Princeton Senior High School Alumni Obituaries

Robert Emory Bob Towery 87 passed away on Friday December 19 2025 after stoically battling MRSA following a knee replacement procedure. Born in Princeton Kentucky as a child he moved with his family to Tennessee where he lived for many decades. In high school he was voted The Prince of Personality d...

Jeffrey Ray Darnell 68 of Ashland Illinois died Sunday November 23 2025 at Cass County Senior Living and Rehabilitation in Virginia. He was born March 29 1957 in Springfield the son of J.R. and Eva Jean Willis Darnell. Jeff married Karen Coy on September 22 1973 and she survives in Ashland. He is al...

Kevin Robert Deitrich aged 50 passed into eternal life on Tuesday December 2 2025 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville New Jersey. He was born in Somerville and is the son of Jo Ann Deitrich and the late Kenneth Harold Deitrich Kevin was a lifelong resident of Manville New Jersey...

Rev. Dr. William North Jackson age 91 of Valencia died on Wednesday morning January 14 2026 in the comfort of his home with family by his side. Bill graduated from Plum High School Westminster College PA and Pittsburgh and Princeton Theological Seminaries. He served as an assistant minister at Abing...

Ruth Marie Sherwood Haas a longtime resident of Arlington MA peacefully passed away on Monday April 28 2025 at Brookview while under the compassionate care of hospice. She was 87 years old. Ruth is survived by her older brother Abijah Edward Sherwood of Princeton IL her devoted son Jason Giles Haas ...

Michael Louis Ray 61 loving husband of Gina Lucas Ray passed away at Prisma Health Toumey on February 5 2026. Michael was born in Spring Valley IL. He was the son of Patricia Passini and the late Michael Joseph Ray. He attended Hall High School in Spring Valley and graduated in 1982. He then enliste...

Farmington Sara Mitchell Brown Pratt was born during a blizzard at the family farm in Princeton Maine on April 1 1926 the day after her mother arrived back in Princeton by train from Florida. Sara was born to C. Elwood Brown and Marjorie Mason Brown and was the second of three daughters. Sara grew ...

John Lee Eller 43 of Princeton left this earth peacefully as the snow fell quietly on January 25 2026 surrounded by family and friends. John was born May 31 1982 to Jack and Judy Eller at Bluefield Regional Hospital. John was a graduate of Princeton Senior High School in 2000 and completed his educa...

Jerry Gene Jones 64 of Roanoke VA formerly Princeton passed away Monday January 26 2026.Born February 8 1961 in Princeton WV he was the son of the late Clayton A. Jones and Betty Jean White Jones. Jerry graduated from Princeton Senior High School with honors in History and Science.Jerry worked at di...

James Jim William Fry Jr. 82 of Kingsport TN passed away peacefully on December 29 2025 at Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City TN. Born on December 8 1943 in Princeton WV Jim was the son of James W. Fry Sr. and Thelma E. Fry Hawks. He graduated from Princeton Senior High School and went on to b...

Jason Kendall Jones 55 of Princeton died suddenly December 12 2025 at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton.He was born July 161970 in Bluefield West Virginia but grew up in Tazewell Virginia and Princeton West Virginia. Jason was the son of the late Eugene Kendall Jones and late Janet Cecilia B...

Claire Rita Maliszewski MichalowskiOctober 4, 1935 - December 31, 2025Claire Michalowski passed away peacefully, surrounded by prayers and family, on December 31, 2025, in Scottsdale, Arizona.Claire was born in 1935 in South River, New Jersey, the third of four children to Matthew and Wand...