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Ella Virginia Sizemore
Oct 20, 2011
Ella Virginia Sizemore, of Princeton, passed away resting in the arms of God, surrounded by all those who loved her deeply on October 20,2011. Ella was born on March 3, 1957 in McDowell County, and for the last three years was fighting a battle for her life due to cancer. Her family especially her two grandsons were her reason for...
Howard Junior Burgess
Oct 20, 2011
Howard Junior Burgess, age 81, of Gary, and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at the McDowell County Nursing and Rehab Center in Gary after battling a long illness. Born on May 27, 1930 in Keystone, he was a son of Wornie and Edna Gullion Burgess. He had been a lifelong resident of Mercer and McDowell...
Thomas "Tommy" Lee White
Oct 18, 2011
Thomas Lee “Tommy” White, age 65, of Route 3 Box 206, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born on March 30, 1946 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Robert Lee and Frances Cook White. He had been a resident of Route 3, Bluefield for 11 years and was of the...
Herbert Porter Murphy
Oct 17, 2011
Herbert Porter Murphy, age 67, of Tazewell, VA and formerly from Abbs Valley, VA passed away on Monday, October 17, 2011. Born on February 25, 1944 in Tazewell Co., VA, he was a son of the late James Edgar Murphy and Grace Dove Murphy. Porter was a proud veteran of the US Air Force. In addition to his parents, he...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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...
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