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Matoka Love Dempsey
Oct 1, 2018
On October 1,2018 Matoka Love Crane Demspey of Bluefield WV. passed on to be with God.She had been suffering with Cancer for a while.She was a Loving Daughter,Sister,Mom,wife and Aunt to so many nieces and nephews that she cherished.She was born January 23,1983 at Bluefield community Hospital to Woodrow and Ella Crane.She attended Summers county high school.She married Robert Demspey...
William "Uncle Bill" A. Brown
Sep 30, 2018
William A. “Uncle Bill” Brown, 89, of Pleasant View Drive, Bluefield, Virginia passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at his residence. William was born on November 03, 1928 in Washington D.C. to the late William A. Brown Sr. and Elizabeth Brown. William had been a resident of Bluefield, Virginia for the past two and half years and attended the...
Ronald Blake Bailey
Sep 30, 2018
Ronald Blake Bailey, 78, of Camilla Drive, Bluefield passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Princeton Community Hospital.Born on November 18, 1939 in Welch, he was a son of the late Garney and Hazel Bailey. He was formerly of McDowell County and had lived in Bluefield for 5 years. He was a retired coal miner with 30 years of...
Doris Jean Burnopp
Sep 28, 2018
Doris Jean Burnopp, 77, of Packing Plant Road, Bluefield, WV, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018 at her home.Born on September 27, 1941 in Mercer County, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Mae Wimmer Tabor. She had been a lifelong resident of Brushfork and was a member of the Sandlick Baptist Church. She was a homemaker.In...
Jacob "Tyler" Ramsey Pugh
Sep 27, 2018
How to define a life? By how many people love and cherish you? By the impacts you make at work, school, or at home? By the kind and intelligent manner you approach life?"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then...
Vicky Ann Sizemore
Sep 25, 2018
Vicky Ann Sizemore, 56, of Bluefield, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at her home.Born on June 17, 1962 in Idaho, she was a daughter of the late Ace and Maxine Bryant Sizemore and had been a resident of Bluefield for 30 years. She was preceded in death by 5 brothers.Survivors include her daughter, Jessica Sizemore Bailey and Aaron...
Patricia Bowles
Sep 23, 2018
Patricia Bowles lost her battle with cancer on September 22, 2018. She was 71 years old. Patricia was born October 12, 1946, in Bluefield, West Virginia. She was a graduate of North Fork High School, Class of 1964, and Concord College, Class of 1970. She was resident of Elkhorn for most of her life and spent nearly 40 years teaching...
Robert Lee Hurley
Sep 22, 2018
Robert Lee Hurley, 38 of Bluefield, passed away on September 22, 2018.Robert was survived by parents, Sandra Hurley of Brushfork and John Hurley of Sandlick; sisters, Tonya Watkins and husband; Katlyn Hurley, Alex Hurley; Grandparents are the late Bessie and Woodrow Hurley; Faye and Kenneth Gilley of Glenwood; several aunts and uncles; two nephews, Jacob Hurley and wife; Paul Watkins;...
Danny Norman Ferguson
Sep 21, 2018
Danny Norman Ferguson, 76, of Fairview Street, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at his home.Born on April 15, 1942 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Claude Gilbert and Gladys Blanche Ramey Ferguson. He had been a resident of Bluefield, VA since 1964 and attended the Church of God. He was retired from...
Robert Tuell
Sep 19, 2018
Robert A. Tuell, 71, passed into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at Hubbard House West, S. Charleston.Born and raised in McDowell County, where he taught school until retiring in 2008 and moved to Kanawha County.He was preceded in death by his parents Robert E. and Erlene Tuell, also educators.Surviving to cherish his memory...
Alvin Lee Grose
Sep 18, 2018
Alvin Lee Grose, 66, of New Hope Road, Bluefield, went to his heavenly home unexpectedly September 18th 2018 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Alvin was born in Worth, WV on February 10th 1952. Alvin was a devoted, loving and faithful husband and best friend to his wife of 44 years. His sons Matthew, Andrew and Daughter-In-Law Krystal were...
Lacy Lee Brooks
Sep 18, 2018
Lacy Lee Brooks, Bluefield, WV, went to be with the Lord on September 18, 2018. He was born May 10, 1947 to Lacy H. and Ila Louise Cook Brooks. A 1965 graduate of Glen Rogers High School, he gave up playing basketball in high school in order to sing in a quartet. Having accepted Christ as his Savior at a...
Roy Mitchell Jones
Sep 15, 2018
Roy Mitchell Jones, age 95, of Radford, VA, formerly of Coalwood, WV, died on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at his home.Born on July 11, 1923, in Coalwood, WV, he was a son of the late Cleve and Sarah Dalton Jones. He had lived in Coalwood for 94 years of his life and was a retired coal miner with 45 years...
Ayden Jayce Knight
Sep 13, 2018
Ayden Jayce Knight, age 2, of 7275 New Hope Road, Bluefield, West Virginia went home to be with the Lord September 13, 2018. Ayden was the beloved son of Alana Fawn Simpson and Jonathon Edward Knight and is preceded in death by his paternal grandmother Pamela Knight and maternal great-grandmother Bessie Severt and maternal great-grandfather Eugene McPeak. He is survived...
Glenn Wagner Ratliff
Sep 12, 2018
Jesus said to his disciples, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 Glenn Wagner Ratliff (Pinky), 72, of Old Athens Road formerly of Rock and Green Valley, WV died Wednesday, September 12, 2018...
Ricky Milton Robertson
Sep 10, 2018
Ricky Milton Robertson, 71, of South Walker Street, Princeton, WV, passed away on Monday, September 10, 2018.Born on August 24, 1947 in McComas, he was a son of Amos Milton and Ella Isabell Reed Robertson. He had been a resident of Princeton for 10 years and was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Ethel Mageline Hatfield
Sep 8, 2018
Ethel Mageline Hatfield, 67, of Kernersville, NC where she had resided for the past three years, she was formerly of Princeton, WV and passed away on Saturday, September 08, 2018 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House in Winston-Salem, NC. Ethel was born on March 28, 1951 in McDowell County, WV to the late Fred Ernest Mitchell and Lilly Virginia...
Leslie Roger Patterson
Sep 5, 2018
Leslie Roger “Dusty” Patterson, 54, of Brushfork, passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on February 7, 1964 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of Robert Roger Patterson of Bramwell and the late Paula Sue Faulkner Patterson. He was a graduate of Bramwell High School and had been a resident of Mercer County...
Shannon "Bae" Sexton
Aug 28, 2018
To my dear angel in HeavenI just want you to knowThat you are always in my thoughtsAnd how much I love you soI know you are in God’s careThat is how it should beBut when I get to HeavenHe will give you back to meShannon “Bae” Sexton, 39, of Sandlick, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at her home.Born...
Bobby D. Thomason
Aug 27, 2018
Bobby D. Thomason, age 67, of Bluefield, WV passed away on Monday, August 27, 2018 from an accident in Princeton, WV at his job site.Born on October 25, 1950, in Princeton, WV, he was a son of the late Billy D. and Ruth O’Donnell Thomason. He was employed by the City of Princeton. He was a hard worker and had...
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