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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...
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...
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...
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...
Kenneth Ray Perdue
Mar 19, 2015
Kenneth Ray Perdue, 71, of Falls Mills, Virginia passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Kenneth was born on June 06, 1943 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Maurice Perdue and Lucy Meadows Blair. He was retired from General Motors Corporation and had been a resident of Falls Mills for the past 15 years....
Michael Patrick Hubbard
Mar 18, 2015
Michael Hubbard, 37, of Bluefield, Virginia died suddenly Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital following complications from back surgery. Mike was born on April 27, 1977 in Bluefield, West Virginia to John and Cecelia Beggs Hubbard of Bluewell, WV. Mike was preceded in death by one Brother Christopher Hubbard, maternal grandparents Vernie and Carrie Beggs and paternal grandparents...
Rita Gay Bailey
Mar 15, 2015
Rita Gay Bailey, 59, of Elliston, VA, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 15, 2015 following a short illness. Born on August 13, 1955 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late John and Altheda Holt Williams. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Refuge Church in Elliston. In addition to her parents,...
Marsha Arlene Plaster
Mar 12, 2015
Marsha Arlene Thompson Plaster, 65, of Gadd Street, Princeton, went home to be with the Lord on March 12, 2015. She was of the Baptist faith and was a graduate of Mullins High School. She worked 22 years with Hecks. She was the wife of the late Gilford “PeeWee” Plaster and daughter of the late Dale and Betty Thompson. She...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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