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Wiley "Bill" Simpson
Oct 2, 2013
On October 2, 2013 Wiley "Wild" Bill Simpson passed over to glory while at home with family following a long illness. He had lived on Stover Road in Mt. Hope for the past 22 years with his daughter, Janis and her husband Doug Williams. Born in McDowell County he is the son of the late Bill and Pearl Simpson. He...
Jack Lee Kinder
Oct 2, 2013
Well done my good and faithful servant. Jack Lee Kinder, 66, of 346 S. College Avenue, Bluefield, VA, went to be with the Lord and to be pain free on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born December 10, 1946, he was the first son of Junior Lee Kinder and Mary Elizabeth Tolbert Kinder. He was a graduate...
Herman Glen "Sonny" Hicks
Oct 1, 2013
Herman Glen (Sonny) Hicks, 74, of Undercliff Terrace, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. Born on April 5, 1939 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Everett and Verlie Meadows Hicks. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County, and was a graduate of Bluefield High School. He...
Rev. J. David Gibson
Sep 30, 2013
Reverend J. David Gibson, 64, of Woodbridge, VA passed away at Sibley Memorial Hospital on September 30, 2013 after a brief illness. He spent his life serving God, first as an Evangelist, then as a Pastor, ministering to thousands of people over the years. He pastored seven churches in his 45 year ministry, serving in the states of West Virginia,...
Jennifer Lynn Finley
Sep 30, 2013
Jennifer Lynn Wallace Finley, age 60, passed away September 30, 2013 at her home. She was born December 21, 1952 in McDowell County, WV, daughter of the late Charles Wilson Wallace and Mabel Mae Johnson Wallace. She is survived by: her sons, Clayton Chase Finley, Matthew Lee Finley and his fiancee, Ashton Swann; daughters and sons in-law, Tina Renee and...
Ruby Joyce Burton
Sep 30, 2013
Ruby Joyce Burton 82 of Bluefield, WV formerly of Glen Lyn, Virginia passed away on Monday, September 30, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV. Ruby was born on May 03, 1931 in Mercer County, West Virginia to the late Floyd and Bonnie White Barrett. Ruby had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, West Virginia and was of...
Buford Lee Lusk
Sep 25, 2013
Buford Lee Lusk, 77, of Gilia Lane, Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on July 13, 1937 in McComas, he was a son of the late Charlie Lee and Mattie Taylor Lusk. He was a retired mine foreman with 19 years of service and formerly worked at Lusk Disposal and...
Kella P. Coleman
Sep 23, 2013
Mrs. Kella P. Coleman 102 of Bluefield, WV went to be with the Lord on the morning of Monday, September 23, 2013. Born on September 09, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Bailey B. Perdue and Kellie Carter Perdue. She worked as the Business Office Manager for Cox’s Department Store in Bluefield, WV for over 40 years, and...
Earnest Lee Keller
Sep 20, 2013
Earnest Lee Keller, age 67, of Pocahontas, VA, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on October 21, 1945 in Welch, he was a son of the late William James Coleman Keller and Gladys Nannie Skeens Keller. He was a former cemetery worker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Terry "Fluke" Blaine Davis
Sep 19, 2013
Terry Blaine “Fluke” Davis 51 of McComas, West Virginia flew up to Heaven on the wings of Angels in the early morning hours of Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home due to a sudden illness. He was born on April 21, 1962 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Everett Cletis and Margaret L. Huffman Davis. He was a...
Mary Elizabeth Mabe
Sep 17, 2013
Wife and Mother, teacher and friend Always available to lend a hand Teaching school children, what a task When anyone needed her, they only had to ask Grandchildren loved her, sons adored her Her house was so much fun Books to read-toys galore People always on the run Love and laughter was her nature And we know they fit her...
Grover Cleveland Coffee
Sep 16, 2013
Grover Cleveland Coffee (Coffey), 83, of Bland Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. He was known as “Bunny” to close friends and family. Born on April 23, 1930 in McDowell County, WV, he was a son of the late Ruby Mae Orr. He was a veteran of the US...
Tammy Kathryn Halsey
Sep 16, 2013
Tammy Kathryn Faw Halsey, 51, of Fairlane Drive, Bluefield, VA passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on March 5, 1962 in Havre de Grace Maryland, she was a daughter of Tam Faw, Jr. and Kathryn Krondon Faw of Bluefield, VA., the wife and best friend of Dan Halsey. She was a...
Gary Eugene Burnopp
Sep 16, 2013
Gary Eugene Burnopp, age 50, of Route 4 Box 143-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 20, 1963 in Bluefield, he was a son of Donald E. and Doris Tabor Burnopp of Bluefield. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was of the Baptist faith. He was...
Robert Clifton Wright, Sr.
Sep 14, 2013
Robert Clifton Wright, Sr., age 81, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at his home. Born on September 8, 1932 in WV, he was a son of the late Wallace and Mamie Lawson Wright. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a veteran of the US Army. In addition to...
Leon David Crockett
Sep 9, 2013
Leon David Crockett, 70, of 1947 Virginia Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on May 11, 1943 in Freeman, he was a son of the late James and Mary L. Honaker Crockett. He was a member of the Harman Masonic Lodge #222 and was a member of the Bluefield Church of...
Rev. Lloyd Edsil Cartwright
Sep 7, 2013
Rev. Lloyd Edsil Cartwright, age 82, of Main Coke Oven Row, Pageton, WV, went home to be with our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born on June 9, 1931 in Leckie, WV, he was a son of the late Louis and May Parks Cartwright. He served in the US Navy...
Denese Lynette Fulford
Sep 6, 2013
Denese Lynette Fulford, age 47, of Snow Vista (Sandlick) Montcalm, WV died on Friday, September 6, 2013 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Born on November 23, 1965 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Maggie Poynter Hawley of Bluewell and the late Eugene Hawley. She had lived in Sandlick for the past 26 years and was...
Violet Mae Ballard
Sep 3, 2013
Mrs. Violet Mae Gilpin Ballard, age 78, of 964 Loflin Hill Road, Lot #14, Trinity, NC went to join her husband, daughter, and our Heavenly Father on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC after a long illness with kidney disease as well as other health problems. Born on March 25, 1935 in Bluefield, she was...
Martha Jane Kinder
Sep 2, 2013
Martha Jane Kinder 85 of Jewell Ridge, Virginia passed away on Monday, September 02, 2013 at Westwood Health Care in Bluefield, Virginia. Martha was born on Sunday, February 12, 1928 in Pickshin, West Virginia to the late Lee Bascom and Dillie F. Cressell Lyons. Martha had been a lifelong resident of Jewell Ridge, Virginia and was of the Pentecostal Holiness...
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