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Nellie Onetha Mawalls
Apr 14, 2015
Nellie Onetha Mawalls, 86, of Groveland Drive Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Nellie was born March 31, 1929 in Coalwood, West Virginia to the late Myrtle Phillips. She had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 40 years and was of the Baptist faith, she was a...
Gladys Ruth Mitchem
Apr 14, 2015
Gladys Ruth Mitchem, 86, of Generosity Street, Anawalt, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Welch Community Hospital. Born on December 23, 1928 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Eliza Mitchem Presley. She had been a lifelong resident of Anawalt and was formerly employed at the Beryl Shop, Cox’s Dept. Store and Franklin’s...
Gerry Ball
Apr 14, 2015
Gerry Ball, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend went to be home with the Lord on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 with her family at her side. Gerry was born on August 23, 1938 in Princeton, West Virginia to the late Winnie L. Wimmer Lynch. She was a graduate of Princeton Senior High School in Princeton, West Virginia. She was an...
James Carl Larson
Apr 13, 2015
James Carl Larson, 48, of Park Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015 at his home. Born on September 3, 1966 in New York, he was a son of the late Richard James and Sheila Cullen Larson. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 30 years and worked in construction. He attended The Bridge on Mercer...
Dexter Wayne Carver
Apr 9, 2015
Dexter Wayne Carver, 54, of Heritage Apartments (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the home of his sister in Durhing. Born on September 14, 1960 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Edward Carver and Iva Tiller Jenkins. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and...
Tolby June Rose
Apr 8, 2015
Tolby June Rose, Sr., 77, of Coal Heritage Road, Bramwell, WV, went peacefully home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on February 26, 1938 in Clintwood, VA, he was a son of the late William Arthur Rose and Polly E. Tipton. He had been a resident...
Curtis Wayne Barnes
Apr 7, 2015
Curtis Wayne Barnes, age 68, of Chicken Farm Road, Bluefield, WV died on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at his home. Born on February 16, 1947 in Antioch, California, he was a son of the late Curtis and Alta Mae Dial Barnes. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 18 years and attended the Bluewell Church of God. He was...
Sandra Shumate Lares
Apr 6, 2015
Sandra Shumate Lares, 65, of Glenwood Ave. Shelby, NC formerly of Crumpler, WV. Passed away on Monday, April 06, 2015 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby, NC. Sandra was born on April 18, 1949 in Newport, Rhode Island to the late Estel and Margaret Janet Smith Shumate. She was a graduate of Northfork High School. Sandra was a member...
Kathy Phillips
Apr 6, 2015
Kathy Phillips, 58, of Honeybee Lane, Gary, WV, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Welch Community Hospital. Born on August 25, 1956 in Welch, she was a daughter of Betty Powell Goins of Gary and the late Lloyd Goins. She had been a resident of Gary for 30 years and was a mapping coordinator for the Welch/McDowell 911....
Barbara Lee Milam
Apr 5, 2015
Barbara Lee Milam, 72, of Federal Street, Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on May 6, 1942 in Coopers, she was a daughter of the late Stacey and Analou Wise Wagner. She was of the Protestant faith and was a homemaker. She was a Christian who had the privilege of...
Frances Gilpin
Apr 1, 2015
Frances Slade Gilpin, known by many as Dutch, 91, of Princeton, West Virginia, formerly of Bluefield, West Virginia, passed away with her family at her side at Princeton Community Hospital on Wednesday, April 1. Born at home in Bluefield, Virginia, on January 6, 1924, Frances was the daughter of Gratton Wysor Slade and Annie Carbaugh Slade. Frances was a former...
Michelle Lynn Byrd
Mar 31, 2015
Michelle Lynn Byrd, age 43, of Chestnut Street, Bluefield, VA died on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on August 19, 1971 in Welch, she was the daughter of Howard Workman of Pineville, WV and Sylvia Knuckles Perry of Bluewell. She had lived in Bluefield, VA for the past 20 years and worked as a registered nurse...
Charles R. Lavender, Jr.
Mar 31, 2015
Charles R. Lavender Jr., age 76 of Anawalt, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at his home. Born on March 21, 1939, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary Patricia Felix Lavender. He attended Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg and graduated from Princeton High School. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from...
Roy Edward Whitt
Mar 31, 2015
Roy Edward Whitt, Sr. 87, of Airport Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 16, 1928 in Boissevain, VA, he was a son of the late Gladys Whitt. He formerly lived in London, KY where he worked for Griffin Pie Company and Flowers Bakery. He was a member of the...
Charles David Privett
Mar 31, 2015
Charles David Privett, 52, of Jester Court, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 12, 1962 in Welch, he was a son of Nancy Day Privett of Bluefield and the late Charles Junior Privett. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a carpenter by...
Frances Ellen Witten
Mar 29, 2015
Frances Ellen Brooks Witten, 83, of Red Cross Street, Gary, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on January 3, 1932 in Wyoming County, she was a daughter of the late Lonnie Franklin and Mary Hall Brooks. She had been a resident of Gary for 50 years and was a charter member...
Bertha Louise Mitchem
Mar 27, 2015
Bertha Louise Havens Mitchem, 83, of Kirby Addition Road, Princeton, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Serenity Place in Lerona. She had lived in Crumpler for many years before moving to Princeton. She was born on January 10, 1932 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Willie Guy and Mamie Hancock Havens. Bertha had worked at...
James Richard Ferguson, Sr.
Mar 26, 2015
James Richard Ferguson, Sr., 74, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at his home. Born on November 1, 1940 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Charles William Ferguson, Sr. and Eula Crotty Ferguson. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and formerly worked for Commercial Printing Co. He was a...
Brenda Gail Fowler
Mar 26, 2015
Brenda Gail Fowler, 67, of Ingleside Road, Bluefield, WV, formerly of McDowell County, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a long illness. Born on September 16, 1947 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Coy and Irma Mitchem Fowler. She had been a resident of Princeton for 10 years and...
William Mack Goodman
Mar 20, 2015
William Mack “Bill Mack” TRZN Goodman, 69, of Riverbend Estates, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015 at his home. Born on January 17, 1946 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Andrew Jackson and Helen McCormick Goodman. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 10 years and was a graduate of Gary High...
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