Obituaries from August 1998 list local deaths in Virginia and nearby states
A sequence of obituaries records eight individuals who died between August 16 and 18 1998 in Virginia and nearby areas. Names include Miles Kennedy Phinas Church Barthur Marsh Cynthia Ann Myers Ray Harlan Walls Sr Charles Nichols Sr Dennis Boyd Janie Rife with funeral arrangements announced or incomplete at local funeral homes.
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Miles Kennedy
Roderfield
Princeton Community Hospital
Fanning
Dudley Memorial
Bluefield
Cynthia Ann Myers Ray
Abingdon
Avondale
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Shortridge- Ramey Funeral Home
Grundy
Harlan Albert Walls Sr
Douglas Lane
Bristol
Hurst- Scott
Richlands
Charles Sylvester Nichols Sr
Box 158
Brushfork
Falls Mills Road
Princeton
Dennis Boyd
Chester
Shortt Gap
Hopewell
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Janie Martha Rife
Raven
Wolf Pen
Clinch Valley Humana Hospital
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Obituary notices from Vansant and Bluefield VA areas
Obituaries list Vanant Dickenson County native Phinas Church age 90, Island Creek Coal retiree, survived by wife Carrie and many children. burial at Robinson Cemetery. Also notices for Carl Poole 78 Bluefield WV, Navy veteran, former auto dealer affiliations, and Cynthia Ann Myers Ray 33 Abingdon former Avondale resident, with service details and survivors. Included are Charles Sylvester Nichols Sr. 76 Bluefield, long-time coal foreman, with extensive survivor list and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vansant
Phinas Church
Buchanan General Hospital
Dickenson County
George and
Angeline Deer Church
Island Creek Coal Co
U.M.W.A
Alfred
Lynburg
Claude
Kilby
Trigg
Mae Chambers
Effie Church
Rosie Church
Carrie Church
Jethro Church
Haysi
Roger Church
Garvis
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Gail Ratliff
Kathleen Lane
Grundy
Delphine Powers
Rochester Hills
Leonard Church
George
Bluefield
Carl Everette Poole
Westwood Health Care Center
Wythe Ave
Wythe County
James and
Ora Bryant Poole
Trinity United Methodist Church
Margaret O’dell Poole
Ned Poole
Katie
Gibsonville
N.C
Jim Poole
Denise
Norcross
Mamie Stamper
Alma Testerman
Jennifer Poole
Mercer Funeral Home
I. Mark Conner
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Salvation Army Citadel
Highland Avenue
Bluefield Lions Club
P.O. Box
Randall Ray
Abingdon
Alice Myers
Avondale
Shannon Marie Myers
Kenny Faulstich
Curtis Myers
Florence Myers Parker
Jeannie Kennedy
Rita Davis
Jolene Myers
Shenendoah Myers
West Jefferson
Brody Myers
Brandon Wiles
Community House of Prayer
Old Jolo School
Jolo
Tommy Addair
Byron Crawford
Myers Family
Grapevine Branch Road
Beartown
Bug Hurley Hollow
Three Forks
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home of
Charles Sylvester Nichols Sr
Route 4
Box 158
Brushfork
Falls Mills Road
McDowell
Shepherd
Betty Hawkins Nichols
Eastern Associated Coal Co
Keystone Mines
Brushfork Baptist Church
Walter Nichols
Pearl Canaday
Ramona Clark Nichols Jr
Charles S. Nichols Jr
Mary Frances
Jerry D. Nichols Sr
Sissy
Janice Chandler
Roger
Jean LaRue
Bud
Doris Blevins
Harold
Faye Caldwell
Mike
Kaye Bowman
Thelma Martin
Jerry D. Nichols Jr
Cynthia Hager
Diane Hill
John Stockson Jr
Roger Wayne Chandler
David LaRue Jr
John Witt
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established in 1893 and published every morning at 928 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield WV 24701 US Postmaster handles address changes. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Associated Press WV Press Assn.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Funeral Services Held Today for Perkins and Sluss
Funeral services scheduled today include Joseph Harry Perkins at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel in Honaker Virginia at 2 p.m. with burial at Ketron Memorial Gardens in Lebanon. Randall Gray Sluss will be at Hurst Tazewell Virginia at 11 a.m. with burial at Grandview Memory Garden in Bluefield Virginia.
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Joseph Harry Perkins
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Ketron Memorial Gardens
Lebanon
Randall Gray Sluss
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Tazewell
Grandview Memory Garden
Bluefield
Women join VMI but rat line endures for class of 34 new women
In Lexington, Virginia, Virginia Military Institute begins its rat line initiation as 34 of 477 cadets are women. Superintendent Josiah Bunting III and Dean Alan Ford Farrell note the long process remains unchanged by integration. Jennifer Ringgold says women bring different strengths and are determined to prove themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Alan Ford Farrell
Farrell
Military School
VMI
U.S. Supreme Court
Josiah Bunting III
Jennifer Ringgold
Northern
Virginia
Institute
Fawcett ex convicted on battery charges
Farrah Fawcett's ex boyfriend James Orr was found guilty of one count of misdemeanor battery for beating the actress in a driveway altercation on January 28. He faces up to a year in jail at October sentencing and plans to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
Santa Monica
Calif
Farrah Fawcett
James Orr
Orr
Charlie’s Angels
Miss Fawcett
Farrah
Anthony Pellicano
Los Angeles
Driver chokes on ice, wrecks truck over bridge
A tractor trailer plunged off a Gallup bridge into a river after the driver choked on an ice cube and lost control. Harold McNally, 46, of Molino, Florida, was in critical condition. A second driver with him was in satisfactory condition with broken bones.
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Gallup
N.M
Harold McNally
Molino
Fla
Anthrax scare evacuates Kansas state office building
An envelope with a white powder described as anthrax led to the evacuation of the Finney State Office Building in Wichita. FBI officials say 20 to 25 people may have been exposed and the material is being sent to Washington for testing. No symptoms have been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Finney State Office
FBI
Jeff Lanza
Kansas City
Washington
Lanza
Memorial boulder placed at Erma Bombeck grave in Ohio
In Dayton, a 29,000 pound boulder replaces a potted plant at Erma Bombeck’s grave in Woodlawn Cemetery. The rock, taken from an Arizona neighbor’s property, was delivered to mark 25 years of Bombeck’s and husband Bill’s time in Arizona. Bombeck died in 1996 at age 69 after a kidney transplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombeck
Dayton, Ohio
Erma Bombeck
Arizona
Woodlawn
Bill Bombeck
Phoenix
Geraldo Takes On Media Giants In Playboy Interview
Geraldo Rivera fires at Jerry Springer calling him the most shameful man in America while praising Dan Rather and describing Barbara Walters as a very sexy babe. He concedes his role in trash TV and notes the line between tabloid TV and newsmagazines has become indecipherable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldo
Playboy
Chicago
Geraldo Rivera
Jerry Springer
America
Barbara Walters
Rivera
Peter Jennings
Petey
Dan
Quote style critique targets Kent and Simpson figures
In a provocative comparison a former NBC correspondent Arthur Kent nicknamed the Scud Stud is dismissed as an empty leather jacket, while a provocative jab at OJ Simpson portrays him as less formidable without a weapon. The remarks reflect sharp celebrity commentary and public feuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Arthur Kent
O.J. Simpson
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Haysi Funeral
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Darrell Davis
Robinson Cemetery
Birchleaf
Grundy Ambulance Service
Southern Home Nursing
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James C. Myers
Bradshaw
Carolyn Jeffcoat Faulstich
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
West Virginia
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Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Terri Hale
Bobby English
Wade Watson
Henry Meade
Nent
Jim Terry
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Dartment
Tammy Cook
Bdtonline.com
Bottonline
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Advertising Questic Business Office
Princeton News Bu
Mail
Falces
Spain
LS Cancert
Everlasting Monument Company
Peterstown
McNally
MecNally
Rio Puerco
Federal Street
Princeton Mercantile
Ags
Mercer School
RO Clame
Sports Connection
Oakvale Road
Electrolux
Mel Cleaners
Ron Penland Insurance Agency
Sonya
P Inc
Grace Christian Church
James D. Bailey
Fellowship Hall
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