Obituary Notes From Mercer and Nearby Areas
Death notices span multiple towns with names like Bradshaw Narrows and Shady Springs. Entries list Sarah Blankenship Lewis Irvin Jones Shirley Ward William Neel Dusty McGuire Harry Bailey Earl Burke Mattie Wilkins and Shirley Ward among the deceased, with funeral homes and tentative arrangements noted and several more services scheduled or announced. The long notice covers Baltimore and Doran survivors and memorials, detailing birthplaces, service records, and family ties in a traditional regional obituary roundup.
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Sarah Blankenship
Bradshaw
Welch Emergency Hospital
Fanning
Saeger
Lewis Irvin Jones
Clendenin
Route 1
Narrows
Giles Memorial Hospital
Pearisburg
Riffe
Shirley Jean Ward
Shady Springs
Beckley
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
William Howard Neel
Tazewell
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Ellis B
Dusty” McGuire
Bishop
Richlands
Harry L. Bailey
Greenspring Ave
Baltimore
Mercer County
Princeton
Earl Donald Burke
Doran
Bristol
Singleton Funeral Service
Cedar Bluff
Mattie Wilkins
Kimball
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Address and Mailing Notice
The notice states the Bluefield Daily Telegraph address at 928 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield West Virginia 24701 USPS 059060 and notes periodical postage paid in Bluefield WV Postmaster address changes and payments handling for multiple months at the business office.
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Dinefield Baily
Bluefield Avenue
P.O. Box
Bluefield
West Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Funeral details for local residents announced
Elmer Buford Big Al Kirtley funeral 11 a.m. Farris Funeral Chapel Abingdon Virginia burial Forest Hills Memory Gardens. Sissie Sis Cline Morgan funeral 11 a.m. Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Saeger burial Morgan Family Cemetery Hanover. Lewis Irvin Jones funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Riffe's Funeral Service Chapel Narrows Virginia.
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Elmer Buford
Big al
Kirtley
Farris
Abingdon
Forest Hills Memory Gardens
Sissie
Sis” Cline Morgan
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Morgan Family
Hanover
Lewis Irvin Jones
Riffe
Narrows
Sprinkler Drenches Moore's Store in Bluefield Fire
Bluefield Fire Department was dispatched at 9 30 p m Friday to Moore's on Princeton Avenue after an alarm activation. Firefighters forced entry and found a sprinkler valve failure spraying water across front display cases. They halted the water, covered merchandise, and dried the floor. store personnel were alerted. No damage estimates were available at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Moore’s
Princeton Avenue
Teamsters suspend talks with UPS over strike risk
In Washington AP dispatch, Teamsters president Ron Carey recessed negotiations with UPS to consult with the bargaining committee. UPS reported business losses as talks stalled. Carey did not set a new strike deadline, while union leaders retain authority to strike if talks fail. UPS workers are covered by a contract expiring at midnight, with ongoing talks and shipments continuing.
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Washington
UPS
Teamsters
Ron Carey
Carey
U.S
Gina Ellrich
Potential thyroid cancer risk from 1950s bomb fallout
Government and researchers warn that as many as 10 000 to 75 000 children nationwide could develop thyroid cancer due to radioactive iodine exposure from 90 nuclear tests run in Nevada between 1951 and 1958. The estimate is a worst case, with no direct testing done. Experts urge cautious monitoring and thyroid exams for those exposed. The Institute of Medicine will assess health risks within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Richard Klausner
Stanley Feld
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Institute of Medicine
Contiguous States
Nevada
Utah
Thyroid cancer and neck check guidance
A health advisory describes a simple thyroid exam using water and a mirror to notice bulges near the collarbone. It notes advice on safe swallowing and avoiding confusion with the Adam’s apple, while mentioning a government compensated group and an NCI study of fallout exposure across U.S. counties with hot spots in several western states.
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NCI
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
South Dakota
Farm Belt
Northwest
Grand piano seized from Simpson home amid eviction threat
O J Simpson watched as movers carted a $20,000 grand piano claimed by his mother Eunice after a $33.5 million wrongful death verdict. He called the seizure harassment and said he would cope as sheriff’s deputies also took other valuables. The Brentwood mansion remains filled with family photos and furnishings, with a separate Aug 7 hearing set for a Ford Expedition leased by his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Brentwood
Fred Goldman
Ronald Goldman
Nicole Brown Simpson
Eunice
Searchers fail to locate body after murder confession
Lakewood Club Michigan scene as prosecutor tears up plea deal with Dean Metcalfe who confessed to abducting and killing 11 year old Andre Bosse but searchers find no trace of the girl. Metcalfe later recalled driving past a house and offered no memory of the body’s location. Prosecutors plan first degree murder case without deal.
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Lakewood Club
Mich
Dean Metcalfe
Shawn Chester
Andre Bosse
Andre
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Chicago Bulls
Metcalfe
Lapeer County
Metamora Township
Tony Tague
Tague
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Harry Bailey
J. Dave
Zoe M. Bailey
Seabees
Maryland
Navy
Teamster Union
Betty
Bernice Danieley
James Comer Bailey
Cornuda Treviso
Italy
Virgil Bailey
Bethel United Methodist Church
Bethel Road
Charles Wilson
Bethel Cemetery
Athens Road
Shirley Ward
Beckley Hospital
Bland
Green Simons
Leda Moser Simons
Hubert Ward
Buddy
Bobby
Rickey Simons
Dean Suttle
Bobby Joe Suttle
Ada
Douglas
Wayne Suttle
Pensacola
Fla
Nita Lynn Vaught
Spanishburg
Marie Price
Peggy Price
Springville
Judy Simons
Ohio
Patty Simons
Tennessee
Ralph Simons
Chubby Simons
Johnny Simons
Billy Simons
North Carolina
Robert Kirby Suttle
Heather Catrin Vaught
Bobby Joe Suttle, Jr
Cody James Vaught
Dudley
William Neel
Tazewell Hospital
Cove Creek
Jocke Neel Clemons
N & W Railroad
Olga Neel
Chris Neel
Joseph Clark Clemons
Norman Neel
Dorothy
Lucy Kidd
Mary Smith
Della Umbergar
Ceres
Louise Clemons
Samuel Clemons
Dillard Clemons
Manakin
Paris
Andrew Clemons
Swanton
Johnny Clemons
Bland County
Earl Burke
Buchanan County
Ethel Boyd Burke
Raven
Aulbert Burke
Keen Drilling, Inc
Keen Mountain
First Virginia Bank
Donald Samuel Burke
Betty Keen Burke
Greg
Donna) Spurling
Aulbert
Gaylene) Short
Shorts Gap
Raymond
Jessie) Davis
Mack
Lois) Osborne
Singleton
Jack Keen
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Elmer Bare
John Boyd
David West
Mike Fircett
Mike Shortridge
Gerald Ramsey
Charles
Red) Robinson
Bill Hunt
Virginian Country Club
Bristol Country Club
Evelyn Breedlove
Fallston
Evelyn Lucille Jones Breedlove
Athens
Sugar Grove
Arthur L
Agnes Hazelwood Jones
Athens High School
Joppa
Haye W. Breedlove
Gerald
Sue) Eyer
Port Deposit
Bobby Rose
Lashmeet
Jennifer
Gretchen Eyet
Havre de Grace
Rachel Ford
Raleigh
Joshua Ford
Ross Breedlove
Pennsylvania
Jones
John Duncan
American Cancer Society
Law & Commerce
Memorial Funeral Directory
Betty Jane Bailey Ford
St. Margaret Episcopal Church
Inverness
Memorial Gardens
George E. Taylor
George W. Seaver
Resthaven Park
Roscoe Franklin Watkins
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Courthouse Road
Dennis Otto Palmer
Henry H
Jake) Gibson
Peery & St. Clair
Grandview Memory Gardens
Daniel Stevens Arnold
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Athens Cemetery
Ruby Mae Poole
Poole
Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Terri Hale
Bobby English
Wade Watson
Henry Meade
Melody Kinser _adim
Terry Arbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Partment
Immy Richardson
Randy Sanger
Werw
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Sunda
Questic Business Office
Princeton News
Mail Daily
Electrolux Vacuum
Tery
Moore
The
Ource
American Association of Clinical Technologists
Nih
Tova
Everlasting Monument Company
Peterstown
Sberry
Flat Top
Egeria Rd
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