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Aaron W. Casey

Aaron W. Casey

May 17, 2009

Aaron W. Casey, age 64, of Route 3 Box 598, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on August 17, 1944 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Henry and Ruby M. Graham Casey. He had been a resident of Rt. 3, Bluefield for 26 years and was of the Protestant...

Henry Lewis Shrader

Henry Lewis Shrader

May 16, 2009

Henry Lewis Shrader, age 83, of 209 Hill Creek Road, Richlands, VA and formerly of Bluefield, passed away on Saturday May 16, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on March 3, 1926 in Littlesburg, he was a son of the late Dave and Lena Auton Shrader. He had been a resident of Richlands for one year and was a retired...

Phillip Bellini

Phillip Bellini

May 15, 2009

Phillip Bellini, age 76, of PO Box 213, Thorpe, WV, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Home Sweet Home Care Center in Lashmeet. Born on May 24, 1932 in Anawalt, he was a son of the late John and Maria Maggio Bellini. He had been a resident of Thorpe since 1972 and was a veteran of the...

Richard M. Poe

Richard M. Poe

May 15, 2009

Fire Chief Richard Marvin Poe, age 80, of 1213 Augusta Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on May 15, 2009 at a Bluefield Hospital. Born on February 8, 1929 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Raymond M. and Nada Harvey Poe. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Richard...

Danny Ray Gibson

Danny Ray Gibson

May 13, 2009

Danny Ray Gibson, age 59, of Montcalm, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 surrounded by his family at the home of his sister, Charlotte, who faithfully and lovingly cared for him during the last year of his life. Danny was born on May 4, 1950 in Iaeger to the late Virgil and Pearl Lester England Gibson. He was a...

Lila Lee Hill

Lila Lee Hill

May 12, 2009

Lila Lee Hill, age 74 of Boones Mill, VA and formerly of Bluewell passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. She was preceded in death by her father, John Peters. Surviving are her husband, Everett Hill; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael Hill and wife Joan of Suffolk, Darrell Hill of Virginia Beach, Timothy Hill and wife Charlotte of Wilford, SC; several...

Darrell Eugene Watkins

Darrell Eugene Watkins

May 12, 2009

Darrell Eugene Watkins, age 56, of 11456 Mt. Rose Drive, King George, VA, and formerly of Montcalm, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at his residence. Born on October 30, 1952 in Bluefield, he was a son of Flossie Jennings Watkins and the late Bobby Watkins. He had a career of over 20 years as a tunnel supervisor. He...

Michael Anthony Bryant

Michael Anthony Bryant

May 11, 2009

Michael Anthony Bryant, age 48, of 116 Brown Farms Drive, Cleveland, NC, formerly Gary, died on Monday, May 11, 2009 in Statesville. Born on August 19, 1960, in Welch, he was a son of Mary Goins Bryant of Gary and the late Roger Bryant. He was a graduate of Gary High School. He had been a resident of Cleveland, NC...

Donna Mae Jennings

Donna Mae Jennings

May 9, 2009

Donna Mae (Bryan) Jennings, age 62, of Rowlesburg, WV, died on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Ruby Memorial Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Donna was born on September 8, 1947 in Rowlesburg and was a daughter of the late Muriel Lavada (Mayne) Ely and Harold “Jim” Gordon Ely of Rowlesburg. She loved spending time with her family and friends...

Joyce Ann Gover

Joyce Ann Gover

May 6, 2009

Joyce Ann Gover, 65, of Lincolnton, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Morristown, North Carolina. Joyce was born on February 12, 1944 in Odd, West Virginia to Gladys Murray Church and the late Jessie Church. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by three brothers Jackie Thomas...

Robert William Fowler

Robert William Fowler

May 6, 2009

Robert William Fowler, age 83, of Statesville, NC, formerly of Gary, WV, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at his home. Born on August 21, 1925, in Thorpe, WV, he was a son of the late William and Nannie Mitchem Fowler. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the US Army where he received a Bronze...

Donald Lee Cook

Donald Lee Cook

May 2, 2009

Donald Lee Cook, Sr. age 65, of PO Box 254, Boissevain, VA, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at his residence. Born on October 12, 1943 in Oceana, he was a son of the late Dr. Ted R. and Lillian Cooke Cook. He had been a resident of Boissevain for 40 years and was a member of the Christ...

Danny Mark Surface

Danny Mark Surface

May 2, 2009

Danny Mark Surface, age 51, of Route 3 Box 97, Princeton, WV, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on November 3, 1957, he was a son of Clifford Danny Surface of Princeton and the late Ollie Jean Lambert Surface. He had been a resident of Mercer County for all of his life and was...

Rickey James Boyd Clower

Rickey James Boyd Clower

May 1, 2009

Rickey James Boyd Clower, age 59, of Montcalm, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009 from injuries sustained in a structure fire in Montcalm. Born on March 29, 1950 in McComas, he was a son of the late Jaybe and Louise King Clower. He had been a lifelong resident of Montcalm. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

James Daniel Folks

James Daniel Folks

Apr 30, 2009

James Daniel Folks, age 70, of Route 1 Box 468, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on July 21, 1938, he was a son of the late James Andrew and Louise Herald Lively Folks. He had only been a resident of Bluefield for 2 months and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith....

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Roland Powell

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Roland Powell

Apr 27, 2009

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Roland Powell, SKCS, US Navy (Retired) age 81 of Rt. 3, Box 178 Bluefield, WV (Bluewell) died on Monday, April 27, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on December 24, 1927 in Freeman, WV, he was the son of the late Kasper R. and Alma M. Conner Powell. He was a resident of Bluewell since 1984 and...

Robert Whitley Hedrick

Robert Whitley Hedrick

Apr 26, 2009

Robert Whitney “Red” Hedrick, age 80, of Route 3 Box 649 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2009 at the VA Medical Center in Beckley. Born on June 13, 1928 in Brushfork, he was a son of the late James Everett and Ethel D. Wise Hedrick. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and...

Mary Christine Saul

Mary Christine Saul

Apr 24, 2009

Mary Christine Saul, age 70, of Bluewell, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2009 at a Princeton nursing home. Born October 1, 1938 in Bluewell, she was the daughter of the late Garland Saul and Anna Hambrick. She lived in Bluewell all of her life. Mary loved gardening; cooking and she loved nature and her cats. In addition to her...

Emma Marie Fletcher

Emma Marie Fletcher

Apr 23, 2009

Emma Marie Fletcher, of 82, Route 5 Box 278, Bluefield, WV passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the residence of her great niece, Wilma and James Foster in Reidsville, NC. Born on March 15, 1927 in KY, she was a daughter of the late David Harrison and Fannie Pearl Matthews Fields. She had been a resident of Bluefield...

Elizabeth Frances Coleman

Elizabeth Frances Coleman

Apr 23, 2009

Elizabeth Frances Coleman, age 71, of PO Box 1334 (Prater Hollow), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on July 20, 1937 in Richlands, she was a daughter of the late Vergil and Preal Martin Stevens. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 42 years and was of the Pentecostal holiness faith....

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