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Thomas William Harman
May 6, 2013
Thomas William "Tommy" Harman, Sr. departed his earthly life on May, 06, 2013. Born October 7, 1924 in Tin Can Hollow, Coopers, WV, he was the first son of Oscar Levi "John D" and Nannie Texa "Texie" Carr Harman. He attended a one room school on Bramwell Hill until the 6th grade and completed his eighth grade education at Bramwell...
Jo Ann East
May 6, 2013
Jo Ann East, age 75, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2013, following a long illness, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born May 7, 1938 in Cambria VA, she was the daughter of Beatrice Burton Hamlin of Princeton, WV and the late Oscar Hamlin. She is survived by her beloved husband of 58 years, Robert D. East, of...
Tony James Romeo
May 4, 2013
Tony James Romeo, age 87, of Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at his home. Born on May 2, 1926 in Kimball, he was a son of the late Dominick and Angeline Larkin Romeo. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 9 years and was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Michael Anthony Stilwell
May 4, 2013
Michael Anthony Stilwell, age 44, of Coppinger Street, Bluefield, WV went to be with the LORD on Saturday, May 4, 2013 following an ATV accident in Wyoming County, West Virginia doing what he loved. Born on March 9, 1969 in Tazewell, VA, he was a son of Pete and Shirley Cox Stilwell of Horsepen, VA. He worked as a shop...
Charles Ray Ratcliffe, Sr.
May 4, 2013
Charles Ray Ratcliffe, Sr., age 79, of Walters Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on June 24, 1933 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Lyle and Ruby Crockett Ratcliffe. He had served in the US Air Force and was a retired truck driver and had...
Tessie Mae Moore
May 3, 2013
Tessie Mae Moore, age 87, of 2190 Shadetree Circle, Princeton, WV, passed on to meet our Lord and Savior on Friday evening, May 3, 2013 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on March 28, 1926, she had celebrated 87 long years on this earth. She had been a resident of Green Valley for 38 years and was of...
Zola Mae Zaborsky
May 1, 2013
Zola Mae Johnson Yuhasz Zaborsky, age 91, of Dublin, VA, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the Oak Haven Assisted Living Facility in Floyd, VA. Born on December 1, 1921 in Cleveland, VA, she was a daughter of the late Rev. John Grant and Bertha Cordle Johnson. She had been a resident of Dublin, VA for 15 years...
Ival Edgar Woosley
May 1, 2013
Ival Edgar Woosley 66 of Tusculum Road Antioch, Tennessee formerly of Bradshaw, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Ival was born on October 31, 1946 in Whitman, West Virginia to the late Thomas W. Woosley and Helen Brewer Woosley. He had been a resident of Tennessee for the past...
George "Andy" Andrew Rutherford
Apr 30, 2013
George Andrew “Andy” Rutherford 70 of Cheesy Creek Road Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Andy was born on December 01, 1942 in Saltville, Virginia to the late George Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Bower Rutherford. Andy was a retired coal miner and was a former employee of Eastern Vault. He served his...
Donna Carol Perdue
Apr 29, 2013
BLUEFIELD — Donna Carol Perdue, age 57, of 1704 Franklin Street, Bluefield, W.Va., died on Monday, April 29, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 7, 1956 in Beckley, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William Elcie and Betty Jo McComas. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 10 years. She had worked at the...
Joseph Wade Sexton
Apr 28, 2013
Joseph Wade Sexton, age 46, of Freeman, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Kindred hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Born on January 30, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Alvin and Eunice Sexton on Freeman. He had been a lifelong resident of Freeman and was a 1985 graduate of Bramwell High School. He also attended Bluefield...
Albert Wayne Roland
Apr 28, 2013
Albert Wayne Roland, Sr., age 82, of Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 3, 1930 in Ada, he was a son of the late Ed and Lucinda Rose Roland. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and had lived most of his life on a...
Roger Pilkins
Apr 27, 2013
Roger Edward Pilkins, age 63, of Stoney Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 14, 1950 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Albert and Eliza Attwell Pilkins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Phyllis Shrewsbury and Lula bell Wyatt....
Anna Jean Mitchem
Apr 26, 2013
Montcalm, WV- Anna Jean Mitchem, 75, of Methodist Hill, Montcalm, passed away Friday April 26, 2013 at Bluefield Regional medical Center. Born September 5, 1937 in Cherokee, WV, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Lilly May Nichols. Mrs. Mitchem was a member of the Montcalm Church of God and a devoted homemaker and retired from the Kroger...
Billy Dempsey Mann
Apr 25, 2013
Billy Dempsey Mann, age 87, of The Havens, formerly of Bluewell, passed away early Thursday morning, April 25, 2013 at The Havens. Born on June 12, 1925 in Russell County, Virginia, he was a son of the late Ida Thompson Mann and Robert Monroe Mann. He served in the US Navy during World War II and was retired from U.S....
Eva Yon Hill
Apr 23, 2013
Eva Yon Hill, age 89, of Bramwell, WV, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at her home. Born on April 16, 1924 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late Livio and Cristina Yon. She had been a lifelong resident of Bramwell and was a member of the Bramwell Presbyterian Church. She was a graduate of Bramwell High...
Vanessa Carter
Apr 22, 2013
Vanessa Hall Carter, age 51, of Princeton, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2013 at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley after a long and hard battle of diabetes and heart disease. “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 Born on March 16, 1962 in Welch, she was a...
Edith Kirby
Apr 21, 2013
Edith Taylor Kirby, age 94, of Perdue Mobile Home Park, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Loving Hands Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on June 19, 1918 in Goodwill, she was a daughter of the late Phillip and Belle Basham Taylor. She had been a resident of Bluewell and Bluefield for all of her life...
Goldie Gillespie
Apr 21, 2013
Goldie Merkle Gillespie, age 89, of 134 Louise Drive, Mooresville, NC and formerly of Maitland, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Genesis Healthcare in Mooresville, NC. Born on January 13, 1924 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Sadie Lakitch Merkle. She had been a resident of NC for 13 years, was...
Arlion Andrew Jenkins, Sr.
Apr 17, 2013
Arlion Andrew Jenkins, Sr., age 88, of 7 Michael Lane, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at his home. Born on April 10, 1925 in Lowe, WV, he was a son of the late Jessie B. and Josephine Cecil Jenkins. He had been a resident of Princeton for 12 years and was formerly of Lashmeet. He was...
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