Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Long obituary list notes Earnest Lee Beck of Pembroke and Everett Cordle of Danville among others. Details include survivors, funeral arrangements, and calling hours at Williams Jamison and Tazewell Cedar Bluff chapels, with services and burials in local cemeteries.
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Earnest Lee Beck
Pembroke, Va
Roanoke, Va
Earnest L. Beck, Jr
Laura L. Beck
Richard L. Beck
Rancho Corova
Calif
Kathleen Cook
Violet Flewellen
Georgia Jones
Columbus
Ohio
Evelyn Bailey
Sarah Eisner
Cleveland
Sally Carey
Detroit, Mich
Louise Dorsey
Mt. Airey
Thelma Hairston
Princeton
Myrtle Crouse
Rena Wilson
Roanoke
Robert L. Beck, Jr
Matthew Beck
Walter Beck
Salem
Williams-Jamison Funeral Home
Pembroke
Horseshoe
Claude Cordle
Lynchburg
Clyde Cordle
Highpoint
N.C
Joe Cordle
San Francisco
James Cordle
St. Paul
Tazewell County
Funeral notices from multiple states
Obituaries list graveside and chapel services for Keith De wayne Robinson Olbert R Scales Ida Lee Doll Rowland George Gay Auvil Felt Yerxa coverage includes service times officiants burial pallbearers and funeral home arrangements with memorial contributions noted where applicable.
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Rowland
Arthur
Ida Lee
Bowling St
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Archie Bowling
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Larry Long
Lloyd Griffith
Frankie Griffith
Mike Griffith
Bobby Walthall
Jim Karnes
G.G. Anvil Scholarship Fund
M.E. Church
Heartened Recovery After Air Driven Heart Implant
After a groundbreaking operation, Clark remains at risk for infection around chest holes connecting his heart to a six foot air compressor. He is being weaned from steroids and treated with antibiotics while doctors monitor organ function and lung opening. Clark, awake and mobile, gave a firm handshake to hospital staff as his wife Una Loy rests from exhaustion. The note adds that British troops last left U.S. soil in 1783.
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Peterson
Clark
John Dwan
Dwan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Announces Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes every morning from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. This notice lists subscription rates 58.80 per year and 4.90 per calendar month plus rate details for other zones. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and is circulated with postal registration.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Poe
W.V
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
George Anderson Eyes Mass Toy Production Ahead in West Virginia
George Anderson discusses plans to melt copper aluminum and brass and mass produce toys noting his aim to be West Virginia’s premier toymaker. He envisions larger horse drawn carriage models for children pulled by ponies and says his favorite period in mankind’s evolution is the present.
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West Virginia
George Anderson
Bramwell Miss Flame crowns three winners at inaugural pageant
The Bramwell Miss Flame Contest crowned Kim Newcomb a Bramwell High senior as Miss Flame, Jennifer Hazelwood as Junior Miss Flame, and Sabrina Terry as Wee Miss Flame. Contestants were judged on poise personality and appearance by four judges. The winners will represent Bramwell in today's Christmas Parade through Bramwell.
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Bramwell
Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department
Bramwell Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bramwell High School
Bramwell High
Kim Newcomb
Jennifer Hazelwood
Sabrina Terry
Wolfe Rock Allegations Are Denied
Charleston officials deny claims that the Department of Highways withholds funds for the Wolfe boulder removal to earn interest. Public information officer Gary Chernenko says funds are not released until work is completed, with reimbursement from the Office of Surface Mining. An emergency wall collapse near Charleston could push the Dec 20 start date later as crews monitor and may use dynamite to remove the rock.
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Charleston
State Department of Highways
Wolfe
Gary Chernenko
DOH
Daily Telegraph
E.R. Hanshaw
Bluewell
Hanshaw
Federal Office of Surface Mining
Chernenko
Office of Surface Mining
Record Warmth Surges Across West Virginia Cities
Nature's Charleston area broke a 1951 Dec 3 warm record, Huntington matched 1951 at 72, Parkersburg hit 77 exceeding 67 set in 1970, and Elkins climbed to 72 surpassing 66 from 1962. Forecasters urged enjoying the weekend as triple records likely, with a similar forecast for today.
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Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Weather Service
Elkins
Democrats Approve Plan Aimed at Job Creation in Lame Duck
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a bipartisan plan endorsed by congressional leaders and President Reagan to create 170000 jobs. It faces uncertain Senate support as unemployment remains at a 40 year high.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Reagan
Congress
Byrd
Senate
Unemployment climbs as 440000 jobless added in November
The November jobless rolls rose by about 440,000 with the unemployment rate increasing for a third straight month. Since February the rate has risen each month except August, with 9.8 percent in August.
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Reagan
Robbins Resting After Heart Attack and Bypass Surgery
Country star Marty Robbins remained in critical but stable condition after a Thursday heart attack and eight hour bypass operation at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He briefly woke at 4 a.m. as cardiologist Harry Lee Page assessed the unclear extent of heart damage.
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Robbins
Nashville, Tenn
Marty Robbins
el Paso
St. Thomas Hospital
Harry Lee Page
Dreyfuss pleads innocent in cocaine case
Richard Dreyfuss entered an innocent plea in Beverly Hills municipal court to two felony counts of possessing cocaine and oxycodone. The Academy Award winner faces possible sentences from a drug diversion program to prison, with a preliminary hearing set for December 16.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Richard Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss
John Murphy
House Votes To Curb Leasing In Wilderness And Coast
The House passed 275 to 73 a measure blocking Interior Secretary Watt from granting oil and gas leases in federal wilderness areas and offshore California. The bill includes a $7.4 billion Interior appropriations package and bars leasing on the outer continental shelf off northern California. Watt had planned a September auction for the area.
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Washington
House
Interior
James G. Watt
California
Senate
Interior Department
Watt
Baby Sitter Pleads Guilty in Triple Fatal Shocking Case
Christine Falling, 19, pleaded guilty in Perry to murdering three children under her care. She received three concurrent life sentences with parole eligibility after being charged with strangling and suffocating 2-year-old Cassidy Johnson in 1980, 8-month-old Jennifer Daniels in 1981, and 2-month-old Travis Coleman in 1982.
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Perry, Fla
Christine Falling
Miss Falling
Cassidy
Johnson
Blountstown
Jennifer Daniels
Perry
Travis Coleman
Divergent Studies Reignite Kerosene Heater Debate
Two Friday studies on indoor air pollution from kerosene heaters produce conflicting results. Yale University researchers warn of excessive hazardous pollutants, while an industry sponsored study downgrades dangers. A heater industry spokesman argues Yale methods are not realistic and may overstate risk.
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Washington
Yale University
Yale
Plan Would Put Miners To Work In WV Budget
The House approved a plan within the Interior Department appropriations bill to hire unemployed coal miners to reclaim abandoned mine sites. The proposal, backed by Rep. Nick Rahall, would cost 112.9 million and aims to create more than 30,000 jobs nationally, with West Virginia a principal beneficiary as the bill moves to the Senate.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. House of Representatives
Nick Rahall
Rahall
Mike Serpe
West Virginia Democrat
Interior Department
House
Interior Committee
Serpe
West Virginia
Senate
Warrant Issued for Bulgarian in Papal Shooting Case
Rome AP confirms an arrest warrant for a Bulgarian, linked to the May 13 1981 attempt on Pope John Paul II in St Peters Square. Sergei Antonov, 35, chief of Bulgaria airline Rome office, was jailed in November for alleged aiding Agca. Kolev named as secretary for Bulgarian military stationed in Rome.
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Rome
John Paul II
ANSA
Mehmet Ali Agcea
Sergei Ivanov Antonov
Vassiliev Juelio Kolev
Italy
Antonov
St. Peter’s Square
Agca
Panorama
Kolev
Bulgaria
Storms Sweep Mississippi Valley Hit Arkansas and Illinois
Tornadoes strike Arkansas for a third day as floods surge across the Mississippi Valley. A child drowns near Deberry, with four relatives rescued after being cut off by rising water. Illinois declares disaster as a late autumn twister kills two and injures many. Heat records tumble from Michigan to Florida with 70 mph gusts and 87 degrees in Orlando.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Mississippi River Valley
Illinois
Michigan
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Lowell
Ind
Eunice
Frank White
Clinton
Ark
White
Deberry
Perry County
Stan Wallace
James Thompson
Buffalo
N.Y
Jackson
Mich
Orlando
Fla
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The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Earnest Beck
Everett Cordle
Everett B. Cordle
Danville
Richlands
Swords Creek
John and
Ivory Della Williams Cordle
Roxanne Lester
Emmett Justice
Lois Ann Lester
Leager
Emmett and
Mae Justice
Hurley
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Cosby Cline
Greenbrier
Anna Winfrey
Anna Mae Winfrey
Cityview Hgts
East River Pharmacy
Mrs
Bill Addison
Bill R
Betty Jane) Addison
Box
Ashland
Ernest H
Nettie Hudson Smith
Ill
John
Sharon) Tagge
Doublegates
Ernest Smith
Harry Smith
Morgantown
Carl Smith
Weaversville
Joe
Edith) Barker
Ocklawaha
Hubert
Pat) Lewellyn
Pennsylvania
Raymond
Donna) Rotenberry
Keystone
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Carl Burrows
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Yerxa
Felt
Bertha Hypes
Abbs Valley Church of God
Walter Burgess
Kenneth Barnes
Horsepen Family
Horsepen
Johnny Hypes
Sam Carter
Basil Frasure
Russell Taylor
Carl Phillips
Kenny Williams
Joe Brinkley
J.W. Dalton
Rodriguez- Pocahontas
United States Territory
Princeton Ave
Bluffield
George
Wolfe Rock
Alan Sinai
Data Resources, Inc
Lexington, Mass
Frankie
LA Salute
Church OF Christ
Falls Mills Road
Watchman
Gary Durham
U.S
Soviet Union
KGB
Poland
Independent Solidarity Union
Ilario Martella
Mississippi Valley
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Memorial Church of Christ
New Hope Road
Penn
Glenn A. Tabor, Jr
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