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Tommy Joe Teasley

Tommy Joe Teasley

Feb 23, 2011

Tommy Joe Teasley, age 70, of Lot 8 Davidson Mobile Home Park in Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home. Born on May 19, 1940, he was a son of the late Bernard and Mabel Hall Teasley. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 10 years and had retired from the US Army. In addition...

Carl Edward Lawson

Carl Edward Lawson

Feb 23, 2011

Carl Edward Lawson, Jr., age 43, of 368 Buckeye Hollow Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his residence. Born on April 20, 1967 in Bluefield, he was a son of Jennifer Hutchens Clark of Bluefield, VA and the late Carl E. Lawson, Sr. He had been a resident of Princeton for 5 years and was...

Leonard V. Scott

Leonard V. Scott

Feb 19, 2011

BLUEWELL, WV---Leonard V.”Scotty” Scott, age 86, of Bluewell, WV passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at his residence after a short battle with cancer. Born July 20, 1924 at Junior Pokey, WV (Welch). He was the son of the late Leonard and Nancy Mahalia Noe Scott. “Scotty” had lived in Bluewell for the past 63 years. He attended Gary High...

Violet Leeann Hodge

Violet Leeann Hodge

Feb 16, 2011

Violet Leeann Hodge 52, of 822 Old Bramwell Road Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at her home. Violet was born on April 21, 1958 in Bluefield, WV to Violet Louise Hodge of the home and the late Junior Lee Hodge. She was a member of the End Time Revivals Church. Survivors Include: Mother: Violet Louise Hodge...

Mack Phelps

Mack Phelps

Feb 15, 2011

Mack Phelps, Sr., age 86, of Route 4 Box 8, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at his home. Born on June 19, 1924 in Vanlier, KY, he was a son of the late John and Bell Phelps. He had been a resident of Mercer County for 40 years and was a retired coal mine electrician with...

Thelma Dean Goforth

Thelma Dean Goforth

Feb 9, 2011

Thelma Dean Goforth Perdue, age 82, of 244 Cimarron Drive, Princeton, passed away on February 9, 2011 at her residence after a long battle with cancer. “The Battle is Over and The Victory Has Been Won.” She was born on March 24, 1928 in the Midway Section of Bluefield. She attended school in Wythe County, VA. She loved to cook,...

Curtis Jackson Hodges

Curtis Jackson Hodges

Feb 9, 2011

Curtis Jackson “Jack” Hodges, age 73, of 162 Singer Lane, Princeton, WV died on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 20, 1937 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Rev James Andrew Hodges and Inez Leah Hedrick Hodges. He had lived in Princeton for the past 3 years and had formerly lived...

Barbara Ann Miller

Barbara Ann Miller

Feb 9, 2011

Barbara Ann Miller, age 58, of Anawalt, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at her home. Born on July 5, 1952 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Edward Blevins Thore and Betty Jean Johnson Thore. She attended the Billy Sunday Church on Peel Chestnut Mountain. Barbara always put others before herself. Her conversations, when talking...

Anthony Eugene Clower

Anthony Eugene Clower

Feb 7, 2011

Anthony “Ankie” Eugene Clower, age 58, of PO Box 722, Montcalm, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at his home. Born on June 11, 1952 in Montcalm he was a son of the late Richard Cecil and Rosie Belle Dunford Clower. He had been a resident of Montcalm for all of his life. He was a self employed tow...

Jerry Allen Breeden, Sr.

Jerry Allen Breeden, Sr.

Feb 6, 2011

Jerry Allen “Peanut” Breeden, Sr., age 60, of Rt. 2, Box 258, Rock, WV died on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at McDowell Continuous Care and Rehab Center in Gary, WV. Born on December 30, 1950 in Blacksburg, VA, he was a son of the late Elijah Breeden and Ann Hazel Hudgins Breeden. He had lived in Rock for the past...

David Allen Byrd

David Allen Byrd

Feb 5, 2011

David Allen Byrd David Allen Byrd, age 49, of Route 2 Box 424, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on November 29, 1961 in Elkhart, IN, he was a son of Jack and Pansy Osborn Byrd of Elkhart, IN. He had been a resident of Bluefield for a year and was of...

Thelma Gertrude Simons

Thelma Gertrude Simons

Feb 4, 2011

Thelma Gertrude Simons, age 89, of 1412 North Walker Street, Princeton, WV passed away on Friday, February 4, 2011 at the GlenWood Park Retirement Village. Born on July 14, 1921 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Inez Johnson. She had been a resident of Princeton for 40 years and was a member of the...

William Earl Canter

William Earl Canter

Jan 29, 2011

William Earl Canter, age 80, of Route 4 Box 167-A (Evangelism Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2011 on Evangelism Road, near his residence. Born on July 23, 1930 in Bristol, TN, he was a son of the late James C. and Lena Taylor Canter. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 40 years and was...

Mary Geneva Martin

Mary Geneva Martin

Jan 29, 2011

Mary Geneva Barnett Martin, 90, of Wilmington, NC died Saturday January 29, 2011 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Life Care Center. She was born in War, WV on November 5, 1920, daughter of the late Willard Smith and Belle Reed Smith and was preceded in death by her husband Alvah Hampton Martin. Geneva was a postmaster with twenty-five years of...

Dorothy "Phyllis" Graham

Dorothy "Phyllis" Graham

Jan 28, 2011

Dorothy “Phyllis” Williams Graham, age 75, of Davidson Mobile Home Park in Brushfork, passed away at home with her family on Friday, January 28, 2011. Born on October 22, 1935 in Boissevain, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late John Thomas and Myrtle Groseclose Hardy. She was raised by her grandparents, the late Sarah and Burton Groseclose. She had...

Larry Keith Hurst

Larry Keith Hurst

Jan 26, 2011

Larry Keith Hurst 60, of Rt. 1 Box 368-A Bluefield, WV passed away at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV on Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Larry was born on November 07, 1950 in Bluefield, WV to Yvonne Legg Hurst and the Late Chester “C.M.” Hurst. Larry was a graduate of Montcalm High School in 1968 and served his country...

Carnes M. Webb

Carnes M. Webb

Jan 26, 2011

From: Cravens-Shires Carnes M. Webb, Sr. went to be with the LORD on Wednesday, January 26, 2011. He died at Bluefield Regional Hospital following an illness with his heart. Born in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Paul and Bertha Mabe Webb. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Sherry Dawn Webb....

William Ward, Jr.

William Ward, Jr.

Jan 25, 2011

William “B.B.” Ward, Jr., age 66, of 486 Heather Street, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at a Princeton hospital. Born on August 13, 1944 in Bluefield, VA, he was a son of the late William B. Ward, Sr., and Margaret Faye Mitchell Ward. He had been a resident of Falls Mills most of his life...

Carl "Odell" Mitchem

Carl "Odell" Mitchem

Jan 24, 2011

Carl “Odell” Mitchem, age 68, of Jenkinjones, WV died on Monday, January 24, 2011 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. Born on September 6, 1942, in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Allen G. and Nellie E. Davis Mitchem. He had lived in McDowell County his entire life and was a construction worker. In addition to...

Betty Joyce Stevenson

Betty Joyce Stevenson

Jan 22, 2011

Betty Joyce Stevenson 75 of P.O. Box 413 Falls Mills, VA. 24613 passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, WV. Betty was born on May 28, 1935 in Bluefield, WV to the late Stanley Rangeo and Evelyn Brightbill Rangeo. She had been a resident of Falls Mills, VA since 1995. Betty was a...

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