Norman Elwood Buckland
White Sulphur Springs-Norman Elwood Buckland, 89, passed away on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.
Born July 4, 1925, at Sherman Hollow, near White Sulphur Springs, he was a son of the late Norman Edward and Sidney Jane Josephine Cox Buckland.
Mr. Buckland was a member of the Eakle United Methodist Church, White Sulphur Springs. He was a US Army Air Corps Veteran, serving in South Africa and India. Mr. Buckland worked for Burlington Mills for 25 years, and then was an Insurance Agent for the Prudential Insurance Company until his retirement. He was a local historian for Greenbrier County and wrote two printed books. One book was about the people and area history of Route 92, and the other book was written on the Eastern part of Greenbrier County and White Sulphur Springs area. Mr. Buckland was very much a “people” person and wrote a lot of other memoirs about himself, his family history and friends. He was the last surviving member of his family.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Alma Saunders Buckland in December 2004; and grandson, Jed Dale Patton Buckland in 2005.
Survivors include: two sons, Roy Buckland (Charlotte) and Ronnie Buckland (Pam) all of White Sulphur Springs; two daughters, Carol Broughman (Bobby) of Covington, VA and Jean Campbell (Bruce) of Miami Lakes, FL; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Eakle Chapel United Methodist Church where Rev. Ed Vallandingham officiated.
Interment was in Greenbrier Memorial Gardens, Lewisburg, with military graveside rites.
Visitation was on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Shanklin Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to Eakle Chapel United Methodist Church, c/o Charles E. Vallandingham, 2 Coleman Drive, Lewisburg, WV 24901.
Shanklin Funeral Home, White Sulphur Springs, is serving the family.