Kathleen Mildred McLaughlin Lambert

EVERY NOW AND THEN, THIS OLD WORLD IS BLESSED WITH AN EXTRODINARY EVENT. THIS WAS THE CASE ON DECEMBER 5TH, 1919. KATHLEEN MILDRED MCLAUGHLIN WAS BORN TO GEORGE AND OLLIE BILLIPS MCLAUGHLIN. HAD THE EARTH RECEIVED MORE LIKE HER, THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. SHE WAS TRULY A REMARKABLE WOMAN. HER LIFE WAS ENGULFED BY AND LIVED BY HER FAITH, MARRIAGE, CHILDREN AND HOME. SHE ALWAYS SHARED AND WAS NEVER GREEDY OR ENVIOUS. YOU NEVER LEFT HER HOME WITHOUT BEING OFFERED SOMETHING TO EAT OR A PLACE TO SLEEP. SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD MIS-TREAT A CHILD. SHE NEVER SEEKED RECOGNITION. HER FOND TIMES WERE LISTENING TO OLD TIME MUSIC, PLAYING A GAME OF CASINO OR SETBACK, GOING TO CHURCH AND FAMILY GATHERINGS HATRED WAS NOT IN HER VOCABULARY, SHE NEVER WAIVERED IN HER FAITH DISPITE, LOSING HER HUSBAND, SAMUEL LAMBERT AND HER SON, EDDIE LAMBERT. ON DECEMBER 29, 2014 SHE LEFT THIS WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. GOD ALLOWED HER TO LEAVE WITHOUT PAIN ALTHOUGH HER BODY WAS FILLED WITH CANCER. SHE SURVIVED TO SEE A FIFTH GENERATION. SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL THAT KNEW HER AND ESPECIALLY BY HER CHILDREN, BILLY LAMBERT, JAMES AND WIFE KATHY AND DAUGHTER KAY AND HUSBAND PHIL. HER GRAND CHILDREN, GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRAND CHILD. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, January 02, 2015 at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluefield (Bluewell), WV at 3:00pm. Where her family will be officiating her service. Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Bluefield, WV where family and friends will serve as pallbearers. The Family will host relatives and friends at 2:00PM until the time of her service at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home. In Lieu of flowers give a hug or smile to someone that needs one, every now and then. Online condolences will be accepted at www.cravens-shires.com Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, 3431 Coal Heritage Road (Bluewell), Bluefield, WV 24701 is serving the family.