Local Death Notices From Honaker and Area
A series of obituaries from Honaker and nearby towns reports the death of 62 year old Drayton Robert Fuller of Honaker after a long illness. It lists survivors including his wife Jerusha Fuller, children Laura Jane, B J and Johnnie, siblings and a grandchild. Funeral planned at Honaker Baptist Church with burial in Restlawn Cemetery Lebanon.
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Drayton Robert Fuller
Honaker
Abingdon
Russell County
B. J. and
Appy McGlothlin Fuller
General Telephone Company
Southeast
Honaker Baptist Church
Fellows Lodge 208
Jerusha Wheatley Fuller
Laura Jane Fuller
B. J. Fuller
Leemaster
Johnnie, Fuller
Icy Stump
Dayton
Ohio
Madie Johnson
E. B. Fuller
Stuart Fuller
L. G. Herndon
Restlawn
Lebanon
Service set for Specialist Bobby A. Smith in Rowe family home
Specialist 4th Class Bobby Allen Smith, 21, of Drill Virginia, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Center in Mountain Home Tennessee after a short illness attributed to natural causes. He was born in Buchanan County Virginia, a son of Berton and Drexie Justice Smith. Survived by two sisters and four brothers, with grandparents listed. Funeral planned at Rowe, Virginia, with rites at the paternal grandparents home and a family cemetery.
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Bobby Allen Smith
Drill
Veterans Administrative Center
Mountain Home
Tenn
Buchanan County
Berton and
Drexie Justice Smith
Garden Creek High School
Dorothy Childress
Wilma Faye Harris
Ashburn
Leamon
Charles
Jerry Smith
Rowe
James Smith
District Heights
Johnson Smith
Emily Quinley
Mouthcard
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Ancil Childress
Obituary for Mrs Arleatha Davis Staber of Beckley
Mrs Arleatha Davis Staber 63 of 412 South Fouth Street Beckley formerly of Bramwell died Tuesday morning at Huntington hospital after a short illness Born in Coopers she was the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Davis She is survived by eight brothers and three sisters two step daughters and a foster daughter The funeral was held Friday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Beckley with burial in Bluewell cemetery Friends may call at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Beckley after 5 p m today
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Grace Cundiff Mustard
Heatherwood Road
Bluefield
William M. Mustard
William Issac
Cora Bishop Cundiff
First Christian Church
Charles William Mustard
Beckey
Robert M. Mustard
Thomas H. Mustard
Glenn Cundiff
Rose Cole
Dave Hambrick
Lucy Portis
Hawkins Funeral Home
Roselawn
Buefield-Princeton
Arleatha Davis
Viola Walton
Beckley
Geraldine Pegram
Dorothy Pegram
New York
Hattie Simms
New Haven
Conn
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Boyd N. Walker
Bluewell
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Notice and Rates
Fragmented text from Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising and circulation notes lists subscription rates by carrier and West Virginia annual price. Includes agency and audit bureau reference and incomplete line about advertising representation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Geverence
West Virginia
Wember Audit Bureau of Circulaon
Kats Agency, Inc
Funeral for Evelyn Robinson Johnson of Abington Va
Mrs Evelyn Robinson Johnson 98 of Abington Va died in a Bristol Va nursing home after a long illness She was a former Honaker Va resident and widow of G B Johnson A member of Honaker Methodist Church She is survived by three daughters C W Johnson Sr E R Rush and A J Ferguson and 33 grandchildren Services conducted Friday at 11 am in Lebanon Va Funeral Chapel with Rev Wayne Cummings Russell Memorial Grandsons as pallbearers Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 10 pm
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Evelyn Robinson Johnson
Abington
Bristol, Va
Honaker
G. B. Johnson
C. W. Johnson Sr
E. R. Rush
Martinsvile
A. J. Ferguson
Lebanon
Wayne Cummings
Russell
Funeral services for George D. Morgan 70
Funeral services for George D. Morgan 70 of Centerville will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Robertson-Foggle Funeral Chapel Pineville with Rev. Edgar Beverly Morgan presiding. Morgan died Tuesday afternoon when his car plunged over Baileyville Mountain in Wyoming County. Born July 6 1898 he was a retired Lilly Brook Coal Co billing clerk and lifelong Wyoming County resident. Survived by four sons George D. Morgan Jr. Centerville Robert Morgan Columbus John Morgan Beckley and Mark Morgan Phoenix. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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George D. Morgan
Centerville
Robertson-Fogglesong Funeral Chapel
Pineville
Edgar Beverly
Morgan Cemetery
Centervile
Ariz
Evans Funeral Home
Obituary of Arthur M. Steele of Steeles Wyoming County
Arthur M. Steele age 67 of Steeles Wyoming County died Tuesday en route to a Welch hospital from an apparent heart attack. Survived by Minnie Vance Steele widow one son Albert Steele Hanoverton Ohio four daughters Stella Browning Justice Jessie Mullins Roderfield Hazel Bailey Saeger Nellie Worthington Davy. brothers R E Steele Horne Steele Jay Steele Oceana Warren Steele Woodbridge VA Pierce Steele Danise. sisters Elizabeth England Bessie Rife Margaret Lesters. 19 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at home with Rev Ray Blankenship officiating. Burial Steeles Cemetery Steeles. Body to be moved from Fanning Funeral Home Iae ger to residence at 4 p.m.
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Jerome Beldon Elkins
Rt. 1
Swords Creek
Richlands
Russell County
Creed and
Chorilda Ann Nicholas Elkins
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Roanoke
Nora Adell Compton Elkins
E. P. Boyd
G. A. Davis
Blue Ridge
Charlie Keene
North Tazewell
Ruth Elkins
Washington, D. C
Jay
Luther Elkins
Henry Robinson
H. G. Musick
Kenneth Wilson
Harley Dye
Elkins
Horton Ridge
Mullins Funeral
Arthur M. Steele
Steeles
Wyoming County
Welch Hospital
Levi and
Arminta Steele
Minnie Vance Steele
Albert Steele
Hanoverton
Ohio
Stella Browning
Justice
Essie Mullins
Roderfield
Hazel Bailey
Saeger
Nellie Worthington
Davy
R. E. and
Horne Steele
Funeral services held for James T. Rife in Kentucky
Funeral services for James T. Rife aged 29 formerly of Chicago were conducted at 1 p.m. at Free will Baptist Church Upper Elk Creek near Freeburn Kentucky with Rev. Henry Estep. Burial followed in Rife Cemetery Argo Kentucky. He is survived by parents Hobart and Mary Hurley Rife of Chicago three sons Ronnie Marvie and Johnny Rife four brothers Johnny Joseph Larry and Earl Rife all of Chicago four sisters Dora Bivens Shirley Marcum Cathy Charles and Faye Rife of Chicago. The body was returned to the Kentucky residence from Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger.
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Carson Dotson
Hurley
Williamson
Beatrice Dotson
Viola Mounts
Florabell Blankenship
Tennessee Hurley
Freeburn
Old Regular Baptist Church
Claude Conn
Laurel Creek
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
James T. Rife
Saeger
Chicago, Ill
Freewill Baptist Church
Upper Elk Creek
Henry Estep
Rife Cemetery
Argo
Hobart and
Mary Hurley Rife
Chicago
Ill
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Marvie
Johnny Rife
Johnny
Joseph
Larry
Earl Rife
Dora Bivens
Shirley Marcum
Cathy Charles
Faye Rife
Kentucky
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Obituary of David H. Brown Bronx resident dies after long illness
David H. Brown 42 of Bronx New York died Tuesday in a Bronx hospital after a long illness He was the son of Mrs Francis H Brown of Bluefield and the late Harry A Brown Survivors include two brothers Harry A Brown Jr of Bluefield and Edward Brown Tamiment Pa and two sisters Mrs Ristina B Robinson Bluefield and Mrs Estella B Taylor Richmond Virginia The funeral was held Friday afternoon at Cook's Funeral Home 165 East Tremont Ave Bronx
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Bronx
N. Y
Bluefield
Francis H. Brown
Harry A. Brown
Harry A. Brown Jr
Edward Brown
Tamiment
Ristina B. Robinson
Estella B. Taylor
Funerals for Billips Walker Johnson Robinette held today
Multiple funeral services are held today for William Marlin Billips 52 at Mud Fork Virginia Walter Thomas Walker 64 at Coaldale Kentucky Flora Athena Johnson 51 at War Church of God and Katie Ellen Robinette 49 at Bluefield with respective officiants burials and church members serving as pallbearers and flower bearers. The Craven Shires Funeral Home and O J Douglas Mortuary assisted.
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Robinette
Katie Ellen
Ronceverte St
Bluefield
East End Baptist Church
Charles Dooley
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Mercer County Horse Show set this weekend
The eighth annual Mercer County Class A Horse Show sponsored by the Mercer County Horseman's Association will be held at the Bluestone Valley Fair in Spanishburg on Friday and Saturday. The fair opens today at 9 a.m. with exhibits 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A variety show is at 8 p.m. The first horse show session is 7 p.m. Friday, second session 1 p.m. Saturday with entries closing at 12:30 p.m. The third session is Saturday night at 7 p.m. with entries closing at 6:30 p.m.
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Mercer County
Mercer County Horseman's Association
Bluestone Valley Fair
Spanishburg
Spanishburg High School
Prisoner exchange hurdles stare from Vietnam talks
About 3,000 North Vietnamese prisoners are held by South Vietnam while 14 seamen near release by the United States prompts debate. Hanoi refuses to talk with Saigon, complicating potential exchanges as U S pilots remain missing or captured.
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United States
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Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
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International Red Cross
South
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North Vietnam
Nine Trapped After Coal Mine Explosion in Kentucky
Nine workers were trapped after an explosion at the River Queen coal mine near Greenville Kentucky. At least six miners were hospitalized with injuries as rescue teams faced dense smoke and temperatures above 200 degrees Fahrenheit. A 10 man rescue crew battled the hazardous conditions to reach the trapped men.
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Greenville
Kentucky
Nixon Near Thon Faces Delegates as Race Narrows
Nixon presses a seven state sweep amid delegate battles while Eisenhower weakens in hospital. Reagan avoids clashes with the front runner and insists he cannot be drafted for vice president. Charles Nixon leads the contest with 700 votes at his campaign HQ as speculation grows on a Nixon Reagan ticket.
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Reagan
California
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Soviet Union
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Coeburn Brothers Lead Old Guard Meeting Musical Night
The Bluefield Old Guard gathered at Trinity Methodist Church for a Wednesday program led by T. L. Young featuring the Coeburn brothers Robert 13 Victor 10 and Tommy 12 with Pamela 10 joining in recital. The group performed multiple hymns and gospel selections while the men's chorus contributed. A total of 62 attended including families and guests. Arthur S. Lester joined and an application was filed for Robert K. Carter.
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Trinity Mthodist Church
Coeburn Brothers
T. L. Young
Robert
Calvary
Victor
Tommy
Jesus
Pamela
Coeburn
Bob Coeburn
Arthur S. Lester
Robert K. Carter
Bluefield
C. P. Kesner
C. J. Kirby
Ulmer Allen
Cleveland Road
Tuscaloosa
Ala
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J. Gilmer Foley
W. H. Jesse
W. V. Bourne
R.J. Keyes
W. B. Bird
Dorsey Bailey
L. M. Carper
W. J. McGowan
Charles C. Lynch
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Youth Nabbed In Church Break In
Three Bluefield juveniles were arrested by Bluefield police after breaking into the Church of God of Prophecy. Estimated damage was about 400 dollars. The youths were released to juvenile authorities as investigators pursued leads.
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Bluefield
Church of God of Prophecy
A. K. Harvey
C. B. Barrett
Sugar Cane Produces Most of World’s Sugar
About two thirds of global sugar comes from sugar cane, while sugar beets supply the remaining third.
Grant Approved for Local UK Urban Renewal Project
The Department of Housing and Urban Renewal approves a 163 352 grant increase for the Bluefield Avenue Urban Renewal Project announced by U S Senators Byrd Randolph and Congressman Kee. The boost allows revising the budget to cover higher overhead and service costs, bringing the project total to 2 065 974.
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Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
Bluefield Avenue
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
James Kee
Bluefield
Stassen Campaign Shapes Delegates and Dark Horse Strategy
Simmons argues Stassen could win as a dark horse after the sixth ballot. He predicts Nixon’s weak early performances will create a credibility gap and realign delegates toward Rockefeller, Reagan, or late entrants like Hatfield and Lindsay before Stassen moves in. The plan centers on galvanizing the disenfranchised groups.
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Nixon
Reagan
Rockefeller
Hatfield
Oregon
Lindsay
New York
Stassen
Minnesota
Ex McDowell Judge Richard Parsons Dies at 55
Former McDowell County Criminal Court Judge Richard Parsons died Wednesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness at age 55. He served 1949 to 1957 as Criminal Court Judge and earlier held roles as assistant prosecuting attorney and prosecuting attorney. Parsons was born in Bramwell, graduated from Washington and Lee University, and is survived by his wife Lucille and son Richard Jr. Funeral arrangements are pending at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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McDowell County
Gary
E. L. Chatfield
Mercer County
Bramwell
Washington and Lee University
Parsons
Richard Parsons Jr
Fanning Funerals Home
Welch
Two Arrested In Wheel Theft At Datsun Lot
Mercer County troopers report the arrest of a 17 year old from Cumberland Road and 18 year old Waynes Bourne of Bluefield in a wheel and tire theft from the Richardsons Datsun Sales lot on Cumberland Road. The 1 a.m. incident involved two autos, with Corporal J A Harsh leading the investigation.
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Bluefield
Cumberland Road
Waynes Bourne
Mercer County
J. A. Harsh
Publicity Man Is Quoted On Jury Bias In West Virginia
Defense argues jurors cannot be fair due to publicity. Judge Martin plans individual juror examinations on prejudicial issues. Robert G. Perry of Charleston cites Justice Department notices and headlines as evidence of biased public opinion affecting potential jurors. He quotes a motto he says is over the Justice Department building.
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Martin
West Virginia
Robert G. Per
Charleston
Barron
Perry
Justice Department
Elkins
Revival by Dr. William Pentecost in Princeton WV
Nationally known Jewish Christian evangelist Dr. William Pentecost from Danville Illinois will preach August 11 to 18 at Lilly Grove Community Church in Princeton West Virginia. Local singing groups are invited and services begin at 7 30 with Pastor Rev. Jack Day.
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William Pentecost
Danville
Illinois
Lilly Grove
Princeton
W. Va
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