Deaths and Funerals lead list in Bluefield area pages
Obituary roundup covers William Hudgins 72 of Boissevain and other deaths across Virginia and West Virginia. Surviving family details, funeral times, burial places and calling hours at Rodriguez Funeral Home Pocahontas Memorial Church Princeton and Welch area chapels. Names include Hudgins Weikel Atwood Witherspoon Farley Burrell Tatum England Harless Campbell Edmunds Perdue Carter Burton Byrd Dunford Nester.
Local press masthead and service notes from Bluefield paper
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead lists its address at 412 Bland Street Mocks WV 24701 with AP membership and mailing details. Subscription rates are 58.80 per year in West Virginia and 4.90 per calendar month for home delivery, with postmaster changes via P O Box 208 Bluefield WV 24701.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Tele Printing Co
Bland Street
Mocks
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Funeral Rites Set For Youth Gregory White 14
Funeral services are planned for Gregory Wayne White 14 of Rt. 1 Swords Creek. He died after an accident at Richlands Recreational Park pool and may have sustained head injuries from a diving board jump. An autopsy will determine if drowning or injury caused death. He was a Honaker High student and member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He is survived by parents George R and Madalene Harris White, sisters Patricia Graham Brenda Judy, and brothers Emory Jerry Richie, plus grandparents Worley Harris. Funeral arrangements are by Honaker Funeral Home.
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Gregory Wayne White
Rt. 1
Swords Creek
Richlands
Richlands Recreational Park
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Steve Dunn
Harold Toms
Austin
Venia
Clinch Valley Clinic
Tazewell County
George R
Madalene Harris White
Honaker High School
Rock man receives presidential birthday telegram at 82
A severely ill Rock area man marked his 82nd birthday with a telegram from President Reagan. Lee Miller Sr. of Rock near Bluewell received the note signed by the President, as his family shared pride and gratitude for the unexpected gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock
Ronald Reagan
Lee Miller, Sr
Coca Cola
Bluewell
Miller
Nancy
Lee Miller Jr
Sandlick
Bramwell-Freeman
Mercer County
NAACP Leader Urges Calm Resolve At West Virginia Conference
Rev Charles Smith of the NAACP told about 200 at the Bluefield Sheraton Inn to maintain perspective amid Reagan era cuts. He urged not to worry, to pivot on solid ground, and to extract purpose from adversity while interpreting national moves. Benjamin Hooks spoke earlier at the conference.
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Daily Telegraph
Charles Smith
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bluefield Sheraton Inn
Smith
West Virginia
NAACP
Benjamin Hooks
National Association
Reagan
Rowe Funeral Services Set for Gary Darrell Rowe
Funeral services are planned in Bluewell for Gary Darrell Rowe 28 of Route 3 Bluewell who died from injuries after a car crash on East River Mountain. He will be laid to rest at Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton with Rev Eunice Davis officiating. Rowe, born in Mallory, was son of Luther and Maggie Rowe, a six year Bluewell resident, employed at Consolidated Coal Pageton prep plant. Survived by wife Vicki Nordquest Rowe two sons Bobby and David one sister Laura Hess Princeton one brother Dennis Rowe Coalwood and step brother Johnny Rowe Premier. Pallbearers listed.
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William Hudgins
William Clarence
Bill’’ Hudgins
Boissevain
Bluefield
Rodriguez Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Ernest Westmoreland
Ted R. Cook
Grandview Memory Gardens
Joseph
Carrie Lou Smith Hudgins
Church of Jesus Christ
Consolidation Coal Company
U.S
Ethel Dillon Hudgins
Hubert
Wesley Hudgins
Margie Barrett
Elkton
Avery
Clyde Hudgins
Lucy Mae Hall
Neomia Dillon
Leroy Summers
Walter Sayers
Wes Edwards
Charlie Marrs, Jr
Cecil Lewis
Orville Cox
Willie Preston
Bessie Jane) Weikel
Glenwood Methodist
Max Meadows
Charles and
Emma Gibson Rogers
Memorial Church of Christ
Charles T. Weikel
Ashland
Lewis B. Weikel
Leadyard
Elva J. Weikel
New Hope Road
Princeton
Glen Tabor
Resthaven Memorial Park
Memorial
Athens Road
Lewis Farley
Lewis
Edith Catherine) Farley
East River Ave
Coleman
Richard and
Mary Reynolds Casey
Eastern Star
Freeburn
Milton L
Madie” Dotson
Bradley
Eloise) Casey
Louis Farley, Jr
Jesse Casey
Pond Creek
Mercer Funeral Home
Harry Wright
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Gary Darrell Rowe
Bluewell
A. Bluefield
East River Mountain
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Eunice Davis
Rowe
Mallory
Luther
Maggie Dawson Rowe
Consolidated Coal Company
Pageton
War High School
United Mine Workers
Vicki Nordquest Rowe
Bobby
David Rowe
Home
Laura Hess
Dennis Rowe
Coalwood
Johnny Rowe
Premier
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Larry Hayden
Ritch Hunter
Terry McKeehan
Bill Lopsher
Woodrow Brown
Rockefeller Delivers Medal of Honor Grove Dedication Address
West Virginia Governor Rockefeller praised the state's Democratic gains in the legislature after addressing Mercer County at the Medal of Honor Grove dedication in Valley Forge. He called it an American and moving day, noting pride in being a West Virginian as Rep. Nick Rahall and local officials attended. County Democratic Chairman Paige Wooldridge led the event.
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Mercer County
Brushfork
Randy Barton
Larrie Bailey
Tony Whitlow
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rudolph Jennings
John Frazier
Democratic
Paige Wooldridge
William 0. Bivens, Jr
E. R
Shorty) Simons
Frank Ellison
Mike Fisher
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Valley Forge
Nick Joe Rahall
MX Missile Plans Seen Backed by Weinberger Probe
Weinberger is set to brief the president with an updated report on MX base options and political feasibility. The briefing also covers building a fleet of advanced bombers and advancing a second-generation missile for Triad submarine launches.
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Weinberger
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Willie Weikel
James Atwood
James Houston Atwood
Roanoke
Pearlsburg
Veterans Administration Hospital
Salem
Maryville
Tenn
Walter
Minnie Atwood
Mary Frances
James
Clara) Colley
Pearisburg
Angel’s Rest Memorial Gardens
Narrows
David E. Glavin
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Patricia Witherspoon
North Tazewell
Lexington
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Eddie Burrell
Excelsior
Welch Hospital
Alabama
Jessie
Elizabeth Burrell
War Area
Caretta
Second Baptist Church
Excelsior Lodge No
Yukon
Louise Burrell
Dorothy Reese
War
Teresa Washington
Manhattan
N.Y
Jessie Burrell
Cleveland
Ohio
Rumillar Burrell
Pittsburgh
Louise Strong
Laura Owens
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Henry Tatum
Henry B
Alma Woodson) Tatum
Rustburg
Charles W
Martha Goggin Woodson
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Longwood College
Joseph England
Joseph E. England
Vicksburg
Miss
Dorothy England
Joe E. England, Jr
William E. England
Houston
Texas
Clinton Jones
Fisher Funeral Home
Clarence Harless
Clarence K
Hazel Weiss) Harless
Radford
Craig County, Va
She Was A
The
Sherman and
Lula Duncan Weiss
Cecil K. Harless
Willston
S.C
James P. Harless
Douglass Harless
William Harless
Marshall Harless
Donald
Lois) Stafford
Betty) Roberts
Robert
Patsy) Bruce, Jr
Christiansburg
George
Diane) Evans
Dublin
Berlin Weiss
Salem, Va
Cecil and
Frank Weiss
Ethel Weiss
Richlands, Va
Givens Funeral Chapel
Richard Hamblin
Barney Pitsinger
Birchlawn
Minnie Edmunds
Minnie Campbell Edmunds
North Glebe Road
Arlington
Virginia
Emmett
Adelaide Carleton Edmunds
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D.C
Jean E. Cutting
Roselawn
Monte Vista Funeral Home
Perdue
Noah Junior
Union St
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Rev
E.C. Burton
Burton
Theodore
Sarah Jane
Old Athens Road
Burns Wornal
A.R. Dishner
Paul Hall
Bowling Cemetery
Spanishburg
Clifford Farmer
Ronald Dean Saunders
Roy Green
David Perdue
Darrell Blackwell
Roy Butler
Curtis Sluss
Ronnie Perdue
Byrd
Oscar
Falls Mills
Bramwell
Gene Sizemore
Jack Osborn
Clay Osborn
John Johnson
Charles Crabtree
Obel Crabtree
James Hollyfield
Barney Dunford
Barney
Annie) Dunford
Portsmouth
Dry Fork
Bandy
Inez
Amos
Sarah Aldridge Fitzpatrick
Mary Baldwin
Helen Harmon
Dorothy Beavers
Pat
Georgia) Griffith
Amonate
Elizabeth Eaton
Iberia
Avery Dunford
Sunnyside
Utah
Barney Dunford, Jr
William Dunford
Bucyrus
Jenny Cassell
Columbus
Sally Hager
Concord
Jim Fitzpatrick
Avery Nester
Avery S. Nester
North Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Danforth Insurance Agency
Dios
Spring ST. Bluefield
Rowe Funeral Services
Graham
Virginia Ave
Bluefield, VA
Bluefield Monument Company
Beltone
Wythe Avenue
Bluefield W.va
U.M.W.A
Hearing Aid Service
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