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shelva Jean Lusk
Jun 15, 2011
Shelva Jean Bailey Lusk, age 74, of Route 2 Box 590 (Montcalm),Rock, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at her home. She leaves behind 7 children, 14 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren to cherish her memory. Jean made many friends working in retail. She also had worked at the Bluefield Sanitarium and GlenWood Park Nursing Home. She was...
Melvin Phillip Broyles
Jun 15, 2011
Melvin Phillip Broyles, age 80, of Route 3 Box 228, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at his residence. Born on June 30, 1930 in Bluewell, he was a son of the late Walter B and Nancy A. Phillips Broyles. He had been a resident of Bluefield for his entire life and was retired from the Griffin...
Nellie Evelyn King
Jun 14, 2011
Another angel earned her wings on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Nellie Evelyn Hatfield Sparks King, age 73, of Princeton Health Care and formerly of Gardenia Way, Princeton, passed away after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease at Princeton Health Care. Born on April 20, 1938 in Wyoming County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jay and Edna Marie...
Anna Lee Stafford
Jun 10, 2011
MONTCALM, WV---Anna Lee Stafford, age 94, of P.O. Box 252 Montcalm, WV passed away at her home on June 10, 2011. Born March 8, 1917 at Trigg, VA (Giles CO) she was the daughter of the late James Elbert and Hattie Kirk Stafford. She was employed with Warden’s Market in Montcalm and Bluewell for approximately 35 years. She attended Montcalm...
Mary Kathleen Watkins
Jun 7, 2011
Bluefield, WV- Mary Kathleen Johnson Watkins, 85, of Rt.4 Bluefield, WV(Nemours) died Tuesday June 7, 2011 at the home of her son, David Watkins in Rocky Mount, NC following a long illness. Born in Derby, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Rev. John Grant and Bertha Cordle Johnson. She was a home maker and a member of the...
Veneva Joyce Sexton
Jun 6, 2011
Veneva “Joyce” Hamilton Sexton, age 65, of Cheesy Creek Road, Princeton, WV died on Monday, June 6, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Born on September 26, 1945 in York, Alabama she was a daughter of the late Cleveland and Treva R. Lindsey Hamilton. She worked as an X-Ray Technician for 42 years...
Mary Magline Crews
Jun 4, 2011
Mary Magline (Maggie) Haynes Snapp Crews, age 78, of 701 Harrison Street, Princeton, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at her residence. Born on June 30, 1932 in Widemouth, WV, she was a daughter of the late Qunice and Nannie Abshire Haynes. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was a homemaker. In addition to her...
Cleveland Birl Miller
Jun 4, 2011
VINTON,VA--- On June 4, 2011 Cleveland Birl “Buddy” Miller, 78, of 1915 Cambridge Dr. Vinton, VA , formerly a resident of Bluefield, WV for 50 years, went to be with his Lord and Savior and to join his wife Mary KatherineMiller , who preceded him in death. Born June 30, 1932 in Simmons, WV he was the son of the...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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....
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