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Carl William Thomas, Sr.

Carl William Thomas, Sr.

Oct 16, 2011

Carl William Thomas, Sr., age 57, of 1806 Virginia Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2011 following a long illness. Born on June 15, 1954 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Herbert and Viola Jane Baker Thomas. He had been a resident of Bluefield for his entire life and was of the Pentecostal Holiness...

Matthew Thomas Garrett

Matthew Thomas Garrett

Oct 13, 2011

Matthew Thomas Garrett, age 33, of 218 Meadow Lane Loop Lot #3, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at his residence. Born on August 12, 1978 in Bluefield, he was a son of Larry R. and Arleen Hinegar Garrett of Route 5, Bluefield. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of the...

Vernon "Pete" Reed

Vernon "Pete" Reed

Oct 12, 2011

Vernon “Pete” Reed, age 93, of Route 3 Box 482 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center in Bluefield. Born on August 27, 1918 in Oakvale, he was a son of the late James and Bertie Ratcliff Reed. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and...

Mary Elizabeth Short

Mary Elizabeth Short

Oct 10, 2011

Mary Elizabeth White Short, age 82, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV died on Monday, October 10, 2011 at Mercer Nursing and Rehab Center in Bluefield. Born on October 23, 1928 in Giatto, WV she was a daughter of the late Walter and Mae Davis White. She had lived in Mercer County for the past 30 years and was a...

Kevin Scott Thomas

Kevin Scott Thomas

Oct 8, 2011

BLUEFIELD, WV---Kevin Scott Thomas, age 40, of RT 2 Box 381-A Bluefield, WV passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital from Cardio respiratory Arrest. Born August 9, 1971 at Bluefield, WV he was the son of Carolyn Bailey Neal of RT 2 Bluefield, WV and the late Robert Scott Thomas. Mr. Scott had been a resident of...

Edward Lee Keen

Edward Lee Keen

Oct 7, 2011

BLUEFIELD, WV---Edward Lee Keen, Sr. age 84 of RT 4 Box 159 Bluefield, WV passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA. Born January 4, 1927 in Shorts Gap, VA he was the son of the late William David Lewis Keen and Mary Cantrell Keen. Mr. Keen was a resident of the Brushfork area for...

Elizabeth W. Hall

Elizabeth W. Hall

Oct 6, 2011

Bluefield- Elizabeth W. Hall, 88, of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield, WV, died Thursday morning, October 6, 2011 at Harmony House in Lerona, WV. She was born June 23, 1923 at Montcalm, WV to the late Andrew and Elizabeth Owens White. She was a retired school teacher of 41 years teaching at Montcalm Elementary for the last 25 years before her...

Frank Lewis Wright

Frank Lewis Wright

Oct 5, 2011

BLUEFIELD, WV---Frank Lewis Wright, Sr. age 87, of PO Box 34 (34 Holly Hills estates) Bluefield, WV, formerly of Roanoke, VA passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the V.A. Hospital in Beckley, WV.Born September 9, 1924 Mr. Wright was the son the late George Wright, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Cumb. Mr. Wright had worked construction and was a proud...

Carolyn B. Taylor

Carolyn B. Taylor

Oct 4, 2011

Carolyn B. Taylor, age 64, of 1215 Frederick Avenue, Pulaski, VA passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA. Born on March 10, 1947 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late R. E. (Ray) and Nell Margaret Harlow Barnett. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church...

David Blackwell

David Blackwell

Oct 4, 2011

David Blackwell, age 61, of Route 1 Box 497 (Littlesburg Road), Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Born on November 7, 1949 in Dott, he was a son of Winifred Mae Shrewsbury Blackwell of Rock and the late Berman H. Blackwell. David was a retired coal miner having worked 34 years. He was a member of the Immanuel...

William Leslie Belcher, Sr.

William Leslie Belcher, Sr.

Oct 1, 2011

William Leslie “Bill” Belcher, Sr., age 75, of 41 Colt Street, Rock, WV, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on September 8, 1936 in Kegley, he was a son of the late Clarence and Vivian Underwood Belcher. He was a member of the Wesley Chapel in Rock and was a graduate of Montcalm High...

Haven Robert Robinette, Jr.

Haven Robert Robinette, Jr.

Sep 30, 2011

Haven Robert Robinette, Jr. (Robbie) ,64, of Montcalm, West Virginia went to be with the Lord after a battle with cancer Friday, September 30, 2011 in Tazewell, Tennessee. Haven was born on December 6, 1946 in Bluefield, WV to the late Minnie Ownes Robinette and Haven Robinette, Sr. Haven attended Montcalm High School and Bluefield State College. After college he...

Dorothy Hester Copley

Dorothy Hester Copley

Sep 29, 2011

Dorothy Hester, Copley, age 71, of Northfork Hollow (PO Box 554), Northfork, WV, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 22, 1929 in Man, she was a daughter of the late Gerald and Minerva Mullins Lester. She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Northfork for 20 years. In addition to...

Joseph Brice Johnson

Joseph Brice Johnson

Sep 29, 2011

Joseph Brice Johnson of Lashmeet, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Joseph was born on Thursday, September 29, 2011 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Jasmine Johnson. In addition to his mother Joseph is survived by: Maternal Grandmother: Jessia Ann Taylor and fiancé Jeff Kidwell of Lashmeet, West Virginia...

Mary Lee Brooks

Mary Lee Brooks

Sep 28, 2011

Mary Lee Brooks, age 84, of 821 Charlie Brown Road, Burnsville, NC and formerly of Falls Mills, VA and Florida, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Burnsville, NC. Born on April 26, 1927 in Falls Mills, VA, she was a daughter of the late Diamond C. and Lucille P. Gilpin. She was...

Harvey McCroskey

Harvey McCroskey

Sep 27, 2011

Harvey McCroskey, 69, of Rocky Gap, VA, formerly of Anawalt, WV, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital after a year and half battle with cancer. Born May 14, 1942 in Jenkinjones WV, he attended Heritage Baptist Church in Bland, VA and was a devoted husband and loving father and grandfather. A former employee of the McDowell...

Dorcas Virginia Burcham Bowles

Dorcas Virginia Burcham Bowles

Sep 27, 2011

Dorcas Virginia Burcham Bowles, age 81, of 370 Dry Fork Road, Rocky Gap, VA, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at the Brookshire Nursing Home in Hillsborough, NC. Born on May 14, 1930 in Wytheville, VA, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Edna Akers Burcham. She was much more than a homemaker. She was a loving...

Gladys Virginia Stepp

Gladys Virginia Stepp

Sep 26, 2011

Gladys Virginia Stepp, age 65, of 146 Domingo Drive, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011 at the Gary Nursing and Rehab Center in Gary. Born on July 10, 1946 in Skygusty, she was a daughter of the late Gordon and Rose Irene Lovelace Reed. She had been a lifelong resident of Anawalt and was of the Methodist...

Gene Franklin Kirby

Gene Franklin Kirby

Sep 26, 2011

Gene Franklin Kirby, age 70, of Route 5 Box 420-D, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, September 26, 2011 at his home. Born on August 12, 1941 in Mercer County, he was a son of Edith Taylor Kirby of Rt. 4, Bluefield and the late Olen Giles Kirby. He had been a...

Kathy Jo Burns

Kathy Jo Burns

Sep 21, 2011

Bluefield- Kathy Jo Burns, 53, of Rt.3 Box 568, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord Wednesday September 21, 2011. Born July 5, 1958 in Sandlick, WV, she was a daughter of Carol Shrader Aniel of Rt. 3 Bluefield, WV and the late Arnold Aniel . She attended the Rogers Street Community Church. In addition to her parents she...

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