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Note: Obituary: Robert L. Ballengee
MULLENS - Robert L. Ballengee, 65, died Wednesday, Jan 23, at a Beckley Hospital, following a long illness.
Born Aug. 23, 1925 at Vanwood, he was the son of the late John E. and Margaret Buckland Ballengee.
Mr. Ballengee was a 25-year resident of Mullens, a member of the First Church of God at Corinne, a World War II and Korean Conflict veteran and was a retired miner.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Roy and Ralph Ballengee.
Survivors include two sisters, Bernice Marie Lester of Mullens and Margaret Robinson of Waldorf, Md., and four brothers, Owen Ballengee of Page, Howard Ballengee of Waldorf, Harold Ballengee of Maryland and John Ballengee of Williamsport, Md.
Services will be Saturday, 11 a.m., at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel, Mullens, with the Rev. J.D. Livingston officiating. Burial will be in the Roselawn Memorial Park, Princeton.
Friends may call today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Varney Cline American Legion Post No. 133 of Pineville.
The Tankersley Funeral Home of Mullens is in charge of the arrangements.
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Burial Location
Apostles 91, B1
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: Robert L Ballengee
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State: U.S. At Large
County or City: No Counties Shown
Enlistment Date: 3 Dec 1943
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Huntington West
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Machinists Helper
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Robert L. Ballengee
SSN: 234-34-2144
Last Residence: 25882 Mullens, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 23 Aug 1925
Died: 23 Jan 1991
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
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Vanwood is located where the present day Mead, WV is now located on the Coal City Road in Raleigh County.
Mead, West Virginia
The early coal mines in the Mead area transported coal to market via the Stone Coal Sub-Division, a branch line railroad jointly operated by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway.
1920: C. H. Mead Coal Company, No. 1 mine; 34,665 tons produced
1917-27: Wood Sullivan C. Co., Vanwood mine
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