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Willard B. "B.J." Riffe
Oct 5, 2009
Willard B. “B.J.” Riffe, Jr. BLUEFIELD, Va. — Willard B. “B.J.” Riffe, Jr., age 30, of 405 Woodspoint Drive, Bluefield, Va., died on Monday, October 5, 2009 at Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, Va. Born on April 27, 1979, in Bluefield, he was a son of Willard B. Riffe, Sr. of Bluefield, Va. and Sandra O'Neal of Princeton, W.Va. He...
Junior Clarence Gills
Oct 3, 2009
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Junior Clarence Gills, age 87, of Freight Station Place Princeton, West Virginia passed away Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born September 5, 1919 at Montcalm, WV he was the son of the late Stewart Thomas and Callie Scott Gills. Mr. Gills had been a resident of Bluefield and Princeton for the past ten years. He...
Thursday Cantrell
Oct 3, 2009
Bluefield, WV – Thursday Newcomb Cantrell of Rt. 1 Box 211-D Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 03, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Born on August 15, 1928 in Huff Creek, she was a daughter of the late James and Barbara Ann Rose Newcomb. She had been a resident of Princeton since 1998 and...
Douglas Campbell
Sep 29, 2009
Bluefield, WV – Douglas Campbell, 81, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab. Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Douglas was born on November 23, 1927 in Cassel, Virginia. He as careers as both a coal miner and logger at points in his life. An avid walker, not allowing moss to grow under his feet,...
Dorothy Ann Musolin
Sep 29, 2009
Dorothy Ann Musolin, age 67, of Route 5 Box 429-C, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on December 8, 1941 in Boone, NC, she was a daughter of the late Angus Johnson and Viola Gillenwater Woody. She had been a resident of Montcalm for most of her life. She managed area movie...
Roger Lee O'Donell
Sep 28, 2009
Roger Lee O’Donell, age 68, of 6037 Rock River Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. Born on October 18, 1940 at Montcalm, he was a son of Goldie Wagner O’Donell of Rock and the late G. Wesley O’Donell. He had been a resident of Rock for all...
Edith Courtney Holt
Sep 24, 2009
Edith Courtney Holt, age 92, of 114 North Lane, Bluefield, VA, died on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on November 14, 1916, in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Fred F. and Ella Bourne Courtney. She was a graduate of Concord College and was a retired school teacher who taught for 39 years...
Michael Shannon Seay
Sep 22, 2009
STANLEY, N.C. — Michael Shannon Seay, 56, of Stanley, N.C., and formerly of Maybeury, W.Va., went to be with the Lord Tuesday morning, September 22, 2009 at Huntersville Presbyterian Hospital, Huntersville, N.C. Born September 17, 1953 in Bluefield, he was the son of the late Aubrey and Wanda Burnopp Seay. He attended Northfork High School, was a graduate of Gaston...
Clarice Marie Sturges
Sep 20, 2009
BLUEFIELD, VA--- Clarice “Marie” Sturges, age 82, of 111 Thayer Street. Apt. 223 (Graham Manor) Bluefield, VA passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009 at her residence. Born March 12, 1927 at Iaeger, she was the daughter of the late Squire W. and Gertrude Lockhart Muncy. She had been a lifelong resident of the Bluefield area and was a retired clerk....
Dovie A. Bentley
Sep 20, 2009
Dovie A. Bentley, age 93, of Pineville, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at her home. Born on November 27, 1915 at Ennis, she was a daughter of the late Melvin Johnson and Inez Johnson Blevins. Mrs. Bently was a member of the Pineville Pentecostal Church of God. She had been a resident of Pineville of 60 years and...
Angie Mae Biggs
Sep 17, 2009
Angie Mae Foster Biggs, age 95, of the Maples, Bluefield, departed this life on Thursday, September 17, 2009. She was born on November 10, 1913 in Chattaroy, WV, to Charles E. and fanny R. Foster. She was a beautician in Bedford, VA for 41 years. She moved to Bramwell in 1983 where she was a member of the Bramwell Presbyterian...
Patricia (Patty) Coe Johnson
Sep 15, 2009
Patricia (Patty) Coe Johnson, 51, of Box 323 Anawalt, West Virginia went to be with Jesus and her many friends and relatives who have preceded her, and especially her “Granny Coe” on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Born October 07, 1957 in Tazewell, Virginia she was the daughter of Herman L. Coe of Anawalt, WV and Shirley William Coe Blush of...
Shaun W. Haney
Sep 15, 2009
Shaun W. Haney, age 25, of 670 Old Mtn. Road, Pocahontas, VA, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at a Tazewell, VA hospital. Born on July 3, 1984 in Evanston, IL, he was a son of Aaron Wayne Haney of Buchanan, MI and Deborah Ogle Gillespie of Bluefield, VA. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, VA and...
Joyce Lee Musick
Sep 12, 2009
Joyce Lee Maxey Musick, age 75, of PO Box 1176, Bramwell, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Princeton Health Care in Princeton. Born on May 8, 1934 in Wolfe, she was a daughter of the late Earl B. and Hattie Gray Handshaw Maxey. She had been a resident of Bramwell since 1983 and was a member of the...
Dennis Westley Harmon
Sep 12, 2009
Dennis "Den-Den" Westley Harmon, 55, of HC 76, Box 890 (Crumpler), Northfork, West Virginia, peacefully departed this life on Saturday, September 12, 2009, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley with his family by his side. Born on April 27, 1954, in Grundy, Virginia, he was the son of the late William "Bob" and Rosie Harmon of Gary, West Virginia. Dennis...
William Arthur Mitchem
Sep 11, 2009
William Arthur Mitchem, age 59, of Methodist Hill (PO Box 411), Montcalm, WV, died on Friday, September 11, 2009 at his home. Born on March 10, 1950 in Hampton, VA, he was a son of the late Juanita Hendrick Mitchem. He had been a resident of Montcalm for 25 years and attended the Memorial Church of Christ. In addition to...
William E. R. Whitt
Sep 7, 2009
William E.R. (Pete) Whitt, age 96, of 165 Osprey Place (Quail Valley), Princeton, WV, died peacefully Monday morning, September 7, 2009, at his residence where he had lived for seventeen years after moving from Ft. Myers, FL. Born July 25, 1913 at Gary, WV, he was a son of the late Albert Patton and Sylvia Maxfield Whitt. He was preceded...
Donald Rockford Pollard
Sep 6, 2009
BLUEFIELD — Donald Rockford Pollard was born March 7, 1938 in Elkhorn, W.Va. and passed away on September 6, 2009 at his house with family by his side. He was the son of the late Willard G. and Faye E. Pollard. Don attended school in Berwind, W.Va. and joined the United States Navy in 1955-1964 Patrol Squadron # 42 at...
Franklin Pierce Young
Sep 5, 2009
Franklin Pierce Young, 59, of 3821 Airport Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, September 05, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mr. Young was born on November 04, 1949 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Roscoe Young and Martha McCarty Young. He had been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia since 1972. He...
William Franklin Parks
Sep 4, 2009
William Franklin Parks, age 76, of PO Box 97, Jenkinjones, WV, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2009 at his residence. Born on May 11, 1933 in Squire, he was a son of the late Lillian Parks. He had been a lifelong resident of Jenkinjones and was retired from Cole’s Bakery in Bluefield. In addition to his mother, he was...
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