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Jack N. Gilmore

Jack N. Gilmore

Nov 28, 2009

Jack N. Gilmore, 85 of Maple Acres, Princeton WV went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 28th at his home. He was born on March 15, 1924 in Freeman, WV, and was a son of the late Charles Wesley and Laura Newman Gilmore. Jack graduated from Pocahontas High School and Exxon Retail School. He owned and operated the...

Ernie Ray Belcher

Ernie Ray Belcher

Nov 26, 2009

Ernie Ray Belcher, Age 62 of Rock, WV passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital after a short battle with cancer. Three weeks ago, Ernie accepted the Lord and Savior into his heart. His prayers were answered and he is now on his heavenly journey home. Born on March 17, 1947, in Thornhill, WV, he was...

Loretta Marie Bowman

Loretta Marie Bowman

Nov 26, 2009

Loretta Marie Bowman, age 41, of 128 Hill St. Lot 21, Tazewell, VA passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at a Tazewell, VA hospital. Born on July 16, 1968 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late George and Betty Tibbs McGrady. She had been a resident of Tazewell for 4 years and was an assembly line worker...

June K. Naggie

June K. Naggie

Nov 23, 2009

June Keyser Naggie, age 81, of Bluefield, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2009 at the Westwood Center in Bluefield, VA. Born on April 8, 1928 in Yukon, she was a daughter of the late George and Bessie Vest Keyser. She had been a resident of McDowell and Mercer counties for all of her life and was a retired postmaster...

Willard Lee Hicks

Willard Lee Hicks

Nov 19, 2009

Willard Lee Hicks, 67, of Rt. 584 Box 433 Anawalt, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. Hicks was born on June 18, 1942 in Wilcoe, West Virginia to the late Glen Hicks and Grace Cleary Hicks. He had been a resident of McDowell County for life and had been...

Joseph Lee Shaffer

Joseph Lee Shaffer

Nov 18, 2009

Joseph Lee Shaffer, 88, of 229 Virginia Avenue, Bluefield, Virginia, passed away in Bluefield Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, after a short illness. He was born on October 10, 1921, in Mount Lookout, WV. He was the son of the late Russell and Maunie Shaffer of Mount Lookout, WV. He was preceded in death by his beloved...

Howard Clinton Sturges

Howard Clinton Sturges

Nov 17, 2009

Howard Clinton Sturges, 87, of 2033 Virginia Ave. Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Sturges was born on July 24, 1922 in Falls Mills, Virginia to the late Stanley Sturges and Edna Tabor Sturges. Mr. Sturges had been a resident of Bluefield, Virginia for the past 13 years. He served his country in...

Geneva Ellen Ayers

Geneva Ellen Ayers

Nov 17, 2009

Our heavenly Father came on November 17, 2009 and took his child, Geneva Ellen Ayers, home with him at the age of 88. She was born in Northfork, West Virginia on August 26, 1921 the daughter of the late Lloyd Austin and Elizabeth Sue Lunsford Yates. She attended Northfork schools and was a telephone operator before moving with her family...

Margaret Whitehead

Margaret Whitehead

Nov 16, 2009

Margaret Whitehead, 86, of Rt. 4 Box 436 (Duck Pond Road) Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 at Westwood Health Care in Bluefield, Virginia. Mrs. Whitehead was born on November 10, 1923 to the late Charles Lambert and Mattie Patrick Lambert. She had been a resident of Bluewell for all of her life was a former...

Margaret C. Mathena

Margaret C. Mathena

Nov 16, 2009

Margaret C. Mathena, 88, of 611 Quail Drive Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Monday, November 16, 2009 at her residence. She was born on December 20, 1920 in Hurley, Virginia to the late Howard Justus and Damaris Justus. Margaret had lived in Bluefield, VA for 12 years, was a member of the War Pentecostal Holiness Church for 68 years and...

Barbara Ann Lilly

Barbara Ann Lilly

Nov 15, 2009

Barbara Ann Lilly, age 65, of Route 4 Box 87-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at her residence. Born on June 24, 1944 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late William H. and Edith Bowling Davis. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and was retired from the Mercer County Board of...

Robert F. Day

Robert F. Day

Nov 13, 2009

Robert F. Day Sr., age 86, of 285 Springwood Drive, Bean Station, TN and formerly of Skygusty and Oak Hill, Florida, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2009 at his residence. Born on November 16, 1922 in Eccles, WV, he was a son of the late Frank Day and Susie Mitchem Day Spence. He had been a resident of Bean...

Nannie Varalli

Nannie Varalli

Nov 11, 2009

BRAMWELL — Nannie, 96, passed away at her home in Bramwell on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 with her loving daughters by her side.Born on November 3, 1913 in Thacker Mines, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Grace and Mike Vinciguerra. Nannie was the oldest living member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Pocahontas, Va. She was a homemaker...

Jeannette D. Doss

Jeannette D. Doss

Nov 10, 2009

Jeanette D. Doss, age 79, of Elkhorn, WV, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at a Welch hospital. Born on February 27, 1930 in Bluefield, VA, she was a son of the late John D. Sherman and Leola Devor Peters. She had been a resident of Elkhorn for most of her life and was a member of the Elkhorn...

Theodore R. Mills, Jr.

Theodore R. Mills, Jr.

Nov 9, 2009

Theodore R. Mills, Jr., age 65 of 7578 Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on July 21, 1944 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Theodore R. Mills, Sr. and Vivian Laws Mills. He had been a lifelong resident of the Bluefield area and was of the...

Keith E. Honaker

Keith E. Honaker

Nov 9, 2009

Keith E. Honaker, age 43, of 2603 Grassy Branch Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on January 12, 1966 in Princeton,WV he was a son of Curtis Honaker, Sr. and Betty Thomas Honaker of Bluefield. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. He was a member of the Family Worship...

Jesse S Scott, Jr.

Jesse S Scott, Jr.

Nov 8, 2009

Jesse S. Scott, Jr. age 55, of Route 5 Box 447-B (Stoney Ridge), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on February 7, 1954 in Roanoke, VA, he was a son of the late and the late Jesse S. Scott, Sr. and Margaret I. Linkous Scott Sturdevant. He had been a resident of...

Edna Fay Whitteker

Edna Fay Whitteker

Nov 7, 2009

Edna Fay Whitteker, age 99, formerly of the Havens of Princeton and formerly of Route 3, Box 628, Bluefield, WV, died on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the home of her daughter, Sandra Martin. Born on February 24, 1910, in Freeman, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Lee and Minnie Belle Bennett Williams. She grew up in Freemen,...

Eldon O. Munsey

Eldon O. Munsey

Nov 7, 2009

Eldon O. Munsey, age 70, of Rt. 2, Box 138 C, Bluefield, WV, died on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, Virginia. Born on January 19, 1939, in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Oran Hershel and Juanita Vivian Meadows Munsey. He had lived in Bluefield his entire life and worked for 39...

Rosie Repass

Rosie Repass

Nov 2, 2009

Rosie Martin Repass, age 92, of Route 3 Box 425-A, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2009 at her residence. Born on March 2, 1917 in Dott, she was a daughter of the late Harve and Pearl Holloway Martin. She had been a resident of Mercer County for 55 years and was a member of the Montcalm Pentecostal...

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