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Howard Deleano Davidson
Nov 3, 2010
Howard Deleano Davidson, Sr., age 74, of Rt. 1, Box 106, Bramwell, WV (Coaldale) died on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 20, 1936 in Coaldale, he was a son of the late Clifton and Ruby Anna Lawson Davidson. He had lived in Coaldale his entire life and was retired from Gary #14 Coal Mine...
Bryan David Riffe
Oct 30, 2010
Bryan David Riffe, age 29, of 405 Woodspoint Drive, Bluefield, VA went home to be with the LORD on Saturday, October 30, 2010 in Bland County, VA. Born on December 19, 1980 in Bluefield, he was a son of Willard B. Riffe, Sr. and Sandra O’Neal Holdren. He had lived in Bluefield, VA for the past 10 years and was...
Floyd Wayne Huffman
Oct 27, 2010
Floyd Wayne Huffman, age 72, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Montcalm died on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in Jacksonville. Born on January 22, 1938 in Mercer County, he was a son of the late Raymond C. and Dana O. Bibey Huffman. He attended Montcalm High School and then spent 3 years in the US Marines. In addition to his parents,...
Eddie Dean Shephard
Oct 26, 2010
Eddie Dean Shephard, age 53, of 6004 Poole Road, Lot 1, Raleigh, North Carolina, formerly of Bluefield, died on Tuesday October 26, 2010 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Born on April 25, 1957 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Charles Alexander and Martha Gladys Williams Shephard. He had lived in Raleigh for the past 22 years...
Jackie Delaine Hayes
Oct 25, 2010
Jackie Delaine Hayes, 69 of Rt 4, Box 288, Bluefield, (Bluestone), WV, went to be with the Lord at Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Monday, October 25, 2010. Jack was born March 19, 1941 at Squire, WV. He was the son of Rutherford B. Hayes and Edna Hayes Slagle. He was an employee of Maidenform in Princeton, WV for 18 years...
Linda Ann Kaczynski
Oct 24, 2010
Linda Ann Kaczynski, age 58, of 60 Summers St. Welch, WV, passed away on Sunday, October 24, 2010 in Wytheville, VA from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born on January 29, 1952 in Uniontown, PA, she was a daughter of William and Ann Stewart of Uniontown, PA. She had been a resident of Welch for 36 years and...
Charles Loloyd "Tom" Belcher
Oct 23, 2010
BRAMWELL,WV---Charles Lloyd “Tom” Belcher, age 84, of RT 1 Box 19A Bramwell, WV passed away Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Born July 8, 1926 at Freeman, WV he was the son of the late Hobert and Effie Woods Belcher. Mr. Belcher was a resident of Coaldale all of his life where he was a former employee of...
Evelyn Dimple Willis
Oct 23, 2010
Evelyn Dimple Willis, age 91, of Cross Lanes, WV and formerly of College Avenue, Bluefield, passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston. She was a daughter of the late L. C. and Martha Browning Kiser and had been a resident of Bluefield since 1965. She attended Concord College, was a retired school teacher...
India Emaline Pruitt
Oct 22, 2010
India Emaline Lewis Pruitt, age 85, of Marion, OH and formerly of Tazewell, VA, passed away on Friday, October 22, 2010 at the Community Center Nursing Home in Ohio. Born on August 29, 1925 in Tazewell County, VA, she was a daughter of the late Millard and Rachel Hoops Lewis. She had been a resident of Marion, OH for 5...
Johnny H. Brady
Oct 22, 2010
CHARLESTON (AP) — Johnny H. Brady, age 88, of Bluewell, W.Va., formerly of Collinsville, Va., died on Friday, October 22, 2010 at his home. Born on October 11, 1922 in McComas, W.Va., he was a son of the late Mike and Elizabeth Pushie Brady. He had lived in Bluewell for the past year. He had previously lived in Collinsville, Va....
Willow Dean Shatley
Oct 20, 2010
EAST BEND, NC---Willow Dean Shatley, age 78, of 1045 Copperfield Court, East Bend, NC formerly of Jenkinjones, WV passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at Forsythe Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Born July 10, 1932 at Jenkinjones, WV she was the daughter of the late Daniel H. and Goldie Phillips Moore. Mrs. Shatley had been a resident of the North Carolina...
Blanche E. Mitchem
Oct 20, 2010
PRINCETON — Blanche Esther Tabor Mitchem, age 83, of Princeton Health Care, Princeton, passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at a Princeton hospital. Born on October 14, 1927 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Oscar Brown and Julia Bell Belcher Tabor. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, was a member of Mowles Chapel, and was a...
Juanita Farley
Oct 19, 2010
ROCKVILLE- Juanita Farley, 82 of Rockville, Indiana died 4:00 am Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in her residence. She retired from General Telephone Company in Welch and Bluewell, WV. She was born November 11, 1927 in Caretta, West Virginia to William Houk and Rissie Cline Houk. Survivors include three sons, Clifford R. Farley of Rockville, Indiana, Donald Farley of Florida, Danny...
James Harold Shoemaker
Oct 18, 2010
CHARLOTTE, NC--- James Harold Shoemaker, age 85, of 8001 Wilora Lake Road Charlotte, NC, formerly of Princeton, WV passed away Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Wilora Lake Care Center in Charlotte, NC. Born August 18, 1925 in Ashland, WV he was the son of the late James D. and Beulah Hodges Shoemaker. Mr. Shoemaker had been a resident of the...
Bobby Eugene Odle
Oct 17, 2010
ROCK, WV--- Bobby Eugene Odle, age 75, of RT 2 Box 196 (Windmill Gap) Rock, WV passed away Saturday, October, 17, 2010 at his residence. Born December 24, 1934 in McComas, WV he was the son of the late Harry and Victoria Spicer Odle. Mr. Odle was a retired Coal Miner and a U.S. Marines, Korean War Veteran. In addition...
Charles David Combs
Oct 15, 2010
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Charles David Combs, age 73, of RT 3 Box 577 Bluefield, WV passed away Friday, October 15, 2010 at Mercer Nursing and Rahab Center. Born June 3, 1937 in West Virginia he was the son of the late Edward and Juanita Ball Combs. Mr. Combs was a lifelong resident of the Bluefield area where he was self-employed. He...
Eva Diana Stanger
Oct 14, 2010
BLUEFIELD,WV---Eva Diana Stanger of RT 3 Box 670 Bluefield, WV passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Stanger was the daughter of the late Albert and Maddalena Sylvester. She was retired from Kroger Company after 35 plus years of service and a devoted member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Pocahontas. In addition to her parents she...
Etta Marie Gravely
Oct 11, 2010
Etta Marie Gravely, 82, of Manor Care Nursing Facility, North Olmsted, OH, formerly of Roanoke, VA. and Welch, WV, departed this world on October 11, 2010, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Born April 28, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Cora Church. Ms. Gravely was raised in McDowell County, WV and worked for the Kroger...
Betty Jane Warden
Oct 11, 2010
Betty Jane Warden, age 82 of 389 Keegan Drive, Walterboro, South Carolina, formerly of Montcalm, passed away peacefully and without suffering at 6:30 AM on Monday, October 11, 2010 of natural causes. May GOD rest her soul. Born on June 16, 1928 in Falls Mills, she was a daughter of the late Louis Henry and Annie Chittum Flowers. She had...
Lester Dale Burnette
Oct 10, 2010
Lester Dale Burnette, age 49, of HC52, Burke Mountain, Northfork, West Virginia died on Sunday October 10, 2010 in a Charleston hospital. Born on April 1, 1961 in Welch, he was a son of Ezra Burnette of Burke Mountain and the late Edna Knight Burnette. He had lived on Burke Mountain most of his life and was a 1980 graduate...
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