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Ann Delida
Nov 6, 2014
Ann Semanco Delida, 93, of Duck Pond Road (Bluewell), passed away on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on August 21, 1921 at Elkhorn, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Martyzn Semanco. She was a member of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Bluefield and the St. Mary’s Alter Society. She...
Phyllis Ann Tyree
Nov 1, 2014
The gates of heaven opened and received our beautiful angel on November 1, 2014. After a short illness at the University of Virginia Hospital, Phyllis Ann Tyree went to be with her Lord and Savior with her children and grandchildren by her side. Phyllis dedicated her life to serving God and her family. She was a devoted wife and loving...
Ray Edmer Marshall
Oct 30, 2014
Ray Edmer Marshall, age 76, of Old Lerona Road, Lerona, WV, died on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 7, 1938, in Rock, WV, he was a son of Sam and Dorothy Mabe Marshall. He had lived in Lerona for the past 17 years and was a Deacon at the Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church....
Lena Mariotti
Oct 29, 2014
Lena Ferrante Mariotti, 98, formerly of Bluewell and most recently a resident of Glenwood Park Retirement Village died Wednesday, October 29th at her assisted living residence. Born October 26, 1916, at McComas, WV, she was the daughter of the late Vito and Porzia Ferrante of Modugno, Italy. She attended schools in Italy learning embroidery and crewel work, taught kindergarten there...
Linda Veneri Bucchi
Oct 29, 2014
Linda Veneri Bucchi, age 88, of Montcalm, WV went to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Born on September 19, 1926, in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Lorenzo and Scolastica Massaroni Veneri. She was a longtime member of the Montcalm United Methodist Church, the Montcalm United Methodist Women, the Parish Committee, the...
Pauline Johnson
Oct 27, 2014
Pauline Johnson, 82, of Princeton, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014 at Princeton Health Care. Born on July 4, 1932 in Dott, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Pearl Cline Taylor. She had been a resident of Mercer County for 34 years and was a homemaker. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She was preceded...
Audrey Kathleen Sexton
Oct 24, 2014
Audrey Kathleen Sexton, 88, of N. Third Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born on December 1, 1925 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Tony and Willingford Thompson Gorich. She had been a resident of Princeton for 45 years, was of the Baptist faith and was...
William Keith Addison
Oct 24, 2014
William Keith (Bill) Addison of Conyers, GA passed away October 24, 2014, at the age of 61. Bill was an avid West Virginia University football fan and a movie buff. He loved sports. Coaching was a passion! Although most of his years were spent in Covington, GA, Bluefield, WV was always his home. Bill was a special education teacher for...
Cledia Jean Day
Oct 21, 2014
Cledia Jean Day, age 90, of Bean Station, TN, formerly of Skygusty, WV, died on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her home. Born on August 13, 2014 in Skygusty, WV, she was a daughter of the late Ernest C. Freeman, Sr. and Maggie B. Harman Freeman. She had lived in Bean Station for the past 8 years where she attended...
Sadie Lillian Church
Oct 19, 2014
Sadie Lillian Church 86, of Crane Creek Rd. Rock, West Virginia departed this life went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Sadie was born January 12, 1928 in Freeman (Bramwell), WV to the late James M. Sullivan and Emma Fowler Allison Musalivich. She was...
AnnaLee Maxwell
Oct 18, 2014
AnnaLee Watson Maxwell, 75, of Crumpler WV, died suddenly on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Bluefield WV. Born in Castlewood, VA she was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. O.W. Watson. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Robert R. Maxwell of Crumpler WV; daughter Tami Kay Shaheen of McDonough NY; grandson...
Gary Wayne Dunford
Oct 15, 2014
Gary Wayne Dunford, 56, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. He was born on August 8, 1958 to the late Clarence and Zora Lusk Dunford of Montcalm. Gary was a devoted employee of Bluefield Retread but most importantly was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He never met a stranger and...
Donna Gale Epperson
Oct 15, 2014
Donna Gale Lippert Epperson, 64, of Land O’ Lakes, Florida formerly of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 23, 1949. Donna moved to Florida in 1975 from Bluefield, West Virginia. She was a home health care provider with Hospice. Donna was a member of the Women of the...
Rosie May Bishop
Oct 15, 2014
Rosie May Bishop 52 of Kimball, WV passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Rosie was born on February 18, 1962 in Welch, WV to Mary Ellen Mitchem Bishop and the late Jack Bishop. Rosie had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by two sons Jeffery Bishop and Timothy...
Carol Yvonne Carter
Oct 14, 2014
Carol Yvonne Carter, age 62, of Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV made her journey home on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Born on November 22, 1951, she was the daughter of Otis Crawford and Daisey Osborne. She was born in Welch, WV. Carol attended Princeton Free Methodist Church for 24 years. She was active in Women’s Ministries and Children’s Ministries. After...
Della Spriggs
Oct 13, 2014
Della Josephine Spriggs, 95, of 186 Timber Hill Drive, Princeton, WV, and formerly of Elbert, passed away on Monday, October 13, 2014 at her home. Born on June 29, 1919 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Annie C. Widner Spriggs. She had been a resident of Princeton since 1999 and was of the...
Steve Merkle
Oct 12, 2014
Steve Merkle, Jr., 64, of Coal Heritage Road, Bluefield, passed away at Princeton Community Hospital. He was promoted to his Heavenly Home on October 12, 2014. Born on April 18, 1950 in Welch, he was a son of the late Steve Merkle, Sr. and Hazel Roe Merkle. He was a rural mail carrier for the Princeton post office and attended...
William Bryan Pack
Oct 7, 2014
William Bryan “Buddy” Pack, age 65, of Anawalt, WV died on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at the Salem Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem, VA. Born on September 19, 1949, in Welch, he was a son of the late Willie and Sylvia Moxley Pack. He was a lifelong resident of Anawalt, was a graduate of Gary High School and was of...
Gladys Paulette Tipton
Oct 6, 2014
Gladys Paulette “Polly” Tipton, age 71, of Coaldale Mountain, Bramwell, WV, formerly of Maybeury, died on Monday, October 6, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital following an automobile accident. Born on December 27, 1942 in Switchback, she was a daughter of the late Jess and Lillie Johnson Hodge. She had been a resident of Mercer County most of her life and...
Ray Luther Shumate
Oct 3, 2014
Ray Luther Shumate, 90, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2014 at his home. Born on July 21, 1924 in Algoma, he was a son of the late Ira and Ora Mitchem Shumate. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 57 years was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bluefield. He...
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