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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, we visit a cemetery in Bluefield, Virginia and learn how racial segregation followed some people to the grave. We also hear from Neema Avashia, author of the celebrated memoir, "Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer And Indian In A Mountain Place." And we remember Hershel “Woody” Williams. The West Virginia native was America’s last living World War II Medal of Honor winner. He died last summer at the age of 98.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMore than a thousand people, hailing from close to home and around the nation, attended the Wednesday memorial service for slain West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhile most of us don’t want to talk about it, it is vitally important to make plans for final arrangements: for our aging parents and ourselves.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDiscussing funeral arrangements is never easy, but as News Director Eric Douglas found out through personal experience with his mom, it is much easier to do it in advance than it is after a loved one has passed away. As part of his series "Getting Into Their Reality: Caring For Aging Parents.” Douglas spoke with Tom Nichols, the owner of Bartlett Nichols Funeral Home in St. Albans, to understand the process.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA military and first responder procession took Williams' body from the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Center in Wayne County to Beard Mortuary in Huntington. Barry Ransbottom with Beard Mortuary released the Williams family’s plans for the memorial and funeral services.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNicholas County Deputy Sheriff Tom Baker was laid to rest Wednesday.Mourners came from near and far to pay their respects to a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty
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