Community event lineup and church gatherings schedule
A series of August events across West Virginia and nearby towns includes Gerald Mayhan Ministries Love in Action events in WV with a Friday kickoff at Old Elkhorn High School and Saturday community services with health screenings. the Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church marks its 79th anniversary with a fish fry concert and Sunday worship. Additional homecomings and revivals are planned at Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church, Mountain View Community Church, First Baptist Church of McDowell, First Pentecostal Church of God in Princeton, and regional camp meetings, with guest speakers and musical performances throughout August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Mayhan
Love In Action
Thomas Gulbronson
Old Elkhorn High School
Northfork
City Hall
Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Betty Durante
Donald Dykes
First Christian Church
Braddock
Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church
Tim Lacy
Kirby
Mountain View Community Church
Elgood
First Baptist Church of
McDowell
Jeanette Thomas
Heart of God Ministries
Beckley
Big Sandy Choir
First Pentecostal Church of God
Harrison, St
Princeton
Donald Harding
Wise
West Virginia
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Cherry Street
Lyndale Avenue
Bluefield
Bob Ely
Oklahoma
The
Flat Top Missionary Baptist Women's District Convention
Bluefield City Auditorium
Cookes
Fairview Christian Community Church
Route
Rita Blevins of Bluefield College Bids Farewell
Rita Parsons Blevins retires after almost four decades at Bluefield College in Bluefield Virginia. A student in 1971 she returned to earn an associate degree in 1974 and later worked as executive secretary to the president and in academic affairs. She earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in 2008 and held the Distinguished Staff Award in 2003. Her granddaughter Noah inspired her retirement to spend more time with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield College
Rita Parsons Blevins
Rita
Pearl
Deda
Noah
Robert Shippey
Bluefield Co
Tom Farrar
Fie
Amy
Jonathan
Wampler Caudill
London
Paris
Italy
Greece
New York City
Carnegie Hall
Bluefield Colleges honors staff and students in service and dean lists
Bluefield Va and Radford Va report multiple recognitions at regional colleges. Charlynne Kovach Lucille Sisk and Tonya Elmore are noted for outstanding employee and milestone awards. Other recipients include Kelli West Bobby Redd Deborah Jackson and Denver Riffe for five or twenty years of service. Megan Blair Greever named to Radford University spring dean's list. Mar ian Looney earns master of science in education at Saint Joseph's College of Maine. Local students gain president's list at Mountain State University and WVSOM graduates highlighted in Lewisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlynne Kovach
Lucille Sisk
Tonya Elmore
Kelli West
Bobby Redd
Deborah Jackson
Denver Riffe
Radford
Megan Blair Greever
Bill Greever
North Tazewell
Radford University
Standish
Maine
Marian Looney
Vansant
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Beckley
Mountain State University
Michael Boyd
Leigh Farmer
Crystal Smith
Megan Stephenson
Princeton
Office of Student Affairs
MSU
Tracy Marra
School of Arts and Science
School of Arts and Sciences
John W. Eye Conference Center
S. Kanawha Street
Mountainstate.edu
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blacklick Road
Big Creek
Falls Mills
Larry Murphy
Kathy
Blountville United Methodist Church
Blountville
Tenn
Susan Ketron
Fanning
Knights of Columbus
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Stacy Fanning
Stacy
Melinda
Ed Fanning
Graham High School
Virginia Tech
Blevins
College News
National College
Roanoke
Greever
Looney
BSC
Tesfaye Belay
Bluefield State College
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Hbcus
Home Depot
Albert Walker
King
Bristol
King College
Brittany Paige Freund
Erica Lynn Hughes
Greta Michele Morrison
Honaker
Derek Nathaniel Keen
Oakwood
Britta Elyse Richardson
Jera Bea Robinette
Ravenna
Saunders
Dean
Jefferson City
Emily R. Saunders
Carson-Newman College
WVSOM
Lewisburg
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Hamza Shah
Elizabeth Waldman
Alderson
Bdtonline
Poco Roe Card
Pan Ia
Dirrot
Mirror of
Mercer County
Brave
America
Bill Archer
McDowell County
Bramwell
Tazewell County
Welch Mercer
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Wythe
Norfolk & Western Railway
Saltville
Virginia Railway
Russell County
Big Stone Gap
Jewell Ridge
Coal Country
Blue Ridge Parkway
Southern Railway
Jim Davidson
Prerogative Local Women’s Magazine
Peere Ag
Aaron Rior
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, WV
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!