Mercer County, WV Obituaries
MRS. V. A. (ALMA) BOND - 87, of 113 Dudley Street in Bluefield, Va., died Wednesday afternoon in a Glenwood Park nursing home following a long illness.
She was born in Pulaski, Va., a daughter of the late John and Rosa Pagan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor A. Bond, In August 1969. She was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, Va., and was a member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Helen Armour of Bluefield, Va., and Mrs. Gerald (Vivian) Hughes of Bluefield; four sons, James Bond of Texas City, TX, Curtis Bond of Santa Fee, NM, Leonard Bond of Carls Bad, NM and Kenneth Bond of Decatur, GA; three sisters, Mrs. Homer Lester, Mrs. Ruth Sanders and Mrs. Georgia White, all of Pulaski; two brothers, Homer Pagan of Pulaski and Gilbert Pagan of Akron, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Dudley Memorial Chapel in Bluefield, VA, with Rev. Allen Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jim Lampert, Jim Rose, Jimmy Asbury, Howard Dean, Marvin White and Luke Mahood. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. [From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Friday March 14, 1980 - submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy]
A Horrible Death
Samuel Cagle, A. N. & W. Brakeman, Meets a Terrible Death
Samuel Cagle, a brakeman on the Pocahontas Division, met a horrible death yesterday morning near Glen Allen. He was standing on the rear end of a backward moving train which slackened speed, just for a moment, throwing him from his footing onto the track many passing over him before he was discovered, tearing him almost asunder and grinding his arms, waist and legs into shreds. He was perhaps 22 years old and came from Bluff City, Tennessee only a short while since, acquiring employment with the railroad company. He had sent his application for apprenticeship to the Y.M.C.A. last Monday. The remains were sent to his home on No. 16 last night. [Bluefield, WV Newspaper, March 12, 1896 - submitted by Frances Cooley]
Feb 1, 1890
DEATH OF MRS. SAMUEL HARROP
Mrs. Samuel Harrop died at midnight of Thursday. She was born in Mercer County, West Virginia, some forty-six years ago. During the war Samuel Harrop was taken prisoner and incarcerated near White Sulphur Springs, Va. When released he was a physical wreck, and unable to work at his trade. He took up school-teaching in Southwest Virginia, and there he met the lady who afterwards became his wife. From Virginia they moved to Ohio, and thence to Illinois, coming to Quincy eighteen years ago, or more. For several years Mrs. Harrop had been ailing, but nothing serious developed until Friday of last week, when she was attacked by la grippe, and later, from that disease, by inflammation of the bowels, of which she died.
Besides her husband, who is prostrated by the grief that is his by the death of a loved companion, there survive four children. They are Samuel, Jesse, Mamie, and Lizzie.
Mrs. Harrop enjoyed a wide acquaintance and was held in high esteem. She was a good wife and mother and a king-hearted friend. The funeral will be attended from the family home, 517 Jackson street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. Rev. A. C. Byerly will officiate at the home and at the grave- in Woodland Cemetery. Friends of the family are invited to attend. [Feb 1 1890, Quincy Daily Herald - submitted by Debbie Lee]
ASA S. MILES
Funeral services for Asa Samuel Miles, 76, of Princeton Avenue, Bluefield, who died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital, will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with Rev. Glenn Weaver officiating. Burial will follow in Monte Vista Cemetery. The Masonic Lodge will be in charge of graveside services.
He was born in Bluefield, son of the late Thomas and Emma Southern Miles. He was a member of the Christian Church, the Masonic Lodge, the BLF and E and a retired employee of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
Survivors include his wife, Lillie Bond Miles; two sons, Elwood A. Miles of Bluefield and Clifford Miles of Hampton, Va.; five daughters, Mrs. Charles Woods of Bluefield, Mrs. Mabel Woodard of Bristol, Va., Mrs. Oscar Cullop of Bristol, Phyllis Miles of Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. Arnold Whaley of Columbus; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. C.O. Gearhart of Bluefield. Pallbearers will be members of the Masonic Lodge and flower bearers will be granddaughters and nieces. [Bluefield Daily Telegraph Friday September 20, 1968 - Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy]
Mrs. Phipp's Interment
Mrs. D. J. Phipps died yesterday morning early after a lingering illness and will be conveyed to Falls Mills this morning where the interment will be made. Funeral this a.m. at the Christian Baptist Church. [Bluefield, WV Newspaper, March 12, 1896 - submitted by Frances Cooley]
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