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Julie Ann West

Julie Ann West

Jun 6, 2014

Julie Ann Horton West, age 54, of Sherman Oaks Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away at home on June 6, 2014. Julie was born November 13, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois to Sherman J. Horton and Betty Jane Alvis Egbert, both deceased. Julie is survived by her stepmother, Judy J. Horton, of Bluefield,VA; a brother, Sherman J. Horton, II of Lake Milton,...

Ramona Vecellio

Ramona Vecellio

Jun 6, 2014

Ramona Vecellio, 76, of Lorton Lick Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 29, 1937 in Itmann, she was a daughter of the late Antonio “Tony” and Mary Nancy “Nannie” Carosi Vecellio. She had been a resident of Bluewell for most of her life and was a graduate of...

Harold Kenneth Honaker

Harold Kenneth Honaker

Jun 4, 2014

Harold Kenneth “Sonny” Honaker, 66, of Wildwood Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at his home. Born on October 14, 1947 in Kyle, he was a son of the late Walter Harold and Lillian Fortner Honaker. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a veteran of the US Army...

Fred W. Webb

Fred W. Webb

Jun 4, 2014

Bishop Fred W. Webb, 63, of Skating Rink Hollow, Montcalm, finished his earthly course on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 and received his rewards in heaven. An Ordained Bishop with the Church of God, he has served as pastor in Baxter, Atwell, Anawalt, and Genoa, WV. Through his service to Christ many lives were touched throughout the state. Born on January...

Charles Walter Broomfield

Charles Walter Broomfield

May 29, 2014

MAYBEURY — Charles Walter Broomfield, 23 of Maybeury, WV was called home to Heaven on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Born on May 17, 1991 in Sanford, Florida he was the son of Jack and Carolyn Broomfield. His family moved to Maybeury, WV in 1998 and he graduated from Mount View High School in 2010. Besides his parents, those left to...

Claude Edward Farrington

Claude Edward Farrington

May 28, 2014

Claude Edward Farrington, age 63 of 7025 Baux Mountain Road, GERMANTON, NC. Formally of Windmill Gap West Virginia. Died on May 28, 2014 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Born on February 2, 1951 in Bluefield, WV. He was the son of the late Claude Farrington, and the late Franklin W Perry and Hazel Beatrice Perry. Eddie...

Donald Ray Dillon

Donald Ray Dillon

May 22, 2014

Donald Ray Dillon, born October 19, 1928, in Anawalt, West Virginia, passed away May 22, 2014. Donald Ray graduated from Gary High School at 16 years of age and worked on the Great Lakes as a Merchant Marine where he saved his money to put himself through college. He graduated from Concord College with a B.S. in Accounting. While at...

Brenda Joyce Mullins

Brenda Joyce Mullins

May 20, 2014

Brenda Joyce Shilling Mullins, 65, of Bunny Drive, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on July 6, 1948 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Orville C. and Sally Johnson Shilling. She had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for 5 years and was a member of the Duhring Church...

Ruby L. Rogers

Ruby L. Rogers

May 19, 2014

Ruby L. Rogers, 84, of Giatto Road, McComas, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 31, 1929 in Dott, she was a daughter of the late William and Flossie Casey Shrewsbury. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she...

Ralph Dyson

Ralph Dyson

May 19, 2014

Ralph B. Dyson, Sr., 74, of Keene Court, Bluefield, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on December 5, 1939 in Yukon, he was a son of the late William G. and Myrtle Faye Baker Dyson. He had been a resident of Bluewell for most of his life. He turned his life around for God...

Carlos Snake Hogan

Carlos Snake Hogan

May 18, 2014

Carlos “Snake” Hogan, 81, of Greenwood Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 27, 1932 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late F. Thomas and Beatrice Hubbard Hogan. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 50 years and was a member of the Mid-Way Christian Church...

Darrell Thomas Pennington

Darrell Thomas Pennington

May 18, 2014

Darrell Thomas Pennington, age 67, of Hurricane Ridge (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV died on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on June 25, 1946, in Giatto, WV, he was a son of Arlene Thompson of Rock, WV. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and was a retired Insurance Salesman with 32 years of service. He was...

Betty Lee Tilley

Betty Lee Tilley

May 17, 2014

Betty Lee Gentry Tilley, 83, of Littlesburg Road (Brushfork), Bluefield, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Westwood Nursing Home after a 6 year battle of pancreatic cancer. Born on November 26, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Edgar J. and Gladys Brookman Taylor. She was a member of the Christian Mission Church...

Betty Jo Sanders

Betty Jo Sanders

May 14, 2014

Betty Jo Watkins Sanders, 81, of Luzerne, Michigan, and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Charlotte Medical Center in Pineville, NC. Born on July 12, 1932 in McComas, she was the daughter of the late William Clay and Marjorie Barlow Bell. She had lived in Michigan for 28 years and was of the Protestant...

Franklin Jay Perdue

Franklin Jay Perdue

May 8, 2014

Franklin Jay Perdue, 65 of Cardinal Street of Bluefield, Virginia formerly of Welch, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, May 08, 2014 at his residence. Jay was born on July 05, 1948 in Premier, West Virginia to the late Dennis W. and Margie Worrell Perdue. He had been a resident of Bluefield, Virginia for the past 15 years. Jay graduated...

Worley Fayne Mullins

Worley Fayne Mullins

May 7, 2014

Worley Fayne Mullins, age 68, of Maple Acres Road, Bluefield, WV, died on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on June 7, 1945, in Pound, VA, he was a son of the late Darrell and Flossie Mullins. He served in the US Marine Corps for 5 years during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He had retired from the...

Mallen "Zeke" Dee Brock

Mallen "Zeke" Dee Brock

May 6, 2014

Mallen Dee “Zeke” Brock, 74, of Walnut Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 31, 1939 in Pioneer, LA, he was a son of the late William D. and Alice Inez Ragus Brock. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 12 years and was of the Protestant faith....

Mary Stella Webb

Mary Stella Webb

May 4, 2014

Mary Stella Cox Webb age 102 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia formerly of Gary, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, May 04, 2014 at Heritage Hall Laurel Meadows, Virginia. Mary was born on April 20, 1912 in Floyd County, Virginia to the late James Taylor and Mary A. McPeak Cox. Mary made her home with her children since 2009, visiting...

Thomas Wayne "TW" Perdue, Jr.

Thomas Wayne "TW" Perdue, Jr.

May 3, 2014

PRINCETON — Thomas Wayne “TW” Perdue, Jr., 36, of Leah Drive, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 15, 1977 in Princeton, he was a son of Ed and Anita Myers of Princeton, WV and Tom and Sandy Perdue of Brushfork, WV. Thomas was an extremely intelligent and gifted young man...

Paul Bell

Paul Bell

May 1, 2014

Our Heavenly Father came and took his child Paul Stevenson Bell of Bluewell, WV formerly of Elkhorn, WV home to be with him on May 1, 2014 at the age of 66. Born on January 10, 1948 in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Steve Bell and Mary Alice Bell Sayers. He was a graduate of Northfork...

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