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Mary Elizabeth Huffman
Jan 15, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Huffman, age 88, of Box 164 Anawalt, WV passed away Friday, January 15, 2010 at Welch Community Hospital. Born February 16, 1921 in Virginia, she was the daughter of Elisha and Eva Ratcliff Munsey. Mrs. Huffman was a homemaker and a member of the Conklintown Church of God and was a lifelong Prayer Warrior for God. She lived...
Arnold Lee Harmon, Sr.
Jan 15, 2010
Arnold Lee Harmon, 73 passed away peacefully on Friday, January 15, 2010 at his home in Matoaka, West Virginia after his battle with cancer. He was born in McComas, West Virginia on April 16, 1936 to the late Lee Andrew Harmon and Rosa B. Robertson Harmon. He was a retired coal miner. In addition to his parents he was preceded...
Carolyn E. Bell
Jan 15, 2010
Carolyn E. Bell, age 63, of 824 Harry Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2010 at a Welch hospital. Born on September 3, 1946 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of Kathleen Carrier Bell of Bluefield and the late James W. “Hank” Bell, Jr. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended the First Church...
Helen Louise Carter
Jan 11, 2010
Helen Louise Carter, age 80, of 156 Shamrock Lane (Yards) , Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2010 at a Princeton hospital following a long illness. Born on September 7, 1929 in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late Alphonse B. and Louise Hall Rieder. She had been a resident of Yards for 47 years and...
Lovida Maria Mitchem
Jan 10, 2010
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Lovida Marie Mitchem, age 87, of 311 Oakdell Ave. Bluefield, WV was welcomed into Heaven on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at her daughter’s residence. Born June 30, 1922 at Damascus, VA. She was the daughter of the late Glen G. and Frona Davis Davis. Mrs. Mitchem was a homemaker and a member of Crossroads Church of Bluefield. She...
Charles "Clifford" Coburn
Jan 10, 2010
Charles “Clifford” Coburn, 88 of Route 4 Box 345 Bluefield WV, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, January 10, 2010. Born on January 2, 1922 in Brushfork, WV, he was the son of the late Charlie and Bessie Hager Coburn. He was a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was employed at Woodlawn Cemetery in...
Edward lee Comer, Jr.
Jan 9, 2010
Edward Lee Comer, Jr., Retired CW4, age 78, of Route 2 Box 750 (East Cumberland Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on February 18, 1931 in Maybeury, he was a son of the late Edward Lee Comer, Sr. and Eva Sexton Comer. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most...
Jackie Lee Yuhasz
Jan 7, 2010
HUNINGTON, WV--- Jackie Lee “Jack” Yuhasz, age 54, of 912 6th Street Apt. B3 Huntington, WV, formerly of Gary, WV passed away Thursday, January 7, 2010 at his residence. Born September 12, 1955 at Gary, WV he was the son of Zola Mae Yuhasz Zaborsky of Dublin, VA and the late John L. Yuhasz. After graduating from Gary High School...
Kay Francis Smith
Jan 3, 2010
PSALM 30:5 For His anger endureth but for a moment; in His favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning….. Kay Francis Smith, age 62, of Crystal, WV, departed this life on January 3, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a long illness. Born November 28, 1947, in Crystal, she was the...
Franklin D. Bateman
Jan 1, 2010
Franklin D. Bateman, age 74, of 6168 Huff Creek Highway, Davin, WV, and formerly of Bramwell, departed this life and went into the arms of Jesus on Friday, January 1, 2010 at a Logan hospital following a short illness. Born on July 27, 1938 in Kimball, he was a son of the late Roy Lee and Dora Bateman. He was...
Betty Ann Nash
Dec 31, 2009
Betty Ann Nash, age 82, of 197 Hurricane Ridge Road, Bluefield, WV, and formerly of Elkhorn, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on September 12, 1927 in Eckman, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Rebecca Parks Hairfield. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 11 years and was a graduate...
Ronald Culbertson
Dec 30, 2009
Ronald Culbertson, age 66, of Route 2 Box 170 (Green Valley), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at his home after a long illness. Born on December 27, 1943 in Freeman, he was a son of the late Charles A. and Lillie A. Short Culbertson. He had been a lifelong resident of Green Valley and was a...
Roy Curtis Mitchell
Dec 27, 2009
Roy Curtis Mitchell, age 74, of Route 4 Box 339, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at his residence. Born on December 4, 1935 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late Howard W. and Bessie Shrader Mitchell. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and attended the Mt. Herman Baptist Church. He was last...
Esther Hazel Dinger
Dec 27, 2009
Esther Hazel Dinger, age 90, of Route 1 Box 475 (Littlesburg Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at her residence. Born on November 15, 1919 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Ellen Hall Dinger. She had been a resident of Littlesburg Road for most of her life and was a member...
Evo Pais
Dec 25, 2009
Evo A. “Hank” Pais, age 89, of PO Box 248, Kimball, WV, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on August 17, 1920 in Vivian, he was a son of the late John and Maria Pais Pais. He had been a lifelong resident of McDowell County and was a retired manager for the Kimball Lights...
James Monroe Finley
Dec 25, 2009
James Monroe Finley, age 93, of PO Box 25, Switchback, WV, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2009 at a Gary nursing home. Born on May 25, 1916 in Washington County, VA, he was a son of the late Wiley and Elizabeth Farmer Finely. He had been a resident of Switchback for 93 years and was a member of the...
Marshall Barker
Dec 23, 2009
Marshall Barker, 85, of 204 Shepherd Road (Bluewell) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Mr. Barker was born on August 30, 1924 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late William Elsie Barker and Myrtle Sexton Barker. Was a resident of Bluewell, West Virginia for the past 55...
Ralph Haluski
Dec 23, 2009
Ralph Haluski, 76, of Rt. 4 Box 174-SS Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Westwood Health Care Center in Bluefield, Virginia. Ralph was born on October 27, 1933 in Elkhorn, West Virginia to the late George and Julia Semonco Haluski. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 12 years and was a...
James Edward Hale
Dec 23, 2009
James Edward Hale, age 83, of Route 5 Box 416 (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at his home. Born on November 21, 1926 in Bluewell, he was a son of the late Charles R. and Mary Lillian Cheere Hale. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and was a member of Bluewell United Methodist...
James M Jones
Dec 23, 2009
James M. Jones, 80, of 203 Crabapple Lane Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at a Bluefield Hospital. Born on August 10, 1929 in Decota, West Virginia he was the son of John E. and Opal E. Miller Jones who preceded him in death. He attended the Bluewell United Methodist Church for 50 years. He served...
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