Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Region
Obituary notices from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph August 1 1982 list Cecil Columbus Lawson 62 of Doran Virginia and Belle Lester 84 of Davy among others. Services set for Raven Assembly of God Church and Fanning Funeral Home with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Edna Rachel Altizer Lawson
Donna Lawson
Wanda Lawson
Newport News
Cecil Lawson Jr
Richlands
Ossie Ward
Cedar Bluff
Leo Lawson
Quentin
Kit) Lawson
Raven
Raven Assembly of God
Ancil Childress
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Welch Man Falls To Death In Welch District
A 43 year old Capels man, Allen Wesley Perry, apparently fell about 40 feet from a window or fire escape in a Welch downtown building late Friday night and died at Stevens Clinic. The body was sent to the West Virginia Medical Examiner in Charleston for autopsy. Funeral arrangements are pending at Fanning Funeral Home. Sylvan Hylton, 88, of Durham, N C, formerly Welch School Board aide, died after a long illness. He was active in church and service groups and had lived in Durham the past years, moving from Welch. He leaves a daughter and siblings. Graveside rites Monday at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Green Valley, with services at Durham Presbyterian Church. George W Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton will handle arrangements.
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Manuel Lester
Manuel
Belle) Lester
Davy
Bluefield
Wyoming County
William and
Lisa Lambert Workman
Willie
Cora) Lester
Welch
Ernest
Lucille) Bright
Elbert
Mary) Hale
Elkton
John Lester
Buckhanan
Bertha Maloyd
New Castle
Cora Mullins
Mullins
Fanning Funeral Home
Claude Oliver
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Clarence A. Brooks
Springville
Tazewell
Andrew Green
Martha Marie Brooks
Julia Harless Brooks
Jerry Lee Brooks
Falls Mills
Blaine Ada Brinkley
William H. Brooks
Raymond Brooks
A.J. Brooks
Glen Wood Park
Harold Brooks
Herndon
Donald Brooks
Baltimore
Graham Funeral Home Chapel
Clarence Jessee
Maple Hills Cemetery
Cody Lyons
Cody
Goldie Ethel) Lyons
Reynolds Ave
Princeton
Hotchkiss
Joseph
Harriet Rose Blankenship
Rogers Street
Robie Lyons
Richmond
Lacy Lyons
Middletown
Billy Lyons
Codie Lyons Jr
Eddie Lyons
Statesville
N.C
Nannie Tilley
Fairfax
Maureen Nipper
Maureen M. Nipper
Ravien Avenue
Yonkers
N.Y
Newhall
Dan Butler
Ollie Jones
McDowell County
Sunlight Baptist Church
Merland Nipper
Arthur Nipper
Welch Police Department
Allen Wesley Perry
Capels
Stevens Clinic
Perry
West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office
Charleston
Sylvan Hylton
Sylvan O. Hylton
Durham
McDowell County School Board
Trinity United Methodist Church
Welch Kiwanis
Johnson City, Tenn
Masonic Lodge
American Legion
Floyd County
Joseph M
Melinda Marshall Hylton
Frank
Harriet) Barr
Carl Hylton
Alabaster
Ala
Clyde Hylton
Roanoke
N.H. Dyer
E.L. Smith
Pulaski
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Postal Info
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription and home delivery rates for West Virginia and other zones. The note includes mailing address, box number, and representation reference to Landon as a mailing contact.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
Cocond
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
W. Balton
Landon
Owner Denies Ordered Closure for Mr Sub Bluewell
Gail Hutchins, operator of Mr Sub in Bluewell, says the diner was not ordered closed by the Mercer County Health Department but closed voluntarily to meet their rules. She notes minor infractions, such as meat sauce not hot enough and no hair restraint, and says the restaurant could reopen quickly after fixes. The business chose to close while awaiting compliance and an appeal.
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Sub
Bluewell
Mercer County Health Department
Health Department
Gail Hutchins
Daily Telegraph
Milner Matz Hotel Serves N&W Workers In Bluefield
Manager Jones notes the Milner Matz Hotel operates at about 80 percent capacity serving Norfolk and Western employees and a few permanent guests under a closed contract. Workers stay 8 to 24 hours before transport to other line work, with plans to repaint the lobby and add tables to attract more downtown restaurant customers. Retired Matt recalls the hotel’s heyday as Bluefield’s number one, a town credit that drew visitors.
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Milner
Bill Jones
Jones
Milner-Matz
N&w
Nathan Matz
Matz
Bluefield
Matt
Recluse Sought After Slayings
Baltimore police sought Henry Howard 21 after the murders of his mother grandmother uncle and aunt in a housing project row house. A murder warrant was issued Friday and an all-state East Coast alert issued as investigators describe Howard as shy, reclusive, and prone to wandering through woods and sewers.
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Baltimore
John Tewey
Henry Howard
Dennis Hill
Hill
Howard
Bluefield Woman Aids Haitian Detention Effort At Alderson
Betty Sanders Gordon of Bluefield, a General Board of Global Ministries director, helps locate sponsors and coordinate aid for more than 50 Haitian women detained a year at Alderson federal prison. Judge Spellman ruled detention violates federal procedure. releases may come in four to five weeks. Gordon works with United Methodist Women and the Haitian Refugee Project to aid placement and services, noting language barriers and limited religious offerings for the detainees.
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Dally Ere
Gi Ape
Ou - Alderson
Betty Sanders Gordon
Bluefield
General Board of
Global Ministries
Eugene P. Spellman
Miami
Fla
Federal Correctional Institution
Alderson
Caribbean
Gordon
United Methodist
Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Panied
Mrs. Gordon
United States
Nicole Washington
Y Center Nearing $100,000 Drive Goal in Bluefield
Bluefield Y Center drives to raise 100000 for building repairs including boilers roofs gutters and heating upgrades. Chairman Lloyd Feuchtenberger reports 93525 in cash and pledges with two years to audit. Public urged to contribute via center officials at 327-7019 or 327-6507.
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Bluefield
Y' Center
Drive
Lloyd Feuchtenberger
Y” Center
Feuchtenberger
Y”’ Center
Bivens Delays Release Of Larceny Call Report
Bluefield police will release reasons for a forty minute delay in responding to a larceny call after an administrative internal investigation. Chief James A. Bivens said the report on the incident will be redone due to improper wording. Reporters were denied full access to the document.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
James A
Tony”’ Bivens
Maxine Hoops
Old Bramwell Road
Jackie Brawner
J.C. Steele
Short
Bivens
Steele
No End To Bus Strike In Denver As Offer Rejected
Denver AP A union official says about 70 percent of the Amalgamated Transit Union rank and file rejected the Regional Transportation Districts latest contract offer ending a three week strike. About 1,050 of 1,375 ballots were cast after nearly three hours of discussion. A breakdown will be released later.
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Denver
Larry Narry
Amalgamated Transit Union
L.A. Kimball
Transportation System
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cecil Lawson
Cecil Columbus Lawson
Doran
Swords Creek
David Walter
Bessie Alatair Richardson Lawson
Doran- Raven
Danforth Insurance Agency
Fayetteville
U.S. Education Department
William Ward
Department
Division of Financial Management
Roy Truby
Betty Sanders
Memorial Church of Christ
New Hope Road
Pawnee
Kiowa
O' the Boss
ALL
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Kimball
Transit System Board
Stephen Millard
Wark
Bluefield Monument Company
Virginia
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corporation
Belline
Wythe Avenue
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