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Lillie Eva Fitzko
Nov 19, 2013
Lillie Eva Fitzko, of Thomasville, NC and formerly of Walnut Street, Princeton, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 2:54 pm at her and her daughter’s home in Thomasville NC at the age of 92. She was born on December 27, 1920 in coaldale and was a daughter of the late Rassie and Florence...
Stanley Colin Tucker
Nov 17, 2013
Stanley Colin Tucker, age 70, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at his residence. Born on May 25, 1943 in Crumpler, he was a son of the late James S. and Sarah Gentry Tucker. He had been a resident of Rt. 3, Bluefield for 3 years, was a retired coal miner for 20...
James Edward Perdue
Nov 15, 2013
JAMES EDWARD PERDUE, 71, OF 177 CHARCOAL STREET, BLUEFIELD, W. VA. DIED AT HIS HOME ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2103 OF NATURAL CAUSES. JAMES WAS BORN IN BLUEFIELD ON APRIL 4, 1942, AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CLAYTON AND BEULAH PERDUE. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BYA SON, JAMIE PERDUE, A SISTER, MARTHA...
Ruby Robbins
Nov 14, 2013
Ruby Robbins, 89, of Salem, VA and formerly of Salem, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the Salem Health and Rehab Center in Salem, VA with her daughters by her side. She was born on July 28, 1924 and was a member of the Duhring Church of Christ and Montcalm Christian Church. She was...
Mark Alan Warden
Nov 9, 2013
Mark Alan Warden, 47, of Black Oak Road, Princeton, WV, died November 9, 2013, with his family by his side at Princeton Community Hospital. Mark was born March 18, 1966, in Bluefield, WV to William and Brenda Warden. Mark was a lifelong resident of Princeton, where he attended Princeton Senior High School. Mark was employed at Warden's Market and Flowers...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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