Deaths and Funerals Highlight Mercer County Names
A string of obituaries from Mercer County and nearby areas notes deaths in Bluefield and Princeton regions. John H. Sargent 81 of Bluefield. Dennis R Wagner 71 of Orangeburg formerly Pocahontas. Bertha White 85 of Princeton. Walter Thompson 81 of Princeton. Nancy Creger 58 of Palmetto formerly Bluefield. Alfred Bowman 63 of Burkes Garden. Cleo Hopkins 80 of Pearisburg. Hylda Whittaker 60 of Glade Springs. Harold Willis 61 of Anawalt. Clarice Bibbee 87 of Athens. Eva Coulter 84 of Lindside. Oswald Dudley 70 of Norristown. plus numerous other notices for Hurrsie, Witten, and King families. Graveside rites and church services are listed for multiple individuals with local funeral homes handling arrangements.
Mamoulian dies noted Hollywood director a legend
Los Angeles AP reports Mamoulian Russian born director of Porgy and Bess on Broadway in 1935 and films including Applause City Streets and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde died at 90. He helped found the Directors Guild of America and served on its board seven years. Born October 8 1897 in Tiflis to Armenian parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rouben Mamoulian
Broadway
Hollywood
Directors Guild of America
Mamoulian
Guild
Motion Picture and Television Hospital
Linda Tigert-Woodson
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
New York
City Streets
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tiflis
Soviet Republic of Georgia
Publisher and circulation chiefs named
Edwin M. Freakley is listed as publisher and Craig S. Faulkner as circulation director in the newspaper staff roster, outlining leadership roles for production and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Freakley
Craig S. Faulkner
Arnold Grose Dies. War Veteran Remembered in Service Notices
Arnold Sonny Grose 53 of English died at Welch hospital. Korean War disabled veteran and DV member survived by wife Della Mae, daughter Sunny Lowery, stepsons Ellison and Ellison, brothers Pete and Earl, sisters Jamita Wheley, Mabel Atwell, Mary Grose, and eight grandchildren. Services Monday at Douglas Funeral Home Chapel War with Rev. Donald Carpenter. burial Deskins Cemetery Atwell Mountain. Also listed infant Phillip Andrew White, David Muriel Devlin, and Gary Wayne Cohnenour within the death notices with service details and burial locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Joseph and
Rachel Virginia Davis Sargent
First Christian Church of
Montcalm
Bailey Masonic Lodge
Bluefield
Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection
Rose Croix
Rock
Order of the Eastern Star
Mercer County Board of Education
UMWA
Sagamore
Rock District
Columbus
Ohio
Howard
Naomi) Bowman
Route 5
William
Barbara) Parcell
Edward
Elizabeth) Davis
Virginia Beach
Cleo Burks
Bluewell
Ida Gilmore
Bandy
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Paul Hall
Paul Mahaffey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Batley Masonic Lodge
Dennis Randolph
Pocahontas Lion's Club
Masonic Lodge #45
Bramwell
Kentucky
Pocahontas
Geraldine Lusk Wagner
Dennis R. “Ranny” Wagner II
Orangeburg
J.B. Wagner
Charleston
Virginia Davidson
First United Methodist Church
Larry Rye
James Davis
Princceton
Pocahontas American Legion Post
Rodriguez- Pocahontas
Bertha Damewood White
Old Oakvale Road
George P
Mary Catherine Penturff Damewood
Stinson United Methodist Church of
United Methodist Women of the Church
Hewitt Edward White
Earl E. White
Joe E. White
Elwood
Janet) Winfrey
Jesse Damewood
Dayton
W.S
Bill) Damewood
Blanche D. Hardy
Colonial Beach
Stinson United Methodist Church
Junior Osborne
Joy Butcher
George W. Seaver
Walter Fred Thompson
New Hope Road
Hinton
Forest Mills
Walter Fulton
Harriet Tabor Thompson
Turkey Gap Coal Co
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Princeton Elks Lodge
Ray
Roy
James Thompson
Trudy Orander
Hazel Hedrick
Rosa Miniaci Thompson
Mary Louise Taylor
Akron
Thelma Anderson
T. Matthew Rough
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Alfred Lee Bowman
Burkes Garden
Tazewell
Horsepen
Grace Whitman Bowman
Edward L. Bowman
Air Force
Barnes-Beavers Vfw
Virginia Sheriffs Association
William E. Bowman
Helen Short Bowman
Jack
Karen) Davis
Lebanon
Sandra Bowman
Marion
Bernard W. Bowman
Charles E. Bowman
Falls Mills
Betty Patrick
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Charles Sublett
Maplewood Cemetery
Burkes Garden Lifesaving Crew
Cleo Farrow Hopkins
Pearisburg
Pulaski
Giles County
James Henry
Lula Mae Parks Farrow
First Baptist Church
James Hale
James P. Hopkins
James Walter Hopkins
Robert C. Hopkins
Wichita
Kansas
James M. Farrow
Frank
Arlington Farrow
Christiansburg
Mary R. Ramsey
T.M. Stevens
Birchlawn Abbey
Riffe
Narrows
Harold O
Willie” Willis
Anawalt
Huntington
Thacker
Cam
Loney Cisco Willis
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
Ron Willis
Cam Willis Jr
Augusta
Marie Butler
S.C
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Donnie Farmer
Clarice Caldwell Bibbee
Vermillion St
Athens
William H. and
Lochie Butler Caldwell
McDowell
Mercer Counties
Athens Baptist Church
Concord College
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Easter Star
White Pin Garden Club
Bibbee
Eva B. Coulter
Elkin
N.C
Lindside
Monroe County
George and
Alice Rushbrooke McDonald
Lindside Christian Church
Kenny Coulter
Charles
Judith) Golding
Jacqueline Koch
Miami
Dennis Trail
Coulter Family
Broyles Funeral
Peterstown
Arnold Sonny Grose
Welch Hospital
Bartley
Emma Jane Johnson Grose
Beckley
William Jack Grose
Della Mae Williams Grose
Sunny Lowery
Bristol
Tenn
James
Larry Ellison
Roger Ellison
Kegiey
Pete Grose
Earl Grose
Atwell
Jamita Wheley
Mabel Atwell
Washington, D.C
Mary Grose
Douglas Funeral Home
Donald Carpenter
Deskins
Atwell Mountain
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John Henry Sargent
Box 500
Dennis Rudolph
Ran’ Wagner
Bertha White
Nancy French Creger
Palmentto
Fla
Susie French
Richmond
John E. French
Gratton P. Creger Jr
Barbara Ann Creger
Carolyn Louise Creger
Virginia French Wermoth
Edwards
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Mrs. Hylda Morgan Whittaker
Hylda Morgan Whittaker
Abingdon
Glade Springs
Donald H. Whittaker Sr
Raymond L
Melissa) Childers
North Tazewell
Don Whittaker Jr
Charles L. Whittaker
Katherine Jones
Crystal Springs
Jack Morgan
N. Lowell Wright
John L. Price
Highlands Memory Gardens
Dublin
Campbell Funeral Home
Harold O. Willis
Mrs. Clarice Bibbee
Oscar W. Dudley
Oswald W. “Duck” Dudley
Norristown
Worth
Effie and
Almyra Wade Dudley
United Pocahontas Coal Co
Crumpler
B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co
Oaks
Victor
Anthony
Tony” Dudley
Bonnie
Renee
Lerner Dudley
Rita Collins
Carol Dudley
Faye Ryan
Long Island
N.Y
Joyce Winston
East Orange
N.J
David Dudley
Philadelphia
Marion O. Lee
Jacqueline Taylor
Bonita Cole
Ashland
Miss
Velma Bonds
Washington St
Norriston
C.A. Rose Funeral Home
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Hattie Mae Waddell
Alexandria
Baptist Valley
Cedar Bluff
Richmond, Va
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Princess Tiny Burks
Kimball
Carswell Addition
Bennett- Widener
Anna Louisa Witten Beach
Tuscon, Ariz
Virginius B. Watkins
Annie Brown
Arlie Brown
Bailey Funeral Home
Hamby
Cyars A
Bishop, Va
Alexander United Methodist Church
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Taylor, Isaac
Ike’ Thomas
Witten Valley
Tazewell County
Bundy's Chapel Baptist Church
Taylor Cemetery
Mary Vaught
Wright
Elizabeth Jessee
Hurst-Scott
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Russell
E. Smith
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Turner
Crystal Gail
Ronnie
Lisa Boyd Turner
Big
Honaker
Duty Church of God In
Duty
Boyd Cemetery
Boyd Ridge
Honaker Funeral Home of
Akers
Mercer County Sheriffs Department
William Gearhart
John Frazier
Robinson
West Virginia
North Carolina
Gearhart
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
Princeton Bureau
Thomas A. Colley
Patsy P. Malamisura
E Jim Terry
Linda M. Osborne
Carl H. Meade Jr
E Melanie Amey
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
P. O
National Advertising Rep
London Associates
EAY
Devlin
David Muriel
Singleton Funeral
Cohernour
Gary Wayne
Hico
Wallace and Wallace
Ansted
Chapel of Rest
Electrolux Sales & Service Vacuums & Shampooers
Tony Fortuna
Everlasting Monument Co
Blusfield
Princeton Rd
Courthouse
Rheas
Bluefield Monument Company
Bluefield Monument
Virginia
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