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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1997

Page

3

Obituaries from multiple states mark Aug 22 1997 deaths

Death notices list Claude E Hawkins 73 of Ferndale Michigan Barbara Israel 46 of Honaker Virginia Paul Sargent 96 of Richlands Virginia and other residents. Funeral arrangements are handled by Spaulding Curtin Richardson Honaker Fanning and Singleton Funeral Homes with services in Virginia and Michigan.

Claude E. Hawkins Ferndale Mich West Virginia Southfield Spaulding & Curtin James Robert Bushnell Welch Hospital Richardson Funeral Home Keystone Barbara Mitchell Israel Big A Mountain Honaker Honaker Funeral Home Gilmer Lee Rose Isaban Logan General Hospital Fanning Funeral Home Saeger Ruby Ann Griffin Smallwood Cedar Bluff Bristol, Tenn Onaker Otis Woods Bluefield Roanoke Charles M. “Budge Hunter Sunnyside Drive Tazewell Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Paul Kelly Sargent Richlands Russell County Johnce Jennie Vencill Sargent Stuart Land and Cattle Company Clifton Farm Nina French Ella Brewster Callie Ball Myrtle Mutter Lealia Lowe Elva Sargent Mary Ann Jackson Sargent Elbert Sargent Harold Sargent Elma Ball Rt. 2 Providence Hospital William R Maggie (Jones) Hawkins U.S. Navy Virginia M. England National Society of Public Accountants Independent Accountants Association of Michigan Ferndale Lions Club Richard L Sherry Troy, Mich Malcolm E Kathleen Detroit Dorothy Harbage Spaulding & Curtin Funeral Home West Nine Mile Road Roseland Park Cemetery American Cancer Society Southfield Road Barbara June M. Israel Barbara June Mitchell Israel Big A Drill Ruby Baldwin Mitchell Council Thomas Mitchell Drill Chapel Free Will Baptist Church Deborah Barton Harold Mitchell Danyer Mitchell Avery Barton Clyde Lambert Baldwin Honaker Funeral

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Funeral services set for Hicks and Gibson families in Virginia

Misty Dawn Montaigne of Amonate Virginia will have a 1 p.m. burial at Hicks Family Cemetery in Amonate. Shirley Marie Gibson Meadows of Knox Creek Church of God Hurley will have a 2 p.m. burial at Eli Blankenship Cemetery in Hurley. Eugene Alta Gene Coleman of Saeger will have services at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield Virginia.

Singleton Funeral Home Cedar Bluff David Allen Buddy Herald Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Bobby Sargent Dennis Sargent Billy Sargent Steve Sargent David Sargent Brandon Taylor Gregory Sargent Barry Sargent Stuart Land and Cattle Company Columbia Clinch Valley Medical Center Misty Dawn Shirley Marie Gibson Meadows Knox Creek Church

Virginia FOP backs three Democratic statewide nominees

The Virginia Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Don Beyer for governor, L F Payne for lieutenant governor, and Bill Dolan for attorney general after a secret ballot. The group says the endorsement boosts law and order credentials though it provides little money or staff.

Harlottesville Virginia Fraternal Order of Police Don Beyer U.S L.F. Payne Bill Dolan FOP Garth Wheeler Beyer Jim Gilmore Gilmore Mark Miner Bill Clinton Miner Commonwealth

Delegates size up Bush as hopeful for 2000 campaign

In Indianapolis delegates size up George W. Bush as a potential 2000 nominee amid a Midwest Leadership Conference lineup that includes Fred Thompson Lamar Alexander and other former presidential hopefuls. Delegates praise his fresh face status while noting he must win Texas and craft a campaign message. Thompson denounces Clinton spending and calls for new campaign finance laws as he touts independence within the Republican fold. Alexander urges easing racial and ethnic divisions without Democratic methods.

Indianapolis Ind Susan Weicht Jack Kemp Dan Quayle Pat Buchanan Texas George W. Bush Angola Jonathan Alcox Alcox Bush George Bush Glenna Stephen Redkey Ida Mae Stahl Seymour Kenneth Culp Jasper County Fred Thompson Rtenn Clinton Senate Thompson Washington GOP Lamar Alexander

Carey faces rerun as Teamsters vote hung on inquiry

The Teamsters rerun election centers on Ron Carey as investigations by the Department of Justice and Senate probe fundraising ties. An overseer overturned Carey's win citing campaign finance questions and alleged quid pro quo between Teamsters money and the 1996 election.

Washington Teamsters Ron Carey United Parcel Service Justice Department Senate Carey Democratic National Committee Associated Press Teamsters Union Barbara Zack Quindel James P. Hoffa Quindel Sheila Krumholz Center For Responsive Politics FBI Richard Sullivan Sullivan Martin Davis Democratic Party

Bridge ace gives $10 000 for advancement of game

PRINCETON The late Doug Shorter bequeathed 10 000 to bridge players for the advancement of duplicate bridge in our region. Joe Lilly called Shorter a superb player and teacher, noting he was a Life Master and prolific club founder. The gift funds lessons and may help establish new local clubs to promote duplicate bridge.

Princeton Douglas Doug” Shorter Joe Lilly Shorter Lilly Sunset News-Observer Columbus Ohio West Virginia Johnny Appleseed

Suspect Arrested After Bluefield Street Fight Stabbing

Bluefield police report an arrest made Saturday after an early morning altercation at 520 Russell Street. Officers J A Jones and Mark Haynes investigated the fight and stabbing. one suspect was taken into custody with no further details released.

Bluefield Russell Street

Heat alarms family but fire call is false

A Bluefield home on Reese Street escaped serious damage Saturday when smoke escaped from a chimney hole caused by a metal cover falling off an old heater behind paneling. Fire units and Appalachian OH-9 rescue squad responded around 1:45 p.m. with no injuries. owner is Larry Edwards of 118 Reese St and about $100 soot damage was reported.

Luefield Bluefield Reese Street Darrell Lambert Larry Edwards Reese St

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