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Bobby Lee Helmandollar
Apr 10, 2020
Bobby Lee Helmandollar, age 87, of Bluefield, WV died on Friday April 10, 2020 at the Maples Health Care Center.
Born on March 13, 1933 in Montcalm, he was a son of the late Charlie and Sylvia Bowman Helmandollar. He lived in Bluewell most of his life and was retired from a trucking company. He was a member of...
David Allen Cowan
Apr 10, 2020
David Allen Cowan, 38, of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020 at his residence. Born September 19, 1981 Princeton, WV, David was a son of David Cowan, Sr. and the late Phyllis Honaker Cowan. In addition to his mother, David was preceded in death by his brother, Jason Cowan; grandparents, Kathleen and Preston Sexton and Carl and...
Annie Mae Webb
Apr 8, 2020
Honor her for all that her hands have done and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
-Proverbs 31:31
Annie Mae Taylor Webb, 88, of Lerona, WV, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the residence of her daughter in Rush, KY.
Born on October 27, 1931 in McComas, she was a daughter of the late...
Betty Sutherland
Apr 6, 2020
Betty Ratliff Sutherland, 95, of Rock, WV entered her eternal home on Monday, April 6, 2020 and is rejoicing in Heaven with her family.
Betty was born in Ashland, WV on December 6, 1924 to Stanley and Ruth White Ratliff. She lived in Ashland until 1970, until she and Bernard moved to Rock, WV.
In addition to her parents, she...
Judy Rae Brown
Apr 3, 2020
Judy Brown, 77, of Princeton, WV, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on April 3, 2020, after a short illness. Judy was born to parents, Virgil Ray Shrader and Lena Mae Shrader of Sandlick, WV, on May 14, 1942. She attended high school at Montcalm High School.
Judy lived in South Carolina for 35 years...
Alex William Cordle
Apr 1, 2020
Alex William Cordle, 66, of Prince Street, Princeton, WV, went to meet his Lord on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at his home.
Born on October 27, 1953 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Herman J. and Dorothy Mitchem Cordle. He had been a resident of Princeton since 1992 and was a retired coal miner. He was a...
Brenda Lee Farthing
Mar 31, 2020
Brenda Lee Farthing, 70, of Dupont Street, Bluefield, WV, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving husband of 40 years, Larry Farthing, best friend, Eva Nicewander and cousin Karen Bowling.
Brenda was bon on June 24, 1949 in Nemours and was preceded in death by her parents, Hobart...
Vanessa June Hicks
Mar 28, 2020
Vanessa June Hicks, 48, of Pecks Mill, WV, passed away of Saturday, March 28, 2020 at her home. Born on March 31, 1971 in Richlands, VA, she was a daughter of Bernard Eugene Bandy, Jr. of Lebanon, VA, and Sheila Gaye Smith of Green Valley, WV. She was a 1989 graduate of the Tazewell High School and had an associate...
Mark Graham Sharpe
Mar 27, 2020
Mark Graham Sharpe, age 65, of Englewood, FL, met his heavenly father on Friday March 27th, 2020.
Mark was a dedicated employee of Wildflower Country Club for many years and owned his own pest control company as well. He loved his family, friends, and customers. Mark grew up in Bramwell, W.Va. A graduate from Bramwell High School and a graduate...
Brenda Kay Sturgell
Mar 24, 2020
Brenda Kay Sturgell, 67, of Thorpe, WV, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Born on September 16, 1952 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late James and Nellie Morgan Finley. Brenda was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and was a retired supervisor for the State of West Virginia’s Division of Health and Human...
Cecile Arnetta Davidson
Mar 24, 2020
Cecile Arnetta Davidson, 89, Bluefield, West Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at her home. Born September 12, 1930 in Bluefield, Cecile was a daughter of the late Cecil and Lydia Carroll. She served alongside her husband in the mission field in Peru and Bolivia, South America for thirty-seven years. In addition to her parents, Cecile was preceded in...
Patricia Ann Miller
Mar 21, 2020
Patricia Ann Miller, 78, of Floyd, VA, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at her home.
Born on March 19, 1942 in Vivian, WV, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Dorothy Faulkner. She had been a resident of Floyd, VA for 21 years and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her...
Christina Willis
Mar 18, 2020
Christina Ameli Willis, age 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at her home in Bluewell, WV. She was born on October 12, 1935 in Welch, WV to Nick and Mary Ameli. She graduated from Bluefield High School in Bluefield, WV and received an associate degree from Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia. On June 27, 1962 she married...
Mary Magdalene Fuller
Mar 18, 2020
Mary Magdalene Fuller, 96, of Princeton, WV, and formerly of Maybeury, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at the Princeton Health Care facility in Princeton.
Mary was born on March 19, 1923 in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Frances Patterson Witherspoon. She was a resident of Maybeury and was a member...
Bessie Gentry
Mar 13, 2020
Bessie Lee Hall Gentry, 79, of Crumpler, WV, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 at her home.
Born on November 10, 1940 in Wyoming County, WV, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow and Vida White Hall. She had been a resident of Crumpler for most of her life and was a member of the Crumpler United Methodist...
Earl Howard Duvall, Jr.
Mar 12, 2020
Earl Howard Duvall, Jr., 69, of Bramwell, WV, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Born on March 2, 1951 in Leckie, WV, he was a son of the late Earl H. Duvall, Sr. and Pearl Mae Anders Duvall. He had been a Mercer County resident for 15 years and was a retired truck driver.
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Barbara Kay Carter
Mar 12, 2020
Barbara Kay Carter, 50, of Bluefield, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield. Born on February 18, 1970 in Welch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Bee Collins and the late Trula Underwood. She had been a resident of Bluefield for eleven years.
Those left to cherish Barbara’s memory are...
Edgar "Sonny" Lawson
Mar 11, 2020
Edgar "Sonny" Lawson, 84, of Thorpe, WV, passed away in the comfort of his own home, surrounded by his children, on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
He was born on March 15, 1935 to the late Edgar and Bethel Knipp Lawson. He was a member of the Longpoint Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Linda Lou Johnson
Mar 11, 2020
Linda Lou Johnson, 71, of Covemont Loop (Brushfork), Bluefield, WV, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at her home.
Born on July 2, 1948 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Elsvan Johnson, Sr. and Albenia Mae Crigger Johnson. She had been a resident of Brushfork since 1991 and was a member of the Fairview Christian...
Stanford Tony Allen
Mar 9, 2020
Stanford Tony Allen, Jr., 70, of Maybeury, WV, passed away Monday, March 9, 2020 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Born July 11, 1949 in Welch, WV, Tony was a son of the late Stanford Allen, Sr. and Hazel Williams Cooper. Tony was a coal miner and a United States Army Veteran, having served in Vietnam and was in the 1st...
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