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James Marshall Blevins

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James Marshall Blevins Veteran

Birth
Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Death
27 Apr 1993 (aged 84)
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.3089745, Longitude: -81.2527611
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Born at Crystal, Mercer county, West Virginia.
Beloved husband of Hattie.
US Army veteran. He enlisted at Huntington, 29 Oct. 1942.

The son of George Washington Blevins and Lillie May Hall*.

A DELAYED birth record, with his mother as witness along with army and social security records, give August 9, 1908 as James' birthdate. This was sworn on 17 Oct. 1952, and filed 4 June 1953, 5734.
He was the informant on the death record for his father, with the signature the same on each record.
James always signed his name as "James M. Blevins".
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BLUEFIELD - James Marshall
Blevins, 84, of Route 3, Box 411,
(Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield ,
died Tuesday at a Bluefield hospital.
Born in Crystal, he was a son of
the late George W. and Lillie Mae
Hall Blevins. He had been a resident
of the Bluefield area most of
his life, was a retired coal miner
and a member of the First Church of God on
Lorton Lick Road in Bluefield. He was a former
Sunday School teacher and
former Superintendent of the
church . He was a veteran of
World War II serving with the Army.

Services, Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel, Bluewell,
with the Rev. Richard Rash officiating.
Entombment will be at the Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Bluewell.

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* As the names show on that record. The marriage record of his parents indicate his maternal grandfather's name was Marshall, so it might be considered his middle name came from that grandfather.
The marriage record gives the names of his grandparents as:
"Wilbur and Rose Blevins (and) Marshall and Mary Hall".
George W. Blevins and Lillie May Hall were joined on 25 Oct. 1905 (George's status was "Widowed", and Lilly half his age.) The death record of George W. Blevins gives the duration of residence as 58 years, indicating that he might have arrived in Montcalm circa 1899. Surviving wife on the record typed in as "Lula".
The delayed birth record for James gives George's birthplace as Ashe County, North Carolina.
Born at Crystal, Mercer county, West Virginia.
Beloved husband of Hattie.
US Army veteran. He enlisted at Huntington, 29 Oct. 1942.

The son of George Washington Blevins and Lillie May Hall*.

A DELAYED birth record, with his mother as witness along with army and social security records, give August 9, 1908 as James' birthdate. This was sworn on 17 Oct. 1952, and filed 4 June 1953, 5734.
He was the informant on the death record for his father, with the signature the same on each record.
James always signed his name as "James M. Blevins".
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BLUEFIELD - James Marshall
Blevins, 84, of Route 3, Box 411,
(Lorton Lick Road), Bluefield ,
died Tuesday at a Bluefield hospital.
Born in Crystal, he was a son of
the late George W. and Lillie Mae
Hall Blevins. He had been a resident
of the Bluefield area most of
his life, was a retired coal miner
and a member of the First Church of God on
Lorton Lick Road in Bluefield. He was a former
Sunday School teacher and
former Superintendent of the
church . He was a veteran of
World War II serving with the Army.

Services, Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel, Bluewell,
with the Rev. Richard Rash officiating.
Entombment will be at the Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Bluewell.

- - - - -
* As the names show on that record. The marriage record of his parents indicate his maternal grandfather's name was Marshall, so it might be considered his middle name came from that grandfather.
The marriage record gives the names of his grandparents as:
"Wilbur and Rose Blevins (and) Marshall and Mary Hall".
George W. Blevins and Lillie May Hall were joined on 25 Oct. 1905 (George's status was "Widowed", and Lilly half his age.) The death record of George W. Blevins gives the duration of residence as 58 years, indicating that he might have arrived in Montcalm circa 1899. Surviving wife on the record typed in as "Lula".
The delayed birth record for James gives George's birthplace as Ashe County, North Carolina.


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