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Larry Eugene Shrewsbury
Apr 21, 2015
Larry Eugene Shrewsbury, 50, of Walnut Street, Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 11, 1964 in Bluefield, he was a son of the Olivia “Libby” Shrewsbury Miller of Princeton and the late Thomas “Budgy” Shrewsbury. Larry was liked by all who ever met him. He always loved to party and play...
Aaron Dean Bandy
Apr 19, 2015
Aaron Dean Bandy, 17, of Pageton passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Charleston Area Medical Center due to a lifelong illness. Born on April 29, 1997 in Bluefield, he was a son of Ronald Dean and Kathy Smith of Pageton. He had been a lifelong resident of Pageton and was of the Holiness faith. He was preceded in...
Betty June Goins
Apr 19, 2015
Betty June Goins, 76, of Gary, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at her daughter Rena’s home where she had been living for the past 7 months. Born on May 19, 1938 in Gary, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Virginia Phillips Powell. She had been a resident of Gary since childhood. She formerly worked as...
Walter Lee Lockhart, Sr.
Apr 17, 2015
Walter Lee Lockhart, Sr., 86, of Laurel Drive, Gary, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 21, 1929 in White Sulphur Springs, WV, he was a son of Wallace Lockhart and Mildred Kathleen Loomis Lockhart. He was a retired coal miner for US Steel #2 Mines with 42 years, retired UMWA member and...
Floyd "Ray" Helmondollar
Apr 15, 2015
Floyd Ray Helmondollar, 81, of Montcalm, WV received his final, ultimate reward as he took his last breath at Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, April 15. Born on July 18, 1933 in Newhall, WV, Ray was the second son of the late Jim Ed and Ruby Shrader Helmondollar. He was a 1951 graduate of Bramwell High School and was also...
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...
Effie Mae Warren
Apr 14, 2015
Effie Mae Warren, 89, of Max Meadows, Virginia formerly of Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the home of her son. Effie was born on August 02, 1925 in Russell County, Virginia to the late George and Sarah Austin Salyers. She was a resident of McDowell County for 65 years and was of the Holiness faith....
Mildred Christine Lester Cregger
Apr 14, 2015
Mildred Christine Lester Cregger, 93, of Bluefield, WV, passed away peacefully at Princeton Community Hospital on April 14, 2015. She is finally with her beloved Lord. Mildred was born November 25, 1921 in Bluefield, WV to Joseph Walter and Bessie Helton Lester. Mildred attended the Wedding of the Bluefield’s when she was two years old, and attended the 90 year...
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...
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...
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...
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