Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and surrounding counties
Obituaries detail Mrs. Arvenia Lambert of Big Sandy long illness and survivor list of sons Monroe Don Melvin. daughters Sylvia Rose Bud Christian Sally Morgan Gladys Gorrell. sisters Nancy Pennington Elizabeth Christian Peggy Beavers. 21 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Also notes multiple services including Mrs Sophia Young Lerona and Rev John Saunders Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lambert
Oscar
Arvenia) Lambert
Big Sandy
Welch
Avondale
Link
Sally Staten Mullens
Church of God In
Fanning Funeral Home
Elbert M. Hudgins
Saeger
Roderfield
Zed
Sophia L.) Young
Lerena
Glenwood
Burns Wornal Chapel
Athens Road
Princeton
Sylvia Hill
Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery
McDowell County
Howard
Goldie Clay
Holiness Church
Lerona
Melvin
William Young
Kenny Young
Ronnie
Meva) Blankenship
Pipestein
Nancy DeFoe
William
Mary) Wachob
Anderson
Ind
Harvey
Margie) Keats
Newfoundland
Canada
John Clay
Woodland Hill
Calif
Arthur Edmonds
Alvin Woods
Fred Thomas
Trevor Butterworth
M.D. Kirk, Jr
Melvin Young
Ronell Lockett
Samuel Cannaday
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Route 20
Bluewell
Alabama
Isbell Saunders
Pocahontas Fuel Co
First Baptist Church
Pocahontas
Flat Top Baptist Association
Hartwell Baptist Church
Dott Baptist Church
Mae Saunders
George
Fred
Robert
Roland Saunders
Columbus
Ohio
James Saunders
Bluefield
Langton
Leeverta) Lockett
Wilmington
Del
Dorothy Muse
Detroit
Mich
Cisco
Alma) Jackson
Joseph
Florence) Carmichael
Geneva Sparrows
Carolyne Simmons
Frank Brewster
Romulus
Squire
Wayne, Mich
Church of Jesus Christ
Brewsterdale
Robert Bowman
Russell Boothe
Brewster
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bishop, Va
Dennis Lambert
Lacy Phillips
John R. Philips
Tom Smith
Junior Marrs
Shike Ward
Chuck Thompson
Charles Wilson
Charles Patton Wilson
Newport News
Cedar Bluff
William Rufus and
Mary Elizabeth Jones Wilson
Civil Service
Langley Field
Hampton
Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church
Betha Virginia Cochran Wilson
Bill
Margaret) McCloud
Williamsburg
James Wilson
Jacksonville
Fla
Garland Eugene Wilson
Grafton
Troy Wilson
Raymond Wilson
Yorktown
Kenneth Wilson
Hayes
Frances Eloise Wilson
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
James B. Hollenhead
Bernard Shrader
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Health Textbooks Shared Across Mercer County Schools
Mercer County Schools Superintendent John Hughes said health textbooks are shared by seventh to ninth graders due to limited numbers, with 30 to 35 textbooks serving all students. A parent complained about no home access. Hughes urged using notebooks for study and contacting principals for copies. The Mercer County Citizens for Better Education planned legal action over textbook shortages and readings in health class. In a separate incident on Bland Street, a two vehicle collision caused about $1,400 in damages. no injuries or citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
John Hughes
Hughes
Daily Telegraph
Fairview Junior High
the Telegraph
Fairview
Mercer County Citizens For Better Education
Bland Street
Colin Zane Cain
North Tazewell
Brian E. Smith
Bluefield
Cain
Smith
E.L. Harvey
Senate approves farm bill amid House showdown
The Senate voted 68 to 31 for an administration backed farm measure that critics call inadequate. The $11 billion package heads to a House battle, with Virginia Citizens for Better Reclamation pressing for stricter rules. A Wise County group cites concerns over a two acre exemption for small mines and related environmental abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Virginia
UMW Election Meeting Planned in Welch District 29
A hearing to inspect 26 election violation charges tied to the United Mine Workers International Executive Board race will be held Saturday at the Welch district office. Beckley election tellers will run the session beginning about 9 a.m. at Stewart Street, with Francis Martin Claude Chapman and George Hairston among those filing the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers District 29
International Executive Board
Welch
Beckley
Francis Martin
7905
IEB
Claude Chapman
District
George Hairston
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription and home delivery rates, zone pricing, and contact details including P.O. Box address and advertising representative. Provides West Virginia and other zone rates with annual and monthly figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Re Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
W. Va
Landon Associates
Welch Doctor Is Appointed
Gov. Jay Rockefeller announced seven new appointments to the state Board of Health including Welch physician Dr. John Cook and optometrist Dr. Walter Ramsey of Charleston, Beckley dentist Dr. John White, Charleston mental health member Dr. Gina Puzzuoli, Parkersburg nurse Shirley Carlson, Marlinton osteopath Dr. Roland Sharp, and Ruth Eye of Elkins in the nurse category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
John Cook
Welch
State Board of Health
Jay Rockefeller
Walter Ramsey
John White
Beckley
Gina Puzzuoli
Shirley Carlson
Parkersburg
Roland Sharp
Marlinton
Ruth Eye
Elkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Zed Young
Charles Byrd
Charles Author Byrd
Rodriguez- Pocahontas
John Belcher
John Mathew Belcher
Crumpler
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
John Saunders
John Henry Saunders
Box
William Akers
William Frank Akers
Route 2
Wytheville
Welch Hospital
Wythe County
James Massey
Hallie Ingo Akers
Big Walker Fishing and Hunting Club
Bailey Lumber Company
Lowe’s
Ennis Fielder Thomas Akers
James Leon Akers
Dennis
Karen) Kitts
Carl
Sharon) Arney
Agnes Granger
Wythville
Barnett Funeral Home
Merty Jackson
Merty Rachel
Ma” Hale Perkins Jackson
Honaker
Bristol
Charles Ellett
Charles Aubrey Ellett
Ernest J
Louise Weisiger Ellett
Pocahontas Baptist Church
American Legion
Pocahontas Lodge No
Ellett
Frank C. Ellett
E. Vernon Ellett
Richmond
Arthur T. Ellett
Roanoke
Mary Herrnstein
Chillicothe
Helen Horne
Martinsville, Va
John Buck
Chevis F. Horne
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Frank M. Soos
William S. Mullin
Roy Stallard
Charles M. Ferrell
Tommy Welch
Mack Saunders
J.K. Sult
Hampton Crawford
945
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
W.D. Wickline
W.D
Lydia Weikle) Wickline
Lindside
Union
Charles and
Annie Ballard Weikle
Rock Camp
William D. Wickline, Jr
Robert E
Donald P. Wickline
George Weikle
Kester Weikle
Betty Miller
Ruth Little
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Donald Lowe
Carlos Crews
John Wickline
A.D. Little
Mark Harvey
Curtis Ballard
Stanford Falls
Carl Cole
Eugene Allen
Charley Weikle
James Mulkey
James Opie Mulkey
Pounding Mill
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Kenneth Caudill
Kenneth Calvin Caudill
Springville
Rush
Ella Stump Caudill
U.S. Army
S.S. Kresge Co
Sandra Puckett Ca
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
James Hickman
James Arthur Hickman
Cleveland
David L. Smith
Littlesburg Road
Norrie Slaughter Hickman
Obie Hickman
Farmer Elkhorn High School
Mt. Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Kindly Light Council No. 222
Independent Order of St. Lukes
Rudolph Hickman
New York
N.Y
Charles E. Hickman
Floyd A. Hickman
East Orange
N.J
Dennis Hood
Daniel Ingram
Lewis Overton
Winston DeHart, Jr
Ben Foster
William Cooper
Walter Howell
Rudolph Holman
Lee Jennings
Missionary Society of the Church
St. Lukes’s Lodge
Joseph Crowell
Joseph F. Crowell
Veterans Administration
Mercer Funeral Home
Ulysees Hairston Ulysees
Mugg) Hairston
Yonkers
Eckman
Hattie Roach
Martha Franklin
Lucinda Kelly
James Hairston
Earnest Hairston
King’s Highway Apostolic Church
Brook’s Funeral Home
Warburton Ave
Point St
Stowers
Ralph Eugene
Toledo St
Joe Fritz
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Shelor
Samuel J
Daisy
Bland Road
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Leon Alexander
McNamara
D.W
Pete
Lena P
Thornton Ave
Mullens
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Amos Turner
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
UMW
Stewart Street
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
PLAZA
Eagles F.C.E
G.P
By N. S. Bovenizer
Cherry Street
FBI
Danforth Insurance Agency
Greyhound
Chicago, St
Los Angeles
Cal
St. Louis
Miami, Flacleveland
Detroit, Mich
Bland St
Graham G-Men
Tazewell County
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