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Shirley Ayers
Aug 1, 2021
Rock-Shirley Ayers, 83, of Rock, WV, passed away Sunday August 1, 2021 at her home. Born March 23, 1938 in Belle, WV, she was a daughter of the late James P. and Earnestine Bostic Gilmore. Ms. Ayers was a loving mother and a very avid supporter of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and The Moose Lodge. In addition...
Terry Lee Coe
Jul 28, 2021
Terry Lee “Hound Dawg” Coe, 56, of Abbs Valley, VA, went home to be with the LORD on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA.
Born on May 6, 1965 in Welch, he was a son of the late Eulas Haller and Pauline Hundley Coe. Terry was a loving son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle...
Margaret Lynn Lambert
Jul 25, 2021
Margaret Lynn Lambert, 56, of Falls Mills, VA, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Born August 18, 1964 in Cincinnati, OH, she was a daughter of the late Cart and Nadine Gibson. She had worked as a nurse at Westwood in Bluefield, VA and had been employed as a personal caregiver. Everyone who knew her loved...
Alisha Starr Ratliff
Jul 23, 2021
Alisha Starr Ratliff, 42, of Kannapolis, NC and formerly of Bluewell, passed away on July 23, 2021 from a short illness.
She attended Bluefield High School and received her medical assistant degree from National College of Business and Technology in Princeton in 2011. Alisha was a a diehard Prince fan, Everything Prince and finally made the trip to Paisley...
Joey Wayne Surface
Jul 19, 2021
Joey Wayne Surface, 47, of Princeton, WV, passed away Monday, July 19, 2021 of natural causes. He lost his battle with a series of cardiovascular diseases. Born March 12, 1974 in Princeton WV, he was the son of Yvonne Bowyer Barnette and the late Roger Wayne Surface. Joey was a loving father, son and brother. His smile was infectious. He...
James N. Barrett
Jul 17, 2021
James N. Barrett, 78, of Sheppet Street (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on May 29, 1943 in McComas, he was a son of the late Julia Sheppet. He attended Concord College and was a US Marine veteran serving in Vietnam. He was a retired equipment operator for American Electric Power....
Cora Mae Wimmer
Jul 16, 2021
Cora Mae Wimmer, 91, of Yards VA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 16, 2021 at Westwood Medical Center. Born October 12, 1929 in Nemours, WV she was the daughter of the late Charles and Bessie Rye.
Cora loved her family dearly. She worked hard her whole life up until she was 79 years old...
Emma Lavin
Jul 11, 2021
When I count my blessings, I count you twice
Bluefield, WV- Emma Peltz Lavin of Bluefield passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 11th at the young age of 101. Born on April 1, 1920 in Elkhorn, WV. She was the daughter of Joseph and Anna Peltz, she is also preceded in death by her dear husband Sam Lavin, Sr., her...
Connie Lee Doss
Jul 11, 2021
Connie Lee Doss, 71, of Bluefield, passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Born on March 25, 1950 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Laura Doby Ealy. She had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her son, Mike Arthur; sisters, Linda Henegar of Bluefield, VA, Brenda Caldwell of NC;...
Donna Jean Gadd
Jul 9, 2021
Donna Jean Gadd, 62, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021 at her home. Born May 5, 1959 in McDowell county, she was the daughter of Lois Cox of Green Valley, WV and the late John Lawless, she was a resident of Bluefield for 25 years. Donna was a member of Cumberland Heights Church and a retired book...
James Sullivan, Jr.
Jul 1, 2021
James Sullivan, Jr., 86, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on March 17, 1935 in Bramwell, he was a son of the late Jim Sullivan and Marie Chilco. He was retired from the US Air Force then later Joy Manufacturing. He was an avid Bluefield Beaver football and basketball...
Cletus Ray Eller
Jun 29, 2021
Cletus Ray Eller, 76, of Montcalm, WV, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021 atStonerise Nursing Home in Glenwood, WV. Born May 30, 1945 in Montcalm, WV,Cletus was a son of the late Cletus Terrell Eller and Diane Johnson Eller. Cletuswas a retired Construction worker and owner of a restaurant in Chicago, IL. Inaddition to his parents, Cletus was preceded in...
Barbara Kay Music
Jun 28, 2021
Barbara Kay Music, 68, of Skygusty, WV, went to her Heavenly Home on June 28, 2021 at Carillion New River Valley Medical Center.
Born September 17, 1952 in Welch, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Boyd and Hattie Goins Fowler. She was a resident of Skygusty, WV for 50 years, a member of Conkilintown Church of God,...
Betty Harless
Jun 26, 2021
Betty “Bootie” Harless, 86, of Old Bramwell Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at her home.
Born on October 18, 1934 in Crane Creek, WV, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Cora Collins Eller. She was a member of the Mid-Way Christian Church and was a retired inspector for Joyce Beverage/7-Up.
In addition...
Patricia Peters
Jun 26, 2021
Patricia Gale Cregger Peters, 77, Havaco, WV, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at her home.
Born on January 6, 1944 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Andrew J. and Ada Keith Cregger. She had been a lifelong resident of Havaco and was a homemaker.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Rosaline "Rosie" Rowe
Jun 26, 2021
Rosaline “Rosa” Rowe of Charleston, WV passed on to the Lord peacefully on Saturday, June 26, 2021 while in the hospice care unit at Charleston Area Medical Center-Memorial Hospital with family by her side. She was born October 25, 1925 in Pocahontas, VA to the late Angelo Santolla and Martha Lewis Farley Santolla Williams. She was proud to be 95...
Pearl Magdalene Phipps
Jun 25, 2021
Pearl Magdalene Phipps, 90, of Bramwell, WV, went home to be with the Lord Friday, June 25, 2021. Born October 27, 1930, she was one of thirteen children of the late George and Bertha Head Dillon. She loved God with her whole heart and served God faithfully as a member of the Bramwell Wesleyan Church. In addition to her parents,...
Paulette Priscilla Epperson
Jun 24, 2021
Paulette Pricilla Epperson, 76, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born June 24, 1945 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late William Joe and Helen Dillon Edwards. She was a loving mother and wife to our father, Fount W. Epperson, who preceded her in 2019. She worked at...
Peggy Ann Punturi
Jun 23, 2021
Peggy Ann Punturi, 89, of Bluefield, WV passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at her home. Born August 10, 1931 in Maybeury, WV, she was a daughter of the late William Howard and Mildred Boley Pack. She was a resident of Skating Rink Hollow for 80 years. Peggy was of the Church of Christ faith and was a homemaker. In...
Shirley Yvonne Shrader Love
Jun 23, 2021
Shirley Yvonne Shrader Love, 75, of Midland, NC, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at her home. Born December 28, 1945 in Montcalm, WV, she was a daughter of the late George and Virginia Lusk Shrader. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
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