Deaths and funerals in Princeton and surrounding areas
Samuel Maurice Mason 85 of Princeton dies at Memorial Hospital from a heart condition. Final rites Monday at 2 pm in George W. Seaver Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Masonic Lodge No.134 pallbearers and Old Guard honor guard. Survived by wife Vivian, daughter Anna Lee Greer, two stepdaughters, three sisters, a brother, and 16 grandchildren. Address 101 North Second St. in Princeton. Memorial Hospital obituary notes long business career with Virginian Railway partner J. C. Carter since 1915 until 1996. Other notices list Howard Street and Lillie Tyner Dickerson deaths with funeral details in Linkford Richardson, Fanning, and services in Welch and Bluefield area.
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S. M. Mason
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Samuel Maurice Mason
Memorial Hospital
Yandell Page
Oakwood Cemetery
Masonic Lodge No. 134
Princeton Old Vo
North Second St
Virginian Railway
J. C. Carter
Masonic Lodge
Old Guard
Campbell County
William A. Mason
Anna Hunt Mason
S. Vivian Caffee Mason
Anna Lee Greer
David Taylor
Charlotte
N. C
R. J. Flanigan
Rich Creek
E. F. Younger
Ruth Mason
Lynchburg
Fred Hunt
Chattanooga
Gladys, Va
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James Turner 8 Glen Lyn Va obituary
James Jackson Turner 8 of Glen Lyn Virginia died at his home early Friday. He was the husband of Evie Davis Turn and survived by five daughters five sons a sister 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral was held Monday at 2 p.m. at Glen Lyn Christian Church with James Headen officiating. Burial followed in Rich Creek Cemetery.
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James Jackson Turner
Glen Lyn
Evie Davis Turn
Arnold Skeens
Maude Anderson
Mary Thomas
Newton Meadows
Chara Whitlow
Rich Creek
Charlie T
James Turner
Kelleysville
Garfield Turner
Willard J. Turner
Narrows
Myrius L. Turner
Harrisonville
Adeline Davis
Laurich
Glen Lyn Christian Church
James Headen
Rich Creek Ceme
Obituary: Judy Kuykendall 5 Succumbs After Illness in West Virginia
Judy Lynn Kuykendall five year old daughter of Ralph and Shirley Kuykendall of Sulphur Fork died Friday morning at Bluefield hospital after a three day illness. Survived by brother Billy Joe and sisters Mary Jane and Lisa Ann, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Ingram of Deerfield Va. Funeral services held 2:30 p.m. Monday at P. E. Thrush and Son Chapel Moorefield with Rev. Lowell Rogers officiating burial in Olivet Cemetery. Body moved from Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell to Moorefield Funeral Home earlier today.
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William W. Robinson
Warren Baker
Castlewood
Noah Robinson
Gary
Baker’s Ridge
Russell County
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
King's Chapel
Ira Tolbert
St. Paul
Curtis Sarah
Wise
George Deskins
Bandy
Grover Meade
Kings Chapel Baptist Church
Ralph Fields
Bruce Moore
Richard N. Hale
Temple Hill
I.C.C.F. Lodge
Lebanon
Judy Lynn Kuykendall
Ralph
Shireley Ingrames
Sulfork
Bluefield Hospital
Billy Joe Kuykendall
Mary Jame
Lisa Ann Kuykendall
William Ingram
Deerfield Va
P. E. Thrush and Son Funeral Home
Moorefield
Lowell Rogers
Olivet
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Weeden Ragon Dies. Funeral Set In Lynchburg Church
Weeden Ragon, husband of Pauline Weeden, died aged unknown. Funeral service scheduled for Monday at 3 p.m. at Eighth Street Baptist Church in Lynchburg.
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Buch- Va
Ragon
Pauline Weeden
Eighth Street Baptist Church
Lynch
Final rites set for Myrtle Pendleton in Peterstown
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Peterstown Christian Church for Myrtle S Pendleton 53 of Peterstown who died Saturday in a Pearlsburg Virginia hospital. Rev. Maurice Hylton to officiate burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Pendleton widow of Joseph Pendleton and Celanese Corp employee born at Junta daughter of B E and Eliza Sweeney resident 22 years. Survivors include son Charles Pendleton Fayette Alabama three daughters Mabel Ann David Peterstown Nedra Shaver Alexandria VA and Shirley Campbell South Bend Indiana five grandchildren two sisters Thelma Sweeney Peterstown Maude Hall Princeton. Body to be returned to residence Sunday afternoon from Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown.
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John Sherman Nester
North Welch
Welch
Floyd County
Joshua
Margaret Nester
North Welch Church of God
Bessie Hylton Nester
Clyde Walters
Lakeland
Fla
Elsie Reckart
Bruceton Mill
Kenneth Cox
Jacksonville
N. C
William Phipps
Crumpler
Sam Mann
Wolfpen
Avery Nester
Rev
J. E. Nester
Hines
Harry Lee Nester
Douglas Nester
Huntington
Doyle Nester
Holbrook, Ariz
Glen Nester
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Nester
Harbor Acres
N. Y
Marvin Nester
Bluewell
Fanning Funeral Home
Peterstown
Ben
Charles E. Pendleton
Fayette
Ala
Mabel Ann David
Nedra Shaver
Alexandria
Shirley Campbell
South Bend
Ind
Thelma Sweeney
Maude Hall
Princeton
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Obituary notices from Bluefield area list multiple deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Francis L Bowman Moore of Pocahontas Virginia and Mrs Helen Mae Hardaway a former Princeton resident along with final rites for Leslie Armstead and death of Mrs Blanche C Jones in Bluefield. Body locations and funeral arrangements are listed for each case.
Funeral notices from Grundy and nearby towns
Obituary notices list Jimmy Ted Ratliff of Grundy Virginia with funeral Sunday at 2 PM in Grundy Baptist Church and burial in the family cemetery. Boyd Albert Dickerson of Wilmington Delaware Funeral at Lilly Grove Baptist Church today at 1 PM. John H Davidson of Roanoke Virginia formerly of Bramwell Road Bluefield Virginia funeral at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield. Patricia Joann Clifton of Richlands Virginia funeral at Richlands Tabernacle Sunday at 2 PM. Farmer Funeral Home Richlands in charge. Pallbearers named for Davidson service.
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Dickerson
Boyd Albert
Wilmington
Del
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Orvil Wilson
Gap
Qlifton
Patricia Joann
Richlands
Richlands Tabernacle
Letcher Reid
Jack Davis
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Farmer Funeral Home
American teacher links to Soviet espionage in cultural exchange
Natalie Anna Bienstock a 28 year old graduate student and Russian teacher at Cornell University Ithaca NY reported to the Justice Department that she supplied information to Soviet agents about Russian artists touring the United States and Americans who might aid defection. She said training occurred in Moscow March 9 1962 and ended February 1963.
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Cornel University
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Hurok Attractions, Inc
Ukraine
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Park Ave
New York City
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Colo
No Decision Seen In Scott Case Yet
Gate City Virginia AP reports no decision is expected in the board and one member of the court has ordered a 60 day transcript completion for testimony. Plaintiffs will file briefs within 15 days of receipt, defendants follow with 15 days, then plaintiffs may reply with five days.
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Gate City, Va
William S. Jordan
Deborah Club Meeting Scheduled at Pattie O'Neal Home
The Deborah Club will meet Monday at 7 30 P M at the home of Mrs Pattie O Neal on North Street.
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Deborah Club
Pattie O'Neal
North Street
Sheriff Faces Pressure as Triple Slay Case Unfolds
Sheriff Rainey describes FBI agents pressuring him to reveal what he knows about the Mississippi Civil Rights era triple slayings. Bonds set at 5000 dollars for Rainey and Price amid a wide manhunt including Meridian Naval Air Station personnel and FBI agents.
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Rainey
Jackson
Roy K. Moore
Mississippi
Moore
Price
Philadelphia
Meridian
Meridian Naval Air Station
Naval Base
Gulfport
Shreveport
Horace Doyle Barnette
And
James Edward Jordan
Deputy Buck Jones Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Deputy Buck Jones 41 of McDowell County Bardshaw died at home during the weekend from an apparent heart attack. A Navy veteran, he was a charter member of the Bradshaw American Legion and a Fraternal Order of Police member. Survived by wife Virginia, daughters Rosemary and Penny Ann, son W E Jones Jr., and siblings, his funeral was set for 2 pm Tuesday at Bradshaw Methodist Church with full military rites by the American Legion. Burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery.
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Watham Earl
Buck) Jones
McDowell County
Bardshaw
Bradshaw
American Legion Post
Reuben Jones
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Donald Jones
Fort Gordon
Gene Jones
Fort Lewis
Wash
Esther Burnoski
Roderfield
Viola Maloney
Richmond
Fanning
Jaeger
Bradshaw Methodist Church
Carl Kelly
O. O. White
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Weekend Weather Outlook For Virginia And West Virginia
The Associated Press reports Virginia will see considerable cloudiness with scattered mountain snow flurries and partial clearing to the east. Highs mainly in the 30s, 36 to 42 in the southeast. Monday turns partly cloudy and cold. West Virginia stays mostly cloudy with Sunday snow flurries and a cold Monday with highs in the 20s.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Missionaries Barred From Angola Visit
The United Church of Canada announces that Portuguese officials refused visas for two top missionaries to visit Angola. The pair sought to meet with officials of the Council of Evangelical Church of Central Angola with which the church cooperates.
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Toronto
United Church of Canada
Angola
Council of Evangelical Church of Central Angola
United Church
Burch Status Still Disputed Within GOP Leadership
Republican leaders meet in Janu ary to decide whether Dean Burch can subscribe to a broad inclusion policy amid splits. Fannin and Gov. Tim Babcock backed the resolution after hours of debate with Nixon and Percy weighing in. A spring conference is urged to restate party principles and strengthen the national structure.
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Hansen
Burch
Dean Burch
Fannin
Tim Babcock
Montana
Illinois
Teen-Age Boy Held On Robbery Charge
Arnold Cecil, 10, of Princeton is jailed in Mercer County on armed robbery charges. Police say he was one of four youths who beat and robbed two Concord College students on Gardner Road and held a third at gunpoint.
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Arnold Cecil
Princeton
Mercer County
Cecil
Concord College
Gardner Road
Coal Output Holds Steady in Smokeless Operators Mines
Coal production in Smokeless Operators Association mines near Bluefield remains strong with 1963 November-year totals at 20,628,440 tons, just 1 percent below the prior year’s 20,838,879. Week end output reached 389,713 tons, up from 323,133 a year ago, while Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio New River districts show varied car loadings by district.
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Smokeless Operators Association of
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahontas
Virginian
Tug River
Upper Buchanan
Clinch Valley
Thacker
Kenova
Chesapeake
Ohio
New River
Kanawha
Coal River
Logan
Kentucky
Hocking
Hancock PTA Postpones Meeting to December 14
The Hancock P T A has postponed its regular meeting to December 14. The meeting will be held at the school with the executive committee gathering at 6 30 p m.
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Hancock
P-Ta
Hancock P-Ta
Bradley's Christmas Sale Advertises Wide Gift Selection
City And Coalfield Monogram Center offers fast monogramming. Bradley's features robes lingerie gowns coats mink stoles hats and a large jewelry sale with items from $1 to $59.95 plus new Evan Picone arrivals and extensive accessories for holiday gifting.
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Bradley's
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