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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...
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...
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...
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...
Christopher Scot Krondon
May 13, 2013
Christopher Scot Krondon, 39, of Hudson, Florida passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 13,2013. Chris was born on December 25, 1973 in Princeton, WV to Jessie and Jimmie Krondon. He attended Bluefield High School and graduated from Princeton High School and Bluefield State College. He attended Westminster Presbyterian Church. He was employed with Opinicus Corporation , Lutz, FL. He was...
Margaret Joyce Charles
May 11, 2013
Margaret Joyce Turnell Charles, age 60, of Route 2 Box 128-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at her residence. Born on May 11, 1953 in Welch, she was a daughter of Dorothy Shumate Copolo of Roanoke, VA and the late Joseph Copolo, Jr. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 22 years and was a...
Doris Fritz
May 8, 2013
Doris (Dot) Wright Fritz, age 85, of Route 2, Rock, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the GlenWood Park Retirement Center in Princeton. Born on January 7, 1928, in Sandlick, she was a daughter of the late German and Mae Lewis Bailey. She had been a resident of Rock for 7 years and was a retired deli...
Christopher Scott Cottle
May 8, 2013
Christopher Scott Cottle 41, of Charleston WV, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, giving life to others as an organ donor. Chris (Scott), went to be with the Lord as a result of a motorcycle accident in Gainesville, GA. doing what he loved. Born on Sept 1, 1971 in Norfolk, VA. He was the...
Thomas William Harman
May 6, 2013
Thomas William "Tommy" Harman, Sr. departed his earthly life on May, 06, 2013. Born October 7, 1924 in Tin Can Hollow, Coopers, WV, he was the first son of Oscar Levi "John D" and Nannie Texa "Texie" Carr Harman. He attended a one room school on Bramwell Hill until the 6th grade and completed his eighth grade education at Bramwell...
Jo Ann East
May 6, 2013
Jo Ann East, age 75, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2013, following a long illness, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born May 7, 1938 in Cambria VA, she was the daughter of Beatrice Burton Hamlin of Princeton, WV and the late Oscar Hamlin. She is survived by her beloved husband of 58 years, Robert D. East, of...
Tony James Romeo
May 4, 2013
Tony James Romeo, age 87, of Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at his home. Born on May 2, 1926 in Kimball, he was a son of the late Dominick and Angeline Larkin Romeo. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 9 years and was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Michael Anthony Stilwell
May 4, 2013
Michael Anthony Stilwell, age 44, of Coppinger Street, Bluefield, WV went to be with the LORD on Saturday, May 4, 2013 following an ATV accident in Wyoming County, West Virginia doing what he loved. Born on March 9, 1969 in Tazewell, VA, he was a son of Pete and Shirley Cox Stilwell of Horsepen, VA. He worked as a shop...
Charles Ray Ratcliffe, Sr.
May 4, 2013
Charles Ray Ratcliffe, Sr., age 79, of Walters Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield. Born on June 24, 1933 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Lyle and Ruby Crockett Ratcliffe. He had served in the US Air Force and was a retired truck driver and had...
Tessie Mae Moore
May 3, 2013
Tessie Mae Moore, age 87, of 2190 Shadetree Circle, Princeton, WV, passed on to meet our Lord and Savior on Friday evening, May 3, 2013 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on March 28, 1926, she had celebrated 87 long years on this earth. She had been a resident of Green Valley for 38 years and was of...
Zola Mae Zaborsky
May 1, 2013
Zola Mae Johnson Yuhasz Zaborsky, age 91, of Dublin, VA, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the Oak Haven Assisted Living Facility in Floyd, VA. Born on December 1, 1921 in Cleveland, VA, she was a daughter of the late Rev. John Grant and Bertha Cordle Johnson. She had been a resident of Dublin, VA for 15 years...
Ival Edgar Woosley
May 1, 2013
Ival Edgar Woosley 66 of Tusculum Road Antioch, Tennessee formerly of Bradshaw, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Ival was born on October 31, 1946 in Whitman, West Virginia to the late Thomas W. Woosley and Helen Brewer Woosley. He had been a resident of Tennessee for the past...
George "Andy" Andrew Rutherford
Apr 30, 2013
George Andrew “Andy” Rutherford 70 of Cheesy Creek Road Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Andy was born on December 01, 1942 in Saltville, Virginia to the late George Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Bower Rutherford. Andy was a retired coal miner and was a former employee of Eastern Vault. He served his...
Donna Carol Perdue
Apr 29, 2013
BLUEFIELD — Donna Carol Perdue, age 57, of 1704 Franklin Street, Bluefield, W.Va., died on Monday, April 29, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 7, 1956 in Beckley, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William Elcie and Betty Jo McComas. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 10 years. She had worked at the...
Joseph Wade Sexton
Apr 28, 2013
Joseph Wade Sexton, age 46, of Freeman, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Kindred hospital in Chattanooga, TN. Born on January 30, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Alvin and Eunice Sexton on Freeman. He had been a lifelong resident of Freeman and was a 1985 graduate of Bramwell High School. He also attended Bluefield...
Albert Wayne Roland
Apr 28, 2013
Albert Wayne Roland, Sr., age 82, of Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 3, 1930 in Ada, he was a son of the late Ed and Lucinda Rose Roland. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and had lived most of his life on a...
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