Obituaries

Local Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Obituaries

Dennis William Thomason

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

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

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

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...

Louella Mae Music

Louella Mae Music

Jun 30, 2012

Louella Mae Music 61 of 200 Devon Street Eckman, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Louella was born on June 01, 1951 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Addison and Willie Dove Christian. She had lived in Eckman for the past nine years and was of the...

Bobby Demarcey

Bobby Demarcey

Jun 30, 2012

Bobby Demarcey, age 76, of 120 Savory Lane, Princeton and formerly of Maybeury and Bramwell, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at his residence. Born on March 19, 1936 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Leon and Ora Green Demask. He was a retired coal miner, was a member of the UMWA, and was a truck...

Nikki Anetta McPeak

Nikki Anetta McPeak

Jun 29, 2012

Nikki Annetta McPeak 34 of 3225 Ridgecrest Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, June 29, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Nikki was born on October 13, 1977 in Princeton, West Virginia to Kip Lawrence and Annetta Fuda McPeak of Bluefield, West Virginia. She had been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia for all...

Betty Sue Honaker Meadors

Betty Sue Honaker Meadors

Jun 28, 2012

BRAMWELL, WV---Betty Sue Honaker Meadors, age 82 of RT 1 Box 68 Bramwell, WV entered into eternal life on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at her residence. Born March 19, 1930 in Bluefield, WV she was the daughter of the late William Stanley and Cornelia Francis Woodward Honaker. Mrs. Meadors was a resident of Bramwell for the past 54 years where...

Garnett Britten

Garnett Britten

Jun 25, 2012

Garnett Wright Rincic Britten, age 85, of 4135 Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, went home to be with the LORD and her loved ones on Monday, June 25, 2012 at the First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst, NC. Born on January 8, 1927 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Oatha Cecil and Daisy Marie Bailey Wright. She had...

Bonnie Farrow

Bonnie Farrow

Jun 24, 2012

Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Bonnie Ann Burnopp Farrow, age 46, of Bradley, WV, passed away on June 24, 2012 at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley. Born on September 13, 1965 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Donald and Doris Burnopp of Bluefield. She...

Derek Thacker

Derek Thacker

Jun 23, 2012

Derek Wayne Thacker of Dublin, Va., Departed this life on June 23rd, 2012 at the young age of 22… He was born January 17, 1990. He was preceded in death by his Great-Grandparents, Richard & Sarah Muncy. Those who are left to morn his loss, his loving Mother Linda Michele Muncy & Howard Stevens, Jr of Dublin, Va. Two Brothers,...

Gracie Mae Burks

Gracie Mae Burks

Jun 23, 2012

Gracie Mae Mitchell Burks, age 67, of Princeton, passed into her heavenly home on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital after suffering from a lingering illness. Born on May 17, 1945 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Fred Ernest Mitchell and Lillie Virginia Graham and also a stepfather, Harry Franklin Graham. She was a former...

Helen E. Collins

Helen E. Collins

Jun 19, 2012

Helen E. Collins, age 89, of Main Street, Bramwell, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluewell. Born on February 24, 1923 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Sylvia Blankenship Evans. She was the former owner and operator of Bramwell Hardware and The Cornershop, was President of the...

Edward Lockhart

Edward Lockhart

Jun 18, 2012

Edward Lockhart, age 87, of Gastonia, NC, formerly of Welch and Princeton, WV, passed away on June 18, 2012 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Born on August 9, 1924 in Premier, WV, he was a son of the late Edward and Florence Sizemore Lockhart. He was a retired Maintenance Supervisor with Allied Chemical Company, Semet-Solvay Division with more than 40 years...

Richard L. Perdue

Richard L. Perdue

Jun 18, 2012

Richard L.  “Boge” Perdue, 65, of Rt. 4 Box 66, Bluefield, W.Va., died at his home on Monday, June 18, 2012 of natural causes. Born April 25, 1947 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Clayton and Beulah Neal Perdue. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Martha Jane; and a brother,...

Eva "Darlene" Adkins

Eva "Darlene" Adkins

Jun 17, 2012

Princeton—Eva Darlene Adkins, age 57, of Princeton, W.Va., passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at her home. Born on November 17, 1954 in Bluefield, W.Va., she was the daughter of Barbara and the late Everette Beggs. She was a lifetime resident of Mercer County and a faithful member of Carr Memorial United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of...

Wallace Lewey

Wallace Lewey

Jun 17, 2012

Bluefield WV - On Sunday, June 17, 2012. Wallace Frazier “Teeb” Lewey,71, of Harry Street, Bluefield, reached his journey’s end following a courageous battle with cancer. God and all his infinite wisdom, love and grace, called him home. Frazier passed away peacefully at home early Sunday morning with his daughter and son-in-law by his side. Frazier was born August 5,...

Scotty Orviel Whited

Scotty Orviel Whited

Jun 16, 2012

Scotty Orviel Whited 53 of Moncove Lake Road Gap Mills, WV passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Mr. Whited was born on February 23, 1959 in Princeton, WV to the late Orviel Whited and Addie Lee Belcher Whited. He was a former employee of Perdue and Sons and did landscaping at the...

Mary Elizabeth Clark

Mary Elizabeth Clark

Jun 14, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Clark, age 83, of 1019 Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV died on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born on April 25, 1929 in Capels, WV, she was a daughter of the late Melvin and Florence Rebecca Pertee Muncy. She had lived in Bluefield for the past 46 years, was a member of the...

Melvin Helmandollar

Melvin Helmandollar

Jun 14, 2012

Melvin “Red” Helmandollar, age 85, Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday June 14, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital following a prolonged illness. Born on December 29, 1926 in Montcalm, WV, he was a son of the late Charlie and Sylvia Bowman Helmandollar. He was reared as a child in Montcalm and was a graduate of McLains Business College. He was...