Deaths



• Debra “Debbie” Heath Bowling, 57, of 312 Kee St., Princeton died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Princeton Community Hospital. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.

• Carl Brewer, 91, of Spanishburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton. Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.

• Betty Jo Clyburn, 80 of Princeton died Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009 at the Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.

• Billy Stuart Coleman, 72, of 609 Gayle St., Princeton died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.

• Margaret Ilene Gilmore Ellison, 88, of the Courthouse Road, Princeton, died peacefully early Sunday morning, Oct. 25, 2009 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.

• Virginia Lorena Elizabeth “Betty” Crouch Eplin, 76, of Princeton, died Oct. 22, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.

• Earsil D. Graham, 73, of Mt. Olive Road, Lashmeet, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton. Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.

• Geraldine C. (Deanie) LaFon, 84, of 142 Wedgewood Ave., Princeton, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 at her residence. Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell was in charge of arrangements.

• Edwin Lee Maxey, 48, of 602 Broadway St., Princeton, died suddenly early Saturday morning, Oct. 24, 2009 at his residence. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.

• Ezmora “Mama Jackie” Hopkins Peterson, 88, of Princeton died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at Princeton Community Hospital following a long illness. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton was in charge of arrangements.

• Earl Small, 86, of Fair Grounds Road, Princeton, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.

• James H. Wyrick, 58, of Pine Grove Road, Lerona, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 at Princeton Community Hospital. Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road, Princeton, was in charge of arrangements.