Deaths and Funerals in Buchanan County and Nearby Areas
Obituaries note Mrs. Ashland Cole 79 of Salem Michigan formerly of Buchanan County with services in Mill Fork Freewill Baptist Church and burial in Jackson Cemetery Paw Paw Kentucky. Also listed are McKinley Stiltner 78 Stacy Virginia and David Reynolds 81 Cincinnati Ohio, plus Mrs. John Craighead 95 Mount Tabor Beckley with multiple survivors, service details, and burial plans. The report also includes international notes on Namibia, SWAPO, and Penn history.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Details and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph information page lists address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and postal box. It also notes association with the Associated Press and subscription rates 58.80 per year for West Virginia areas and home delivery at 4.90 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Bluefield man dies at Bluefield Graham game in stadium stands
A 62 year old Bluefield Virginia man Daniel A Neel died Friday night after a heart attack in the stands during the Bluefield Graham football game at Mitchell Stadium. He was a Norfolk and Western Railway foreman and World War II veteran. Burial will be at Grandview Memory Gardens. Dudley Memorial Chapel funeral home to handle services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Mitchell Stadium
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
American Legion
Mildred Anderson Neel
David Neel
Roanoke
Glen
Dixie Lee) McNeece
Wise
William Neel
Columbus
Ohio
Carl
Oceana) Janutolo
Martha Hendricks
Michigan
Dudley Memorial Chapel
C.H. Loudy
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Ernest Hash
Carlton Viar
Harry Southerland
L.L
Barrett
Dennis Cole
Don Wysor
VFW Memorial Post
Area Native Dies In Wreck
Mrs. Roy Wayne Osborne 20, of Newport News formerly Richlands, died Friday morning from injuries in a motorcycle collision with a pickup in Newport News while en route to classes at the Electronic Computer Programming Institute of Norfolk. Born Grundy, she was a Richlands High School graduate, class of 1979, wife of James Hayes Osborne. Survivors include her parents, two sisters, and church family. services held at Maranatha Baptist Church Table with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands. Weymouth Funeral Home of Newport News in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wayne
Gaila Lynn) Osborne
Jefferson Ave
Newport News
Richlands
Osborne
Electronic Computer Programming Institute
Norfolk
Grundy
James Hayes
Alice Pr
Marvin Hibbitts
Maranatha Baptist Church
Dale Coffey
Jeff Alverson
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Weymouth Funeral Home
Zimbabwe Moves to Strip White Privileges in Schools Health Clubs
Zimbabwe's government led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe announces measures ending whiteprivilege access to private schooling health care and clubs. Education minister signals shift toward manual labor focused schooling while community schools are taken over by the state and opened to all races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury, Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Mugabe
Rhodesia
Dzingai Mutumbuka
Coaliion
Joshua Nkomo
Ian
IRS Questions New Investment Offers
The IRS raised tax questions about a new repurchase package advertised by savings institutions promising up to 40 percent interest for short terms. The packages, linked to 12 month All Saver Certificates after Oct 1, may be taxable as a whole if the tax exemption is lost, potentially undermining deposit campaigns. A trade group spokesman noted some banks may let customers back out on Oct 1, while others would not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Savings and Loan
Wade
Crime victims get short end of deal
Binghamton, NY AP report quotes Eduard Ziegenhagen of SUNY Binghamton disputing police guidance to resist robberies. He cites National Crime Panel data showing compliant victims suffer similar injuries to those who resist. He argues police reports skew toward successful crimes, biasing policy against resisting robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N.Y
State Univeristy of
New York
Eduard Ziegenhagen
Center For Social Analysis
National Crime Panel
Ziegenhagen
Services Set For Ray D. Sommerville
Funeral services for Ray D. Sommerville 63 of Harrisville a former deputy clerk of the U S District Court in Bluefield who died Friday will be held Monday at 1 p m at St Luke s United Methodist Church Harrisville Rev Hugh C Boone will officiate burial will be in Harrisville IOOF Cemetery Sommerville also served as deputy clerk for US District Courts in Wheeling and Huntington until his retirement in January 1980 He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of St Luke s Church He is survived by Bernice Hatfield Sommerville one daughter Donna Rae Mullenix one son Jon Jay Sommerville two brothers two sisters five grandchildren and one great granddaughter Friends may call at Raiguel Funeral Home Harrisville today Memorials may be made to the Ritchie County Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland Cole
Ashland
Ella Dotson) Cole
Salem
Mich
Buchanan County
Mill Fork Freewill Baptist Church
Jimmie Kerr
Teddy Dotson
Claude Conn
Jackson Cemetery
Paw Paw
Pike County
George and
Matilda Estep Dotson
Virginia Johnson
Mary Lester
Pearl Marrs
Erma Blankenship
Hurley
Amey Schaum
Garney
Scott Cole
Joe Dotson
Delphia Scarberry
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
McKinley Stiltner
Stacy
Richlands
Stacy Church of God
Ellis
Amanda Stiltner
Patty Horn Stiltner
Gladys Stiltner
Suitland
Berchie Rafferty
Bloomingburg
N.Y
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Ray D. Sommerville
Harrisville
U.S. District Court
Bluefield
Buckhannon
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Hugh C. Boone
Sommerville
U.S
Wheeling
Huntington
Ritchie
Doddridge
Pleasants
Bernice Hatfield Sommerville
Donna Rae Mullenix
Jon Jay Sommerville
Frank Sommerville
Parkersburg
Robert Sommerville
Edyth Wilt
Neva Kesterson
Raiguel Funeral Home
Ritchie County Cancer Society
FBI Recovered 50 Million Bonds in Sting Case
The FBI said three men were arrested in a sting operation that recovered 50 million dollars in missing Federal Home Loan Bank bonds. Lee Laster stated the bearer bonds were lost Aug 20 when a messenger allegedly took them from Citibank to Manufacturer's Hanover Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Lee Laster
Steven A. D’alessio
Gary F. Haas
William A. DeCicco
Laster
Citibank
Manufacturer's Hanover Trust
Fire destroys Harman School mobile unit and trailer
A Harman Elementary School construction trailer and a double wide reading unit were destroyed by fire early Friday. Smoke reached a second mobile unit with minimal damage. Crews were installing a sewer system at the school when the blaze occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman
Grundy Fire Department
Princeton Man Charged In Wreck
A Princeton man, Michael L. Bailey, 23, was charged with driving while intoxicated and destruction of property after his car struck three parked vehicles on Hale Avenue. Bailey was arraigned, released on bond, and treated for injuries. The incident occurred at 1:25 a.m. and damaged vehicles owned by Franklin H. Stinson and John David Pack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Hale Avenue
Michael L. Bailey
Jefferson St
Sherri Poling
W.J. Puckett
Bailey
Franklin H. Stinson
Stinson
John David Pack
Puckett
Princeton Community Hospital
L.A. Larue
C.R. Hutchins
19 Year Old Dies In Crash At Seaboard Virginia
A 19 year old Tazewell County man, Ricky Nelson Holmes of Richlands, was killed when his 1975 Chevrolet Nova ran off State Route 67 south of Seaboard. He was ejected, the car overturned, and died en route to a local hospital. Holmes, born in Tazewell County, was a 1981 Richlands High graduate and survived by his mother Mrs Beatrice Gross Holmes, a sister, and five brothers. Funeral services were held at Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel in Cedar Bluff with local ministers officiating.
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Seaboard
Tazewell County
Ricky Nelson Holmes
Big Creek Road
Richlands
A.A. Beck
Virginia State Police
Holmes
Beck
Beatrice Gross Holmes
John W. Holmes
Richlands High School
Phyllis A. Dye
Jewell Ridge
Preston Holmes
Glen Burnie
Lonnie J. Holmes
John K. Holmes
Oakwood
Roger Holmes
Paul A. Holmes
Linden
Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel
Cedar Bluff
Grat Horton
Claude Reynolds
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Roger Houchins
Noel Goss
Doug Shepherd
Donny Dye
Dean Kinder
David Houchins
Wade Ferrell
Contempt charges focus on individuals in strike case
Judge and lawyer debates over government action in a strike related case. Dennis Angelico argues the government filed criminal contempt charges against individuals rather than organizing a group. The dispute centers on whether the charges alleged collective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Angelico
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David Reynolds
Cincinnati
Crystal
Imogene Reynolds
Providence
R.I
Mary Reynolds
Dawson Ave
James Fragile
James C
Raysal
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
John Craighead
John
Ollie Burk) Craighead
Mount Tabor
Beckley
Assembly of God Church
Mary Roberts
Vada Brogan
Wilda Meadows
Amma Northcoat
Jasper
Ala
Maude Pettrey
Gertrude Caves
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Otis Clyburn
Elwood Rakes
Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum
Salem Mosrie
Salem B
Sam) Mosrie
Highland Ave
Central Grill
Mercer Street
Lebanon
Salima
Mohamed B
Rashidi Sabra Mosrie
Hadya Abdallah Mosrie
Salah Mosrie
Badria Abou Assaf
Valencia
Venezuela
Chahin Mosrie
Bechir Mosrie
George W. Seaver
Archie Bowling
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Jim Aboul Hosn
Mark Aboul Hosn
Jimmy Nasser
Micky Mosrie
Mouhib Mosrie
Adel Mosrie
Joseph Looney
Joseph
Nora) Looney
Vansant
South Africa
South West Africa
People’s Organization
SWAPO
Southern Africa
Namibia
Laprette
Council
Angola
South-West Africa
League of Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Pretoria
U.N
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Penn
America
New World
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Zimbabwe
Finance Ministry
Grundy Firemen
Danforth Insurance Agency
Sluewell
Bearcat
Regency
Dios
Spring ST. Bluefield
Bluefield Monument CO
Virginia
Barre
David Blee
Coleman
George Stoddart
Robb
Larry Sabato
University of Virginia
Sabato
Mills Godwin
Graham
Virginia Ave
Beltone
Wythe Avenue
Bluefield W.va
U.m.wa
Hearing Aid Service
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