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Ollie Signora Allen
Dec 28, 2022
Ollie Signora Allen, 88, of Maybeury, West Virginia, departed this life on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at Princeton Community Hospital surrounded by her loving family, following a brief illness. Ollie S. Allen was born July 10, 1934, in Welch, WV to the late Robert H. and Minnie Bogle Watkins. Ollie was educated in the McDowell County public school system and...
Madeline Sue Asbury
Dec 26, 2022
Madeline Sue Asbury, 54, of Falls Mills, VA passed away Monday, December 26, 2022 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born June 10, 1968 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Danny Harmon, Sr. and Carolyn Bell Harmon. She was a CNA and was a member of Deliverance Temple Church. In addition to her parents, Madeline was preceded in...
Betty Jane Angle
Dec 25, 2022
Betty Jane Angle, 94, of Princeton, WV, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022, at Stonerise Nursing Home. Born February 28, 1928 in Beartown, WV, she was a daughter of the late Cager Davis and Theressie Robinson Blankenship. Betty had been a resident of Princeton, WV since 1966. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church.
In...
Lorna Ruth Bailey
Dec 24, 2022
Lorna Ruth Bailey, 74, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022, at her home. Born September 25, 1948, in Big Four, WV, she was the daughter of the late James and Josephine Mayes Odum. Lorna was a resident of Bluefield, WV for 17 years and was a homemaker.
Those left to cherish Lorna’s memory are her longtime companion,...
Annabell Taylor
Dec 24, 2022
Annabell Dyson Taylor, 81, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born October 4, 1941, in Hemphill, WV, she was a daughter of the late Ray and Laura Bowman Dyson. Annabell was a lifelong resident of Bluefield. She retired from the Mercer County Board of Education and was a member of the First Baptist...
Larmer Basil Rogers
Dec 23, 2022
On December 23, 2022, Larmer Rogers, 95, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. A lifelong resident of McComas, WV, he spent 42 years working in the dark of the coal mines. Once he retired, he spent his time as a fisher of men, witnessing to all he could of his Pentecostal faith. Larmer spent his entire...
Jackie David Broomfield
Dec 23, 2022
Jackie David Broomfield, 62, of Maybeury, WV, passed away Friday morning, December 23, 2022 at his home. Born October 15, 1960 in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late Woodrow and Rachael Rose Broomfield. Jackie was a proud veteran of the United States Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Charles...
Opal Sizemore
Dec 22, 2022
Opal Lee Mitchem Sizemore, 91, of Northfork, WV passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022 at her home. Born December 17, 1931 in Wyoming County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Moody Carl and Gertrude Burks Mitchem. Opal was a member of Harbor Light Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Opal was preceded in...
Clarence Earl Byrd
Dec 21, 2022
Clarence Earl Byrd, 80, of Bluewell, passed away on Wednesday December 21, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on March 27, 1942 in Newport News, VA, he was a son of the late Clarence Elmo and Mary Elizabeth Kirk Byrd. He was a retired supervisor from Kroger. He was a veteran of the US Army.
He was preceded in death...
Richard Stevenson Miller Sr.
Dec 20, 2022
Richard Stevenson Miller Sr., 77, of Bluefield, VA, passed away on Tuesday December 20, 2022 at Princeton Community Hospital after a long, hard fight. He is at peace and in Heaven.
Born on July 15, 1945 in Jenkinjones, WV, he was a son of the late Rudy and Dotty Dollinger Miller. He was a retired coal miner having worked 25...
W. Earl "Snag" Garland
Dec 20, 2022
Earl “Snag” Garland, 86, of Rocky Gap, VA passed away on December 20, 2022 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. He was on born on January 23, 1936 in Bluefield, WV to the late Violet Lucas and Tanner Benjamin Garland Sr. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Angelia Garland; an infant son,...
Oney Mabel Martin
Dec 18, 2022
Oney Mabel Cook Martin
December 27, 1937 - December 18, 2022
On Sunday Night, December 18, 2022 our Heavenly Father Called Another Angel Home.
Mabel was born on December 27, 1937 in Bramwell, West Virginia to the late Woodrow and Virginia Cook. Mabel graduated from Bramwell High School in 1955 and was a resident of Bramwell for many years. Mabel...
Donna Gail Perry
Dec 10, 2022
Donna Gail Perry, 78 of Nemours, WV, went to be with the Lord on December 10 with family by her side. She was born in Pocahontas, VA on November 1, 1944. She married the love of her life, Paul, on November 27, 1959, and they just celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. She was a teacher at Montcalm Elementary School for...
Mary Jane Miller
Dec 10, 2022
Mary Jane Miller, 85, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Tazewell Community Hospital.
Born on September 6, 1937 in Belfrey, KY, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Evelyn Hinchee Layne. She had been a longtime resident of Mercer County and was a member of Deliverance Temple.
In addition to her parents, she...
Brenda Gay Lawson
Dec 10, 2022
Brenda Gay Lawson, 73, of Lindside, WV, born and raised in McDowell County and lived the last 20 years in Mt. Airy, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Johnson-Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA surrounded by family.
Born on November 25, 1949, in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Martillie Knuckles Lester.
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Charles William Pruitt
Dec 8, 2022
Charles William Pruitt, 87, of Nemours Valley Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at his home.
Born on June 4, 1935 in Nemours, he was a son of the late Starling and Mattie Lyons Pruitt. He was a retired motor winder from National Electric Coil. He was a member of the Bramwell Masonic Lodge AF&AM #45...
Donald Howard Taylor
Dec 8, 2022
Donald Howard Taylor,87, of White Hollow Rd., Bluefield,, WV, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at his home.
Born on June 16, 1935 and Montcalm, he was a son of the late Cletus and Loessie Doss Taylor. He had previously worked for Coal Motors and Truck City.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
Sarah Ellen Dinger
Dec 5, 2022
Our precious and loving mother, Sarah Ellen Dinger, 92, of Bluefield, WV, went to join her Heavenly Father on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Princeton Community Hospital. She told her children she was going to see their Daddy.
Sarah lived in Bluefield most of her life, was a homemaker, and was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Bluewell....
Ernest Dwight Mullins
Dec 4, 2022
Ernest Dwight Mullins, 76, of Statesville, North Carolina, formerly of Tazewell County, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at S. Mitchell Mack Hospice House in Mooresville, NC, surrounded by his family. Born April 3, 1946, in Grundy, VA, he was the son of the late Elbert Luther and Myrtle Asbury Mullins. Upon graduation...
Carl Junior Workman
Dec 3, 2022
Carl Junior Workman, 64, of Anawalt died after a lengthy illness on December 3, 2022, at his home with his wife and son by his side. He was born January 8, 1958, in Welch, WV, the son of Hurley Howard Workman and Betty Jean Day Bailey.
Carl attended McDowell County Schools. After school he worked at Perdue Ashland Service Station. ...
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