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Rebecca Hall
Jan 4, 2014
Montcalm- Rebecca (Becky) Hall of Hall Mt., Montcalm, went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2014 at a Roanoke Hospital after a long battle with cancer. She will be greatly missed by all. Born on October 1, 1952 in PA, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Irene Collins Issac. Becky was raised by her Grandfather;...
William H. Howington
Jan 3, 2014
William H. “Squeek” Howington, 67, of Skygusty, went to be with the Lord Friday, January 3, 2014 suddenly in his home. Born on October 29, 1946 in Freeman, he was a son of the late Woodrow and Katherine Gilley Howington. He worked at US Steel No. 14 and Shawnee. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in...
Willie Lockhart
Jan 3, 2014
Willie Lockhart, age 81 of New Hope Road, Bluefield, W.Va. passed away on Friday, January 3, 2014 at his home. Born on June 16, 1932 in Caldwell, WV, he was a son of Wallace Lockhart and Mildred Kathleen Loomis Lockhart. He was a retired coal miner for US Steel for 42 years and was a veteran who served during the...
Iris Shrader
Dec 30, 2013
Iris Shrader, 85, of Henry Hollow Road, Bluefield, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 2, 1928 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Howell O’Donnell. She had been a lifelong resident of Lorton Lick Road and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents,...
Glenna Kathleen Thompson
Dec 30, 2013
Glenna Kathleen Jones Thompson, 37, of Green Valley, went to be with her heavenly father on Monday, December 30, 2013. Born in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of Linda Maxine Finley Jones of the home and the late Carl Edward Jones, Sr. She was a graduate of Mountview High School and was a former resident of McDowell County before...
Ina Cecil
Dec 29, 2013
Ina M. Adams Cecil of Bluefield, VA formerly of Welch, WV passed away on December 29, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 6, 1932 in Edwight, WV, she was the daughter of the late Ken and Tishie Miller Adams. She had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for 3 years and was a member of the First...
Joyce Gay Phelps
Dec 28, 2013
Bluefield - The Lord came and took our beloved wife, mother and sister, Joyce Gay Phelps, on December 28, 2013 at her residence. Her long and beautiful journey is over. She was born on February 08, 1961 in Bluefield, WV to the late Steve and Edna Tessa. She was a lifelong resident of Bluefield, WV and was of the Baptist...
Violet Spicer
Dec 23, 2013
Violet B. Spicer, 88, of the Cassell's Board and Care in Princeton WV went to be with her Lord and Savior on December, 23, 2013. She was formerly of McComas and Windmill Gap. Born on September 11, 1925 in Windmill Gap, she was the daughter of the late William James Beggs and Sebina V. Walker Beggs. She had been a...
E. Jack Martin
Dec 23, 2013
E. Jack Martin 82 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, December 23, 2013 at Loving Hands Adult Care in Bluefield, West Virginia. Jack was born on March 20, 1931 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late George R. Martin and Ethel Swecker Martin. Jack had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the First...
Carol Ann East
Dec 21, 2013
Carol Ann East, 67, of Prosperity School Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 17, 1946 in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Edith Davis Woodward. She had been a resident of Windmill Gap for 40 years and was a stock clerk for Wal-Mart....
Brenda Lucille Venable
Dec 21, 2013
Brenda Lucille Sadler Venable, 66, of Fairlawn Road, Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Savior on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on June 8, 1947 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Gilbert Elijah and Gladys Lucille Clower Sadler. She was a 1966 graduate of Gary High School and was a retired executive...
Lorraine Hallis
Dec 18, 2013
Lorraine “Frisky” Hallis 76, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 after a long illness. Lorraine was born on February 08, 1937 in Goodwill, West Virginia to the late William Howard Toler and Lucy Bell Blankenship Toler. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life, a graduate of Northfork High School, and...
Irene Gregory
Dec 18, 2013
IRENE MILDRED DAY GREGORY 89 of Rt. 5 Bluefield grew her wings and floated to heaven, to join the love of her life, Harry Gregory, in their heavenly home on December 18, 2013. Irene passed away at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on May 17, 1924, she was the daughter of the late, Josh & Lucy Farthing Day. She had been...
William Osborne
Dec 18, 2013
William Henry Osborne, 90, of Montcalm, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at his home. Born on March 3, 1923 on Peelchestnut Mtn., he was a son of the late Charlie and Martha Eliza Smith Osborne. He had been a lifelong resident of Pocahontas, VA. He was a retired coalminer. In addition to his parents, he...
Viola Sarah Webb
Dec 15, 2013
Viola Sarah Mabe Webb, 93, of Rt. 20 (Bluewell), went to her eternal home on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Born on January 4, 1920 in McComas, she was a daughter of William and Annie Perdue Mabe. She will forever be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. She was one of the world’s best...
Robert C. Farley
Dec 13, 2013
Robert C. Farley, Sr. 89 was called to his eternal home on Friday, December 13, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at his home on Paradise Lane in Pocahontas, Va. He had courageously fought cancer for the last four years. He was the son of the late James H. Farley and Claudia Collins Farley. Robert was born in Boissevain, Virginia...
Pauline Lucado
Dec 10, 2013
Pauline Margaret Lucado, 86, of 362 Willowbrook Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 18, 1927 in Goodwill, WV, she was a daughter of James Lester and Gertie perkins Sheets. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a member of Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a...
John Wayne Murray, Sr.
Dec 9, 2013
John Wayne Murray, Sr. 59 of Virginia Ave. Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Monday, December 09, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. John was born on June 08, 1954 in Richlands, VA to the late John Ealy Jackson Murray and Elizabeth Ann Britt McGuire Murray. John had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for most of his...
Connie Fay Chilco
Dec 9, 2013
Connie Fay Chilco 71 of Bluewell Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, December 09, 2013 at her residence. Connie was born on July 20, 1942 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Richard and Helen Fairchild McComas. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell, West Virginia. She was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church and...
Louisa Mitchem
Dec 9, 2013
Louisa Mitchem, 90, of Newton, NC and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013 at eh Catawba Hospice House in Newton, NC. Born on December 8, 1923 in Crumpler, she was a daughter of the late Alvin and Icie Shrewsbury Bailey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Louis Mitchem; a son, Alvis...
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