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Irene E. Johnson
Feb 21, 2010
Irene E. Johnson, age 73, of PO Box 184, Maybeury, WV, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on March 1, 1936 in Leslie, KY, she was a daughter of the late A.M. and Rachel Brock Simpson. She had been a resident of Maybeury for 17 years and was a member of the Bramwell Church...
Kenneth Ray Osborne
Feb 20, 2010
MONTCALM, WV---Kenneth Ray” Little Kenny” Osborne, 24, of P.O. Box 417, Montcalm, WV, passed away February 20, 2010. Born January 20, 1986, he was a son of the late Betty Jean Osborne and Danny Osborne of Matoaka, WV. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by a brother; Jody Osborne of Roderfield, Paternal Grandparents; Darrell and Lola...
Margaret Ruth Tiller
Feb 19, 2010
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Margaret Ruth Tiller, age 89, of Maples Nursing Home Bluefield, WV, formerly of 410 Cimarron Drive, Princeton, WV passed away Friday, February 19, 2010 at Maples Nursing Home, Bluefield, WV. Born December 14, 1920 at McComas, WV she was the daughter of the late Allen and Lula Havens Nicewander. Prior to moving to Bluefield, Mrs. Tiller was resident...
Stanley C. Lockhart
Feb 17, 2010
Stanley C. Lockhart, age 45, of P.O. Box 662, Welch, WV, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Welch Community Hospital due to respiratory failure. Born on June 15, 1964, in Ieager, WV at Clark Clinic, he was a son of Cecil F. and Helen Cline Lockhart of Welch.He was a graduate of Mount View...
Curtis Clyde Stamper
Feb 16, 2010
Curtis Clyde Stamper, age 71, of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Glade Hill, VA. Born on November 27, 1938 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Walter H. and Charlotte V. Short Stamper. He had been a resident of Bluefield for most of his life and was a retired belt splicer for the mining...
Howard Gordon French
Feb 13, 2010
Howard Gordon French, age 68, of PO Box 172, Anawalt, WV, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on February 13, 1942 in Gary, he was a son of the late Howard and Gladys Stoneman French. He had been a resident of Anawalt for 14 years and was a retired letter carrier from the US...
Charles Jasper Smothers
Feb 12, 2010
Charles Jasper Smothers, Jr., age 59, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2010 at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. Born December 2, 1950 in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of Ella Mae Williams Smothers and the late Charles J. Smothers, Sr. of Bluefield. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was...
James Presley
Feb 11, 2010
ABBS VALLEY, Va. — James Louie “Sonny” Presley, 67, died at his home on Feb. 11, 2010. Born March 18, 1942 in Jenkinjones, W.Va., he was the son of the late James Louie Presley and Bessie Jones Presley. Mr. Presley was a veteran of the United States Army and proudly served as a military policeman stationed in Berlin, Germany from...
Bernice O. Johnson
Feb 10, 2010
Bernice O. Johnson, age 100, of Princeton, WV, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at the Mary Health Personal Care Home in Princeton. Born on April 22, 1909 in Athens, she was a daughter of the late Augustus and Ollie Wiley Martin. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Arthur Dean Hall
Feb 10, 2010
BLUEFIELD — Arthur “Dean” Hall, 77, of Rt. 3 Box 656 Bluefield, W.Va. (Lorton Lick Road), went to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at his residence. Born on June 01, 1932 in Princeton, W.Va. to the late Frank and Verna Williams Hall, he had been a resident of Bluefield, W.Va....
Daniel Ward Quizenbeury
Feb 10, 2010
Daniel Ward Quizenbeury, Sr., 86, of Route 3, Bluefield, WV, died Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at home. Mr. Quizenbeury was born on November 1, 1923, in Maybeury, WV, the son of the late Franklin P. and Hattie M. Thompson Quizenbeury. Mr. Quizenbeury was the last surviving member of his family having been preceded in death by brothers, James and Hayden,...
James E. Little
Feb 9, 2010
PRINCETON — James E. Little, age 53, of 509 Village Glen, Princeton, W.Va., passed away after a long illness on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Born on June 15, 1956 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Herbert Little and Margie Little Shrewsbury. He had been a resident of Princeton for 20...
Walter W. Clark, Jr.
Feb 8, 2010
BLUEFIELD — Walter W. Clark, Jr., 85, of 1019 Bramwell Road, Bluefield, W.Va., went to be with his Lord on February 08, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Walter W. and Margaret T. Musick Clark, Sr. and was born October 17, 1924 in Ennis, W.Va. He was a disabled veteran who served his...
Rex E. Farmer
Feb 8, 2010
BLUEFIELD — Rex E. Farmer, age 61, of Route 3 Box 606 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, W.Va., passed away on Monday, February 8, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh with his wife and sister Sarah by his side. Born on December 10, 1948 in Goodwill, he was a son of Raymond and Nina Griffith Farmer of Bluefield. He...
Dennis Lee Frazier
Feb 7, 2010
Dennis Lee Frazier, age 49, of 136 North College Avenue, Bluefield, VA, passed away February 7, 2010 after bravely battling numerous illnesses. Born on October 16, 1960 in Blacksburg, VA, he was a son of Ernie Frazier of Blacksburg, VA and the late Linda Faye Kessinger. He had lived in Bluefield, VA for the past 18 years. In addition to...
Gladys Belcher Lane
Feb 5, 2010
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 2nd Corinthians 5:8 On February, 5, 2010, God and his angels carried Mrs. Gladys Belcher Lane, age 83, of 144 Oak Ridge Place, Mt. Airy, NC, to her heavenly home from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in...
Mary Ellen Sadler
Feb 5, 2010
Mary Ellen Aust Sadler, age 80, of Route 3 Box 193 (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2010 at the home of her son in Princeton. Born on August 14, 1929 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Harvey L. and Birtie Spicer Aust. She had been a lifelong resident of Mercer County and...
Lois Harlene Evans
Feb 4, 2010
ANAWALT, WV---Lois Harlene Holleman Evans, age 73, of P.O. Box 94 Anawalt, WV passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Born November 7, 1936 at Pocahontas, VA she was the daughter of the late Beverly Jackson and Sallie Riffey Holleman. Lois lived the majority of her life in McDowell County and was...
Josephine Shutt
Feb 2, 2010
Josephine Strock Shutt, age 78, of 453 Earls Branch Road, Pounding Mill, VA, and formerly of Third Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at her residence. Born on October 28, 1931 in Cranberry, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary George Strock. She had been a resident of Pounding Mill for 2 years...
Esther Louise Lilly
Feb 2, 2010
Esther Louise Riggs Lilly, age 44, of Princeton, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at her residence. Born on August 11, 1964 in Bluefield she was a daughter of Patricia O. McGrady Fitzko of Rt. 3, Bluefield and the late Donald W. Riggs. She had been a lifelong resident of WV and was a graduate of Montcalm High School....
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