Obituaries and funerals in Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Jimper Bartley 72 of Richmond Va formerly Richlands Va dies after long illness. Survivors include daughter Betty Colley Richmond three sons Bobby Jean Buddy Benny J Bartley Pratt. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel Cedar Bluff Va burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands. Grandsons and nephews pallbearers. Jonathan Kenny Wright infant son of Kenny and wife dies in Radford Va. Burial Shiloh United Methodist Church Bland Va. A West and Sons Funeral Home White Gate Va in charge. Harry Earl Smith 81 of Princeton died in hospital after apparent heart attack. Retired from Wyanoke Coal and Coke Co. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Mrs Laura Keaton Austin 80 Harrisburg Pa formerly Serena dies in Harrisburg hospital after long illness.
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Jimper Bartley
Jimper
Versie Silcox) Bartley
Richmond
Richlands
Lynchburg
Betty Colley
Bobby Jean Bartley
Buddy Joe Bartley
Rustburg
Benny J. Bartley
Concord
Elsie Sparks
Lexie Bowen
Ormond Beach
Fla
Myrtle Janney
Theo Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Burtis Isom
Tazewell
Ruby Honaker
Palmer Silcox
Preston Silcox
Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel
Cedar Bluff
John Burgess
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Jonathan Kenny Wright
Kenny Wright
Bland
Radford
Tony Wright
John Campbell
Shiloh United Methodist Church
Harold Underwood
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Harry Earl Smith
Bluefield Ave
Princeton
Wyanoke Coal and Coke Co
Dott
George W. Seaver
Laura Keaton Austin
Harrisburg
Serena
Lester, Garnett
Cedar Valley Road
Bristol, Tenn
Tazewell County
Akard Funeral Home
Bristol Tenn
William Martin
Glenwood Cemetery
Leona Thomas
Leona White Thomas
Orlando
Funeral notices from Welch and nearby towns
Obituary list and funeral notices for RIFFE Roger Lee infant son, COLE Stella Demeric, LESTER Garnett M, JAMES Wilbur Buddy, STEELE Lonnie, HEBB Robert Ray, BEGIS Manuel Sr, GRUBB Lewis Eugene, BELTON Henry G, MORGAN Dr Elmo, McGuire Bud, Cline Ada, Lucille Murray, Leona Thomas. Services set at multiple chapels including Fanning, George W Seaver, Mercer, Browns Chapel UMC, and Hurst-Scott with burial in Glenwood, Caperton, Woodlawn Memorial Park, Maple Hill, Clinch Valley, and Lester Family Cemetery. Pallbearers named. arrangements by local funeral homes.
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Hebb
Robert Ray
McKinley Ave
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Richard Gibson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Vernard Cooper
Roy Whittaker
Terry Cole
Steve Cole
Dave Harman
Andrew Taylor
Grubb
Lewis Eugene
San Leandro
Calif
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
K.B. Arnold
Maple Hill
VFW
Robert Clark
Chap Austin
Sam Moore
Skip Honaker
Gerald Bane
Fred Yost
Belton
Henry G
Beckley Road
Mounty Calvary Baptist Church
Samuel Cannaday
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Early Moon
Joe Clark
Leonard Groves
Bernard Adams
Robert Jackson
Eugene Peak
Paul Kesler
Grundy Miner Killed Instantly
BIG STONE GAP Virginia AP A Buchanan County coal miner died when a 20 by 20 foot rock sheet fell on him at Brent Coal Co No 1 mine in Jack's Creek. Stanford Stacey 29 of Big Rock was alone in the old unroofed section and had urged others to fetch timber supports before returning to work. He had ten years in mining, was married with a child, and the mine was cited for unsafe roof conditions.
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Big Stone Gap
Buchanan County
Stanford Stacey
Big Rock
Brent Coal Co
Jack's Creek
Stacey
Harry Childress
Childress
Division of Mines
Coal Company
Notable attendees at county meeting listed
Princeton residents and officials gathered for a county meeting with attendees including County Coordinator Fred Parker County Clerk Wilson Harvey Chief Office Deputy Joyce Ball and Bart Harvey of Flat Top National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Parker
Wilson Harvey
Joyce Ball
Bart Harvey
Flat Top National Bank
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Reagan Defends Missile Basing Amid House Opposition
President Reagan said the MX missile is needed and criticized House opponents for arguing about basing mode rather than the missile itself. He urged more discussion on leasing as the administration's defense-pack plan aimed to satisfy Congress, which had set a December 1 deadline to propose a leasing option after rejecting the initial blueprint.
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House
Congress
Reagan
Man falsely linked suspect to Tiffany Manor apartment
Ronald Patterson, charged after November 4 drug raids at Tiffany Manor in Bluefield, does not reside in Apartment 13 as previously reported in Friday's Daily Telegraph police story.
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Ronald Patterson
Tiffany Manor
Bluefield
The
Daily Telegraph
Reagan Signals Easing Poland Sanctions With Liberalizing Steps
President Reagan said the United States could ease sanctions on Poland only if the Warsaw regime takes genuine liberalizing actions. He called for an end to martial law political prisoner releases and a dialogue with Polish representatives, marking the anniversary of the crackdown in Warsaw.
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Washington
Reagan
Poland
U.S
Warsaw
White House
East Room
Congress
Solidarity
Canadian Millionaire Belzberg Released After Kidnapping
Canadian police freed Hyman Belzberg, 57, a Calgary furniture businessman, without ransom within 24 hours of his kidnapping. Three suspects were arrested as police closed in on a southwest Calgary residence and a shopping center parking area where he was held and released unharmed.
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Calgary
Alberta
Hyman Belzberg
al Menzies
Belzberg
Gorsuch Held in Contempt Over EPA Docs
The House Public Works Committee voted 28 to 11 to cite Anne M. Gorsuch, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, for contempt of Congress after she refused Reagan order to produce subpoenaed documents on federal toxic waste enforcement. If the House approves, she faces potential criminal prosecution for contempt.
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Washington
House
Anne M. Gorsuch
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
House Public Works Committee
Gorsuch
Reagan
China sets five year plan moving away from Mao era
Peking reports the fifth National People's Congress finished its five-year term by approving a 1981 to 1985 economic plan aiming for a modest four percent annual growth. The plan seeks to realize the goal of quadrupling industrial and agricultural output by 2000, a target advanced by Deng Xiaoping and current pragmatic leaders. It contrasts the approved plan with Mao Zedong's disruptive Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.
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Peking
National People’s Congress
Mao Tse-tung
Deng Xiaoping
China
Mao
Western ministers demand tangible Soviet proof and NATO strength
In Brussels Western foreign ministers urge the new Soviet leadership under Yuri Andropov to show tangible evidence of seeking better relations while NATO must keep its armed deterrent. Secretary of State Shultz backs realism and dialogue but notes readiness to maintain strength. In Los Angeles Freeman Gosden, co creator of Amos n Andy, dies at 83 after cardiac arrest at UCLA Medical Center.
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Brussels
Belgium
NATO
George P. Shultz
Washington
Yuri V. Andropov
Shultz
Los Angeles
Freeman Gosden
Charles Correll
Amos
Andy
Gosden
Ucla Medical Center
al Hicks
Correll
Harlem
George Stevens
Huge mob linked heroin ring busted in New York
Federal agents said they uncovered and dismantled a major drug trafficking ring tied to organized crime that supplied about 15 percent of New York City's heroin. FBI Director Webster called it one of the biggest narcotics cases and said arrests will impact national heroin supply.
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New York
New York City
FBI
William H. Webster
Washington
Daredevil Pleads Innocent In Hoover Dam Stunt
Steve McPeak, known for a three day Colorado River cable stunt above Hoover Dam, pleaded innocent to federal trespassing and disorderly conduct charges. He appeared in U.S. Magistrate court in Las Vegas still in his red ski suit and was released on his own recognizance. McPeak said the protest aimed to urge a talk with President Reagan on U.S. aid to Brazil, but gave no further details. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ruth Cohen asked for a $1,000 bail.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Hoover Dam
Steve McPeak
McPeak
U.S
Philip Pro
Colorado River
Test
Reagan
Brazil
Ruth Cohen
Pro
Wreck Hospitalizes Three After Two Car Crash Near Richwood Golf
In BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA three people were hospitalized after a two car collision near Richwood Golf Course that totaled both vehicles and blocked Rt 720 for about an hour. Kenneth B Myers and his wife Julia of Bishop were in fair condition at Bluefield Community Hospital. Dorothy Stanley of Cedar Bluff and her 13 year old daughter Pamela were treated and released. Dorothy was listed in good condition. Police have not filed charges and seek to determine the exact cause of the crash.
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Bluefield
Richwood Golf Course
Rt. 720
Kenneth B. Myers
Julia
Bishop
Bluefield Community Hospital
Dorothy Stanley
Pamela
Stanleys
Cedar Bluff
California Woman Poisoned By Cyanide-Tampered Capsule
San Jose police said cyanide caused a seizure in Sue Bowen after taking an Anacin-3 capsule two weeks earlier. The case is treated as attempted murder, with 600 stores removing the product. investigators consider possible ties to the Chicago Tylenol cyanide poisonings. Bowen’s condition improved and she may face brain stem injury.
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San Jose
Calif
Sue Bowen
Joseph McNamara
Lucky Supermarket
California
Mrs. Bowen
Chicago-area
McNamara
Richard
Area Man Arraigned On Robbery Charges
Princeton report states Glen Stevenson was arraigned in Mercer County Circuit Court on aggravated and unarmed robbery charges. Judge William O. Bivens Jr. presided after a capias arrest for failing to appear. Bluefield attorney Michael Lilly was appointed to represent him and a Monday hearing was set for 1 30 p m.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Glen Stevenson
Bivens
Bluefield
Michael Lilly
Jail Plan Recommended to Reform WV County Jails
INSTITUTE West Virginia state panel backs spending over 1 million dollars yearly to improve 51 county jails. A four month study by QRC Research Corp. recommends consolidating jails, better trained officers, inmate education and recreation, plus full-time mental health staff. Estimated cost 1.6 million more annually, funded by higher filing and court fees. Gene Sigman notes many ideas echo a 1946 Bureau of Prisons report.
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QRC Research Corp
Lexington
Gene Sigman
Bureau of Prisons
West Virginia
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Laura Austin
Cole
Eugene
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Kennedy Cemetery
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Steele
Lonnie
Gary
Wilcoe
Omar Burns
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
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Welch
Begis
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Pipestem
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Lick Creek
Rev. Okey Harless
Caperton
Pettrey
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C.W. Hopkins
Bobby Hopkins
Shirley Hall
Kenneth Matherly
James Butler
James B
Bud) McGuire
Edgewater Drive
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Barnett, Inc
U.S. Navy
Civitan Club
Georgia McGuire
Peggy Sandra McGuire
Eloise Shamblin McGuire
Bill
Wanda Lee) Nearhood
Frances Mitchell
Louise Pruett
Helen Grant
Plainfield
Ind
Virginia Burress
Carter McGuire
Dayline
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
John Q. Hall
Bobby Shamblin
Robert N. Edwards
Jimmy Edwards
Dave Hawkins
Dickie Mitchell
Jeff Jessie
Steve Jessie
Spence White
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Lawrence Cline
Lawrence
Ada) Cline
Panther
Church of God of Panther
Robert Cline
Paynesville
Ira
Walter
Jessie
Clinton
Taylor
Douglas Cline
Miss Brookie Cline
Fay Trivitte
Cynthia Cline
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Lucille Murray
Woodbridge
Boissevain
Rodriguez-Pochahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Grundy
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Associated Press
W Va
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Mutcrackery
Bluefield Dance Theatre
Bluefield High School
SAT
SUN
Daredevil
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Frankie
LA Salute
Joe Gearhart
Gearhart
Ed Asbury
Labor Report
Roller Floral Co
Princeton - Beckley
Jesus
Memorial Church of Christ
New Hope Road
Penn
Glenn A. Tabor, Jr
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