by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, March 16, 1993 TAG: 9303160341 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT COMPTON, JAMES WOHLFORD
COMPTON, James Wohlford, ("Jim"), 81, of 700 Spring Garden Dr., Bluefield, W.Va. died Friday in a Bluefield, W.Va. hospital. Born in Rocky Gap, he was the son of the late Robert Frazier Compton and Sarah Kate Elizabeth Wohlford Compton. He was a former superintendent for Appalachian Power Company retiring after 20 years of service, and former president/owner of the Bluefield Retread Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He attended Bluefield College and was a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Bluefield. He served as both deacon and elder of the church, was a charter member and past president of the South Bluefield Kiwanis Club, and was the Kiwanian of the year two times. He was a member of the American Legion, Society of Professional Engineers and the Bluefield Country Club. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Charlotte Farris Compton and and two brothers, Joseph Frazier Compton, Beauford Gregory Compton. Surviving are his wife, Meri-Louise Bailey Compton, Bluefield, W.Va.; three nieces and one nephew. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. from the First Christian Church with the Rev. C. Michael Cunningham and Dr. W.D. Hasty Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens at Princeton. Friends may call at the church from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The family suggest memorial contributions be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund or to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund. Mercer Funeral Home of Bluefield, W.Va. is in charge of arrangements.