Born in Russell County, Va., he was a son of the late Henry Jackson and Emily Richardson McGlothlin. A lifelong resident of the Raven area, he had been employed as a section man of Norfolk and Western Railway for 40 years, retiring in 1955.
He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War I. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
He was preceded in death by four sisters and four brothers.
Survivors include a niece, Emily Lou VanDyke, who lived at the McGlothlin residence for the past 53 years; and additional nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Hurst-Scot Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Va., with Rev. Grat Horton and Rev. Ancil Childress officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
Pallbearers will be John Hagy Jr., Bill VanDyke, Joe E. Jackson, H.G. Osborne, B.J. Martin, Bill Forrest, Charlie Jessee and Milton Simmons.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 27 June 1973
Contributor Debbie Richardson McGlothlin 50938007
Born in Russell County, Va., he was a son of the late Henry Jackson and Emily Richardson McGlothlin. A lifelong resident of the Raven area, he had been employed as a section man of Norfolk and Western Railway for 40 years, retiring in 1955.
He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War I. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
He was preceded in death by four sisters and four brothers.
Survivors include a niece, Emily Lou VanDyke, who lived at the McGlothlin residence for the past 53 years; and additional nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Hurst-Scot Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Va., with Rev. Grat Horton and Rev. Ancil Childress officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
Pallbearers will be John Hagy Jr., Bill VanDyke, Joe E. Jackson, H.G. Osborne, B.J. Martin, Bill Forrest, Charlie Jessee and Milton Simmons.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 27 June 1973
Contributor Debbie Richardson McGlothlin 50938007
Gravesite Details
same stone as James S. McGlothlin
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Albert Lorn Mcglothlin
1871–1940
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George Floyd Mcglothlin
1872–1876
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John Patton McGlothlin
1875–1949
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Amanda Melvenia McGlothlin Richardson
1877–1897
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Dora Belle McGlothlin Vandyke
1879–1963
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James Samuel McGlothlin
1881–1969
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Mary Elizabeth McGlothlin Plaster
1884–1961
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Bertha Mae McGlothlin Vandyke
1886–1920
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