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Goldie Joyce Church
May 12, 2022
Goldie Joyce Church, 65, of Anawalt, WV, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
She was a daughter of the late Roy and Lillian Parks Johnson.
Survivors include her husband, Gary M. Church, Sr.,; sons, Gary M. Church, Jr. and Roy Thomas Church; 1 grandson, Timothy Church; brothers, Kenneth, Jimmy and Claude Johnson; and sisters, Dorothy Johnson, Ellen...
Beverly Gay Matusevich
May 11, 2022
Beverly Gay Matusevich, 72, of Cliffmont Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at her home.
Born on November 28, 1949 in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Mary Teasley Sanders. She worked in the healthcare industry specializing in nursing home eligibility.
Survivors include her husband, Mike Matusevich of the home; daughters,...
Deborah Lynn Glass
May 10, 2022
Deborah Lynn Glass, 73, of Bluefield, WV passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital. Born August 21, 1948, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Witt. Deborah was a member of Cumberland Heights Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Wendy Burks
May 10, 2022
Wendy Emazetta Burks, 53 of Kimball, WV 24853 went to be with the Lord on May 10th, 2022 after a long battle with cancer at home surrounded by her loved ones. Born October 22, 1968 in Welch, WV to the late Helen M.(Rhodes) Barber, Odham, and the late Dan Odham. She was proceeded in death by her mother and father,...
Bonnie Lou Fowler
May 9, 2022
Bonnie Lou Fowler, 91, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022, at her home.
Born on July 5, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Bethel Knipp Lawson. She had been a resident of Mercer County for 38 years and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Lee...
Maxine Carter Thompson
May 4, 2022
Maxine Carter Thompson, 94, of Bluefield, WV went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at her home surrounded by family.
Born on January 30, 1928, in Bluefield, WV she was a daughter of the late John and Nortie Lambert Carter. Maxine was a graduate of Beaver High School and a member of the Brushfork United Methodist...
Rosa Taylor
May 3, 2022
Rosa Danish “Tucker” Taylor, 96, of Sandlick, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at her home.
Born on August 4, 1925 in Goodwill, WV, she was a daughter of the late James Edward and Collie May Taylor Tucker. Our Mother “What a Lady”. All of her life, she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great...
James Clifford Gallinger
May 2, 2022
James Clifford Gallinger, 83, of Bluewell, WV, went to be with the Lord on May 2, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving family and wife Janet Witt Gallinger of 54 years.
He was a dedicated, loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, brother in law, uncle and friend who will be greatly missed. Jim worked for Ginato-Pontiac in Welch and A&T...
Cleatis Earl Morgan
May 2, 2022
Cleatis Earl Morgan, 79, of Sandlick Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2022, at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on July 11, 1942 in Wolf Pen, WV, he was a son of the late Cleatis Raymond and Yvonne Workman Morgan. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 13 years and was a retired coal miner from US...
William Allen Mitchem
May 1, 2022
William Allen Mitchem, 49, of Crumpler, WV entered into the gates of Heaven on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at Roanoke Carillion Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Born June 3, 1972, in Welch, WV he was a son of James Ronald Mitchem and the late Helen Graham Mitchem.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Helen Graham Mitchem, and...
Darrell Wayne Nester
Apr 30, 2022
Darrell Wayne Nester, 49, of Bluefield, WV passed April 30, 2022, at his home.
Born October 1, 1973, in Bluefield, WV he was a son of the late William Henry “Buddy” and Rachel Jean Spangler Nester.
Darrell was a resident of Bluefield all his life and worked in construction.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Tiffany Dale Sabo
Apr 30, 2022
Tiffany Dale Sabo, 42 years old of Bluefield, Virginia went on to be with her Lord and Savior at 2:39 AM on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Tiffany Sabo was cared for by the physicians and staff at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia and despite best efforts, suffered multiple organ dysfunction and this beautiful and wonderful life was lost. Born...
Donald Eugene Lockhart
Apr 30, 2022
Donald Eugene Lockhart, 78, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2022 at Pine Lodge Nursing Home in Beckley, WV. Born November 14, 1943 in McDowell County, WV, he was a son of the late William Harvey and Hazel Knox Lockhart. Donald was a resident for twenty-five years. He was a proud retired United States Navy Veteran with 21...
Robert Allen Silvers
Apr 28, 2022
Robert (Bob) Allen Silvers (72, of Bluefield, WV, passed away April 28, 2022.
He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Betty Silvers; granddaughter Destiny, great grandson Dezmon, and son in law John Little.
Allen is survived by his wife of 50 years Karen June Galyean Silvers; daughter Celina Silvers Little: Four grandchildren: Victoria Bayne and husband Lucas,...
Eunice Ann Sexton
Apr 28, 2022
Eunice Ann Sexton, 74, of Freeman, WV passed away Thursday, April 28, 2022, at her home with her husband and family surrounding her. Born November 21, 1947, in Big Sandy, WV, she was a daughter of the late Hazel Lester.
Eunice had been a resident of the Freeman/Bramwell, WV area since 1973. She attended Pocahontas High School and was a...
Martha Ann McPeak
Apr 28, 2022
Our beautiful Mother Martha Ann McPeak (nee Hubbert) , 77, of Narrows, VA, left this earth April 28, 2022 to be with her lord and savior Jesus Christ and the love of her life our father Gentry E. McPeak.
Born January 17, 1945 in Fayette, AL, to Aaron Howard Hubbert and Ruby Lee Clay she was the last surviving member...
Nindo "Talley" Punturi, Jr.
Apr 26, 2022
Nindo “Talley” Punturi, Jr. 69, of Fountain Park Road, Princeton, WV, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at his home.
Born on June 4, 1952 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late NIndo Punturi, Sr. and Ethel Hall Punturi. He had been a resident of Princeton for 30 years and was a retired sheet metal fabricator. He...
Linda Kay Marshall
Apr 25, 2022
Linda Kay Marshall, 80, of Princeton, WV passed away Monday, April 25, 2022, at The Havens. Born October 18, 1941, in Davy, WV, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Mary Teasley Sanders. Linda was of the Primitive Baptist faith and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Linda was preceded in death by her husband, Ray...
Jerry Lee Graham
Apr 25, 2022
Jerry Lee Graham, 67, of Hinton, WV and formerly of Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022 at Summers Nursing and Rehab in Hinton, WV.
Born on November 14, 1954 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Philip and Goldie Louise Jarrell Graham. He had been a resident of Princeton for several years and was...
Freddie Wayne Perdue
Apr 23, 2022
Freddie (Fred R) Wayne Perdue, 64, of Bluefield, VA, formerly of Matoaka, WV, and for the last 20 years of Little River, SC passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Carillion New River Valley Medical Center. Born November 11, 1957, in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Bill and Barbara Bowman. In addition to his parents, Freddie...
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