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Linda Harter
Apr 3, 2013
Linda Jane (Bailey) Harter, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the age of 85. Linda was one often children born to Lora and Cletus Bailey on August 21, 1927 in Goodwill, WV. She graduated in 1945 and went to work for the Naval Academy enrollment department in Washington D.C. She met and married her children's...
Woodrow Newton Neal
Apr 3, 2013
Woodrow Newton Neal, age 93, of PO Box 1353, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Westwood Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, VA. Born on April 15, 1919 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Jess and Estiline Hall Neal. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a retired caretaker....
Janet Gail Johnson
Apr 3, 2013
Bluefield- Mrs. Janet Gail Johnson, 64, of Rt. 5 Box 451-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away Wednesday April 3, 2013 at Bluefield hospital. Born on June 16, 1948 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Frank E. and Dorothy Irene Wright. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a graduate of Bluefield High School. She was...
Rita Sadler
Apr 2, 2013
Leckie (Anawalt), WV - Rita Arlene Sadler, 66, of Leckie (Anawalt), WV passed away at Riverview Nursing Home in Richcreek, VA on Tuesday April 2, 2013. Born with Cerebral Palsy in Leckie on March 21, 1947, Rita was never able to enjoy the activites most of us took for granted but she always had a smile on her face. It...
Jesse Clarence Hawks
Apr 2, 2013
Jesse Clarence Hawks, age 84, of Brushfork, went to be with his Lord and family on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 7, 1928 in Ashland, WV, he was a son of the late Charlie Hawks, Sr. and Nannie White Hawks. He was a faithful member of the Brushfork First Church of God. Jesse was...
Shirley Mae Rose
Apr 1, 2013
Shirley Mae Rose age 75 went to be with the Lord Monday, April 1, 2013 at her residence in Montcalm, WV. Shirley was born December 3, 1937 at home in Carswell Hollow McDowell County. She was the daughter of the late John Andrew Rose and Alice Cochran Rose. Shirley, confined to a wheelchair her whole life, she never took a...
Hershal Ivan Parker
Mar 31, 2013
Hershal Ivan Parker, age 89, of Warden Avenue (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on August 31, 1923 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Edgar and Gwen Lusk Parker. He had been a resident of Bluewell for most of his life and was a veteran of the US...
Dewey Lee Mullins
Mar 31, 2013
Dewey Lee Mullins, age 72, of Northfork, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Born on May 31, 1940 in War, he was a son of the late Wilson Thomas and Viller Miller Mullins. He had been a resident of McDowell County for most of his life and was a former construction worker. In addition to his parents, he was...
Linda Irene Sexton-Price
Mar 30, 2013
BATAVIA, OH — Linda Irene Sexton-Price passed gently into her Savior's arms on Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Batavia, Clermont, Ohio. Linda was born January 9, 1951 in Freeman, WV, the daughter of the late Reginald Mason Sexton and Delila Winifred Shrader. She attended Morehead State University in Morehead, KY where she earned her degree in Physical Education. After college...
Mary Lou Keller
Mar 29, 2013
Mary Lou Keller, age 55, of 186 Delaney Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away Friday, March 29, 2013 at her home. Born on July 20, 1957 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Horton and Phyllis Stiltner Crutchfield. She had been a resident of Princeton for two years, was a homemaker, and attended the Deliverance Temple Church in Brushfork....
Buster Miller
Mar 26, 2013
Buster Miller, 97, of Bluewell, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. He was preceded in death by his is loving wife of 67 years, Mildred; a son, Buster, Jr.; and one great grandson, J.J. Hill; one sister, and eight brothers. Buster was born and raised in Jenkinjones for most of his life and worked in...
Viola Elizabeth Anthony
Mar 23, 2013
Viola Elizabeth Campbell Anthony, 84, of Bluefield, WV peacefully departed this life on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Bluefield, WV. She was born in Eckman, WV on October 25, 1928 to the late Andrew William Campbell, Sr. and Willie Mae Campbell. They moved to Bluefield, WV in 1943 and she attended Mercer County Public Schools graduating...
Arthur Bilton Riffe
Mar 23, 2013
Bluefield, VA- Arthur (Bilton) Riffe, 74, of 119 Jefferson St., Bluefield, VA, passed away Saturday March 23, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born August 1, 1938 in Litwar, WV he was a son of the late Mervin E. and Eppie E. Cook Riffe. Arthur was a resident of Bluefield, VA and Falls Mills, VA most of his life. He...
Charles Ralph Williams, Sr.
Mar 23, 2013
Charles Ralph Williams, Sr., age 85, of 332 Hockman Pike, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at his home. Born on March 15, 1928 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late James Fred and Dinah White Williams. He had been a resident of Bluefield, VA for over 20 years and was a member of...
Violet Juanita Bailey
Mar 23, 2013
Violet Juanita Lusk Bailey, age 84, of 3687 Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center lovingly surrounded by her family. Born on August 30, 1928 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Mattie Taylor Lusk. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Larry Wayne Price
Mar 22, 2013
Larry Wayne Price, age 51, of 912 College Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013 in Bluefield. Born on November 20, 1962 in Bluefield, he was a son of Walter Jeffery Price of Bluefield and the late Ruby Stacy Price. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. He was an auto mechanic and the owner of...
Richard Harvey Cardwell
Mar 21, 2013
Richard Harvey Cardwell 46 of Red Oak Ridge Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at his residence after a battle with cancer. Born Saturday, June 04, 1966 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Sanford Harvey Cardwell and Glenna May Fletcher Cardwell, he had been a lifelong resident of the Bluefield, West Virginia area. He...
Doris Marie Louis
Mar 20, 2013
Doris Marie Louis, age 77, of 510 W. Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at her home. Born on April 29, 1935 in O’Toole, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Thelma Lynch Scarberry. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 12 years and was a homemaker. She attend church at the...
Joy Lynn Sargent
Mar 18, 2013
Joy Lynn Sargent, 77 years old of Bluewell, West Virginia passed away peacefully on Monday, February 18, 2013. She was born to the late Wade Reed and Lattie Elmore Reed on November 18, 1935. Joy married Franklin R. Sargent on November 10, 1952 in Tazewell, Virginia. The love of family and friends were Joy’s specialty. She grew up right here...
Sister Anne Phalen
Mar 18, 2013
Sr. Anne Phalen was born Anne Catherine Phalen on January 4, 1919 to Charles and Julia Riley Phalen. She graduated from Matoaka High School, class of 1936. She attended St. Joseph Hospital in Charleston, WV where she graduated from nursing school in 1940; then in April of 1945 she joined the United States Army as an army nurse during WWII....
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