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Albert "A.R." Sheets
1987 - 2012
Albert Raymond "A.R." Sheets, age 24, of North Tazewell, Va., died Friday, January 27, 2012 at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, Va. Born November 21, 1987 at Tazewell, Va., he was the son of Carl and Lavonda Kidd Sheets of Tazewell, Va. He was a proud and loving father. He was currently employed at...
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Andrew Lewis Clark "Andy"
1921 - 2011
A prominent community, business and civic leader of Princeton, Mr. Andrew Lewis "Andy" Clark Sr., 89, of Indian Rocke, Princeton, died early Thursday morning, January 13, 2011 at Princeton Community Hospital. Born May 19, 1921 at Mt. Hope, he was the son of the late Elmer and Hettie Craddock Clark. Mr. Clark was a...
Barkley "B.C." Umberger
Barkley Crabtree "B.C." Umberger died October 3rd, 2013 at his home. He was born October 23rd, 1923 in Wythe County. B.C. graduated from Wytheville High School in 1941 when he started his trucking career. In 2011, he received the Golden Achievement Award from the American Truck Historical Society for being in the...
Billy "B.J." Cook
1936 - 2014
Billy Joe "B.J." Cook 77 of Abbs Valley Road, Bluefield, VA went to be with his Savior on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family. B.J. was born on Monday, November 09, 1936 in Hatcher, WV to the late Dr. Ted "T.R." Cook and Lillian Cooke Cook. He was a member of the Abbs Valley...
William "Bill Mack"
1946 - 2015
BLUEFIELD, Va. - William Mack "Bill Mack" TRZN Goodman, 69, of Riverbend Estates, Bluefield, VA, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015 at his home. Born on January 17, 1946 in McDowell County, he was a son of the late Andrew Jackson and Helen McCormick Goodman. He had been a resident of Bluefield for 10 years and...
Ernest "Blankenship
1937 - 2014
Ernest "Speedy "Blankenship, 76, of 1119 Old Bramwell Rd., Bluefield was welcomed by Jesus to his new home on June 12, 2014. Born in Grundy, VA, July 29, 1937. He was the son of the late Nina Blankenship-Moore of Falls Mills and Clellie Blankenship of Pike, KY. He has been a resident of Bluefield for 60 years and...
William E. "Bill" "Blue Wolf"
PRINCETON - William E. "Bill" Blankenship (Blue Wolf), 76, of Skeen Lane, Princeton died Tuesday evening, August 9, 2016 at Princeton Community Hospital surrounded by his family and his Pastors Larry White & Ryan Meadows. Born December 30, 1939 at Abbs Valley, VA, he was the son of the late Roy & Pearlie...
Robert "Bob"
2015
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. - Mr. Robert B. "Bob" Allen, age 84, of Fernandina Beach, passed away on Friday morning, May 1, 2015 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville. Born in McComas, WV, he was the youngest and last living of seven children born to the late Archer and Alvirdie Elizabeth Mills Allen. Mr. Allen...
1947 - 2015
WELCH - Robert "Bob" Kowaleski, 67, of Welch WV, passed away suddenly, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at his residence. Born November 30, 1947, He was the son of the late William J. and Stella Groski Kowaleski. He was raised Catholic and Attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Powhatan WV, in later years he attended the...
Cloy "C.D." Price
1944 - 2015
BLUEFIELD - Cloy Dewayne "C.D." Price, age 70, of Lakeland Drive, Bluefield, WV died on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Christian Hands Adult Care in Princeton, WV. Born on July 27, 1944 in Weston, WV, he was a son of the late Rev. Haywood C. and Muriel L. Turner Price. He had lived in Bluefield since 1964 and was a...
Denver "D.B." Echols
1928 - 2011
PRINCETON - Denver B. "D.B." Echols, Jr., 83, of Princeton, died Friday, July 1, 2011. Born March 25, 1928 at Rock, he was the son of the late Denver Bennett Echols, Sr. and Mary Ethel Shrewsbury Echols. Mr. Echols was a member of Carr Memorial United Methodist Church in Glenwood. He was in retail business most of...
David "D.P." Cummins
He was born in Flint, Michigan and was the son of Claude and Bobbye Jean Fugate Cummins of Pulaski, Virginia. He was a class of 1974 graduate of Tazewell High School. Mr. Cummins was an employee of Volvo Corporation of Dublin, Virginia and had lived in the Pulaski area for 20 years. He was a member of U.A.W of...
Elmer "Dale"
1939 - 2011
Elmer "Dale" Conner, 72, of Christiansburg, Va., went to be with our Lord on Friday, November 11, 2011, following a brave battle with cancer. Born September 21, 1939 in Giatto, W.Va., he was the son of Gracie Conner of Radford and the late Elmer "Eli" Conner. Dale grew up in Giatto, where his father taught him to...
Edward "E.L." Wimmer
1927 - 2012
Edward Lake "E.L." Wimmer, 85, of Moonglow Drive, Lerona, died peacefully late Thursday night, Aug. 9, 2012 at his son's home. Born Jan. 18, 1927, at Black Oak Hollow near Princeton, he was the son of the late Sidney H. Wimmer and Eva Jane Morehead Wimmer. E. L. was a veteran of World War II serving with the U.S....
William "Eugene"
1954 - 2013
William "Eugene" Gillenwater LAKE SHAWNEE - William "Eugene" Gillenwater went home to be with the Lord and to join his late father William "Harvey" Gillenwater and daughter Evenlaneline "Angie" Gillenwater-Shultz on April 07, 2013 at his home in Lake Shawnee. Eugene was born August 28, 1954 in Bluefield, W.Va., to...
Grover "G.C." Barnette
1958 - 2010
QUITMAN, Miss. - Grover Clifton "G.C." Barnette, age 52, of Quitman, Miss., formerly of the Dix Creek community in Tazewell County, Va., died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Meridian, Miss. Born January 15, 1958 in Hinesville, Ga., he was the son of Edith J. Beavers of Baptist Valley, Va. and the late Ernest Barnette....
George "G.T." Nelson
1949 - 2012
George T. "G.T." Nelson, 62, of Straley Avenue, Princeton, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 in a small room filled with lots of love at the home of Johnny and Debbie Hodges. His death came quickly, due to pancreatic cancer. Born June 15, 1949 at Oakvale, he was the son of the late Henry Nelson and Tiney Ann Bowers...
Johnny "J.C." Grindstaff
2013
Johnny Clinton "J.C." Grindstaff, 90 years of age, of Grundy, Va., went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at the Wellmont-Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tenn., following a brief illness. Born in Williamson, W.Va., he was the son of the late John Thomas and Evelyn Montgomery Grindstaff. He was...
James "J.D." DeWitt Jr.
1991 - 2014
James M. "J.D." DeWitt, Jr., 22, of Union Street in Bluefield, WV, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born in Bluefield December 19, 1991 he was the son of James M. DeWitt, Sr. of Princeton and Lisa Lenelle Taxley Brooks and her husband Charles of Bluefield. He was a member of Scott...
Marvin "J.D." Gore
1943 - 2014
Marvin David "J.D." Gore, age 70, of Lorton Lick Road, Montcalm, WV died on Friday, February 7, 2014 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born on August 24, 1943 in Princeton, WV, he was a son of the late Joe David and Quilay Gore. He was a retired plumber and construction worker and was of the Baptist Faith. He...
James "J.D." Lawson
2016
James David "J.D." Lawson GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - James David "J.D." Lawson, 47, of Greeneville, passed away, Monday, March 7, 2016 at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Janice Lawson; two children, Crystal Nicole Lawson, Zoee Elizabeth Lawson; grandson, Luke Allen Owens; sisters, Deborah Whitteker,...
Junior "J.D." Rhodes
1930 - 2015
BLUEFIELD - Junior Don "J.D." Rhodes, 84, of 148 Yarrow St. in Bluefield (Green Valley) died Friday, February 6, 2015, at his residence. Born September 14, 1930 in North Wilkesboro, NC he was the son of the late Flay Eugene Rhodes and Myrl Walker Rhodes White. J.D. was a retired tool and die maker with Fisher Body...
Victor "J.D." Trinidad
1970 - 2014
Victor Joel "J.D." Trinidad, 43, of Quail Valley in Princeton, died Friday, May 30, 2014, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born July 28, 1970, in the Philippines, he was the son of Dr. Victor Jose V. Trinidad, MD, and Dr. Cristina M. LeCaros-Trinidad, MD of Princeton. A true renaissance man, Joel was an...
Jamie "J.R." Coleman
1935 - 2011
Jamie Ray "J.R." Coleman, age 76, of the Thompson Valley Community in Tazewell, Va., died Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, Va. Born September 14, 1935 in Buchanan County, Va., he was a son of the late Johnny Holden Coleman and Ethel Rena Dye Coleman. He was a retired...
Raymond "J.R." Whittaker
1978 - 2012
Raymond Jennings "J.R." Whittaker, 33, of 231 Burch Street in Athens, died Friday, July 27, 2012, at his residence. Born Oct. 19, 1978 in Princeton he was the son of Raymond W. Whittaker Jr. and Betty Jo Fry Whittaker of Athens. J.R. was a graduate of PikeView High School and was a former heating and air...
