Jarrett Becomes Mercer County Circuit Court Judge
Howard M. Jarrett was sworn in as Mercer County Circuit Court judge in Princeton in a ceremony attended by about 100 people. The 55-year-old Bluefield resident will split his time between Princeton and Bluefield and plans to focus on divorces and juvenile matters while continuing to advocate for a juvenile detention center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer County Circuit Court
Princeton
Mercer Intermediate Court
Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Jerome Katz
Jarrett
Donald Anello
Intermediate Court
Virginias
Bluefield State
C. A. Clyborne
Katz
Arch Moore
Moore
Bluefield
Nora Hants
Virginia Jarrett
Circuit
Petition For New Ray Trial Filed In Federal Court
Memphis Tennessee AP reports James Earl Ray's lawyers plan to file a petition in federal court Monday seeking a new trial. Attorney Robert Livingston says Ray's guilty plea was not properly entered and he deserves a verdict that reflects that claim. Ray is serving a 99 year sentence at Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville after a 1969 murder conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Robert Livingston
Nashville
Red Cross Chapter Joins National Blood Program
The Bluefield Area Chapter of the American Red Cross votes to enter the National Blood Program with hospital cooperation. A Bloodmobile will visit Dickason Hall at Bluefield State College on Monday December 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donors urged to help meet emergency blood needs in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Chapter
Bluefield Area
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
John Boggess
Dickason Hall
Bluefield State College
Boggess
Kenneth Grover
Boggess Faces HUD Change Order Dispute in Bluefield Project
The Bluefield Public Housing Authority and HUD exchange allegations over unauthorized change orders. Boggess defends the pipe and hydrant adjustments as no cost or properly approved, while HUD seeks contract cancellation amid multiple disputed charges and communication gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HUD
Bluefield
Boggess
Anderson
PHA
All Friday
West Virginia Water Company
Bill Looney
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Public Housing Authority
Dan Ashlin
Bluefield Public Housing and Urban Renewal Authorities
Bruce Crawford
Pittsburgh
Crawford
City
Public Housing Authority
WVU Freshman Dies From Hunting Mishap Wounds
An 18 year old Marshall County youth, Dennis McCombs, a freshman music major at West Virginia University, died Friday from wounds suffered a week earlier when he was shot in the back while hunting near his Cameron home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
W. Va
Marshall County
Cameron
Dennis McCombs
West Virginia University
Family feud leads to hospital admission in Bluefield
Emmett Clark, 52, of Bluefield, sustained head injuries after a Friday night beating by his son Sammy Clark, 20, who was charged with assault and remanded on $250 bond. Emmett was found with a knife and bleeding, uttering threats as officers arrived. Warrants allege brandishing a deadly weapon and intoxication. The clash follows a long running family dispute including a prior shooting by Sammy Clark on July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Emmett Clark
Hinton Street
Sammy Clark
Clark
Sammy
Court Fails Bank of Bluefield Over Undisclosed Funds
The court tied up assets as the Bank of Bluefield faced executions for funds due a client after a jury ruling. Sheriff deputies listed four ambulances and two vehicles for a potential public auction in 30 days, while county property remains untouched. The health council argues it is a public body and may avoid posting a bond, a point Judge Katz rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Bluefield
Blue
Raleigh
Council
Sheriff's Department
Mercer County Court
Health Council
Katz
Fire Destroys Kellysville Home
A one story frame dwelling in Kellysville burned Friday night despite East River VFD efforts. Owned by N. C. Whitlow and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitlow the residence may have caught fire from a coal furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellysville
East River
Area Deaths And Funerals
Obituaries from Bluefield and nearby towns outline funeral services for Ben W. Whittaker of Bluefield and several other residents. Details include service times, church and cemetery, surviving family, and associated funeral homes.
Deskins 86 of War Dies After Long Illness
Arthur J. Deskins, 86, of War, Va., died Thursday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was born in North Tazewell, a retired coal miner and IOOF Lodge member. Services Sunday at War Methodist Church with burial at Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell. Friends may call at Douglas Funeral Home in War today 5 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben W. Whittaker
Church Street
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Carrolton Jackson
Clarence Johnson
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Louisburg
N.C
Whittaker
Wesley Whittaker
Bluefield
N. and W. Railroad
Mount Zion
Portsmouth
Ohio
Missionary Society of the Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mason Mitchell
Archer Hubbard
Clinton Thompson
Booker Trigg
S. G. Austen
Earnest Hale
W. M. Dixon
Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Ernest Lynn Sr
Bandy
Richlands
Lexington
Jim
Emma Lynn
Kentucky
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Amonate
Bandy Freewill Baptist Church
UMWA
Pearl Lynn
Paul Watkins
Alaska National Guard
Washington County
Ocle Watkins Lynn
Eugene
Emma) Stallard
Alden
Audria) Cook
Ernest Lynn, Jr
Bristol
Benny Lynn
Bucyrus, C
Dewey Watkins
Milwaukee
Wis
Grover Lynn
Randy Freewill Baptist Church
James H. Sargent, Jr
Bernard Shrader
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Kelly Lewis Woods
Wolfe
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
J. W. Wallace
Fred Thornton
R. M. Harris
Grant Hodge
Samuel Morris
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
King Hiram Lodge No. 1
AAY
Laurel Creek
King Hiram Lodge
U. S. Steel
Gary
Roxboro
N. C
Silas Woods
Betsy Torran
Dorothy
Dot) Woods
Lillian Woods
Pocahontas
Kelly Lamont Woods
Newark
N. J
Lugo
John T. Baldwin
Rt. 2
Grundy
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge
Victoria Day Baldwin
Ellis
Doc) Baldwin
Grover Baldwin
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Beulah Hosie
Stevens Point
Dolly Miller
Knoxville
Ashby F. Isaacs
North Tazewell
A Narrows
Molly Mayhappy Isaacs
Alis Isaacs
Hyattsville
Carl Isaacs
Folsom
Garnet Whitt
Carl Taylor
Claude Graham
Virgil Graham
Lee Linkous
Arthur J. Deskins
Welch
George W
Sallie Woolridge Deskins
IOOF
Yukon
W. Va
Ida Beavers Deskins
Agnes Dowell
Slang
Evelyn Wilburn
Princeton
Dixie Bundy
Opalocka
Mary Alice Cox
Coalwood
Johnie Miller
Norfolk
George and
Jay Deskins
Tazewell
Freeman Deskins
Washington, D. C
Lundy Deskins
Orlando
Mary Christain
Muncy Deskins
Boonesville
War Methodist Church
H. H. Mills
Rev. Bunn Tiller
Maplewood Cemetery
Douglas Funeral Home
War
Grace Ritchie dies at 81 in Princeton nursing home
Mrs. Grace Ritchie 81 of 305 Kee Street Princeton died Friday morning in a Glenwood Park nursing home. The body is at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ritchie
Kee Street
Princeton
Glenwood Park
Obituary notices for Reynolds and Swauger
Mrs. Jennie Lawson Reynolds 89 widow of Thomas R. Reynolds dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital. Survived by children including Edward Thomas George Reynolds and others. 18 grandchildren and 29 great. funeral Monday at Graham Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with burial Maple Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Mrs Shirley Katherine Swauger 25 of Baltimore died after short illness in Baltimore hospital. arrangements pending at George W Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lawson Reynolds
Thomas R. Reynolds
Falls Mills
Bluefield
Patrick County
George and
Louvenia Lawson
Edward Reynolds
Pocahontas
Thomas Reynolds
George Reynolds
George Croza
Cecil Gregory
Erskine Hopkins
George Smith
Dayton
Ohio
Daniel Lambert
Luther Terry
William Smith
Tampa
Fla
Lewis Nelson
Danville
Graham Funeral Home
William Davis
Maple Hill
Shirley K, Swauger
Shirley Katherine Swauger
Baltimore
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Roscoe Baker 56 Dies at Home in War
Roscoe Baker 56 of War died Thursday night at his home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Gearing Witten Funeral Home in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Baker
Gearing-Witten Funeral Home
Welch
Mrs Stella Lucas Alderson dies at 83 in Troutville Va
Mrs Stella Lucas Alderson 83 of Troutville Va died Friday in a Roanoke hospital after a long illness. Survived by son J R Alderson of Troutville. She was born in Bluefield West Virginia. Services set for 2 p m Sunday at Rader Funeral Chapel Troutville with burial in Trinity Cemetery Botetourt County Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Lucas Alderson
Troutville
Roanoke
J. R. Alderson
Bluefield
W. Va
Rader Funeral Chapel
Trinity Cemtery
Botetourt County
Samuel Fortner death notice in Princeton hospital
Samuel Fortner 62 of Hinton Start Route Athens died Friday in a Princeton hospital after a short illness. incomplete at George, W. Seaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Fortner
Hinton
Athens
Princeton
George, W. Seaver Mortuary
Funerals listed for several region residents
Obituaries notice listing funerals for Eula Riddle Tabor Isaiah Bledsoe Fred William Conner Martha Rebecca Cummings. Services set across Falls Mills Falls Millis Lashmeet Baileysville Princeton Welch with multiple officiants and burial plans at local cemeteries. Pallbearers named for each service and churches handling arrangements.
Court recount progress in sheriff and attorney general races
By 4 30 p m six precincts were counted with recounts resuming Monday at 10 a m. Sheriff tally shows Scott 14 193 and Underwood 10 623 a 3 569 gap. Attorney general Laurita gains three, Browning loses two, tying to earlier unofficial totals Browning leads state by about 2 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Underwood
Joe Laurita
Chauncey Browning
Laurita
Browning
Guy Bucci
Cumberland School
First Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
Bramwell
Springton
Old Hancock School
Bluewell
Wilson Harvey
Bucci
Holroyd
David Knight
Tom Lilly
Anello
AT&T Seeks 2 Percent Increase in Long Distance Rates
AT&T filed proposed rate changes with the FCC to raise long distance charges by about 2 percent. The FCC decision earlier allowed AT&T to raise net income before tax by 145 million dollars, with 124 million from interstate long distance hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
At&t
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Deity Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
W. Ve
Associated Press
Mat
West Virginia
Auli @uresu
Mefhens
Shennen & Cullen Telephone
Bluefield Hospitals
WVU
Ernest Lynn
Eagles Club
Country Gentlemen
Qankamericard Welcome
Deatons
Bankamericarg
Wee Wuweiw Stepp Flowers, Inc
W.va
Teleflora — F.T
Jennie L. Reynolds
Bledsoe
Isaiah
Clarksville
Lashmeet
Lashmeet Christian Community Church
Noah Buckner
Monte Vista Park
Benny Ray Buckner
Harold Buckner
Carnis Crotty
Norman Ross
Johnny Conklin
Reginald Combs
Bailey Funeral Home
Conner
Fred William
George W. Seaver
Robert Bell
Jessie Penn
George McGhee
Missionary Society of the Refuge Church of Christ
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!