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Sadie Lillian Church
Oct 19, 2014
Sadie Lillian Church 86, of Crane Creek Rd. Rock, West Virginia departed this life went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Sadie was born January 12, 1928 in Freeman (Bramwell), WV to the late James M. Sullivan and Emma Fowler Allison Musalivich. She was...
AnnaLee Maxwell
Oct 18, 2014
AnnaLee Watson Maxwell, 75, of Crumpler WV, died suddenly on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Bluefield WV. Born in Castlewood, VA she was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. O.W. Watson. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Robert R. Maxwell of Crumpler WV; daughter Tami Kay Shaheen of McDonough NY; grandson...
Gary Wayne Dunford
Oct 15, 2014
Gary Wayne Dunford, 56, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. He was born on August 8, 1958 to the late Clarence and Zora Lusk Dunford of Montcalm. Gary was a devoted employee of Bluefield Retread but most importantly was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He never met a stranger and...
Donna Gale Epperson
Oct 15, 2014
Donna Gale Lippert Epperson, 64, of Land O’ Lakes, Florida formerly of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 23, 1949. Donna moved to Florida in 1975 from Bluefield, West Virginia. She was a home health care provider with Hospice. Donna was a member of the Women of the...
Rosie May Bishop
Oct 15, 2014
Rosie May Bishop 52 of Kimball, WV passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Rosie was born on February 18, 1962 in Welch, WV to Mary Ellen Mitchem Bishop and the late Jack Bishop. Rosie had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by two sons Jeffery Bishop and Timothy...
Carol Yvonne Carter
Oct 14, 2014
Carol Yvonne Carter, age 62, of Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV made her journey home on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Born on November 22, 1951, she was the daughter of Otis Crawford and Daisey Osborne. She was born in Welch, WV. Carol attended Princeton Free Methodist Church for 24 years. She was active in Women’s Ministries and Children’s Ministries. After...
Della Spriggs
Oct 13, 2014
Della Josephine Spriggs, 95, of 186 Timber Hill Drive, Princeton, WV, and formerly of Elbert, passed away on Monday, October 13, 2014 at her home. Born on June 29, 1919 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late John W. and Annie C. Widner Spriggs. She had been a resident of Princeton since 1999 and was of the...
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...
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