Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Jimper Bartley 72 of Richmond Va formerly Richlands Va died after long illness in Lynchburg hospital. Survivors include daughter Betty Colley three sons six sisters two brothers and 12 grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. at Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel Cedar Bluff Va with Rev. John Burgess. burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands. Grandsons and nephews pallbearers. Infant Jonathan Kenny Wright died in Radford hospital with parents Tony and John Campbell as paternal and maternal grandparents. Services 2 p.m. at Shiloh United Methodist Church Bland Va. burial Church Cemetery. A West and Sons Funeral Home White Gate Va in charge. Harry Earl Smith 81 of 1108 Bluefield Ave Princeton died after apparent heart attack. Retired Wyanoke Coal and Coke Co. employee. Funeral arrangements incomplete at George W. Seaver Funeral Home Princeton. Mrs Laura Keaton Austin 80 of Harrisburg Pa formerly Serena died 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
Wright 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
Begis
Manuel Sr
Browns Chapel United Methodist Church
Lick Creek
Rev. Okey Harless
Caperton
Pettrey
Wilbur Farley
C.W. Hopkins
Bobby Hopkins
Shirley Hall
Kenneth Matherly
James Butler
Eloise Shamblin McGuire
Bill
Wanda Lee) Nearhood
Frances Mitchell
Louise Pruett
Bluefield
Helen Grant
Plainfield
Ind
Virginia Burress
Carter McGuire
Dayline
Hurst-Scott
John Q. Hall
Bobby Shamblin
Robert N. Edwards
Jimmy Edwards
Dave Hawkins
Dickie Mitchell
Jeff Jessie
Steve Jessie
Spence White
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Leona Thomas
Leona White Thomas
Orlando
Funeral notices from Welch and nearby towns highlight multiple services
The notice lists numerous funeral services and burials across Welch Saeger Princeton Bluefield and Richlands. It names the deceased including Roger Lee Riffe infant Eugene Cole Garnett Lester Wilbur James Lonnie Steele Robert Ray Hebb Manuel Begis Lewis Grubb Henry Belton Elmo Morgan and James B McGuire with burial sites at High Knob Caperton Glenwood Woodlawn Saeger Memorial Maple Hill Clinch Valley Memorial and other local cemeteries. Funeral homes Fanning Douglas and George W Seaver coordinate arrangements plus pallbearers and officiants are named for several services.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publishing Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1893, is published every morning by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. It is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to news dispatches and local news. Subscriptions are $58.80 per year by mail in West Virginia, home delivery $4.90 per calendar month.
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Daily Telegraph Priting Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Andon Associates
Grundy Miner Killed Instantly at Brent Coal Mine
A 29 year old Buchanan County miner, Stanford Stacey of Big Rock, was killed when a 20 by 20 foot rock sheet fell in Brent Coal Co.’s No. 1 mine at Jack’s Creek. The accident raises Virginia’s 1982 mine fatalities to 17. Stacey, a foreman, was alone cleaning debris during a reopening of an unsafe, timber supported shaft. The mine was closed pending roof control corrections after a Division of Mines citation. Stacey had eight years in mining, was married with a child, and worked nine months for Brent Coal Co.
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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
Local meeting attendees include county officials and bank rep
At the meeting several officials were present 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
Reagan cites need for missile while condemning basing mode
Reagan urged more time for consensus on the basing mode but stressed the missile itself is needed. He accused House opponents of unfairly focusing on basing mode and welcomed further debate on leasing while noting the defense-pack plan followed Congress demand. Ronald Patterson linked to Tiffany Manor raids denies living in Apartment 13.
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House
Congress
Reagan
Ronald Patterson
Tiffany Manor
Bluefield
the Manor
Daily Telegraph
Reagan Offers Eased Polish Sanctions If Liberalization Occurs
President Reagan proposed relaxing U S sanctions on Poland only if the Warsaw regime takes genuine liberalizing steps. He marked the first anniversary of the military crackdown and said no action until martial law ends political prisoners are released and dialogue with Polish representatives begins. The White House East Room ceremony included Congress members and Polish American groups, with no direct reference to Solidarity.
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Washington
Reagan
Poland
U.S
Warsaw
White House
East Room
Congress
Solidarity
Canadian Millionaire Belzberg Freed By Police
Police freed Hyman Belzberg, 57, a Calgary furniture-store owner, without ransom less than a day after his kidnapping. Three suspects were arrested as officers surrounded a southwest Calgary house. no one harmed and no money exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Hyman Belzberg
al Menzies
Belzberg
Gorsuch Faces Contempt Vote Over EPA Documents
The House Public Works Committee voted 28 to 11 to cite Anne M. Gorsuch, EPA head, for contempt of Congress after she refused to hand over subpoenaed papers on toxic waste law enforcement. The action, backed by five Republicans, moves to the House floor where approval could lead to criminal misdemeanor prosecution.
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Washington
House
Anne M. Gorsuch
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
House Public Works Committee
Gorsuch
Reagan
China ends five year plan with modest 4 percent growth
In Peking the National People's Congress closed its five year term by approving a 1981 85 five year economic plan aiming for about 4 percent annual growth. Delegates backed a pragmatic path toward quadrupling output by 2000 as Deng Xiaoping era planners regain influence after Mao era policies.
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Peking
National People’s Congress
Mao Tse-tung
Deng Xiaoping
China
Mao
Shultz backs NATO firmness amid new Soviet leadership
Brussels AP shouts Western ministers call for tangible evidence from the USSR led by Yuri Andropov to improve ties while NATO maintains armed strength. Shultz praises the approach as realistic and says dialogue possible but outcome uncertain. Freeman Gosden of Amos n Andy dies at 83 in Los Angeles 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
Wreck Hospitalizes Three Near Richwood Golf Course
Three people were hospitalized after a two car collision near Richwood Golf Course on Rt. 720. Kenneth B. Myers and his wife Julia of Bishop in fair condition, Dorothy Stanley of Cedar Bluff in good condition, and her 13 year old daughter Pamela treated and released. No charges filed. Traffic blocked about an hour as police investigated.
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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
Sue Bowen of San Jose, 30, suffered a seizure from cyanide after taking a Max imum Strength Anacin-3 capsule. Police call it attempted murder as 600 stores have pulled the product. investigators note a possible pattern with Chicago Tylenol deaths. Bowen, improving, may have brain stem damage and is expected to leave hospital soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Sue Bowen
Joseph McNamara
Lucky Supermarket
California
Mrs. Bowen
Chicago-area
McNamara
Area Man Arraigned On Robbery Charges
PRINCETON Mercer County Circuit Court arraigned Glen Stevenson on two robbery counts before Judge William O. Bivens Jr after his capias for missing a scheduled date. Stevenson was indicted for aggravated armed robbery and unarmed robbery with Bluefield attorney Michael Lilly appointed to defend him as a Monday 1 30 hearing was slated.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Glen Stevenson
Bivens
Bluefield
Michael Lilly
West Virginia Panel Backed Jail Plan To Boost County Cells
A state panel recommends spending over one million dollars annually to modernize West Virginia's 51 jails. The four month study by QRC Research Corp urged consolidating facilities, training corrections staff, expanding inmate education and recreation, and adding full time mental health specialists. Financing could come from higher filing and court fees. Gene Sigman noted many ideas echoed 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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Kennedy Cemetery
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Lester, Garnett
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Helga Hallett
Woodlawn Memorial Park
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Charles B. Cromer Jr
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VFW
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Chap Austin
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Fred Yost
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Joe Clark
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Robert Jackson
Eugene Peak
Paul Kesler
James B
Bud) McGuire
Edgewater Drive
Covenant Presbyterian Church
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U.S. Navy
Civitan Club
Georgia McGuire
Peggy Sandra McGuire
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
Greenbrier
Troy Bailey
Lester
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Lucille Murray
Woodbridge
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Grundy
Mnutcracker
Bluefield Dance Theatre
Bluefield High School
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SUN
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FBI
William H. Webster
Daredevil
Las Vegas
Nev
Hoover Dam
Steve McPeak
McPeak
Philip Pro
Colorado River
Test
Brazil
Ruth Cohen
Pro
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Frankie
LA Salute
Joe Gearhart
Gearhart
Ed Asbury
Labor Report
Richard
Roller Floral Co
Princeton - Beckley
Jesus
Memorial Church of Christ
New Hope Road
Penn
Glenn A. Tabor, Jr
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