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Fred Beggs
Aug 4, 2014
Fred Lawrence Beggs, 83, of Hicks Hollow Road (Montcalm), Rock, WV, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014 at his home. Born on April 14, 1931 in Raleigh County, he was a son of the late James and Eureka Hall Beggs. He had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a retired coal miner. He was preceded in death...
James Edward Nichols
Aug 2, 2014
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. James Edward Nichols, Jr., 57, of City View Heights, Princeton, WV, departed this life on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Born on June 24, 1957 in Welch, he was a son of Patricia Marshall Nichols of McDowell,...
Rhonda Donna Jean Edwards
Aug 1, 2014
Rhonda Donna Jean Anderson Edwards 51, of Abbs Valley, Virginia passed away on Friday, August 01, 2014 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born March 08, 1963 in Bluefield, WV to Shirley Dawson Anderson and the late Donnie Anderson. She was a 1981 graduate of Pocahontas High School and a former employee of Bluefield Regional Medical Center. She was...
Thomas "Dave" David Little
Aug 1, 2014
Thomas David “Dave” Little, 65, of Harmon Branch Road, Thorpe, WV, went to be with the Lord suddenly on August 1, 2014. Born on May 18, 1949 in Welch, he was a son of the late Ed and Ethel Day Little. Dave had many accomplishments in life. He graduated from Gary High School Class of 1968. He also served his...
Dorothy Ann Surface
Jul 30, 2014
Dorothy Ann Gillenwater “Dot” Surface, age 82, of Surface Hill Road, Bluefield, WV, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at her home. Born on September 11, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Ed and Sylvia Lusk Gillenwater. She had lived in Sandlick for the past 60 years and was a member of the Sandlick Methodist Church. She was...
Emmitt Hughes
Jul 29, 2014
Emmitt L. Hughes, 59, of Tazewell, VA passed away July 29, 2014 at Bristol Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Athens, WV, Emmitt relocated to Tazewell several years prior to his death. He is preceded in death by his parents Walter and Mary Lee Hughes, and one sister, Lita Zachariades, all of Montcalm, WV. Emmitt is survived...
Norman Wayne Skipworth
Jul 27, 2014
Norman Wayne Skipworth 65 of Stockton St. Bluefield, VA passed away on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, VA. Norman was born on November 26, 1948 in Huntington, WV to the late Sam and Pearl Skipworth. Survivors Include: Wife of 40 years: Patricia Smith Skipworth of the home Two Daughters: Anna Omar and Michael Umberger...
Earl McDonald Stillwell
Jul 24, 2014
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” 2 Timothy 4:7 Earl McDonald Stillwell, 85 of Penmar Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Earl was born on October 10, 1928 in Toms Creek, Virginia...
Sadie Marie Proffitt
Jul 23, 2014
Sadie Marie Proffitt, 89, of Pleasant Hill Estates, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at her home. Born on July 18, 1925 in Richlands, VA, she was a daughter of the late James William and Sally Jane West Nipper. She had been a resident of Princeton for 16 years and was a member of the Princeton Church...
Jerry Elwood Hayes
Jul 22, 2014
Jerry Elwood Hayes, 78, of Webster Road, Fredonia, NY and formerly of Coaldale, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in New York. With his family by his side, Jerry went to rest in the arms of his Lord Jesus. He was born on March 2, 1936 in Coaldale to the late Rutherford B. and Edna Brown Hayes. Mr. Hayes...
George Thomas Haynes
Jul 20, 2014
George Thomas Haynes 89 of Stewart St. Welch, WV passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. George was born on March 21, 1925 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Loomis Haynes, Sr. and Gladys Rees Haynes. He had been a resident of Welch for all his life and was a member of...
Mary Jane Copolo Hodges
Jul 19, 2014
Mary Jane Copolo Hodges, 84 of Orlando went Home to her Savior on July 19, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born in Maybeury, WV on March 15, 1930; one of eleven children. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, William (Bill) Hodges, and three of her four children and their spouses, Bob and Teri...
Giovanni "Johnny" Monarchi
Jul 17, 2014
Giovanni "Johnny" Monarchi, 81 of Callaway, MD formerly of Ashland, WV passed away on July 17, 2014 in Callaway, MD. Born June 7,1933 in Ashland, WV, he was the son of the late Guisippi Joseph and Antoinette Quadtrone Monarchy. Johnny is survived by his wife Regina Price Monarchy of Callaway, MD, children; Marquetta (Jim) Gerety of Annapolis, MD, Annette Monarchy...
Ella Mae Bogle
Jul 15, 2014
Ella Mae Bogle, 77 of Oakhurst Avenue, Bluefield peacefully passed away on Tuesday July 15, 2014 at the HPH Marliere Hospice Center in New Port Richey, FL. Born on Nov. 12 1936, in Tazewell, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Horne and Helen Fouse Horne. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Joyce Conlee Pennington
Jul 11, 2014
July 11 was the day Joyce went home and angels rejoiced. Born September 22, 1933 in Maybeury, WV, she was the daughter of Charles and Mollie Bennett Conlee. She was a resident of the Bluefield, Montcalm area her entire life. She was a member of Southview Church on Rt 20. She worked as a homemaker and did what she could...
Clyde Mitchem
Jul 9, 2014
Clyde Harrison Mitchem, age 70, of Northfork, WV, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at his home. Born on June 3, 1944 in Eckman, WV, he was a son of the late Robert and Fern Tetter Mitchem. He had lived in Mercer County for the past 13 years and was a retired truck driver. He was a member of...
Shelby Blankenship
Jul 7, 2014
Shelby Jean Blankenship- Lancaster, S.C. PICTURE Our angel and precious mother Shelby Blankenship, age 72, of Lancaster, S.C. and formally of Bluewell, W.V., went to be with Jesus on Monday, July 7, 2014 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C. Born on January 31, 1942 in Ashland she was the daughter of the late James Oliver and Callie Craft....
Marie Robertson
Jul 6, 2014
Marie Hutchinson Robertson, 90, of Sarasota, Fl, formerly of Bluefield, W. Va, passed away peacefully at home on July 6, 2014. She was the daughter of Howard Hutchinson and Stella Mae Hicks of Bluefield, W.VA. She was married 59 years to her husband Lacy Robertson of Bluefield, W. Va. who passed away March 28, 2009. Her twin children are Duane...
Wendell Bruce Webb
Jul 6, 2014
Wendell Bruce “Dad” Webb, 84, Pageton River Road, Pageton, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at his home. Born on April 23, 1930 in O’Toole, he was a son of the late Walter G. Webb, Sr. and Hester Hurd Webb. He was a retired coal miner with 38 years of service to US Steel. He was a decorated veteran,...
Edward Milton Clarke
Jul 1, 2014
Edward Milton Clarke, 86, entered into eternal peace on July 1, 2014 at his home in Bluefield, West Virginia. He was deeply loved by his family and friends and will be greatly missed. Born on September 6, 1927 in Ottawa, Kansas, he was the son of the late Mac Edward and Ina Clarke. In addition to his parents, he was...
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