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Rita & Robert Overbee

Rita & Robert Overbee

Jun 27, 2014

Rita Ann Overbee, 52, and her son, Robert Gabriel Overbee, 28, of Darrah Heights, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2014 in Logan County from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. They were greatly loved and will be truly missed. Rita was born on May 27, 1961 in Ohio to Robert and Lillie Burks Turpin of OH. She...

Larry Wayne Bailey

Larry Wayne Bailey

Jun 27, 2014

Larry Wayne Bailey, 62, of Gary (Elbert), formerly of Leckie, died Friday, June 27, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Born, in Leckie, on March 5th 1952, he was the son of Wanda (Hodge) Hall and John A. Bailey of Leckie. Larry moved to Chicago with his family at a very young age and...

Darrell "Butch" Taylor

Darrell "Butch" Taylor

Jun 26, 2014

Darrell Ray “Butch” Taylor, 67, of Norway, Maine, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Maine. Born on May 3, 1947 in Bluefield, he was a son of William M. “Bill” Taylor of Bluefield and the late Sally Honaker Taylor. He had been a resident of Maine for several years. He was retired from the US Army with 20...

Polina Marie Hash

Polina Marie Hash

Jun 26, 2014

Bluefield, WV - On June 26 2014 Jesus opened his arms and welcomed home another one of his precious children. Polina Marie Spaulding Hash age 69 of Nick St. (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV was born on March 14, 1945 in Crystal, West Virginia. She was the oldest daughter of the late John Spaulding and Olive Spaulding Brown. She had moved away...

Helen Fowler

Helen Fowler

Jun 25, 2014

Helen Raynor Fowler, 90, of Warden Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 4, 1924 in Fries, VA, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Ina Newman Tomlinson. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 62 years and was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was...

Pearl Jane Lawless

Pearl Jane Lawless

Jun 22, 2014

“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8 Pearl Jane Lawless, 98, of Charwood Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 1, 1915 in Ashland, KY, she was a daughter of the late Charles Bradford and Elizabeth...

Harold Eugene Hambrick

Harold Eugene Hambrick

Jun 20, 2014

Bluefield- Harold Eugene Hambrick, 81, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday June 20, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born June 12, 1933 in Bluefield, WV he was a son of the late James Thurmond and Alice Cosby Scarberry Hambrick. Mr. Hambrick was affiliated with the New Salem Methodist Church, a veteran of the Korean War having served in the U.S....

William Bill Knight, Jr.

William Bill Knight, Jr.

Jun 19, 2014

William Eugene “Bill” Knight, Jr. 68, of Conover, NC formerly of Philippi, WV passed away after a long illness Thursday, June 19, 2014 at his residence. Bill was born on August 11, 1945 in Philippi, WV to the late William Knight Sr. and Bernadine Stanfield Knight. He had been a resident of North Carolina for the past 27 years and...

Helen Marie Nunley

Helen Marie Nunley

Jun 18, 2014

Helen Marie Nunley 71 of Windmill Hill Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the residence of her sister in Waynesboro, Virginia. Helen was born April 15, 1943 in Horsepen, West Virginia to the late Frank and Mary Katherine Lawson Farmer. She had been a resident of Bluewell, West Virginia for the past 49 years and...

Tommy G. Thompson

Tommy G. Thompson

Jun 17, 2014

Tommy G. Thompson, 70, of Princeton, WV passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Tuesday June 17, 2014 in Hospice care at Princeton Community Hospital. Born March 16, 1944 in Sophia, WV, he was a son of the late Homer A. and Agnes Mae Runions Thompson. Tommy was a Christian saved by Grace through faith. He was raised in...

Elsie Bruce Peraldo

Elsie Bruce Peraldo

Jun 16, 2014

Elsie Bruce Peraldo, age 89, of Bluefield, VA died on Monday June 16, 2014 at Angel’s Touch Home in Princeton. Born on August 2, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Mattie Bourne Bruce. She lived in Bluefield for the past 20 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church,...

Wanda Lane

Wanda Lane

Jun 12, 2014

Wanda Trump Lane, 56, of 197 Explorer Street (Coppola MHP), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at her home surrounded by the love and support of her family. She was the very cornerstone and foundation of our family. She always rooted for the underdog and those less fortunate. She was the beloved mother, nannie, sister, friend and...

Ernest Blankenship

Ernest Blankenship

Jun 12, 2014

Ernest "Speedy "Blankenship 76 of 1119 Old Bramwell Rd. Bluefield was welcomed by Jesus to his new home on June 12, 2014. Born in Grundy VA. July 29, 1937. He was the son of the late Nina Blankenship-Moore of Falls Mills and Clellie Blankenship of Pike KY. He has be a resident of Bluefield for 60 and was employed with...

Vincent Perriello

Vincent Perriello

Jun 11, 2014

Vincent Perriello, 94, of Rye Road (Nemours), Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at his home. Born on June 16, 1919 in Santa Andria Di Chenzo, Italy, he was a son of the late Donato and Maria N. Scolamieri Perriello. He had been a resident of Nemours for 46 years and was retired co-owner of an oil business...

Raymond Massaroni

Raymond Massaroni

Jun 11, 2014

Raymond Massaroni, 94, of Bluewell, WV passed away on June 11, 2014 in Princeton, WV. Born in Dijon, France on December 4, 1919, he was the son of the late Premo and Emmilana Imbert Massaroni. He was a retired miner with Eastern Associates in Herndon, WV. He was also a retired Sergeant of the United States Army, having served in...

Harry M. "Pat" Carter

Harry M. "Pat" Carter

Jun 9, 2014

Harry Max (Pat) Carter, age 82, of Bluefield, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, June 9, 2014 after a long illness. He was born on November 25, 1931, in Bluefield. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Lydia Peters Carter, his late wife Shirley Honeyak Carter, his youngest step-daughter, Toni Lynn Bailey, his...

Julie Ann West

Julie Ann West

Jun 6, 2014

Julie Ann Horton West, age 54, of Sherman Oaks Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away at home on June 6, 2014. Julie was born November 13, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois to Sherman J. Horton and Betty Jane Alvis Egbert, both deceased. Julie is survived by her stepmother, Judy J. Horton, of Bluefield,VA; a brother, Sherman J. Horton, II of Lake Milton,...

Ramona Vecellio

Ramona Vecellio

Jun 6, 2014

Ramona Vecellio, 76, of Lorton Lick Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 29, 1937 in Itmann, she was a daughter of the late Antonio “Tony” and Mary Nancy “Nannie” Carosi Vecellio. She had been a resident of Bluewell for most of her life and was a graduate of...

Harold Kenneth Honaker

Harold Kenneth Honaker

Jun 4, 2014

Harold Kenneth “Sonny” Honaker, 66, of Wildwood Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at his home. Born on October 14, 1947 in Kyle, he was a son of the late Walter Harold and Lillian Fortner Honaker. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a veteran of the US Army...

Fred W. Webb

Fred W. Webb

Jun 4, 2014

Bishop Fred W. Webb, 63, of Skating Rink Hollow, Montcalm, finished his earthly course on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 and received his rewards in heaven. An Ordained Bishop with the Church of God, he has served as pastor in Baxter, Atwell, Anawalt, and Genoa, WV. Through his service to Christ many lives were touched throughout the state. Born on January...

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