Rev. Herbert L. Blevins
The Rev. Herbert L. Blevins of Midway passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 26, 2003.
Born Nov. 15, 1941, he was the son of Ella Bell Blevins of Rhodell and the late Wiley Blevins.
The Rev. Blevins was a graduate of Stoco High School. He was ordained into the ministry at Eversprings Independent Missionary Baptist Church in Ohio on Nov. 8, 1975. He pastored several years at Zion Hill Baptist Church and Uler Memorial in Roane County. He was the current pastor at Princewick Missionary Baptist Church. He attended Bible College in Toledo, Ohio. He earned his BA in Theology in 2002 and was currently seeking his MA in Theology from Christian Bible College in Rocky Mount, N.C.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Blevins was a former employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Lorain, Ohio and the Volkswagon Stamping Manufacturing Plant in South Charleston.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife of 23 years, Betty Lafferty Blevins; a daughter, Tammy Blevins of Sophia; a son, Wiley Blevins of New York; three stepdaughters, Mary Lester and husband, Randy, of Piney Flats, Tenn., Karen Lancaster of Sophia and Jackie Higginbotham and husband, Kevin, of Newton; two brothers, Kenneth Blevins and wife, Viola, of Lester and Jim Blevins and wife, Gladys, of Beaver; a grandson, Trevor Matheney; six step-grandchildren, Randy Lester, Sarah West, Rebekah and Bruce Hayes, Arin and Bethany Higginbotham.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. David Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Mooney Mountain Cemetery, Tommy Creek Hollow, Rhodell. Military graveside rights will be conducted by the VFW Post 4326 Sophia Midway.
Rev. Herbert L. Blevins
The Rev. Herbert L. Blevins of Midway passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 26, 2003.
Born Nov. 15, 1941, he was the son of Ella Bell Blevins of Rhodell and the late Wiley Blevins.
The Rev. Blevins was a graduate of Stoco High School. He was ordained into the ministry at Eversprings Independent Missionary Baptist Church in Ohio on Nov. 8, 1975. He pastored several years at Zion Hill Baptist Church and Uler Memorial in Roane County. He was the current pastor at Princewick Missionary Baptist Church. He attended Bible College in Toledo, Ohio. He earned his BA in Theology in 2002 and was currently seeking his MA in Theology from Christian Bible College in Rocky Mount, N.C.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Mr. Blevins was a former employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Lorain, Ohio and the Volkswagon Stamping Manufacturing Plant in South Charleston.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife of 23 years, Betty Lafferty Blevins; a daughter, Tammy Blevins of Sophia; a son, Wiley Blevins of New York; three stepdaughters, Mary Lester and husband, Randy, of Piney Flats, Tenn., Karen Lancaster of Sophia and Jackie Higginbotham and husband, Kevin, of Newton; two brothers, Kenneth Blevins and wife, Viola, of Lester and Jim Blevins and wife, Gladys, of Beaver; a grandson, Trevor Matheney; six step-grandchildren, Randy Lester, Sarah West, Rebekah and Bruce Hayes, Arin and Bethany Higginbotham.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, Beckley, with the Rev. David Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Mooney Mountain Cemetery, Tommy Creek Hollow, Rhodell. Military graveside rights will be conducted by the VFW Post 4326 Sophia Midway.
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