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Kristina Ann Taylor
Aug 24, 2020
Kristina Ann Taylor, 30, of Montcalm, WV, passed peacefully at her home after a brief illness. Her boisterous laugh and outgoing personality will be missed by all that knew her. She made friends easily and never knew a stranger. Kristina graduated from Montcalm High School in 2008. She attended Concord University and Bluefield State College. Her smiling face was seen...
Wilma Lucille Soto
Aug 24, 2020
Pastor Wilma Lucille Soto 73 of Havaco, WV passed away August 24th, 2020. She was born April 14th, 1947, she was the Daughter of Bascum Morgan and Ollie Finley Morgan of Wilcoe, WV.
Lucille was the Pastor of Welch Pentecostal Church of God for the last 15 years. She was employed at Welch Community Hospital for the last 27 years...
Billy Ray Rumburg, Jr.
Aug 23, 2020
Billy Ray Rumburg, Jr., 38, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020 at his home. Born April 6, 1982 in Roanoke, VA, Billy was a son of the late Billy Rumburg, Sr. and Barbara Call Lynch. He worked for Aspen Tree Service and currently was employed by Townsend Tree Service in Glen Lyn, VA. Billy loved to fish...
Vera Sylvia Roberts
Aug 22, 2020
Vera Sylvia Roberts of Bluefield, W.Va., passed away on August 22, 2020, at home. She was 83 years old.
Vera was born at Eckman, W.Va., and was the daughter of Gordon Tyree Roberts and Mary Estelle French Roberts. She retired from General Telephone Company (Verizon). She was a member of Fincastle Presbyterian Church; Bluefield, Va.
Left to cherish her memory...
Hedy Dooley
Aug 20, 2020
Hedy Saunders Dooley, age 72, of Princeton, WV, died on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital.
Born on March 20, 1948 in Princeton, WV, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary Hicks Saunders. She had lived in Princeton for the last 4 years and was of the Baptist Faith. She had worked at a...
Irma Lea Webb
Aug 20, 2020
Irma Lea Nunn Webb, 99 years of age, passed away peacefully at her home in Bluefield, VA on August 20, 2020.
Irma was born during the Great Depression on January 2, 1921 in Switchback, McDowell County, WV to father, Woodrow Wilson Nunn, a coal miner and mother, Alice Roxanne Shaw Nunn. She is predeceased by four siblings: Joseph Nunn,...
Wanda Gaye Lilly
Aug 19, 2020
Wanda Gaye Lilly, 48, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV. Born September 29, 1971 in Bluefield, WV, Wanda was a daughter of the late Rader and Nancy Lynn Farmer. She worked as a cashier at Walmart. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her boyfriend,...
Shirley Hogan
Aug 18, 2020
Shirley Faye Hogan, age 86, of Bluefield, WV went to be with our Lord August 18, 2020 following a short illness.
Shirley was born June 4, 1934 in Keokee, VA, a daughter of the late Fred and Izel Tate of Big Stone Gap, VA.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years Carlos Hogan, son Fred Hogan,...
Betty Jo Woodie
Aug 16, 2020
Betty Jo Phelps Woodie
Bluefield, Va
Betty Jo passed away on August 16, 2020 at her home with loved ones by her side. She is now in heaven with her heavenly Father, her parents and many family members.
Betty Jo was born September 30, 1929 in Iaeger, WV. She was the daughter of the late Montie and Pauline...
Mary Largen
Aug 14, 2020
Mary Gray Mathis Largen, 79, of Bluefield, formerly of Ridgeway, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 14, 2020. The youngest child of the late David and Mildred Gray Mathis, Mary was born on September 7, 1940. She graduated from Trigg County High School and completed several business courses before marrying the late Teddy Ray Largen on March 2, 1963....
Sybil Davis
Aug 12, 2020
Sybil Johnson Davis, age 86, of Rye Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at her home.
Born on February 6, 1934 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was a daughter of the late Shuby Johnson and Florence Weaver Allison. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, VA and had lived in Nemours for...
Eulah Hawley
Aug 4, 2020
Eulah Ree Hawley, 89, of Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at the Princeton Health Care Center. Born on March 31, 1931 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late Burl and Laura Hicks Taylor. She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Princeton and was a graduate of the Little French Beauty Academy....
Carl Henry Adkins
Aug 4, 2020
Carl Henry Adkins, 78, of Brierwood Court, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley.
Born on October 1, 1941 in Ada, he was a son of the late James and Maggie Bowling Adkins. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 16 years and was of the Baptist faith. He had worked...
William Edward Fowler
Aug 3, 2020
William Edward Fowler, 58, of Tazewell, VA, passed away Monday, August 3, 2020 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Born August 18, 1961 in Welch, WV, he was a son of the late Junior Edward and Nancy Lee Rife Fowler. In addition to his parents, William was preceded in death by a sister, Annette Campbell.
Those left to cherish William’s memory...
Carl Wesley Shrader
Aug 3, 2020
Carl Wesley Shrader, 71, of Sparrow Drive, Falls Mills, VA, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2020 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Born on February 10, 1949 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Virgil and Lena Terry Shrader. He had been a resident of Falls Mills for 3 years and was of the Baptist faith. He...
Howard Perkins
Jul 31, 2020
Howard R. Perkins, Jr., 74, of (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 at his home.
Born on July 23, 1946 in McComas, he was a son of the late Roscoe Howard Perkins, Sr. and Mary Brady Perkins. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluewell and was member of the Pine Grove Church of Christ since...
Steven Wayne Privett
Jul 30, 2020
Steven Wayne Privett, age 51, of Bluefield, WV passed away Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Born on October 8, 1968, in Princeton, WV, he was the son of Nancy Day Privett of Bluefield and the late Charles Junior Privett. He worked in construction as a brick mason. In addition to his father, he was preceded in...
Jo Ann Wirt
Jul 28, 2020
Jo Ann Wirt, 82, of Bluefield, WV, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at the Maples Health Care. Born January 16, 1938 in Bluefield, VA, Jo Ann was a daughter of the late John and Audrey Maynard Alley. She was of the Baptist faith and a housewife. In addition to her parents, Jo Ann was preceded in death by her...
Josh Dean
Jul 27, 2020
Abraham (Josh) Dean 34 of Coeburn VA, formerly of Montcalm WV, passed away July 27th 2020 at his residence in Coeburn, VA.
Josh was born in Virginia Beach VA, and was raised in Montcalm WV. where attended Montcalm High School. He spent the last few years operating his own landscaping business.
He loved to fish, and spend time...
Ralph William (Will) Hanshaw
Jul 26, 2020
Ralph William Hanshaw (Will), 36, of Roanoke, VA passed away July 26, 2020 in Roanoke. Born January 26, 1984 in Mercer County, West Virginia, a son of Rachel Crabtree and Ralph Hanshaw, Jr. He was welcomed to the afterlife by his mother Rachel Crabtree, aunt Suzy Hartley, uncle Robert Crabtree, and many other family and friends. His memory will be...
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