James H. Atkinson
James H. Atkinson, 87, of Crab Orchard, died Wednesday, July 3, at his home, following a long illness.
Born Dec. 6, 1903, at Thayer, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Sadie Amick Atkinson.
Mr. Atkinson was a retired assistant superintendent of the East Gulf Coal Company, a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 156 of Coal City and a member of the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Addie E. Atkinson; twins, James Ray and Janice Faye Atkinson; a daughter, Betty Meadows; five brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include a son, Carl Atkinson of Stafford, Va.; two daughters, Alice Spencer of Crab Orchard and Lahoma Hart of Newport News, Va.; a brother, Frank Atkinson of Coal City; a sister, Wanda Burch of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, with the Rev. Cecil Bolen Officiating.
Friends may call 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Prosperity.
Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, July 5, 1991
Page 5A
James H. Atkinson, 87, of Crab Orchard, died Wednesday, July 3, at his home, following a long illness.
Born Dec. 6, 1903, at Thayer, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Sadie Amick Atkinson.
Mr. Atkinson was a retired assistant superintendent of the East Gulf Coal Company, a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 156 of Coal City and a member of the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Addie E. Atkinson; twins, James Ray and Janice Faye Atkinson; a daughter, Betty Meadows; five brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include a son, Carl Atkinson of Stafford, Va.; two daughters, Alice Spencer of Crab Orchard and Lahoma Hart of Newport News, Va.; a brother, Frank Atkinson of Coal City; a sister, Wanda Burch of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, with the Rev. Cecil Bolen Officiating.
Friends may call 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Prosperity.
Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, July 5, 1991
Page 5A
James H. Atkinson
James H. Atkinson, 87, of Crab Orchard, died Wednesday, July 3, at his home, following a long illness.
Born Dec. 6, 1903, at Thayer, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Sadie Amick Atkinson.
Mr. Atkinson was a retired assistant superintendent of the East Gulf Coal Company, a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 156 of Coal City and a member of the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Addie E. Atkinson; twins, James Ray and Janice Faye Atkinson; a daughter, Betty Meadows; five brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include a son, Carl Atkinson of Stafford, Va.; two daughters, Alice Spencer of Crab Orchard and Lahoma Hart of Newport News, Va.; a brother, Frank Atkinson of Coal City; a sister, Wanda Burch of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, with the Rev. Cecil Bolen Officiating.
Friends may call 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Prosperity.
Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, July 5, 1991
Page 5A
James H. Atkinson, 87, of Crab Orchard, died Wednesday, July 3, at his home, following a long illness.
Born Dec. 6, 1903, at Thayer, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Sadie Amick Atkinson.
Mr. Atkinson was a retired assistant superintendent of the East Gulf Coal Company, a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 156 of Coal City and a member of the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Addie E. Atkinson; twins, James Ray and Janice Faye Atkinson; a daughter, Betty Meadows; five brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include a son, Carl Atkinson of Stafford, Va.; two daughters, Alice Spencer of Crab Orchard and Lahoma Hart of Newport News, Va.; a brother, Frank Atkinson of Coal City; a sister, Wanda Burch of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, with the Rev. Cecil Bolen Officiating.
Friends may call 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Prosperity.
Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Friday, July 5, 1991
Page 5A
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