Bramwell Christmas Home Tours attract 220 visitors this year
Tours run through Bramwell homes including the 1903 Edward S. Baker house with 26 decorated trees. Visitors from Atkins Va and Roanoke Va describe the event as enjoyable as organizers push heritage tourism tied to the Coal Heritage Highway Authority and local theater funding.
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Edward S. Baker
Mercer
House of Delegates
Senate
Davis
Marty Chaffins
Brian Umbarger
Julie
Miranda
Gracie
Charleston
Atkins
Sammy
Larry Lamanca
Bramwell
Shirl
Larry
Kathy
Roanoke
Sammy Lamanca
Christy Bailey
Coal Heritage Highway Authority
Hewitt
Harold
Rhonda Brown
Louise Stoker
Steven Anderson
Heather
Brown
Travel South
Bailey
United Way funding shifts impact Virginia Highlands and Southern West Virginia
The United Way realignment will have the Southern West Virginia chapter serve Mercer and McDowell counties while the Virginia Highlands group covers Bland, Buchanan and Tazewell. Agencies like Mercer County 4-H Leaders face funding gaps of about eight thousand dollars yearly, risking program quality and forcing fund raising. The secretary of state notes unregistered periods require audits or financial reviews, with no deadline set and potential prosecution if investigations arise.
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United Way
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Virginia
Bland
Buchanan
Tazewell
Virginia Highlands
Virginias
Mercer County
Margaret O’neal
United Way of
Travis Staton
United Way of the
Bland, Buchanan and
Glance
Secretary of State
Browning
All Year Sports Galaxy Ice Rink At Granada Draws Crowd
In Bluefield, a rain soaked parade and grand indoor ice rink drew crowds across Depot District. Fire crews led a parade past the Granada Theater while locals queued for up to 45 minutes to skate on an All Year Sports Galaxy rink. The Bluefield Preservation Society hosted free skating for under 18s thanks to June O Shott Foundation support. Craft Brew Crawl drew adults despite cold weather and a pared down Christmas parade with four floats.
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Art Riley
Jeff Warden
West Virginian Manor
Granada Theater
Granada
All Year Sports Galaxy
Sarah Blevins
Bluefield Preservation Society
Debrah Ammar
Ammar
Bluefield
Preservation Society
Jones
Bluestone Wildcats
Commerce Street
Jay Disibbio Craft
Pete Sternloff
Depot District
Obituaries continued with multiple funeral details and deaths
Obituary notices list several bereaved families and upcoming funeral services. John E. Martin dies, with services at D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville and graveside on Tuesday in Tannersville. James Harvey Woods of Princeton, 84, dies at home after a long career at Virginian Supply. services set in Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Additional notices include Ethel Christina Bivens, James Richard Hamm, Barbara Byrum Russell, Anna Marie Smith, Douglas W. Wright Sr., and Shirley Marie Wyatt with respective service times and burial sites across Marion, Princeton, Asheboro, Union, Bluefield, Richlands.
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Howard
Atkins
Hazel Martin Stevenson Carpenter
Gus
Roanoke
John E. Martin
D.R
Tannersville
Drhendersonfuneralhome
D.R. Henderson
Saltville
Martin
Princeton
James Harvey Woods
Raleigh County
Nannie Bell Knight Wood
Wesley Wood
James
Virginian Supply Company
Virginia Brick & Tile
Louise
Hawaii
George Willard
Henry
Faye
Elsie
Daisy
Thelma Louise Dickerson Woods
Patricia Perdue
Danny Woods
Larry Woods
Kathy
Shady Spring
Jeffery
Michael
Jessica
Joshua
Sara Woods
Jennifer
Leslie Perdue
Miranda
Katelyn
Jamie
James Woods
Athens Road
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Compassus
Ethel Christina Bivens
Seaver-Brown
Marion
Rose Hill
Bastion
James Richard Hamm
Burns Wornal
Pine Grove
Peggy Branch Road
Barbara Byrum Russell
Pugh Funeral Home
Asheboro
Randolph
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Lamancas
Joe Vinciguerra
Jackie Shahan
Vinciguerra
Shahan
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
4-H
Brenda Pruett
Pruett
Scott Browning
Jake Glance
Virginias, Inc
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Barchera
A-3
James Harvey
Woods
Clifford
Richlands
Pauliam & Mort Kunstler
Greenhills
Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill, Va
GAC
Ivalentine
ST At Cancer Care
21 Century Oncology of
Fairlea
Joseph Baisden
West Virginia University
University of Virginia
New Hope Road
Skylar Drive
Able
Ak Ae
Mercer St
Bronze Look
Toz
Looky
Princeton Ave
Tan W. TheBronzelook.com
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