Deaths and Funerals Highlight Virginia Community Losses
Mrs. Albert Lowe 78 of North Tazewell dies after long illness. Survivors include son Ted Lowe and siblings. funeral Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Peery & St. Clair with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Mrs. Robert Wiley 56 of Princeton dies after long illness. husband predeceased. services Tuesday 11 a.m. at Burns Wornal Chapel with burial in Athens Cemetery. Charles Flavius Tabor, 75 of Princeton, dies after long illness. burial in Oakwood Cemetery following residence service. Nancy Compton 34 of Pilgrims Knob dies at home from apparent heart attack. arrangements incomplete at Buchanan County Funeral Home Keen Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lowe
Albert
Molly Mae) Lowe
Rt. 4
North Tazewell
Tazewell
Wallscreek
John H
Martha Beavers Davidson
Boyd’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Ted Lowe
Curtis Altizer
North Ta
Robert Wiley
Robert S
Lucille) Wiley
Athens
Princeton
Albert and
Lelia Martin Beckett
Mount Jackson Baptist Church
Rita Wiley
Dwight Wiley
William
Linda) Austin
Charles Tabor
Charles Flavius Tabor
Ritchie St
Littlesburg
James J
Sallie Elizabeth Stinson Tabor
Dorothy Tabor
Virginia McDonald
Lexington
Clarence Tabor
Oakwood Cemetery
Athens Road
Nancy Compton
Nancy Louise Robertson Compton
Pilgrim’s Knob
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain
Paul A. Ayers
Paul A
Gladys Walters) Ayers
Bluefield
Maybeury
A.M
Melvina Leslie Walters
Bluewell
Buford Walters
Pearisburg
Goldie Compton
Ruth Cook
Cravens-Shires
Gene E. Sizemore
Ted R. Cook
Woodlawn Memorial Park
George Law
Buford Helmandollar
Buddy Warden
Clarence Butt
Kenneth Levert
Jack Pinkard
Eugene Shoop
Eugene
Lillian Louise Cheatwood) Shoop
Miami Beach
Fla
Elgood
George W. Seaver
Rufus Boothe
Rufus
Virgie Prater) Boothe
Winston-Salem
N.C
Winston- Salem
Garrett
Bud Prater
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Robert Moore
Rt. 1
East Bend
N. C
Jack Spainhour
Phyllis Boothe
George Savka
West Virginia
Joe C. Boothe
King, N.C
Harold C. Boothe
Guy L. Boothe
California
Clifford E. Boothe
Alabama
Donald A. Boothe
Ohio
Woodland Baptist Church
Gardens of Memory Cemetery
Vogler
Eddie Willis
Eddie
Sarah Jane) Willis
Haysi
Grundy, Va
Southern Baptist Church
Edith Bartley
Clyve Chlver
St. Albans
Pauline Perusch
Cleveland
Earl Willis
Burnsville
Bert Willis
Huntsville
Ala
Homer Willis
Richmond
Neil Willis
Rome
Jesse Wiggins
Cullowhwee
David Wiggins
Waynesville
Maude Sherrill
Cara Collins
Bryson City
Haysi Funeral Home
Ross Linley
Rebecca Willis
Elmer Church
Elmer A
Tonnie Looney) Church
Rt. 3
White's Mill
Abingdon
Roanoke
Buchanan County
Grundy
Old Regular Baptist Church
Mary Ruth Gearheart
Vansant, Va
Marjorie Buchanan
Polly Elizabeth Church
Lillian Jacqueline Church
Rebecca Church Looney
Elmer Church Jr
Cedar Bluff
William Alonzo Church
Jacksonville
Mary Elswick
Elkhorn City
Calotta Cubley
Nell Birmer
Glenna Sue Barrett
Sebring
John William Looney
Holston Regular Baptist Church
Francis Hubbard
Spencer Burke
Forest Hills Memory Gardens
Campbell
Multiple Obituaries and Incident Report From Bluefield Area
An obituary roundup lists Mrs. Paul A Ayers and others from Bluefield and nearby towns, with funeral details and survivors. Separate notes mention a Martinsville educator, J Olin Austin and Dudley Memorial Mortuary details, plus a Kaohsiung flight crash report with victims including Kuniko Mukoda and Kaohsiung police chief and a retired vice admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuniko Mukoda
Naoki
Kaohsiung
Funerals for Kessinger and others in Bluefield area
Obituaries list multiple funeral services across Princeton Tazewell and Bluefield areas. John Leslie Kessinger 80 of Princeton 11 a.m. at George W Princeton. Lillian F Harris 56 of Tazewell 2 p.m. Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Thomas G. Cline 82 of Bandy 11 a.m. Peery & St. Clair. Charles Edward Teague 34 of Roanoke 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Fred M Belcher 74 of Bluefield 11 a.m. Mercer Funeral Home. Burial details and officiants provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kessinger
John Leslie
Blake Ave
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Harry Christie
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Teague
Charles Edward
Roanoke
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Frank Blevins
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Bobby Bowling
Frank Shelly
Gene Moore
Charlie Myles
Roy Bishop
Leo Portis
Belcher
Fred M
Stella
Fairmont St
C.H. Patterson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Patron Notice and Rates
Subscriptions and delivery rates listed for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph including West Virginia region pricing. Advertising notes and office contact details appear with postal box and street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Tele, Printing Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon
Oakwood Mine Team Wins Award in Rescue Drill
A team from Athens Ohio won first place in a simulated two hour mine rescue at the 26th Southern West Virginia Mine Rescue and First Aid Association event drawing 78 teams from five states. Oakwood Va Island Creek Coal Co. won combined rescue and first aid. Beckley Coal Mining Co. took first in one hour rescue. Southern Ohio Coal Co. Raccoon No. 3 team led the two hour operation amid hazards and submerged miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W.va
Athens
Ohio
Southern Ohio Coal Co
Raccoon No. 3
Virginia
Kentucky
Utah
Southern West Virginia Mine Rescue and First-Aid Association
Beckley Coal Mining Co
Itmann Coal Co
Island Creek Coal Co
Oakwood
Medflies Reach Hollister As California Eradication Efforts Expand
Medfly sightings in Hollister and two other sites prompt new aerial malathion spraying as officials push to widen quarantine. Texas seeks broader fumigation of California produce while judges hear arguments on cross state trade fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Gatos
Calif
Texas
California
Medfly
Hollister
Pope
California Highway Patrol
Medfly Project
San Benito County
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County
Dallas
U.S
Patrick Higginbotham
Higginbotham
Texas Agriculture
Reagan V. Brown
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pro-Government Unions Target Solidarity at Katowice Mill
In Warsaw AP reports pro-government unions accuse Solidarity of alienating workers at Poland's Katowice steel mill by seeking to oust the manager Stanislaw Bednarczyk. They call Solidarity leaders provocateurs sowing discord while Solidarity plans a referendum to remove the manager over a plant shutdown. The government warns the vote is intolerable amid ongoing labor unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
PAP
Katowice
Independent Union
Stanislaw Bednarczyk
Jacek Cieslicki
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Steelworkers’ Union
Soviet Union
Nuclear Waste Disposal Plan Eyed In Virginia
The plan envisions regional low level nuclear waste disposal reducing Virginia’s need for a state site for at least 15 years. If approved by Virginia and eight Southern states, waste could continue to be dumped at Barnwell, South Carolina, which already handles out of state waste, easing immediate industry and political pressures over a Virginia site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Barnwell
S.C
South Carolina
Princeton Man Arraigned In Gambling Raid
Raymond Chambers owner of Raymond's on Thorn Street Princeton was arraigned on a warrant alleging sale of tip tickets. He was released on a 500 dollar recognizance bond after police recovered several items from the business including guns a blackjack machine tip tickets and other paraphernalia. Authorities from Princeton Mercer County Sheriff and state police led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
David Pedneau
Raymond Chambers
Raymond's
Thorn Street
Princeton Police Department
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Princeton State Police
Giles County approves 1981-82 lunch program and new staff
Giles County School Board approved the 1981-82 breakfast and lunch pricing with breakfast at elementary 40 cents high school 45 cents, reduced 20 cents and adult 60 cents. lunch at elementary 75 cents reduced 20 cents and adult 1.15. Eight Vietnamese students were enrolled at Pembroke Elementary and a Bland County child was permitted to join Giles County Preschool Handicapped Program. Coaching assignments were made for football and girls eighth grade basketball, with several new teachers appointed at Eggleston Narrows and Rich Creek Elementary Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearisburg
Giles County School Board
Pembroke Elementary
Bland County
Giles County
Mary McClaugherty
Ricky G. Lee
Roger A. Lee
Marilyn D. Mustard
Theresa S. McLaughlin
Eggleston
Theresa M. Beasley
Narrows
Rich Creek
Teresa O. Perdue
Bobbie R. Skeens
Narrow
Woman Arrested On 71 Warrants
Mercer County Deputy Sheriff arrested Rita Dillon 22 of Roanoke on 69 worthless check warrants and two false pretense warrants after eight months of searching. She was arraigned before Magistrate Luther Byrd, jailed on $4,000 bond. All 71 warrants tied to checks under $200 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
Virginia
William Gearhart
Rita Dillon
Roanoke
Luther Byrd
Gearhart
Dillon
Athens
Indian Meadows
Hit and Run Investigated on Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield Police investigate a hit and run that damaged a 1979 Chevy pickup parked at 1607 Bluefield Avenue. The truck, owned by Glen H Bowling of Coaldale, was struck by an unknown eastbound vehicle causing minor damage. Sgt. Jim Bailey handled the 9:33 p.m. call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Glen H. Bowling
General Delivery
Coaldale
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Daily Telegraph
Evelyn Pearman
Evelyn Cheshire Pearman
East Church St
Martinsville
Jenkin Jones
Pocahontas
Jenkinsones
Hagerstown
First United Methodist Church
J. Olin Austin
Maple St
Sealy Matress Company
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
T.H. Chang
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Danforth Insurance Agency
Oakwood Mine
Don Farley
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Farley
College OF Graduate Studies
Bluefield State College
Phyllis Thompson
Project
Bill Pope
Brown
Tokyo
USDA
John Ford
Japan
Olstztyn
Communist Party
Radom
American Music Conference
Ulysses S. Grant
Virgilompson
the Mother of Us All
Susan B. Anthony
McDowell County
Boksutlah
Suntet
Warrenizing Cleaners
Bluewelle Northfork
Welch
Jim Bailey
Vacation Bible School
OF Christ
New Hope Rd
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