Obituaries for Farley Brant and Cole emerge from Coalfield area
Ralph Farley 67 of Camp Creek died after a short illness in Princeton hospital. Retired coal miner and auto worker, he belonged to United Mine Workers District 29 and United Auto Workers, with Mason Lodge ties in Detroit. Survived by wife Iris, two sons, three sisters, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Melton Mortuary Chapel. burial in Epling Family Cemetery. Also listed are Ben Brant 77 of Raysal who died after a short illness in Welch hospital with multiple survivors and services. and Ella Dotson Cole 79 of Salem Michigan formerly of Buchanan County, Va., with arrangements pending.
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Ralph Farley
Ralph I. Farley
Camp Creek
Princeton
Roxie Fletcher Farley
Cleve Farley
United Mine Workers District 29
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Mich
United Auto Workers
Palestine Masonic Lodge
Iris Epling Farley
William R. Farley
Houston
Texas
Carlos.c. Farley
Richmond
Mabel Wilson
Beckley
Myrtle Lafon
Delores Logan
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Paul W. Pugh
Epling Family
Flat Top
Coal City
Masonic Lodge
Ben Brant
Raysal
Welch Hospital
Oma Coleman Brant
Jake Brant
Green Sulphur Springs
Edgar Brant
Saeger
Bill Brant
Avondale
Lewis Brant
Beartown
Raynelle Walls
Bristol
Tenn
Onzie
Nancy) Blevins
Max Meadows
Ivan Coleman
Salem, Va
Aileen Mitchem
Baltimore, Md
Summit Missionary Baptist Church
Ernest Gardner
Doyle Riffe
George King
Brant Family Cemetery
Rockridge
Fanning
Davis longtime Buchanan County official dies at 65
John Lawrence Davis longtime Buchanan County official and Raven resident died in Grundy Va hospital after a heart attack at 65. He served 12 years on the county board eight as chairman and was deputy sheriff at death. He was a WWII veteran, miner and small business owner with deep local ties and Masonic and Eastern Star memberships. Funeral services held at Buchanan County Funeral Home Chapel with last rites at the funeral home. Donations requested to Buchanan County Heart Association.
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John Lawrence Davis
Buchanan County, Va
Board of Supervisors
Grundy, Va
Davis
Raven
Garden District
Buchanan County
Cumberland Plateau
Buchanan County Board of Social Services
Thomas P
Mary E. Webb Davis
Davis Welding Shop
Richlands
Buchanan County Funeral Home Chapel
Keen Mountain
Ancil Childers
T.R. Stump
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Paul Shortt
Auburn Ratliff
Reece Keen
Dallas Horn
Avery Wimmer
Claude Keen
Dee Hibbitts
Raymond Street
Ralph White
Gary Rose
Max Lewis
Julius Hall
Richlands Masonic Lodge No
American Heart Association
Two Obituaries of FRALEY and HUTTER Shared Funeral Services
Funeral services announced for Charley B. Fraley aged 69 of Gary with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Bluewell. Grandsons and sons-in-laws to pallbear at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch at 11 a.m. Also memorial notice for Nancy E. Hutter 76, of Sweet Springs formerly Princeton, service at Burns Wornal Chapel on Athens Road Princeton with Rev. Morris Taylor officiating and burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens on Bluefield Princeton Road.
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Hutter
James E
Nancy E
Sweet Springs
Princeton
Burns Wornal Chapel
Athens Road
Morris Taylor
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact and Rate Notice
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription and home delivery rates for West Virginia readers, with yearly and monthly options. It notes Associated Press use of news dispatches and provides postal and circulation details for changes of address and advertising representation.
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Daily Ae Printing Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
Soane
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Jones, Former GOP Chief Dies in West Virginia
Cleo S. Jones, 63, former West Virginia House of Delegates member and leading state Republican, helped enact the 1969 black lung law. He died Thursday at a Cleveland clinic after heart surgery, having lived in Charleston and hailed from Sissonville. He held a law degree from West Virginia University.
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Charleston
W.va
Cleo S. Jones
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Jones
Cleveland Clinic
Sissonville
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia University
Union Election Disputed at Paramont Mining Co
A federal labor official cited threats to close mines if miners backed the United Mine Workers of America during a disputed Paramont Mining Co union election in Wise County Virginia. About 500 employees voted and ballots were sealed for shipment to Baltimore for resolution amid miner protests and a count delay.
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Norton, Va
Paramont Mining Co
United Mine Workers of America
Louis D'Amico
National Labor Relations Board
Baltimore
Paramont
Wise County
Norton
UMW
NLRB
Stephen Bensinger
Woman Shot To Death On Eve Of Wedding
Cynthia Jane Miller 27 was found shot to death in her Beckley apartment hours before her wedding to police officer Gary O Neal. He discovered her body and said there could be no God. Miller taught math at Park Junior High and planned a pre wedding ceremony at Lester City Hall.
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Beckley
W.va
Cynthia Jane Miller
Gary O'Neal
O'Neal
Lester City Hall
Ms. Miller
Dennis Brouse
Beckley General Hospital
Lester
Brouse
Beverly Snuffer
Lester's
City Recorder
Park Junior High School
Sommerfield longtime court deputy dies after illness
Ray Sommerfield of Harrisville a former Bluefield resident and retired deputy clerk in the U S District Court at Bluefield and Huntington died Thursday afternoon after a long illness He was a native of Ritchie County and is survived by his wife Bernice and two children
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Ray Sommerfield
Harrisville
Bluefield
U.S. District Court
Huntington
Ritchie County
Bernice Sommerfield
Cooped-Up Couple Under Heat For Animal Cruelty Penalty
In Orlando Florida Randy Longino and Janice Jeffries spent an hour in a locked car in 92 degree heat as an alternative to criminal cruelty charges after a Humane Society inspector removed their dogs from a Winter Park motel. The dogs Corky and Romeo were kept in an air conditioned building.
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Orlando
Fla
Randy Longino
Janice Jeffries
Orlando Humane Society
Dick Myers
Myers
Winter Park
Longino
Topeka
Kan
Corky
Romeo
Six Witnesses Describe Fire Death Trial Details
Dr. Oxley testified the July autopsy found a gunshot wound to the head and brain with a .22 rifle bullet recovered. Firemen Goad Oliver and others recounted finding Sutphin alive and injured. three separate fires were set with origins in a couch, a bed, and a chair. Defense counsel did not cross examine. retrial dates and judges are noted. trial continuation expected.
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Oxley
Southern
Goad
Bluefield
Sutphin
Oliver
Bluefield Community Hospital
Surface
Roanoke Hospital
Puckett
Beavers
Cox to appeal ruling over Norfolk & Western refinery site
Cox Enterprises said it will appeal a Portsmouth Circuit Court decision granting Norfolk & Western Railway the right to repurchase a waterfront site for an oil refinery. Judge Walter Page entered the order, noting Cox failed to start construction by Oct. 17, 1980, after a four day trial.
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Portsmouth
Cox Enterprises
Norfolk & Western Railway
Walter Page
Cox
Page
Herbert K. Bangel
South Africa ends Angola raid framing it as diversion
CAPE TOWN AP reports South Africa’s five day operation against black guerrillas in Angola is ending. Angola disputes the claim, calling it diversion, while Angop cites Luanda sources saying troops continued destruction and terror. Gen Constand Vil joen announced the withdrawal.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Defense Ministry
Angola
United Nations
Luanda
Angop
Andrea Doria Wreckage Probed For Second Safe
Divers probing the Andrea Doria wreck near New York faced dwindling funds and poor seas while seeking a second safe with valuables. They recovered one chest containing up to a million dollars in cash and jewelry on Thursday night and planned a live television opening as part of a documentary. Actress Elga Andersen, wife of expedition leader Peter Gimbel, said conditions could force a Monday or Tuesday departure from Montauk.
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New York
Marine Radio-Telephone
Elga Andersen
Peter Gimbel
Montauk
Bush Warns U S Should Not Be Doormat To Provocation
Vice President George Bush, at Kennebunkport, said the days when countries could throw stones at the United States without retaliation are over. He praised Reagan's peace efforts but urged decisive action, citing the Libya dogfight and the Navy's role, and argued the U S should not hesitate to respond. He added there should be clarity about where the president stands and less indecision.
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Kennebunkport
Maine
U.S
George Bush
Reagan
Bush
United States
Navy
Libya
Virginia side Wilmington waterfront land tied to ports authority
Virginia land on the Wilmington waterfront linked to the North Carolina State Ports Authority. The report notes businessman Childers, known for dealings with Allen R. Glick, once an owner of Las Vegas casinos tied to Teamster loan funds. Childers’ 1980 Va suit claimed over 7 million in coal profits from a Wise County mine were defrauded. The case was dismissed, and a separate $100,000 judgment against Childers and Carol Coal was also dropped.
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Wilmington
North Carolina State Ports Authority
Childers
Allen R. Glick
Las Vegas
Teamster Pension Fund
Carol Coal Sales Ltd
Tazewell County
Glick
Tazewell
Carol Coal
Mercer Frazier Eyes Mercer County Circuit Judge Seat
Mercer Frazier a Concord College and West Virginia University law alumnus and current Circuit Court commissioner plans to seek the Mercer County Circuit Court judgeship after Judge Jarrett's resignation. Also joining the race are Huffman Knight and Knight, all citing courtroom experience and community service as key qualifications. The process will follow Judicial Advisory Committee procedures and require at least five years of legal practice.
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Frazier
House of Delegates
Concord College
West Virginia University Law School
William Sanders
Robert Carr
Robert Schumacher
Princeton
Jarrett
Mercer County
Judicial Advisory Board
Huffman
Knight
Daily Telegraph
David Burton
Charles Cunningham
WVU School of Law
Escapees Caught in Buchanan County Three Escaped Inmates Recaptured
Three inmates from Camp No. 29 in Buchanan County Virginia escaped Thursday night by cutting a hole in a cellhouse wall and were recaptured Friday. Clinton E Alls 23 of Rockbridge County was found near Indian Grove Gap at 2 30 a m Marshall A Raines 21 of Waynesboro and Kevin T Hall 19 of Pulaski were nabbed near Oakwood at 2 30 p m Authorities report no resistance and note their offenses include grand larceny statutory burglary and assault and battery.
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Deskins
Virginia Department of Corrections
Buchanan County
S.A. Boone
Virginia State Police
Vansant
Clinton E. Alls
Rockbridge County
Hall
Moonies soliciting funds in Bluefield Princeton area
Ken Conner, crusader against the Unification Church, says members are soliciting money by selling pictures under false pretenses. He claims they deny affiliation, travel from Tennessee, and use fake stories to defraud residents, urging buyers to verify identity before giving money.
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Princeton
Unification Church
Bluefield
Ken Conner
Conner
Washington, D.C
Maryville
Knoxville
Tenn
Unification
Tennessee
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs
Ashland Cole
Ashland
Ella Dotson) Cole
Salem
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Ilness
Sommerfield
Dean Evans
East Main Street
Puckett and
John Frazier
Schumacher
William 0. Bivens, Jr
Howard M. Jarrett
John D. Rockefeller IV
Lilly
Constand Viljoen
Andrea Doria
Virginia
Liberty Baptist Church
Lilac Hills
Glenwood Park
Miracle Mountain
Libertys
Mercer
Johnston Chapel Baptist Halls Ridge Road
Pastor Jimmy Jones
Esau
Moonies
RUA
SSTA
of Christ
Christian Church
New Hope Road
Princeton Vacation Bible School
Childrens Church
Glenn A. Tabor, Jr
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