Eight children die in Bamberg house fire
A fire in Bamberg South Carolina killed eight of eleven children left home alone. Three adults were charged with neglect by a legal custodian. Three children escaped, two more apparently escaped but one died after returning inside to help others. Foster homes hold the survivors.
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Mary Martin
Mary Lee Martin
Elbert
Welch Hospital
Freeman
Henry
Fannie Graves Monroe
Mercer County
McDowell
Mt. Zion United Holy Church
Pageton
Luther Martin
Luther Martin Jr
Bluefield
Tony Martin
New York
Ernest Hairston
Columbus
Ohio
James Martin
Christine Swain
Odessa Bennett
Mary Simms
Bertha Dell
Tammy Keith
Orlando
Fla
Mattie Henderson
Mt. Zion United Holy
Bamberg
S.C
Ed Darnell
Darnell
Bluefield leader Corte honored for community service
Mirto Corte, long a Bluefield industry figure and former president of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce board, received the Distinguished Citizen of the Year award from the American Legion Riley-West Post No. 9 for sustained service over five to ten years. He steered Get It Open Inc. and contributed to rescue squad facilities, while praising Bluefield’s community spirit and potential for economic rebound.
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Corte
Ball Creek Mining
Tazewell
Blacor Steel
American Legion
Riley-West Post No. 9
Max Kammer
Greater
W.va
Rescue Squad
Virginia
Get It Open Inc
Yw-Ymca
Masonic Lodge
Rotary Club
Sales Executive Club
University Club
Mercer County
American Heart Association
Mercer County Anglers Club
Bluefield Summit Players and Arts and Crafts Center
Dorothy
Greenville
S.C
Bluefield’s Civic Heart Abner Davis Honored for Service
Abner Davis of Sulphur Springs and Bluefield, aged 85, remains active in church and civic work. He led $2 million hospital fundraising, helped desegregate local institutions, supported Bluefield State College, Amtrak debut, and multiple community programs while serving as a chaplain and Republican organizer.
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John Stuart United Methodist Church
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Ned) Shott
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Bluefield State College Athletic Association
Grand Jury
General Telephone Co
GTE
Republican
Mercer County
Republican Party
Amtrak
Commission On Aging
Friendly
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Mercer County Heart Associaton
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Stan
Pam) Morehead
Bland
Doug
Lisa) Reynolds
Salem
David L. Amburn
Orrin P. Amburn
Waterford
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Don Nation
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Cancer Center of
Southwest Virginia
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Virginia L. Mabrey
Vineyard St
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Linda Miller
Anawalt
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Montcalm
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Burlington
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Dover Air Force Base
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Jane Starline
Mercer Funeral Home
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Roselawn Memorial Gardens
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Norris St
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Italy
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Richmond
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Dudley Memorial Mortuary
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State Line Ridge No. 1
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Grundy, Va
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Grundy
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Lebanon
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Magnolia Ave
Princeton
Memorial
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Belfast
Richlands
Tazewell County Funeral Home
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Lex
Robert E
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Mt. Olive
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Pappy) Phillips
Narrows
Pearisburg
Martin County
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Fort Knox
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Ruth P. Davis
Route 1
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Mae Rutherford
Pensacola
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Rich Creek Cemetery
Rich Creek
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Riffe
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Wanda Lucille Stiltner
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Kentucky
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Levisa River
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Gregory Allen Mitchell
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Saeger
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Lonnie B. White
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Rewis
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West Main St
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Resthaven Memorial Park
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Laeger
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Hollings
Reagan
Iran
Senate Intelligence Committee
ABC
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Mirto Corte
Washington
National Cancer Institute
Vincent T. DeVita
Institute
Abner Davis
With His
Wife, Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
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Jim Terry
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Lewis B. Spence
Patsy P. Malamisura
Mike Blanton
Carl H. Meade, Jr
National Advertising Rep
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Lund
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Tside
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THELM
Mitchell Free
A.P.A
Princeton-Mullens- Bluefield
Diamond Cluster Sale
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Beckley
Oakvale Community Center
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