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Steve Merkle
Oct 12, 2014
Steve Merkle, Jr., 64, of Coal Heritage Road, Bluefield, passed away at Princeton Community Hospital. He was promoted to his Heavenly Home on October 12, 2014. Born on April 18, 1950 in Welch, he was a son of the late Steve Merkle, Sr. and Hazel Roe Merkle. He was a rural mail carrier for the Princeton post office and attended...
William Bryan Pack
Oct 7, 2014
William Bryan “Buddy” Pack, age 65, of Anawalt, WV died on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at the Salem Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem, VA. Born on September 19, 1949, in Welch, he was a son of the late Willie and Sylvia Moxley Pack. He was a lifelong resident of Anawalt, was a graduate of Gary High School and was of...
Gladys Paulette Tipton
Oct 6, 2014
Gladys Paulette “Polly” Tipton, age 71, of Coaldale Mountain, Bramwell, WV, formerly of Maybeury, died on Monday, October 6, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital following an automobile accident. Born on December 27, 1942 in Switchback, she was a daughter of the late Jess and Lillie Johnson Hodge. She had been a resident of Mercer County most of her life and...
Ray Luther Shumate
Oct 3, 2014
Ray Luther Shumate, 90, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2014 at his home. Born on July 21, 1924 in Algoma, he was a son of the late Ira and Ora Mitchem Shumate. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 57 years was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bluefield. He...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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