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William Hezekiah Hensley
Dec 29, 2011
William Hezekiah “Bill” Hensley, age 91, of Montcalm, WV died on Thursday December 29, 2011 at his residence with his family at his side. Born on April 10, 1920 in Greene County Tennessee, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Flora M. Riddle Hensley. He was a veteran of WWII, having served in the US Navy. He...
Hazel Francis Miller
Dec 29, 2011
Hazel Francis Nunley Miller, age 85, of Abbs Valley, VA passed from this life into Eternity with her Heavenly Father on Thursday December 29, 2011 with her family gathered around her at her home. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Born on February 1, 1926 in Leckie, WV, she was a daughter of the late Sam...
Freelin Boyd "Tinker" Southern
Dec 28, 2011
PRINCETON, WV---Freelin Boyd “Tinker” Southern, age 41, of 315 McKinley Ave. Princeton, WV passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born March 10, 1970 in McDowell County, WV he was the son of the late Brenda Tedder McClanahan and Emmitt Southern. Mr. Southern was a lifelong resident of the Princeton area and had worked as a...
Linda Carol Gardner
Dec 26, 2011
Linda Carol Gardner 59, of 1121 Hilltop Drive Cleveland, Tennessee passed away on Monday, December 26, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Linda was born on Sunday, February 17, 1952 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Harold and Carol Jean Hurst Gardner. Left to cherish her memory One Brother: John Gardner and wife Aurora of Georgetown, Tennessee One...
Joyce Ann Stamper
Dec 25, 2011
ANAWALT, WV---Joyce Ann Stamper, age 57, of P.O. Box 302 Anawalt, WV went to celebrate Christmas with her Daughter, Granddaughter, and Mother on December 25, 2011 at Welch Community Hospital. Born August 9, 1954 in Welch, WV she was the daughter of the late Luther and Hazel Anders Ellis. Mrs. Stamper was a beloved Wife, Mother, and Grandmother. She was...
Carol Jean Gardner
Dec 24, 2011
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Carol Jean Gardner, 77, of 1121 Hilltop Drive, Cleveland, Tenn., formerly of Bluewell, W.Va., died at Memorial Hospital Chattanooga, Tenn. on Saturday, December 24. Carol was born January 22, 1934 in Duhring, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Wall Hurst. She was a resident of Cleveland, Tenn. for the past ten years,...
Sadie Mullins Reeves Sexton
Dec 24, 2011
WASHINGTON, MD---Sadie Mullins Reeves Sexton, age 102, of Ft. Washington, MD formerly of Roderfield, Havaco, and Bluewell, WV passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 in Ft. Washington, MD Born September 27, 1909 in Wyoming Co. WV, She was a daughter of the late Matilda Wyatt Belcher Mullins and Solomon Mullins. Mrs. Sexton was a resident of Maryland since 1975 and...
Mary Lou Green
Dec 23, 2011
Mary Low Green, age 66, of Welch, died on Friday December 23, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on March 14, 1945 in Mohegan, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Stella Williams Bishop. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 6 years and was of the Baptist Faith. She was a devoted...
Sarah Gay Williams-Thomas
Dec 22, 2011
Sarah Gay Williams-Thomas, 52, of Rt.1 Box 8 Bramwell WV formerly of Lasley St. Lebanon VA, entered into Heaven on Thursday, December 22,2011 with her family surrrounding her, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Born July 19, 1959 in Frankfort, KY to parents Ella Dotson Williams and the late Edward L. Williams Jr. She graduated from Bramwell High...
Lois Jean Lambert
Dec 20, 2011
Lois Jean Lambert, age 86, of 404 Kee Street, Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield. Born on June 4, 1925 in Bluefield, she was a son of the late Jim and Ida Mae Linkous. She was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. Survivors include a son, Larry Rye of...
Ray Gene Phillips, Jr.
Dec 19, 2011
Ray Gene Phillips, Jr., age 62, of Bluefield, VA, died December 19 after fighting a courageous battle with a rare cancer. Ray died at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born May 9, 1949 to Ray Gene & Edna Phillips, now deceased. He was raised in Pineville, West Virginia and was a...
Donnie Anderson, Sr.
Dec 17, 2011
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Donnie Monroe Anderson Sr., age 68, of 5691 Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, Va., passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital with his family by his side. Born on February 14, 1943 in Boissevain, Va., he was a son of the late Ralph and Virginia Anderson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Thelma Francis Davidson
Dec 17, 2011
BLUEFIELD — Thelma Francis Gilley Davidson, age 90, of Rt. 4, Box 337 Bluefield, W.Va., died on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown, S.C. Born on May 22, 1921 in Goodwill, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late James C. and Sadie M. Carver Gilley. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 28 years...
Billy Winfrey Blevins
Dec 15, 2011
Billy Winfrey Blevins, age 81, of Route 3 Box 453, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the home of his son Jeffery Blevins in King, NC. Born on April 17, 1930 in Coalwood, he was a son of the late W.C. and Mary Winfrey Blevins. He had been a resident of Mercer County for 73 years...
Thelma Lousia Foster
Dec 13, 2011
Thelma Lousia Powers Foster, age 88, of Rt. 4, Box 507, Bluefield, WV, formerly of Eckman and Eureka Hollow, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the home of her son in Northfork. Born on April 29, 1923 in Sugar Grove, VA she was the daughter of the late Calvin and Dinnie Richardson Powers. She had lived in Bluewell for...
Allie Mae Shockley
Dec 11, 2011
Bluefield- Allie Mae Shockley, 89, of 2809 Edgemont Dr., Bluefield, WV, passed away Sunday December 11, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born March 26, 1922 in Patrick Springs, VA, she was the daughter of the late Hamilton and Viola Rorrer Belton. Mrs. Shockley had been a resident of Bluefield for fifty-five years and was a member of the Cumberland...
Geneva H Ellison
Dec 9, 2011
Geneva H. Ellison, age 89, of 3416 Laurel Fork Road, Rocky Gap, VA, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2011 at her home. Born on March 11, 1922 in Goodwill, she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Wall Hurst. She had been a resident of Rocky Gap for 11 years and was a member of the Duhring...
Harold Eugene Wimmer
Dec 6, 2011
Harold Eugene Wimmer, age 85, of Route 4 Box 340, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Woltz Hospice House in Dobson, NC. Born on December 13, 1925 in Monticello, WV, he was a son of the late Morris B. and Ethel Dalton Wimmer. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 50 years and was...
John Letcher Harrold
Dec 5, 2011
John Letcher Harrold, II, age 44, of 210 North College Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on October 14, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Judy Willard Harrold of Falls Mills, VA and the late Jackie Randolph Harrold. He had been a resident of Falls Mills...
Gordon Lynn Crigger
Dec 3, 2011
Gordon Lynn Crigger, age 68, of 77 Hickory Lane, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born on October 17, 1943 in Bluefield, VA, he was a son of the late Frank and Nellie Patrick Crigger. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and had served his country in the US...
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