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James Edward Justus
Jul 15, 2019
James Edward Justus, 70, of Dawson School Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA.
Born on October 22, 1948 in Welch, he was a son of the late Beckley and Leola Marie Mowdy Justus. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 34 years and attended the Church of God....
Patricia Ann Briley
Jul 9, 2019
Patricia Ann Briley, 73, of Bluewell, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at her home.
Ann was born on May 22, 1946 in Coaldale. She was raised by her beloved parents, Hobert and Effie Belcher of Coaldale. Ann was a lifelong resident of Bluewell. Her greatest joy was babysitting her grandchildren, tending to her flower gardens, and helping her...
James Russell Taylor
Jul 9, 2019
James Russell Taylor, 82, of Bluefield, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, July 09, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
James was born on August 26, 1936 in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late George Washington Taylor and Virgie Lee Taylor. He had been a resident of Bluefield for the past twenty years and was a former Janitor and Carpenter. James...
Rita Doreen Nester
Jul 5, 2019
Rita Doreen Nester, 64, of Larch Street, Bluefield, WV, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 5, 2019 at her home after a long battle with cancer with her family by her side.
Born on August 3, 1954 in Bluefield, she was a daughter of the late James William McFarland Sr. and Juanita Geraldine Lambert McFarland. She had been a...
Michael Anthony Graves
Jul 5, 2019
Michael Anthony Graves, 61, of Maybeury, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2019 surrounded by his family.
Born on September 14, 1957, he was the son of the late George H. Graves, Jr. and Iva Holland Graves. Michael was educated in the McDowell County Public School System and was employed by the Paul Miller Shelter and Norfolk Southern Railroad....
William Thomas Howell
Jul 4, 2019
William Thomas Howell, 64, of Rock Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Born on December 27, 1954 in Bluefield, he was a son of the late Otis Jackson and Daisy Geraldine Dillon Howell. He had been a resident of Montcalm since 1989 and was a retired coal miner with Red Hawk...
Roger Wayne Surface
Jul 3, 2019
Roger Wayne Surface of Pisgah Rd., Princeton, WV, born October 11, 1940, passed away on July 3, 2019.
He was the son of the late Giles Robert (Bob) And Ethel Surface of Sandlick, WV. He is survived by two brothers: Robert Allen (Betty) Surface of Pete Amos Rd., Monroe County, WV, and David Eugene (Connie) Surface of Bluewell, WV, four...
Marcus Damian Pinter
Jul 2, 2019
Marcus Damian Pinter, 66, of Princeton, West Virginia passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at his residence.
Marcus was born on January 19, 1953 in Gary, West Virginia to the late Joseph M. Pinter, Sr. and Lucille Kroski Pinter. He was of the catholic faith and was a retired coal miner and was a member of the UMWA District...
Bettie Lou Mallory
Jun 26, 2019
Bettie Lou Mallory, 75, of Princeton, West Virginia formerly of Bluefield passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Charleston Area Medical Center.
Bettie was born on February 13, 1944 in Superior, West Virginia to the late Melvin and Florence Pertee Muncy. She had been a resident of Princeton, West Virginia for the past five years and attended the Church...
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...
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