Obituaries

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Irene Poff

Irene Poff

Feb 18, 2013

Irene Martin Poff, age 91, of Camellia Drive (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 7, 1921 in Summersville, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Rosetta O’Dell Martin. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 55 years and was a member of the Bluewell United...

Leola Mae Bailey

Leola Mae Bailey

Feb 17, 2013

Leola Mae Bailey of Tabernacle Hill Montcalm, WV went to meet her LORD and Savior on Sunday, February 17, 2013 in Princeton, WV. She was born April 26, 1914 in Ashland, WV to the late Louis Ferris and Bertha Gregory Ferris. She was of the Baptist faith. She had been a resident of Montcalm for the past 51 years and...

Dwight Randolph Hall

Dwight Randolph Hall

Feb 15, 2013

Dwight Randolph Hall, age 59, of Bud, WV, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013 at Raleigh General Hospital. Born on September 26, 1953 in Rock, he was a son of the late James Nathan and Murel Elizabeth Thomas Hall. He had been a resident of Itmann for 10 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Tammy Fagg

Tammy Fagg

Feb 13, 2013

Tammy Fagg, age 51, of Bluefield, WV, went to Heaven on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Born on January 11, 1962 in Bluefield, Tammy was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Fagg; one sister, Rosa Leigh Shinault, her paternal grandparents, Clarence and Della Shinault, and her maternal grandparents, Charles and Bertha...

Virginia Faye Nemchick

Virginia Faye Nemchick

Feb 13, 2013

Virginia Faye Nemchick, age 83, of Bland, VA, passed away on Wednesday, February 13 2013 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on September 22, 1929, she was a daughter of the late James and Effie Kilgore Tolliver. She was a homemaker, loved doing crafts and was a member of the Elkhorn Methodist Church. In addition to her parents,...

William David Burnett

William David Burnett

Feb 13, 2013

William David “Bill” Burnett, age 91, of Harry Heights Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on September 17, 1921 in Cedar Bluff, VA, he was a son of the late William Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Cordle Burnett. Bill was a descendent of John Burnett of Aberdeen, Scotland, who...

Harold Jackson Blevins

Harold Jackson Blevins

Feb 12, 2013

Harold Jackson Blevins, of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born in Goodwill, WV on August 30, 1929. He was the son of the late Oscar J. and Serilda Jane Taylor Blevins. Harold served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was a route man for Betsy Ross bakeries that later...

Elizabeth Kathleen Scott

Elizabeth Kathleen Scott

Feb 10, 2013

Elizabeth Kathleen Hamblin Scott, age 89, of The Maples in Bluefield, WV, formerly of Rock, died on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at The Maples. Born on May 14, 1923 in Logan, she was a daughter of the late Ward and Mamie Munsey Hamblin. She lived in Rock for 70 years and was a member of the Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church....

Edward Lee Finney

Edward Lee Finney

Feb 7, 2013

Bluefield- Edward Lee Finney, 43, of 1584 Red Oak Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away Thursday February 7, 2013 in Sophia, WV as a result of a coal mining accident. Born September 12, 1969 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of Troy and Violet Louise York Finney of Bluefield, WV. Edward attended the Deliverance Temple Church and had been...

Marsha Antoinette Hicks

Marsha Antoinette Hicks

Feb 4, 2013

Marsha Antoinette Hicks 43 of 171 Norwick St. Kegley, WV passed away on Monday, February 04, 2013 at her mother’s residence in Montcalm, WV. Born December 22, 1969 in Bluefield, WV to the Jerlean Jones Pennington and the late Hobart Ray Pennington. She had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm. Marsha was a member of the Montcalm Church of God....

Anita Faye Conley

Anita Faye Conley

Feb 1, 2013

Anita Faye Conley, age 56 of Route 1 Box 501, Lot 15, passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013 at her home. She will be sadly missed by her daughter, son and grandkids. Born on May 3, 1956 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Edna Mae “Bootsie” Tooley Lynch of New Hope Road, Bluefield and the late Thomas Richard...

Hershel Cox

Hershel Cox

Jan 30, 2013

Hershel “Ray” Cox 61of 453 Jonah Ave. Bluefield, WV (Holly Hill Estates) passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Mr. Cox was born March 27, 1951 to Betty Kelly Peak of Bluefield, VA and the late Hershel Cox. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 13 years and was formerly of Green Valley....

Josh Jared Smith

Josh Jared Smith

Jan 29, 2013

Josh Jared Smith 39 of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Princeton Community Hospital. Josh was born on June 06, 1973 in Princeton, WV to the late Joseph Ed Smith and Barbara Warden Smith. Josh was had been a lifelong resident of Princeton, WV and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Juanita Mae Billings

Juanita Mae Billings

Jan 29, 2013

Juanita Mae Billings, age 59, of 337 Borage Avenue, Princeton, WV died on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on June 22, 1953, in Skygusty, she was a daughter of Viola Childs Wooldridge of Pageton and the late Hampton Wooldridge. She had lived in Mercer County for the past 30 years and worked as a radiology...

Roy Lee Nunn

Roy Lee Nunn

Jan 28, 2013

Bluefield- Roy Lee Nunn, 75, of Rt. 3 Bluefield, WV, passed away Monday January 28, 2013 at a Roanoke hospital. Born September 17, 1937 in Bland County, VA, he was a son of the late Ronney Lee and Sallie Morehead Nunn. Mr. Nunn retired from the Lynchburg Foundry located in Radford, VA and had been a resident of Bluewell for...

Ina Zaborsky

Ina Zaborsky

Jan 27, 2013

Petersburg, VA- Ina Billings Zaborsky, 90, of 590 Flank Road Petersburg, VA, passed away Sunday January 27, 2013 at a Petersburg, VA hospital. Ina was born to the late Winnie Cornett Billings and Daniel Billings on May 11, 1922 in Coeburn, VA. Ina received her LPN nursing license in Sykesville, MD, in 1942. She was married in South Carolina on...

Gladys Clendenen

Gladys Clendenen

Jan 27, 2013

BLUEWELL, Gladys Clendenen, 90, affectionately known as “Ninny” by those who loved her best, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 27, 2013 surrounded by those who cared for her. Born on December 3, 1922 in Boissevain, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ollie and Mattie Dillon Compton. She had lived in Bluewell since 2004 and...

Nannie Lee Lowe

Nannie Lee Lowe

Jan 27, 2013

Bluefield- Nannie Lee Lowe, 90, of Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord after suffering from a long illness on Sunday January 27, 2013 while sleeping in her home. Born August 15, 1922 in Matoaka, WV, she was a daughter of the late Alex and Eula Mae Cecil. Mrs. Lowe was a devout member of The Church of Jesus...

Arnold Dayton Hamilton

Arnold Dayton Hamilton

Jan 27, 2013

Arnold Dayton Hamilton, II, age 37, of P.O. Box 286 Northfork, WV (Pearly Road, Elkhorn) died Peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at his residence. Born on November 8, 1975 in Bluefield, he was a son of Diana Lambert Hamilton of Switchback and the late Arnold Dayton Hamilton. He had lived in Northfork his entire life and...

Connie Louise Lewis

Connie Louise Lewis

Jan 26, 2013

Connie Louise Lewis 57 of 107 Ada Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at her residence. Connie was born on August 26, 1955 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late James Burl Roland and Margaret Louise Sexton Roland. She was a graduate of Beaver High School and was of the Baptist faith. Connie had been...