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Paul Winford Martin
Jun 9, 2013
PAUL WINFORD MARTIN, 91, a longtime resident of Bluewell and, most recently, a resident at the Glenwood Park Retirement Village, passed away on Sunday evening, June 9 at Glenwood Park. He was born on November 28, 1921, in Callaway, Virginia. He was the son of Morgin H. Martin and Effie Sigmon Martin of Montcalm – both of whom preceded him...
Thelma Virginia Boyd
Jun 8, 2013
Thelma Virginia Boyd, age 92, of Hernshaw, WV and formerly of Elkhorn and Princeton, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Montgomery General Hospital in oak Hill. Born on March 5, 1921 in Giles County, VA, she was a daughter of the late William and Laura Combs Rose. She had been a resident of Princeton for 30 years after...
Thomas Bruce Snow
Jun 7, 2013
Thomas Bruce Snow, 74, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Born on November 27, 1938 in Keystone, he was a son of the late CS and Ruth Bruce Snow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Richard H. Snow. Tom was...
Charlie Vincent Roark
Jun 7, 2013
Charlie Vincent Roark, Jr., age 56, of Brushfork, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 of a long illness. Born on August 26, 1956 in in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Charlie V. Roark, Sr. and Lois Faye Hamm Roark. He graduated from Gary High School and later joined the US Navy where he served 6...
John Roger Roark
Jun 7, 2013
John Roger Roark, Sr., 60 of Jenkins Jones Mountain Road. Anawalt, WV passed away on Friday, June 07, 2013 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. John was born on October 04, 1952 in Welch, WV to the late Elmer and Dorothy Presley Roark. John had been a resident of Anawalt for the past 40 years and was a...
Goldie Mae Jarvis Gills
Jun 6, 2013
Goldie Mae Epperson Jarvis Gills 89 of Low Gap Road Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, June 06, 2013 at her residence. Goldie was born on April 24, 1924 in Goodwill, West Virginia to the late Fred Jefferson and Josephine Johnson Epperson. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Mary Ellen Law
May 29, 2013
Mary Ellen Law, 90, of the GlenWood Park Retirement Village, Princeton, and formerly of Cumberland Road, Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the nursing home. Born on March 7, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Pearly Powers. She was a retired teller from the First Century Bank in Bluefield. In addition to her...
Kathleen Faye Key
May 29, 2013
Kathleen Faye Key, 50, of Oak park Drive, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on December 15, 1962 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Sadie Sullivan Church of Rock and the late James Church. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 4 years and was formerly of...
Terry Leon Price, Sr.
May 29, 2013
Terry Leon Price, Sr., age 51, of O’Toole Road, Anawalt, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at his home. Born on August 17, 1960 in Chicago, he was a son of the late Robert and Pauline Warshaw Price. He had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County and was a retired mechanic from the McDowell County Board of Education...
Robert Davis Hatfield
May 28, 2013
Robert Davis Hatfield, age 85, of Eureka Place, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 28, 1927 in Williamson, he was a son Glenn Davis Hatfield and Gertrude Berryman Hatfield. He had been a resident of Bluewell for 10 years and was formerly of Welch. He was a member of...
Harold Ray Scott
May 26, 2013
Harold “Ray” Scott 61 of Red Oak Ridge Road Bluefield, WV passed away at his home with family and friends surrounding him on Sunday, May 26, 2013. Harold was born on May 30, 1951 in Mercer Co., WV to the late Harold Mark Scott and Lelia Myrtle Pack Scott Patterson. He had been a resident of Bluewell for over 30...
A.M. "Tinker" St. Clair
May 25, 2013
Arthur Malan “Tinker” St. Clair, 97 years old, of 1394 Highland Circle, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina formerly of Welch, West Virginia died on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Born on January 6, 1916 in Pageton, West Virginia. He was the son of the late William Woods St. Clair and Etta...
Carolyn "Carol" Duffy
May 24, 2013
Carolyn “Carol“ Duffy, 83, a resident of The Havens on New Hope Road in Princeton, WV, formally of 1213 College Avenue, Bluefield, WV passed away on Friday, May 24, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital following a long illness. Born on September 18, 1929 in Beaver, WV she was the daughter of the late Arthur Wauhop and her late mother, Alma....
Sharon Regina Farley
May 23, 2013
Sharon Regina Farley, age 58, of Bramwell, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. She loved being with family and loved working with horses. She was a member of the National Horse Association. She also loved going to church and listening to gospel music. In her spare time she enjoyed drawing and painting....
Kathy Brinkley
May 23, 2013
Kathy Angeline Brinkley, age 54, of Clemson Circle, Princeton, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Born on January 24, 1959 in Princeton, she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Macy Lilly Long. She had been a lifelong resident of Princeton and was a homemaker. Survivors include: 2 sons: Robert Tiller, Jr....
Evan Lee Fowler
May 22, 2013
Evan Lee Fowler 50 of Thorpe, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, West Virginia. Evan was born on May 10, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois to Tommy Fowler of Thorpe, WV and Brenda Hodge Fowler of Thorpe, West Virginia. He had been a resident of Thorpe, West Virginia for most his life....
Janice Lynn Williams
May 22, 2013
Janice Lynn Williams 60 of Bluefield, West Virginia went to be with her Lord and savior on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the Maples Health Care in Bluefield, West Virginia. Janice was born on March 05, 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina to Rachel Lou Barham Raynor and the late Jarvis Clark Raynor. She had been a resident of West Virginia...
Joe Calvin Rotenberry
May 21, 2013
Joe C. Rotenberry 69 of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at his residence, after a long illness. Born on March 23, 1944 on Burke Mountain in McDowell County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Basil Rotenberry and Virgie Cook Rotenberry. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one...
Zelda Rae Cook
May 21, 2013
Zelda Rae Cook, 83, of Bramwell, WV, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at her residence from an extended illness. Born on February 13, 1930 in Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Pearl Allen Goins of Bramwell. Zelda was a lifelong resident of Bramwell Hill, living there 83 years and was the longest living...
Earl Edward Finley
May 14, 2013
Earl Edward Finley, age 57, of 304 Mountain Meadows Drive, Bessemer City, NC died on Tuesday May 14, 2013 at CaroMont Medical Center in Gastonia, NC. Born on October 3, 1955 in Ohio, he was the only son of the late Earl Edward Finley, Sr. and Georgia Rose Finley. He had spent time in McDowell County but had lived in...
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