Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
James Wyrick 81 of 828 Frederick St Bluefield died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Retired machinist with 50 years service at Norfolk and Western Railway. Survived by wife Hersie Duncan Wyrick and siblings. Funeral Thursday 2 PM Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Arval Spears 78 Crumpler died in a Bluefield hospital. Services Thursday 1 PM Pentecostal Holiness Church Rolfe. Grandview Memory Gardens burial. Nick Semanco 53 Barrett died in Charleston hospital after long illness. Barrett United Methodist Church member. Two daughters Judy Semanco Roanoke and Karen Sue Eshbaugh Huntington. son Mark Semanco Huntington. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Barrett Funeral arrangements by Handley Funeral Home. Lena McNamara 71 Princeton died in Princeton hospital after short illness. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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James Wyrick
James Whitley
Pat) Wyrick
Frederick St. Bluefield
Bluefield
James H
Hannah Grace Rogers Wyrick
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Grace United Methodist Church
Kentucky
Hersie Duncan Wyrick
Gertie Fox Wyrick
Huntingdon Park
Calif
C.W. Burton
Edythe L. Carter
Prestonsburg
Mercer Funeral Home
Lynn Wilbur
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Arval Spears
Arval
Willie Mae) Spears
Crumpler
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Rolfe
Phillip Scott
Richard Hanson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Russell County
George
Nick Semanco
Nick (Joy Fay) Semanco
Barrett
Charleston
Barrett United Methodist Church
Judy Semanco
Roanoke
Karen Sue Eshbaugh
Huntington
Mark Semanco
Judy Literal
Maybeury
Olen Robinson
Holly Shrewsbury
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Handley Funeral Home
Danville
D.W. McNamara
D.W. ‘Pete (Lena) McNamara
Thornton Ave
Princeton
Henry Clark
Henry
Rosa L.) Clark
Christiansburg
Radford
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
First Baptist Church of
Richardson Home Funeral Home
Hamlin and Clark Deaths Mark Week in Bluefield Area
Obituaries report funerals for Mrs. Cecil Hamlin of Daytona Beach formerly Bluefield, and Mrs. Rosa L. Clark of Pearisburg, plus several local services in Princeton Bluefield and Christiansburg. Include details of survivors and funeral homes in charge.
Services Set For Jennings Fields Killed In Mine Accident
William Jennings Fields 30 of North Tazewell Va died Monday in a mining accident at Judy C Coal Co. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel Tazewell Va with Rev. Nelson McCall and Rev. Paul Winfrey officiating Burial in Maplewood Cemetery Fields son of Luther and Ina Fields of North Tazewell He was a member of the Midwy Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakwood
William Jennings Fields
North Tazewell
Judy C. Coal Coal Company
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Nelson McCall
Paul Winfrey
Maplewood Cemetery
Bluefield
Luther Fields
Ina C. Fields
Midwy Christian Church
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Acknowledgment and Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment in 1893 and notes AP news rights. The notice lists home delivery and mail subscription rates, locations, and postal details for Bluefield West Virginia.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
W Va
Papresettive
Landon
Magistrate Threatened After Complaints About Trooper
Welch David N Hunt and Judy Ray Decker filed formal complaints over alleged misconduct by state trooper Walter Rocky Martin. Hunt reports three anonymous, threatening calls since his interview with a Department of Public Safety Internal Affairs investigator. Chief Judge Marinari received letters in October about eavesdropping on a telephone call. Sgt. R L Martin traveled to McDowell to collect information, and more complaints from residents were noted. Outcome pending.
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Welch
David N. Hunt
Hunt
Department of Public Safety
State Police
R.L. Martin
Charleston
McDowell
Greene Rites Are Slated
Funeral services for James Albert Greene Jr. 25 of 2603 Kanawha Ave Charleston, found dead Sunday in Princeton, will be held today at 3 p.m. at Mercer Drive. Officiating will be Dr. Conrad Crow. Burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Survivors include mother Elizabeth S. Yancey and stepfather Benjamin Yancey of Charleston, two brothers Charles Roba Greene and Benjamin F. Yancey III, and grandmother Elizabeth Wilson of Bluefield. Pallbearers: Dante Citrapano James Knowles Carl Harless Douglas Kiser Frank Smolarick Wesley Hopkins.
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James Albert Greene, Jr
Kanawha Ave
Charleston
Princeton
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Bluefield
Conrad Crow
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Princeton Avenue
Elizabeth S. Yancey
Benjamin Yancey
Charles Roba Greene
Benjamin F. Yancey III
Elizabeth Wilson
Dante Citrapano
James Knowles
Carl Harless
Douglas Kiser
Frank Smolarick
Wesley Hopkins
Trucker Is Killed At Island Creek Mine No 6
Ralph Eugene Stowers a 48 year old Bluefield truck driver was killed Tuesday afternoon at Island Creek Coal Co Mine No 6 near Oakwood Virginia while unloading conveyor belts from a tractor trailer using a forklift. The belt weighing about 10800 pounds rolled forward pinning him between the belt and trailer. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Mercer Funeral Home.
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Oakwood
Bluefield
Island Creek
Stowers
McMurray
Mercer Funeral Home
Allen Faces Ethics Review Over 1980 Sale and Gifts
The Justice Department continues review of whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to probe Allen's 1980 sale dispute and gifts from two Japanese journalists. The inquiry also expands to Allen's clients after discoveries about disclosure forms and a $1,000 payment. Federal law requires officials to report compensation over $5,000 and describe duties performed.
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Justice Department
Allen
Nancy Reagan
Explosion reported near Whitwell in Tennessee mine incident
Tennessee and the Emergency Management Agency say the blast happened around 1 p.m. seven miles north of Whitwell. Mine is tied to Tennessee Consolidated in Jasper ten miles away. Deputies responded. officials in Kentucky and Washington coordinated follow up.
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Emergency Management Agency
Roy McCarter
State Labor Department
Nashville
Whitwell
Tennessee Consolidated
Jasper
Judy Humphreys
Grundy County
Sheriff’s Office
Marion County
Kathy Snyder
Labor Department
Washington
Jerry Spicer
Barbourville
Shooting Probed in Premier man Fatally Shot by Son
Premier officials probe a fatal shooting at a Premier home after a domestic quarrel between Hubert Miller and his son Davis. Miller, 20 gauge shotgun incident, died at Welch hospital after being pronounced dead on arrival. Body sent to Charleston medical examiner.
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McDowell County
Hubert Miller
Welch Hospital
S.L. Cox
Miller
Davis
Charleston
Audit Finds Mercer County Board Violated State Law
Mercer County School Board faces multiple state-law violations from the 1979 80 audit cited by investigator Frank Serge before the Parent Student Action Committee. Violations include overstated funds and contracts, unfiled financials, excessive expenditures, and lack of bonded members, prompting calls to remove all board members and the superintendent Hughes. suit planned for early next year.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluewell
Mercer County
County Board of Education
Frank Serge
Parent-Student Action Committee
Frankie
LaSalute
Serge
John Hughes
Board of Finance
Parent-Student Action Com
Mittee
Jim Leslie
Hughes
Mercer County School Board
Hedrick
McDowell Board Approves Agenda Guidelines
McDowell County Board of Education set new rules to control what appears on bi monthly meeting agendas effective December 16. The plan allows speakers to present issues within 15 minutes, limits delegations to five adults with one spokesman, and requires five days prior notice. Denials require a board majority, and unresolved items may be directed to staff. The district also approved $27 million in budget changes and a Christmas holiday for 12 month staff on December 24.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County Board of Education
Robert I. Goosens
John R. Drosick, Jr
Goosens
Mercer Frazier's nominees from county for legislature debated
Three nominees for the former legislative seat were expected to come from Mercer County where Frazier, a Democrat, was one of three delegates. Monroe and Summers counties each have one delegate, while Frazier gave up his seat to become a Circuit Court judge and did not participate in nominee selection. The hijacking incident in Beirut and Rome involved Libyan officials and Mujahedeen for Imam Sadr, with hostages and a demand for a U.N. inquiry into Sadr's disappearance.
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Page One
Frazier
Mercer County
Monroe
Summers
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Tripoli
Rome
Beirut
Athens
Greece
The
Mujahedeen (Warriors
Imam Sadr
U.N
Sadr
Libya Told To Drop Plot Prompt Warning From U S
The Reagan administration warned Libya through a third country to abandon a reported plot to kill U S leaders. An authoritative source said the message outlined some evidence Reagan cited and warned of consequences if Libya acted, with no details on intermediary country. The warning followed further security talks and a Baker statement of a decision within 24 to 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Libya
United States
Howard Baker Jr
Acquittal Bid Filed in West Virginia Deprogramming Kidnapping Trial
Fayetteville based case centers on four men Bill Owens Jr. of Beckley William M. Lewis 32 of Dublin Virginia Phillip Bevins 31 and Rodney B Conner 21 of Princeton accused of kidnapping Douglas A Wilson 24 from Michigan to deprogram him from The Way group Wilson testified he was held about 16 days in Michigan then transported to West Virginia where he endured psychological and physical abuse in the presence of his family and authorities expect the trial to run through Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Fayetteville
the Way
Bill Owens, Jr
Beckley
William M. Lewis
Dublin
Phillip Bevins
Rodney B. Conner
Princeton
Fayette County
Douglas A. Wilson
Michigan
Robert Holroyd
T.E. Myles
Mark Wills
Holroyd
Paul M. Blake, Jr
Wilson
West Virginia
Kenneth Conner
Rodney Conner
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Midway Church of Christ
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Virginia Shrewsbury
Ruby Justice
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Burkes Garden
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Maple Hill Cemetery
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Trucker
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McDowell Board of Education
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