Obituaries

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Katherine M. Talley

Katherine M. Talley

Jun 23, 2010

Katherine M. Talley, age 78, of 2611 New Hope Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at her residence. Born on May 23, 1932 in Meadows of Dan, VA, she was a daughter of the late Early and Susan Gunter Cruise. She had been a resident of Princeton for 53 years and was a member of the...

Nora Elizabeth Tabor

Nora Elizabeth Tabor

Jun 22, 2010

Nora Elizabeth Lineberry Tabor, 83, known to her immediate family as “Tine, of Rt. 4, Bluefield, WV, and formerly of Bristol, TN, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield following a long illness. Elizabeth was born in Welch to the late Fred L. and Nancy Lineberry of Bluefield. She was a homemaker who...

Jesse Ray Smith

Jesse Ray Smith

Jun 22, 2010

Jesse Ray Smith, age 83, Route 5 Box 503, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at his home. Born on February 22, 1927 in Ennis, he was a son of the late Jesse Benjamin and Annie West Smith. He had been a resident of Ceres for 40 years and was an auto mechanic. He was a veteran...

Henry Harrison Dinger

Henry Harrison Dinger

Jun 20, 2010

Henry Harrison Dinger, Sr., age 73, of PO Box 252 Montcalm, WV, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at a Princeton hospital from the effects of a 2.5 year battle with cancer. Born on October 6, 1936 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late George Kyle Dinger and Arlene Poston Dinger Neal. He had been a resident...

Alma Satterwhite

Alma Satterwhite

Jun 18, 2010

Alma Stamper Satterwhite, 72, of Box 561 Mechanicsville, VA formerly of Bluefield, WV went to sleep on Friday, June 18, 2010 awaiting the resurrection. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Mamie Poole Stamper; and brother, Howard. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother who is survived by her husband of 50 years, Floyd E. Satterwhite Sr.;...

Dan Harvey Shinault

Dan Harvey Shinault

Jun 16, 2010

Dan Harvey Shinault, age 81, of 1220 Hill Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Born on December 26, 1928 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Frank Shinault, Sr., and and Mintor Byrd Shinault. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and attended the First Church...

Hazel L. Lacy

Hazel L. Lacy

Jun 16, 2010

Hazel L. Lacy, age 90, of Bluewell, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at a Tazewell, VA hospital. Born on December 31, 1919 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Henry G. and Esther Hawks Hicks. She had been a resident of Bluewell for over 30 years and was a member of the Coaldale Freewill Baptist...

Bobby Ray Patrick

Bobby Ray Patrick

Jun 16, 2010

Bobby Ray Patrick, age 61, of 114 Thorn Street, Bluefield, WV passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at a Bluefield nursing home. Born on December 24, 1948 in Mercer County, he was a son of Lewis H. Perdue and Evelyn F. Patrick. Bobby was of the Holiness faith and had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his...

Raymond Wesley Shaw

Raymond Wesley Shaw

Jun 16, 2010

Raymond Wesley Shaw, age 82, of 510 Gayle Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at the Loving Hands Adult Care in Green Valley. Born on January 17, 1928 in Switchback, he was a son of the late Roscoe Robe and Mary Louise Mitchell Shaw. He had been a lifelong resident of McDowell and Mercer counties and...

Jerry E. Craft

Jerry E. Craft

Jun 14, 2010

JERRY ELLIOTT CRAFT Age 67 of Stuart, FL, passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at his residence in Mariner Sands. Born in Bluefield, WV, he had been a resident of Florida for most of his life. Prior to retirement, he was a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Catholic Charities in Stuart. He was a member of Mariner Sands Chapel and...

Lori Ann Perry

Lori Ann Perry

Jun 12, 2010

Lori Ann Perry, age 27, of Green Valley, went to Heaven to be an angel for the LORD on Saturday, June 12, 2010. Born on August 23, 1982 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of Charles G. Perry of Bluefield, VA and Carolyn Perdue Perry of Bluefield, WV. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield. She was a...

Roy Daniel Woodie

Roy Daniel Woodie

Jun 11, 2010

Roy Daniel Woodie, age 60, of 389-J Country Girl Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, June 11, 2010 at his residence. Born on November 2, 1949 in Lillybrook, he was a son of the late John and Beulah Workman Woodie. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 14 years and was a member of the Bluefield First Pentecostal...

A. Kathleen Beckner

A. Kathleen Beckner

Jun 9, 2010

A . Kathleen Beckner, 78, of Rt. 2 Box 247 Rock, West Virginia was called away on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 at her daughter’s home in Washington, D.C. after a brief battle with cancer. Kathleen was born Alma Kathleen Pigg in Montcalm, West Virginia on December 08, 1931 to the late Ronnie Clifford Pigg and Loma Webb Pigg. She was...

Bertha Carol Dameron

Bertha Carol Dameron

Jun 8, 2010

Bertha Carol Dameron, age 63, of 165 Westwind Loop, Statesville, NC and formerly of Anawalt, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC. Born on February 20, 1947 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Charles William “Bunk” and Margaret Ellen Phillips Graham. She had been a resident of Statesville for...

John Fitzgerald Harmon

John Fitzgerald Harmon

Jun 8, 2010

John Fitzgerald Harmon, age 46, of Route 2 Box 255, Rock, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at a Princeton hospital. Born on April 7, 1964 in Welch, he was a son of Mary Harmon Puckett of Rock and the late Murrel W. Neece. He had been a lifelong resident of Rock and attended Montcalm High School. He...

Goldie Ellen O'Donnell

Goldie Ellen O'Donnell

Jun 4, 2010

ROCK — Goldie Ellen Wagner O'Donell, age, 90, of 6037 Rock River Road, Rock, W.Va., passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010 at her home. Born on March 31, 1920 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late M.C. and Zenobia Wagner. She had been a resident of Rock for 53 years and was a member of the Rock...

Rocky Dwayne Goodwin

Rocky Dwayne Goodwin

Jun 1, 2010

Rocky Dwayne Goodwin , age 41, of Route 2 Box 430, Rock, WV passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on May 31, 1969 in Havre De Grace, MD, he was a son of Brenda Blevins Goodwin of Rock and David Paul Goodwin of Elkton, MD. He had been a resident of Rt. 2, Rock...

Joanna Bignotti Brooks

Joanna Bignotti Brooks

Jun 1, 2010

Joanna Bignotti Brooks, age 68, of 11-B Woodcrest Addition, Princeton, WV, and formerly of Welch, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on March 20, 1942, in Capels, WV, she was a daughter of the late Pete John and Caterina Dallamontta Bignotti. She had lived in Princeton since 1965 and was a 1960 graduate of...

Leonard Dailey McVey

Leonard Dailey McVey

Jun 1, 2010

Leonard Dailey McVey, age 72, of Route 3 Box 351 (Duhring), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his residence. Born on August 23, 1937 in Ennis, he was a son of the late Thomas Ray and Sylvia E. DeBusk McVey. He had been a resident of Duhring for 47 years and was a member of the...

Jesse Eugene Rose

Jesse Eugene Rose

May 28, 2010

Jesse Eugene “Gene” Rose, age 69, of Route 2 Box 250-A, Rock, WV, passed away on Friday, May 28, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on February 24, 1941 in Roderfield, he was a son of the late Jesse H. and Pauline Pennington Rose. He had been a resident of Rt. 2 Rock for 36 years. He was a disabled...