Deaths and Funerals: Bells and Whites Remain in Cedar Bluff Area
Obituary details list eight daughters and three sons in Cedar Bluff families, with survivors including the Bells and Whites, and relatives across Red Ash, Peerysville, Seabring and Miami. Services set for Raven Assembly of God with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. pallbearers named. Robert Kupner, 34, of Yadkinville, NC, formerly Bluefield area, dies in Winston-Salem hospital after long illness. survivors include wife Peggy and children. Funeral at Grandview Memorial Chapel Sparta. burial at Shiloh Cemetery with military rites. memorial home handling arrangements for Dora Rae Mitchem, 77, Winter Park, Fla., formerly Anawalt, death following long illness. arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Naomie) Bells
Emory S
Loraine) Bells
R.H
Virginia) Coleman
June McCoy
Cedar Bluff
Harley Dorthy Vance
Red Ash
E.B
Helen) Lyons
Peerysville
Ohio
Herbert Jean Longworth
Miami
Fla
James C
Joan) Umbel
Seabring
Henry L. White
Raven
Bailey L. White
Richlands
Albert W. “Bill” White
Andrew “Bud” White
Tazewell
Thomas W. White
Raven Assembly of God
Raven Assembly of God Church, Raven, With Rev. Grady McGlothlin
Claudie Throgmartin
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Tom Lyons
Joe White
Henry White Jr
Randy McCoy
Jerry Bells
Larry Bells
Mike Bells
Rodney Vance
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Robert Kupner
Robert Stevenson Kupner
Yadkinville
N.C
Bluefield
Winston- Salem Hospital
Bartey
Steve
Victoria Mullins Kupner
Brenda Mille
Rhonda
Victoria
Henry Day
Ralph Kupner
Cybil Terry
Princeton
Ann Carlson
Sandusky
Betty Hicks
Ruth Parr
Lexington
Grandview Memorial Chapel
Sparta
Fred Jennings
Shiloh Methodist Church
Grayson County V.pw
Grandview Memorial Funeral Home
Arch Mitchem
Arch W
Dora Rae) Mitchem
Aloma Ave
Winter Park
Anawalt
Orlando
Cravens Shires
Bluewel
Death notices from Bluefield area list Wise Whit Skeens Belcher Byrd etc
A run of death notices from Bluefield area newspapers lists survivors and services for numerous individuals. Names include Winfred Hall Wise, Houston Dean Wise, Moses C. Whit, Edward Skeens, Christine L. Belcher, Lala M. Scales, Pansy Byrd, Geraldine Jordan, David P. Hager, Roby Crager, Madonna Byrd, Andy Cook, Robert Trent Hypes, and Theodore Nelson Lauderback. Surviving relatives, last residences, and funeral details follow, with church, cemetery, and funeral home references such as Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands, Bailey Funeral Home Princeton, and Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home Fairmont. Services span various dates and locations across West Virginia and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Julian Byers
West Virginia
Jewell Ridge
Roanoke
Bud Atwell
Whitewood
Roscoe Paul Wise
Gaynelle Robinette
Hubert Ray Wise
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Paul Gess
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Wills Smith
Jean Blankenship
Charles Blankenship
Ed Blankenship
Ernest Looney
James Sinith
Hurst-Scott
Eanon Mills
Bob Harrison
Roscoe Cook
Randall Cook
Hypes
Robert Trent
Quail Valley
Princeton
New Salem Methodist Church
Littlesburg
Glynn Quesenberry
John Hardman
Monte Vista Park
Bluefield
Lauderback
Theodore Nelson
Ted
Hensley
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Evangelist Ronnie McKenzie
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Fire damages Preston Street Elementary cafeteria blaze
Bluefield officials given a late afternoon fire at Preston Street Elementary School with no immediate origin identified. Fire Chief Poe suggested arson possible though not confirmed as investigators assess the scene. About 500 dollars of books and furniture were damaged. no injuries reported. Four firetrucks and eight firefighters responded to a 6:12 p.m. call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Street
Bluefield
Richard Poe
T.L. Ferguson
BFC
Poe
Hughes Cousins Declared Heirs in Hughes Estate Case
Sixteen cousins from Howard Hughes's mother’s side are ruled legitimate heirs to half the late tycoon’s estate. The probate ruling by Judge Pat Gregory paves the way for a final hearing starting August 24 to determine heirs on Hughes’s father’s side, amid more than 500 claimed kinship in the eccentric billionaire’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souston
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Pat Gregory
Medflies spread hit Florida and California citrus
AP reports two fertile Mediterranean fruit flies found in Florida and California as a helicopter breakdown delays malathion spraying near Tampa. Florida officials confirm a fourth fly to be non-sterile, while California records another fertile medfly in Livermore and an unmated female in Boulder Creek. Officials expand trapping to 1,000 more sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Florida Agriculture
Doyle Conner
Florida
Conner
California
Livermore
Jerry Scribner
Boulder Creek
Santa Cruz
Court decries jail dungeon abuse and urges reforms
Mercer County court finds medical care in the jail grossly deficient with a four by seven foot dungeon lacking plumbing and furnishings. Prisoners defecate on the floor and the setup violates the Eighth Amendment. The judge calls for ending the dungeon use and for better inmate reading materials and privacy for female prisoners. Local officials debate renaming fearsoury town via a citizen survey to cost little or nothing.
Tazewell candidates discuss support and projects
In a county meeting Abbs Valley and Pocahontas areas were cited as key to a viable Republican bid. Gess noted the challenge of winning Easter District, while Shrader accepted the nomination and pledged hard work for Tazewell County. The board approved land purchases for Oakvale and Bluefield projects and discussed bond items amid executive sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbs Valley
Boissevain
Pocahontas
Gess
Easter
Shrader
Tazewell County
Reagan
John Dalton
Commonwealth
Frederick Gray
Matoaka
Montcalm
Hughes
Samuel and
Charlene
Nelson
Oakvale
Bluefield
Mrs Wilkinson's Father Dies in Dillon S C
Sarrson Hayes prominent Dillon resident and father of Mrs R W Buz Wilkinson Bluefield died Sunday in Dillon Funeral services were to be held that afternoon Hayes was executive vice president of the First National Bank of Bluefield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarrson Hayes
Dillon
S.C
R.W
Buz) Wilkinson
Bluefield
Dillon Wilkinson
First National Bank of
Princeton Woman Free On Bond After Property Destruction Charge
Kathy Kanade of Princeton was charged by city police with destruction of property resisting arrest and public intoxication. She was released on a 249 dollar bond after arraignment before Assistant City Police Judge Fonda Farley. Police said she broke a plate glass window at Richmond's Antiques on Thorn Street Friday night causing about 400 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Kathy Kanade
Fonda Farley
Iran Offers Amnesty To Ousted President Bani Sadr
Iran on Monday offered amnesty to ousted President Bani Sadr and allowed a first group of French nationals to return home. Fifty seven French evacuees flew from Tehran to Paris aboard Iran Air ending a tense wait. France had refused to extradite him and protests followed his escape. Khomeini urged repentance and safe return for Bani Sadr and Rajavi. The four exiled opponents including Bakhtiar and Reza were named with criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
France
Pars
Tehran
Mehrabad
Paris
Frankfurt
West Germany
Orly
Foreign Ministry
Reza Alavi Tabatabie
Guy Georgy
Massoud Rajavi
Mujahedeen Khalq
Khomeini
Bani Sadr
Rajavi
Shah Reza I
Ishah
Shapour Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar
Reza
Cairo
Europeans Split Over Reagan Neutron Bomb Issue
European leaders divided on Reagan’s decision to manufacture neutron weapons. West Germany opposed deploying on German soil, while the opposition backed the move. Britain showed understanding, and the Dutch and Italian states voiced concerns. The Soviet bloc denounced the plan as talks with the U.S. loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
West Germany
Reagan
Western Europe
Cii
Hague
U.S
London
Moscow
Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Washington
Schmidt
Social Democratic Party
Hhart
NATO
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Eed
Bde
Landon
Moses C. Whitt
Moses C. Whit
Fairmont
Albert P
Sylvia Maxfield Mitt
Gloria Whitt
Charles
Pam) Wilhelm
Prairie DuLac
Wisc
Mark Whitt
Prairie DuSac
Joseph Patrick Whitt
R.B
Barbara) WeKenze
Elgood
Paul
Lucille) Kelley
Mary Mays
Richmond
Duard
Della) Garrison
Rt 4
George Whitt
Rt. 3
William E.R. Whitt
Fort Myers
Carpenter & Ford Funeral Home
Edward Skeens
Cincinnati
Mullens
Elmer Belcher
Elmer
Christine L.) Belcher
Matecumb Lane
Naples
Napels
Athens Road
Lala Scales
Lala M. Scales
Welch Hospital
Leckie
James Robert
Ella Brown
Donald Scales
Columus
Charles Brown
James Brown
Washington, D.C
Mt. Bethel United Holy Church
Virginia Johnson
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littesburg Road
Page Funeral Home
Pansy Byrd
Pansy Jane Byrd
Yards
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Geraldine Jordan
Northfork
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
David P. Hager
David Perry Hager
Noble Ave
N.E
Kyle . Hager
Oren, Inc
Reva S. Hager
Randall L. Hager
Karen H. Zayas
Mercer County
Virginia
Fearsoury
Auestionaire
Cecile Richardson
Hudson Huffard
Kenneth Barnett
David A. Kovach
Richardson
Aaron Saunders
Mrs. Richardson
Mercer Schools
Cominion
Rage Wee Hughes
Canada
Romberg
New Zealand
United States
Vancouver International
Jean-Luc Pepin
Peter Proulx
Princetonian
Oanforth
Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Delta Marketing, Inc
Princeton, W. VA
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