Obituaries Chronicle Multiple Local Deaths in Princeton Area
James Wilson 88 of Princeton died on arrival at a hospital. Martha Ballard 83 of Baltimore formerly Rock Camp died after a long illness. James Eaton Sr. 80 of Fayetteville NC died in a Fayetteville hospital. Anthony Dolgas 75 of Gary died in a Bluefield hospital. Walter L. Griffith 68 of Camarello CA died after a heart attack. Billy Muncy 61 of Coon Branch died on arrival of natural causes. Nanny Lane 94 of Abbs Valley Va died in a Rich Creek nursing home. Funeral notices detail services, burial plans, and callers’ hours across several towns.
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James Wilson
James Hugh Wilson
Highland Ave
Princeton
Columbia Gas Company
First Church of God
Mahood Avenue
Uniontown
Martha Ballard
Baltimore
Rock Camp
Monroe County
Fayetteville
Greer
Betty Marshall Kendall
James Ballard
Lawrence Ballard
William Ballard
Russell Ballard
Thelma Evans
Dorothy Prosser
Columbia
D.C
Jean Cochran
Hickory
N.C
Ruby Crews
Carol Julian
Little Rock
Ark
Ethel Fleshman
Beckley
George Kendall
Dunbar
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Jimmy Jones
Walter L. Griffith
Camarello
Cal
Flagstaff
A.L. and
Gertrude Cyphers Griffith
Nadine Long Griffith
Frank Griffith
Rock Hill
Griffin Brothers Funeral Home
Nanny Lane
Nanny R. Lane
Abbs Valley
Rich Creek
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Funeral services for Bertha Chizmar in Maybeury church
Bertha Chizmar 81 of Maybeury will be buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum after a Maybeury United Methodist Church funeral Monday at 1 p.m. Friends may call today 6 to 9 p.m. at Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Northfork. Michael George Polaseik of Welch will have services today at 2 p.m. at St Marys Greek Orthodox Catholic Church Elkhorn with Rev. John Housty officiating. Burial follows at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
John O
Lilly S. Bell Wilson
Maelena Brown Wilson
Goldie Glenon
Harry O. Bennington
Flint
Mich
Cora Kelly
Dad Wilson
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Clarence Dillon
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Ramsey
Ohio
Michael Dolgas
Mary Kuti Dolgas
Gary
UMWA
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Helen Winter Dolgas
No. 6
Betty Ferger
Las Vegas
Nev
Frank
Mary) Friscia
Baysiden
N.Y
Anna Kish
John Duhaime
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Chizmar
John (Bertha
Maybeury
Maybeury United Methodist Church
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Polaseik
Michael George
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Catholic Church
Elkhorn
John Housty
Bluewell
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corporation
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Address and Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph notices include address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and post office box 208. Rates list West Virginia subscriptions 58.80 per year and home delivery 4.90 per month. Displays associated with AP and circulation audits are noted.
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Daily Aging Co
Bland Street
Blue
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
Eens
Meas
West Virginia
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Sendge
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Green Nominated For Delegate Seat
LEBANON Va Del William Bill Green of Lebanon was nominated by acclamation Saturday as the Democratic candidate for the state House of Delegates in the Third Legislative District this November. Green seeks reelection in the new single member Third District including Russell County parts of Dickenson and Tazewell counties. He was first elected in 1979 and has represented Russell Tazewell and Buchanan counties with Del Donald McGlothlin. Green's nomination was placed by Danny Brown with seconders Bill Patton and Thomas Cash. State Sen Rick Boucher addressed the convention as he campaigns for Congress.
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Lebanon
Del
William ‘Bill’ Green
House of Delegates
Russell County
Dickenson County
Tazewell County
Green
Russell
300 Marijuana Plants Confiscated In Raid
Mercer County deputies seized 300 mature marijuana plants near a farm in Athens with seven guns found. Arrested were Russell Wingfield 27 and Gary Wingo 28, both charged with cultivating a controlled substance and related offenses. A stolen 1980 Ford Bronco linked to Wingo prompted additional counts. both men were arraigned with bonds posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Athens
Mercer County Sheriff's Deputies
Russell Wingfield
Bluefield
Gary Wingo
Wingfield
Wingo
Round Mountain Coal Corp
Princeton
Princeton Police Department
Sheriff's Department
Pettrey Road
R.E. Baughman
Baughman
L.M. Feury
Ernie Taylor
Donald Hare
Ernest
Mercer County
Oldster becomes oldest to swim English Channel Dover to France
Ashby Harper a 65 year old Albuquerque Academy headmaster completed the Dover to France crossing in about 13 hours 39 minutes setting an unofficial mark for the oldest person to swim the Channel. The time awaits verification after pilot boat confirmation. Other lone swimmers from Dover included Cindy Nicholas Ryun Cho Sharon Beckman Elizabeth Horner and Paolo Pinto with varied results and paths.
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Dover
England
English Channel
France
Ashby Harper
Albuquerque
N.M
Channel Express
Coast Guard
Kent
Harper
Albuquerque Academy
Scott
Cindy Nicholas
Toronto
Canada
Sharon Beckman
Boston
Mass
Ryun Cho
Seoul
Elizabeth Horner
Christ Church
New Zealand
Ulrich Haevecker
West Berlin
Paolo Pinto
Bari
Italy
Consol Announces Itmann Layoffs at Itmann Coal
Consol announces 264 workers to be laid off at Itmann Coal Co operation in Wyoming County. Vice president Eustace Frederick cites depressed metallurgical market worldwide. Spokesman Herb Hamm says total workforce at Itmann’s mining complex will drop by 36 percent.
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Itmann
W.va
Consolidation Coal Co
Itmann Coal Co
Wyoming County
Eustace Frederick
Consol
Consul
Herb Hamm
Father saves life of son in deadly confrontation
In San Jose a young father fatally wounded a man posing as a woman who attempted to attack him and his 2-year-old son in a van outside a supermarket. The attacker died. the father was killed. The child, Frank Montanez III, was hospitalized in critical condition after surgery for a throat wound. A gospel sing was announced at Thompson Chapel United Methodist Church.
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San Jose
Calif
Frank Montanez Iti
Frank Montanez Jr
Wayne Joseph Zacher
Windsor
Ontario
Montanez
Zacher
Larry Stuefloten
Stuefloten
Molly
Mike Vegas
Clubhouse Teachers Reunite in Pocahontas Heritage
Former Pocahontas High teachers from the late 1920s gathered at the Pocahontas Opera House for the Clubhouse Teachers Reunion. The event recalled living at a "clubhouse" subsidized by Pocahontas Fuel Co and town funds, with rules about residence and marriage. Letters from alumni and a cabbage roll luncheon highlighted the reunion, with attendees from multiple states and towns.
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Pocahontas, Va
Pocahontas High School
Pocahontas Opera House
Hanna Haga
Pocahontas High
Pocahontas
Haga
Charlotte
Pinky) Caldwell Giesen
Radford
Ralph
Elizabeth Bailey) Hughes
New York
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Paris
Florida Sprays Paraquat On Pot Field In Victory for Law Enforcement
In RED BAY Florida an 80 acre marijuana field was sprayed with paraquat and placed under 24 hour guard. Officials said the crop would wither and die by Monday and be burned. Lawmen obtained a court order to destroy the field while armed guards watched from behind woods. Opposition threatened court action if contaminated marijuana reached markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bay
Fla
United States
Bob Cummings
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Cummings
Florida
Walton County
Quinn McMillian
Army recruits Lambert completes OSUT at Fort Benning
Gregory D. Lambert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Lambert of Big Sandy, has finished a 12 week OSUT at Fort Benning, qualifying as light-weapons infantryman and indirect-fire crewman. The Welch High grad joined the U. S. Army Infantry School training. Richard Whitt, son of Leona Moore of Bluefield, arrives in Friedberg, West Germany for duty as armor crewman with the 3rd Armored Division after Fort Riley assignment.
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Gregory Lambert
Gregory D. Lambert
Howard J. Lambert
Big Sandy
U.S. Army Infantry School
Fort Benning
Lambert
Welch
Richard Whitt
Leona Moore
Water St
Bluefield
Friedberg
West Germany
Whitt
3Rd Armored Division
Fort Riley
Kan
County votes to continue ban on alcohol sales in first election in 35 years
In Kentucky, Down County votes to maintain its ban on selling alcoholic beverages in the first election on the issue in 35 years. Buchanan County keeps rising beer and wine taxes. Horne notes two ABC stores lead state sales. Alcohol sales historically rise as other goods lag in tough economies.
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County
Buchanan County
ABC
Horne
Service member completes avionics technician course
Marine Pfc. Matthew S. Robinette, son of Lewis M. and Evelyn Robinette of Welch, finished the basic Avionics Technician Course at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Millington Tennessee. The self-paced program covered electronic circuitry, airborne radar, communications and computer equipment, manuals, safety, and troubleshooting for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.
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Matthew Robinette
Matthew S. Robinette
Lewis M
Evelyn Robinette
Maple Terrace
Welch
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Millington
Tenn
Navy
Marine Corps
Medical Association Founded in 1847
The American Medical Association was formed in 1847, uniting physicians to advance medical ethics, education, and public health across the United States. The organization established standards, peer review, and advocacy that shaped medical practice for generations.
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The
American Medical Association
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
James Eaton
James E. Eaton Sr
Manly Street
Norfolk & Western Railway
Grace United Methodist Church
Virginia Coleman
James E. Eaton Jr
Sarah Pardue
Frederick Eaton
New Jersey
Mary E. Bourne
Hawkins & Whittington Funeral Chapel
Edgar H. Nease
Anthony Dolgas
Anthony Tony Dolgas
Walter Griffith
Billy Muncy
Coon Branch
Jaeger
Welch Hospital
Willie
Callie Riffe Muncy
Arlene Davis Muncy
Donald Muncy
Ronald E. Muncy
Raymond
Juanita) Gaminde
C.W
Cristine
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Danforth Insurance Agency
Tazewell
Buchanan
Donald McGlothlin
Dgrundy McGlothlin
Steen
Danny Brown
Bill Patton
Thomas Cash
Rick Boucher
Abingdon
William C. Wampler
Bristol
Oldster
James Edward
Doc” Counsilman
Counsilman
Audrey Scott
Channel Swimming Association
San Francisco
Stephen P. Meyer and
Paul S. Perfater
Social Security
Charleston National Plaza
Charleston
Melissa Coleman
Pikeville
James H. Drew
Jefferson Street
Gospel Sing Today
Thompson Chapel United Methodist Church
East Cumberland Road
Grady Carper
Frank Stephen
Tate Quillen
Audrey Hardin
Garnett Hines
Velma Powers
Cecil Widmner
Muaire
Mary Hodgson
India
Laura Downer
Salem
Claudine Perry
Ruffin
J. Barnes Gillespie
Theresa McMillion
Georgia Dove
Frances Yost
Bluefield Va
Nick Lotito
J.K. Salt
Sidney Block
C.C. Haga
Mary Johnston
Roanoke
Nell Greever
Kate Johnson
John Witt
Ralph Hughes
Tony Lotito
H.D. Fitzpatrick
Virginia Douthat Wood
Irma Devault Darden
Emory
Frances Miller Davis
Burkes Garden
Lucille Beasley
Big Stone Gap
Irene Bates Ward
Glen Burnie
Emily
Jima) Simpson
New Castle
Marion Asher Fawcett
Brooknell
Mary Helen Caldwell
Newport
Mary Oyver
Wytheville
Pocahontas Woman's Club
Bluefield Monument Company
Virginia
Binefield Bayly
Pawnes
KIOWA
Arapaho
Lock Blades
ALL
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Wythe Avenue
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