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Sabrina Lambert
Aug 17, 2014
Sabrina Lynn Lambert, 44, of Princeton, passed away on August 17, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital following a short illness. Born on June 13, 1970 in Welch, she was a daughter of Martha Cecil Mullens of Premier and the late Jay Mullens. She had been a resident of Princeton for one year and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She...
Dustin Allen Graham
Aug 14, 2014
Dustin Allen Graham, age 22, of Bramwell, WV, died on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on May 25, 1992, in Bluefield, he was a son of Michael R. Graham of Beckley, WV and Selena Dawson Jarvis of Bramwell, WV. He was a restaurant worker for Applebee’s in Bluefield, VA. He was a graduate of Montcalm...
Anthony Paul Peretti
Aug 14, 2014
I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever. John 6:51-52 Anthony Paul Peretti, 66, of 2015 Jefferson St., Bluefield, WV departed this life Thursday August 14 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born January 10, 1948 in Welch, WV, he was the son of...
Willis Roger Dye, Sr.
Aug 11, 2014
Willis Roger Dye, Sr., age 78, of Grapefield Road, Bastian, VA, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 28, 1936 in Honaker, VA, he was a son of the late Otis and Edith Mudder Dye. He had been a resident of Bastian for 57 years and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith....
Kermit Clayton Lucado
Aug 9, 2014
Kermit Clayton Lucado, 79, of Surface Hill Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Another one of God’s children was called Home. Born on January 4, 1935 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Andrew Jackson “Jack” and Rivers Bessie Sublett Lucado. He had been a resident...
Bernice M. Long
Aug 7, 2014
On August 7, 2014 our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister aunt and friend was raised on angel wings to her heavenly home. Bernice M. Long, 86, of Princeton, WV was born to Jay Morgan and Amanda Lockhart Morgan Thornton on March 14, 1928 in Wyoming County. Bernice lived in Iaeger and Welch before moving to Mercer County 33 years ago....
Mary C. Romeo
Aug 4, 2014
Mary C. Romeo, age 90 of 3123 Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of August 4, 2014. Born on April 18, 1924 in Kimball, WV she was the daughter of the late Dominick and Angeline Larkin Romeo. Mary was preceded in death by her sister Lena Panzera, and brothers John L. Romeo, Sam...
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...
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