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Kathleen Mildred McLaughlin Lambert
Dec 29, 2014
EVERY NOW AND THEN, THIS OLD WORLD IS BLESSED WITH AN EXTRODINARY EVENT. THIS WAS THE CASE ON DECEMBER 5TH, 1919. KATHLEEN MILDRED MCLAUGHLIN WAS BORN TO GEORGE AND OLLIE BILLIPS MCLAUGHLIN. HAD THE EARTH RECEIVED MORE LIKE HER, THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. SHE WAS TRULY A REMARKABLE WOMAN. HER LIFE WAS ENGULFED BY AND LIVED BY...
Earlene E. Stamper
Dec 28, 2014
Earline E. Stamper, 80, of Horizon Street (Bluewell), passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on June 15, 1934 in Raleigh County, she was a daughter of the late Earl Ray and Mamie Poole Stamper. She had been a resident of Bluewell since 1965 and was a long time secretary for Kentucky...
Charlene "Charlie" Sparks
Dec 26, 2014
Charlene “Charlie” Christine Sparks 57 of Bus Road Bluefield, WV (Sandlick) passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014 at her residence surrounded by family. Charlie was born on December 17, 1957 in Blawnox, PA to the late Sam White. She had been a resident of Sandlick for the past 40 years. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Richard Flanner Crawford
Dec 24, 2014
Richard Flanner Crawford, of Clovis Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the age of 83 at Princeton Community Hospital. He was born on April 23, 1931 in Bluefield, West Virginia he was the son of James and Enid Crawford. He attended and played football for Beaver High School in Bluefield, later graduated from Bluefield College....
Rev. James E. Jones
Dec 22, 2014
Rev. James Edward Jones, 82, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 22, 2014 at his home with his family by his side. He was born on October 1, 1932 in Beason to the late Emitt and Lulie Huffman Jones. He was the last surviving member of his family. He was a retired pastor...
Kenneth Wayne Duncan
Dec 20, 2014
“Once again thy name we raise, In accents loved clear, sing we ever more thy praise.” Kenneth Wayne Duncan, 59, of Mercer Mall Road in Green Valley, Bluefield, passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at his home. Born on July 20, 1955 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Easter Mae Workman Duncan and Otis D. Duncan...
Naomi Bowman
Dec 15, 2014
Naomi K. Sargent Bowman, 85 of Wheeling, WV formerly of Bluefield, WV died on Monday December 15, 2014 in Liza’s Place, Wheeling, WV. She was born in McComas, WV on May 14, 1929 the daughter of the late Henry and Edith Barger Sargent. A graduate of Bramwell High School and Concord University, Naomi taught at Bramwell Elementary School for 33...
Robert Lee Johnson, Jr.
Dec 15, 2014
Robert Lee Johnson, Jr., 83, of (Switchback), Maybeury, WV, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2014 at his home. Born on June 1, 1931 at Switchback, he was a son of the late Robert Lee Johnson, Sr. and Ila Shaw Johnson. He was born and raised in Switchback. After working 40 years in Chicago as a security guard, he retired...
Brenda Cole Meyer
Dec 14, 2014
Brenda Cole Meyer, 74, of 2217 Spring Garden Drive, Bluefield, WV, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, at her home. She was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, and was preceded in death by her father John Holbrook “Bookie” Cole. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 31 years, Paul S. Meyer, of the home, mother, Frances Miller Cole of...
Christopher Burgess
Dec 14, 2014
Christopher Burgess, 42, of Sandlick, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at his home. Born on February 27, 1972 in Bluefield, he was a son of Roy Burgess of Sandlick and Susan Windle of Princeton. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bobby Ray Burgess, Sr.; and his grandparents, Willard...
Ralph Vern Kupner Jr.
Dec 14, 2014
Ralph Vern Kupner Jr. 58 of Sandlick Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Ralph was born on Wednesday, February 01, 1956 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Ralph Vern Kupner Sr. and Blanche Lora Kupner Kitts. He had been a lifelong resident of Sandlick and was...
Nina Farmer
Dec 13, 2014
Nina Farmer, 88, of Dahlia Street, Bluefield, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at her home. Born on January 27, 1926 in Goodwill, he was a son of the late Harry and Sue Hodges Griffith. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a member of the Jesus Name Church. She was a devoted wife, mother and...
Frances Holiway
Dec 11, 2014
Frances Holiway, 94, of Coal Heritage Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on July 29, 1920 in Maxwell, VA, she was a daughter of the late Phillip and Ida Mae Henderson Rouse. She attended Switchback Elementary and Elkhorn High School and later attended the...
Russell Hamilton Nunley
Dec 10, 2014
Russell Hamilton Nunley 73 of Windmill Hill Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. He was born January 28, 1941 in Brewsterdale, WV to the late Daniel and Jean McClure Nunley. He had been a resident of Bluewell for most of his life and was a member of the Brewsterdale Church of...
Larry Joe Wimmer
Dec 9, 2014
II Timothy 4:7-8 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Larry Joe Wimmer age...
Maudie Faye Sharrone
Dec 8, 2014
Maudie Faye (Farmer) Sharrone gracefully and peacefully passed away on Monday, December 8, 2014 at her home in Brooklyn,Ohio with loved ones present. "Faye" was born on April 16, 1914 in Ashe County, North Carolina to James Garfield Farmer and Carrie (Price) Farmer. She was a long time resident of Pageton in McDowell County but has been residing with her...
Joseph Irvine Wellman, Sr.
Dec 6, 2014
Joseph Irvine Wellman, Sr. passed away peacefully in his home on December 6, 2014. Mr. Wellman was born in McComas, West Virginia on February 8, 1939. He was the son of Albert and Helen Wellman. As a child he lived in McComas, but later moved to Hemp Hill and then on to Welch. He graduated from Welch High School in...
Claris Dean Hayes
Dec 6, 2014
Claris Dean Hayes, of Rhododendron Lane, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Welch, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Claris was born in Roaring River, NC on November 7, 1937, the daughter of the late Otis and Nell Leftwich Blackburn of Bluefield, formerly of Premier. Upon graduation from Welch High School...
Flora E. Phillips
Dec 6, 2014
Flora E. Phillips, 80, of Blue Prince Road (Green Valley), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the Ridgecare Personal Care Home in Princeton. Born on September 7, 1934 in Floyd, VA, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Ada Salmon Hazelwood. She had been a resident of the Bluefield area since the 1970’s...
Elsie Rotenberry
Dec 5, 2014
Elsie Mae (Boyd) Rotenberry, 92, of Bluefield, WV formerly of Welch, WV went home to be with the Lord in her home surrounded by her loving family on Friday, December 5, 2014. Born January 5, 1922 in Welch, WV, she was the only child of John and Victoria Boyd. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Princeton First...
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