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Barbara Jean Bunting

Barbara Jean Bunting

Apr 7, 2010

Barbara Jean Bunting, age 56, of 115 Cypress Lane, P.O. Box 125 Bluefield, VA died on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Born on March 5, 1954 in Welch, WV she was a daughter of the late Hubert and Mabel Lowe Sizemore. She had lived in Bluefield, VA for over 20 years and...

Alvis Rife Mitchem

Alvis Rife Mitchem

Apr 4, 2010

Alvis Rife Mitchem, age 65, of P.O. Box 210, Methodist Hill Road, Montcalm, WV died on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at his home. Born on February 25, 1945 in Wyoming County, he was a son of Louisa Bailey Mitchem of Brushfork and the late Louis Mitchem. He had lived in Mercer County for over 30 years and attended the Montcalm...

John David Pinter

John David Pinter

Apr 3, 2010

John David Pinter, age 45, of Clemson Circle, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at a Princeton hospital after suffering from a heart attack. Born on May 5, 1965 in Welch, he was a son of Violet Quesada Pinter of Lakeland Park, Bluefield and the late David Marshall Pinter. He had been a resident of Princeton for...

Donnelly L. Snow

Donnelly L. Snow

Apr 3, 2010

Donnelly L. (Lee) Snow, 79, of Augusta St. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Saturday, April 03, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Lee was born on March 29, 1931 in Mohegan, West Virginia to the late Charles F. and Lillie Mae Mahaffey Snow. He had been a resident of Bluefield, West Virginia since 1974; he...

Tim Ryan McPeak

Tim Ryan McPeak

Apr 1, 2010

Tim Ryan McPeak, age 58, of Pinnacle View Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at his residence. Born on July 8, 1951 in Welch, he was a son of the late Clifford Walter and Alice Pearl Seets McPeak. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and served 8 years in the National Guard. He...

Darlene Marie Sharpe

Darlene Marie Sharpe

Mar 31, 2010

Darlene Marie Sharpe, 59, of College Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mrs. Sharpe was born on July 31, 1950 in Elkhorn, West Virginia to the late Paul and Sophia Lehosky Delida. Darlene was a graduate of Bluefield High School and Little French Beauty School. She...

Norman C. Mabe

Norman C. Mabe

Mar 28, 2010

On March 28, 2010, Norman left this earth for a trip to his heavenly home. Norman C. Mabe was born October 20, 1947 in Bluefield, WV to Lomer and Ruth Mabe. He attended and graduated from Montcalm High School in 1965. After graduation, he served his country by joining the United States Air Force in 1966, achieving the rank of...

Walter R. Bailey

Walter R. Bailey

Mar 27, 2010

Walter R. “Bud” Bailey, 80, of P.O. Box 536 Pocahontas, Virginia 24635 went to be with the LORD on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Walter was born on December 09, 1929 in Maybeury, West Virginia to the late Frank and Della Woods Bailey. He was a retired coal miner and former employee...

Barbara Ann Clark

Barbara Ann Clark

Mar 26, 2010

Barbara Ann Clark, age 62, PO Box 4142 (Jackson Street), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010 at a Roanoke, VA hospital. Born on January 29, 1948 in Lynchburg, VA, she was a daughter of the late Emmett Lacy and Peggy Jane Bowles Clark. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and was...

Daphna C. Lambert

Daphna C. Lambert

Mar 25, 2010

Daphna C. Lambert, 90, of P.O. Box 6 Switchback, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mrs. Lambert was born on July 24, 1919 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Wiley and Lottie Caldwell Osborne. She had been a resident of Switchback for most of her life...

Lava Yost Staton

Lava Yost Staton

Mar 24, 2010

Lava Yost Staton, age 94, of Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born in Durhing, WV, she was a daughter of the late Harry E. and Della Mullin Yost. She had lived in Bluewell for the past 52 years and was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church. She was a member of...

Mike Hornick

Mike Hornick

Mar 21, 2010

BLUEFIELD, WV--- Mike Hornick, age 80, of 2816 Grandview Ave. Bluefield, WV passed away Sunday, March 21, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born November 2, 1929 at Elkhorn, WV he was the son of the late Steve and Annie Semonco Hornick. Mr. Hornick was a retired coal miner from the US Steel Mines and a US Army Korean War...

Bonnie J. Keen

Bonnie J. Keen

Mar 19, 2010

Bonnie J. Keen, age 81, of Route 1 Box 260-B (Tabor Road), Bluefield, WV, formerly of Welch, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on August 12, 1928 in Maybeury, she was a daughter of the late Ed and Myrtle Dillon Matheson. She had been a resident of Welch for most of her life and...

Rebecca Ann Hubbard

Rebecca Ann Hubbard

Mar 17, 2010

Rebecca Ann �Becky� Whitt Hubbard, age 67, of Ball Hollow, Skygusty, WV died on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. The gates of Heaven opened and Becky walked into the loving arms of her husband, Gary. Born on October 12, 1942 in McDowell County, she was the youngest of six children born to Richard L. and Reba Dillon...

Rosie Belle Clower

Rosie Belle Clower

Mar 17, 2010

Rosie Belle Dunford Clower, 89, of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Greer, South Carolina. Born on September 20, 1920 in Springton, WV to the late Chester Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Gills Dunford. She had been a resident of Montcalm for most of her life and attended the Church of Jesus Christ. In addition to...

Rev. Thurman Edward Hoback

Rev. Thurman Edward Hoback

Mar 13, 2010

The Rev. Thurman Edward Hoback, age 83, of HC 31, Box 3810 Skygusty, WV died on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at his home. Born on July 2, 1926 in Watauga, TN, he was a son of the late Garnie and Emma Scott Hoback. He had been a resident of Skygusty for the past 55 years. He was a US veteran...

Mary Elizabeth Saddler

Mary Elizabeth Saddler

Mar 11, 2010

BLUEFIELD, WV--- Mary Elizabeth Saddler, age 85, of RT 5 Box 373 (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV passed away Thursday, March 11, 2010 at her residence. Born October 16, 1924 at Louisville, KY she was the daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth Roppe Reisenberg. Mrs. Saddler was a resident of the Bluewell area for 21 years where she was a homemaker....

Jean Hatfield McMillen

Jean Hatfield McMillen

Mar 10, 2010

Word has been received by relatives of the death of Glenn Jean Hatfield McMillen, 86, on March 10, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Born in Thacker, West Virginia she was the daughter of Glenn D. Hatfield and Gertrude Berryman Hatfield, longtime resident of Welch before moving to St. Petersburg, FL. preceding her in death were her parents, a brother George...

Lynn F. Fankie Beavers

Lynn F. Fankie Beavers

Mar 10, 2010

Lynn F. “Frankie” Beavers, age 47, of Rt. 4, Box 174-D, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 3, 1962 in Bluefield, he was a son of Franklin and Helen Patrick Beavers. He worked in the coal industry as a shop foreman. He was a Bluefield resident his entire life and attended...

Michael Lee Tabor

Michael Lee Tabor

Mar 8, 2010

Michael Lee Tabor, 47, of P.O. Box 154 (Shinbrier Mountain) Bramwell, West Virginia passed away on Monday, March 08, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Michael was born on February 26, 1963 in Bluefield to Betty Sublett Tabor and the late Franklin G. Tabor. He was a former welder and a member of the National Guard. He played basketball at...

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