William S. Dixon death notices in Bluefield
William S. Dixon of 213 Reese Street Bluefield dies at a local hospital from natural causes. He was a Mt Zion Baptist Church deacon and leader and held roles with Gideon 300 and Gate City Lodge No 33. Surviving include wife Mamie and children, with funeral set for Tuesday at United Holy Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Dixon
Reese Street
Bluefield
Whitmell
George and
Frances Bivens Dixon
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Gideon 300
Gate City Lodge No. 33
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mamie L. Dixon
Charles Dixon
Philadelphia
Virginia Benjamin Logan
Washington, D. C
George Dixon
Danville
Rosa Taylor
Huntington
Mary Price
Dry Fork
Jane Tarpley
Penn Grove
N. J
Predency Brandon
United Holy Church
Church Street
J. Matthew Coleman
Samuel Marrs
H. L. Hall
Joseph Haskins
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Elks Lodge No
Lugo
Obituary Notes for McKenzie and Price Residents
Leonard M McKenzie 73 of Bluefield Princeton died in a Durham hospital after a long illness. He was a retired principal and teacher of 46 years, former Glenwood Elementary and Nemours Schools head, and coach at Span sishburg Elgood. Rev. Hass Price 76 of Jenkin Jones died in a Welch hospital after a short illness. He led Morning Star Baptist Church for 48 years and held multiple pastorates in the region, with extensive church and lodge memberships. Both services planned with community, floral, and pallbearer details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard M. McKenzie
Leonard Madoc McKenzie
Bluefield-Princeton
Durham
Rhone
Glenwood
Ceres
Nemours
Spansishburg
Elgood
East River High School
Princeton
Concord College
West Virginia University
Carr Memorial United Methodist Church
Concord Masonic Lodge
Athens
Rufus B
Josephine Eaton McKenzie
Julia Wagner McKenzie
Jack
Peggy) McClain
Cary
N. C
Alice Lynn McKenzie
Silver Spring
Emma Kniffin
Arnold
Elberta) White
R. B. McKenzie
Bernard McKenzie
John McKenzie
Ronnie J. Edgell
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Concord Masonic Lodge No
Bertha Farmer
Memorial
Mrs Bessie Scott Hundley died after short illness
Mrs. Bessie Scott Hundley 81 of Buchanan Va formerly Maybury died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. She was born at Montcalm daughter of Phillip E and Lucretia Hubbard Scott. She was a Methodist and is survived by four daughters two sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 1 pm Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell. pallbearers listed. friends may call today 5 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Scott Hundley
Buchanan
Maybeury
Bluefield
Montcalm
Phillip E
Lucretia Hubbard Scott
Methodist Church
Harrison Hundley
Joe
Viola) Horvata
John
Alice) Kelly
Largo
Fla
Samuel
Kathryn) Smith
Nina Marshall
Salem
John Hundley
Jackson D. Hundley
el Paso
Tex
Martha Taylor
Bluewell
Hilda Hurst
Elizabeth Welch
Bidwell
Ohio
Burnice Helmando
Olen Robertson
R. L. Odell
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Johnny Hundley
Ricky Isaac
Joseph Horvata
David Horvata
John Belcher Jr
Wilson Poff
Rand Ratliff
Mrs Lotus Thompson dies at 74 in Princeton
Lotus Thompson 74 of Trent Street Princeton died Sunday after a heart attack. Survived by three sons and two daughters with 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton Wednesday at 11 am with burial at Mt Olive Cemetery Lashmeet. Viewing Tuesday 4 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotus Thompson
Trent Street
Princeton
Lashmeet
Walter White
Cloyd Thompson
Delmore Thompson
Opalaka
Fla
Dovel Thompson
Columbus
Ohio
Gavis Thompson
Charles Town
Mildred Cornak
Ettalee Clark
Birmingham
Ala
Dale White
Richmond
James White
Oregon
Ruby Mills
Brookie Walker
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Reader Information Page
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details subscription rates and delivery options. Includes affiliations with the Associated Press and circulation auditing by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Lists mailing addresses and advertising representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Brend Street
Bluefield
W Ve
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative
Mathews
Shannon
Obituary: Mrs Thelma Deel Lundy of Oakwood Va
Thelma Deel Lundy 69 of Oakwood Va died Saturday in a Grundy Va hospital after a long illness. Born in Kentucky she was daughter of Ira and Fannie Deel. Survived by husband Ray Lundy four daughters and seven sons, one sister four brothers 33 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral 11 a m Wednesday at Buchanan County Funeral Chapel Keen Mountain Va with burial in Green Hills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Va. Friends may call today after 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Deel Lundy
Oakwood
Grundy, Va
Kentucky
Ira and
Fannie Adkins Deel
Freewill Baptist Church
Ray Lundy
Imal Chesser
Satellite Beach
Fla
Peggy Ganzeveld
Detroit
Mich
Laura Wade
Baxley
Judy Hunter
Imperial
Calif
C. B. Ratliff
Haverhill
Ohio
W. V. Ratliff
Michigan
Sidney Lundy
Sierra Vista
Ariz
Peter Lundy
Oliver Springs
Tenn
Bannon Lundy
Colorado Springs
Buchanan County Funeral Chapel
Keen Mountain
Edward Perkins
Green Hills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Curtis J Harris 66 Honaker native dies after long illness
Curtis Jessee Harris 66 of Bartley formerly Honaker Va died Sunday in Welch hospital after a long illness He was a World War II Army veteran and retired coal miner with Island Creek Coal Co He survived by Helen Lockhart Harris Pomona Calif a son Curtis James Harris Honaker seven sisters and four brothers Funeral services set for Honaker Funeral Chapel with burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis J. Harris
Curtis Jessee Harris
Bartley
Honaker
Welch
Russell County
Alfred and
Eda Musick Harris
Island Creek Coal Company
Helen Lockhart Harris
Pomona
Calif
Curtis James Harris
Hon
Ohio
Kyle Hubbard
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon, Va
Mrs Bessie Artrip dies. honored in Honaker funeral
Mrs. Bessie Lee Artrip 59 of Rt 1 Honaker Va died Sunday at her daughter's home in Cleveland Va. She was a Russell County native daughter of Ross and Elsie Cook Artrip. Her husband Ivory Dale Artrip preceded her in November 1973. Surviving are one daughter Mrs Betty Sue Smith four sons Ivory Leman Franklin and Cecil Artrip two sisters and three brothers. Service Tuesday at 11 am at Honaker Funeral Chapel Elder Otis Fields officiating. Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Lee Artrip
Rt. 1
Honaker
Cleveland
Russell County
Ross and
Elsie Cook Artrip
Ivory Dale Artrip
Betty Sue Smith
Ivory Artrip Jr
Leman Artrip
Franklin Artrip
Cecil Artrip
Madge Artrip
Gaynell Artrip
Marvin Artrip
Morristown
Tenn
Emmitt Artrip
Big Stone Gap
Carl Artrip
Roanoke
Honaker Funeral Chapel
Otis Fields
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Rev Troy Ford 72 Speedway Minister Dies
Rev. Troy E. Ford 72 of Speedway died Friday. He was a minister at Speedway Gospel Tabernacle, born in West Virginia, son of Henry and Elizabeth Ford, and widow Margaret Helen Ford who died in 1965. Surviving children include Charles E. Ford Orlando Richard D. Ford Temple Hill and Daniel K. Ford Colorado Springs and six daughters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Gospel Tabernacle with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy E. Ford
Speedway
Bluefield
Speedway Gospel Tabernacle
West Virginia
Henry and
Elizabeth Ford
Margaret Helen Ford
Charles E. Ford
Orlando
Fla
Richard D. Ford
Temple Hill
Daniel K. Ford
Colorado Springs
Colo
Darrell
Jean) Roland
Ada
Danny
Madelyn) Catron
Franklin
Barbara) Butler
Pipestein
Steve
Mary) Lilly
Cumberland
Dennis
Cathy) Crum
Athens
Meee Gospel Tabernacle
Harry R. Payton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
James R. Butler
Joe Clark
Harlan Wimmer
Frank Crews
Fred Holdren
Ernest White
Memorial
Princeton
Betty Hall Wyatt 86 Richlands Va resident dies
Mrs Betty Hall Wyatt aged 86 of Richlands Virginia died Sunday afternoon in a Chilhowie nursing home after a long illness. She was the widow of G G Wyatt Sr. The body remains at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hall Wyatt
Richlands
Chilhowie
G. G. Wyatt Sr
Hurst-Scott
Rev Josh King 74 Welch minister and miner dies
Rev. Josh Thomas King 74 of Welch died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a short illness. He was a retired minister and miner, formerly with the state highways department, and lived most of his life in Welch. Survived by wife Mary E. Burkes King, two daughters Pearl Howard of Talcott and Maggie Rose of Welch, one brother Sam King of Keystone, three sisters Martha Owens of Glenwood Susie Dickerson of Rising Sun Md and Alice Palmer of Keystone, six grandchildren. Services 1 p.m. at Fanning Funeral Chapel Welch conducted by Rev. Morgan Belcher Hersie Lane with burial in Belcher Mountain Cemetery near Maitland. Friends may call today 5 to 9 p.m. at Fanning Funeral Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Price
Hass Ernest Price
Jenkin Jones
Welch
Ridgeway
Henry County
Burrell
Lucinda Dillard Price
McDowell County
Price
Morning Star Baptist Church
First Baptist
Anawalt
St. John Baptist Church
Pageton
Lilly of the Valley Baptist Church
Saeger
Mercy Seat
Powhatan
Mt. Harmon Branch
Gary
Macedonia Baptist Church
Boissevain
Mill Creek
Coopers
Morning Star
Flat Top Baptist Association
Hill Top Baptist Center
West Virginia Baptist State Convention
West Virginia Council of Churches
Fifth District
Eureka Lodge No. 10
F and
AAU Masons
Royal Arch Chapter
Bramwell
Independent Order of St. Luke
Knights of Pythians
UMWA
Gertrude Price
Lucinda Johnson
Louisville
Rosanna Price
Margaret Price
Philadelphia
Lelia P. Martin
Rochester
N. Y
Cleo Reed
Ind
Paul Price
S. H. Hairston
F. L. Reed
T. V. A. Winston
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
AAY Masons
Flat Top’ Baptist Association
Heroines of
Jericho
Missionaries of
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Jenkinsones
Josh T. King
Josh Thomas King
Welch Hospital
Buchanan County
Mack
Mary Jane Day King
State Department of Highways
Mary E. Burkes King
Waldron
Pearl) Howard
Talcott
Elmer
Maggie) Rose
Sam King
Baxter
Martha) Owens
Glenwood
Ernest
Susie) Dickerson
Rising Sun
Alice Palmer
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Morgan Belcher
Hersie Lane
Belcher Mountain
Maitland
Hallie Bowen Carrico prominent Mercer educator dies
Hallie Bowen Carrico 80 of Matoaka died in a Virginia hospital Saturday night. She was a longtime educator, retired Mercer County School Board attendance director, and former teacher. She taught first grade for U S Senator Robert C Byrd and was active in Ashworth Memorial Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. Memorial services were held Tuesday at George W Seaver Mortuary in Princeton with entombment at Resthaven Park Mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Bowen Carrico
Matoaka
Virginia
Mercer County School Board
Concord College
Glenville College
Radford College
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Ashworth Memorial Methodist Church
United Methodist Women
Princeton
W. Va. University Holiculter Department
Mercer County
Mullens
Pembroke
Albert M
Ettie Scott Bowen
Robert L. Carrico Sr
Robert L. Carrico Jr
C. C
Nancy Leah) Henderson Jr
Winchester
Homer K. Bowen
Marion
Mark M. Bowen
Columbus
Ohio
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Joseph Stout
Resthaven Park
Clinton Lilly
Ira Souther
Lawrence Thorne
W. B. Phipps
Joe Friedl
James Davis
Claude Blankenship
Woodrow Bailey
Order of the Eastern Star No. 53
Funeral services for Frederick M. Bennett at Freewill Baptist Church
Frederick M. Bennett, 62, of Davy, will be laid to rest today at 1 p.m. at Freewill Baptist Church near Davy with Rev. Virgil Akers officiating. Burial follows at Justice Cemetery in Asco. Church members will serve as pallbearers and carry the casket. Friends may call one hour before the service at the church. Fanning Funeral Home of Welch handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Frederick M
Davy
Freewill Baptist Church
Big Jenny
Virgil Akers
Justice Cemetery
Asco
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Death of Bessie Elizabeth Green in Tip Top Virginia
Bessie Elizabeth Green, 77, of Tip Top Va died Saturday night in a Blacksburg hospital after a long illness. Born Sept 7 1898 in Tazewell County she was daughter of the late Will and Mollie Riley. Survived by six sons two daughters a brother 34 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Services at Graham Funeral Home Chapel with ministers from Maple Hill Cemetery and pallbearers listed. Funeral home hours 5 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Elizabeth Green
Tip Top
Blacksburg
Tazewell County
Will
Mollie Brewster Riley
Herusband
Samuel Thomas Green
Robert L. Green
Ashby Mayhen Green
Bluefield
James Preston Green
James Everett Riley
Walter W. Green
St. Augustine
Fla
Fred W. Green
Anderson
Ala
David Melvin
Herman Shrader
North Carolina
Walter Riley
Graham Funeral Home
E. L. Lambert
Donald Byrd
Maple Hill
John S Noel 70 Doran Virginia dies after long illness
John Seth Noel 70 of Doran Va died at home Saturday after a long illness. Retired miner formerly with Jewell Ridge Coal Corp and member of UMWA local 6167. Survived by wife Narcie Mae Osbourne Noel two sons one step son and one step daughter four sisters and one grandchild. Funeral at Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel Cedar Bluff officiated by Revs Horton and Roberts with entombment in Greenhill Mausoleum. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seth Noel
Doran
Bluefield
John R
Melvie Hall Noel
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
UMWA
Jewell Valley
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Narcie Mae Osbourne Noel
Herbie Noel
John Robert Noel
Donald J. Kenney
Blacksburg
B. R. Miller
Tazewell
Amos Blanton
Raven
Cora Ward
Fannie Parsons
Mullens
Endie Davis
Newport News
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Gratt Horton
Mike Roberts
Greenhill
Claypool Hill
April Dawn Hedges Dead on Arrival in Bluefield
April Dawn Hedges twelve day old daughter of John William and Alice Marie Post Hedges of Goodwell died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital. Survived by three brothers avid Post Montcalm Ronald Post and Kevin Post all of the home and by maternal grandmother Pearl Post of oatcalm paternal great grandmother Mrs Agnes Cheney of Baltimore MD. Funeral at Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell noon today Rev Harold Goins officiating burial Belcher Cemetery Coaldale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Hedges
John William
Alice Marie Post Hedges
Goodwell
Bluefield Hospital
Avid Post
Montcalm
Ronald Post
Kevin Post
Pearl Post
Oatcalm
Agnes Cheney
Baltimore
Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
Harold Goins
Belcher Cemetery
Coaldale
Mrs. Maria Kitts of Tazewell dies at home
Mrs. Maria P. Kitts of Tazewell Avenue Tazewell Virginia died Sunday at her home Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Kitts
Maria P. Kitts
Tazewell Ave
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Fighting Halts Action In 2 Lebanese Cities
Street fighting paralysed Beirut and Tripoli as Christian and Moslem gunmen clashed amid escalating raids. Officials reported 23 dead and 40 wounded, with 10 more bodies found, including kidnapped victims. A day-long curfew was announced to restore control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Interior Ministry
Jisr el Basha
Christian Phalange Party
Last Bloodmobile Visit For 1975 Will Be Tuesday
The Bluefield Red Cross Bloodmobile final 1975 event sits at Bluefield City Auditorium from noon to 6 pm. It aims to close a 281 unit gap toward a 2000 unit yearly quota as Kiwanis clubs sponsor prizes and food support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Red Cross
Bluefield City Auditorium
Stadium Drive
Bloodmobile
Bluefield
Kiwanis
Playwright Wilder Dies at 78 in New Haven
Thorn ton Wilder, famed author of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, died Sunday at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven. He was 78, brought from his Hamden home by ambulance, with medical examiners to review the death. Wilder won three Pulitzers and helped inspire Hello Dolly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Ridge of
San Luis Rey
Our Town
Wilder
Madison
Wis
Amos
Hong Kong
Shanghai
China
California
Cave-In Fatality Near Harmon Claims Buchanan County Man
A 26 year old Buchanan County man Hatter Ratliff Jr. of Harmon Va. was killed in a cave in while digging house coal from an auger hole at an abandoned strip mine. He died from crushing injuries to head and chest and rescue workers recovered the body after a rock five by three feet by fourteen inches fell. The rescue squad and volunteers aided in the recovery and the body was taken to Grundy Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
Harmon
Hatter Ratliff Jr
Harmon, Va
Ralph Hess
Ratliff
Madison Cabbell
Buchanan County Rescue Squad
Dylan stars at Clinton prison benefit for Carter’s appeal
Bob Dylan led the Rolling Thunder Revue at Clinton Institution for Women to publicize Robin Hurri cane Carter’s bid for a new trial on a 1966 bar robbery murder conviction. Joan Baez Joni Mitchell Roberta Flack and Ramblin Jack Elliott performed with Allen Ginsberg noting the symbolic protest. Carter and co defendant John Artis are serving life terms for three deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
N.J
Bob Dylan
Rolling Thunder
Clinton Prison
Robin
Carter
Allen Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Joan Baez
John Artis
Paterson
M.J
Wyoming County residents aid stranded family in Pineville
Volunteers raise funds for Forrest Ramsey, his wife, and seven children from Alabama stranded in Pineville. Sheriff funds a motel room, townspeople collect food and shelter support while the family seeks temporary stay. Donations can be mailed to Janet Morgan, Box 1013, Pineville, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Pineville
Forrest Ramsey
Alabama
Herbert Graham
Mountaineer
Ramsey
Sheriff's Department
Janet Morgan
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Bluefield Daily Teyreyh
Bessie S. Hundley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Thelma D. Lundy
Bessie L. Artrip
Hedges
American University
Southwest Virginia National Bank
Bank of Tazewell County
Sheffield
Phil’s Fashions
McDonald’s
Pizza Hut
Burger Chef
Calvary Baptist Church
Trinity United Methodist Church
Red Cross
Bill Bowman
Hilo Prc Otlk
Albany
Cdy
Clr
Albu
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Edy
Atlanta
Edy Bismarck
Boise
Ccdy
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Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
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Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Ville
Ind’apolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. P
New Orleans
New York
Okla
Omaha
Philad’ Phia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
P’tland
World War I
U.S. Army Air Forces Intelligence
North Africa
West Cumberland Rd
W.va
Cabbell
Grundy Funeral Home
Dylan
Wyoming
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