Obituaries From Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1983
Everett Long 68 of Bluefield died after a short illness. Betti Lou Ramey 49 of Grundy died in Charlottesville following a brief illness. Mrs James Ellison 79 of Mount Hope died in Beckley after a long illness. Harmon Fisher 82 of Princeton died at his son’s home after a short illness. Frank Wilson 87 of Bland died in a Radford hospital after a long illness. Billy Sargent Jr 22 of Princeton died in a Bluefield hospital following a long illness. Della Towler 77 of Bluefield died in a Tazewell hospital after a long illness. Henry Workman 82 of Mohawk died in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. Reese O’Dell 73 of Matoaka died in a Princeton hospital. Emma Mullins 85 of Haysi died in Grundy. Buford Perkins 60 of Swords Creek died in a Lebanon hospital after a long illness. Lucille Howell 69 of Bluefield dead on arrival at a Bluefield hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sargent Jr
Billy S.sargent Jr
Princeton Ave
Princeton
Bluefield
Memorial
Lucille Howell
Lucille Pauline Howell
Duhring Street
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Funerals for Tiller Owens and England Held Today
Mrs Parrott Tiller 76 of Lebanon Virginia and Lee Owens 65 of Honaker Virginia had services today with multiple pastors officiating. Burial at Frank Smith Cemetery on Big A Mountain and Russell Memorial Cemetery in Lebanon followed the respective services. Joseph England 83 of Gilbert also received a church service with several ministers and burial at Riffe Cemetery Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiller
Parrott
Rissie Let Owens
Rt. 2
Lebanon
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Willis Compton
Elmer Compton
Frank Smith
Big A Mountain
England
Joseph (Hurdle
Gilbert
Bethany Regular Baptist Church
Hershey Lane
Everett Justice
Mason Perry
Graham Riffe
Riffe
Hanover
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Notice and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details list mailing addresses and rates. The notice covers subscription prices, home delivery charges, and advertising representation for the Bluefield paper founded in 1893. It identifies Associated Press affiliation and circulation bureau, with contact mailbox details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Bluefield Mini Park Named Center Square in Downtown Dedication
Downtown Bluefield unveiled The Center Square a brick terraced park dedicated to growth and downtown life. Mayor Paul Cole praised civic cooperation with Flat Top Insurance Agency and designer Raymond Wheat and Associates. The $30,000 project near the former Kresge building features a mural and a naming contest winner $100 prize Billie Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Mays
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Center Square
Paul Cole
Harold Lee Miller Jr
Flat Top Insur
Ance Agency
Miller
Flat Top Insurance Agency
Fred Burton
Bluefield Board of Directors
Thre Park
Xiomicron Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Juanita Gray
Larry Akers
Billie Boyd
Boyd
The
Park
Walker
David Cheverton
Paul
Oliver
Ben Paine
Carol Cole
Mark Park
Scott Shott
Joe Mitchum
J. Peter Richardson
26YearOld Man Dies Of Gunshot Wound In Bluefield Va
Larry Short, 26, of Crescentview Apartments near Bluefield, died at his home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound early Saturday. The .22 caliber revolver belonged to his brother. Investigating officer D W Griffith said the death appeared self-inflicted, with final findings pending the medical examiner’s report. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Larry Short
Crescentview
D.W. Griffith
Griffith
Short
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Robbery Suspect Not Located in Bland Virginia
Bland authorities said an aerial search by the Virginia State Police failed to locate a suspect in the early Friday robbery of more than 1400 dollars from the Bastian Sentry Mart. Police used a helicopter to determine if a stolen clerk’s car had been abandoned, but the vehicle was not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Virginia
Bland County
Klansman Convicted In Teenager's Death
A Ku Klux Klansman, Henry Francis Hays, was convicted in Mobile Alabama of the 1981 murder of 19 year old Michael Donald. The case drew national attention as prosecutors portrayed it as a racially motivated atrocity tied to Klan leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Knowles
Donald
Alabama
Tom Harrison
Hays
Harrison
Mercer man arrested for DUI after roadside stop
A Mercer County man, David Stump aged 24 of Rock, was arrested early Saturday on a driving under the influence charge after police pulled his vehicle over on Bluefield Avenue. A field sobriety test was administered at the scene and he was taken into custody at about 2:40 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
David Stump
Rt. 1
Box 150
Rock
Bluefield Avenue
Former Monroe Man Killed In Virginia Car Crash
Hopewell Virginia reports a former Peterstown resident Michael Timothy Page twenty five died in a Saturday morning automobile accident. Details were unavailable Saturday night. Funeral services are arranged at Broyles Funeral Chapel in Peterstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Peterstown
Michael Timothy Page
Broyles Funeral
Giles Man Hangs Himself in Virginia Rural Home
EGGLESTON Va A 28 year old Giles County man Michael Lee Knight reportedly hanged himself near his home late Friday night. The body found about 1 p m Saturday after the 11 30 p m hours. Knight a former Lindside resident recently moved to Giles County was born in Columbus Ohio. Survivors include one brother Curtis Knight and one sister Violet Knight. Services at the Pentecostal Church of Christ Rock Camp with Rev Steve Adams officiating. Burial at Swope Cemetery Rock Camp. Friends may call at Broyles Funeral Home Chapel Peterstown after 3 p m Sunday and at the church one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Long
Rt. 4
Box
Bluefield
Brushfork
North Wilkesboro
N.C
Myrtie Shoemate Long
Waynesboro
Martin Long
Pageton
Consolidated Coal Co
UMWA
Virgie Mitchem Long
Stanley Long
Home
Mark Long
Marysville
Cal
Shelia Bryant
Elsie Nickles
Elkins
Ruby Marrs
Leckie
Violet Miano
Thorpe
Edna Fitch
Betti Lou Ramey
Grundy
Charlottesville
Buchanan County
Kirby Ramey
Acquilla Stiltner Ramey
Grundy High School
Presbyterian Church
Buchanan County Social Services Office
Bessie Ramey
Cedar Bluff
Jack B
Dorothy) Hale
Hansford
Buchanan First Presbyterian Church
Murphy Miller
Michael Trent
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Grundy Funeral Home
Tom Holland Jr
Harold McClannahan
Larry Fish
George Mitchell
Evan Goodwin
Marcus Ats
Dp. Southerland
Roy Yates
Harmon Fisher
Harmon N. Fisher
Ambrose Lane
Princeton
Elbert
Gilbert Fisher
Pulaski
Austinville
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
Athens Church of God
Lou Effie Yates Fisher
Ernest Eugene Fisher
Baltimore
Upland
Burns Wornal
Memorial
Johnny Gray
Stanley Metz
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Frank Wilson
Bland
Radford
Lebanon
William Wilson
Mary Ann Moore Wilson
Bland Correctional Center
Bessie Durham Wilson
Lucy C. Wilson
Raymond Wilson
Poplar Hill
Howard Wilson
Glen Burnie
Mildred Richardson
Bland, Va
Pearl Hylton
Betty Muncy
Ruby Ayers
Abingdon
Thelma Owens
Bristol
Edward Meade
Monticello
N.Y
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Henry McKinley Workman
Carswell
Zack
Tiny Louise Burkes Workman
Tabernacle of Today
Bull Creek
Gracie Angle Workman
Zink
Myrtle) Bailey
Mohawk
Robert
Cora) Murdock
Spartansburg
S.C
Joseph Workman
Litwar
Jack Workman
Hurley Workman
Kimball
Okey Workman
Columbus
Ohio
Flavis Workman
Riffe, Wash
Clifford Workman
Riffe
Sadie Workman
Gladys Addair
Cora Addair
Eddie Lane
Pineville
Reese O’dell
Matoaka
Floyd and
Purlina Reed O'Dell
Loyal Order of Moose
Katie O’dell
Warnie O’dell
Rock
Clayton O’dell
Roscoe O’dell
Maryland
Hazel Hess
Kegley
Maynard O’dell
Dora Mitchem
Lashmeet
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Albert Jarrell
O’dell
Buford Elmer Perkins
Rt. 1
Swords Creek
Marshall and
Vina Strouth Perkins
Guiding Light Freewill Baptist Church
Garden Creek
Chevrolet
General Motors
Cleveland
Corene Whited Perkins
Maggie Dye
Ella Rasnake
Drill
Marcella Rasnake
Council
Carlos Perkins
Bennie Perkins
Edward Perkins
Oakwood
Honaker Funeral Home
Edward Dye
David Perkins
Perkins
Eggleston
Giles County
Charlie
Louella Steele Knight
Pentecostal Church of Christ
Curtis Knight
Violet Knight
Rock Camp
Ella Page
Steve Adams
Swope
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
James Ellison
James
Chessie) Ellison
Mount Hope
Beckley
Lee R. Ellison
Cranberry Community Church
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Tyree
Angelo Vecellio
Angelo
Elisa) Vecellio
Keystone
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Don McNeil
Oakvale Road
Della Towler
Della Murray Towler
Tazewell
Asa V
Amanda Reynolds Murray
Graham Christian Church
George Towler
Charles Waldron
Brown Waldron Jr
Severn
Bill Waldron
Henry Workman
Emma Mullins
Haysi
John Henry Mullins
Wanda Vitatoe
Clintwood
Snoda Rose
Mae Fuller
Goldia Mullins
Vansant
Delma Yates
Hannah Stanley
Haysi Funeral
James O’quinn
Frank Newsome
Paul McClanahan
Mullins Family
Haysi Funeral Home
Buford Perkins
Owens, Lee
Willie Compton
McKinley Boyd
Grady Ratliff
Russell Memorial
Danforth Insurance Agency
Bluewell
Ameri
TAN Cancer Society
Joe Hartzog
Kresge
Coal and Coke Building
Raymond Wheat ,and Associates
Montgomery, Ala
Burton
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Jesse Jackson
Marsal
Monroe
DIAL
Bluefield Monument Company
Giles
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
W. Va
Hearing Aid Service
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