Deaths and Funerals Highlight Region Obituaries
John Robert Harris 89 of Bluefield died Sunday at a son’s home due to natural causes. He was a retired National Electric Coil night watchman and a member of Modern Woodsman of America and the Latter Day Saints church. He is survived by five sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Graham Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield. Burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Mrs. John Graham 78 of Newhall dies in Richlands Virginia after long illness. Funeral 11 a.m. Tuesday at Lee Graham’s home Newhall with burial in Big Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Ethel Bertie Smith mother of Bluefield death to be held Tuesday at Bethel United Methodist Church. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Survivors include daughter Willie Marie and four sons. Pallbearers listed. Mrs. Minnie L. Mutter 59 Bridgeton New Jersey, formerly Athens, dies Saturday night after long illness. Survived by three daughters, two sons, sister and brothers. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Chapel Richlands with burial at Mutter Cemetery Bradshaw. Mr. Lewis A. Heaton 65 Matoaka dies Sunday in Princeton hospital after long illness. Retired miner, survived by wife Katherine and five sons and two daughters. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Cloyd Willis Combs 38 Itmann killed in mining accident. Funeral Wednesday 1 p.m. at Guyandotte Baptist Church. Burial Lusk Cemetery. Surviving relatives include mother Ruth Combs and siblings. Friends may call at Mullens Funeral Home 7–9 p.m. today.
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John Robert Harris
Wheeling Avenue
Bluefield
Robert L. Harris
National Electric Coil Incorporated
Smyth County
A. J
Willie Anderson Harris
Modern Woodsman
American Lodge
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Lillian M. Harris
Earl Williams
James A. Harris
Henry F. Harris
Farmville
William A. Harris
Richmond
J. B. Harris
Norfolk
Grady Harris
Marion
Carrie Thomas
Graham Funeral Home
Carl Surface
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Eddie Sarver
Bill Cundiff
Tiny Thompson
Roy Meadows
Cliff Arnold
Jim Bailey
John Graham
Newhall
Richlands
Floyd County
Lou Hicks
Ruben
Cynthia Bolden Hicks
John Henry Graham
Frances Charles
Fredericksburg
Beatrice Boyd
Founds Grove
Riley Parker
Cucumber
Calvin Cameron
Berwind
Arthur Cameron
Elkton
Reece
Lee Graham
Roseanna Click Conley
Bloomfield
Ind
Big Creek
C. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Ethel Bertie Smith
Bethel United Methodist Church
Allen R. Fleshman
Caleb Lilly
Thomas Wright
James A. Palmer
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Whitegate
Green
Elizabeth Robinson
Smith
Women's Society of Christian Service
Linkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Minnie L. Mutter
Bridgeton
N. J
Athens
Belfast
Everett and
Lizzie McDowell Mutter
Nazarene Church
Frances Penn
Barbara Phillips
Lena Mutter
Robert Mutter
Columbus
Ohio
Paul Mutter
U. S. Army
Ft. Dix
Mae Bennett
Abingdon
Claude and
Arthur Mutter
Cedar Bluff
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Homer Smith
Mutter Cemetery
Bradshaw
Lewis A. Heaton
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Princeton
Johnson City
Tenn
Joseph
Maggie Heaton
Mercer County
Katherine Lucas Heaton
Eugene Heaton
U. S. Air Force
Vietnam
Jesse Heaton
Chicago
Ill
Robert
James
Larry Heaton
Dorothy Heaton
Hillsville
James Lowe
Wolf Creek
Juanita Lawless
Erie Pa
Beatrice Foley
Pinoak
Clara Meadows
Statesbury
Bailey Funeral Home
Cloyd Willis Combs
Herndon Heights
Itmann
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Ronald Adkins
Alvis Green
Lusk Cemetery
Winona
Ruth Combs
Elmer Combs
Jeanette Combs
Sheryl
Kimberly
Angela Combs
Raymond Combs
Alliance
Mary Sizemore
Foglesong - Nease - Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Obituary for Mrs. Sarah Pearl Beavers of Bandy Virginia
Mrs. Sarah Pearl Beavers 73 of Bandy Virginia died Sunday morning after a brief illness in a Bluefield hospital. Survivors include her husband William Beavers two daughters Ruby Gagnell Beavers and June Elizabeth Beavers seven sons George Samuel Thomas Lee Beavers Robert Beavers Claude Sylvester Beavers and James Lloyd Beavers two sisters Mrs Elsie Syers and Mrs Eliza Hawkins a foster sister Mrs Virgie Lowe and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home with Rev. Robert Sturgill and Rev. Keith Blevins officiating burial followed at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Virginia. The body was taken to the home today from Mullins Funeral Home in Richlands.
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Sarah Pearl Beavers
Bandy
Bluefield
William Beavers
Ruby Gagnell Beavers
June Elizabeth Beavers
Richlands
George
Samuel
Thomas and
Lee Beavers
Maryland
Robert Beavers
New Richmond
Claude Sylvester Beavers
James Lloyd Beavers
Elsie Syers
Eliza Hawkins
Cedar Bluff
Virgie Lowe
North Tazewell
Robert Sturgill
Keither Blevins
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Mullins Funeral Home
Stanley Ellis Stanley dies after brief illness in Gastonia
Ellis Stanley 50 of Stanley North Carolina died Saturday in Gastonia hospital after brief illness. Born in Six he was the son of the late David and Cynthia Stanley. Survived by a step son Wayne Hess of Abbs Valley Virginia two brothers Edward Stanley of Coalwood and Lonnie Stanley of Caretta and four sisters Ida Johnson Bluefield Betty Pack Eula Fields Indianapolis and Pearl Mitchem Martinsville. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in J. Douglas Chapel War with Rev. Alec Haggerman officiating, burial Big Creek Cemetery. Ducted home from 5 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Stanley
Stanley
N. C
Gastonia
David
Cynthia Stanley
Wayne Hess
Abbs Valley
Edward Stanley
Coalwood
Lonnie Stanley
Caretta
Ida Johnson
Bluefield
Betty Pack
Eula Fields
Indianapolis
Ind
Pearl Mitchem
Martinsville
J. Douglas
Alec Haggerman
Big Creek
Daily Telegraph Printing Co. publication details
Established 1893 Bluefield West Virginia Daily Telegraph prints news dispatches from Associated Press and local news. Subscription by carrier 60c weekly, by mail $31.20 yearly in WV. other zones on request. Advertising representative Katz ey listed with phone 327.41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Advertising
Katzey, Telephone
Obituary of Leonard Lusk and Large Family
Leonard Lusk 69 of Herndon died Sunday in a Princeton hospital of natural causes. He was born in Herndon to Tollison and Martha Lusk. Survived by six sons and seven daughters, with multiple spouses and many grandchildren. Funeral set at Milam Creek Gospel Mission Church with Rev. Phillip Graham. burial in Lusk Family Cemetery. Funeral home services at Nease Neely in Mullens from 5 to 9 p.m. today.
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Leonard Lusk
Herndon
Princeton
Tollison
Martha Lusk
Leonard
Danny Lusk
Matoaka
Norman Lusk
Lashmeet
James Lusk
Corinne
Raymond Lusk
Huntington
Elmer Lusk
Detroit
Mich
Bessie Brewer
Clifton Jenkins
Arista
Vesta Grande
Edna Donahich
Michigan
Ellen Mitchem
Elbert O'Dell
Geraldine Laxton
Columbia
8. C
Milam Creek Gospel Mission Church
Phillip Graham
Lusk Family
Foglesong-Nease-Neely
Mullens
Death Notice for Cecil Carl French of Narrows Virginia
Cecil Carl French, 70, of Narrows died Saturday in a Roanoke hospital after a brief illness. Survived by son Kenneth L. French of Roanoke, daughters Mrs. Chris Larsen of Newport News and Mrs. William Turner of Narrows, brother A. Johnson French of Narrows, nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Buried in French family cemetery after removal from Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Carl French
Narrows
Roanoke
Kenneth L. French
Chris B. Larsen
Newport News
William J. Turner
A. Johnson French
East Chapel Community Church
French Family
Riffe
Pocahontas Woman Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Blanche Edith Lucas 63 of Pocahontas Virginia was dead on arrival at a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. The body was incomplete at the Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Edith Lucas
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Rodriguez Pocahontas
Baby Kathy Lynn Carter Dies Shortly After Birth
Baby Kathy Lynn Carter daughter of Donald and Kathy Tickle Carter of Havace died Saturday night in a Welch hospital shortly after birth. Graveside rites will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. by Rev. Virgil Noe at the Lester Cemetery in Bradshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Lynn Carter
Donald
Kathy Tickle Carter
Havace
Welch Hospital
Virgil Noe
Lester
Bradshaw
Funeral notices for Cole Lester Crisco and James Lester
Funeral services for John P. Cole 42 of Blacksburg Va and formerly of Richmond Va held today at 11 at Blacksburg United Methodist Church with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Also LESTER Mrs James 86 Princeton Va services 2:30 at Bailey Funeral Home with burial Roselawn Cemetery and pallbearers named. CRISCO Adam McKinley 72 Bluefield Rt 4 burial Grandview Memory Gardens with grandsons as pallbearers. Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Va in charge of arrangements.
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Cole
John P
Blacksburg
Richlands
Blacksburg United Methodist Church
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
James H. Jane
Lester
James
Princeton
Bailey Funeral Home
Orville Harvey
Roselawn
Bluefield
Boyd Lester
Sam Powell
Fred Ferguson
Kelly Blankenship
Luke Lester
Marvin Sutphin
Harold Oaks
Clarence Edwards
Crisco
Adam McKinley
Rt. 4
Oak Grove Community Church
Dewey Lacy
Sam Curry
Grandview
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Fire and blast devastate Noel rail yard area
A second larger blast caused most damage as about 150 yards from the railroad firemen were blown off their feet though unharmed. A boxcar loaded with dehydrated alfalfa blew up while an adjacent ammonium perchlorate car derailed but stayed intact. Evacuation and a vast emergency response followed with 100 units from four-state area and victims transported to Gravette Bentonville Neosho and Stella for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Highway Patrol
Noel
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gravette
Bentonville
Ark
Neosho
Stella
Tropical Storm Alice Aims for Southwestern Japan
Tropical storm Alice, the seventh storm of the year, formed over the Pacific and is moving toward Japan. The Central Meteorological Agency reports it is expected to reach southwestern Japan by Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Alice
Pacific
Japan
Central Meteorological Agency
Investigators Probe Linked Slayings Across States
Police announce investigators sent to Salinas California to probe three murders possibly tied to Ann Arbor Ypsilanti cases. EMU student John N Collins, 22, held without bond on first degree murder charges in Beineman case. fingerprints and blood evidence cited by Detroit papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Salinas
Calif
Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti
John N. Collins
Eastern Michigan University
Karen Sue Beineman
California
Collins
Ontario
Canada
Miss Beineman
Detroit Free Press
The
Free Press
Detroit News
Ypsilanti
EMU
Leik
Oldsmobile
GED Test Set for Bluefield State College
Mrs. Jane Wood announces the GED will be offered August 12 and 13 at Bluefield State College. Testing starts 8 30 a.m. in Dickenson Hall Auditorium. Registration closes one week before the dates. Eligibility requires age 19 or older and WV residence or prior schooling in West Virginia. Cost is 5 dollars for both parts or 2 50 for one part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Wood
Bluefield State College
Dickenson Hall
West Virginia
Ministers Conference Set At Kimball Memorial Building
The Flat Top Baptist Association holds its regular Ministers Conference today starting at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Building in Kimball. Rev. McKinley Raymore serves as association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top Baptist Association
Memorial Building
Kimball
McKinley Raymore
Schedule Set At Aging Home
The Glenwood Park Methodist Home releases a weekly program. Sunday devotions at 9 30 a m led by Mrs Dorothy Twigg of Nemours. Tuesday 9 30 a m devotions with Mrs Ruth Nunery of Bluefield. 1 30 p m Pauline Chambers Circle from Greenview United Methodist will lead. Wednesday 9 30 a m Bertha Farmer Sunday School Class of Carr Memorial Methodist Church hosts. Thursday 11 a m worship with Major Robert Boyce of the Salvation Army Bluefield in charge. Friday 9 30 a m devotions led by Mrs W M Abshire of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Park Methodist Home
Dorothy Twigg
Nemours
Ruth Nunery
Bluefield
Pauline Chambers
Greenview United Methodist Church
Bertha Farmer
Carr Memorial Methodist Church
Robert Boyce
Salvation Army
W. M. Abshire
Princeton
Nixon Buoyantly Seeks East West Thaw in Bucharest
Nixon arrived in Bucharest advocating improved East West relations and a live and let live approach. He urged unity beyond policy disputes and announced a future American Romanian library exchange as a concrete result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Bucharest
Otopeni
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ceausescu
Ziegler
United States
Romania
Matoaka High Sets 1969 70 Pre Enrollment Dates
Matoaka High School assigns pre enrollment for the 1969 70 term. Seniors enroll August 11 12 juniors August 13 14 and sophomores August 15 18. The school office operates 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
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Matoaka High School
Revival Being Held At Maybeury Church
The Maybeury Church of God hosts a revival led by evangelist Rev. Chester Hurst nightly at 7 30 p m through the week. Pastor Rev C C Bever ins invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybeury Church of God
Chester Hurst
C. C. Blevins
Man Charged After Fight Near Pocahontas Virginia
Russell Crawford of Bluefield faces felonious assault charges after a Saturday fight at Bluestone Junction near Pocahontas. He allegedly struck his brother Sam Crawford with a tire jack. Sam was treated for injuries and listed in serious condition Sunday night. Crawford bond set at $5,000. hearing scheduled early this week. Troopers R E Haynes and J W Childress investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Crawford
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Sam Crawford
Bluestone Junction
Pocahontas
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harvey
R. E. Haynes
J. W. Childress
Skepticism on Kennedys Case Moves to District Court
The district attorney filed a petition with Judge James A. Boyle of Dukes County District Court Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Chief Justice Nash of Massachusetts District Court was notified. Kennedy pleaded guilty July 26 to leaving the scene of an accident. Exhumation of Miss Kopechne’s body was being considered by Dinis with Pa authorities in Luce rne County tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Joseph Tauro
Tauro
James A. Boyle
Dukes County District Court
Edgartown
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Kenneth L. Nash
Massachusetts District Court
Nash
Boyle
Kennedy
Dinis
Miss Kopechne
Plymouth
Blyth Evans
Lucerne County
Three Killed On State Highways
West Virginia highway crashes last weekend killed at least three people, raising the annual toll to 335. Gilbert Edmonds, 72, Charleston, died Sunday afternoon after being struck by a truck driven by Edgar McCullough, 59, South Charleston, who faced negligent homicide charges. Roger Lee Vanhorn, 16, Clee, Calhoun County, died when his car on WV 16 near Arnoldsburg rolled over after brake failure. five other youths were uninjured. Cecil Henline, 35, of Ohio, died in a one car crash near Glade View, Webster County, Saturday. Further details unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Gilbert Edmonds
Charleston
Kanawha Boulevard
Edgar McCullough
South Charleston
Roger Lee Vanhorn
Clee
Calhoun County
W.va
Arnoldsburg
Vanhorn
Cecil Henline
Ohio
Glade View
Webster County
Services Slated For Father and Son Drowned in Summers County
Charles H. Vanover 42 and son Charles Jr. 14 of Twin Branch drowned Saturday in the Greenbrier River Summers County. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at First Church of God Davy with Rev. Homer Snow. burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Bodies recovered by rescue workers. Survivors include mother Genell Frazier Vanover sister Barbara grandmother Lewis Vanover and others. Bodies to Fanning Funeral Home Welch today. church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Vanover
Charles Jr
Twin Branch
Greenbrier
Summers County
Homer Snow
First Church of God
Davy
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Young Vanover
Genell Frazier Vanover
Barbara Vanover
Lewis Vanover
Marytown
Vanover
Carl Vanover
Welch
Mary Lester
Huff Creek
Ollie Lester
Hensley
West Virginia
Charles Sr
Zolie Roberts Vanover
Oral Frazier
Fanning Funeral Home
minister dies during service at Mt Grove Baptist Church
Rev Ullman Abercrombie, pastor at Mt Grove Baptist Church in Hemptill, died from an apparent heart attack while delivering a sermon. Authorities said the body was taken to Page Funeral Home in Welch for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Mt. Grove Baptist Church
Hemphill
Ullman Abercrombie
Page Funeral Home
Welch
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Mondey
Great Plains
John R. Harris
Ethel B. Smith
Mrs. Minnie
Sarah Beavers
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cecil French
Mrs
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