Fiddlin' festival showcases bluegrass artists across Virginia hills
The annual event at Fair Grounds featured mandolin guitar harmonica dulcimer and dobro contests and a 3 p.m. banjo competition led by Tim York of Matoaka and Tony Brown of Swords Creek. Notables like Jackie Ray of Swords Creek and Carlton Harmon of Willis discussed roots and goals as audiences applauded. Proceeds support the Historic Crab Orchard Museum with volunteers organizing a weekend of performances and a Sunday gospel sing.
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Fair Grounds
Marrs
Tim York
Matoaka
Tony Brown
Swords Creek
Brown
Horse Rink
Jackie Ray
Ray
Carlton Harmon
Willis
Hillsville
Virginia
Blue
Karen Carr
Galax
Ryan Mullins
Richlands
Chris Monk
Honaker
Monk
Mullins
Barry Clevenger
Jaeger
Wolf
Round Mountain
Tex
Rebecca
Hershey Street
Oakwood
Mel Street
Hadley
Ruth Rasnake
Bee
Crab Orchard
Randy Rose
Obituary notices honor Phyllis Morris Thomas in Bluefield
Phyllis Wheatley Morris Thomas died August 21 2003 at her Bluefield home. Born November 23 1928 in Pittsburgh she lived in Bluefield most of her life and raised three children with John Henry Thomas. She served as Missionary Evangelist and Sunday School Superintendent and later helped at Harvest Outreach Center Princeton as kitchen head and “Mother.” Survived by five grandchildren and many nieces and nephews, funeral arrangements are at Harvest Outreach Center Princeton and Richardson Funeral Home Bluefield with burial at Restlawn Memorial Garden and services Monday at 12 noon.
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Bluefield
Phyllis Wheatley Morris Thomas
Charles
Hazel Turner Morris
Robert Lee
Harry Fredrick Morris
Pittsburgh
Harvest Outreach Center
Princeton
Thomas
Dren
Jacquetta Burnside
Shawn Burnside
Jeffrey Lynch Jr
Nicholas Thomas
Melanie Thomas
April Blick
Barry
Restlawn Memorial Garden
Littlesburg Road
Richardson Funeral Home
John Preston Bailey
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey- Kirk
Clara Deel Chafin
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bradford Justice
Panther Creek Old Regular Baptist
Panther
Justice Family
Ronald Morton Lockhart
Chapel of Fanning
Jaeger
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Etta Martin
Singleton
Cedar Bluff
Mercer-Marshall
Belfast
Fannie Lucille Bevill Mullins
Jolo
Perry Vance
Rockridge
Paynesville
Lilus S. ‘Buck’ Riffe
Victory Free Will Baptist
Breezewood Drive
Hanover
Dubs Church
Oman Clinton
C.C. Smith
Peterstown
Mercer man to be sentenced in first degree sexual assault case
Mercer County Circuit Court set sentencing for Nov 3 after judge accepted a guilty plea from Richard Lee Pettrey Jr. in a first degree sexual assault case involving a minor. Public Defender Sandra Reech represented the defendant, who remains jailed pending the pre sentence investigation. The offense carries up to 15 years in prison.
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Princeton
Mercer County
John R. Frazier
Richard Lee Pettrey Jr
Probation Department
Sandra Reech
Public Defenders Office
Pettrey
Priest Geoghan’s Conviction and Archdiocese Settlement
Geoghan was convicted in January 2002 for grabbing a 10 year old boy in 1991 in the first of three criminal cases. He received nine to ten years in prison. The archdiocese settled with 86 Geoghan victims for 10 million in September 2002 after a prior 30 million deal collapsed. One victim, Ralph DelVecchio, said Geoghan deserved prison but not death and wished no ill.
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Geoghan
Ralph DelVecchio
DelVecchio
Roads progress eyed for Tuesday bus routes in McDowell area
Hopkins reports ongoing work but hopes Route 28 near Oakvale will be passable by Tuesday. DoH crews are repairing flood damaged roads and McDowell County officials say current plans stand unless told otherwise. Jeff Nash says Avondale and Mile Branch roads stay under daily review with updates due Monday.
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Hopkins
Oakvale
Cheesy Creek
McDowell County
Department of Highways
Mark Manchin
Manchin
Jeff Nash
DOH
Avondale
Mile Branch
Nash
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