Bluefield student paints life into Mountain State murals
Bluefield College senior Amanda Parks created a mountain landscape mural in the Bluefield Salvation Army Citadel activities room. The artwork includes six famous West Virginians, funded by the Appalachian College Association. She painted Pearl Buck, Chuck Yeager, and Dr. John Nash among others to inspire local youth.
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Salvation Army
John Nash
Amanda Parks
John F. Nash Jr
Salvation Army Citadel
Three Bluefield youths earn Eagle Scout ranks at Immanuel Lutheran
At 7 p.m. July 31 at Immanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield Mercer County three local Scouts Joshua Honaker Bobby Minnix Jr and Brandon Saddler achieved the Eagle Scout rank Trail to Eagle began at age 11 for all three They are sons of local families and attended Glenwood School and Princeton High School The ceremony featured a color guard Dolly Hager organist Pastor Meredith Williams invocation Wayne Stonestreet master of ceremonies and speakers including John Spracher First Community Bank CEO and Bluefield Lions Club member The event highlights the elite nature of Eagle Scouts with only 4 percent reaching the rank Dozens of names and affiliations underline community sponsorship and civic values
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Emanuel Lutheran Church
Bluefield
Joshua David Honaker
Bobby Ray Minnix Jr
Brandon Kirk Saddler
Honaker
David
Becky Honaker
Minnix
Bob
Debbie Minnix
Saddler
Buford
Cathy Saddler
Glenwood
Mercer
Troop 1018
Dolly Hager
Meredith Williams
Wayne Stonestreet
John Spracher
First Community Bank
Bluefield Lions Club
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Eagle Scouts
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Local Man HIts Third Hole-in-One At Princeton Elks Course
LENWOOD Emil Buster Smith Jr 75 recently scored his third hole in one on the same hole the 3rd at Princeton Elks Golf Course Green Valley His daughter Dee Puckett says he began golfing at 14 after moving from Vivian in the 1940s He served in the US Air Force and later worked 30 years with the USPS retiring as Bluefield postmaster in 1990 He and wife Pauline Sarge Smith live in Glenwood with two daughters Puckett and Cyndi Smith who notes a panoramic photo of the course in their home
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Pauline
Sarge” Smith
Bluefield High School
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Puckett
Cyndi Smith
Chapel Hill
N.C
Wartime survival story joined Library of Congress project
Bluefield veteran Clyde Smith Barr, born 1922, served in the 864th Bomb Group and was shot down over Germany. He survived five POW camps and was liberated in 1945 by Patton’s Third Army. Barr later joined a national Veterans History Project event in 2004.
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Texas
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Idaho
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Barr
Moosburg
Patton
Third Army
Washington, D.C
American Folklife Center
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International Library of Poetry
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Charleston
Michael Lipton
West Virginia
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