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Earnest Lee Keller
Sep 20, 2013
Earnest Lee Keller, age 67, of Pocahontas, VA, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on October 21, 1945 in Welch, he was a son of the late William James Coleman Keller and Gladys Nannie Skeens Keller. He was a former cemetery worker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Terry "Fluke" Blaine Davis
Sep 19, 2013
Terry Blaine “Fluke” Davis 51 of McComas, West Virginia flew up to Heaven on the wings of Angels in the early morning hours of Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home due to a sudden illness. He was born on April 21, 1962 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Everett Cletis and Margaret L. Huffman Davis. He was a...
Mary Elizabeth Mabe
Sep 17, 2013
Wife and Mother, teacher and friend Always available to lend a hand Teaching school children, what a task When anyone needed her, they only had to ask Grandchildren loved her, sons adored her Her house was so much fun Books to read-toys galore People always on the run Love and laughter was her nature And we know they fit her...
Tammy Kathryn Halsey
Sep 16, 2013
Tammy Kathryn Faw Halsey, 51, of Fairlane Drive, Bluefield, VA passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on March 5, 1962 in Havre de Grace Maryland, she was a daughter of Tam Faw, Jr. and Kathryn Krondon Faw of Bluefield, VA., the wife and best friend of Dan Halsey. She was a...
Grover Cleveland Coffee
Sep 16, 2013
Grover Cleveland Coffee (Coffey), 83, of Bland Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. He was known as “Bunny” to close friends and family. Born on April 23, 1930 in McDowell County, WV, he was a son of the late Ruby Mae Orr. He was a veteran of the US...
Gary Eugene Burnopp
Sep 16, 2013
Gary Eugene Burnopp, age 50, of Route 4 Box 143-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 20, 1963 in Bluefield, he was a son of Donald E. and Doris Tabor Burnopp of Bluefield. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was of the Baptist faith. He was...
Robert Clifton Wright, Sr.
Sep 14, 2013
Robert Clifton Wright, Sr., age 81, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at his home. Born on September 8, 1932 in WV, he was a son of the late Wallace and Mamie Lawson Wright. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a veteran of the US Army. In addition to...
Leon David Crockett
Sep 9, 2013
Leon David Crockett, 70, of 1947 Virginia Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on May 11, 1943 in Freeman, he was a son of the late James and Mary L. Honaker Crockett. He was a member of the Harman Masonic Lodge #222 and was a member of the Bluefield Church of...
Rev. Lloyd Edsil Cartwright
Sep 7, 2013
Rev. Lloyd Edsil Cartwright, age 82, of Main Coke Oven Row, Pageton, WV, went home to be with our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born on June 9, 1931 in Leckie, WV, he was a son of the late Louis and May Parks Cartwright. He served in the US Navy...
Denese Lynette Fulford
Sep 6, 2013
Denese Lynette Fulford, age 47, of Snow Vista (Sandlick) Montcalm, WV died on Friday, September 6, 2013 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Born on November 23, 1965 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Maggie Poynter Hawley of Bluewell and the late Eugene Hawley. She had lived in Sandlick for the past 26 years and was...
Violet Mae Ballard
Sep 3, 2013
Mrs. Violet Mae Gilpin Ballard, age 78, of 964 Loflin Hill Road, Lot #14, Trinity, NC went to join her husband, daughter, and our Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC after a long illness with kidney disease as well as other health problems. Born on March 25, 1935 in Bluefield, she was...
Martha Jane Kinder
Sep 2, 2013
Martha Jane Kinder 85 of Jewell Ridge, Virginia passed away on Monday, September 02, 2013 at Westwood Health Care in Bluefield, Virginia. Martha was born on Sunday, February 12, 1928 in Pickshin, West Virginia to the late Lee Bascom and Dillie F. Cressell Lyons. Martha had been a lifelong resident of Jewell Ridge, Virginia and was of the Pentecostal Holiness...
Gloria Ann Clower
Sep 1, 2013
Gloria Ann Clower, 72, of Tabernacle Hill, Montcalm, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital with a beautiful smile on her face from this life into the loving arms of her Savior Jesus, surrounded by family that love and will miss her so very much. Born on September 7, 1940 in Piedmont, WV, she was a...
Mable Louise Allen Sorah
Aug 28, 2013
Kingsport – Mable Louise Allen Sorah of Kingsport, Tennessee formerly of Coopers, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at her home. Mable was born on April 21, 1920 in Bluestone, West Virginia to the late Noel Tarney Adams and Gertrude Byrd Adams. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, William...
Jeffrey Clark Watkins
Aug 25, 2013
On August 25, 2013, Jeffrey Clark Watkins, of Duck Pond Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord. After a 2 year battle with cancer, he will suffer no more. Born on August 2, 1963 in Bluefield, he was a son of Frances Burks Watkins of Bluefield and the late Nathaniel Watkins. He attended the Deliverance Temple Church...
Burnie Fletcher Wyatt
Aug 25, 2013
Burnie Fletcher Wyatt, 71, of Beauty Lane (Montcalm), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on February 28, 1942 in Trailee, he was a son of the late Granville and Mae Fair Wyatt. He had been a resident of Montcalm for 17 years and attended the Cornerstone Family Church. He...
Rita Jo Taylor
Aug 24, 2013
Rita Jo Taylor 73 of Dinger Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Rita was born on September 06, 1939 in Lorain, Ohio to the late Albert Thompson and Lillian Vanessa Fernier Thompson. She had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 23 years. In addition to her...
Madeline Margaret Hart
Aug 24, 2013
Madeline Margaret Hart 87 of Windmill Gap Road (Windmill Gap) Rock, WV. passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Princeton Health Care Center in Princeton, WV. Madeline was born on June 11, 1926 in Bristol, VA to the late William and Martha Paige Bevins. She had been a resident of Windmill Gap, WV for the past 50 years and...
James Edward Woods
Aug 23, 2013
James Edward Woods 73 of Brushfork Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Friday, August 23, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. James was born on November 12, 1939 in Kyle, WV to the late Henry Stewart and Leona Mutter Woods. He was retired having worked at R&T Electric, Smith Services and National Coil. James had been a resident...
Mary Belcher
Aug 19, 2013
Mary Adaline Taylor Belcher passed away on August 19, 2013 at the South Roanoke Nursing Home, Roanoke, Virginia. She was born in Craig County, Virginia, on February 19, 1919 to the late Egbert Minar and Texanna Lugar Taylor. She was the niece of the late Cordelia Lugar Estes. She was a graduate of the 1939 Registered Nursing Program of the...
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