Deaths and Funerals in McDowell County WV area
Obituary notices for Mrs. Clinton Cantrell and multiple relatives list survivors, funeral details, churches and cemeteries. Includes deaths of Hubert Miller Frank Gross and Mrs Daisy Shelor plus other local burials with service times and burial sites.
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Clinton Cantrell
Clinton
Shorty
Virgie M. Addair) Cantrell
Raysal
Welch Hospital
McDowell County
Cleve Dunford
Pearl Altizer Dunford
United Church of God
Delmas E. Addair
Bradshaw
Elex Johnson
Slate Creek
Hubert and
Archer Click
Earnest Addair
Charles Click
Pageton
Vernie Mullins
Gary
Velma Hale
Alice Deskins
Bartley
Annie Deskins
Martinsville
Bill Cantrell
Kenneth Cantrell
Gibsonburg
Ohio
Willa
Ruby Vance
Paynesville
Imogene Collins
Johnson City
Tenn
Virginia Cantrell
Phyllis Grubbs
Athens
Alyess Dunford
Baptist Valley
Phyllis Matney
Nannie Mounts
Connecticut
Atwell Mountain
Frank Lowe
Freddie Dobbs
Booker Riffe
Shortridge
Garland Mountain
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Monroe County Board Approves Textbook Panels and Staff Moves
Monroe County Board of Education approved two committees to review science and health textbooks and a Vocational Advisory panel. An evaluative instrument for principals and service personnel was adopted, and a delegation opposed to the policy banning public dances in schools was noted. Rufus Houchins named Head Start Director for 1982 and Danny Lively hired as substitute bus driver. New Adult Education instructors include Mary Bennett, Linda Craft, Emerson Campbell, Oral Mann, David Sizemore, Alan Vogel and James Higginbotham.
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UNION
Monroe County Board of Education
Rufus Houchins
Danny Lively
Mary Bennett
Linda Craft
Emerson Campbell
Oral Mann
David Sizemore
Alan Vogel
James Higginbotham
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1893 and published every morning by the Daily Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, is a member of the Associated Press and uses AP news dispatches. Subscriptions cost 58.80 per year in West Virginia with home delivery at 4.90 per calendar month. Changes should be sent to P.O. Box 208.
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Daily
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Iowa Trucker Dies In Crash Near Wytheville
A 32 year old Grinnell Iowa man Stanley Charles Orr died instantly in a tractor trailer crash on Interstate 77 near Exit 22 Wytheville Virginia. Officials say Orr lost control while maneuvering a curve to enter Interstate 81 when the load shifted causing the rig to overturn and trap him. He was pronounced dead at Wythe County Community Hospital.
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Wytheville
Iowa
Here
Stanley Charles Orr
Grinnell
Orr
Wythe County Community Hospital
Europe proposes 16 point plan for women's equal opportunities
Brussels AP report notes the European Common Market unveiled a 16 point action program to promote equal opportunities for women. Social Affairs Commissioner Ivor Richards said the plan would strengthen legal rights and advance practical equality if enacted.
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Brussels
Belgium
European Common Market
Ivor Richards
Fifth Amendment Defense Shocks Court in The Way Kidnapping Case
In Fayetteville a key defense witness cited the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify in the four man kidnapping trial of alleged brainwashing targets from the The Way cult. The defense seeks to deprogram a son taken from his Michigan home, with witnesses confirming deprogramming and guardianship details while some were paid for participation.
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Daily Telegraph
Fayetteville
Bill Owens, Jr
Beckley
William M. Lewis
Gillespie
Holroyd
T.E. Myles
Mark Wills
Crimes Keep Police Busy in Bluefield Week
Bluefield police investigators report multiple incidents from earlier in the week. Items stolen include a 1977 Ford Truck worth about 77 dollars in Christmas merchandise from a K Mart lot, and a 175 dollar battery from a school bus at Fairview School. Other cases involve a hit and run on Bland Road causing around 3000 dollars in damages, a residential break in on Vine Street with furniture missing, and an assault on Eleanor Mahaffey near IGA. Officer assignments are listed for each case.
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Bluefield
K-Mart
Bluefield Plaza
Randall Neal
Bastian
Fairview School
Rockbridge Street
E.L. Harvey
Bland Road
Toyota
Brian J. Bruckner
Woodland Ave
Memorial Avenue
Bobby Shott
Bruckner
Shott
D.E. Hager
Margaret Few
Vine St
K.G. Walls
Eleanor Mahaffey
Vineyard St
Nativity Scene Origin Traces to St Francis 1223
Christmas custom of setting up a manger scene in churches and homes traces to 1223 when St. Francis of Assisi decorated a stable at Christmas with the Nativity scenes, according to tradition.
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Francis of
Assisi
Lengthy airline hijacks span decades with record travels and standoffs
The narrative lists major hijack cases: a 1976 Bangkok to Benghazi mission by Filipino separatists with Libyan detentions and a pregnant Libyan woman, Beirut to Athens to Rome and back to Beirut then Tehran, involving eight gunmen and a 10 hour flight. It also notes aviation’s longest distance hijack at 8,800 miles, various timed crises. It cites 1968 Algiers end after 39 days aboard an Israeli jet, 1981 Damascus end after 13 days, and Entebbe’s eight day Entebbe rescue on July 4, 1976.
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U.N
Sadr
Beirut
Athens
Rome
Tehran
Bangkok
Thailand
Benghazi
Libya
Algiers
Damascus
Syria
Air France
Uganda
Entebbe
Student Loans Available In Virginia For Renewal Loans
The Virginia Education Loan Authority says about 6 million dollars will be available after January 1 to renew existing guaranteed student loans for Virginia residents in colleges universities and trade schools. Applications for renewal loans will be accepted January 1 through February 15 with 5 to 8 million dollars to be supplied by a New York City bank for the latter half of the 1981 82 year. No funds remain for new borrowers or for students at out of state schools.
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Richmond
Virginia Education Loan Authority
Virginia
New York City
Eugene Cattie
Authority
West Virginia House Speaker warns of fiscal pinch ahead
West Virginia House Speaker Clyde M. Lee told Welch Kiwanis Lions and Rotary members that the state faces a tighter budget with less money to operate. He cited cuts in federal funds and flat state revenue, predicting cutbacks in industrial development and other areas as the Legislature prioritizes expenditures. Lee urged officials to propose solutions in Charleston.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Clyde M. Lee
Dhardy
See
Welch Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs
Raymond's
House
Locks Defeat Niagara Falls With eight steps to scale the drop
The Welland Canal between Lakes Ontario and Erie uses eight locks to lift vessels over a 326 foot drop, bypassing Niagara Falls and the river rapids.
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Welland Canal
Lakes Ontario
Erie
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Reagan Plea Seeks Compassion to Safeguard Airways
Lewis, who led the administration's clash with PATCO last summer, urged compassion from the president and warned against re employment of striking controllers at the FAA. He argued that allowing laid off workers back could jeopardize air safety with 9,300 remaining controllers and supervisors still on duty.
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PATCO
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Hubert Miller
Hubert Melvin Miller
Pentecostal Holiness Church
A.C. Ashford
Curtis Blake
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Jenkin Jones
Robert
Rosa Eldridge Miller
American Legion
Dorothy Johnston Miller
Premier
Richard Miller
Anawalt
David Miller
Miss Linda Miller
Blanch Bevins
Coaldale
Elzie Miller
Leckie
Howard Miller
Buster Miller
R.K. Miller
Burlington
N.C
Vance Miller
Chattanooga
Frank Brewster
Romulus, Mich
Squire
Wayne, Mich
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Samuel Shelor
Samuel J
Daisy) Shelor
Bland Rd
Switchback
Philip M
Ida Mae Henderson Rouse
McDowell
Mercer
Delaware
The
Eastern Star
White Shrine
D.W. McNamara
D.W
Pete
Lena P.) McNamara
Thornton Ave
Princeton
Mullens
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Amos Turner
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Floyd County
Osie Muncey Poff
B.W. Poff
Order of Eastern Star
First United Methodist Church of
Melvin David McNamara
Littleton
Colo
Charles
Milajean) Brown
Peach Bottom
Freda McNamara
Trout
Ralph Stowers
Ralph Eugene Stowers
Toledo St
Island Creek Coal Co
Oakwood
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Joe Fritz
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Mercer County
Grat J
Ruth Jones Stowers
Smith Transfer Co
Bible Baptist Church
Teamsters Union
Elaine Pruett Stowers
Kathy Ann Stowers
Harry J. Stowers
Forest Hills
Douglas W. Stowers
Bastion
James Swiger
Robert Caldwell
Bill Williams
Curtis Kitts
Glenn Stowers
Virgil Shields
Roy Hager
Douglas Stowers
Mrs
Frances Blankenship
Princeton Towers
Glen Lyn
Sadie Smith
Clyde Smith
Liberty Baptist Church
Milburn Blankenship
Dennis Blankenship
Connie Keaton
Beverly White
Frank Gross
Frank Haywood Gross
Adam and
Matilda Gross
United Mine Workers of America
Margaret Kolesar Gross
Darwin
Jeffery Gross
Carmen Gross
Berwind
Jake Alice Underwood
Caretta
Evelyn Wagner
Roaring River
Frank Dillon
Henlawson
Glen Corrine Dart
Chicago
Ill
Douglas Funeral Home
Lacy Griffith
Big Creek
Wyrick
James Whitley
Pat
Frederick St
Mercer Funeral Home
Lynn Wilbur
Monte Vista Park
Charles R. Brewer
A.D. Carter, Jr
Nesbit B. Gordon
Elijah H. Tucker
Charles E. Haris
James Tucker
William Jennings
North Tazewell
Nelson McCall
Paul Winfrey
Maplewood Cemetery
Thurman Harris
Jerry Street
Stanley Lester
Fairley Spencer
Hubert Carter
Gilmer Wade
Jimmy Cassell
Mike Hill
Steve Honaker
James Harman
Kendris Harman
Ronnie McGlothlin
Sandy Webb
Gary Price
Paul Spencer
James Keen
Hub Moore
Johnny Johnson
Clarence Bishop
Clarence Ray Bishop
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Reta Kay Bishop
Ragan
Robin Bishop
Pansie L
Herbert H
Sid G
Curtis L
Cleveland
Jimmie T
Atlanta
Mildred H. Bishop
Betty Carbaugh
Rose Bowman
Shirley Shutt
Sandlick
Oakey
North Chapel
Sam P. Wall
Sherwood Memorial Park
Zed Young
Zed
Sophia L.) Young
Serena
Glenwood Park United Methodist Nursing Home
Memorial
Athens Road
Monroe
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Danforth Insurance Agency
Mum
By Sharon Friese
Michael Bates
Rick Gillespie
Wilson
Kerosun
Virginia Hardware Company
Mercer St
Faber
Washington
U.S. Senate
David A. Faber
U.S
Charleston
Mick Staton
Robert King
Staton
Steven Miller
Miller
Senate
Cies and Highway Maintenance
West
Department of Highways
Lee
Rockefeller
Reagan
YMCA
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