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Tommy G. Thompson
Jun 17, 2014
Tommy G. Thompson, 70, of Princeton, WV passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Tuesday June 17, 2014 in Hospice care at Princeton Community Hospital. Born March 16, 1944 in Sophia, WV, he was a son of the late Homer A. and Agnes Mae Runions Thompson. Tommy was a Christian saved by Grace through faith. He was raised in...
Elsie Bruce Peraldo
Jun 16, 2014
Elsie Bruce Peraldo, age 89, of Bluefield, VA died on Monday June 16, 2014 at Angel’s Touch Home in Princeton. Born on August 2, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Mattie Bourne Bruce. She lived in Bluefield for the past 20 years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church,...
Wanda Lane
Jun 12, 2014
Wanda Trump Lane, 56, of 197 Explorer Street (Coppola MHP), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at her home surrounded by the love and support of her family. She was the very cornerstone and foundation of our family. She always rooted for the underdog and those less fortunate. She was the beloved mother, nannie, sister, friend and...
Ernest Blankenship
Jun 12, 2014
Ernest "Speedy "Blankenship 76 of 1119 Old Bramwell Rd. Bluefield was welcomed by Jesus to his new home on June 12, 2014. Born in Grundy VA. July 29, 1937. He was the son of the late Nina Blankenship-Moore of Falls Mills and Clellie Blankenship of Pike KY. He has be a resident of Bluefield for 60 and was employed with...
Vincent Perriello
Jun 11, 2014
Vincent Perriello, 94, of Rye Road (Nemours), Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at his home. Born on June 16, 1919 in Santa Andria Di Chenzo, Italy, he was a son of the late Donato and Maria N. Scolamieri Perriello. He had been a resident of Nemours for 46 years and was retired co-owner of an oil business...
Raymond Massaroni
Jun 11, 2014
Raymond Massaroni, 94, of Bluewell, WV passed away on June 11, 2014 in Princeton, WV. Born in Dijon, France on December 4, 1919, he was the son of the late Premo and Emmilana Imbert Massaroni. He was a retired miner with Eastern Associates in Herndon, WV. He was also a retired Sergeant of the United States Army, having served in...
Harry M. "Pat" Carter
Jun 9, 2014
Harry Max (Pat) Carter, age 82, of Bluefield, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, June 9, 2014 after a long illness. He was born on November 25, 1931, in Bluefield. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Lydia Peters Carter, his late wife Shirley Honeyak Carter, his youngest step-daughter, Toni Lynn Bailey, his...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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