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Rosie Belle Clower
Mar 17, 2010
Rosie Belle Dunford Clower, 89, of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Greer, South Carolina. Born on September 20, 1920 in Springton, WV to the late Chester Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Gills Dunford. She had been a resident of Montcalm for most of her life and attended the Church of Jesus Christ. In addition to...
Rev. Thurman Edward Hoback
Mar 13, 2010
The Rev. Thurman Edward Hoback, age 83, of HC 31, Box 3810 Skygusty, WV died on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at his home. Born on July 2, 1926 in Watauga, TN, he was a son of the late Garnie and Emma Scott Hoback. He had been a resident of Skygusty for the past 55 years. He was a US veteran...
Mary Elizabeth Saddler
Mar 11, 2010
BLUEFIELD, WV--- Mary Elizabeth Saddler, age 85, of RT 5 Box 373 (Bluewell) Bluefield, WV passed away Thursday, March 11, 2010 at her residence. Born October 16, 1924 at Louisville, KY she was the daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth Roppe Reisenberg. Mrs. Saddler was a resident of the Bluewell area for 21 years where she was a homemaker....
Jean Hatfield McMillen
Mar 10, 2010
Word has been received by relatives of the death of Glenn Jean Hatfield McMillen, 86, on March 10, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Born in Thacker, West Virginia she was the daughter of Glenn D. Hatfield and Gertrude Berryman Hatfield, longtime resident of Welch before moving to St. Petersburg, FL. preceding her in death were her parents, a brother George...
Lynn F. Fankie Beavers
Mar 10, 2010
Lynn F. “Frankie” Beavers, age 47, of Rt. 4, Box 174-D, Bluefield, WV died on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 3, 1962 in Bluefield, he was a son of Franklin and Helen Patrick Beavers. He worked in the coal industry as a shop foreman. He was a Bluefield resident his entire life and attended...
Gladys Church
Mar 8, 2010
Gladys Church, age 83, of 105 Davis Street, Lincolnton, NC and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010 in Lincolnton. She was born on December 29, 1926 in Boissevain. She had been a resident of Lincolnton for 3 years and lived most of her life in West Virginia. She was a homemaker and was of the Church...
Michael Lee Tabor
Mar 8, 2010
Michael Lee Tabor, 47, of P.O. Box 154 (Shinbrier Mountain) Bramwell, West Virginia passed away on Monday, March 08, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Michael was born on February 26, 1963 in Bluefield to Betty Sublett Tabor and the late Franklin G. Tabor. He was a former welder and a member of the National Guard. He played basketball at...
Sandy Kay Marcum
Mar 6, 2010
Sandy Kay Marcum, age 55, of Jones Hill Road, Lot 11, Freeman, WV, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Mercer Nursing and Rehab. Center in Bluefield. Born on October 14, 1954 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Earl and Pearl Anders Duvall. She had been a Resident of Bramwell for 11 years and was...
Ruth Ann Jones
Mar 5, 2010
Ruth Ann Pigg Jones, age 73, of Route 3 Box 535, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on September 17, 1936 in Green Valley, she was a daughter of the late Lonnie and Carlie Phlegar Pigg. She had been a resident of Montcalm for most of her life and was retired from...
Ruby Ann Price
Mar 4, 2010
Ruby Ann Price, age 73, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at a Bluefield hospital. Born on September 22, 1936 in McClure, VA, she was a daughter of the late Lum and Lydia Blankenship Stacy. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a homemaker. In...
Ruth Elizabeth Morgan
Mar 4, 2010
Ruth Elizabeth Hunt Morgan, 90, of 133 White Oak M.H.P. Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Fort Pierce, Florida and Davy, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, March 04, 2010 at the Maples Nursing Home in Bluefield, West Virginia. She was born on July 10, 1919 in Marytown, West Virginia to the late Ben H. and Betty M. Prillaman Hunt. She...
Lawrence A. Chapman
Mar 4, 2010
Lawrence A. Chapman, 94 of Gary, West Virginia passed away Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the McDowell Nursing Home in Gary. Born in Saltville, Va, he was the son of the late Fred and Malenda Surber Chapman. He was a resident of Thorpe for the past 40 years. He attended the Wilcoe Church of God. He retired from US Steel...
Frances E. Cole
Mar 3, 2010
Frances E. Cole, age 84, of Montcalm, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at the Princeton Health Care in Princeton. Born on November 14, 1925 in Montcalm, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Ethel Faith Cole. She had been a resident of Montcalm for all of her life and was a member of the Bluefield congregation...
Eva R. Marrs
Mar 2, 2010
Eva R. Marrs was born May 26, 1914 in Gretna, Virginia to the late Bud and Mary Ramsey. She was the fourth of five children born into the family. Eva joined Tabernacle Baptist Church in her early youth and was a very active member. Mrs. Marrs departed this life on Tuesday, March 02, 2010 at 7:20 a.m. at South Pointe...
Hubert L. Smith
Mar 2, 2010
PRINCETON, WV--- Hubert L. “Bunk” Smith, age 74, of 161 Elkview Street, Princeton, WV, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born April 3, 1935 in Boissevain, VA, he was the son of the late William Lacy and Lola Mae Price Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired welder, a Korean War Veteran having served with the 501...
Pearl K. Scoleri
Feb 28, 2010
Pearl K. Scoleri, 93, of Windermere, FL (formerly of Pocahontas, VA) passed away Sunday, February 28, 2010, at Florida Hospital, Altamonte Springs, FL. She was the daughter of the late Aaron and Julia Orban Kovach. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip A. Scoleri; her four brothers, Kelly Kovach, Gaza Kovach, Frank Kovach, Bill Kovach and grandson Philip...
Irma Stacy Cook
Feb 27, 2010
Irma Stacy Cook, 82, of 1 Price Street Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at her home. Born on June 24, 1927 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late James and Lydia Roberts Stacy. Mrs. Cook had been a resident of Bluefield, Virginia for the past 39 years and was a member of the Harbor Light...
Fred Stewart Asbury
Feb 26, 2010
Fred Stewart Asbury, 84, of Rt. 3 Bluefield, West Virginia (Bluewell) formerly of Coaldale, West Virginia died Friday, February 26, 2010 at the home of his daughter and son in law Rita & Darrell Poe with whom he and his wife made their home with since July 2009. Born on October 09, 1925 in Boissevain, Virginia to the late Walter...
Carolyn Crawford Thompson
Feb 25, 2010
Carolyn Crawford Thompson, 66, of P.O. Box 387-Z Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, West Virginia. Carolyn was born on August 30, 1943 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late James and Dorothy Gullion Crawford. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was of the Baptist faith. She...
James Eugene Lewis
Feb 25, 2010
James Eugene “Jimmy” Lewis, age 62, of Rt. 4, Box 349, Bluefield, WV (Jimmy Lewis Lake Road) died on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on March 6, 1947 in Bluefield, he was a son of Lena Broyles Lewis of Bluefield, WV and the late John William Lewis. He had lived in Bluefield for most of...
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