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Note: The Hinton News Hinton, West Virginia
Tuesday, June 22, 1993
Page 3
SAMUEL H BUCKLAND
Samuel Henry Buckland, 76, of 311 Beaver Ave., Beckley, died at 6:35 p.m. Sat., June 19, 1993, at his home following a long illness.
Born May 13, 1917 at Bellepoint, he was the son of the later Robert and Bertha Allen Buckland.
Mr. Buckland was a retired coal miner with 25 years of service, a member of UMW District No. 29, American Legion Post No. 32, and VFW Post No 4326 at Midway.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II veteran who served in Iran for three years.
Mr. Buckland made his home in Crab Orchard for the greater part of his adult life, where he attended the Church of the Brethren.
He was prerecorded in death by two sisters, Lucy Ballengee and Elsie Morgan, and three brothers, Isaac, Robert and Gordon Buckland.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Mary Willis Buckland; a son, Ross Wayne Buckland and his wife, Laura, of Beckley; five daughters, Mrs. Russ (Mary Jane) Soucy of Horseheads, N.Y., Mrs. Allan (Nancy) Ward of Coral Springs, Fla., Mrs George (Linda) Schuster of Rockledge, Fla., Debra Rutherford of Lanark and Wendy Buckland of Winston-Salem, N.C.; five grandchildren, Chris and Robert Buckland, Jennifer Rutherford, Kathryn Soucy and Chad Ward, and two sisters, Ada Spencer of Garland, Tx., and Marie Pack of Bells, Tx.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday. at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the Rev. Karl Reese, assisted by Russell O'Neal, officiating. Burial followed in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity.
Pallbearers will be Russell Soucy, Allan Ward, George Schuster, Stephen "Dinky" Sherman and Gary Connard.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley.
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Samuel H. Buckland
SSN: 233-24-5188
Last Residence: 25827 Crab Orchard, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 13 May 1917
Died: 19 Jun 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Samuel H Buckland
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia
State of Residence: West Virginia
County or City: Summers
Enlistment Date: 11 Apr 1942
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Huntington West
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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: Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 64
Weight: 120
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U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Samuel H Buckland
Address: 1000 S Kanawha St, Beckley, WV, 25801-5606 (1984)
[RR 16 POB 48, Crab Orchard, WV, 25827]
[PO Box 48, Crab Orchard, WV, 25827-0048 (1993)]
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