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Billy Gene Duncan

Billy Gene Duncan

Oct 1, 2014

Billy Gene Duncan, 70, of PO Box 102, Montcalm, peacefully departed this life at his home on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 with his daughters by his side. Born on February 10, 1944 in Montcalm and was a son of the late Lewis Alva and Eunice Mae Beggs Duncan. He was a graduate of Montcalm High School and a retired as...

Margaret Bodner Wilk

Margaret Bodner Wilk

Sep 30, 2014

Margaret Bodner Wilk, 90, of Brooklyn, NY, passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Born on November 2, 1923 in Worth, WV she was the daughter of the late Mike and Julia Parda Bodner. She had been a resident of Brooklyn for over 60 years and was retired from Bristol-Myers Squibb as an inspector on the factory...

Daniel R Taylor

Daniel R Taylor

Sep 28, 2014

Daniel R. Taylor, 91, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on August 23, 1923 in Jenkinjones, he was a son of the late James and Pearlie Myers Taylor. Dan was retired from CONSOL Coal with 41 ½ years of service and was a member of the UMWA. He was a...

Jeremy Wade Finley

Jeremy Wade Finley

Sep 26, 2014

Jeremy Wade Finley 44 of Napa Lane Bluefield, WV passed away suddenly on Friday, September 26, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Jeremy was born on December 30, 1969 in Welch, WV to David and Randa Davis Finley of Bluefield, WV. He was a current racer at Princeton Speedway and an avid mud racer he was the owner of the “S....

Buford Lee Lusk

Buford Lee Lusk

Sep 25, 2014

Buford Lee Lusk, 77, of Gilia Lane, Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on July 13, 1937 in McComas, he was a son of the late Charlie Lee and Mattie Taylor Lusk. He was a retired mine foreman with 19 years of service and formerly worked at Lusk Disposal and...

Lora Mae Bagar

Lora Mae Bagar

Sep 25, 2014

Bluefield, WV – Lora Mae “Tootie” Bagar, 83, of 496 Duck Pond Rd., (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away Thursday September 25, 2014 at her home. Born September 1, 1931 in Bluewell, she was a daughter of the late Dock and Minnie Meredith Shrader. Mrs. Bagar was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Bluewell and was a devoted...

Stella Marie Helmandollar

Stella Marie Helmandollar

Sep 23, 2014

Another angel received her wings. Stella Marie Hamby Helmandollar, 87, of Duck Pond Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at the Loving Hands Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on May 18, 1927 in Mohegan, WV, she was a daughter of the late John Franklin and Virginia Elizabeth McGlamary Hamby. She was a former resident of Sundial...

June Emm Carey

June Emm Carey

Sep 23, 2014

June Emm (Kitts) Carey walked home to Jesus Christ on September 23, 2014, after a 12-year journey following a stroke that weakened her body but not her irrepressible spirit. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Robert “Bob” H. Carey, Sr. and her children, Judy Marie Carey Burton (Edson Nye Burton, Jr.), Elizabeth Lee Carey (Terrance James Linskey),...

Phillip Wayne Frazier

Phillip Wayne Frazier

Sep 23, 2014

Phillip Wayne Frazier, 55 of Bramwell, WV died unexpectedly at his home on September 23, 2014. Phillip was born on September 26, 1958 to Bob and Joyce Frazier. He grew up in Princeton, WV and was a graduate of Princeton High School. Phillip was retired from the City of Princeton. Phil enjoyed using his chef skills to cook for friends...

William C. Sopsher

William C. Sopsher

Sep 21, 2014

William C. Sopsher, 73, of Hillsboro, TX and formerly of Bluefield, died September 21, 2014 in Hillsboro, Texas. Born June 10, 1941, he was the son of the late Pat Sopsher and Grace Sopsher Crotty. He graduated in 1959 from Gary High School. He is survived by a son William Chad Sopsher of Falls Mills, Virginia and a daughter Denise...

Thomas Arnold Lewis

Thomas Arnold Lewis

Sep 20, 2014

Thomas Arnold Lewis, age 49, of Fox Ridge Apartments, Princeton, WV died on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on June 9, 1965, in Mercer County, he was an adopted son of the late Harry Lewis, Sr. and Ruth Lambert Lewis. He was a graduate of Bramwell High School and had lived in Princeton for the...

Kelly Marie Mutter

Kelly Marie Mutter

Sep 19, 2014

Kelly Marie Mutter, 48, of Isaac Court, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014 at her home. Born on August 28, 1966 in Elkhart, IN, she was a daughter of the late Richard and Sheila Quesinberry Moore. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and was a member of the Maple View Church of Christ. She was...

Dennis Alan Bell

Dennis Alan Bell

Sep 19, 2014

Our beloved Dennis Alan Bell took Jesus hand on Friday, September 19, 2014 and joined family and friends in heaven, after a long illness. Dennis was a special loving son, brother, uncle and friend to many. We will cherish our memories and never get over the loss of Dennis. Dennis was born on September 19, 1969 he was the son...

Joe B. Austin

Joe B. Austin

Sep 15, 2014

BLUEFIELD- Joe B. Austin, 82, of Wythe Avenue, Bluefield, passed away on Monday, September 15, 2014 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” A wonderful husband, father, grandfather, friend and so much more, who lived with love and kindness, Joe fought a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease...

Evan Ray Burnopp

Evan Ray Burnopp

Sep 15, 2014

Evan Ray Burnopp 28 of Old Bramwell Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Monday, September 15, 2014. Evan was born on October 30, 1985 in Bluefield, WV. Evan was a 2004 graduate of Bluefield High School and served his country in the US Navy from 2005 until 2009. During his time with the US Navy he was station in Iraq...

Pauline Coe

Pauline Coe

Sep 15, 2014

Pauline (Hundley) Coe 91 of Conklintown, West Virginia went to be with the LORD on September 15, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Pauline was born on September 19, 1922 in Jenkinjones, West Virginia to the late William Harrison Hundley and Effie Mae (Taylor) Hundley. She was a long time member of the Conklintown Church of...

Cherrie Annette Spears

Cherrie Annette Spears

Sep 11, 2014

Cherrie Annette Spears, 74, of Arbor Ridge Drive, Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on June 16, 1940 in Wagner, OK, she was a daughter of the late Marjorie Stowers. She was a former nursing home worker and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. In addition to her mother,...

Beulah May Yopp

Beulah May Yopp

Sep 8, 2014

Beulah May Yopp, 73, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on April 18, 1941 in Coaldale, she was a daughter of the late Jones and Lettie Howard Call. She was a graduate of Bramwell High School and was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition...

Walter Lee Nicewander

Walter Lee Nicewander

Sep 7, 2014

Walter Lee Nicewander, 82, of Locust Grove Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 23, 1931 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Earl and Hazel Fisher Nicewander. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. He was a retired firefighter for the City of Bluefield, having...

Zonah Ilene Dooley

Zonah Ilene Dooley

Sep 7, 2014

Zonah “Ilene” Dooley, 87, of Glenwood, went to be with her LORD on Sunday, September 7, 2014 from GlenWood Park Nursing Home. Born on September 30, 1927 in Oakvale, Ilene was a daughter of the late Cephus Boyd Harry and Willie Wimmer Harry. She was the wife of 60 years to the late Rev. Charlie G. Dooley, Jr. She was...

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