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Mary Ann Poff

Mary Ann Poff

Jul 29, 2011

I Have Fought the Good Fight, Finished the Race, and Kept the Faith. Mary Ann Poff, age 82, of Route 5 Box 437 (Bluewell), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2011 at a Bluefield regional Medical Center. She was a loving mother and wife. Born on July 29, 1929 in Wilcoe, she was the daughter of the late Joe...

Elizabeth Hatter

Elizabeth Hatter

Jul 29, 2011

Elizabeth Mills Hatter, age 52, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2011 in Tazewell, VA. Born on April 30, 1959 in Whitewood, VA, she was a daughter of Leona Fanin of Bluefield and the late Joe Culbertson. She had been a resident of Mercer County for most of her life and was of the holiness faith. She...

Betty Jane Hambrick

Betty Jane Hambrick

Jul 29, 2011

Betty Jane Hambrick 82 of Hurricane Ridge Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away Friday, July 29, 2011. She was born on July 27, 1929 in Bluefield, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Elizabeth Ethel Hager Holt. Betty was retired from New Method and Bluefield Cleaners where she worked for over 40 years Betty was...

Kenneth Ray McVey

Kenneth Ray McVey

Jul 25, 2011

Kenneth Ray McVey, age 75, of 199 Perdue Hollow Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on October 30, 1935 in Switchback, he was a son of the late Thomas R. and Sylvia DeBusk McVey. He had been a resident of Brushfork for 40 years and was a member of the...

Tamela G. Oiler

Tamela G. Oiler

Jul 24, 2011

Mrs Tamela G. Oiler, 52 , wife of Raymond Oiler lost her courageous battle with colon cancer Sunday morning July 24, 2011 at her home at 601 Union St. in Bluefield, WV, surrounded by her loving family. Born Dec. 3, 1958 in Bluefield she was the daughter of Violet Gilpin Peery Ballard and the late James G. Peery and step...

Sharon Darlene Radford

Sharon Darlene Radford

Jul 22, 2011

Sharon Darlene Julian Radford, age 56, of 225 Sisters Mobile Home Park, Bluefield, WV died on Friday, July 22, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on November 7, 1954 in Florida, she was a daughter of the late James Willard Julian and Marguerite E. Heffner. She formerly worked at Big Sandy Head Start and was a devoted wife, mother,...

William Thomas Black

William Thomas Black

Jul 20, 2011

William Thomas (Billy) Black, age 85, of Princeton, WV quietly went peacefully home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. A son of the late John and Ada Gills Black, he was born June 12, 1926 at Affinity, WV and lived most of his life in the Bluefield/Princeton area. He retired from Coppinger Machinery after...

Clarence E. Lambert

Clarence E. Lambert

Jul 19, 2011

Clarence E. Lambert 87 of Rt. 1 Littlesburg Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at his home. Clarence was born on February 06, 1924 in McDowell County West Virginia to the late Jess and Virgie Mitchem Lambert. Clarence was a retired coal miner and member of UMWA # 8784 he last worked at Kitchekan Fuel...

Vinson Conley Epperson

Vinson Conley Epperson

Jul 19, 2011

Vinson Conley Epperson, age 86, of 8 Estille Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at the Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. Born on July 7, 1925 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Fred and Josephine Johnson Epperson. He had been a resident of Princeton for 35 years and was a member of...

Daniel Ray Chapman

Daniel Ray Chapman

Jul 19, 2011

Daniel Ray “Donnie” Chapman, age 68, of 3313 W. Britt Davis Road, Apt 3. , Columbus, GA, and formerly of Anawalt, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in GA. Born on July 11, 1943 in Anawalt, he was a son of Flossie Thompson Chapman of Anawalt the late Kelly Stuart Chapman. He had been a resident of Georgia for...

John Franklin Payne

John Franklin Payne

Jul 17, 2011

John Franklin Payne 38 of Huntsville, Alabama formerly of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2011 in Decanter, Georgia. John was born on March 21, 1973 in Vicenza, Italy to the Franklin M. Payne of Huntsville, Alabama and the late Barbara Gibson Payne. Left to cherish his memory is: His father: Franklin Payne and Ann Brozelton of...

Lloyd S. West

Lloyd S. West

Jul 16, 2011

Lloyd Sherrill West, age 68, of Route 5 Box 69 (Airport Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington. Born on April 9, 1943 in Warriormine, he was a son of the late Lloyd and Billie Wallace West. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 40 years and was a member...

Charles Magyar

Charles Magyar

Jul 16, 2011

Bland, VA – Charles Magyar, 89, of Bland, VA formerly of Anawalt, WV, passed away Saturday July 16, 2011 in a Bluefield hospital. Born November 13, 1921 in Dorchester, VA, he was a son of the late Frank and Julia Sipos Magyar who migrated to this country from Hungary. Mr. Magyar proudly served his country during World War II in...

Vida Mae Dunford

Vida Mae Dunford

Jul 14, 2011

Vida Mae Dunford 82 of P.O. Box 73 Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at her home. Born on October 15, 1928 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Noland. She was a resident of Montcalm for the past 50 years and was a member of the Deliverance Temple Church in Brushfork....

Janet Gail Anderson

Janet Gail Anderson

Jul 12, 2011

BLUEFIELD, WV---Janet Gail Anderson, age 66, of 132 Tree Top Lane Bluefield, WV passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at her residence. Born November 2, 1944 in Bluefield, WV she was the daughter of the late Edward and Ethel Honaker Cochrane. Mrs. Anderson was a resident of the Bluefield area most of her life where she was a homemaker and...

Mary Ann Owens

Mary Ann Owens

Jul 11, 2011

FALLS MILLS, VA. - Mary Ann “Marie” Donchatz Owens, 78, of 1156 Loop Road, Falls Mills, Va., formerly of Anawalt, W.Va, died Monday, July 11, 2011, at home surrounded by her beloved children following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born on Nov. 18, 1932 in Thorpe, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Horvith...

Jody Lee Popp

Jody Lee Popp

Jul 3, 2011

Jody Lee Popp, age 39, of Route 4 Box 280-A, Bluefield, WV, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Born on July 21, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Sandra Popp of the home and the late John David Popp, Sr. He attended Bramwell Elementary and High School and was of the protestant faith....

Maxine Moore Stephenson

Maxine Moore Stephenson

Jul 2, 2011

Maxine Moore “Tommy” Stephenson 78 of Sandlick Road Bluefield, West Virginia Our dear mother left this earthly home to her home in Heaven on Saturday, July 02, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Born on February 23, 1933 in Boissevain, Virginia to the late John Henry Moore and Cleavie Phipps Moore. She will be with her...

Candie Jean Brock

Candie Jean Brock

Jun 29, 2011

Candie Jean Peery Brock, age 45, formerly of Bluefield, VA, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Born on October 22, 1965 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late George and Frances Harmon Peery. She had formerly worked at the Craft Memorial Library and the Tazewell County Library. She had also worked as the activities director at Westwood...

Jackie Gross

Jackie Gross

Jun 28, 2011

BLUEFIELD, WV---Jackie G. Gross, age 65, of Lorton Lick Road, (PO Box 183, Montcalm), Bluefield passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at her residence. Born July 23, 1945 at Bluefield she was the daughter of the late Jess and Dora Ruble. Ms. Gross was a resident of the Bluewell area for 50 years. She was a Homemaker and attended the...

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