Obituaries

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Bobby Allen Bailey

Bobby Allen Bailey

Jun 11, 2013

Bobby Allen Bailey, Jr. age 42, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 13, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Frances Gregory Bailey of Bluefield and the late Bobby Allen Bailey, Sr. He had been a resident of Bluefield his entire life and had formerly...

Everett Brewer, Jr.

Everett Brewer, Jr.

Jun 11, 2013

Everett Lee Brewer Jr., 29, of Northfork went to be with the lord at his residence in Northfork Hollow on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Born September 16, 1983 in Galax,Virginia, he was the son of Everett Brewer Sr. and Sylvia Church Jones. He was retired from Bluestone Mining Company. He worked with them for 7 years and Also Bluefield State...

Marie Frances Lusk

Marie Frances Lusk

Jun 10, 2013

Marie Frances Lusk, 87, of Sedgewood Townhouses, Bluefield, VA, went to be with her Lord and Savior, June 10, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born November 7, 1925 in Merrimac, VA. She was the daughter of the late Mike and Annie Proco Krondon. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting, and most of all spending...

Lillian Elizabeth Turner

Lillian Elizabeth Turner

Jun 10, 2013

HALLSVILLE- Lillian Elizabeth Blevins Turner went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on June 10, 2013. Lillian was born on October 30, 1922 in Crozer Hollow McDowell County, WV to Major and Georgia Blevins and is the second of eight children. Lillian married Lawrence Eugene Turner on July 15, 1949. They were blessed with two children, Michael...

Paul Winford Martin

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

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...

Charlie Vincent Roark

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

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...

Thomas Bruce Snow

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...

Goldie Mae Jarvis Gills

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...

Terry Leon Price, Sr.

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...

Mary Ellen Law

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

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...

Robert Davis Hatfield

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....