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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...
Pamela Webb Lambert
Sep 18, 2012
Pamela D. Webb Lambert, 51, of High Point, NC went to be with the Lord on September 18, 2012 at Bowman Gray Baptist Hospital. Pam was born on October 26, 1960 in Mullens, WV. She was the daughter of Carnes Webb, Sr. and Patricia Repass Webb of Montcalm. She was a resident of Montcalm until 1992 then moved to High...
Charlotte Roberta Holmes
Sep 17, 2012
Charlotte Roberta (Beggs) Holmes Charlotte Roberta Holmes, 86, of Princeton died Monday, Sept 17, 2012 at Princeton Health Care. Born June 9, 1926 in Mercer County, WV she was the daughter of the late Jim and Eureka Beggs. She was employed by Moen and was a small business owner in Ohio before returning to WV. She loved animals and was...
Earl Calvin Hines
Sep 16, 2012
PRINCETON,WV---Earl Calvin Hines, age 93, of Glenwood Retirement Village, formerly of Browning Lambert Mountain, Rock, WV. passed away early Sunday morning, September 16, 2012 at Glenwood Retirement Village. Born October 21, 1918 in McComas, WV he was the son of the late Kelly and Victoria Hines. Mr. Hines was a resident of Rock, WV for over eighty years. He retired...
Emma Lawrence
Sep 15, 2012
Emma Hanchock Lawrence, 90, of Bluefield, WV; formerly of Maybeury, WV passed away on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at her home. Born on July 3, 1922, in Upland, WV, she was the daughter of the late Wash and Julia Lahosky Hanchock. She was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Bluefield. She was a homemaker known for her...
Barbara Otey
Sep 14, 2012
Barbara Ann Otey 78 of Bramwell, WV was carried by the Angels on Friday, September 14, 2012 to reunite with her loved ones in heaven. She passed away at her home with her family by her side. She lived her life with great strength, courage and sense of duty. The love and care of her family was her life’s work....
Bobbie Olan Perkins
Sep 14, 2012
Bobbie Olan Perkins 81 of New Hope Road Princeton, WV passed away on Friday, September 14, 2012 at his home after a long battle with lung cancer. Born April 18, 1931 in Montcalm, WV he was the son of the late Nora Taylor Perkins Walker and Charlie Walker and Fred Perkins. He and his family are former residents of Sheffield...
Shirley Kennett
Sep 14, 2012
ERIE, Pa. — Shirley A. Kennett, age 72, of Erie, Pa., passed away on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at home following a brief illness. She was born in Crystal, W.Va., on Aug. 23, 1940, daughter of the late Hayden and Gertie Spaulding. Shirley was a founding member of Interfaith Worship Center. She was also a member of the Women's Ministry...
Harry Charley
Sep 12, 2012
Harry Charley 79 of 169 Raysal Hollow Road Raysal, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Harry was born on July 02, 1933 in Fulton, West Virginia to the late Samuel and Margaret Hess Charley. He had been a resident of Raysal for the past eight years. He served...
Joseph Jackson Honaker
Sep 11, 2012
MONTCALM, WV---Joseph Jackson Honaker, Sr. age 78 of 598 Freedom Road Montcalm, WV passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born May 28, 1934 at Montcalm he was the son of the late Lacy Lee and Pearl Martin Honaker. Mr. Honaker was a lifelong resident of Montcalm and had worked at United Piece and Dye Works...
Drema Sue Banks
Sep 9, 2012
Drema Sue Banks, age 61, of 700 Garland Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center. Born on October 27, 1950 in Beckley, she was a son of Roscoe “Elmer” Brown of Princeton and the late Wilma June Sheets Brown. She had been a resident of Princeton for 5 years and...
Evelyn "Louise" Auton
Sep 7, 2012
Evelyn “Louise” Auton, 83, of Rt. 3 Box 333 Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday September 7, 2012 at The Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born July 9, 1929 in Ennis, WV, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Wancie Sells Lambert. Mrs. Auton was of the Baptist faith and was a devoted homemaker. In addition to her parents,...
Virginia Carol Saddler
Sep 6, 2012
Virginia Carol Saddler, 68, of Montcalm, WV, passed away Thursday September 6, 2012, in Bluefield, WV. Born June 13, 1944 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Roy Thomas Neal, Sr. and Ola Kidd. Mrs. Saddler had been a resident of Montcalm for the past twenty-six years and attended the Montcalm Church of God. Virginia was a...
Rita Ann White
Sep 6, 2012
Rita Ann Lusk White, age 51, of Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial hospital. Born January 4, 1961 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Curtis and Shelva Jean Bailey Lusk. Rita has worked as a CNA and Unit Clerk, she was a Senior Regent for the Women of the Moose Bluefield...
Ollie Virginia Black
Sep 3, 2012
Ollie Virginia “Ginny” Black, 89, of 142 Dangerfield Dr. Rocky Gap, VA formerly of Elkhorn, WV, passed away Monday September 3, 2012 at her home. Born February 21, 1923 in Hines, WV, she was a daughter of the late Bernard C. and Della Hines Moore. Mrs. Black had been a resident of Elkhorn, WV for 61 years before moving to...
Thomas Presley
Sep 2, 2012
Earl Thomas “Tom” Presley, Jr., 71, of Marble Ave., Montcalm, WV, passed away Sunday September 2, 2012 at a Bluefield hospital. Born November 14, 1941 in Elbert, WV he was a son of the late Earl Thomas Presley Sr. and Marion Marder Presley. Mr. Presley was a member of the Pine Grove Church of Christ, a veteran of the U.S....
Ronnie Ferrell
Aug 29, 2012
The Bluefield area lost a dedicated public servant on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Ronnie "Bub" Ferrell of 142 Lindbergh Road passed away suddenly at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. He was born in Mingo County on October 25, 1955, but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio at an early age. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Meda...
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