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Alice Jean Stamper Sprinkle

Alice Jean Stamper Sprinkle

Nov 9, 2013

Alice Jean Stamper Sprinkle, age 77, of Spurrier Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, WV. Born on April 30, 1936 in Ashland, she was a daughter of the late Earl Ray and Mamie Poole Stamper. She was a 1954 graduate of McComas High School and was a graduate of...

Charles Robert Venable

Charles Robert Venable

Nov 9, 2013

Bluefield- Charles Robert Venable, 66, of 292 Fairlawn Rd., Bluefield, WV, went to be with his Lord on Saturday November 9, 2013 at his home. Born September 18, 1947 in Welch, WV; he was a son of the late Robert Venable, Jr. and the late Doris Burton Venable. Mr. Venable was an active member of East End Baptist Church where...

Nellie Louise Wyatt

Nellie Louise Wyatt

Nov 5, 2013

Nellie Louise Wyatt 94 of Fortlawn, South Carolina formerly of Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 05, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Nellie was born on Friday, March 07, 1919 in the West Graham section of Bluefield, Virginia to the late Newton B. and Mary Elizabeth White Stevenson. She was a former member of the Church of...

Howard "Dink" L. Shrader

Howard "Dink" L. Shrader

Nov 5, 2013

Howard L. “Dink” Shrader, age 56, of Bluewell, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born on July 8, 1957 in Bluefield and was the son of Howard G. “Poppa Dink” and the late Betty Curry Shrader of Bluewell. Dink graduated Bluefield High School in 1975 and worked at Cole International for 19...

Margaret Cecil Conlee

Margaret Cecil Conlee

Nov 4, 2013

Margaret Cecil Conlee 96 of Lorton Lick Road Bluefield, WV passed away peacefully on Monday morning November 04, 2013. She was born on April 06, 1917 in Duhring, West Virginia to the late Kenton Robert Whittaker and Ora Frances Arrington. She was raised in Duhring, West Virginia and was a lifelong resident of Mercer County, West Virginia. Margaret was a...

Frank Michael Kapish

Frank Michael Kapish

Nov 4, 2013

Frank Michael Kapish III 38 of Gary, West Virginia passed away Monday, November 04, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Frank was born on January 20, 1975 in Bluefield, WV to Frank Kapish, Jr. of Gary, West Virginia and the late Marianna McCray. He had been a resident of Gary for most of his life and was a...

Tommy Lee Witt

Tommy Lee Witt

Nov 4, 2013

Tommy Lee Witt 66 of Princeton Towers (Stafford Drive) Princeton, West Virginia passed away at his residence on Monday, November 04, 2013. Tommy was born on November 30, 1946 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Howard and Frances Wright Witt. He served his country with the US Air Force and was a former serviceman with Central Television of Bluefield,...

Betty Lou Wright

Betty Lou Wright

Nov 1, 2013

YORK (formerly of Bluefield, WV) – Mrs. Betty Lou Saddler Wright, 79, went to be with the Lord very suddenly on Friday, November 1, 2013 at her home. Born August 20, 1934 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Robert Saddler, Sr. and Maggie Lunsford Saddler. For over 19 years, she was a very active member of...

Clyde Junior King

Clyde Junior King

Nov 1, 2013

Clyde Junior King, age 86, Amelia Place, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2013 at his residence. Born on February 5, 1927 in McComas, he was a son of the late William M. and Sallie Pearl Wimmer King. He had been a resident of Princeton for 46 years and was of the Methodist faith. He was a retired...

Alva Snow-Arnold

Alva Snow-Arnold

Oct 31, 2013

Alva O. Snow Arnold, age 51 of Bluewell, WV entered peacefully into rest on October 31, 2013 at her home. Alva was born January 5, 1962 in Mercer County to the late Alvis and Pansy Snow. Preceding Alva was both parents, Alvis and Pansy Snow, husband, Charles Thomas Arnold II, brother in laws, Danny Arnold, Doug Brimm and Harry Campbell,...

Peggy Martin Belcher

Peggy Martin Belcher

Oct 31, 2013

Peggy Martin Belcher, 80, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born on April 16, 1933 in Richlands, VA, she was a daughter of the late Glen and Cornelia Hall Martin. She had been a resident of the Bluefield area for most of her life and was a retired...

Joyce Bell Surber

Joyce Bell Surber

Oct 30, 2013

Joyce Bell Surber, 71, of Reynold Road, Winston-Salem, NC, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Forysth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Born on February 12, 1942 in McDowell County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Gilbert and Annie Mitchem Rose. She had been a resident of Winston-Salem for 3 years and was formerly of Bluefield. She was...

Howard Douglas Rose

Howard Douglas Rose

Oct 30, 2013

Howard Douglas Rose, age 67, of Pinnacle View Road, Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 29, 1946 in Gary, he was a son of the late Drewery and Carrie Hart Rose. He was retired from McDowell County Schools where he worked as a custodian at the Welch Vocational-Technical Center. In...

Margaret Katie Sorah

Margaret Katie Sorah

Oct 29, 2013

Margaret Katie Sorah, age 90, of Rt. 1 Box 149, Bluefield, WV, and formerly of Superior, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on October 4, 1923 in Carswell, she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Marcella Jose Berta. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 2010 and was a member of...

Kelly Lucinda Byrd

Kelly Lucinda Byrd

Oct 28, 2013

Kelly Lucinda Byrd, age 51, of Pocahontas Avenue, Bramwell, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2013 at her home. Born on April 5, 1962 in Galax, VA, she was a daughter of the late Gene and Mary Ann Jones Austin. She was raised by her grandmother, Hettie Austin. She had been a resident of Bramwell since 1986 and was a...

Anne Jeanne Kincaid

Anne Jeanne Kincaid

Oct 28, 2013

Anne Jeanne Sutherland Bliss Kincaid, 80, of School Street, Bramwell Rd., Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 28, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. She was born in Cowen, WV, on January 1, 1933 and was a daughter of the late “Shay” and Blanche Gross Sutherland. She had lived in Cleveland for 19 years where...

Wanda Francis Jones

Wanda Francis Jones

Oct 27, 2013

Wanda Francis Jones, age 66, of Wedgewood Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at her home. Born on July 9, 1947 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late George and Sophia Mikels Rose. She had been a resident of Princeton for 9 years and was a member of the Willowbrook Baptist Church. She was...

Jack C. Fitzko

Jack C. Fitzko

Oct 26, 2013

Jack C. Fitzko age 66 of Rock went home to be with The Lord on Saturday, October 26, 2013. Born on August 13, 1947 in Mercer County, he was the son of the late Mike Fitzko Sr. And the late Helen Knight Fitzko. He was a loving husband and father. He was a member of the Mt. Grove Community Church....

Mamie Scott

Mamie Scott

Oct 26, 2013

Mamie Robertson Scott, age 96, of Ft. Mill, SC and formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Harbor Chase Assisted Living in Rock Hill, SC. Born on July 10, 1917 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late William P. and Bessie Dudley Robertson. She had been a resident of Montcalm for 65 years...

Edith Virginia Creasy

Edith Virginia Creasy

Oct 22, 2013

Edith Virginia Creasy 91 of Abbs Valley, Virginia passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 26, 1922 in Jenkinjones, West Virginia to the late James Richard Sayers and Lilly Jane Hess Sayers. Edith was a member of the Abbs Valley Baptist Church. She was the owner of Creasy’s Supermarket...

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