Harry Fulmer

Harry W. Fulmer Jr., 80, of Parkersburg, WV, passed away very unexpectedly at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital on October 21, 2025. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on February 2, 1945, to Harry and Margret Fulmer who preceded him in death, along with a younger brother Bobby, and most recently his brother-in-law Randy Bennett. He is survived by his wife Melanie of 40 years, his children Kevin Fulmer (Amy) and Cindy Mollish (Joe), five grandchildren Abby, Peyton, Ellie, Lauren, and Issac, and his brother Jerry Fulmer of New York.

Harry served four years in the U.S. Navy, during the Vietnam era, on thirty-two different ships as a jet engine mechanic and drone repair man. Upon moving to Vienna, WV, he worked at Diamond Glass for 18 years, as a machine repair man, before the plant shut down. He then worked at Johns Manville until he was laid off.

Harry and Melanie began attending the Celebration Center of Belpre, OH in 1988. He went on his first mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya on Thanksgiving 1993 with other men from the church. That is where he felt “the call” to missions. From the beginning of the first trip to Africa, Harry and Mel knew they were called into the ministry. They became licensed and ordained ministers with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church- Appalachian Conference. They spent several years in London, England at CICM Bible College. Harry served as Dean and Mel served as Registrar. There were over thirty nationalities that attended there. They were also blessed to minister at many churches and in many European countries. Harry studied at Southwestern Christian University in Oklahoma City, OK and in 1994 at 54 years old, he graduated with a master’s in ministry.

Harry and Mel came back to the U.S. in 2000 to raise support and become career missionaries. Unfortunately, Harry became ill while raising support in North Carolina. From

2000 to early 2003, he was hospitalized over twenty-five times with diabetic seizures and a fib, none of which he had ever experienced before coming back from England. As a result of the delay, the mission department had to let them go, since they were unable to raise support. In 2003, they were asked to go to Falcon, NC to be house parents at Falcon’s Children’s Home. In June of 2004, they went to Oxford, NC, to work at the Masonic Home for Children where they were house parents and campus chaplains as well as chaplains at two local hospitals. In 2008, they came back to West Virginia to take care of Mel’s mother, which they did until her mother’s death in 2009.

Harry eventually was no longer physically able to get out of the house. He was bedfast for the last four years. Harry did phone visits and ministry. He was blessed to teach at Celebrate Recovery for the Celebration Center via messenger video. He continued to study and read constantly. He checked on friends and would pray for them up until two days before he died.

People may wonder why this obituary is both Harry and Mel. For thirty-six years of their forty-year marriage they ministered together. They never knew any difference. And for that Mel is thankful. The celebration of life for Harry will be on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 6pm at the Celebration Center of Belpre, 1944 Washington Blvd., Belpre, OH, 45714.