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Jerry Lee Shupe
Jun 10, 2012
BLUEFIELD, WV---Jerry Lee Shupe, age 65, of 143 Fuse Court (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born July 13, 1946 in Bluefield, WV he was the son of Melvinna Kessen of Las Vegas, Nevada and the late Edison “Ed” Shupe. Mr. Shupe was a lifelong resident of the Bluewell Community and had...
Rev. Wade Cecil Bishop
Jun 10, 2012
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Rev. Wade Cecil “Big Boy” Bishop, Sr. age 83, of 524 Harry Ave. Bluefield, WV went home to be with his Heavenly Father after a long battle with Alzheimers on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at his residence. Born June 19, 1928 in Yard, VA , he was son of the late Isom Troy and Daisy Caroline Fortner Bishop....
Carl Eugene Sparks
Jun 8, 2012
Carl Eugene (Boogie) Sparks, age 70, of 1470 Fox Hollow Way, North Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Roanoke, VA and Bramwell, WV, died Friday, June 8, 2012 at a Myrtle Beach hospital. He was born on March 13, 1942 in McComas, WV to the late Joseph W. and Hazel B. Sparks. Mr. Sparks was retired from the United States Army...
James Alan Davis
Jun 6, 2012
James (Jimmy) Alan Davis, age 61, of 327 Countryside Road, Princeton, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at his home. Born on June 9, 1950 in Anawalt, he was a son of Helen May Hayes Davis of Princeton and the late Albert (Vick) Davis. He had been a resident of Princeton for 30 years...
Kim Lane
Jun 1, 2012
Kimberly Diane Gilley Lane, age 34, of 560 Shadetree Circle, Princeton, WV, passed away on Friday, June 1, 2012 at her home. Born on November 9, 1977 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Kenneth and Alice Faye Sayers Gilley of Princeton. She was the biological daughter of Kenny Shultz and the late Linda Shultz. She had been a lifelong...
George Lee Estel Smith
May 30, 2012
George Lee Estel Smith, age 77, of Ada Road (PO Box 1241), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at his home. Born on January 6, 1935 in Pineville, he was a son of the late Whiton and Bertha Smith. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a retired night supervisor...
Mack Randall Wolford
May 28, 2012
Pastor Mack Randall Wolford 44 of Green Valley, Bluefield passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012 and was DOA at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born May 26, 1968 in Pike County, KY, he was a son of the Vicie Hicks Haywood of Bluefield, West Virginia and the late Mack Ray Wolford. Mack had been a resident of Bramwell for the...
Benny Darwin Clay, Jr.
May 28, 2012
Benny Darwin Clay Jr. age 36 of Princeton, WV, died Tuesday May 28, 2012 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born November 7th 1975 in Bluefield; he was the son of the late Benny and Claudine Clay. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Benny Darwin Clay III; Three brothers Billy Casey; Wallace Casey;...
Timothy Todd Cline
May 27, 2012
Timothy Todd Cline, age 51, of Route 20, Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at his home. Born on January 5, 1961 in Iaeger, he was a son of Wilma Annie Cline Kahle of Bluefield, VA and the late Edsel Lee Cline. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bluefield,...
William Bill Sauter
May 26, 2012
William (Bill) Sauter, 82, of Bluewell, WV, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 after a long illness. William was born May 18, 1930, a son of the late Norman and Eva Renshaw Sauter. William worked at Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore, Maryland until his retirement and then chose to make his home in Bluewell. In addition to his parents, William was...
Martha Ellen David
May 23, 2012
Martha Ellen David, age 93, of Route 103 Box 232, Thorpe, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Welch Community Hospital in Welch, WV. She will be sorely missed and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Born on November 7, 1919 in Shale Creek, Tennessee she was a daughter of the late Brownlow and Rosie...
Charles Ray Davis, Sr.
May 22, 2012
Charles Ray Davis, Sr., age 72, of 249 Hockman Pike, Bluefield, VA passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 20, 1940 in Welch, he was a son of the late Walter E. and Hattie B. Lambert Davis. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 40 years and was of the Baptist...
Edmond LaCour
May 19, 2012
Edmond LaCour, age 74, of 244 Orange Lane, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on February 16, 1938 in Louisiana, he was a son of the late Louis and Annie Couty LaCour. Edmond was a kind spirited man with a witty sense of humor. He was a loving father and husband and...
May Elizabeth Bridgeman
May 18, 2012
May Elizabeth "Nitsy" Bridgeman, age 63, of 6th Hollow Road, Jenkinjones, WV died on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Welch Community Hospital. She had “fought the good fight, she had finished her course, and she had kept the faith.” Born on May 22, 1948 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Coy and Hazel Walters Richardson. She had...
Elsie Irene Taylor
May 16, 2012
Elsie Irene Taylor, age 85, of Montcalm, WV went to be with her LORD on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 while in Mercer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born on February 15, 1927 in Crystal, WV to the late Ettie Smith O’Donnell and Shannon O’Donnell, she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith. In addition...
Regina Shires Wikle
May 12, 2012
Regina Shires Wikle, 77, of 3371 Coal Heritage Road, Bluefield, WV (Bluewell) and formerly of Welch, WV, finished her earthly journey at Westwood Center, Bluefield, VA and entered into her eternal heavenly home Saturday, May 12, 2012. She was born May 8, 1935 in Peterstown, WV to Ruth Davis Whitt and William E.R. Whitt. While still a teenager, she married...
Joyce Ann French
May 11, 2012
Joyce Ann French 52, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012. Born Tuesday, October 04, 1960 in Florida to the late Norma Jean Vanover Roberts and Jimmy Roberts. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ivan G. Justice, two sisters Judy Roberts and Sally Chaffins, one brother Bill Roberts and...
Thelma Ann Rose
May 11, 2012
Thelma Ann Rose, age 73, of Rt 5 Box 380, Bluefield, WV passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at her home. Born on May 2, 1939 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Rufus and Mary Lane Milam. She had been a resident of Bluewell for 15 years and was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a...
Michael David Copley
May 11, 2012
Michael David “Mike” Copley, age 45, of Route 5 Box 386-C, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 25, 1967 in Wytheville, he was a son of Bob Copley of Gray, TN and the late Phyllis Copley. He had been a resident of Bluefield,WV for 20 years and was a...
Ellen E. Huffman
May 10, 2012
Ellen E. Miller Huffman, 82, of Gloucester, VA, formerly of Bluefield, WV and Rock, WV went to meet her Savior on May 10, 2012. She was born on August 27, 1929 in Montcalm, WV to the late Troy and Hazel Miller. She was a loving wife and mother and was preceded in death in by the love of her life,...
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