St. Barbara nursing director Cynthia King passes away
Cynthia Lynn King, who was director
of St. Barbara’s Nursing Home in Monongah, passed away Tuesday, January 12.
She was 56.
John DeMary is principal officer at
the 56-bed facility on St. Barbara Road off Willow Road near Swisher Hill.
St. Barbara’s was founded in 1959 by
Father Everett Briggs as another way to help Monongah’s mining families. St.
Barbara is the patron saint of miners and anyone who works with explosives,
including the military. She lived in Third Century Germany and was of Lebanese
and Greek descent.
Father Briggs survived imprisonment
in Japan by the Japanese during World War II and became an ardent activist for
coal miners and creating monuments to the victims of the 1907 coal mining
disaster that killed 362 in Monongah.
The bridge that crosses the West Fork
River which runs through Monongah was renamed for Father Briggs.
Cynthia King’s obituary:
Cynthia Lynn King, 56, of Smithfield, died Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at
United Hospital Center in Bridgeport. She was born May 19, 1964 in New
Martinsville, a daughter of John E. (Debra) Hall of Pine Grove and the late
Brenda Shuman Martin.
Cynthia was a graduate of the Nursing Program at WV Northern Community
College. She was a nurse at Fairmont General for many years, and later worked
for Hospice Care. She later worked as the Director of Nursing at St. Barbara’s
Nursing Home.
In addition to her father, Cynthia is survived by her husband, James “Mark”
King; a daughter: Cara Lynn Carpenter; a stepdaughter: Amanda Gunoe of
Rivesville; 4 grandchildren: Domenick, Isabella, Lilly, and Anastasia; 3
sisters: Deirdra Britton of Morgantown, Shawna Staley of Tyler County, and Lisa
Myers of Virginia; a brother: Keith Baker of Wetzel County; stepfather: Brett
Allen Martin of Smithfield; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
A memorial service will be held for Cynthia on Saturday, January 23 at
12:30 p.m. at the Pricetown Church of Christ. A dinner will be served at
the Jacksonburg Fire Hall following the memorial service. Cremation
arrangements are entrusted to the Hutson Funeral Home in Manniington. www.hutsonfuneralhomes.com
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