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Charles Leon Athey
Feb 5, 2021
Charles Leon Athey passed away February 5, 2021 in Princeton Wv at his home. He graduated from Giles High school class of 66. He joined the United States Marine Corp and served Combat in Vietnam. He was a contractor for many years and done a lot of construction work all over. He went on to work at the...
Juanita Foster
Feb 5, 2021
Juanita P. Patterson Foster, 93, of Princeton, WV and formerly of Bramwell, passed away on February 5, 2021 at Princeton Community Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her first and only love, William H. Foster.
She is survived by her daughter, Billie Jean Beard.
Juanita lived most of her life in Bramwell where she was a homemaker, neighbor and...
Jerry Lee McComas
Feb 5, 2021
Jerry Lee McComas, 70, of Bluewell, WV, passed away February 5, 2021 at home surrounded by his family.
Born on September 28, 1950 in Bluefield, WV to Richard and Helen McComas. He was a 1969 graduate of Bluefield High School and married his sweetheart, Dorothy Shrader McComas in 1970. He was retired as a welder from The Daniels Company. He...
Clifton Clower
Feb 4, 2021
Clifton “Cliff” Clower was born on December 28, 1961 and passed away at his home on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Clifton was a resident of Green Valley, West Virginia at the time of his passing. He was preceded in death by his Father, Johnnie Clower who passed November 1, 2011; his Mother, Ella Louise Clower who passed June 17, 2000...
Billy Eugene Nelson
Feb 3, 2021
Billy Eugene Nelson, 82, of Princeton Avenue, Bluefield, WV, passed away hon Wednesday, February 3, 2021.
Born on October 18, 1938 in Rocky Gap, VA, he was a son of the late Albert and Mollie Lambert Nelson. He was a US Army Veteran and had formerly worked for UPS, the Driggs Company and Lamberts Wrecker Service.
In addition to his...
Odis Richard Mullins
Feb 3, 2021
Odis Richard Mullins, 63, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at his home.
Born on March 31, 1957 in Welch, he was a son of Lorine Mullins of Bluefield and the late Robert A. Mullins. He was a veteran of the US Army and was a retired coal miner. He had been a resident of Bluefield...
Deborah Eugenia Burks
Jan 31, 2021
On Sunday, January 31, 2021, Deborah Eugenia Burks, loving mother and grandmother passed away at age 62.
Deborah was born June 25, 1958 in Richlands, VA to Lacey "Gene" and Mildred "Rene" (Tony) Burks. She raised two sons James Ray Day, Jr., and Joseph Kevin Day, and one daughter, Rebecca Day. She also helped in raising two of her...
Joe Richard Mills, Sr.
Jan 31, 2021
Joe Richard Mills, Sr., 87, of Bluestone Avenue, Bramwell, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at his home.
Born on March 9, 1933 in McComas, he was a son of the late Walter Mills, Sr. and Grace Tabor Mills. He was a retired coal miner and was a Korean war veteran.
In addition to his parents, he was...
Michael Anthony Coeburn
Jan 31, 2021
Michael Anthony Coeburn, 56, of McComas, WV, went to his Heavenly home on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at his home. Born July 1, 1964 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late James, Sr. and Nellie Lusk Coeburn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by grandparents, Lewis and Estonia Justice Lusk; father-in-law and mother-in-law,...
Billy Joe Shinault
Jan 31, 2021
Billy Joe Shinault, 85, of Knipper Circle, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family.
Born on May 31, 1935 in Ada, he was a son of the late Clarence and Della Mae Robinett Shinault. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. He was...
Laben Thomas Spaulding
Jan 31, 2021
Laben Thomas “L.T.” Spaulding, 47, of Princeton, passed away on January 31, 2021 at his home.
Born on February 12, 1973 in Bluefield, he was a son of Bonnie Glass Helmandollar of Bluefield and the late Roger Spaulding. He was a graduate of Montcalm High School and worked at Cheers Lounge as a security officer for 13 years. He loved...
Roger Dale Ball
Jan 30, 2021
Roger Dale Ball, 69, of Bluewell, WV, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a Christian and he went home to be with his Lord.
Born on March 6, 1951 in Vivian, WV, he was a son of the late Elgard and Gladys Eldridge Ball. He had been a resident of...
Derek Anthony Mullins
Jan 26, 2021
Derek Anthony Mullins, 35, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Lewis Gale Montgomery in Blacksburg, VA. Born June 7, 1985 in Castlewood, VA, Derek was a son of Jeff and Michelle Booher Mullins. Derek was a motor winder for Komatsu Joy Global and attended the Church of the Living God. He was an amazing husband, father,...
Robert Dale Hodges
Jan 25, 2021
Robert Dale “Robbie” Hodges, 46, of Prosperity School Road, Rock, WV, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021 at his home.
Born on December 20, 1974 in Bluefield, he was a son of Anthony Hodges and Deborah Taylor Lester. He had been a lifelong resident of Rock and was a mechanic.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Frank...
Rev. James Alfred Rose
Jan 25, 2021
Rev. James Alfred Rose, 73, of Powhatan, WV, passed away Monday, January 25, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. Born September 13, 1947 in Freeburn, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Alfred and Margaret York Rose. James was a retired coal miner and retired minister and had a radio program in Welch where he preached the...
Cindy Lynn Hale Howerton Miller
Jan 22, 2021
Cindy Lynn Hale Howerton Miller, 59, of Welch, WV, formerly of Bluefield, WV, passed away Friday, January 22, 2021. Born October 12, 1961 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of Linnie Hale Hammonds and Sidney Russell Hale, Sr. Cindy was a member of the Moose and Eagles. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kimmie Miller.
In...
Vernon Solomon Fields
Jan 22, 2021
Vernon Soloman Fields, 92, of Lakeland Park, Glenwood, WV, met Christ on Friday, January 22, 2021 at his home. Born January 29th, 1928 in Bluefield, VA, he was the son of James Jefferson and Jettie Elizabeth Combs Fields.
Vernon met the love of his life, Helen Marie White Fields, at the Bluefield, VA Church of God. They were married 67...
Janet Wright
Jan 18, 2021
Janet S. Wright, 58, of Montcalm, WV, passed away on January 18, 2021 from complications of Covid-19 at Reston Hospital Center in Reston, VA.
Born on September 7, 1962 at Stevens Clinic in Welch, she was a daughter of the late James T. and Elsie Fitzgerald Catron. Janet had been a resident of Mercer Nursing and Rehab for 3 ½...
Jerri Lenore Starkey-Morris
Jan 18, 2021
Jerri Lenore Starkey-Morris, 49, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021 at her home after a brief illness.
Born on January 17, 1972 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Jerry Starkey and Sheila Leggett. She was a 1990 graduate of Bluefield High School and Bluefield State College in a degree in nursing. She was...
Debra Vance
Jan 17, 2021
Debra Lynn Vance, 63, of Falls Mills, VA, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born April 22, 1957 in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late George C. and Esther Collins Howard.
In addition to her parents, Debra was preceded in death by her son David Aaron Vance, with whom she made...
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