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Blonnie Kyle Mitchem
Dec 20, 2010
Blonnie Kyle Mitchem, age 77, of Kirby Addition Road, Princeton, WV, formerly of Crumpler, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital surrounded by his family. Born on January 21, 1933 in Beartown, WV, he was a son of the late Samuel Preston and Cloah Annie Bailey Mitchem. Blonnie was a retired coal miner with 43 years...
Everett Lee Beggs
Dec 20, 2010
Everett Lee Beggs, age 76, of Princeton went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 20, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. He was born on July 16, 1934 in Windmill Gap, WV to the late William James Beggs and Sebina Walker Beggs as the youngest son of eighteen children. He was employed as a coal miner at Ashland...
Audra Blanche Combs
Dec 19, 2010
Audra Blanche Combs, age 92, of 1005 ½ College Avenue, Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at The Maples in Bluefield. Born on November 9, 1918 in Meadowview, VA, she was a daughter of the late Stuart and Garnett lee Terry McCormick. She was a graduate of Gary High School and the WV Business College. She was a...
Geneva Fay Stuart
Dec 19, 2010
Geneva Fay Hicks Stuart, age 82, of 186 Pollard Avenue, Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on April 1, 1928 in Whitby, she was a daughter of the late Clarence W. Hicks and Maggie Rollins Hicks. She went to Little French Beauty Academy on Cumberland Road. After her graduation on January 20, 1972,...
Frank Carl Davis, Jr.
Dec 18, 2010
Frank Carl Davis, Jr., age 65, of 103 Gypsum Street, Bluefield, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at his residence. Born on March 20, 1945 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Frank C. Davis, Sr. and Martha Little Davis. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a graduate of Bluefield High School. He...
Geraldine Pruitt
Dec 17, 2010
Geraldine “Gerry” Anderson Pruitt, of Route 1 Box 415 (Littlesburg Road), Bluefield, passed away on Friday, December 17, 2010 at a Princeton hospital. Born on October 21, 1934 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Stewart and Anna Wilson Dotson. She was of the Baptist faith and was a retired manager of H&S Green Stamps. She was a...
Margaret McKinney Liddle
Dec 17, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH, SC---Margaret McKinney Liddle, age 92, of 1470 Fox Hollow Way Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Roanoke, VA , went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 17, 2010 at her residence. Born July 15, 1918 in Algoma, WV, Mrs. Liddle was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by...
Lena Belle Stroupe
Dec 13, 2010
Lena Belle Isom Stroupe, age 100, of 475 Christian Fork Loop, Princeton, WV, and formerly of Bluewell, passed from this mortal life into the loving arms of her savior on Monday, December 13, 2010 at her residence. Born on January 20, 1910 in Ivanhoe, VA, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Emette E. and Bessie Madana Cline Isom....
Jimmy Joe Simons
Dec 13, 2010
Jimmy Joe Simons, age 74, of 1019 ½ Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2010 at his home. Born on February 6, 1936 in Clearfork, VA, and was preceded in death by his parents, Wiley and Elizabeth Neal Simons; a daughter, Diana O’Quinn; a brother, and two sisters. He retired after 22 years of service...
Kathy Elizabeth Hill
Dec 11, 2010
Kathy Elizabeth Miles Hill 55, of Rt. 3 Box 475 Bluefield, WV passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2010 at the home of her sister in Princeton, WV. Kathy was born on March 13, 1955 in Bluefield, WV to the late Fred and Doreen Riggs Miles. She had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 20 years, where she...
Lucy Hazel Shaffer
Dec 9, 2010
Lucy Hazel Shaffer, age 101, of Route 4 Box 511 (Warden Avenue, Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at her residence. Born on June 1, 1909 in Swords Creek, WV, she was a daughter of the late James B. and Margaret Perkins Strouth. She had been a resident of Bluewell since 1937 and was of the...
Shirley Yvonnie Stapleton
Dec 7, 2010
Shirley Yvonne “Vonnie” Stapleton, age 54, of Box 252, Falls Mills, VA passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at a Beckley hospital. Born on May 19, 1956 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of Geneva Smith Fields and the late Lloyd E. Walker. She was retired from the State Line Market as a cashier and was of the...
Paul Elmer Howell
Dec 7, 2010
Paul “Elmer” Howell, Sr., age 76, of 1323 Glenwood Park Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at his residence. Born on July 30, 1934 in McComas, he was a son of the late Dolphus Elmer and Maggie Beaman Howell. He had been a resident of Princeton since 1950 and was of the Protestant faith. He was...
Jason Alan Thomas
Dec 4, 2010
Jason Alan Thomas, 30, of Bluefield, WV passed away on December 04, 2010 when GOD decided heaven needed another Marine to guard its gates. Jason was born on November 12, 1980 in Bluefield, WV to James and Pamela Webb Thomas of Bluefield, WV. Jason was a proud veteran of the Iraqi war serving in the United States Marine Corps as...
Edith Ella Jane Dequino
Dec 3, 2010
Edith Ella Jane Dequino, age 87, of Rt. 1, Box 284-C, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, December 3, 2010 at Mercer Continuous Care in Bluefield. Born on June 4, 1923 in Thornhill, WV, she was the daughter of the late Dan and Rilda Severt Brown. She had lived in the Bluefield area her entire life and was a devoted wife,...
William Edward Thore
Dec 2, 2010
William Edward Thore, age 60, of PO Box 325 Kearnysville, WV formerly of Jenkinjones, passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at a Charles Town hospital. Born on March 30, 1950 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Edward B. and Betty Jean Johnson Thore. He had been a resident of Kearnysville for 10 years and was of...
Pamela Ann Seay
Dec 2, 2010
Pamela Ann Seay, age 38, of 410 Andrews Circle, Princeton, WV died on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Born on January 3, 1972 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Doyle Ray and Rosa Thornsburg Blankenship. She had lived in Princeton for the past 2 years and attended the Church of God....
Claude Fredy Hunley
Dec 1, 2010
Claude Fredy Hunley, Jr., age 69, of PO Box 23, Jenkinjones, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the home of his son in Bassett, VA. Born on July 11, 1941 in Jenkinjones, he was son of the late Claude Fred Hunley, Sr. and the Rebecca Harman Hunley. He had been a resident of Jenkinjones for all of...
Alivia Luvay Mowdy
Dec 1, 2010
Alivia Luvay Mowdy, infant daughter of Samantha N. Farris of Nemours and Kenny Ray Mowdy, Jr. of Bluefield passed away shortly after she was born on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at a Roanoke hospital. She was preceded in death by her maternal great grandfathers, George Jack Hicks and John Popp; and paternal great grandmother, Margaret Martin. Survivors in addition to...
Bobby Joe Dudley, Jr.
Nov 29, 2010
Bobby Joe Dudley, Jr., age 44, of P.O. Box 473, Montcalm, WV died on Monday, November 29, 2010 in Bluewell following an ATV accident. Born on November 1, 1966 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Bobby Joe Dudley and Ruby Spicer Dudley of Montcalm. He had lived in Montcalm his entire life and will be missed by...
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