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Linda Leah Scarberry
Sep 15, 2011
Linda Leah Mullins Scarberry, age 48, of Tabernacle Hill, Montcalm, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Bowman Gray Baptist Hospital following a long illness. Born on December 29, 1964 in Welch she was a daughter of the late Hubert Mullins and Dorothy Mullins Campbell. She had worked in the furniture industry for all of her life and worked...
Vickie Lynn Shrader
Sep 15, 2011
Vickie Lynn Shrader, age 49, of 201 Blue Rock Circle, Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on November 13, 1961 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Doris Gills Evans of Princeton and the late Eugene Evans. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a Certified Nursing Assistant...
Ethel Graham
Sep 13, 2011
Ethel Gillenwater Graham, 134 Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV. She fought the good fight, she kept the faith, and on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the age of 97, with her family by her side, she finished the race. Finally, she will receive her Crown of Righteousness, which her Lord whom she loved so much will give her. Born on...
John Garland Ratcliff
Sep 10, 2011
John Garland Ratcliff, age 86, of Rt. 4, Box 66 Bluefield, WV died on Saturday September 10, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 14, 1924 in Matoaka, he was a son of the late John F. and Roxie Robins Ratcliff. He was retired from the American Red Cross as a supervisor and had driven for Cimarron Coach...
Shelby Jean Moorehead
Sep 10, 2011
Shelby Jean Chapman Moorehead, age 63, of PO Box 226, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at the University Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Born on February 16, 1948 in Leckie, she was a daughter of Flossie Thompson Chapman of Anawalt and the late Kelly Stuart Chapman. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
Willie Comer
Sep 10, 2011
Willie “Joe” Comer, beloved husband and father, age 80, of PO Box 11, Montcalm, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 24, 1930 in Big Four, he was a son of the late John and Viney Lambert Comer. He had been a resident of Mercer County for 48 years and attended the...
Edward Phillip Purdy
Sep 9, 2011
Edward Philip Purdy, age 80, of Rt. 2 Box 133-B, Rock, WV (McComas) died on Friday September 9, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on July 5, 1931 in McComas, he was a son of the late Phillip and Trana Bailey Purdy. He was a graduate of Montcalm High School and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having...
Virginia Gaminde
Sep 2, 2011
Virginia B. Gaminde, age 87, of PO Box 526, Anawalt, went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 2, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 12, 1924 in Greenville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Humphrey D. Wolfe and Nancy Vivian Lawhorn-Wolfe. She was a veteran of World War II and served with...
Sherman Bryant Woody
Sep 1, 2011
ROCKY GAP, VA---Sherman Bryant Woody, age 66, of 2990 East River Mt. Road Rocky Gap, VA passed away Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek, VA. Born April 10, 1945 at Rocky Gap, VA he was the son of the late Charles Preston and Vinnie Stowers Woody. Mr. Woody was a lifelong reside of Rocky Gap...
Loretta Mae Barrett
Sep 1, 2011
Loretta Mae Barrett, age 75, of Route 3 Box 549 (Sandlick), Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at her home. Born on February 2, 1936 in Lancaster, OH, she was a daughter of the late LeRoy and Nina Cook. She had been a lifeloing resident of Sandlick and was of the Holiness faith. She was a homemaker. In...
Fred William Horton
Aug 28, 2011
ROCK, WV---Fred “Freddie” William Horton, age 58, of RT 2 Box 483 (Duhring) Rock, WV passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Born December 9, 1952 at Goodwill, WV he was the son of Juanita Margaret Carver Horton of During, WV and the late John Horton, Sr. Mr. Horton was a...
Sallie Ruth Davis
Aug 26, 2011
Sallie Ruth Davis, age 86, of 121 Ben Bolt Avenue, Tazewell, Virginia, formerly of Anawalt , died on Friday August 26, 2011 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Born on October 20, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Cephas “Pete” Smith and Florence Sadler Smith. She had been a lifelong resident of Anawalt and was a member of Calvary Baptist...
Robert "Junior" Taylor
Aug 25, 2011
Robert “Junior” Taylor 75, of the West Virginia Manor Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mr. Taylor was born on October 10, 1935 to the late Ola Mae Taylor. And had been a resident of Bluefield all of his life. He formerly worked at Clover Dew Dairy,...
Margaret Ruth Kendrick
Aug 24, 2011
Margaret Ruth (Dillon) Moore Kendrick, 89, passed away August 24, 2011 in Alexandria, VA at Sunrise Assisted Living, where she had been a resident since 2006. She was a former resident of Abbs Valley, VA She was born August 29, 1921 in McDowell County., WV and is the last surviving member of her immediate family of nine brother and sisters....
Marty Wayne Parish
Aug 20, 2011
Marty Wayne Parish, age 33, of Ballfield Road, Anawalt, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on April 17, 1978 in Princeton, he was a son of Tom and Ellen Presley Parish of Anawalt. He had been a resident of Anawalt for most of his life and was of the Holiness faith....
Oran Bell
Aug 19, 2011
BLUEFIELD — Oran Ulysses “Cotton” Bell Sr., age 80, of Bluefield, W.Va., died peacefully Friday, August 19, 2011. PawPaw was a kind, gentle, and humble man. Playfully, he could tell a story like no other. He was a master at telling jokes. Mr. Bell retired after serving thirty-seven years with Norfolk and Southern Railroad where he was proudly known as...
Jessie Vance Jenkins
Aug 19, 2011
Jessie Vance “JV” Jenkins, Sr. 84 of West Virginia Manor Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Born on December 04, 1926 in Mercer County, West Virginia he was the son of the late William Nathaniel Jenkins and Ollie Elizabeth McMillan Jenkins. Jessie was the last survivor of 16 children....
Pauline Lowe
Aug 18, 2011
Pauline Lowe, age 89, of 909 Pearl Street, Bluefield and formerly of Davy, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 21, 1921 in Mile Branch, she was a daughter of the late John and Stella Rose Mitchem. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1982 and attended the Salvation Army in Bluefield....
Donald Ray Rorrer
Aug 17, 2011
Donald Ray Rorrer Jr.,age 50,of P.O. Box16 (Freedom Road),Montcalm, W.Va.,passed away Wednesday,August 17,2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born April 19,1961 in Bluefield,W.Va.,he was the son of the late Donald and Teresa Battaglino Rorrer. Mr. Rorrer had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm and was a graduate of Montcalm High School. He had been employed with Score Sporting Store. Survivors...
Owen Maxwell Frye
Aug 15, 2011
Owen Maxwell Frye, son of Jason Frye and Michelle Jackson, of Bluefield, was stillborn on Monday, August 15, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Survivors in addition to his parents include his: Brother: Luke Jackson of the home Sister: Emily Jackson of the home Maternal grandparents: Michael and Donna Underwood of Bluefield Paternal grandmother: Pamela Frye of Bluefield...
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