Deaths and Funerals items from Bluefield and nearby areas
Obituaries list Mrs. Samuel Edward Wood 84 of Bluefield with long illness, Funeral at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Mrs. Frederick Raines 74 of Peterstown dies after long illness, services at Midway Gospel Tabernacle, burial in Peterstown. April Lynn Brown infant of Honaker dies in Charlottesville, burial at Stinson Family Cemetery. Harley Duncan 77 of Princeton dies after short illness, services at Burns Wornal Chapel, burial Linkous Cemetery. Bobby H. Bridges 51 of Chantilly dies after sudden illness, services in Herndon and burial in Stonewall Memory Gardens. Mrs. Floyd Vandyke 88 formerly of Richlands, arrangements pending. many further notices include Tickle, Nester, Witherspoon, Claude Haynes, Mrs. Hubert Payne, Daniel W. Williams, Carl Sayers, Frederick Crosier and Mike Groch with funeral details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wood
Samuel Edward
Ella May) Wood
Mayfair Lane
Bluefield
D. Ensor
Ida Bailey Simpson
First Chrstian Church
Eastern Star Chapter
Macedonian White Shrine No
UDC
DAR In Nitro
American Legion Auxiliary
Mercer County Democratic Club
Vincent R. Simpson
Green Valley
Ariz
Oakley E. Simpson
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
David Cheverton
Clayton Sweet
Monte Vista Park
Frank Duesing
Ronnie Duesing
Steve Duesing
Dale Kersey
Jack Page
C.W. Houseman
American Cancer Society
First Christian Chuch
Fredrick
Gertrude Amos) Raines
Peterstown
Princeton
Rock Camp
James and
Pearl Helvey Amos
Midway Gospel Tabernacle
Rich Creek
Bob
Louise) Young
Dennis
Kathleen) Looney
New Castle
Clifford Raines
Ray Raines
Howard Raines
Lewis C. Amos
Earl Amos
Harry Peyton
Douglas Williams
Charles W. Reed
Broyles Funeral Home
Melvin Young
Wayne Young
James Raines
Harry Raines
Jerry Raines
Howard Lee Raines
April Lynn Brown
Johnny Mack
Deborah Lynn Shepard Brown
Honaker
Charlottesville
Garnett Shepard
Mack Brown
Swords Creek
Honaker Funeral Home
Stinson
Chestnut Ridge
Harley Duncan
Harley Garfield Duncan
Gardner Community
Floyd County
General Lee
Mary Ann Duncan
Cora Ellis Duncan
West Virginia Dept. of Highways
Gardner Community Church
Clinton Duncan
Ada Smith
Eden
Harold Mathena
Joe Mathena
Wayne Moye
Stanley Moye
Gail Bolton
Arnold Gullion
Bobby H. Bridges
Chantilly
East Gulf
Sterling and
Zell Gore Bridges
Ashburn Presbyterian Church
Ashburn
Ellen Bridges
Susan Chiarello
Hartford
Charlotte Robinson
Mary Cockerham
Culpepper
Wanda Slye
Witchita Falls
Texas
Sarah Baldwin
Amissville
Patrica McLean
Jacquline Farmer
Manassas
Curtis Bridges
Selma
James Bridges
Virgil Bridges
Bealeton
Q.T. Bridges
Leesburg
Green Funeral Home
Herndon, Va
Stonewall Memory Gardens
Floyd Vandyke
Floyd I
Nora L.) Vandyke
Winter Park
Fla
Richlands
Florida
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Tickle
Jackson L
Helen Huddle
Bland
Newberry
David Gilliam
Dale Johnson
Robinette
Nester
Avery Sherman, Sr
North Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Claude Oliver
David Hinton
Woodlawn Memorial
Claude E. Haynes
Claude Earnest Haynes
Bishop
Welch Hospital
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Charlie Dillon
Ted Anders
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Gary
Maude Parks Haynes
Orlando
Robert Haynes
UMWA
Jacobs Fork
Hattie Haynes
Claude
Bud) Haynes, Jr
Annandale
David
Jack) Haynes
Jackson
Miss
W.S
Grace) Penn
Bill Parks
Malcom Serber
Mike Haislipp
Tom Penn
Larry Henegar
Jimmy Sword
Hubert Payne
Hubert E
Elsa Casali) Payne
Court Street
Vivian
Antonio and
Menia Casali Casali
Payne
Welch Chamber of Commerce
Shepherd College
McDowell County
First Presbyterian Church
Mental Health Board
McDowell Woman's Club
Delta Kappa Gamma _ Society
Phi Chapter
American Red Cross
Hubert Elkins Payne, Jr
Indianapolis
Ind
Liberty Casali
Harrisonburg
Odi Casa
Delta Kappa Gamma
Daniel W. Williams
Rt. 1
Box 29
Matoaka
North Wilksboro
N.C
Soloman
Minnie Love Williams
Pocahontas Fuel Corp
U.M.W.A
Laura Jennings Williams
Jackie Williams
Greensboro
Frazier
Geralene) Snapp
Seaford
Virginia Farmer
Audrey Morris
Bertha Williams
Cordie Underwood
Rock
Mamie Abshire
Roy Williams
Earl Williams
Leonard Williams
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Jim Hendricks
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Carl W. Sayers
W. Giddens St
Chicago
Maybeury
Lilly Hess Sayers Asbury
Abbs Valley
James Sayers
Church of God At
Marie Sayers
No. Tazewell
Carl Sayers
Montcalm
Teddie Sayers
Dennis Beavers
Dora Jane Church
Betty Jo Chappel
King George
Patsy Ann Goins
Nemours
Earl Sayers
Claypool Hill
Lucy Beavers
Fredericksburg
Jeannie Creasy
Walter Burgess
Church of God
Frederick Crosier
Frederick Michael Crosier
Anthony
New Mexico
Union
el Paso
Tex
Connersville
C.P
Virginia Looney Crosier
U.S. Navy
Anthony Lodge No
Setona
Marshall University
Carol Dubin
Silver Springs
Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home
Wayne Ellis
Carl Burrows
Fairview Cemetery
Monroe Lodge No
American Legion Post No
Schoolmen Hold Executive Session on Bluefield Junior High
The Mercer County Board of Education met in executive session in Princeton to discuss Bluefield Junior High construction with SEM Partners and Corte Company. Attending were Supt. Hughes, deputy supt. Holland, and clerk Tom Heatherman. Officials aim to complete the new consolidated junior high by Sept 1982 after Central and Fairview students transfer. The meeting followed a Friday session with SEM Partners. The report also notes Hawaii's drift toward Japan at about four inches per year, four times North America's drift rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Harold Wood
Ben Faulkner
Harold Brewster
Allen Lackey
SEM Partners
Corte Company
John M. Hughes
Howard Harvey
Carl Holland
Tom
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Masthead and Rates
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its 1893 establishment, daily morning publication at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia with Associated Press news. Subscriptions priced 58.80 yearly West Virginia zones. Home delivery 4.90 monthly.
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
Gas Storage Tank Found Beneath Gilbert Grade School Playground
In Gilbert West Virginia an old gasoline storage tank buried for about 40 years was unearthed beneath the playground at Gilbert Grade School. Fire Department official Kendall Simpson says removal eases concern about gasoline leaking into a nearby creek during heavy rains. Mingo County school officials had been warned by the state fire marshal to remove the tank or seal it with sand and concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
W.va
Kendall Simpson
Gilbert Volunteer Fire Department
Mingo County
Princeton Considers Downtown Police Move and Pharmacy Probe
City leaders weighed moving the police station downtown to boost visibility and access, amid cost concerns and space needs. A three to one vote formed a committee to study Graham’s charges that Graham’s Hospital drug sales to nursing homes unfairly compete with local pharmacies, naming pharmacists Lohr Bay Carney and council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbakow
Ellis
Emory Reasor
Graham
Princeton Community Hospital
Neil Lohr
Elmer Bay
John Carney
Cannon
Glenwood Park
St. Mary’s
Bluefield
Princeton
PCH
William E. Shepherd
Robert E. Holroyd
West Virginia
Arkansas
Lohr
Shepherd
Andrew L. Clark
Holroyd
Gene Bailey
Glen Manning
Reaser
Donzie Kessinger
Rockefeller Names Lead Committee for Road Bond Campaign
Gov. Jay Rockefeller appointed three leaders to head the private fundraising campaign for the 750 million Roads for Jobs and Progress Amendment. Ripley attorney Thomas R. Goodwin, Barboursville contractor William Turman, and Charleston CPA Roger Osborne will oversee regional committees and ensure funds are raised and spent privately. Lane Bailey will serve as campaign manager.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ripley
Thomas R. Goodwin
William Turman
Barboursville
Contractors Association of
West Virginia
Roger Osborne
State Economic Development Authority
Lane Bailey
Governor’s Office
Bailey
New Crime Measures Requested
A federal task force proposed new crime laws and funding to curb violence. It sent 64 recommendations to Attorney General William Smith, including 2 billion in federal grants for new prisons and a total cost under 800 million for other items. The bail proposal faced two dissents, with constitutional questions tied to Supreme Court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William French Smith
Griffin B. Bell
Supreme Court
Congress
Bluefield Hearing Cancelled in Water Rate Case
Public Service Commission examiner C Terry Owen cancelled a Thursday hearing in Bluefield for the Bluewell Public Service District. The case seeks a water rate increase and approval to build a new pumping station with 27000 feet of water line linking to the treatment plant, decided on the record from a May 14 hearing and a June 17 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Bluewell
Public Service District
C. Terry Owen
PSC
Cat Burglar Strikes Again in Mercer County
A known Brushfork burglar struck two homes, a trailer, and a General Telephone Company office over the weekend. Suspected to be the same offender, Sgt. R E Baughman noted break-ins at Sam Bowen and George Williams homes, with cash and a .20 gauge shotgun taken. Brinegar reported $75 missing. Investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushfork
Mercer County
General Telephone Company
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
R.E. Baughman
Sheriff’s Department
Criminal Investigtion Division
Baughman
Sam Bowen
George Williams
Bowen
Williams
Tom Brinegar
Baiughman
Brinegar
McDowell Woman Is Arrested For Forgery and Uttering
Reginia Bailey, 25, of Saeger McDowell County, was arrested by Welch Trooper W F Martin on forgery and uttering charges. She was arraigned before Magistrate David Hunt and released after posting a 4000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WELCH
McDowell County
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
Reginia Bailey
Saeger
W.F. Martin
David Hunt
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Mrs
Fredrick Raines
Daniel Williams
Mike Groch
Thorpe
Hawaii
Japan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Spring ST. Bluefield
Hickmans East
Athens
Rockefeller Names
McDowell
Danforth Insurance Agency
The
Armory
LY DE
Rea
Skyway Drive
Airport Rd
Warrenizing Cleaners
Northfork