Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area 1981
James Roberts 70 of Jolo dies after short illness in Grundy Va hospital. Russell Greer 55 of Maybeury dies in Charleston hospital, service at Maybeury Methodist Church. Joe W. Graham 63 of McDowell funeral at Bennett-Fanning Northfork. Myrtle Harman 38 of Princeton found dead at home. Carl Price 64 of Midland Va dies in Bristol hospital after long illness. Hattie Price wife of Carl Price, details incomplete. Roy Horn 63 of Bluefield dies after long illness. obituary fragment ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Roberts James Lewis Roberts
Jolo
Grundy, Va
Russell Greer
Maybeury
Anawalt
Charleston
Maybeury Methodist Church
Donny Farmer
Norman Gray
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
White Top
Martin Greer
Minnie Taylor Greer
McDowell County
Bluefield
Burle Greer
Columbus
Ohio
Virgil Greer
Alma Davis
Elizabeton
Tenn
Belma Luffman
Dover
Del
Zinner Young
May Smith
Tiny Duncan
Judy Butler
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Vernon Allison
Vernon
Jeannette Flo) Allison
Flint, Mich
Jewel Ridge
Flint
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Joe W. Graham
McDowell
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Myrtle Harman
Myrtle Frances Harman
Glenwood Heights
Princeton
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Athens Road
Carl Price
Carl Vedis Price
Rt. 1
Midland
Honaker
Bristol, Tenn
Russell County
Denton
Rachel Ray Price
Jewel Smokeless Coal Company
Buchanan County
Church of the Living God
Hattie Lee Price
Dorothy Music
St. Paul
Mary Shortt
Junior
David Price
Russell
Michael Price
Elizabeth Newberry
Raven
Honaker Funeral Home
James Street
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon, Va
William Arthur
Bill) Wilburn
Roanoke
Pearisburg
Salem
Giles County
Hugh L
Etta Carper Wilburn
Preston Wilburn
Hardy, Va
Robert R. Wilburn
Grundy
Minnie W
Thomas J. Meade
East 8Th Avenue
Mt. Dora
Fla
Kermit
Eustis
Roy Horn
Roy J. Horn
Union St
Roselawn- Monte Vista
Elderly Raven man dies after Rt 67 collision
An 61 year old Raven resident, Andy Proffitt, was struck while walking on Rt. 67 near Richlands, dying at a Richlands hospital. The driver, Edward Paul Maynard, was identified. investigation led by Trooper W. D. Barker. Proffitt, a retired miner, leaves a daughter, siblings, grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Funeral arrangements set at Cedar Bluff chapel with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raven
Tazewell
Richlands
Wytheville
Andy Proffitt
Rt. 67
Here
Edward Paul Maynard
W.D. Barker
Tazewell County
Proffitt
John and
Ellie Brown Proffitt
Ollie Faye Culbertson
Opal Mitchell
Bandy
Mary Hicks
Wardell
Johnny Proffitt
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes morning news from Bluefield West Virginia. It lists mailing address 412 Bland Street, subscription rates 58.80 per year, home delivery 4.90 monthly, and post office box for address changes. It notes Associated Press usage and advertising representation by Landon Associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Begin forms hawkish coalition to push settlements in occupied lands
Prime Minister Menachem Begin formed a hawkish new government pledging expansion of Jewish settlements in occupied territory, blocking Palestinian statehood, and tighter adherence to Orthodox law. He signed with three religious parties, securing 61 seats in the 120 member Knesset, as Dayan and Weizman departed and Ariel Sharon took defense. The cabinet frames autonomy as not state or sovereignty, reflecting a firmer line from the coalition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Occupied Territory
Begin
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Ezer Weizman
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
West Bank
Jordan River
Camp David
Sadat Pushes Palestinians’ Role in Mideast Peace Talks
President Anwar Sadat arrives for five day visit and urges Reagan to recognize a Palestinian role in Middle East peace talks including the PLO. Reagan is expected to reject the proposal, insisting the United States should talks with Palestinians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Ronald Reagan
United States
Sadat
London
Reagan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
Large Crowd Honors Torrijos Funeral in Panama City
Gen Omar Torrijos is honored by a funeral cortege seen by about 200000 mourners as his coffin carries a cavalry hat a .45 pistol and a sweat stained canteen. Foreign leaders and a U S delegation attend a Mass at Metropolitan Cathedral amid sweltering heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Panama
Omar Torrijos
U.S
Metropolitan Cathedral
Controllers in Washington face multi million dollar strike penalties
Judge Harold Greene ruled that if the air traffic controllers strike continued past the hour the union must pay 250000 Tuesday 500000 Wednesday and 1 million each day through Sunday totaling 4750000 by next week. Government hopes the threat of dismissal will force a return to work but if it fails air traffic could be disrupted for a year or more while new controllers are trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold Greene
Radio Stations Change Formats
Daily Telegraph reports WHIS AM shifts to easy listening WHAJ FM rebrands as J-104 with contemporary music Both stations swap formats to target different age groups WHIS adds NBC news local news Wall Street Journal reports WHAJ adds hourly national and local news RKO satellite news planned for 18 to 42 age group listeners FM at 104.5 and AM at 1440 serve parts of West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Whis-Am
Whaj FM
WHAJ
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
WHIS
Mike Shott
RKO
Short
West Virinia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Shott
Whis Radio
J-104
Du Pont Mobil Advance Bid For Conoco Watch War Heats Up
In New York AP says Du Pont and Mobil raised offers to control Conoco Inc the nation’s ninth largest oil producer. Du Pont bid 7.4 billion Mobil 8.8 billion with antitrust issues looming. A federal judge refused Mobil’s bid to block Du Pont while 57 percent of Conoco shares were reportedly offered to Du Pont by Monday close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Conoco Inc
du Pont Co
Mobil Corp
du Pont
Conoco
Mobil
Boulder removal plan moves toward action on Rt. 20
Princeton officials report a proposed excavation to remove a massive boulder overhanging Route 20 near Wolfe may proceed with federal funding. The joint owners, Pocahontas Land Co and DOH, will file a funding application with FSCS within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Department of Highways
Rt. 20
Wolfe
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
William Harvey
Missouri Baker Roberts
Victoria Roberts
James E. Roberts
Point Rocks
Dewey R. Roberts
Clarence Roberts
Troutsville
Boyd Roberts
York Springs
Juanita Blankenship
Opal Bowles
Catherine Taylor
Peggy Cooper
Christians and Roberts Cemetery
Paynesville
P.m. Virginia Funeral Home
Joe Graham
Harold Simpson
Earl Bailey
Filbert
Emmett and
Mary Bryant Graham
Eastern Gas & Fuel
Keystone No. 1
Bertha Virginia Finney Graham
Ted
Billy Ray
Richard William
Dicky) Graham
Clyde
Betty) Burkett
Virginia Beach
Dale
Jo Ann) Eagle
Michigan
Bobby
Carol) Powell
Debbie
Millitones
Randy
Vicky) Nichols
Jerry
Dolly) Maxwell
Crumpler
Charles Graham
Jenkin Jones
Odell Graham
Gilmer Graham
Charlie
Dolly) Barton
Elkhorn
Barnie
Elizabeth) Fritz
John Ladd
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Allen and
Mary Frances Byrd Harman
Acme Westgate
David Harman
Barbara Harman
Huntsville
Ala
Allene Leese
Oakvale
Allen Harman, Jr
Tucumcari
N.M
Ray Harman
Richfield
Robert
Steve
Duncan Harman
Lake Worth
William Wilburn
Thurman Clevinger
Harman
Silas
Didema Clevinger
United Mine Workers
Nicey Clevinger
Eveline Lane
Cazzie Bowman
Mary Stiltner
Alice Rife
Stacy, Va
Claude Clevinger
Green Cove Springs
Bull Creek Regular Baptist Church
Paul McClanahan
Delbert Sanders
Frank O’quinn
Casby Conaway
Deer Cemetery
Bull Mountain
Grundy Funeral Home
Thomas Meade
Wreck
Raven Man
Page One
High Street
Stafford Drive
GRTA
Odell Huffman
Princeton Community Hospital
Mercer Street
Graham
Princeton Towers
PSC
Franklin G. Crabtree
Public Service Commission
Motor Carrier Division
Ball
Tibis Greenway
Ancil Childress
Cruce Huffman
Ball Family Cemetery
Danforth
Insurance Agency
Torrijos
By Elaine Thompson
E.R. Hanshaw
Pocahontas Land Co
DOH
Hanshaw
John D. Rockefeller IV
Charles Miller
Mercer County
Bryant
Highway Department
Sam Depue
FSCS
Depue
Douglas H. Roy
D.D.S
Princeton Shopping
Cine
Jefferson St
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