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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...
Milton Harlow Anthony, Sr.
Dec 7, 2013
Milton Harlow Anthony, Sr., 86, of Bluefield, WV died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio. He was born in Elkhorn, WV on February 21, 1927 to the late Milton L. Anthony and Corrine Bennett Anthony. He attended McDowell County Public Schools before moving to Bluefield, WV in 1943. He married the "Love of...
Margaret Geraldine Perdue
Dec 6, 2013
Margaret Geraldine “Gerry” Perdue, 87, of 190 Stonecreek Road, Princeton, WV, passed away Friday December 6, 2013 at her home. Born March 17, 1926 in Raven, VA, she was a daughter of the late Rueben and Roea Griffith Coleman. She was a member of the Brushfork Baptist Church and a homemaker. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 50...
Gregory Allen Thomas
Dec 4, 2013
Gregory “Greg” Allen Thomas, December 13th 1958 – December 4th 2013. Greg Thomas age 54 of Montcalm, WV, went to meet his Lord on December 4th 2013. Greg was born December 13th, 1958 in Bluefield, WV, to Donald “Don” Cole Thomas and the late Betty Marie Thomas. He worked with Northern Southern Railroad for 14 years. He had a natural...
Shirley Carter
Dec 2, 2013
Our loving mother, Shirley Carter, 81, of Bluefield, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 2, 2013 after a long illness. Mom was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Edith Albert, her late husband, Phillip Richard Honeyak, her youngest daughter, Toni Lynn Bailey and her oldest sister, Wanda Peters. She is survived by her husband,...
Kathy Mae Harmon
Dec 1, 2013
Kathy Mae Harmon, age 61, of Mercer Continuous Care and Rehab in Bluefield, WV died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 15, 1952, in Lamar, WV, she was a daughter of the late Elijah Daniel and Hazel Annie Hudgins Breeden. She had lived in Mercer County all of her life and was a loved...
Joe Ann Howell
Nov 29, 2013
Joe Ann Eller Howell, age 81, of 515 15th Street North, Jacksonville Beach, FL died on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Community Hospice in Jacksonville. Born on April 27, 1932 in McComas, WV, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Annie Gillenwater Eller. She had lived in Jacksonville Beach for the past 46 years. She was...
Bartie Sutphin Lemons
Nov 26, 2013
Bartie Sutphin Lemons 78 of Brierwood Lane Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Bartie was born on May 19, 1935 in Virginia to the late Richard Columbus Sutphin and Goldie Dalton Sutphin. She has been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia for the past 58 years and...
Opal Maxine Quesenberry
Nov 25, 2013
Opal Maxine Quesenberry 97 of Vista Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013 a Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Opal was born on November 18, 1916 in Roderfield, West Virginia to the late Jesse Wells and Maude Fisher Wells. Opal had been a resident of Bluefield since 1972 and was a member of Roderfield...
Drema Marie Katona
Nov 25, 2013
Drema Marie Katona, 69, of Charwood Avenue, Princeton, WV, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 25, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital with her family by her side. Born on December 19, 1943 in Stotesbury, WV, she was a daughter of the late William N. Smith, Jr. and Aretta Minnix Smith. She had been a resident...
Louise Mitchem
Nov 23, 2013
Louise Lynch Mitchem, 81, of Woodland Lane, Princeton, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at her home. Born on October 19, 1932 in Montcalm she was a daughter of the late Clifford and Ruth Fagg Lynch. She had been a resident of Princeton for over 50 years and was a member of the New Salem United Methodist Church. In...
Floyd Eugene Satterwhite
Nov 20, 2013
Floyd Eugene Satterwhite, Jr., age 51, of Jacksonville, TX and formerly of Richmond, VA, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Jacksonville. Born on July 11, 1962 in Richmond, VA, he was a son of Floyd Satterwhite, Sr. of Mechanicsville, VA and the late Alma Stamper Satterwhite. He had been a resident of Texas for 17 years and music...
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