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Cecil Hubert Elliott
Apr 19, 2011
Cecil Hubert Elliott, age 90, of P.O. Box 32, Gary, WV died on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on May 10, 1920 in Filbert, WV, he was a son of the late Walter and Phoebie Parrish Elliott. He had lived in Gary his entire life and was retired from Gary US Steel Coal mine. He...
Frank Raymond Gillespie
Apr 17, 2011
Frank “Raymond” Gillespie, age 61, of Rt. 5, Box 373 (Kirby Addition) Bluefield, WV died on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 2, 1949 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Hallet and Betty Ann Davis Gillespie. He had lived in Bluefield for the past 40 years and attended the Methodist Church. He...
Donald Lee Crigger
Apr 17, 2011
Donald Lee Crigger, age 58, of Upland, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at a Welch hospital. Born on December 17, 1952 in Switchback, he was a son of Virginia Roberts of Springfield, MO and adoptive parents, the late John Henry and Effie Johnson Crigger. He had been a resident of Upland since 1999 and attended the Deliverance Temple...
Myrtle M. Belcher
Apr 16, 2011
Our mother, Myrtle M. Belcher, age 92, of Rt. 4, Bluefield, WV went to be with the LORD on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Born on April 21, 1918 in Beckley, she was a daughter of the late William Ezekiel and Annie Lee Long Brooks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Willie Clarence...
Laura Sue Mullins
Apr 15, 2011
Laura Sue Mullins 59 of Rock, West Virginia passed away on Friday, April 15, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Laura was born September 30, 1951 to the late Frank and Linda Morris. Laura was an active and beloved member of the Bluefield, WV congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. She will be remembered as a kind, devoted, and industrious...
Iva Graves
Apr 14, 2011
Iva Holland Graves, of Maybeury, WV answered the master’s call on April 14, 2011 surrounded by her family. Born May 1, 1929 in Maybeury WV, she was the daughter of the late Jess and Mary Woodson Holland. Iva was reared and educated in the McDowell County public school system of West Virginia. Iva Holland was united in holy matrimony to...
Juanita Rose Folks
Apr 10, 2011
Juanita Rose Folks 71 of Justin, Texas formerly of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the residence of her daughter. Juanita was born on January 09, 1940 in Pageton, West Virginia to the late James Rose and Martha Ann Parrish Rose. She had formerly worked as a waitress and was a devoted wife, mother and...
Jackie Randolph Harrold
Apr 10, 2011
Jackie Randolph Harrold, age 69, of 394 Deerfield Road, Falls Mills, VA died on Sunday April 10, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on September 27, 1941 in Pageton, WV, he was a son of the late John Lester and Jessie Landreth Harrold. He had lived in Falls Mills for the past 47 years and was retired from Consolidated...
Clara Helen Lovelace
Apr 9, 2011
Clara Helen Lovelace, age 76, of 536 Raines Road, Easley, South Carolina, formerly of Bluewell, died on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at her the residence of her son in Easley. Born on February 18, 1934 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Watson and Brenda Victoria Perdue Neal. She was a member of the Providence Baptist Church...
Jarvis Larry "JL" King
Apr 7, 2011
Jarvis Larry “JL” King, age 79, of Route 5 Box 410 (Pinnacle View Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the GlenWood Park Retirement Village. Born on March 14, 1932 in McComas, he was a son of the late Dave and Maggie Shrewsbury King. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 58 years and formerly...
Carol Sue Cook
Apr 7, 2011
Carroll Sue Cook, age 64, of Bluefield, and formerly of Iaeger and Bluewell, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at a Bluefield Nursing Home. Born on November 6, 1946 in Iaeger, she was a daughter of the late James Oliver “Chap” Cook and Moss Kathleen Lockhart Cook. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition...
Robert Floyd Thomas
Apr 7, 2011
ECKMAN, WV--- Robert Floyd Thomas, age 81, of PO Box 91 Eckman, WV passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born June 15, 1929 at Pocahontas, VA he was the son of the late Edward Lewis and Nellie Clark Thomas. He was preceded in death by Four sisters, Jean Thomas, Mary Thomas, Mona Thomas, and Cheermae...
Rudy Kelly
Apr 6, 2011
Rudy Kelly, age 91, of P.O. Box 83, Pageton, WV died on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 2, 1920 in Gary, he was a son of the late William H. and Cora Umbarger Kelly. He had lived in Pageton for the past 50 years and was a member of the Thorpe United Methodist...
Margaret Mae Murphy
Apr 5, 2011
Sweet spirit, gentle heart… Remembering all the times that you’ve brought joy to the world. Margaret Mae Murphy, age 83, of 212 Locust Street, Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the residence of her daughter in Charlottesville, VA. Born on October 2, 1927 in Algoma, she was a daughter of the late Philip and Bessie Garrett Mason....
Mary Williams Shaw
Apr 5, 2011
Mary Williams Shaw, age 87, of 510 Gayle Street, Princeton, WV died on Tuesday April 5, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on November 13, 1923 in Switchback, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Lula Payne Williams. She had lived in Princeton for the past 43 years and was a member of the Fairview Christian Community...
Winfrede C. Sullivan
Apr 4, 2011
Mrs. Winifrede C. Sullivan, age 90, of Newark, DE, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2011, at Heartland Hospice House in Wilmington, DE. Mrs. Sullivan, a talented homemaker, was born in Hemphill, WV, on February 24, 1921, daughter of the late William B. Roach and Sally A. Cowan Roach. She is survived by her beloved sons, Richard G. Smiley and...
Beulah Mae Barber
Mar 29, 2011
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Beulah Mae Barber, age 87, of Route 1 Box 138-D, Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Born on November 9, 1923 in Vivian, she was the daughter of the late James J. and Ollie Nixon Gravely. She had lived a number of years in Crumpler with her late...
William Dwight Mayhle
Mar 29, 2011
William Dwight “Billy” Mayhle, age 40, of 201 Tazewell Street, Apt. 1, Pearisburg, VA and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2011 at his residence following a long illness. Born on November 23, 1970 in Cleveland, OH, he was a son of William and Jo Ann Blizzard Mayhle of Clarksville, PA. He had formerly worked for 15...
Arie Rose Jennings
Mar 29, 2011
Arie Rose (Polly) Jennings, age 8, of Route 2 Box 300, Rock, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on June 13, 1942 in Wytheville, VA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Elizabeth Kegley Corvin. She had been a resident of Rock for 35 years and attended the New Vision Pentecostal...
Hobert Roger Mullins
Mar 29, 2011
Hobert Roger Mullins, age 63, of Paul Heights, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at a Princeton hospital. Born on August 31, 1947 in Crumpler, he was a son of the late Eli and Martha Mullins Hicks. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 10 years and attended the Princeton Church of God. In addition to...
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