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Steven Vendel Valach
Jun 26, 2019
Steven Vendel Valach, age 48, of Anawalt, WV completed his journey here on Earth to meet with his Savior in Heaven on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, after a long battle with leukemia.
Born on March 19, 1971, in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of Robert Vendel Valach and Mary Dallas (Cox) Valach.
Steven was a loving son,...
Betty Jo Zaporowski
Jun 25, 2019
Betty Jo Zaporowski, 76, of Union Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on January 26, 1943 in WV, she was a daughter of the late Garland and Martha Jane Herald Fowler. She had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her life and was a caretaker and was retired from...
Irene Miles Rumley
Jun 24, 2019
Irene Miles Rumley, 92, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at her residence surrounded by family.
Irene was born on Monday, March 21, 1927 in Rocky Mount, Virginia to the late J.H. and Julia Kelly Miles. Irene had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield, West Virginia and was of the Methodist faith. She was retired...
Thomas E. Murphy
Jun 24, 2019
Thomas E. Murphy, 74, of Dalton, Georgia formerly of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 at his residence. Crypt side services will be held for Thomas on Friday, June 28, 2019 at Grandview Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Bluefield, Virginia at 2:00 pm with Rev. James Milam officiating the service.
Diana Ruth Bowles
Jun 24, 2019
Diana Ruth Aguire Bowles, 74, of Bluefield, West Virginia was called to be with our Lord on Monday, June 24, 2019 after an extended illness. She passed away peacefully with her husband David by her side.
Diana was born on Sunday, February 18, 1945 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Raymond Aguire and Ethel Powers Aguire Edwards. Diana...
Arnold Gene Taylor
Jun 22, 2019
Arnold Gene Taylor, 84, of Littlesburg Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2019 Richfield Recovery and Care in Salem, VA.
Born on October 28, 1934 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Edgar and Gladys Brookman Taylor. He had retired from Mercer County Board of Education as a school teacher. He was a veteran of...
Tena Louise Havens
Jun 20, 2019
Heaven gained an Angel, Tena Louise Havens, 51, of Skating Rink Hollow Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital after a long battle with cancer.
Tena was born on September 11, 1967 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Marline Ellison Basham of Montcalm, West Virginia and the late Dubbie Wimmer. Tena was...
Donna Kay Quillian Grzelka
Jun 20, 2019
As the wind blows a sweet whisper into the air my friends it is true that God has called an angel
home.
Donna Kay Quillian Grzelka was born December 20, 1964 in Montcalm, West Virginia.
She was the most precious youngest daughter of Macil Gillenwater Quillian and the late Arthur
Randolph Quillian. Donna made her home in a special little...
Greta Patricia Strawn
Jun 18, 2019
Bluefield- Greta Patricia Strawn, 81, of Stadium Dr., Bluefield, WV passed away Tuesday June 18, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born February 14, 1938 in Bluefield, VA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Pauline Lawless Smith. She was a 1956 Graduate of Welch High School and a graduate of U.V.A. Mrs. Strawn was a retired School Teacher...
David Ricky Sells
Jun 17, 2019
David Ricky Sells, age 65, of Maybeury, WV, died on Monday, June 17, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, KY.
Born on June 8, 1954, in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Roby and Nancy Victoria Johnson Sells. He had lived in Maybeury all of his life and was a retired coal miner with...
Kerry "Stubby" Dwayne Johnson
Jun 16, 2019
Kerry Dwayne “Stubby” Johnson, 51, of Burke Mountain, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2019 at his residence.
Kerry was born on November 25, 1967 in Welch, West Virginia to the late Merrill “Jack” and Margaret “Sissy” Church Johnson. Kerry attended the Freewill Baptist Church and had been a lifelong resident of Burke Mountain. He loved the outdoors...
Amy Marie Hazelwood
Jun 14, 2019
Amy Marie Hazelwood, 19, of Athens, West Virginia passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019 after losing her battle with Diabetes.
Amy was born on March 11, 2000 in Princeton, West Virginia to Raymond “Backwoods” and Rebecca Osborne Hazelwood. Amy was a 2018 graduate of Pikeview High School and had just completed her freshman year at Concord University. She was...
Carol Sue Franklin
Jun 12, 2019
Carol Sue Franklin, 76, of Big Sandy, West Virginia passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the residence of her sister in Beckley, West Virginia.
Carol was born on February 15, 1943 in Freeburn, Kentucky to the late Alfred and Margaret York Rose. She had been a resident of Big Sandy, West Virginia for the...
Dannie Frank Sarver, Sr.
Jun 10, 2019
Dannie Frank Sarver, Sr., 80, of Bluewell, West Virginia passed away on Monday, June 10, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia.
Dannie was born on Friday, December 30, 1938 in Tazewell County, Virginia to the late Frank and Virginia Shrader Sarver. Dannie was retired from Coppinger with 30 years of service. He had been a resident of Bluewell,...
Stephen Curtis Arnold
Jun 9, 2019
A flame that once burned so bright, flickered once and, then went out.
Stephen Curtis Arnold, 49, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina departed this life on Sunday, June 09, 2019 with his family by his side.
Steve was born on Sunday, November 30, 1969 in Bluefield, West Virginia to Jo Imogene “Pat” Nester Arnold of Bluefield, West Virginia and the...
Rose Marie Graham
Jun 6, 2019
Rose Marie Graham, 75, of Drewry Road, Eckman, WV, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at her home.
Born on July 22, 1943 in Welch, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Slaughter, Sr. and Bonnie Heard Slaughter. She had been a resident of Eckman for many years and was a member of the Eckman Church of God.
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William Keith Wilson
Jun 6, 2019
William Keith Wilson, 49, of Laurel Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Bluefield, Virginia.
Born on March 25, 1970 in Bluefield, he was a son of Elizabeth “Libby” Hall Vaughan of Bluewell and the late William “Bill” Wilson. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluefield and Montcalm and was a truck driver for Graham...
Lynda Smith Bolling
Jun 4, 2019
Lynda Smith Bolling, age 78, of Stafford Drive Apartments, Princeton, WV, formerly of Bramwell, died on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Princeton Community Hospital.
Born on March 17, 1941 in Iaeger, WV, she was a daughter of the late James E. and Eulalia Yost Smith. She was a retired LPN with over 40 years of service. She was a devoted...
Donald Wayne Hypes
May 30, 2019
Donald Wayne Hypes, 59, of Mercer Mall Road Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on May 30, 2019 at Glenwood Park Nursing and Rehab.
Donald was born on July 22, 1959 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Donald Wilson Hypes and Marilyn Davis Hypes. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Bluefield, West Virginia and had been...
Helen Marie Fields
May 30, 2019
Her Lord said unto her, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. – Matthew 25:21-23
Helen Marie Fields, 86, of Lakeland Drive Bluefield, West Virginia formerly of Montcalm, West Virginia passed away on Thursday, May 30,...
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