Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area 1978
Ebb K Whitley Sr 77 of Yaeger dies after long illness at Welch hospital. Survived by wife Pearl Long Whitley two daughters Rachel Althoff and Phyllis Whaley one son Ebb K Whitley Jr. burial Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Phyllis Jean Williams 37 of Welch dies suddenly. three daughters Charlene Telena Leckisha. three sons Andre Lewis Michael Williams all Welch. mother Margaret Webster. Elsvan Johnson 62 Switchback dies in Wilmington Del after short illness. many children and grandchildren survive. services at Maybeury Church of God. Varise Helton Crabtree 73 Warriormines dies after long illness. services at War United Methodist Church. burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Louis Stout 87 Caretta. funeral at Douglas Funeral Home Chapel War. burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Clay Eldridge 77 Welch dies after lingering illness. funeral at St James Baptist Church. burial Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs Eugene L Wilson 47 Bluefield dies en route to hospital. mass at Sacred Heart Bluefield. burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Harry Shrader 60 Matoaka dies after heart attack. services at Lashmeet Church of God. burial Caffee Family Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebe K. Whitley
Ebb Keister Whitley
Yaeger
Welch Hospital
North Tazewell
Reece
Rachel Whitten Whitley
Jaeger
Bank of Jaeger
Jaeger United Methodist Church
Pearl Long Whitley
E. G
Rachel) Althoff
Douglas
Phyllis) Whaley
Richlands
Ebb K. Whitley Jr
Saeger
W. C. Whitley
Bluefield
Vernon
Kate) Smith
Grundy
Frank
Sadie) Shelton
Rose Whitley
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Jiaeger
Alton Richardson
Danny Camden
Jiaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Don Morgan
Tom Fanning
Paul Hare
Howard Bean
A. J.signingo
Quinton Whaley
Bill Stepp
Pat Fanning
C. O. Davis
Harry Pauley
John Pate
Joe Crozier
A. S. Bailey
A. F. Linkous
Red Lester
Edwin Pauley
Cleve Helton
Phyllis Jean Williams
Welch
Cranberry
Margaret W. Webster
Johnny Williams
McDowell County
Charlene Williams
Telena Williams
Leckisha Williams
Andre Williams
Lewis Williams
Michael Williams
Leon Faulkner
Lenoir
N.C
Page Funeral Home
Claude Smith
Traeger Memorial
Elsvan Johnson
Elsvan
Alberia Mae) Johnson
Switchback
Wilmington
Del
Joe
Rebecca Mitchell Crigger
Holiness Church
Gertrude Farmer
Vivian
Shelby Weimerskirch
Clinton
Iowa
Betty Murphy
Barbara Woods
Ethel Day
Brushfork
Ruth Belcher
Cecil Faye Sheaves
Linda Johnson
Brenda Johnson
Sheila Johnson
Carolyn Musick
Bramwell
Richard Johnson
Roanoke Va
Charles Johnson
Elsvan Johnson Jr
Gertrude Wade
June Newman
George van Dyke
Charlie van Dyke
Ashland
Ore
John Crigger
Switchcack
Milford Crigger
Maybeury
Theodore Crigger
Leslie Crigger
William Crigger
Maybeury Church of God
Wesley Synan
Arthur Blevins Jr
Buddy Caldwell
Charlie Kowaleski
Oakley Osborne
Troy Lambert
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Varise Helton Crabtree
Warriormines
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
UMWA
United Methodist Church
War
Cleveland
Noah
Alta Mae Bales Crabtree
Texie Jackson Crabtree
Norma Jean Crabtree
Richmond
Ind
Paul
Evelyn) Elkins
Tampa
Fla
Wanda Sue Hicks
Tazewell
S.H. Nancy Vandyke
Newcastle
Reed
Ruby) Martin
Trambell
Luther Crabtree
Coca, Fla
Tea Crabtree
United Methodist
Polly Lucille Lewis Stout
Caretta
James Stout
Pickway
Ohio
Charles Stout
Ellicott
Harry
Emma) Hall
Detroit
Mich
Douglas Funeral Home Chapel
Alex Hagerman
Thornton Deskins
George Lake
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Clay Eldridge
Beech St
Winston-Salem
Robert and
Fannie Evans Eldridge
St. James Baptist Church
Men’s Club
0.J. Douglas Mortuary
Eugene L. Wilson
Eugene L
Frances Jean) Wilson
Rockbridge St
Bluefield Hospital
Mae Crowell Whittaker
Joseph Wesley Whittaker
Bluefield College
Bluefield Lions Club
Teresa Marie Wilson
Virginia Beach
Michele Clair) Hallis
Suzette Denise Wilson
Paul H. Whittaker
Dorothy Wilder
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charles J. Schneider
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
R. W
Bud) Johnson
Frank Fitzgerald
Andy Hallis
Nick Amell
David Spraker
Kenneth J. Smith
Warren Volk
H. Warner Graham
Mercer Funeral Home
Harry Shrader
Matoaka
Charles
Mary Caffee Shrader
Dott
Pauline Jenkins Shrader
Larry
Earl
Darrell Shrader
Buddy
Janice) Graham
Rt. 1
Lashmeet Church
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising and Subscription Policy
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph of Bluefield West Virginia outlines subscription rates by mail for West Virginia readers at 4650 per year with home delivery at 390 per calendar month. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation with Landon Associates as advertising representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Nis
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Funeral notices for LEFTRIDGE, NEAL and CHILDRESS in Bluefield and Grundy
Albert E LEFTRIDGE 56 Bluefield today 11 a.m. from George W Seaver Chapel Princeton Rev John Asbury officiating interment Walnut Grove Cemetery pallbearers Princeton Veterans Group. Virginia Louise NEAL 56 Bluefield Va today 2 p.m. at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Va Rev Allen Thompson officiating burial Maplehill Cemetery pallbearers listed. Louise A CHILDRESS 81 Mouth Card Ky Saturday 2 p.m. Mouth Card Baptist Church Rev Carl Mullins officiating burial Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy Va grandsons pallbearers. friends may call Grundy Funeral Home body to church one hour prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leftridge
Albert E
Bluefield
George W. Seaver Chapel
Princeton
John Asbury
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Princeton Veterans Group
Childress
John
Louise A
Mouth Card Baptist Church
Carl Mullins
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Grundy
Grundy Funeral Home
Death of 18YearOld David L Frazier In Bluefield
David Lee Frazier aged 18 from Bluefield died on arrival at La Hinton hospital after a sudden illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Frazier
Bluefield
la Hinton Hospital
Hawkins Funeral Home
Oceana Firm Seeks PSC Jurisdiction Over Trash Service
MoHawk Sanitation Service of Oceana files a complaint with the Public Service Commission contesting the County Commission’s trash removal and compactor charges at Tralee and Jesse Mountains. The PSC hearing is set for next Thursday in Charleston at 9 30 a.m. to resolve whether the county can provide the service without PSC approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Wyoming County Commission
Public Service Commission
MoHawk Sanitation Service of
Tralee
Jesse Mountains
Mo-Hawk
PSC
Charleston
Church Trial Ends With Charges Dropped In Dodrill Case
In Charleston West Virginia United Methodist minister Rev Carl D Dodrill won dismissal of charges after an accord with Bishop D Frederick Wertz who apologized to him and offered an appointment within the West Virginia Annual Conference restoring his suspension and ending the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Carl D. Dodrill
Dodrill
D. Frederick Wertz
Wertz
West Virginia
Johnston Rites Stated Saturday
The Mass of Christian Burial for W Broughton Johnston 73 prominent Princeton attorney will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church in Princeton with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Mausoleum. Johnston long served in West Virginia politics and law, active in education and community affairs. He died after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Princeton
W. Broughton Johnston
Johnston & Holroyd
William O’donnell
O.M.I
Monte Vista Park
Bluefield
Princeton Road
McDowell County
Walter & Nelle Johnston
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Johnston
West Virginia University
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Princeton Jaycees
Bluefield State College
W.va
Andrew S. Rowan
Sweet Springs
Women’s Prison
Peace Springs
State Parole and Probation Dept
Concord College
Frank Holroyd
H.P. Hunnicutt
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
Mercer County Bar Association
Mercer County Mental Health Board
Princeton- Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Rotary Club
Princeton Els Lodge
W.va. Bar Association
Lena
Dove) Johnston
Harloe H
Nelle Keating
Land of Mayo
Fla
Harloe Broughton
Howard M. Jarrett
Jerome Katz
Princeton Bank & Trust Co
Princeton Elks Lodge
George W. Seaver Funeral Home
Lincoln Memorial Dedicated May 30 1922 in Washington
The Lincoln Memorial in West Potomac Park marks a large marble hall housing a seated Abraham Lincoln statue. Dedicated on Memorial Day May 30 1922, the memorial was designed by Henry Bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Memorial
West Potomac Park
Capitol
Washington Monument
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Bacon
TVA Contracts Are Approved in Large Coal Purchase
TVA approved 15 contracts worth 524 million dollars for 14 million tons of coal. S. David Freeman, lone on the TVA board, signed the final group of awards in a two year buying program to secure fuel to meet sulfur dioxide limits. The purchases bring TVA’s total coal cost through negotiated contracts to about 6 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
S. David Freeman
Freeman
Louis Gwin
Prosecutor Details Garment Donations Amid Coal Strike
The prosecutor noted that three garments were given to each Tazewell County recipient as a reward while the department faced a caseload more than triple normal due to the coal miners’ strike. Avon Fashions’ gift guidelines were vague, allowing DSS to determine recipients. French said the investigation is over and no formal remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
French
Daily Telegraph
Gibson
Father Welch
Avon Fashion
Tazewell
Buchanan
Social Services
William Willet
Avon Fashions
Willet
Department of Social Services
Virginia
William Lukhard
Gas Leak From Titan II Silo Causes Fatality and Evacuations
A toxic propel lant gas escaped from a Titan II missile silo near Wichita injuring three and killing one while evacuations affected more than 100 residents. Officials traced the leak to a ruptured fuel line during fueling. no explosion occurred and no nuclear danger was reported. The cloud drifted northward about 200 feet above ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Air Force
Jichita
Alan Defend
McConnell Air Force Base
Charles Tanner
Cowley County Civil Defense
Manchin Faces Hurdle in Willow Island Debris Case
West Virginia Secretary of State A James Manchin moved to halt debris removal at the Willow Island cooling tower disaster site after revoking Research Cottrell Inc charter. He sought a preliminary injunction to stop the New Jersey firm from removing debris while courts decide enforcement, noting venue questions as Pleasants, Kanawha and Wood counties were considered. He emphasized the action aimed to enforce state law but acknowledged uncertainty over charter revocation procedures. The attorney general offered no comment on Manchin involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W Va
A. James Manchin
New Jersey
Willow Island
Manchin
ReSearch- Cottrell Inc
Pleasants County
Bound Brook
N.J
Pleasants
Monongahela Power Co
Research
Cottrell
Wood
Kanawha
West Virginia
Question Of Ethics Should Man Be Created For Science
Nashville AP reports a ethics debate over federal funding for laboratory fertilization of human eggs to develop embryos for six days before death. Dr Pierre Soupart, Vanderbilt professor, seeks to study chromosomes to learn defects and heredity, amid concerns embryos may become babies. The NIH Ethics Advisory Board will hear expert testimony in Bethesda to decide whether such research should proceed, with no current federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Bethesda
National Institutes of Health
Vanderbilt University
Pierre Soupart
United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Soupart
Britain
Senate OKs Civil Service Bill to Reform Federal Personnel
The Senate approved President Carter’s top domestic priority, an overhaul of the federal personnel system aimed at boosting management power and easing the dismissal of incompetent workers. The 87 to 1 vote comes just before a recess, with a similar bill pending in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Carter
House
County school bond plan cited with contractor Lilly remarks
Caldwell asked Lilly to extend a consolidation plan for Bluefield by moving Central and Fairview students to Bluefield High and building new facilities for grades 10 to 12. Lilly refused, saying he must consider the whole county and plans could take six to eight months with two bond issues possible if the first fails. Helen Keller, blind and deaf writer and lecturer, died in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Lilly
Bluefield
Central
Fairview
Helen Keller
Louis Prima Dies at 66 After Brain Surgery and coma
Louis Prima, famed bandleader and trumpet stylist, died of pneumonia in New Orleans at age 66 after nearly three years in a coma following brain surgery in 1975. He had been flown from Los Angeles to New Orleans in February 1976 and enjoyed peak popularity in the 1950s with Keely Smith, his third wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louis Prima
Prima
Los Angeles
Keely Smith
Miss Smith
Virginia Beach
Kate Jackson Marries Andrew Stevens in Private Martha's Vineyard Ceremony
Actress Kate Jackson wed Andrew Stevens, 24, son of Stella Stevens, in a secret ceremony at friends' home on Martha's Vineyard off Cape Cod. The marriage followed a brief romance and license application in Boston. both reported their first marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilbury
Mass
Charlie’s Angels
Kate Jackson
Eddie Albert Jr
Stella Stevens
Ms. Jackson
Lee Solters
Hollywood
Calif
Andrew Stevens
Home of Friends
Martha's Vineyard
Cape Cod
Solters
Boston
Princeton Men Plead Guilty To Tax Charges
Two Princeton men Auer and Legg pleaded guilty in Charleston federal court to conspiracy to evade taxes and individual income tax evasion counts. They own American Block Co. in Princeton. Judge Knappe ordered a pre-sentence report and set disposition for Oct. 3. The indictment had seven counts, four against Legg and three against Auer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Charleston
Joseph Auer
Basil Legg
American Block Co
Dennis R. Knappe
Legg
Auer
Funeral plans set for Blaze Ervin Mullins Jr.
Blaze Ervin Mullins Jr. age three is survived by his paternal grandmother Mrs. Steel Reed of Jaeger. The bodies will be transported to Sparks Community Chapel on Bradshaw Mountain near Paynesville at 4 p.m. today. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday with Revs. Booker Riffe and John H. Jewell officiating and burial will follow at Tom Sparks Cemetery. Fanning Funeral Home of Saeger is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Mullins Jr
Steel Reed
Jaeger
Sparks Community
Bradshaw Mountain
Paynesville
Booker Riffe
John H. Jewell
Tom Sparks
Fanning
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Louis Stout
Glade Springs
Man Clalit
Oceana Firm
Complete Auto License
Danforth Insurance Agency
Spring ST. Bluefield
Bond
Greenbrier
Forest Hill
Hinton
Don Pfiefer
Don Humble
Charlies Williams
Curtis Cox
NNG
Kenneth Goff
Harry R. Peyton
Roanoke
Blaze
Cosmetic
Chanel
Bland Bluefield
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