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Katherine O. Patrick
Dec 7, 2009
Katherine O. Patrick, 91, of PO Box 277 Yards, Virginia passed away on Monday, December 07, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. Born on October 16, 1918 in Yards, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Robert and Lena Compton Shrader. She had been a resident of Yards for all of her life and a...
L. Arnolene Snapp
Dec 6, 2009
L. Arnolene Snapp, age 73, of 55 Sedgewood Townhouse, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2009, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born on July 2, 1936, in Montcalm, WV, she was the daughter of the late Everett Johnson and Verlie Meadows Hicks. She was a graduate of Bluefield High School where she was a star majorette...
Evelyn Katherine Johnson
Dec 6, 2009
Evelyn Katherine Bowling Johnson, age 81, of 1116 College Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 16, 1928 in North Tazewell, VA, she was a daughter of the late Melvin C. Julia N. Boothe Bowling. She had been a resident of Bluefield for 60 years and was of the Baptist...
Mary Austen McVicker Gilbert Fudge
Dec 5, 2009
Mary Austen McVicker Gilbert Fudge, 78, of Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Akron, Ohio passed away on December 05, 2009 following a lengthy illness. She was born July 04, 1931 in Manheim, West Virginia to the late Truman and Nell Teter McVicker. She was preceded in death by her first husband John A. Gilbert III and by her second husband...
Charles F. Carter
Dec 4, 2009
Charles F. Carter, age 56, of Edgemont Drive (PO Box 551), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on August 18, 1953 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Alfred S. and Phyllis M. Smith Carter. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and attended the...
Eula L. Pennington
Dec 4, 2009
Eula L. Pennington, age 79, of 673 Glenwood Park Road Princeton, West Virginia went to be with her LORD and Savior on Friday morning, December 04, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Born on October 31, 1930, in Newhall, WV, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Lottie Hogston. She was a beautiful servant of...
Harold Edward Ingraham
Dec 3, 2009
Harold Edward Ingraham, Jr. 41 of Rt. 2 Box 286, Rock, WV died Thursday, December 3rd in Dover Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his father, Brady Smith, his nephew Bryan Dehart and his grandparents Ishmael and Madalin Milam and Eva Smith. He was survived by his loving family, mother, Geraldine Smith of Dover, TN. His loving wife of...
Faye Sturms
Dec 2, 2009
Faye Sturms, age 72, of 315 Freedom Road (PO Box 254) Montcalm, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on July 24, 1937 in Maidsville, WV, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Mable Preston. She had been a resident of Montcalm for most of her life and attended the Montcalm Church...
Virginia Mae Faw
Dec 1, 2009
Virginia Mae Kanode Faw, age 89, of Montcalm, WV, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at her residence. Born on June 28, 1920 in Raleigh, WV, she was a daughter of the late Walter James and Lucy Jane Dudley Kanode. She had been a resident of Montcalm for most of her life and was a member of the Montcalm...
Ronnie C. Thomas
Nov 29, 2009
Ronnie C. Thomas, age 65, of Route 2 Box 473 (Durhing), Rock, WV, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on April 13, 1944 in Princeton, he was a son of the late Donald C. and Myrtle Blevins Thomas. He had been a resident of Durhing for 45 years and was a 1962 graduate of...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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