Funerals For Dead Miners To Start Saturday

Funerals will begin Saturday for the men killed in the West Virginia coal mine explosion.

Flags across the state are flying at half-staff. In the county where four of the men lived, officials have already memorialized them with four crosses, each topped by a coal miner's helmet.

Miner Funeral Information:

James Bennett Buckhannon Union Mission Church Poling St. Clare Funeral Home Visitation: Sunday 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Funeral: Monday 2 p.m.

Marshall Winans Talbot Funeral Home Visitation: Sunday 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Funeral: Monday 12 p.m.

David Lewis Stemple and Forman Funeral Home Visitation: Sunday 1 - 9 p.m. The family is establishing a memorial fund for his children at First Central Bank at Philipp David Lewis Memorial Fund.

Jack Weaver Wright Funeral Home Visitation: 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. Funeral: Sunday 1 p.m.

Martin Toler Greene-Robertson Funeral Home Stump Chapel Baptist Church Visitation: Saturday 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Funeral: Saturday 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, make donations to Stump Chapel Baptist Church.

Tom Anderson Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel Inc. Visitation: Sunday 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. Funeral: Monday 10 a.m. at the funeral chapel 1 p.m. at the Hacker Valley Baptist Church In lieu of flowers donate to First Central Bank in Buckhannon.

Jerry Groves Cleveland Independent Baptist Church Visitation: Saturday 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Memorial Service: Sunday 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers: Right to Life Campaign, Salvation Army, or American Red Cross donations.

Terry Helms Morgan Funeral Home St Zeta Catholic Church Funeral: Tuesday 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers: donations to Nick or Amber Helmes. Rt. 1 Box 66 Newburg, W.V. 26410

Jesse Jones Robert Tomblyn and Sons Funeral Visitation: Saturday 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Funeral: Sunday 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers make donations for his child to his mother: Katelyn June Jones c/o Lulu Belle Jones P.O. Box 12 Pickens, W.V. 26230

George Hamner Jr. Private service at a later date.

Fred Ware No arrangements yet.