Obituaries

Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries

Alan Eugene Underwood

Alan Eugene Underwood

Feb 11, 2015

Alan Eugene Underwood 57 of 4th Street Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Alan was born on September 17, 1957 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Paul and Betty Osborne Underwood. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past five years. In addition to...

Roland Wayne Tiller

Roland Wayne Tiller

Feb 10, 2015

Roland “Wayne” Tiller, 59, of Old Pisgah Road, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at his home. Born on April 23, 1955 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late William Roland and Annie Eloise Carver Tiller. He had been a resident of Princeton for 6 years and was disabled. He formerly worked as a general laborer...

Benjamin Hassel Williams, Jr.

Benjamin Hassel Williams, Jr.

Feb 4, 2015

Benjamin Hassel Williams Jr., 48 of Forty Foot Street Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, February 04, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Benjamin was born on March 29, 1966 in Logan, WV to Edna Baisden Ellis and the late Benjamin Hessel Williams Sr. Benjamin was employed by Wal-Mart in Princeton, WV as a Tire Tec. In addition to his...

Russell Everett Lucas, Jr.

Russell Everett Lucas, Jr.

Feb 2, 2015

Russell Everett Lucas Jr, 42, of Top Street Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, February 02, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Russell was born on May 16, 1972 in Emporia, Virginia to Ella Pearl Slivers Lucas and the late Russell E. Lucas Sr. Russell has been a resident of Bluefield for the past years and recently started attended...

Margaret Helen Burger

Margaret Helen Burger

Jan 31, 2015

Margaret Helen Burger, 83, of Crumpler, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 10, 1931 in WV, she was a daughter of the late John and Hazel Prunty. She had been a resident of Crumpler for most of her life and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Midway Shiloh Temple...

Opal Lee Shires

Opal Lee Shires

Jan 28, 2015

Opal Lee Persinger Shires, 89, of Mapledale Lane Bluefield (Green Valley), West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at her residence. Opal was born on October 25, 1926 in Gap Mills, West Virginia to the late Mr. & Mrs. Persinger. She was a member of the Greenview United Methodist Church and had been a resident of Green Valley...

Beatrice Howerton

Beatrice Howerton

Jan 28, 2015

Beatrice Campbell Howerton, 84, of Rock, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2014 at the home of her sister. Born on January 27, 1931 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late John and Barbara Ellen Mosley Harmon. She had been a resident of Rock for 40 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the...

Haller Wesley Curran

Haller Wesley Curran

Jan 28, 2015

Haller Wesley Curran, 85, of New Hope Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at his home. Born on February 28, 1929 in Thornhill, WV, he was a son of the late Lynch Alexander and Johnsie McMillian Curran. He had been a resident of Route 20 in Bluewell for 44 years and was a member of the...

Henry Grady Eason

Henry Grady Eason

Jan 28, 2015

Henry Grady Eason, 77, of Fawn Lane, Princeton, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on April 7, 1937 in Johnson County, NC, he was a son of the late Al Vester and Neppie Nettoy Lewis. He had been a resident of Princeton for several years and was a heavy equipment operator and operating...

Wallace Bernard Finley

Wallace Bernard Finley

Jan 28, 2015

Wallace Bernard “Uncy” Finley, age 71, of Tams Highway, Sophia, WV, beloved brother “Uncy”, uncle, and friend, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 28, 2015 at Raleigh General Hospital. Born on August 16, 1943 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Arley James and Ida Mae Mullins Finley. He had been a resident of...

Etheline Maxine Burchett

Etheline Maxine Burchett

Jan 27, 2015

Etheline Maxine Warden Burchett, 97, of rock Road, Montcalm, WV, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at her home. Born on November 27, 1917 in Nemours, she was a daughter of the late Lee and Daisy Dunn Warden. She had been a resident of Montcalm her entire life and was a member of the Wright Mountain Baptist Church. She...

James Ivan Wall

James Ivan Wall

Jan 26, 2015

James Ivan Wall, 59, of Fairmont, WV, formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 at his home. Born on August 27, 1955 in Bluefield, he was a son of Margaret Jones Wall of Bluefield and the late Jack A. Wall. He has been a resident of Fairmont for 30 years and was of the Methodist faith. She...

Charles Edward Hurst, Sr.

Charles Edward Hurst, Sr.

Jan 24, 2015

Charles Edward Hurst, Sr., 78, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away with his loving family around him on Saturday, January 24, 2015. Born on March 6, 1936 in Dott, WV, he was a son of the late Chester Edward and Ada May Mateer Hurst. He had been a member of the Bluewell community for 78 years and was a...

Jesse Lee Cook

Jesse Lee Cook

Jan 22, 2015

Jesse Lee Cook, 39, of Bluefield, Virginia was welcomed into Heaven Thursday, January 22, 2015 after a long illness. Born on February 26, 1975 in Tazewell, Virginia he was the son of Gail Cook. Jesse was a member of East End Baptist Church. He loved all of his family dearly. He served as PTA Dad at Springville Elementary for several...

James Hobert Wimmer

James Hobert Wimmer

Jan 21, 2015

James Hobert Wimmer, 88, of 1800 Whitethorn Extension, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Bradshaw, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 21,2015. He passed peacefully at Bluefield Regional Hospital with family by his side. James was the owner and operator of Wimmer Service & Supply in Bradshaw, WV and retired in 1991. He was a former member of...

Sharon Gail Hearne

Sharon Gail Hearne

Jan 19, 2015

Sharon Gail Hearne, 65, of Hope Lane Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at her residence. Sharon was of the Baptist faith and had been a resident of Princeton since 1990. Sharon was born on January 02, 1950 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Roy Robey Hearne and Theda Sue Lang Hearne. In addition to...

Roger Wayne Chandler

Roger Wayne Chandler

Jan 19, 2015

Roger Wayne Chandler, 43, of 170 Coppola Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 at his residence. Born on April 29, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Janice Ramona Nichols Chandler of Bluefield and the late Roger Lake Chandler, Sr. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a...

Doris F Whitlow

Doris F Whitlow

Jan 16, 2015

Doris Whitlow, 96, of Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Heritage Hall in Tazewell, Virginia. Doris was born on Monday, July 22, 1918 in Bassett, Virginia to the late Frank and Nannie Dodson Feazell. She was a member of the Fincastle Presbyterian Church in Bluefield, Virginia and the Red Hat Society. In addition to her parents,...

Franklin Roosevelt Moore Jr.

Franklin Roosevelt Moore Jr.

Jan 15, 2015

Franklin Roosevelt Moore Jr., 50, of Cumberland Road Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Northfork, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at his residence. Franklin was born on Thursday, January 16, 1964 in North Carolina to the late Franklin Roosevelt Moore Sr. and Sylvia Burger Moore. Franklin was a former Postal Worker in Northfork, West Virginia. He moved...

William Howard Mitchem

William Howard Mitchem

Jan 15, 2015

William Howard Mitchem, 59, of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2015 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. William was born on September 11, 1955 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Clifford and Selwyn Roberson Mitchem. He had been a resident of Princeton form most of his life. He was employed as a...