. Bernard served in the US Army and was deployed in the Korean...
William "Chuck" Charles Blizzard
Feb 27, 2015
William Charles “Chuck” Blizzard, 50, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Chuck was born on November 27, 1964 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Martha Faye Norton Blizzard and the late Charles Nathan “Butch” Blizzard. Chuck was a graduate of Bluefield High School and attended Concord...
Mary Lou Meadows
Feb 24, 2015
Mary Lou Meadows, 79, of Princeton Health Care, Princeton and formerly of Brushfork, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at the Princeton Health Care Center in Princeton. Born on June 22, 1935 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Charles Franklin Oiler and Carrie Lee Perkins Oiler. She attended the Bluewell Church of God and was a...
James E. Moore, Sr.
Feb 23, 2015
James E. “Peanut” Moore, Sr., age 73 of Pocahontas, VA, formerly of Green Valley (Ceres Hollow) went to be with the LORD on Monday, February 23, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 14, 1941, in Boissevain, VA, he was a son of the late John Henry Moore, Sr. and Cleavie Jane Phipps Moore. He was the owner...
Nancy E. O'Dell
Feb 21, 2015
ROANOKE, VA - On Saturday, February 21, 2015, Nancy E. O'Dell, (Nant), 72, of Roanoke, Virginia went home to be with her Lord and Savior. She was surrounded by her family as she passed peacefully. She put up a strong fight for many years but never once lost her faith or the compassion she felt toward others. Nancy was a...
Samuel Turner Lane, Jr.
Feb 20, 2015
Samuel Turner Lane, Jr. 46, of Shop Street, Princeton, passed away on February 20, 2015 at his home from injuries sustained in a house fire. Born on August 20, 1968 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Samuel Lane, Sr. and Faye Lester Lane. He had been a resident of Princeton for 20 years and was a graduate...
Ronnie E. Gibberson
Feb 19, 2015
Ronnie E. Gibberson, 73, of Perdue Hollow Road (Brushfork), Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at his home. Born on January 26, 1942 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Frank and Ruth Perdue Gibberson. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the Brushfork Baptist Church. He was a retired...
Deliah Joyce Wooldridge
Feb 18, 2015
Deliah “ Joyce” Sheets Wooldridge, age 81, of Horizon Street, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at her home. Born on January 19, 1934 in North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Ellis and Inis Wallace Sheets. She was a graduate of Gary High School, was a member of Conklintown Church of God most of her...
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