Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Perry L Rowe 69 of North Charleston S C died in a North Charleston hospital after a year long illness. He was born in Grundy Virginia and lived in Buchanan County before moving to South Carolina. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Richlands Tabernacle and Roanoke Masonic Lodge. Survivors include wife Dottie Williams Rowe and eight sons. Funeral Sunday at Richlands Tabernacle with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Pax and Monks Jennings Jr. 66 of Princeton died in a local nursing home after a short illness. He was a chemical engineer for E I Dupont and a VPI alumnus. Services today at Seaver Chapel Princeton with entombment at Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Bluewell. Mrs Luther Y Millsap 56 of Bluefield died after long illness. She was a J C Penney clerk and Edgemont Baptist Church member. Survived by two sons Luther R Millsap and Marshall Wayne Millsap of Bluefield and other relatives. Services Sunday Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Maple Hill burial. Mrs W E Cole lives Mullens died in Beckley hospital. Mass Monday at St John’s Catholic Church Mullens with entombment Monte Vista Park Mausoleum Bluefield. Rosary Sunday at Fogglesong Longanacre Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry L. Rowe
Langley St
North Charleston
S. C
Grundy
Arch
Polly van Dyke Rowe
Buchanan County
South Carolina
Daniels Construction Co
Richlands Tabernacle
Roanoke
Charles
Mary
Bob Osborne
Ralph Horton
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Carroll M. (Monk) Jennings Jr
Honaker Ave
Princeton
E. I. Dupont Co
Belle
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
VPI
American Society of Chemical On
Princeton Elks Lodge
Charleston
Culpepper
Mamie Langham Jennings
Beckley
C. M. Jennings Sr
Mildred Hoffer Jennings
Laura Hoffer
George W. Seaver
William O'Donnell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
John Whitmore
Sylvester Gaspersich
Carlton Smith
Bill McClaugherty
W. Grady Carper
Scott Dempsey
Dick Bush
Julius McCoy
Buster Harvey
Paul Champion
W. Broughton Johnston
Luther Y. Millsap
Luther
Mary Helen
Millsap
Bramwell Road
Bluefield
Yukon
Maude Elizabeth Beard Lawrence
Clarence Eugene Lawrence
Luther R
Ronnie) Millsap
Marshall Wayne Millsap
Kenneth Lawrence
Petersburg
Edith Giannell
Pulaski
N.Y
Louise Lawrence
Cheasapeake
Francis Wilkerson
Ruth Vaida
Elgin
S.C
Mercer Funeral Home
John T. Bush
R.W. Skidmore
Maple Hill
W.E
Mabel Culliney) Cole
Mullens
Beckley Hospital
St. John's Catholic Church
William H. Culliney
Jeremiah McSweeney
Monte Vista Park
Fogglesong-Longanacre
Mrs Malcolm L Smith obituary in Bluefield
Mrs Malcolm Juanita C Cannon Smith 76 of 1233 Larchmount Bluefield died Friday after a long illness Born in Florence South Carolina she was daughter of the late James William and Blanche Estell Evans Cannon A member of Christ Episcopal Church and the Bluefield Lions Club she was predeceased by her husband in 1964 Survived by son Malcolm L Smith Jr two brothers William Cannon Titusville Florida and Evans Cannon Spartanburg SC four grandchildren Services 2 pm today at Mercer Funeral Home with Rev Alfred L Bixler and others Friends may call 9 am to 1 pm today at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm L. Smith
Malcolm
Juanita C.) Smith
Larchmount
Bluefield
Florence
S.C
James William and
Blanche Estell Evans Cannon
Smith
Christ Episcopal Church
William Cannon
Titusville
Fla
Evans Cannon
Spartanburg
Mercer Funeral Home
Alfred L. Bixler
Lawton
William A. Peery
L.C. Caldwell, Jr
Leonard Lackey
Ora Elpher Lowe
Welch
Virginia
George Barrett
Advent Christian Church
The
Missionary Society
Winifred Hilbert
Tampa
Ovid Georgia Alonso
Holiday, Fla
Elaine Lockhart
Hudson, Fla
Douglas Chapel
War
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertised Rates and Info
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph presents subscription rates by mail and home delivery guidance. It lists various pricing tiers, including annual and monthly costs, with a brief note on advertising and circulation, reflecting typical newspaper boilerplate from the period.
Death of Burbridge Adams of Alpoca
Burbridge Adams of Alpoca dies after brief illness in Princeton hospital. Lifelong Alpoca resident, elder in Mullens First Presbyterian Church, member of Mullens Lodge A F & A M, retired Slab Fork Coal Co store manager. Survived by mother Martha Adams, daughter Burnita Adams Wilkins, son Sonny Adams, three sisters Ocie Violet Opel, one brother Harold. Funeral at Mullens Home today at 1 30 p m with Rev Harry Christy officiating. Entombment Resthaven Mausoleum. Memorials to Presbyterian church fund or Duke University Cancer Research Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbridge Adams
Alpoca
Princeton
First Presbyterian Church
Mullens
Adams
Mullen's Lodge A.F. & A.M
Slab Fork Coal Co
Martha C. Adams
Budd
Burnita Adams Wilkins
Sonny William B. Adams
Ashland
Ocie Puckett
Violet Puckett
Opel Goode
Oceana
Harold Adams
Barboursville
Fogglesong-Longanacre
Harry Christy
Resthaven Mausoleum
Burbridge Adams Memorial Fund
The
Presbyterian Church
Duke University Cancer Research Fund
Funeral for Guy R. Whitehead Held in Tazewell
Guy R. Whitehead 61 a U S Army veteran with 22 years service. Wife Louise Sheets Whitehead son Robert Whitehead Ft. Bragg N C daughter Debbie Whitehead. Service Sunday 2 p m Peery and St Clair Funeral Home Chapel burial Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell. Barnes Beavers Post No 7136 VFW to conduct military honors. Friends may call at Peery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy R. Whitehead Ho
R. Whitehead
U. S. Army
Louise Sheets Whitehead
Robert
Bobby) Whitehead
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Debbie Whitehead
Peery and
St. Clair Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Barnes Beavers
VFW
Peery
Mrs. Ralph Patton of Florida dies after short illness
Mrs. Ralph Cheding Patton of Ft. Walton Beach Florida died Thursday at Wilbur Medical Center San Antonio Texas after a brief illness. She was native of the Philippines and survived by her husband Sgt Ralph Patton two daughters Betsy and Joyce and several brothers and sisters. She was daughter in law of Mr and Mrs O L Patton of Bluefield. Sgt Patton is at Eglin Air Force Base. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be held in Florida after the body arrives from Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph (Cheding) Patton
Ft. Walton Beach
Fla
Wilbur Medical Center
San Antonio
Texas
Philippines
Sgt
Ralph Patton
Bluefield
Betsy
Joyce
O. L. Patton
Patton
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Whitaker Dies at 66 in Adair's Run Area
Lewis E Whittaker 66 of Adair's Run near Glen Lynn Virginia died Thursday at Durham VA hospital of natural causes. He was a World War II veteran and farmer with survivors including two sons one brother four sisters six grandchildren. Service 2 PM Sunday at Davis Funeral Home Oakvale with burial at Whittaker Family Cemetery. Nephews to serve as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Everette Whittaker
Adair’s Run
Glen Lynn
Durham
N.C
V.A
John W. Whittaker
Lara Dunagan Whittaker
Adair's Run
Whittaker
Jessie Whittaker
Henry Whittaker
Hagerstown
Savannah Thornton
Evelyn Comer
Kellysville
Virginia Comer
Princeton
Anetta White
Oakvale
Paul Whittaker
Davis Funeral Home
C. E. Hill
Mrs. Mattie Harmon Dies at 44 in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs. Mattie Thomas Harmon aged 44 of Maybeury died Friday afternoon after a brief illness in a Bluefield hospital. Arrangements are in progress at Page Funeral Home in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Thomas Harmon
Maybeury
Bluefield
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Funeral notices for Adams, Faidley, Owen in Virginia and Princeton
Obituary notices announce funeral services for Cornelia E Adams 68 of Bishop Virginia Sherri Faidley 14 of Princeton and Gertie Mae Owen 74 of Rocky Gap Virginia. Services list churches times officiants and burial sites with pallbearers and family bearing flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Gertie Mae
Rocky Gap
Memorial Church of Christ
Princeton
Glenn Tabor
Richard Mathena
Oakwood
Mrs Thomas Konoitz Dies at 80 in Bluefield
Mrs Thomas Lorna Josephine Konoitz age 80 of 1900 College Ave Bluefield died Friday in a local hospital. The Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield will handle arrangements. Her death closes a long local life marked by service and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Konoitz
Thomas
Lorna Josephine) Konoitz
College Ave
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Bob Dylan Sits In To Watch Luther Allison Band
Bob Dylan entered the Caboose bar near the University of Minnesota campus, paid the $1 cover, and watched the Luther Allison band from a back seat. Allison announced to the crowd that Dylan was not going to perform that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Bob Dylan
Dylan
Robert Zimmerman
Hibbing
Minn
Luther Allison
University of Minnesota
Allison
Chicago
Trudeau tops dance play at Commonwealth Games village
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau earned top marks for dancing at the athletes village discotheque during the opening ceremonies. He spent about 12 hours in the village, mainly on the dance floor with pentathlete Dianne Jones Konihowski and school teacher Sonja Hunchak, rating his performance highly on a one to ten scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Dianne Jones-Konihowski
John Konihowski
Edmonton Eskimos
Sonja Hunchak
Obenshain Rites Attend by Virginia Republicans in Richmond
Most of Virginia's Republican congressmen are to pay last respects to Obenshain in Richmond. Mary Louise Smith will represent the National Republican Committee at the services. After the Richmond service, a motorcade will take the casket to Botetourt for burial at Mill Creek Baptist Church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Obenshain
Richmond
Lobb
Mary Louise Smith
Republican National Committee
National Republican
Bill Brock
Botetourt
Ray Allen
First Baptist Church of
Blacksburg
Guy Farley
Fairfax
Senate
Mill Creek Baptist Church
Hex signs decorate Aruba homes as warding symbols
Native Aruba houses display hex signs once thought to guard against evil spirits. The colorful markings reflect old beliefs of early inhabitants and remain a cultural vestige on the Dutch Caribbean island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Aruba
Island
Jobless Rate Jumps But Carter Optimistic
The unemployment rate rose from 5.7 to 6.2 percent in July, with teens seeking summer work driving about half of the 440,000 increase. Officials insist the rise does not signal a weakening economy and note that June’s dip may have been a statistical anomaly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Labor Department
White House
Rex Granum
Granum
Janet Norwood
William A. Cox
Commerce Department
Flash Floods No 1 Weather Killer in Nation
Washington reports flash floods as the leading weather death cause with about 100 deaths this year and Texas tally of 21. NOAA links rising deaths to urban growth and canyon development, while NWS targets flood-warning systems and examines Texas flood response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas Hill Country
Texas
Amelia
National Weather Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Weather Service
California
New Orleans
Kansas City
Big Thompson Canyon
Colo
Johnstown
Virginia
A Decade of Virginia Politics Ends with Obenshain Death
The decade’s shocks include Obenshain’s death and John Warner’s renomination run behind Obenshain. Vivid doubt followed the era’s rapid, unpredictable turns as reporters grappled with a sea of political upheavals. The sense of astonishment lingered as the news confirmed Obenshain’s death.
Incumbents Win Endorsement Of State Labor
West Virginia labor federation endorses all four U.S. representatives for reelection and backs 10 state Senate and 62 House of Delegates candidates, largely Democrats. Endorsements include nine Senate incumbents and 39 House incumbents, with Sen. Jennings Randolph highlighted in a race against Arch Moore. Randolph rally noted at convention banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
U.S
West Virginia
Senate
House of Delegates
Federation
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Randolph
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Joseph Powell
Two Teens Sought in Armed Hotel Robbery
Clarksburg police hunt for two teenage girls linked to an armed robbery of a hotel employee who was depositing about 8255 dollars in cash and checks at Union National Bank after one girl held a gun to his ribs. The incident occurred late Thursday. Will Speak White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Manufacturer's Association meets to discuss election impact with Arch Moore Jr and Jennings Randolph slated to appear at the 63rd annual session on Oct 446.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W.va
Michael Lada
Union National Bank
West Virginia Manufacturer's Association
U.S. Senate
Arch A. Moore Jr
Jennings Randolph
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Carroll M. Jennings
W.E. Cole
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bureau of Circulation
Aevert
Landen Asceles
Roger Lee
Brenda Gail Breedings
Justice
Page Route
Arthur and
Mary Street
Rowe
Pauline Helton
Barbara Cook
Mearle
Bobby Breedings
Delmas
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Ancil Childress
Dexter Meadows
Clyde Fox
Helton Family
Martin Mountain
Drill
Gladys Davidson
Gladys Ester Davidson
Baltimore
Bishop
Peery and St.Clair Funeral Home
Faidley
Sherri
Carl
Wanda Harvey Faidley
Silver Spring Baptist Church
Amos Turner
New Zion
Elgood
Brian Shrader
Lee Goins
Jeff Harvey
Mike Taylor
Ronald Booker
Billy Phillips
Pope
Vatican City
Paul VI
Carlo Maria Martini
Gregorian University
Rome
Martini
Herve Carrier
France
Vatican
Pontifical Biblical Institute
St. Ignacius of Loyola
Jesuits
Joe Emeryville
Calif
Steve Dain
Dain
Penn Foote
Foote
Emery
U.S. Geologial Survey
Guadalupe River
Ohio
Missouri
Mercer
Board of Education
Princeton Junior High School
Gail Wallace
Ruth Ann Butler
Connie Wallace
Princeton-area
Grocvey
Pam Hawkins
Associated Press
Hilo
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Clr
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Ore
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Edy J. P. Tampa
Fran
Ste Marie
Om Ashington
APCO
E. L. Munday
Appalachian Power Co
W. B. Belchee
Wade Spees
GOP
Navy
John Warner
Elizabeth Taylor
Lti
Kustom Kraft
Mountain State Briefs
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