Court to Decide on Redistricting for Mercer County
Mercer County Court will hear whether to pursue redistricting and study precinct sizes. Knight and GOP officials will urge action while the court weighs elimination of two magisterial districts and creation of three new ones based on voter registration. A 70 precinct plan could follow an engineering review, with notices and a 30 day waiting period. May 1974 targets loom for election changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Knight
Mercer County Court
Knight
GOP
Richard Wesley
Republican Executive Committee
Ira Mason Smith
Elmer Barton
U. S. Supreme Court
Bluewell
Glenwood School
Oakwood Motor Court
Frankie’s la Saluta
Donald Anello
Area Deaths And Funerals
Obituary notices list multiple deaths across Bluefield Princeton and Welch areas with services planned or held. Recipients include Linda Dakin 34 of Double Gates. Myrtle Johnson 55 of Orlando. Dora W. Ball 81 of Princeton. Merle H. Worthington 34 of Davy. Lottie Warren 80 of Princeton. Evans Barton 46 of Bee. and Rev Joseph H Shelton 69 of Richlands. Funeral times and burial details provided along with surviving relatives.
James Freeman former War police chief dies in Bluefield
James Edward Freeman 57 of War died Saturday morning in Bluefield. He was born in Caretta son of Elizabeth Crouse Freeman and the late Coy Freeman. He served as War police chief and retired coal miner. Survived by widow Rosemary Cook Freeman three sisters and Memory Gardens arrangements. Funeral by Gearing Witten at First United Methodist Church War with pallbearers and entombment at memory gardens.
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James Edward
Jack) Freeman
War
Bluefield
Caretta
Elizabeth Crouse Freeman
Coy Freeman
Rosemary Cook Freeman
Leo Hinkle
Rose Alexander
Shirley Davenport
Cocoa Beach
Fla
First United Methodist Church
H. H. Mills
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Gearing- Witten Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Masthead
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead details published in the paper include address 412 Bland Street Bivetieia W V 2470 and motor route rates 3.10 per month. Subscription rates by carrier and mail for West Virginia are listed at 37.20 per year.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bivetieia
W. V
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Swannon & Cullen
Mrs Virgie Keen Dies After Long Illness at 65
Mrs. Virgie Harman Keen 65 of Rt. 1 Raven Va died at home Friday night after a long illness. She was the widow of Martin Keen and mother to James Claudie Charles and Junior Keen all at home. Also surviving are Garnie and Bonnie Keen daughters, siblings Stonewall Henr and Glen Harman and several sisters. Funeral service Monday at 11 am at Buchanan County Funeral Home with Rev Squire Horn. Burial in Harman Cemetery on Rt 1 Raven. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 11 am today for friends to call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Johnson
Orlando
Fla
Northfork
Vivian
Praiie Lake Baptist Church
Laura Ella Duncan
Jimmy Johnson
Fern Park
Edgar Johnson
Vero Beach
Bluewell
James Dalton
Bill Eldreth
Jess Hardy
Joe Arvin
James Wood
Dora W. Ball
Princeton
John Ball
City View Heights
Whitesburg
Central Church of Christ
North Tazewell
Greenbrier County
Samuel Williams
James P. Ball
Fred
Margie) Miller
Verdine
E. C
Kathleen) Tillis
Columbia
S. C
Edgar J. Ball
Harold Ball
Ivory Williams
Osaka
George W. Seaver Chapel
Paul Carter
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Samuel Ball
Roger Ball
Ronnie Ball
Jimmy Miller
John Miller
Terry Miller
Jackie Miller
Estil Minor
George W. Seaver Mortuary
B. H. Johnston
Estelle Warren
Garland
Pansy) Woolwine
Raymond
Grace) Stowers
Ivory Casey
Arlie Johnston
Bill Johnston
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Paul Hall
Orville Harvey
Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery
Roy Saunders
Buddy Dye
Garland LaRue
Ray Bailey
Lewis Skeens
James Walters
Caney Barton
Lyndon Barton
Bee
Bill Barton
Missouri
Kenny Barton
Madison Heights
Mich
Joan Hill
Haysi
Ebbie Boyd
Grundy
Mary Ellen Hill
Chicago
Ill
Vernie Campbell
Katherine Bostic
Council
Duty View Church
Bee, Va
Teddy Ball
Johnny Blackburn
The
View Cemetery
Haysi Funeral Home
Funeral
Joseph H. Shelton
Joseph Harmon Shelton
Ridge Avenue
Lake Park
Richlands
Maiden Springs
James and
Maggie Wise Shelton
Shelton
Oniska
Improved Order of the Red Men of
Full Gospel Free Church of God of
Rosa Ethel Street Shelton
Home
Margaret Lankford
Pomona
Calif
Rachel Salyers
Cleveland
Ohio
Sue Davis
Long Island
N. Y
Martha Jackson
Indianapolis
Ind
Joanne Honaker
Columbus
Mary Faye Lambert
Frances Alley
Greensboro
N. C
Patsy Marlowe
Elebert Shelton
Ira P. Shelton
United States Air Force
Vietnam
Ballard Shelton
War
Hurst- Scott Funeral
Wade Brewster
Fred Herndon
Ancil Childress
Roberts Family
Broadford
Red Men
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Virgie H. Keen
Virgie Harman Keen
Rt. 1
Raven
A. J
Virginia Childress Harman
Martin Keen
James Keen
Claudie Keen
Charles Keen
Junior Keen
Garnie Keen
Bonnie Keen
Stonewall Harman
Henr Harman
Glen Harman
Mazie Grizzle
Florida
Evelyn Ford
Ruth Baldwin
Jane Keen
Buchanan County
Squire Horn
Harman
Mary Moorehead Dies at Home of English Couple
Mary Moorehead of 1115 Cooper Street Bluefield died Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs English at 120 Bedford Street after an apparent heart issue. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Binkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Evans Barton
Bee, Va
Mary Moorehead
Cooper St
Bluefield
Les English
Bedford St
Binkford and Richardson Funeral
Death of SGT Ralph M. Hardin in North Carolina
Sgt. Ralph M. Hardin 45 of Cameron North Carolina and formerly Bluefield Virginia died Thursday in Fayetteville North Carolina after a short illness. The body is being returned to Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Virginia where funeral arrangements were in complete.
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Ralph M. Hardin
Cameron
N. C
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Fayetteville
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
Funerals Set For HUDGINS, CREGGER, DEBORD
Funeral services are planned for M Sgt Edward G Hudgins 46 of Bluefield at Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Graveside rites will be by the Bluefield Masonic Lodge and U S Air Force. Charles Edgar Cregon 11 of Chatham Hill Va to be laid to rest at Sunset Community Cemetery following services at Goodman's Chapel with Seaver Funeral Home directing. Mrs Eula Troutman Debord 72 of Chatham Hill Va to be interred at Ridgedale Methodist Church Cemetery after a 2:30 p m service at Ridgedale Church. Seaver Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Hudgins
Edward G
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Bluewell
Cregger
Charles Edgar
Chatham Hill
Goodman's Chapel
Sunset Community Cemetery
Seaver Funeral Home
Marion
Debord
Eula Troutman
Ridgedale Methodist Church
Paris Blankenship obituary in Welch hospital notes
Paris Blankenship 64 of Patrick Springs Va died Friday after a short illness in a Stewart Va hospital. Survived by wife Mrs George Bailey Blanken ship in-law. five daughters Eileen Ray Panther Va, Okey Harris Roanoke Va, Bessie Reynolds North Manchester Ind, Emogene Motley Patrick Springs Va, Eloise Miller Patrick Springs Va. two sons Marvin Panther and Norman Patrick. two brothers J H Blankenship Hurley Va and G B Blankenship Panther. one sister Angeline Brabham Patrick Springs. 21 grandchildren and three great. obituary filed at Douglas Mor tuary in Welch.
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Paris Blankenship
Patrick Springs
McDowell County
Stewart, Va
George Bailey Blankenship
Eileen Ray
Panther
Okey Harris
Roanoke
Bessie Reynolds
North Manchester
Ind
Emogene Motley
Eloise Miller
Marvin Blankenship
Norman Blank
Edgar Lee Smith Dies After Illness in Cincinnati
Edgar Lee Smith of Cincinnati and formerly Princeton died Saturday in a Cincinnati hospital after an illness. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton is handling arrangements.
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Edgar Lee Smith
Cincinnati
Ohio
Princeton
Accused Killer Waives To Jury In Basin Shooting
A Basin man Ronald Keith Davis 20 waived to Circuit Court Grand Jury on murder charges for the fatal shooting of Dewey Cox 49 at Robert Staten home in Basin. Davis posted 5000 bond and was released from Wyoming County Jail. Cox died after a Thursday night incident reported by state police in Pineville. Cox age and details about Staten’s condition were released. hospital reports listed Staten in good condition.
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Wyoming
Basin
Ronald Keith Davis
Pineville
Davis
Dewey Cox
Robert Staten
Staten
General Hospital
Mullens
Gossip Queen Louella Parsons Dies In Sleep
Hollywood AP Louella O Parsons queen of movie gossip columnists died Saturday at age 92 in a Monica hospital. She ruled movieland for 40 years before illness and age confined her, with Dorothy Manners taking over in 1969. Hedda Hopper, rival, died two months later at 75.
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Hollywood
Louella O. Parsons
Monica Hospital
Dorothy Manners
Hedda Hopper
Louella
Miss Parsons
Hollywood Hotel
Louella Parsons
Bramwell Man Shot Injured In Apparent Self Inflicted Wound
Clarence Sweatman a 19 year old Bramwell resident was critically injured after a 22 rifle discharged at a mobile home in Angles Hollow Virginia. He walked to his sister’s room and said he had shot himself before collapsing near the door. A coat hanger hook tripped the rifle trigger. The incident occurred at 2 45 am with investigation by Sheriff’s deputies and Bluefield Rescue Squad appealing for blood.
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Bramwell
Bluefield
Saturda
Tazewell County
Angles Hollow
Garney Lusk
Clarence Edward Sweatman
Margaret Mullens
Sweatman
Bluefield Hospital
Lusk
Paul Bailey
Flood watch warned for 10 WV counties as rain prompts alerts
The National Weather Service in Charleston kept a flood watch in effect until noon for Mercer McDowell Wyoming Monroe Raleigh Summers Greenbrier Nicholas Webster and Fayette counties. Residents faced moderate to heavy rain with potential flooding while highways reopened or closed as waters rose. Evacuations occurred in Ripley and Reedy areas with about 70 families moved to relatives or friends and a National Guard unit placed on alert to assist.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Charleston
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Webster
Fayette
The
Weather Service
Ripley
Mill Creek
Harrison County
West Fork
National Guard
Spencer
Reedy
U.S. 50
U.S. 19
W. Va. 20
Body Recovered After Car Plunges Into Hungry Mother Park
Divers from the Virginia State Police searched Hungry Mother State Park near Marion after a car drove into the water. Ronald Dean Hawkins, 31, of Marion, was found inside the vehicle at about 1 p.m. Rain slick roads were cited as a factor. Police had earlier said two people might have been trapped.
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Virginia State Police
Hungry Mother State Park
Marion
Virginia State Park
Ronald Dean Hawkins
Rt. 1
Virginia State
Hale’s
Virginia Rt. 16
G. F. Breen
Hawkins
Town Council Faces Bootlegging Charges After Break-ins
Town officials report bootlegging accusations against Barrett amid rising heat from two unsolved break ins. Investigations show thousands of dollars taken from local businesses, intensifying community concern and prompting renewed police scrutiny.
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Barrett
Court orders new election after 1969 boiler murder case
The judge ruled the 1969 election won by Boyle over Joseph Yablonski had widespread irregularities. Yablonski was murdered less than a month after the election. The Labor Department must conduct a new election with over 1,000 agents supervising about 1,500 polling places and no major incidents reported.
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Labor Dept
Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Yablonski
Labor Department
Funeral service set for Mrs Parcell and relatives
Giles County Reggie Vaught of Sarasota Florida, Mrs Hersel Parcell of Popular Hill and Mrs J B Morris of Bluefield are listed for a 2 PM Monday funeral at Shad Grove United Methodist Church Popular Hill with Rev David Warden officiating. Burial in Highland Memory Gardens Dublin. Body to be moved from A West and Sons Funeral Home White Gate Virginia to the parents home today at 4 PM and stay until one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reggie Vaught
Sarasota
Fla
Hersel Parcell
Popular Hill
J. B. Morris
Bluefield
Shad Grove United Methodist Churc
David Warden
Highland Memory Gardens
Dublin
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
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Mercer County
Rock District
Linda Dakin
North Lane
Double Gates
Vera Lee Shumaker Dakin
Marucie Conley Dakin
Bluefield High School
Bluefield College
Angist Mens’ Shop
WBIG
Greeksboro
Trinity United Methodist Church
David
Barbara) Webster
Norfolk
H. E
Virginia
Land of Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Paul Houston
Merle H. Worthington
Davy
Welch Hospital
Willard and
Lala Pendleton Worthington
Audrey Worthington
James Custer
Salisbury
David Ezkiel
Laurel
Bobby Sparks
Mohegan
John Music
Marvin
Lee Worthington
Ray Worthington
Maryland
Jimmy Lambert
Huntington
Danny Lambert
Bradshaw
Ronnie Lambert
Jackie Lambert
Fort Knox
Free Will Baptist Church
Big Jenny
Virgil Akers
Asco
Sherlock Neeley
Jack Cantrell
Birdy Cantrell
Doug Adams
George Shirley
Billie Ray Worthington
James Bradley
Ralph Moody
Jimmy Bennett
Bill Jackson
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Lottie Warren
Lottie Lee Warren
Athens Road
Charles and
Comilla Linsey Johnston
Milburn Warren
Black Lick
He Was
Douglas and
Gracie Sutherland
Dickenson County
James E. Freeman
Lana G. Waddell
Lana Gollehon Waddell
Wytheville
Bland
Yrmey
Walter Seldo Waddell
Virginia Newberry
Grubb
Wiley Neal
Sherwood Abbey Mausoleum
Salem
Newberry Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Book Store
Commerce ST
Hickmans
East
Athens
Crossroads
Parsons
Virginia Side
Virginia Department of Highways
Virginia Avenue
Dee Wilson
Town Council
Adley
Funeral Home OF Bluefield,inc
Handal
Chas. L. Harman
J. P. Jardine
Anne Scott
Ronald Jowell
Alexandria
Valarie Vickers
Jean Knickerbocker
Ripplemead
Barry Elder
Evergreen
Steve Spangler
Vinton
Ginger Kelley
Giles County
REL
Aera
Graham
Virginia ‘Ave
Mickelbury
Bluefield Monument CO
Bluefield, Virginia
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