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Thori "Katie" VanHoose
May 3, 2012
Thori “Katie” VanHoose, age 90, of Princeton, WV, surrounded by her family, went to be with her LORD on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Born on April 17, 1922 at Elkhorn, WV, she was a daughter of the late Edgar D. Sheets and Bertha Sage Sheets. Katie lived in McDowell County (Keystone...
Freida Marie Brant
Apr 27, 2012
Freida Marie Brant, age 63, of 346 Gypsum Street, Bluefield, W.Va., died on Friday, April 27, 2012 at her home. Born on June 28, 1948 in Williamson, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Edna New. She had lived in Bluewell for the past seven years after being a former resident of Garland, W.Va. She was a...
Lee Roy Underwood
Apr 23, 2012
Lee Roy Underwood, age 75, of Route 1 Box 54, Matoaka, WV, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born on June 20, 1936 in Springton, he was a son of the late William Ordy and Madeline Bowling Underwood. He had been a lifelong resident of Rock and was an electrician and electrician...
Dallas Fred Wimmer
Apr 23, 2012
Dallas Fred Wimmer, age 72, of 200 Victory Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2012 at his residence. Born on March 24, 1940 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late French and Callie Thornton Wimmer. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield since 1967 and was a retired coal miner. In addition to...
Jesse F. Ball, Jr.
Apr 23, 2012
Bluefield, WV Jesse F. Ball, Jr., 92, went to be with the Lord on April 23, 2012 following a brief illness. He was a well-known dairy farmer and writer, loved and admired by his family, neighbors and friends from far and wide. His inquisitive mind, ready grin, bright blue eyes and insightful quips entertained his visitors while his stories about...
John Karl Johnson, Sr.
Apr 22, 2012
John Karl Johnson, Sr., age 60, of Route 2 Box 45, Rock, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the Bower’s Hospice House in Beckley. He was born July 2, 1951 in Spokane, WA where his father was stationed in the USAF. John was preceded in death by his mother, Crystal Heidi Weaver; his father, John William Johnson; and...
Jack D. Cox
Apr 21, 2012
Jack D. Cox, age 83, of Bluewell and a former resident of McDowell County was granted entrance to his eternal home in Glory on the morning of April 21, 2012 with his family by his side. Born on March 19, 1929 in Wilcoe, WV, he was a son of the late Arthur K. and Diana Quesenberry Cox. Jack was a...
Evelyn Louise Stewart
Apr 20, 2012
Evelyn Louise Williams Stewart, age 77, of Angel’s Touch, Princeton, WV went to meet her Lord and Savior and the love of her earthly life when the LORD said “Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter in to your reward. Matthew 25:21 Born on February 27, 1935 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Minor E. and...
Lillie Virginia Graham
Apr 19, 2012
Lillie Virginia Graham, age 95, of 105 Highland Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 13, 1916 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Manuel and Martha Bishop Church. She had been a resident of Anawalt for most of her life and was of the Pentecostal Holiness...
William David Lewis
Apr 18, 2012
William David “Dave” Lewis, age 58, of PO Box 353 (Titan Lane), Montcalm, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at his residence. Born on March 4, 1954 in Princeton, he was a son of the late Donald and Mary Francis Cardwell Lewis. He had been a resident of Princeton for 57 years and had just recently moved to...
Mabel Blankenship Hall
Apr 16, 2012
Mabel Blankenship Hall, age 94, passed away in Civista Hospital in LaPlata, Maryland. She had been in declining health since July of 2011. Born on October 13, 1917 in Rugby, VA, she was a daughter of the late Carl Elmer and Emma Greer Blankenship. She was a resident of Bluewell until 1987. She lived in Franklin Tennessee for the past...
Fred Booten Warden
Apr 16, 2012
Fred Booten Warden, age 79, of Rt. 5, Box 379, Bluefield, WV died on Monday, April 16, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 23, 1933 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Samuel Booten and Verna Hubbard Warden. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and was of the Christian Faith. He was a...
Johnny Tony Matusevich
Apr 16, 2012
Johnny Tony Matusevich, 83, of GlenWood Park Retirement Village, Princeton, West Virginia, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, April 16, 2012 at his home. He was born May 22, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Stanley and Mary Proco Matusevich. He retired as Director of Manufacturing at West Virginia Armature Company in Bluefield, West Virginia and was...
Barbara Jean Meadows
Apr 14, 2012
Barbara Jean Meadows, age 45, of Montcalm, departed this world to go on to her heavenly home on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Born on March 13, 1967, she was a daughter of Mary Oiler Meadows of Brushfork and the late James Meadows. Barbara was one of nine children and was always there to help her children, family, and friends. She...
William Ernest Dillon Jr.
Apr 13, 2012
William Ernest Dillon, Jr. 79 of P.O. Box 3899 Bluefield, WV (Lorton Lick Road) passed away on Friday, April 13, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Mr. Dillon was born on August 22, 1932 in Goodwill, WV to the late Ernest Dillon and Elizabeth Rose Dillon Hall. William had been a resident of Bluefield since 1972 was...
Margaret Naomi Shoemaker
Apr 11, 2012
Margaret Naomi Shoemaker 80 of Rt. 5 Bluewell, WV went to be with the Lord peacefully on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born Thursday, March 10, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Roby and Maudie Helmandollar. She was a homemaker and had served God and her family faithfully. She was a member of Crossroads...
Janet Ellen Hamby
Apr 11, 2012
Janet Ellen Hamby, age 65, of Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on August 26, 1946 in Welch, WV she was a daughter of the late Andrew M. George, Jr. and Edna Browder George. She had lived in Bluefield her entire life and was retired from the Aramark Company in...
Ashley Renee Croy
Apr 11, 2012
Ashley Renee Saddler Croy, age 28, of Route 5 Box 739, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 3, 1984 in Kingston, WV, she was a daughter of Willard and Dorothy Ohlendorf Saddler of Route 5, Bluefield. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of...
Rebecca Harry
Apr 10, 2012
Bluefield- Rebecca Harry 72 of Route 5 (Bulltail Hollow), Bluefield, passed away on April 10th, 2012 at Hospice House of Palm Bay, Florida, following a lengthy Illness. Born on August 9th 1939 in Bluefield, she was the daughter of late Walter C. Brewster & Bertha Brewster. She was a long time resident of Bluefield until 3 1/2 years ago moving...
Wesley Perkins, Jr.
Apr 8, 2012
Wesley Perkins, Jr., age 65, of 110 Brook Lane, Princeton, WV, passed away of Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on March 30, 1947 in Asco, he was the son of James and Bertha Bishop Perkins. He had been a resident of Princeton for 3 ½ years and attended the Harbor Light Baptist Church in Glenwood. He...
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