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Adam Paul Cecil
Aug 1, 2012
Adam Paul Cecil, age 26, of The Oaks MHP (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 in Bluefield. Born on October 7, 1985, he was a son of the late David Keaton Cecil, Sr. and Margie Taylor Cecil. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Junior Edward Fowler
Jul 31, 2012
Junior Edward Fowler 83 of 5225 Anawalt Ridge Anawalt, WV (Leckie) passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Junior was born on Wednesday, May 22, 1929 in Thorpe, WV he was the youngest son of William Martian and Nanny Mitchem Fowler. He was of the Holiness faith. Jr. was a veteran of the...
Betty Sue Lusk
Jul 30, 2012
BLUEFIELD — Betty Sue Lusk, 71, of Rt. 1 Box 288 (Sandlick Road), Bluefield, W.Va., passed away on Monday, July 30, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. Betty was born on Tuesday, June 17, 1941 in Coalwood, W.Va., to the late Frank and Virginia Ellis Carroll. She had been a resident of Sandlick Road for the past...
Ethel Beatrice Farrington
Jul 29, 2012
Ethel Beatrice Farrington, age 88, of 912 Christie Avenue, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on September 1, 1923 in Maybeury, she was a daughter of the late James and Gracie Alice Lambert Dunford. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Ila Ruth Kiser
Jul 29, 2012
Ila Ruth Kiser, age 83, of Rock Road (North 71, PO Box 634) Montcalm, WV, and formerly of Iaegerpassed away on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at GlenWood Park Retirement Village in Princeton. Born on April 18, 1929 in Gary, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Nora Sizemore Mitchem. She had been a resident of Montcalm for 14...
Clyde Milton Parrish
Jul 26, 2012
Clyde Milton Parrish, Sr., age 73, of 168 May Street, Pocahontas, VA died on Thursday July 26, 2012 at Golden Age Care Center in Claypool Hill, VA. Born on December 27, 1938 in Tazewell, VA, he was a son of the late Casper and Cathleen Nease Parrish. He had lived in Pocahontas his entire life and was a member of...
Samuel Franklin Aust
Jul 25, 2012
Samuel Franklin Aust 55 of P.O. Box 522 Montcalm, WV (Tabernacle Hill) passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Samuel was born on Saturday, September 22, 1956 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Mozelle Hollar Aust and the late Joe Henry Aust. He had been a resident of Montcalm for most of his life...
Howard Ray Overbaugh
Jul 24, 2012
Howard Ray Overbaugh, age 64, of Rutledge, TN, formerly of Bland, VA, died on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Tanner Medical Center in Villa Rica, GA. Born on January 25, 1948 in Anawalt, WV, he was the son of the late Clowney and Irene Blevins Overbaugh. He was a retired supervisor for the State Department of Transportation and was a...
Johnnie Weiss
Jul 21, 2012
Johnnie Weiss, age 80 of Princeton, WV, died on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at his home with his loving arms around his wife and in the presence of his family. Born in Speedway, WV in 1932, he was a son of the late James and Gladys Richmond Weiss. He had lived in Princeton for the past 39 years and was...
Tonya Dawn Williams
Jul 21, 2012
Tonya Dawn “Tony” Williams, 40, of Brushfork, WV passed away July 21, 2012 in Giles County, Va. Tony was born August 16, 1971, the daughter of the late Dorothy “Phyllis” Williams Graham. She grew up in Coopers, WV, attended Bramwell High School and Bluefield High School. She attended Bramwell Weslyan Church in Bramwell in her youth and in later years...
Bernard A. Helmandollar
Jul 20, 2012
Bernard A. Helmandollar, age 88, of Bluefield, cherished father and grandfather, died on Friday, July 20, 2012 while at his residence. Born on November 23, 1923 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late George Thomas Helmandollar and Martha Hawks Helmandollar. He was a veteran of World War II having served with the 279th Engineer Combat Battalion of the...
Matha Jean Johnson
Jul 17, 2012
Matha Johnson obituary Matha Jean Johnson 51 years old of Maybeury, W.Va. went to be with Jesus and her mother July 17, 2012 at 1 A.M. in the morning. She was preceded in death by her father Russell Johnson and her mother Helen Mae Johnson, her grandparents Hobert and Artie Scott, Sarah and Jack Johnson. She is survived by her...
Joan "Nina" Stotts
Jul 16, 2012
Joan A. “Nina” Stotts, 74, formerly of Bramwell, WV passed away July 16, 2012 at home with her family at her bedside in Portage, Michigan. Joan was the only daughter of Forest Allen and Carl White Allen and was a 1956 graduate of Bramwell High School, Bramwell, WV. She owned and operated Joan’s Ceramic Shop in Bramwell and retired from...
Peggy Lane Lunsford
Jul 14, 2012
BLUEWELL — Peggy Lane Parks Lunsford, age 48, of Bluewell, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on Sept. 28, 1963, she was a daughter of the late William D. and Ruth Blackwell Parks. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. In addition to her parents, she was...
Roy Earl Landers
Jul 11, 2012
Roy Earl Landers Roy Earl Landers, age 82, of Ormond Beach, FL, and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 20112 at the Avante Health & Rehab Center in Ormond Beach. Born on March 17, 1930 in Huntington, he was a son of the late Robert and Carl Alberta Hendricks Landers. He was a retired hardware salesman and...
Blanche Lora Kitts
Jul 8, 2012
Blanche Lora Kupner Kitts, age 84, of 3140 Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at her home. Born on February 24, 1928 in Ellington, MO, she was a daughter of the late Alen and Otha McBride. She had been a resident of Sandlick for many years and attended the Sandlick Baptist Church. In addition to...
Dennis William Thomason
Jul 6, 2012
Dennis William (Danny) Thomason, Sr., age 58, of Route 3 Box 535, Bluefield, died on Friday, July 6, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC surrounded by his family after a long illness. At death, the soul freed from the pains, weariness, illness, and limitations of the body, he began his highest life in Heaven. Dennis was born October 24,...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Mitchem Williamson
Jul 5, 2012
BLUEFIELD, WV---Jacqueline “Jackie” Mitchem Williamson, age 82, of Bluewell, WV passed away Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born December 9, 1929 at Sagamore, WV she was the daughter of the late William “Bill” and Flossie Miller Mitchem. Mrs. Williamson was a resident of the Bluewell area for the past 6 years where she was a loving...
Larry E. Bailey
Jul 3, 2012
Larry E. Bailey, age 65, of 110 Vintage Oak, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at his home. Born on September 30, 1946 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late William H. and Atwith Juanita Barlow Bailey. He had been a resident of Princeton for 1 year after moving from Cincinnati, where he had...
Donald Ray Bowling
Jul 1, 2012
Donald Ray Bowling 67 of 3017 Bluefield Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, July 01, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Bowling was born on February 09, 1945 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Hubert L. Bowling and Jannie Hager Bowling. He has been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a retired Brick...
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