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Hubert L. Smith
Mar 2, 2010
PRINCETON, WV--- Hubert L. “Bunk” Smith, age 74, of 161 Elkview Street, Princeton, WV, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born April 3, 1935 in Boissevain, VA, he was the son of the late William Lacy and Lola Mae Price Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired welder, a Korean War Veteran having served with the 501...
Pearl K. Scoleri
Feb 28, 2010
Pearl K. Scoleri, 93, of Windermere, FL (formerly of Pocahontas, VA) passed away Sunday, February 28, 2010, at Florida Hospital, Altamonte Springs, FL. She was the daughter of the late Aaron and Julia Orban Kovach. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip A. Scoleri; her four brothers, Kelly Kovach, Gaza Kovach, Frank Kovach, Bill Kovach and grandson Philip...
Irma Stacy Cook
Feb 27, 2010
Irma Stacy Cook, 82, of 1 Price Street Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at her home. Born on June 24, 1927 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late James and Lydia Roberts Stacy. Mrs. Cook had been a resident of Bluefield, Virginia for the past 39 years and was a member of the Harbor Light...
Fred Stewart Asbury
Feb 26, 2010
Fred Stewart Asbury, 84, of Rt. 3 Bluefield, West Virginia (Bluewell) formerly of Coaldale, West Virginia died Friday, February 26, 2010 at the home of his daughter and son in law Rita & Darrell Poe with whom he and his wife made their home with since July 2009. Born on October 09, 1925 in Boissevain, Virginia to the late Walter...
Carolyn Crawford Thompson
Feb 25, 2010
Carolyn Crawford Thompson, 66, of P.O. Box 387-Z Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Carolyn was born on August 30, 1943 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late James and Dorothy Gullion Crawford. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was of the Baptist faith. She...
James Eugene Lewis
Feb 25, 2010
James Eugene “Jimmy” Lewis, age 62, of Rt. 4, Box 349, Bluefield, WV (Jimmy Lewis Lake Road) died on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 6, 1947 in Bluefield, he was a son of Lena Broyles Lewis of Bluefield, WV and the late John William Lewis. He had lived in Bluefield for most of...
Effie 'Sis" Epperson
Feb 25, 2010
Effie “Sis” Viola Epperson, 67, of Rt. 5 Box 426-A Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at her residence. Effie was born on August 02, 1942 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Arnold Pitts and Grace Davis Pitts. Effie was a member of Edgemont Baptist Church and also attended Cumberland Heights Baptist Church and...
Kathleen Virginia Sexton
Feb 23, 2010
Kathleen Virginia (Palco) Sexton, age 85, was ushered in the presence of our Lord, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Loving Hands in Green Valley, West Virginia. She was born on August 7, 1924 in Freeman, WV, the daughter of the late George Matthew Palco, Jr. and Bertha Mae (Harman) Palco. She graduated Bramwell High School in 1942....
Roy Lee Boyd
Feb 21, 2010
Roy Lee Boyd, age 38, of 311 Rogers Street, Bluefield, WV, was taken home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, February 21, 2010 from injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. Born on March 29, 1971 in Bluefield, he was a son of Mike and Janice Sawyers Boyd of Falls Mills, VA. He had been a lifelong...
Irene E. Johnson
Feb 21, 2010
Irene E. Johnson, age 73, of PO Box 184, Maybeury, WV, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 1, 1936 in Leslie, KY, she was a daughter of the late A.M. and Rachel Brock Simpson. She had been a resident of Maybeury for 17 years and was a member of the Bramwell Church...
Kenneth Ray Osborne
Feb 20, 2010
MONTCALM, WV---Kenneth Ray” Little Kenny” Osborne, 24, of P.O. Box 417, Montcalm, WV, passed away February 20, 2010. Born January 20, 1986, he was a son of the late Betty Jean Osborne and Danny Osborne of Matoaka, WV. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by a brother; Jody Osborne of Roderfield, Paternal Grandparents; Darrell and Lola...
Margaret Ruth Tiller
Feb 19, 2010
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Margaret Ruth Tiller, age 89, of Maples Nursing Home Bluefield, WV, formerly of 410 Cimarron Drive, Princeton, WV passed away Friday, February 19, 2010 at Maples Nursing Home, Bluefield, WV. Born December 14, 1920 at McComas, WV she was the daughter of the late Allen and Lula Havens Nicewander. Prior to moving to Bluefield, Mrs. Tiller was resident...
Stanley C. Lockhart
Feb 17, 2010
Stanley C. Lockhart, age 45, of P.O. Box 662, Welch, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Welch Community Hospital due to respiratory failure. Born on June 15, 1964, in Ieager, WV at Clark Clinic, he was a son of Cecil F. and Helen Cline Lockhart of Welch.He was a graduate of Mount View...
Curtis Clyde Stamper
Feb 16, 2010
Curtis Clyde Stamper, age 71, of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Glade Hill, VA. Born on November 27, 1938 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Walter H. and Charlotte V. Short Stamper. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a retired belt splicer for the mining...
Howard Gordon French
Feb 13, 2010
Howard Gordon French, age 68, of PO Box 172, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on February 13, 1942 in Gary, he was a son of the late Howard and Gladys Stoneman French. He had been a resident of Anawalt for 14 years and was a retired letter carrier from the US...
Charles Jasper Smothers
Feb 12, 2010
Charles Jasper Smothers, Jr., age 59, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2010 at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. Born December 2, 1950 in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of Ella Mae Williams Smothers and the late Charles J. Smothers, Sr. of Bluefield. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was...
James Presley
Feb 11, 2010
ABBS VALLEY, Va. — James Louie “Sonny” Presley, 67, died at his home on Feb. 11, 2010. Born March 18, 1942 in Jenkinjones, W.Va., he was the son of the late James Louie Presley and Bessie Jones Presley. Mr. Presley was a veteran of the United States Army and proudly served as a military policeman stationed in Berlin, Germany from...
Bernice O. Johnson
Feb 10, 2010
Bernice O. Johnson, age 100, of Princeton, WV, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at the Mary Health Personal Care Home in Princeton. Born on April 22, 1909 in Athens, she was a daughter of the late Augustus and Ollie Wiley Martin. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Arthur Dean Hall
Feb 10, 2010
BLUEFIELD — Arthur “Dean” Hall, 77, of Rt. 3 Box 656 Bluefield, W.Va. (Lorton Lick Road), went to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at his residence. Born on June 01, 1932 in Princeton, W.Va. to the late Frank and Verna Williams Hall, he had been a resident of Bluefield, W.Va....
Daniel Ward Quizenbeury
Feb 10, 2010
Daniel Ward Quizenbeury, Sr., 86, of Route 3, Bluefield, WV, died Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at home. Mr. Quizenbeury was born on November 1, 1923, in Maybeury, WV, the son of the late Franklin P. and Hattie M. Thompson Quizenbeury. Mr. Quizenbeury was the last surviving member of his family having been preceded in death by brothers, James and Hayden,...
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