Obituary Notices From Grundy Area Funerals And Services
Obituaries note funeral services for multiple local residents with dates, church and burial details. Names include Billy Blankenship, Maude Pearl Miller Wimmer, Molly Asbury Gregory, Elbert Cantrell, Isaac Shrader, Greek Watson and Gene Watson. Details list surviving relatives, funeral homes, and burial sites in Buchanan and Wise County areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Pearl Miller Wimmer
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Bluff
Green Hills Memory Gardens
Molly Asbury Gregory
Grundy Funeral
Looney Cemetery
Vansant
Elbert Lee Cantrell
Buchanan Funeral
Keen Mountain
Ferrell Family
Horne Mountain
Isaac Henry “Hank” Shrader
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Gene Edward
Greek” Watson
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Hospital Reopens as Mozambique Floods Take Toll
Harden, 53, part of Samaritan's Purse, flew from Atlanta to Africa to aid victims after Mozambique floods. He helped reopen outpatient and inpatient wards, reestablish pediatric care, and treat TB and malaria. Conditions were dire with 91 dead and people living in trees amid 36 feet of floodwater. He plans to join a Sudan medical team this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras
Samaritan
Franklin Graham
Harden
Uganda
Mozambique
Atlanta
Johannesburg
Canicada
Mary
Ann Robb
Canada
Visionary Morello shaped by NASA Langley glass cockpit leap
Morello recounts a WVU internship that led to a NASA career starting in 1975 focused on flight technology. He helped develop Harrier aircraft and led Langley programs for V/STOL projects and glass cockpit Atlantis, costing $9 million, to improve landings and flight displays. He cites Mercury Sputnik memories and McDowell County ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WVU
Morello
NASA
NASA Langley
Langley
Atlantis
Morrello
McDowell County
Rocket Boys
Coalwood
Valedictorian and 1950 honored at BSC graduation
Lashmeet student Keith Wayne Shrewsbury earned the BSC 2000 valedictorian award with a 3.97 GPA in electrical engineering technology. Rock native Bobbe Lee Ann McKinney was the 2000 salutatorian with a 3.95 GPA in accountancy. Dr. Lucie Refsland received the Outstanding Faculty Award, and Dr. Frank Wilson plus an unnamed advocate were honored with BSC Medallions. The college welcomed ten Class of 1950 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Wayne Shrewsbury
Lashmeet
BSC
Shrewsbury
Bobbe Lee Ann McKinney
Rock
McKinney
Lucie Refsland
Greenbrier Community College Center
BSC Foundation
Robert Moore
Frank Wilson
Trump
Hurley man dies in Buchanan coal mine accident
William Billy Blankenship 29 of Hurley died after a Friday night coal mining accident at Buchanan Production Company No 2 Mine eight miles northeast of Grundy. He was operating a remote controlled continuous mining machine when he was pulled by the machine into the coal rib. The area was secured and the mine shut down as investigators planned a joint DMME and federal MSHA probe starting Monday. Blankenship was a Buchanan County native and Hurley High School 1988 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley
William Mathew
Billy” Blankenship
Buchanan General Hospital
Grundy
Buchanan County
Billy C
Lois Salmons Blankenship
Old Regular Baptist Church
Hurley High School
Rapoca Coal Company
Buchanan No. 2
North Springs Old Regular Baptist Church
Walford
Josh Justice, Jr
James Stacey
Eddie Cooper
Bill McCoy
Kermet Lester
Gary Justus
Salmons
Bob Blankenship
Jerry Blankenship
Larry Blankenship
Freeman Blankenship
Lloyd Blankenship
Austine Salmons
Miles B. Salmons, Jr
James Salmons
Tommy Salmons
Ora Salmons
Grundy Funeral Home of
Virginia
William “Billy” Blankenship
Buchanan Production Company
Rapoca Coal
Mike Abbott
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Blankenship
Abbott
DMME
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Man Dies After Buchanan County Crash Near Shorts Gap
In Grundy Virginia a 57-year-old Dickenson County man, Jay Hugh Blankenship Jr., died after a two vehicle wreck near Shorts Gap on U S Route 460 at the Route 629 intersection. He was transported to Bristol Regional Medical Center where he died later Friday afternoon. State Police Trooper G A Powers investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Dickenson County
Shorts Gap
Buchanan County
Jay Hugh Blankenship, Jr
PO. Box 6
Davenport
Virginia State Police
Blankenship
Kenworth
Bristol Regional Medical Center
G.A. Powers
No Gun Ri killings confirmed by Army report questioned by rivals
The Times reports senior Defense officials say an Army investigation confirmed the central element of the AP account of refugees fired on near No Gun Ri during early Korean War chaos. US News questions witnesses and says some veterans may not have been present, while AP and historians voice support and public records remain under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Associated Press
U.S
U.S. News & World Report
Washington Post
the Times
No Gun Ri
Defense
Jonathan Wolman
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Grundy Funeral Home
Ralph Taylor
Jimmy Kerr
Ray Sawyers
Howard Taylor
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Gary Bartley
Jerry Bartley
Charles Bartley
Ronald Clevinger
Michael Hackney
William Anthony Hackney
Mitchell Herman Bishop
Mark Hackney
Dr. D. Patel
Jonathan Bartley
Virgil Clevinger
Matthew Rife
Anthony Hackney
John D. Addison
Andy Scarberry
Brad Vandyke
Michael Shawn Hackney
Billy’ Blankenship
Honda
Mercer St
Princeton
Honda Lawn & Garden
W.ho
Man
Buchanan
Pentagon
Rockefellers
Charleston
Jay Rockfeller
Sharon
Valerie Blanchette
James Douglas Carnegie
Melbourne
Australia
Washington National Cathedral
Washington
D.C
Rockfeller
D.va
Hawaii
Sydney
Buck Stove
Mercer Street
Bluewell School Road
Karen E. Baker
Nature
CITGO
Ara Née
Rtm
Brick Street
Princeton, WV
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