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Ivory Alberta Curran
Jul 24, 2013
Ivory Alberta Curran, age 76, of Methodist Hill Road, Montcalm, WV, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at her home. Born on March 20, 1937 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Annie Workman Harman. She had been a resident of Montcalm for 55 years and was a member of the Pine Grove Church of...
Robert Vance Auton
Jul 24, 2013
Robert Vance Auton, 66, of Bluewell passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013, after battling cancer since October 2012. He was the third child born to James H. Auton and Ellen Osborn Auton of Coaldale, WV. Robert was a Bramwell High School graduate of the Class of 1965. He was a retired coal miner, having followed in the footsteps of both...
James Owen Lusk
Jul 23, 2013
James Owen Lusk, age 72, of Vista Road, Bluefield, WV died on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at his home. Born on May 12, 1941 in Algoma, WV, he was a son of the late Emmer Theodore and Irene Zelma Hall Lusk. He worked as a mine foreman and later as a mine security guard. He had been a resident of...
Joseph Warren Willien
Jul 23, 2013
Joseph Warren Willien, of Bluefield, WV, formerly of McLeansville went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 while at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Following a service in Greensboro, NC, funeral will be 10:00 am Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Cavens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Joseph was born in Northfork,...
Claude Louis Miller
Jul 21, 2013
Claude Louis Miller, age 87, of Duck Pond Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 21, 2013 at his residence. Born on November 13, 1925 in Freeman, he was a son of the late Homer and Helen Cox Miller. He had been a resident for Bluewell for 46 years and was of the Christian faith. He was a US...
Sherman Julius Horton
Jul 21, 2013
Sherman Julius Horton of Bluefield, WV, died on Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital, following a long battle with cancer. Born July 25, 1938, he was the son of the late James J. Horton and Mary Jane Miller Horton. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Sylvia Lantange of Arizona, a brother, Stanley J. Horton of...
Flossie Marie Watkins
Jul 20, 2013
Flossie Marie Jennings “Nanny” Watkins On July 20, 2013, the Lord Jesus Christ called Flossie Marie Jennings Watkins home to her heavenly reward. She had served the Lord since 1966, faithfully working in a variety of ministries including; teaching Sunday school, nursing home ministries, singing, caring for anyone in need of care. Mrs. Watkins was a dedicated member of The...
Donald Lee Perfin
Jul 17, 2013
Donald Lee Perfin, 75, of Groveland Street, Bluefield, West Virginia, formerly of Elbert, West Virginia; passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Donald was born on March 10, 1938 in Elbert, West Virginia to the late Frank S. Perfin and Mary Semonco Perfin. Donald had been a resident of Bluefield, West...
Howard Luther Morris
Jul 17, 2013
Howard Luther Morris, age 90, of Wolfe Creek Highway, Rocky Gap, VA died on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at his home. Born on January 10, 1923 in Algoma, WV, he was a son of the late Ballard Talmadge and Christine Mitchem Morris. He had gone to work in the coal mines at the age of 18 and had retired as...
Margaret Janet Shumate
Jul 13, 2013
Margaret Janet Veronica Smith Shumate “Our Angel” of Bluefield, WV formerly of Crumpler, WV left this world to be re-united with the “Love of her life” the late Estel M. Shumate on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 4:37 p.m. at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Margaret, “Peggy” was born on December 13, 1925 in Newport, RI to the late...
Michael Wayne Jennings
Jul 10, 2013
Michael Wayne Jennings, 54, of Fredericksburg, Virginia formerly of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away the morning of July 10, 2013 at Mary Washington Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Sept. 26 1958. Preceded in death by his father, the late Albert C. Jennings and his sister Connie Sue Haynes. Michael was known for his generosity,...
Robert "Biggon" Lee Johnson
Jul 8, 2013
Robert Lee “Biggon” Johnson III 49 of Switchback, West Virginia passed away on Monday, July 08, 2013 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, West Virginia. Robert was born on Tuesday, December 24, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois to Robert “Bobby” Johnson Jr. and the late Irene Elizabeth Simpson Johnson. He was a member of the Bramwell Church of Christ and had...
Mary Mullins
Jul 7, 2013
Mary Ann “Mitzie” Mullins, 72, of Oakhurst Drive in Welch, bid farewell to this life, Sunday, July 7, 2013 after a long fight. She was born Mary Ann Zella to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Zella on February 20, 1941. She graduated from Gary High School and was married to Cody Herman Mullins on August 20, 1962. She raised four...
Rosie Marie Lockhart
Jul 5, 2013
Rosie Marie Lockhart, age 82, of Laurel Drive, Gary, WV died on Friday, July 5, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on July 9, 1930 in Elbert, WV, she was a daughter of the late David Lee and Pearlie Mae Bryant Peak. She had lived McDowell County her entire life and was a devoted wife and mother. She was of...
Rufus Jackson Keller
Jul 5, 2013
Rufus Jackson Keller, age 51, of 501 Lazenby Avenue, Princeton, WV died on Friday, July 5, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 23, 1961,in Welch WV, he was a son of the late William and Gladys Skeens Keller. He was of the Church of God Faith. He was a special person and was loved and adored by...
John Calvin Ball
Jul 4, 2013
John Calvin Ball, 61, of Augusta Street Ext., Bluefield, WV, passed away on July 4, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA after a brief illness. Born on September 30, 1951 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Virginia Heaton Ball and Sandy Bradford Ball. John graduated from Bluefield High School and recently retired from Bluestone Coal...
Esther Finley
Jul 3, 2013
Esther Mezaros Finley, 99, of Coppola Mobile Home Park (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on August 8, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Steve and Esther Wind Mezaros. She had been a longtime resident of Bluefield and was formerly of Thorpe. She was looking forward...
Bernice "June" B. Brown
Jul 2, 2013
Bernice B. “June” Brown, 84, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on May 13, 1929, in Castlewood, VA, where she received her education before moving to Bluefield, WV. She was a devoted member of First AME Zion Church where over the years she served...
Ricky Allen Lewis
Jul 1, 2013
Ricky Allen Lewis 50 of Maple Acres Road Bluefield, WV went to heaven to be with his father the late Floyd Davis Lewis and Brother Brian Keith Lewis on Monday, July 01, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Ricky worked many years for DCI in the construction field. He was also a heavy equipment operator and mechanic....
Michael "Mike" Wayne Brewster
Jun 29, 2013
Michael Wayne “Mike” Brewster, age 61, of 247 Warden Avenue (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on January 15, 1952, in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Mack and Mollie Proffitt Brewster. He had lived in Bluewell for the past 9 years and was a retired painter. He was a...
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