Looking Back On Days Gone By Coeburn, Virginia
Coeburn was incorporated in 1894.
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The Bull Run Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1931 from lumber that was in the Vicco Baptist Church. The road in front of the church was built in 1928. Note the railroad trestle at the top center of the photo. The area was known as Pine, VA. The church was one of Mary Martin's projects. U.S 58 four-lane road removed the church and where the church was located became East bound lane to St. Paul. This area was just down from Midway Church located between Coeburn and St. Paul VA.
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Homer and Lewis Estes pose inside The Estes Hardware which was located in Coeburn during the early 1900's.
Picture Courtesy of Jack Still Collection.
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Dr. James Noah Hillman, a native of the Coeburn community, a gradu- ate of Gladeville College, and the College of William and Mary, was the first full time superintendent of schools in Wise County. He served in this capacity from 1909-1917, when he resigned to accept the position of Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Virginia State De- partment of Education. In 1922, he became president of Emory and Henry College, where he served until 1941, when he resigned to become execu- tive secretary of the Holston Conference of the Methodist Church. He left this position in 1944 to accept the office of Grand Secretary of the Masonic Lodge of Virginia, from which position he retired on November 6, 1958. He went to his eternal home January 8, 1959.
A review of his life of service is an example to each member of our community, and we hope each one will accept it as a challenge to devel- op his talents to the maximum.
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Principals of Coeburn School
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Jones Chapel Herald Virginia
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Looking down from cemetery Hill
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Coeburn School over the years
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Addington Chevrolet Coeburn Virginia
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Coeburn High School 1927 Football Team
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Doyle Franks Store 1948 was located at Herald, Virginia
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Tom's Creek near Coeburn
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1927 Coeburn High School Basketball Team
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Coeburn High School Girls Basketball Team 1940
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Coeburn High School 1944
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Lay's Hardware
Coeburn Virginia
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J-Maat Furniture and Appliance
Coeburn Virginia
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Lay's Hardware Coeburn Virginia
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Lowe's when it was located at Coeburn
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Addington Chevrolet
Coeburn Virginia
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Western Hills Motel
Coeburn Virginia
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Miners Exchange Bank at the original location
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The Wise County National Bank
Coeburn Virginia
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Payless Supermarket
Coeburn Virginia
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Virginia National Bank
Coeburn Virginia
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Leroy Robinette and John McCarroll at Camp Bethel for a baptism around 1982.
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Gulf station in Coeburn Virginia
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The 1935 Wise County football champions hailed from Coeburn High School. Making up the team were (back row, from left) Paul "Shipwreck" Kelly, Big Don Gillespie, Frank "Dynamite" Clay; (center) Carl Fugate; (front row, from left) Budgie Stallard, Leslie "Ike" Mullins, Burchell Stallard, Harry Salyers, Melvin picture.
Moore, Cranston Bevins and Robert Hensley.