Deaths and funerals roll across Bluefield and nearby towns
A multi-entry obituary notice records the deaths and funeral details of several Mercer and surrounding county residents. Harry Gordon Keatley, 67, of Bluefield, preceded in death by family, will have graveside services in Princeton. William Sesco, 52, of Frederick, Md., dies at home. memorials to the family. Clyde McGraw, 92, Leckie, coal miner and UMWA member, funeral Monday in Bluewell. Herman Laney, 88, of Pounding Mill, dies. burial in Claypool Hill. James Coon, 55, Abingdon, dies. services in Bluefield and Roselawn burial. Sidney Grubb, 88, Spencer, a former UMWA worker, with funeral in Princeton. Larry Bostic, 65, Mount Vernon, Ohio, electrician, dies. services and multiple survivors listed. Rosa Goss, 90, Steelesburg, dies. burial at Jewell Ridge. Freddie Churchill, 82, Tigard, Ore., Princeton-area native, memorial service held. Icy Porter, 54, Matoaka, dies. cremation. Craig Bailey, 74, Mohawk. arrangements pending. James Hagy, 74, North Tazewell, dies. service details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gordon Keatley
Bluefield
Cumberland Care Center
Front St
Princeton
Charles Opie
Maude Skaggs Keatley
Princeton High School
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Gary L. Keatley
Pauline Stanfield
Evelyn Bareford
Oakwood Park Cemetery
David Jasper
George W. Seaver
American Cancer Society
Law and Commerce
Clyde McGraw Leckie
Clyde McGraw
Box 66
Leckie
Coopers
Whitley
Hazeltine Bailey McGraw
UMWA
Vestal Evans McGraw
Ballard “Buck” McGraw
Foster
Barbara) Tilley
Anawalt
Selma McGraw
John McGraw
Coal City
Gene McGraw
Fireco
Luke McGraw
Princewick
Lorraine White
Kopperston
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
John Laffer
Herbert Gene
Jimmy’ Walls
Taylorsville
N.C
Jimmy” Walls
Moose Road
McDowell County
Avondale
Herbert H. Walls
North Tazewell
Alma Grace Short Walls
U.S. Air Force
Church of God Faith
William Blevins
Nancy Ann Helton Walls
Crystal Walls
Michelle Walls
Randleman
James Michael Walls
Troy Walls
Sandra Stinson
Hickory
Brenda Walls
Marion
Janice McBride
Clemons
Ellen Mullins
Bartley
Gladys Holder
East Bend
Alma Allen
King, N.C
Cecelia Walls Rose
Crandall Walls
Thomas Walls
Ashley Walls
Robert Paul Walls
Grandview Memory Gardens
Chester Hurst
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Tazewell
Bobby Joe Beavers
Amonate
Welch
Alex Thomas
Lucille McCoy Beavers
Judy Carter Beavers
Deborah Cameron
Cleveland
Myrtle Lane
Melissa Hurley
Salisbury
James E. ‘Butch’ Coon
Abingdon
James E. “Butch” Coon
Abingdon Hospital
John M
Trula Lawrence Coon
John M., Coon Jr
Ronald L. Coon
Courthouse Road
Sidney B. Grubb
Spencer
Summit St
Spencer Hospital
Wytheville
Adam and Josie Stroupe Grubb
U.S. Steel Company
Gary
McDowell County Board of Education
Maranatha Baptist Church
Oakvale Road
Vista Mae Day Grubb
Mick Grubb
Sidney B. Grubb Jr
Charleston
Jack Grubb
King
Ernest Grubb
Roy Grubb
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Robert Day
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Lawrence Bostic
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Shalimar Drive
Columbus
Pike County
Howard and
Liza Mae Robinette Bostic
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries
John L. Bostic
Clarence O. Bostic
Swords Creek
Flowers- Snyder
William Harding
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Stafford Compton
Rosa Belle Goss
Steelesburg
Richlands
Buchanan County
Stephen and
Mary Catherine Bailey Goss
Jewell Ridge
Lawrence Arnold
Free Pentecostal Holiness Church
Myrtle Gilbert
Virginia Brown
Rufus Gilbert
Clarence Brown
Portland
Ore
Daisy Dean
Frederick Lester Johnston
Princeton Business College
Eastern Star
Princeton Quota Club
Sumner Arthur Churchill
Barbara C. Stilson
Penn Valley
Calif
Alta Lee Spangler
Nellie Wright
Corvallis
Young
Tigard
Icy Porter
Matoaka
Funerals Held Today Across Virginia Communities
Obituaries list services for Miller Didema Bostic 97 Swords Creek. Geneva Peake Stout 45 Welch. George Louis Millirons 93 Pearisburg. Helen Lee Keaton 74 Pipestem. Ben Ballard Bun 84 Grundy. Christopher Dwayne Evans 3 weeks Glen Lyn. Services today at various chapels with burial at local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millirons
George Louis
Pearisburg
Davis United Methodist Church
Hidden Valley
Little Creek
Keaton
Helen Lee
Pipestem
Pipestem Ruritan Center
Cook Cemetery
Bun
Ben Ballard
Grundy, Va
Buchanan First Presbyterian Church
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Evans
Christopher Dwayne
Glen Lyn
Kendall Funeral Home
Pembroke
Ida Lupino remembered as trailblazing actress and director
Ida Lupino, famed for dark noir roles and pioneering directing, died at 77 of colon cancer after a stroke. The London born star, praised as the poor man’s Bette Davis, acted with Bogart and Garfield and directed films and TV including The Untouchables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Ida Lupino
Bette Davis
Humphrey Bogart
Edward G. Robinson
John Garfield
Hollywood
Lupino
London
England
America
Paramount
New York Film Critics
Sherlock Holmes
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Eddie Cantor
Bogart
Davis
Emily Bronte
Olivia de Havilland
Charlotte Bronte
Collier Young
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William Vince
Billy’ Sesco
Frederick
Billy” Sesco
Motter Avenue
William and
Arbella Watkins Sesco
Darlene Marie Myers Sesco
Kenneth Lynn Sesco
William Charles Sesco
Robert E. Dailey and Son Funeral Home
Mount Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
Patricia A. White
Hillmeade Square
Herman A. Laney
Wise County
Charlie Patton
Hester Matilda Duncan Laney
Anna Riley Laney
Tracy A. Laney
Cedar Bluff
Jesse Willard Laney
Pounding Mill
Singleton
Lance West
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Freddie J. Churchill
Tigard, Ore
Freddie Johnston Churchill
Craig Bailey
Welch Hospital
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
James O. Hagy
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell, Va
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