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Ailene Lockhart
May 29, 2009
Aliene Lockhart, age 70, of New Hope Road (PO Box 3743), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born on September 1, 1938 in Williamson, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow and Gertrude Varney Bevins. She had formerly been a resident of Gary for 46 years and of...
Cora B. Davidson
May 29, 2009
Cora B. Davidson, age 91, of Fremont, died on Friday, May 29, 2009 at St. Joseph Residence in New London. She was born on September 1, 1917 in Crystal, West Virginia, On January 1, 1934, Cora married Stewart Davidson in Vaughn, West Virginia. He preceded her in death on October 13, 1979. Cora enjoyed crafts, fishing and collecting antiques. Cora...
Marie Kade
May 29, 2009
Marie Hicks Kade, age 89, of Route 3 Box 425 (Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield, WV, went to be with her Lord on Friday evening, May 29, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital with family by her side. Born on June 20, 1919 in Crystal, she was a daughter of the late Allen and Minnie Bryant Hicks. She had been a resident...
Ricky Dean Adkins
May 28, 2009
PRINCETON - Ricky Dean Adkins, age 55, of Princeton, West Virginia, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on January 7, 1954 in Princeton, he was son of the late Oble Lee Adkins and Lorene Beatrice Collins. He has been a lifetime resident of Mercer County and a graduate of Montcalm High School Class of...
Alverda Vance
May 28, 2009
Alverda “Casey” Vance, 71, of 370-A Bluewell, West Virginia passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the home of her daughter in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mrs. Vance was born on December 04, 1937 in Romney, West Virginia to the late Burr E. Barnes and Mary G. Loy Barnes. She was a member of the Bramwell Presbyterian Church and...
Margaret A. Holloway
May 26, 2009
Margaret A. Holloway, age 79, of the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on December 6, 1929 in McDowell County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Mary Hanchock Roebuck. She had been a resident of Mercer County most of her life and was a retired waitress...
Mary Ellen Wimmer
May 25, 2009
Mary Ellen Wimmer, age 68, of 546 Prator Hollow Road, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at her residence. Born on January 14, 1941 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Ruby E. Crowder Graham. She had been a resident of Falls Mills for 50 years and was a member of the...
Jack Allen Borich
May 24, 2009
Jack Allen Borich, age 58, of Green Valley, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at his home. Born on April 4, 1951 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Joseph P. and Hazel Jones Borich. He had been a resident of Green Valley for most of his life and was employed for 32 years by...
Allen "Barney" Dale
May 23, 2009
Allen “Barney” Dale, age 57, of Route 1 Box 394-B (Sandlick Road), Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at a Princeton hospital. Born on January 21, 1952 in Welch, he was a son of Mila Bishop Dale of McDowell, WV and the late Roy Dale. He had been a resident of Route 1...
Zella O. Pollard
May 23, 2009
Zella O. Pollard of Largo, Florida died May 23, 2009 at Morton Plant Hospital of Clearwater, due to complications from surgery. Born in Pageton W.V. on March 2, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Verdi Farmer. She was a resident of Florida for the last 12 years. Ms. Pollard and Mr. Pollard was the former owner...
Phyllis Jean Wingate
May 22, 2009
Phyllis Jean Wingate, age 59, of P.O. Box 104, Davy, WV, died on Friday May 22, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on January 22, 1950 in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of Donna Justice Blizzard of Princeton and the late Billy E. Stevenson. She had lived in Davy all of her life and was a graduate of...
Alma Juanita Farmer
May 22, 2009
Alma Juanita Casey Farmer, age 82, of Pageton, WV, won her battle with cancer Friday, May 22, 2009 surrounded by her loving family as she departed from her earthly life and began her eternal life with Jesus. A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Skygusty, she was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother who always placed the...
Dollie Olsowski
May 22, 2009
Dollie Tabor Olsowski, 90, of Chester, VA and formerly of Coaldale, died Friday, May 22, 2009 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Stewart and Mollie Stowers Tabor and the widow of Bennie F. Olsowski. Mrs. Olsowski is survived by a son George H. Olsowski and his wife Cora, a grandson, Michael A. Olsowski,...
Eva Sue Rash
May 18, 2009
Eva Sue Rash, age 59, of PO Box 528, Anawalt, WV, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, May 18, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a long battle with cancer. Born on November 11, 1949 in Anawalt, she was a daughter of the late Flay and Helen Day Rhodes. She had been a lifelong...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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