Saltville tourism seeks to honor its diverse past
The Saltville area, drawing big names like Dr. Ralph Stanley for Labor Day, pursues tourism development amid a population of about 2,000. Eleanor Walker Jones, performing as Gov. Sanders since 1993, urges action at the overlook site linked to a mass burial and a historic sinkhole. A battle reenactment occurs today with 10 am camp open and 2 pm reenactment.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Saltville
Ralph Stanley
Eleanor Walker Jones
The
Museum of the Middle Appalachians
Gov. Sanders
Jones
Virginia Tech
Chilhowie
Obituaries highlight three families in regional notices
Obituary items note the deaths of Peggy Ann Carter Level in Pearisburg Va Robert Arthur Dorton of Randleman NC and families from Hazard and Coal Mountain Ky plus local military and church affiliations. Services and memorials are scheduled at Pearisburg Presbyterian Church Woodlawn Memorial Gardens and Big Cub Missionary Baptist Church with arrangements by Givens and Hurst Scott Funeral Homes.
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Peggy Ann Carter
Pearisburg
Peggy Ann Carter Level
Narrows
Republic of the Philippines
VFW
Giles County Chapter 445
AARP
Giles County
R.S.V.P
Dan
Jeffery
Blacksburg
Patricia
John Tice
Priscilla
David Kembel
Cloverdale
Betty Elliott
Norfolk
Erica
Austin
Kirsten
Michelle
Anna Bell
Floyd Carter
Robert
Pearisburg Presbyterian Church
Alan Harvey
Givens
Giles Rescue Squad
Bob’ Arthur Dorton
Randleman
LaFayette College
Lexington
U.S. Army
Island Creek Coal Co
Coal Mountain
Nts
Gene Dorton
Carol
Cookie) Stokes Dorton
Regina Dorton Chahal
High Point
N.C
Bobby” S. Dorton
John Michael Dorton
Archdale
Betty Hanshaw
Pineville
Margaret Thacker
el Paso
Texas
William
Bill” Dorton
Jacksonville
Fla
Harold Dorton
Columbia
Casey-Short V.F.W. Post
Richlands
Tazewell County
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Funeral Services Set For Five Virginia Residents
Funeral services today list Walter Blackwell at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield at 4 p.m. Burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield. George L. Carter to be buried Maple Hill Cemetery after 2 p.m. Cecil Howard Helton at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial. Beulah Faye Powers Johnson at Main Street United Methodist Church Tazewell with burial Maplewood Cemetery. Frank M. Lockhart at Horsecreek Church of the Living God near Jaeger with burial Andy Kennedy Cemetery. Beulah Faye Powers Johnson and Frank M. Lockhart arrangements by Fanning and St Clair.
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George L. Carter
Dudley Memorial
Bluefield
Maple Hill
Cecil Howard Helton
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Clinch Valley Memorial
Beulah Faye Powers Johnson
Main Street
Frank M. Lockhart
Horsecreek
Cuban airliner crash kills scores in Ecuador
An Ily Tupolev-154 operated by Cubana de Aviacion burst into flames on takeoff at Quito International Airport. The crash into a soccer field killed at least 76 passengers and 14 crew, with many foreigners among the dead.
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Quito
Ecuador
Andes
Cubana de Aviacion
Guayaquil
Havana
Osvaldo Dominguez
Civil Aviation Office
Wilkinson elected chair of Mercer County development authority
Wilkinson, newly elected as chairman on Aug. 18, vows to push a 1998-99 growth plan. He chairs a panel shaping a 500-acre Gardner Road park with options on land owned by David Burton and the John Scott family. He aims to attract grants, build shell space, and have ready buildings to lure manufacturers while competing with Virginia for business incentives.
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White
Mercer County Commission
R.W. Wilkinson
The
Shott Foundation
al Modena
American Electric Power
Citizens Communications
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
West Virginia-American Water Co
Greater Bluefield
Princeton- Mercer County Chambers of Commerce
Mercer County Governmental Coalition
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia Area Development Corporation
West Virginia Roundtable
Council For Community and Economic Development
Discover the
Real West Virginia Foundation
West Virginia Bankers Association Committee On Economic Development
Bluefield
Mercer County
Wilkinson
Development Authority
Development Authority Board of Directors
Ted White
Authority
David Burton
John Scott
Gardner
Robert C. Byrd Wood Technology Center
Division of Highways
David (Burton
Scott
Cumberland Road
Gardner Road
Cumberland Park
Shell
Forestry Service
Brush Creek
Highway Department
Athens
Oakvale Road
Hinton-to-Princeton
Virginia
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Miss
Cynthia Williams
Yale
Ore
Anne Hanretty
Edison C. Pearman
Virginia Beach
Michael Williams
Angela Hanretty
Mausoleum
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
Woodlawn Funeral Home
Burrows Memorial Baptist
Flaron Walter Blackwell
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Grandview Memory Gardens
Tazewell Road
Jadasnas
Caribbean
Riviera
C~ival
Earth
North St
USA
Stihl
Country Power Equipment & Buck Store
Mercer Street
Princeton
Princeton Mercantile
Mercer School
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
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Elsif
Y. Chand M.D
Rer Aller
Volvo
Platfor
Oal
Toy
Montewe
iLife
APY
Ince
Brick Street
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