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OLD SAINTS WOULD BE PROUD - Hur Church Bell Rings One More Time |
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July 4, 2026 - 250th anniversary of the USA, once again the ole church at Hur was briefly reopened by the Starcher Family to ring the ole bell
Early Hur settlers, the Kerby family rings the closed 2013 The old saints of the Mt. Olive United Methodist Church at Hur would be proud. The closed church was opened Thursday for a bell-ringing, joining hundreds of other state churches who rang bells commemorating the 150th anniversary of West Virginia's statehood.
L to R - Kevin Rose, William "Tap" Kerby and Holly Rose A bell rang on June 20, 1863 at Wheeling's 165-year-old Second Presbyterian Church to herald the news. Holly Kerby, great-grandfather of Thursday's bell-ringers Holly and Kevin Rose, and father of Charles "Tap" Kerby, was the unofficial bell-ringer at the church for 40 years. Working hard to get the church in condition, Charles "Tap" Kerby died a short time later.
In the church cemetery reposes an impressive list of the SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Darkness Falls On Hur Church, Old Saints Recalled SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Church Silent As The Graveyard, Reveling With Memories DOUBLE RAINBOW IS AWESOME SIGHT IN VILLAGE OF HUR HUR CHURCH HAS 130 YEAR HISTORY PREACHER RETURNS TO VILLAGE OF HUR - Rev. Bender Began Ministry In 1956 Here SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Remembering Church Christmas, Make Way For Pauline
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