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Paul Dannie Combs
Oct 15, 2012
Paul Dannie Combs, age 55, of Route 1 (Sandlick), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on March 5, 1957, he was a son of the late Charles Edward “Cowboy” and Juanita Ball Combs. He had been a lifelong resident of Sandlick and was a retired coal miner. He loved the coalmines and...
Juanita Stepp
Oct 14, 2012
Juanita Jane Stepp of Anawalt, formerly the Jenkinjones area, departed this life on Sunday, October 14,2012 at Wythe County Hospital in Wytheville, Virginia, following a long illness. Born on July 4, 1946 she was the daughter of the late Roy Stepp and Edna Harman Stepp. She was the oldest of three children. Juanita was a very devoted, caring, and loving...
Mary Elizabeth Hicks
Oct 14, 2012
Bluefield- Mary Elizabeth Hicks, 78, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Sunday October 14, 2012, at a Roanoke, VA hospital. Born May 16, 1934 in Mercer County she was a daughter of the Clarence and Thelma Thomas. Mrs. Hicks was of the Methodist faith and a devoted homemaker and wife. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Kiera Jade Hudgins
Oct 11, 2012
Kiera Jade Hudgins, 12 days old, of Route 2, Box 274, Rock, WV died on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Hospital. She was a beloved daughter of Robert Gravley of Parrott, VA and Ashley Hudgins of the home. Preceding her in death was her maternal grandfather, Jeffery Hudgins; Paternal grandfather, Clarence Gravley; and uncle, Terry Gravley. In addition...
Estell Wayne Edwards
Oct 9, 2012
Estell Wayne Edwards, age 55, of 5691 Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, VA passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at home. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the...
Betty Pauline Carner
Oct 7, 2012
Betty Pauline Carner, age 93, of 9604 New Hope Road, Bluefield, WV died on Sunday October 7, 2012 at Loving Hands Nursing Home in Green Valley. “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” Born on June 2, 1919 in Mercer County, she was...
Elizabeth Ann May
Oct 4, 2012
Elizabeth Ann May 52 of Raysal, WV went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 04, 2012 at her residence, after a long illness. She was born on October 05, 1960 in Canton, Ohio to Patricia “Pat” Morris Charley and the late Harry Charley. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 16 years James May of...
Lillian (Thelma) Proffitt Shrader
Oct 1, 2012
Lillian (Thelma) Proffitt Shrader, age 84 of 1201Packing Plant Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluewell. Born on Mach 2, 1928 in Bluewell, she was a daughter of the late William Shrader and Maudie (Hambrick) Shrader. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 84 years and was a member...
Jerry Thomason
Sep 30, 2012
Jerry Thomason 62 of Rt. 1 Box 406 Bluefield, WV passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Jerry was born on March 04, 1950 in Bluefield, WV to the late Charlie Lewis Thomason and Mattie Lou Harmon. Jerry had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a retired construction worker. Survivors...
Beulah Louise Lambert
Sep 29, 2012
Beulah Louise Lambert, age 78 of Riddle Drive (PO Box 303), Anawalt, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on October 13, 1933 in Pageton, she was a daughter of the late Allen and Maude Cooper Mitchem. She had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County. She was a member since she was 10 years...
Sally Louise Kapish
Sep 27, 2012
Sally Louise Kapish, age 82, of 98 Peyton Place (PO Box 73), Thorpe, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born on August 8, 1930 at Wilcoe, she was a daughter of the late John and Carrie Sowers Sparks. She had been a resident of Thorpe for all of her life and was of...
Freda Ann Parks
Sep 26, 2012
Freda Ann Parks, age 77, of P.O. Box 201, Anawalt, WV died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at her residence. Born on May 21, 1935 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Cindy Wright Mallory. She had lived in Anawalt her entire life and was a member of the Conklintown Church of God. She was a...
Freda Ann Parks
Sep 26, 2012
Freda Ann Parks, age 77, of P.O. Box 201, Anawalt, WV died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at her residence. Born on May 21, 1935 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Cindy Wright Mallory. She had lived in Anawalt her entire life and was a member of the Conklintown Church of God. She was a...
Reda Marie Nance
Sep 24, 2012
Reda Marie Spencer Nance, age 72, of Antler Branch Road (Elkhorn Mtn), Anawalt, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2012 at the residence of her daughter in Gary. Born on January 2, 1940 in WV, she was a daughter of the late Haron and Marie Farmer Spencer. She had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County and was a member...
Mona Kay Duncan
Sep 24, 2012
Mona Kay Duncan, age 56, of Newberry, South Carolina, formerly of Bluefield, WV died on Monday, September 24, 2012 at Providence Hospital in Columbia, SC. Born on March 6, 1956 in Tazewell County, VA, she was a daughter of the late Patton and Lona Underwood Van Dyke. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She had lived in South...
Hazel Virginia Rogers
Sep 23, 2012
MONTCALM, WV---Hazel Virginia Rogers, age 82, of P.O. Box 493 Montcalm, WV (McComas) passed away Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab in Bluefield, WV. Born November 20, 1929 at McComas, WV she was the daughter of the late John O. and Virginia Belle Gills Rogers. Ms. Rogers was a retired cook and was a member of the...
Ruby Wilma Merkle
Sep 22, 2012
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Ruby Wilma Merkle of 692 W. Cumberland Road Bluefield, WV passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Ms. Merkle was born at Pageton, WV and was the daughter of the late Frank and Sadie Lakitch Merkle. She was a resident of the Bluefield area for the past six months. She was formerly of Greensboro,...
Sharon Purdie
Sep 21, 2012
Weber City, VA - Sharon Purdie, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday Morning (September 21, 2012) after a brief illness. Sharon was a beautiful person inside and out. She was not only humble but she always put others first. Sharon had a remarkable way of finding the simple joys in life whether it was having dinner...
Louise L. Thomas
Sep 21, 2012
Louise L. Thomas, 91, of 3119 Maple Acres Rd., Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday September 21, 2012 at Westwood Nursing Home. Born May 6, 1921 in Bluefield, WV she was a daughter of the late Posey L. and Addie Ellen Edwards Lester. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Greenview United Methodist Church, was a member of the Circle 3...
Janie Diane Harrison-Giberson
Sep 20, 2012
Janie Diane Harrison-Giberson, age 43, of Rt. 1, Box 463, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Hospital. Born on April 6, 1969 in Princeton, she was a daughter of Willis Kenneth and Joyce McBride Harrison of Nemours, WV. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 7...
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