Lakefront dam project eyed for Mercer County growth
A proposed 70-foot dam would create an artificial lake stretching up to 8.5 miles, enabling water storage control electric generation fishing and boating. Organizers aim at $20 million funding from a $200 million state lottery pool and seek support from West Virginia officials and foundations to boost economic development in Mercer County and southern West Virginia.
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Ammar
Mercer County
Bluefield
Nelson Walker
Washington, D.C
Four Seasons
Development Authority
Chamber of Commerce
K.A. Ammar
Washington
West Virginia
Rahall
Walker
West Virginia Development Council
Area Foundations
Anita Caldwell
D-10th
Del
Richard Flanigan
Dmercer County
Leonard Anderson
Dsummers
Bluestone Lake
Summers County
Lake Norman
Charlotte
N.C
George Lanton
Princeton-Mercer County
Greg Jordan
Qgjordan
Bottonline.com
Obituary notices from Hurley and Falls Mills April 2002
Leander Slone 59 of Hurley died April 30 2002 at Buchanan General Hospital after illness. Survived by wife Carlie McCoy Slone daughter Malena Slone son J B Slone foster son Anthony Shawn McCoy sister Betty McCoy brothers Bill Slone and Harold Slone. Funeral at Little Dove Old Regular Baptist Church Hurley with burial Lester Cemetery Bull Creek. Grundy Funeral Home in charge. Michael Joseph Stapleton 24 of Falls Mills died April 30 2002 in a Roanoke hospital from injuries in a vehicle crash. Born March 3 1978 in Clarksville Tennessee son of Dennis Wright and Shirley Vonnie Walker Stapleton. Carpenter, Graham High School valedictorian, Who’s Who member. Survived by sister Tonya Stapleton, brother-in-law Eddie Jones, paternal grandmother Ne Wright, maternal grandmother Geneva Fields. Visitation 6-9 p.m. at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell. Contacts at State Line Market in Bluefield.
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Hurley
Leander Slone
Guesses Fork
Buchanan General Hospital
McDowell County
Melda Lester Slone Whitt
William Bill Slone
Buchanan County
Phyllis Lester
Bonnie Lindsey
Mr. Slone
Carlie McCoy Slone
Malena Slone
Cedar Bluff
J.B. Slone
Anthony Shawn McCoy
Betty McCoy
Bill Slone
Peahook
Harold Slone
Little Dove Old Regular Baptist Church
Josh Junior Justus
Hershel Hurley
Danny Hurley
Danny McCoy
Lester
Bull Creek
Grundy Funeral Home
Grundy
Falls Mills
Michael Joseph Stapleton
PO. Box 252
Roanoke
Vonnie’ Walker Stapleton
Graham High School
Tonya Stapleton
Eddie Jones
Pocahontas
Ne . Wright
Bluefield
Geneva Fields
Cravens Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
State Line
Concord College dulcimer tale aired on TV show
Carol McCoy recalls her father Roy McCoy a coal miner turned evangelist who built an Appalachian dulcimer for her. She later found the exact instrument online, sparked by memories of family faith music and siblings singing Take A Little Walk with Jesus with a TV re-enactment in Ashboro North Carolina.
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Roy McCoy
Sullivan Pentecostal Holiness Church
Concord College
Concord
McCoy
Lake Wacamaw
N.C
Carol McCoy
Richard Thomas
John Boy
The
Waltons
California
Ashboro
Elmer McCoy
Southport
Doug McCoy
Susan
Jesus
Kathy Kish
Kkish
Bdtonline
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March
1978
Clarksville, Tenn
He Was
Son
Dennis Wright
Shirley
Daily Telegraph
G. Frank Britton II
E. Cumberland Rd
API
Jesse
Republican
Jesse Guills
State Senate
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