Funeral Homes in Bluefield, WV

Facts about Bluefield, West Virginia

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Charlie Barnett (actor and comedian), Tom Beasley (american football player), Denise Giardina (writer and novelist), Ahmad Bradshaw (american football player), Mark A. Nash (actor), Terrence Flack (actor), and Rickie Castaneda (screenwriter).

Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. It is the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area, which has a population of 107,342.

Bluefield Obituaries

It was revealed on August 12th, 2018 that Joseph "Richard" Underwood passed on in Largo, Florida.  Underwood was 87 years old and was born in Bluefield, WV.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Joseph "Richard"'s life.

It was disclosed by The Southwest Times on July 16th, 2018 that Mary R Sparks (Jones) passed on in Dublin, Virginia.  Ms. Sparks was 83 years old and was born in Bluefield, WV.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mary R's life.

It was disclosed on July 13th, 2018 that Dale Claudette Parker passed away in Bluefield, West Virginia.  Parker was 61 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Dale Claudette's life.

It was disclosed by Bluefield Daily Telegraph on July 12th, 2018 that Edna Kathleen Sawyers (Peak) passed on in Bluefield, West Virginia.  Ms. Sawyers was 83 years old and was born in Tazewell, VA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Edna Kathleen's life.

It was noted on July 11th, 2018 that Edna Louise Fleshman perished in Independence, Virginia.  Fleshman was 94 years old and was born in Bluefield, WV.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Edna Louise's life.

It was reported by Bluefield Daily Telegraph on July 11th, 2018 that Elton Elswick Simpkins died in Bluefield, West Virginia.  Simpkins was 84 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Elton Elswick's life.

It was written by Bluefield Daily Telegraph on July 10th, 2018 that Gordon Lester Jr "Micky" Caldwell passed on in Bluefield, West Virginia.  Caldwell was 71 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Gordon Lester Jr "Micky"'s life.

It was disclosed on July 8th, 2018 that William Edward Jr Campbell passed on in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.  Campbell was 57 years old and was born in Bluefield, WV.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor William Edward Jr's life.

It was noted on July 7th, 2018 that Heather Dawn Figueroa (Horne) perished in Appalachia, Virginia.  Ms. Figueroa was 40 years old and was born in Bluefield, WV.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Heather Dawn's life.

It was revealed by Bluefield Daily Telegraph on July 7th, 2018 that Melvin Keith Hubbard passed on in Bluefield, West Virginia.  Hubbard was 65 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Melvin Keith's life.

History

Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia County, West Virginia, United States. The Davidson and Bailey family had to sell a portion of their land when in 1882, Captain John Fields, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad pioneered the area and began building a new railroad through the hills of Bluefield. . It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-Bluefield, Virginia Bluefield micropolitan area area which has a population of 107,578. The micropolitan area is the 350th largest statistical population area and the thirty-third largest micropolitan area in the United States.

Image:Bluefield, West Virginia.jpg of Bluefield from the East River Mountain OverlookThe history of Bluefield begins in the 1700s, when two families settled in a rugged and remote part of what is now southern West Virginia, and built a small village with a mill, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, and a fort for defending the small settlement against invasions by the much larger Shawnee Indian tribe on the banks of the Bluestone River.

The official website for the city of Bluefield is http://www.cityofbluefield.com/.