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Ella Mae Bogle
Jul 15, 2014
Ella Mae Bogle, 77 of Oakhurst Avenue, Bluefield peacefully passed away on Tuesday July 15, 2014 at the HPH Marliere Hospice Center in New Port Richey, FL. Born on Nov. 12 1936, in Tazewell, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Horne and Helen Fouse Horne. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Joyce Conlee Pennington
Jul 11, 2014
July 11 was the day Joyce went home and angels rejoiced. Born September 22, 1933 in Maybeury, WV, she was the daughter of Charles and Mollie Bennett Conlee. She was a resident of the Bluefield, Montcalm area her entire life. She was a member of Southview Church on Rt 20. She worked as a homemaker and did what she could...
Clyde Mitchem
Jul 9, 2014
Clyde Harrison Mitchem, age 70, of Northfork, WV, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at his home. Born on June 3, 1944 in Eckman, WV, he was a son of the late Robert and Fern Tetter Mitchem. He had lived in Mercer County for the past 13 years and was a retired truck driver. He was a member of...
Shelby Blankenship
Jul 7, 2014
Shelby Jean Blankenship- Lancaster, S.C. PICTURE Our angel and precious mother Shelby Blankenship, age 72, of Lancaster, S.C. and formally of Bluewell, W.V., went to be with Jesus on Monday, July 7, 2014 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C. Born on January 31, 1942 in Ashland she was the daughter of the late James Oliver and Callie Craft....
Marie Robertson
Jul 6, 2014
Marie Hutchinson Robertson, 90, of Sarasota, Fl, formerly of Bluefield, W. Va, passed away peacefully at home on July 6, 2014. She was the daughter of Howard Hutchinson and Stella Mae Hicks of Bluefield, W.VA. She was married 59 years to her husband Lacy Robertson of Bluefield, W. Va. who passed away March 28, 2009. Her twin children are Duane...
Wendell Bruce Webb
Jul 6, 2014
Wendell Bruce “Dad” Webb, 84, Pageton River Road, Pageton, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at his home. Born on April 23, 1930 in O’Toole, he was a son of the late Walter G. Webb, Sr. and Hester Hurd Webb. He was a retired coal miner with 38 years of service to US Steel. He was a decorated veteran,...
Edward Milton Clarke
Jul 1, 2014
Edward Milton Clarke, 86, entered into eternal peace on July 1, 2014 at his home in Bluefield, West Virginia. He was deeply loved by his family and friends and will be greatly missed. Born on September 6, 1927 in Ottawa, Kansas, he was the son of the late Mac Edward and Ina Clarke. In addition to his parents, he was...
John Sandy Perfin
Jun 30, 2014
John Sandy Perfin, 70, of Gary, West Virginia; passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. John was born on March 31, 1944 in Elbert, West Virginia to the late Frank S. Perfin and Mary Semonco Perfin. John was a graduate of Gary High School and Marshall University. He was a retired...
William Oscar Morgan, Sr.
Jun 30, 2014
William Oscar Morgan, Sr. 87, of Dusty Miller Street, Princeton, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014 at his home. He was deeply loved by his family and will be missed very much. Born on September 17, 1926 in North Springs, WV, he was a son of the late Ottoway and Hattie Morgan. He had been a resident of Princeton...
Charles Roger Stewart
Jun 29, 2014
Charles “Chuck” Roger Stewart of 44 L.J. Street, Princeton, WV formerly of Bluefield, WV, went home to be with our LORD on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born on March 26, 1970, in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Bert Marshall Stewart and Aileen Louise Lowe Stewart. He served at...
James Delmer Herron
Jun 28, 2014
James Delmer Herron, 84, of Harry Heights, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on September 30, 1929 in Providence, KY, he was a son of the late Delmer B. and Anna Laura McGaw Herron. In addition to graduating high school, he graduated from Bowling Green University as an accountant....
Rita & Robert Overbee
Jun 27, 2014
Rita Ann Overbee, 52, and her son, Robert Gabriel Overbee, 28, of Darrah Heights, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2014 in Logan County from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. They were greatly loved and will be truly missed. Rita was born on May 27, 1961 in Ohio to Robert and Lillie Burks Turpin of OH. She...
Larry Wayne Bailey
Jun 27, 2014
Larry Wayne Bailey, 62, of Gary (Elbert), formerly of Leckie, died Friday, June 27, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Born, in Leckie, on March 5th 1952, he was the son of Wanda (Hodge) Hall and John A. Bailey of Leckie. Larry moved to Chicago with his family at a very young age and...
Darrell "Butch" Taylor
Jun 26, 2014
Darrell Ray “Butch” Taylor, 67, of Norway, Maine, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Maine. Born on May 3, 1947 in Bluefield, he was a son of William M. “Bill” Taylor of Bluefield and the late Sally Honaker Taylor. He had been a resident of Maine for several years. He was retired from the US Army with 20...
Polina Marie Hash
Jun 26, 2014
Bluefield, WV - On June 26 2014 Jesus opened his arms and welcomed home another one of his precious children. Polina Marie Spaulding Hash age 69 of Nick St. (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV was born on March 14, 1945 in Crystal, West Virginia. She was the oldest daughter of the late John Spaulding and Olive Spaulding Brown. She had moved away...
Helen Fowler
Jun 25, 2014
Helen Raynor Fowler, 90, of Warden Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 4, 1924 in Fries, VA, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Ina Newman Tomlinson. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 62 years and was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was...
Pearl Jane Lawless
Jun 22, 2014
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8 Pearl Jane Lawless, 98, of Charwood Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 1, 1915 in Ashland, KY, she was a daughter of the late Charles Bradford and Elizabeth...
Harold Eugene Hambrick
Jun 20, 2014
Bluefield- Harold Eugene Hambrick, 81, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday June 20, 2014 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born June 12, 1933 in Bluefield, WV he was a son of the late James Thurmond and Alice Cosby Scarberry Hambrick. Mr. Hambrick was affiliated with the New Salem Methodist Church, a veteran of the Korean War having served in the U.S....
William Bill Knight, Jr.
Jun 19, 2014
William Eugene “Bill” Knight, Jr. 68, of Conover, NC formerly of Philippi, WV passed away after a long illness Thursday, June 19, 2014 at his residence. Bill was born on August 11, 1945 in Philippi, WV to the late William Knight Sr. and Bernadine Stanfield Knight. He had been a resident of North Carolina for the past 27 years and...
Helen Marie Nunley
Jun 18, 2014
Helen Marie Nunley 71 of Windmill Hill Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the residence of her sister in Waynesboro, Virginia. Helen was born April 15, 1943 in Horsepen, West Virginia to the late Frank and Mary Katherine Lawson Farmer. She had been a resident of Bluewell, West Virginia for the past 49 years and...
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