Death notices span 48 candidates in Tazewell area
Multiple obituaries detail deaths in Princeton Bluefield Bluefield area. Harve Gillenwater 74 of Rt 2 Princeton dies of heart attack. John Bowman Farquharson 70 of 2045 Virginia Ave Bluefield dies. Frank J Day 63 Wolf Pen dies. Mrs Bessie H Ross 70 Boissevain dies. Ike Phipps 90 Bishop dies en route to Pittsburgh. Sam H Wooten Keystone dies after long illness. Charlotte Garrett Bluefield dies. Grace Epperly Tackett 57 Floyd County dies. Franklin Wert 80 Princeton area dies. funeral details and survivors listed for each item.
Mrs Laura Walls Johnston 84 Dies in Roanoke
Laura Walls Johnston of Roanoke Virginia aged 84 died at a daughter's home in Roanoke. She formerly lived in McDowell and was aunt to Sadie Bailey Bessie Williams and Dean Johnston. Survived by daughters Lula Lowe Turman and Bula Terry Irson, Harley Turman, Lula Scarberry Stone is a Roanoke daughter in law. Her husband Wint Johnston died in 1941 and a son Bill Johnston preceded.
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Laura Walls Johnston
Roanoke
McDowell
Lula Scarberry Stone
Stone
Gary
Johnston
Local Newspaper Masthead and Rates Notice
The page shows an old newspaper masthead with the paper name established 1833 and published daily by Seven at 412 Bland Street, Breetilas West Virginia. It lists Associated Press membership and notes subscription rates.
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Breetilas
W.va
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Funeral services for Harry Craft Kirk
Funeral services for 54 year old Harry Craft Kirk of Montcalm are set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cravens Funeral Home Chapel of Brinewell with Rev. William officiating. Burial will be in King Cemetery. He was born in McComas, son of Susan Spencer Kirk and the late Ira Johnson Kirk. He married Rosa Kirk and leaves a daughter Mrs. Charles Brown of Abingdon Virginia and three sons Ira Lee Kirk of St Johns Newfoundland Jerry Leon Kirk and Elmer Kirk of Newark New Jersey. Also surviving are two sisters Mrs Nick Bucchi and Mrs Vernie Hartwell of McComas and two brothers James Thomas Kirk of Sandlick and Robert Lee Kirk of Montcalm and six grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Pallbearers are Nick Johnny Richard Tony Albert Bucchi and Joseph Novia.
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Harve Gillenwater
Rt. 2
Princeton
MeComas
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
Virginia
Joseph and
Mary T. Gillenwater
Dora G. Gillenwater
Corrine Hedger
Pickway, D
Lucy Ammerson
McComas
Charley Gillenwater
Lashmeet
Tom Eller
Bluewell
Mazzie Agnew
Viola Sorders
Washington, D. C
Nellie Gillenwater
Brushfork
Bailey Funeral Home
Roger McCormick
Roselawn
Sam H. Wooten
Keystone
Whittice Memorial Presbyterian Church
Welch Hospital
Thomas Blackwell
J. Matthew Coleman
Oak Grove Cemetery
Henry County
John and
Lilly H. Wooten
McDowell County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mountain Masonic Lodge 4
Alice Wooten
Virginia Perry
Clearwater
Fla
Hallie Wooten
Long Island
N. J
John
Jessie Wooten
Dardanella Court
Jericho
Masonic Lodge
Linkford-Richardson Funeral Home
James Henry Hill
Thornton Avenue
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Aries and Cosby Jane Bell Hill
Princeton Elks Lodge
Austin Brown
Gladys Linkous
Julia Long
Charlie
Luther
Sewell Hill
Burns-Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Bethel Cemetery
Harry Craft Kirk
Montcalm
Cravens Funeral Home
Brinewell
William Will
King Cemetery
Susan Adeline Spencer Kirk
Ira Johnson Kirk
Rosa Kirk
Charles Brown
Abingdon
Ira Lee Kirk
St. Johns Newfoundland
Jerry Leon
Elmer Kirk
Newark
Nick Bucchi
Vernie Hartwell
James Thomas Kirk
Sandlick
Robert Lee Kirk
Nick
Johnny
Richard
Tony
Albert Bucchi
Joseph Novia
Obituary notices for Hamm Ireson in North Tazewell
Jim Hamm 66 of Princeton died during surgery at Wade Memorial Hospital Raleigh. Survived by wife Beulah Hamm died 1962 three daughters and three sons, funeral at Bailey's Funeral Home Princeton. Harvey P Ireson 74 of North Tazewell died at Jeffersonville Hospital Tazewell. Buried Maplewood Cemetery, services at North Tazewell Methodist Church. Friends may call at Peery St Claire Funeral Home and church prior to service.
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Jim Hamm
Princeton
Wade Memorial Hospital
Raleigh
N. C
Smyth County
United Mine Workers of America
Dott
Beulah Hamm
Charles Parnell
Darrell Lovell
Raymond Cooke
Dublin
Otis Hamm
James Hamm
Syracuse
N. Y
Unnamed Individual Dies in Bluefield Sanitarium
Died Thursday in Bluefield Sanitarium. The body remains at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Vain
Bluefield
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Mrs Laura Davenport Dies in Elk Ridge At Home
Mrs Laura Davenport of Elk Ridge died Wednesday night at her nephew Solomon Bavers home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and the body lies at Sink Ford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Laura Davenport
Elk Ridge
Solomon Bavers
Sinkford-Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Funeral services for Lennie Knapp Nicely in Princeton
Funeral services for Lennie Knapp Nicely 83 of 407 Straley Ave Princeton will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Burns-Wornal Chapel. Dr. James C. Fisher will officiate with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He died Wednesday night in Appalachian Regional Hospital Beckley. Survivors include one son Lennie K. Nicely Jr. of Pontiac Mich. one sister Mrs Myrtle Mills of Princeton and one brother George E Nicely of Ameriste. Flowerbearers include Ella Sue Wagner Circle and Fanny Pendleton class of Princeton First Methodist Church.
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Lennie Knapp Nicely
Straley Ave
Princeton
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral
James C. Fisher
Oakwood Cemetery
Lewisburg
John M
Sarah Jane Harnest Nicely
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Lennie K. Nicely Jr
Pontiac
Mich
Myrtle Mills
Ge E. Nicely
Amerste
Ella Sue Wagner
Fanny Pendleton
Princeton First Methodist Church
Smith Addresses Nuclear Meeting
West Virginia Governor Hulett Smith told the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board meeting in New Orleans that the nation has a high stake in scientific progress. He said development depends on effective use of new technology and noted WV Commerce Department programs to help industry apply such tech.
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New Orleans
West Virginia
Hulett Smith
Window Break at Colonial Jewelers on Princeton Ave
Police in Bluefield investigated a vandalism break in at Colonial Jewelers on Princeton Avenue shortly before midnight Thursday. A widow of the store was broken by a rock and detectives checked for missing merchandise.
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Colonial Jewelers
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Candidates file grows to 48 for four towns in Tazewell County
The filing window closed at 4 30 p m Thursday meeting a 48 candidate total across Pocahontas Bluefield Cedar Bluff and Richlands with mail entries possibly arriving today Additional names include Edna M Drosick James C Taylor John R Drosick G W Gilmore Jr Anne S Ramsey Charles H Asbury Mabel C French C M Harry James K Salt H E Love from Pocahontas and William Rutherford Rev A M from Cedar Bluff plus new Bluefield candidates Donald Gene Poteet H E Bowes W Jack Litz and others with mayoral bids in Richlands and policy roles for local offices.
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Tazewell County
Rhea F. Moore Jr
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
W. W. Fields Sr
Billy R. Wysor
Harry T. Patteson
Paul B
Gordon C. Farmer
J. H. Huffman Jr
Ray L. Norman
W. W. Williams
I. H. Shrader
W. G. Jennings
Barbara P. Glenn
J. S. Serreno
Jesse W. Mahone
William S. Warner
Charles Goodwin Jr
Ernest L. Head
James H. Cheek
Paul Fern
James R. Skewes
Paul E. Turner
George W. Griffith
Willard Odham
W. W. Gaines
Herbert P. Crockett
Leslie C. Brown
W. B. Jordan
Donald Gene Poteet
H. E. Bowes
W. Jack Litz
West Ward
Elmo Fireshman
Earl Peery
M. G. White
James E. Harman
J. Harvey Tate Sr
James Hudson Huffard Jr
James W. Rutherford
Virginia
Tazewell
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Pace
McClains Business College
Princeton
Betsy Ross Bakeries
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley and Grundy
Virginia Side Schools
Bluefield State College
Vencill Street
Car Window Breakings Reported at Bluefield Parking Lot
A second Norfolk and Western Railway parking lot window breakage near Hardy Street was reported to Bluefield police. A. W. Workman, an N W brakeman, said his rear window was broken while unattended from Wednesday to Thursday night. Another case involved a rock smashed windshield on an auto owned by S A Parks of Bluefield Rt 2.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Hardy Street
Bluefield
A. W. Workman
N&w
Bernard Bailey
S. A. Parks
Rt. 2
Boy Injured In Single Car Wreck Near Quins
An 18 year old Hominy Falls resident Richard Lee Nesselrotte was treated and released at Bluefield Sanitarium Thursday night for a scalp laceration after a single car accident near Quins. His father James Nesselrote said the victim was injured in the mishap.
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Hominy Falls
Bluefield Santarium
Richard Lee Nesselrotte
James Nesselrote
Quins
Furor Grows Over Pokey’s Humane Dilemma
State and federal agencies face a whale named Pokey as controversy erupts over who bears responsibility for humane disposal or relocation. Fishermen fear for river safety while officials weigh jurisdiction and possible actions without harm.
Multiple Funerals Scheduled in Bluefield and Nearby
Funeral services today honor Robert C Brannon at Christ Episcopal Church with burial at Monte Vista Cemetery. W J Hubbard to be laid to rest at Kegley Methodist Church with flowers carried by grandchildren. Taylor White dies at 69 in Pilgrim Knob with service at Bethany Church and burial Ward Cemetery. Phillip H Christian to be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery after Hawkins Funeral Home service. John Belcher to be interred at Rose Lawn Cemetery after Moore’s Memorial service. Clyde Oscar Lawson to be buried in Witten Valley follows Greever Funeral Home service.
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Belcher
John
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Moore’s Memorial Methodist Church
Abbs Valley
Roselawn
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Rhodesia Oil Talks Open in London and Pretoria
Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart summoned Ambassador Sir Hugh Stephenson from South Africa for urgent consultations on the Rhodesia oil crisis. Stephenson will report Britain’s evolving stance on sanctions and the new British view of ousting Ian Smith’s regime, warning South Africa could face a UN attack if it blocks the oil embargo.
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London
Michael Stewart
Hugh Stephenson
South Africa
Rhodesia
Foreign Office
Hendrik Verwoerd
Manuela
U.N
Beira
Ioanna V
Greece
Panama
Stephenson
Stewart
Harold Wilson
Pretoria
Stevenson
Ian Smith
Security Council
Smith
Britain
Special Schools Standards Asked by State Board
The State Board of Education told State-Supt Rex Smith to draft suggested standards for state approval of special schools. The attorney general recently ruled the board can certify facilities like business colleges. Appalachian Bible Institute in Raleigh County has applied for certification under the ruling, and standards must be adopted before consideration.
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Fairmont
State Board of Education
Rex Smith
Appalachian Bible Institute
Raleigh County
Coal Industry Strife Reflects Postwar Growth and Labor Tensions
In eight states about 50,000 miners strike amid a broader revival of coal demand as the economy improves. Since 1962 production has risen and mines have modernized, but workers seek better fringe benefits and protections while wage talks with owners stall in Washington.
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Pittsburgh
King
Craters
United Mine Workers Union
Washington
Key Club Members Present Film Strip at Graham Kiwanis
Graham High School Key Club members Pat Stinson and Evie Calloway showed a film strip on Key Club activities at the Graham Kiwanis Club meeting in Bluefield Virginia. They reported on the recent Key Club Convention trip to Norfolk Virginia and Lt Governor Gene Williams of Christiansburg Virginia plans an official visit next week.
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Graham High School
Key Club
Graham Kiwanis Club
Bluefield
Pat Stinson
Evie Calloway
Norfolk
Gene T. Willaims
Christiansburg
Rps
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J. B. Farquharson
John Bowman Farquharson
Virginia Ave
Graham Presbyterian Church
Neil McMillan
Mapple Hill
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
Fordel
Scotland
F. J. Day
Frank J. Day
Wolf Pen
Wyoming County
Jaeger
Herm
Elizabeth Belle Day
Sofia Day
Mack Day
Detroit
Charles
Frank Day
John Robinette
Charles Privet
Bill Lane
Northfork
Jack
Bill
Lace Carter
Roderfield
Christian Nation Church
Edgar Beverly
Brewster's Point
Indian Creek
Robertson - Foglesong Funeral
Pineville
Bessie Ross
Bessie H. Ross
Boissevain
Grayson County
Issac
Ellie Anderson Hash
Harless Jennings
Falls Mills
Bernice Tabor
Mae Young
Bassett Va
Boissevain Baptist Church
Ted Cook
Maple Hill
Abe Joyce
Bo Harman
Sherman Phipps
Elwood Bowman
Jan Butner
Lane McGinnis
Wallace Shupe
B. Belcher
Mary Etta Belcher
Springfield
Mass
Seaver Mortuary
Kenneth Bragg
Hillsville
Jessie
Elizabeth B. B. Worrell
Rufus Belcher
First Baptist Church
H. L. Breedlove
Charleston
Myrtle McCusker
Charles Pechulis
M. W. Wiilson
Salem
E.l.short Jr
Virginia Beach
L. Belcher
Gordon Belcher
M. M. Belcher
Columbus, C
William Shelton
Ike Phipps
Bishop
Church Hill
Tenn
William and
Mary Lewis Phipps
Little Zion Baptist Church
Mary Phipps
Beautrice Washington
Howard Richardson
UMWA
Little Zion Church
H. Wooten
Charlotte Garrett
Charlotte Layne Garrett
van Martin
Fairfield Ave
Portsmouth
Ohio
Neil S. Garrett
Ashland
J. W
Martha Jane West Layne
Oneor Methodist Church
Dayton
Order of Eastern Star and White Shrine
Memorial Park
Wheelersburg
Mercer Funeral Home
J. H. Hill
Joe Tackett
Grace Epperly Tackett
Teta
First Press Church
Tazewell Street
Richard Rouquie
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Tackett
Floyd County
Sam Epperly
Circle 8
First Presbyterian Church
Freddie B. Tackett
U. S. Air Force
Okanawa
Mary W. Williams
Hash
Lynchburg
Franklin Wert
Franklin Cline Wert
Pennsylvania
Mickle
Elizabeth Wert
Jessie Wert
Virginian Brick and Tile Co
Princeton Old Guard
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
C. S. Marshell
Dale Harmon
C. W. Lambert
Blue Carper
Andy Duncan
Cline Wert
Herndon
E. B. Wert
Lilts Grove Baptist Church
Norman Arrington Officiee
Memorial Funeral
Zola I
U.S
Ationaryy
Temures
Hidey Perel
Mississippi Valley
Lower Lakes Region
North Pacific States
Rockies
Mrs
Laura Johnston
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Harry Kirk
H. P. Ireson
Harvey P. ‘Tumps
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Ray Harris
Lee Hill
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery-St. Clai Funeral Home
Albert Murray
L. K. Nicely
Boy
Pokey
Haynes
Thomas Downing
D-Va
Department of the Interior
Department
Donald McKernan
Downing
Department of Interior
Army Corps of Engineers
Coast Guard
Gov. Godwin
Godwin
Lawson
Clyde Oscar
Cliffield
Greever Funeral Home Chapel
Lee Boye
Clair
Witten Valley
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Tampa
Taylor's
Bluefield, W. Va
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