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Mark Timothy Hartwell

Mark Timothy Hartwell

Jun 2, 2011

Mark Timothy Hartwell 38 of 117 Middle Street North Tazewell, Virginia passed away on Thursday, June 02, 2011 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Mark had been a resident of Tazewell, VA for the past 6 years and had formerly lived in Bluefield, WV for 32 years. Mark was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on December 24, 1979 to Frances Standfield. Mark...

Lillian Kanora Johnson

Lillian Kanora Johnson

Jun 1, 2011

Anawalt- Lillian Kanora Johnson, 94 of Anawalt, WV, passed away June 1, 2011 at her home. Born May 14, 1917 in Charleston, WV, she was a daughter of the late Isom and Myrtle Anders Parks. Mrs Johnson was of the Holiness faith and had been a resident of the Anawalt area for 60 years. In addition to her parents she...

James Willard Sigmon

James Willard Sigmon

Jun 1, 2011

James Willard Sigmon, age 88, of Rt. 1, Box 153 Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 in Martinsville, VA. Born on July 5, 1922 in Rocky Mount, NC, he was a son of the late George and Nan Sigmon. He had lived at Rt 1, Bluefield for the past 23 years. He was a WWII veteran having served...

John Nelson McGuire

John Nelson McGuire

May 31, 2011

John Nelson McGuire, age 88, of 1718 A Pomeroy Road, Salem Virginia, formerly of Bluewell, died on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at Salem Health and Rehab Center. Born on September 10, 1922 in Orange County, VA, he was a son of the late John and Elsie May Asbury McGuire. He served in WWII in the Battery 275 Armored Field Artillery...

Thomas Edward Davis

Thomas Edward Davis

May 30, 2011

ANAWALT, WV ---Thomas Edward Davis, age 59, of Anawalt Ridge Road, Anawalt, WV went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 30, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on January 5, 1952 in Crosier Hollow, he was a son of Mildred Farmer Davis of Anawalt and the late Eddie M. Davis. He had lived in Anawalt his entire...

Effie Marilyn Glass

Effie Marilyn Glass

May 26, 2011

Effie Marilyn Glass 93, of Bluefield, Virginia formerly of Maybeury and Peel Chestnut Mountain, West Virginia. Passed away at Westwood Center in Bluefield, Virginia on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Effie was born on December 08, 1917 in Maybeury, West Virginia to the late Jack and Ella Bell Phelps Smith. Effie was of the Baptist faith and lived on Peel Chestnut...

Bobby Franklin Aust

Bobby Franklin Aust

May 24, 2011

Bobby Franklin Aust, age 56, of Highland Avenue, Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on December 19, 1954 in Ft. Seal, OK, he was a son of Mozelle Hollar Aust of the home and the late Joe Henry Aust. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and attended...

Sally Ann Whaling

Sally Ann Whaling

May 23, 2011

GOD has called another of his angels, Sally Ann Whaling, of Christiansburg, VA, home to Heaven. Sally went to be with her Lord early in the morning of Monday May 23, 2011. Sally lived in Northfork, WV from 1939 until 1986. Just like her husband Fred, even though she had lived in Virginia since 1986, her heart remained in West...

Eloise Wilson Lineberry

Eloise Wilson Lineberry

May 22, 2011

Eloise Wilson Lineberry 88 of the Maples in Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of 175 Perdue Hollow Road Bluefield, West Virginia. Passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield, West Virginia. Eloise was born on February 02, 1923 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Richard and Maxine Carter Wilson. She had been a resident...

Anna Elizabeth Tabor

Anna Elizabeth Tabor

May 22, 2011

Anna Elizabeth Tabor, age 72, of 1808 Dearborn Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at a Welch hospital. Born on June 20, 1938 in Delaware City, DE, she was a daughter of the late Tony and Alice Gardner Costango. She had been a resident of Bluefield since 1956 and was a member of the Calvary Baptist...

Rebecca Ann Seay

Rebecca Ann Seay

May 22, 2011

Rebecca Ann Seay 46 of 106 Arapaho Ave. Locust Grove, GA passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Rebecca was born on February 21, 1965 in Welch, West Virginia to Clarence and Beatrice Seagraves Phillips of Georgia. She had been a resident of Georgia for the past 35 years and was...

James David Warburton

James David Warburton

May 20, 2011

James David (J .D.) Warburton (83) of Route 3 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluewell, West Virginia departed this world on May 20, 2011 to be with his heavenly father and beautiful wife of over 62 years, Hazel. He was born December 30, 1927 in Pulaski Virginia to Charles Nimrod and Sarah Janet Warburton. He faithfully attended Bluewell United Methodist Church, which...

Lelia Peterson

Lelia Peterson

May 20, 2011

Lelia Myrtle (Scott) Peterson, age 100, of Route 5 Box 736-B, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Princeton Health Care. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother who will be fondly remembered by all as “Granny.” Born on May 5, 1911 in Stuart, VA, she was a daughter of the late Jonce and Minnie Dalton Pack....

Betty Lou Eller

Betty Lou Eller

May 19, 2011

Betty Lou Eller, age 69, of Tabernacle Hill (PO Box 282), Montcalm, WV, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on September 27, 1941 in Steubenville, OH, she was a daughter of the late John and Bertha Zilinski and Rizzute. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She formerly worked as a...

Ruth Ellen Patrick

Ruth Ellen Patrick

May 17, 2011

Ruth Ellen Patrick, age 82, of Ryan Village Apartments, Princeton, W.Va., died on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at the home of her daughter, Dorothy Mitchem in Bluewell. Born on June 5, 1928 in Yards, Va., she was a daughter of the late Charles George and Nannie Fowler Patrick. She had lived at Glenwood for the past 10 years and attended...

Jackie Lee Overton, Sr.

Jackie Lee Overton, Sr.

May 13, 2011

Jackie Lee Overton, Sr., age 64, of Route 3 Box 840, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011 at a Princeton hospital. Born on March 6, 1947 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Eugene (Peas) and Elizabeth Cecil Overton. He had been a resident f Bluefield for 6 years and was of the Pentecostal faith....

Opal Dane Stoker

Opal Dane Stoker

May 13, 2011

Opal Dane Holbrook Stoker died Friday, May 13, 2011 in Beckley, W.Va., just 23 days short of her 100th birthday. She had been a resident of Beckley since 1968. Born June 5, 1911, in Ashe County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late John and Cora Long Holbrook. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years,...

Roy Thomas Lambert

Roy Thomas Lambert

May 12, 2011

Roy Thomas “Tommy” Lambert passed away at his home on East Wayne Street Bluefield, West Virginia on Thursday evening, May 12, 2011. Tommy was born on April 10, 1947 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Emmett and Ora Beatrice Townley Lambert. Tommy was an accomplished carpenter and his work is still being appreciated in many Bluefield homes. Tommy enjoyed...

Ramona Carol Muncy

Ramona Carol Muncy

May 10, 2011

Ramona Carol Muncy, age 80, of 2332 Pisgah Road, Princeton, and formerly of McDowell County, passed away at Bailey’s Elder Care in Princeton on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Born on April 9, 1931 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Sherfield and Tish Sparks. She had been a resident of Princeton for 25 years and was of...

Hazel Walker

Hazel Walker

May 10, 2011

PRINCETON, WV--- Hazel Walker, age 85, of Beulaville, NC, formerly of Princeton and Twin Branch, WV, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening, May 10 ,2011 in Raleigh, NC. She was born on November 15, 1925 in Twin Branch and was the daughter of the late James Russell and Emma Knox Mowdy. She was the widow of Charles...

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