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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1985

Page

2

Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area and beyond

A long list of obituaries from Richlands to Honaker notes Pierce Rasnake 74 of Richlands died at home after coal mining service with Red Jacket Island Creek and Wright Coal. Many survivors led by Wanda Kay Woods Rasnake, plus extensive family, with services at Hurst Scott Funeral Home and Duty Cemetery. Other notices include Anna Shanklin Penz, Anne Burns, Emily Fares, Nancy Martin, Tom Edwards, and Elder Wayne Bryant with funeral details and burial locations, plus numerous names from Panther, Belton, and nearby towns.

Pierce Rasnake Burnett St Richlands Buchanan County Benjamin and Tina Barton Rasnake Red Jacket Island Creek Wright Coal Companies UMWA Keen Mountain Pentecostal Holiness Faith Cordie Rasnake Lizzie Sarton Cordle Rasnake Wanda Kay Woods Rasnake Margie Helen Cook Davenport Beulah M. Sutherland Honaker Frances E. Presley Vansant Anna S. Penz Anna Shanklin Penz Greenville Hans Creek Casper A Ella Allen Shanklin Greenville United Methodist Church United Methodist Women Herbert E. Penz Otis R. Penz Hugh Wilson Broyles Funeral Home Peterstown Anne E. Burns Euclid Ohio Monroe County Brooklyn N.Y Michael and Veronica Stralkus Kubilus Whitfield Richardson Burns Joseph J. Kubilus Catherine Dietz Elizabeth Dietz Emily E. Fares Josephine Beckley Albert Fares Jr Maryland Robert W. Fares Springsboro Mitchell Mills Ghent H.W. Arrington Princeton Lizzie Richmond Montcalm Gracie Meade Coal City Lila Shrader Duhling Frances Fuda Nancy V. Martin Maude Crouse Nell Martin Salem Lee Martin Ted Martin Cleveland Venia Hess Venia Honaker Funeral Home Peerman Lester Gerald Lester Martin Cemetery Tom W. Edwards Tom William Edwards Bradenton Fla Bluefield Tip Top Calvary Baptist Church Ruth E. Edwards Homer J. Edwards Eunice R. Levengood Brown Funeral Home Lloyd Fesmire Mansion Memorial Park Ellenton American Cancer Society Wayne Bryant Panther Grundy, Va Pike County Panther Creek Old Regular Baptist Church Elsie Bryant James H. Bryant Hurley James Ruth) Allen Morehead Ray Louise) Hall Dalhgren Joann) Lester Glen Evelyn) Anderson Toby Bryant Front Royal Jarvie Bryant Oceana Jessie Bryant Roderfield Kimbo Bryant Northfork Opal Michalski Mentor Ella Branham Panther Creek Old Regular Baptist Church Sidney Collins Lacy Justice John R. Justice Herschel Hurley Toby Bailey Noah Justice Cemetery Mud Fork Fanning Lee Carlos Looney Grundy Naoma Looney Wanus Looney Leonard Lora) Bailey Eugene Wanda) Justice Fed Dorothy) Becker Welch James L Eva Sue Patricia Looney Tressa Looney Willie Looney Big Prater Floyd H. Looney Eva Estep Laurel Miss Little Zion Old Regular Baptist Church Greenbrier Elbert Justice Looney Cemetery Greenbrier Mountain Fanning Funeral Home Saeger Lee Roy Murdock Route 2 Washington County Melvie Murdock Ball Rufus Ball Mary Ann Ball Gary Hurley Ball Andy Presley Frank Smith Big A Mountain Amanda H. Stewart Amanda Helen Stewart Earleton Bluewell Gainesville Joe Nannie) Ruth Ashworth Crys Compton Virginia Ann Fields 14Th Avenue Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Flossie Reynolds No. Fort Myers Tazewell County Fort Myers Hurst-Scott Funeral Home

Mercer County Commission Considers Princeton Firm Project

Commission continued action on a new venture by a company described as a future Dean Company customer. Conley praised local labor in Mercer County and forecast 85 initial jobs with a $1 million payroll, two shifts, and growth potential, aiming to start in Q1 1986. Bond issue arrangements were discussed with Debbie Sink. Public hearing dates for Benafuels Inc. bond issue were set for Dec. 16 and closing Dec. 23.

Dean Company Claude Blankenship Clarence Six Ray Bragg Conley Princeton Debbie Sink Charleston William Bryant Benafuels, Inc

Mobile homes to house flood victims in West Virginia

Sixteen sites in seven counties are chosen to house residents left homeless by the November floods. Federal officials say victims must apply for federal assistance by January 6, 1986.

West

Judge rules high school drug tests unconstitutional

A New Jersey judge blocked Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford from enforcing a policy that would have required 516 students to undergo annual urinalysis for drugs and alcohol. The ruling cited violations of privacy due process and protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

Hackensack N.J Becton Regional High School East Rutherford Superior Court Peter Ciolino Ciolino Dennis Maycher

Neely Faces Ethics Complaint From Women’s Group

A Kanawha County grand jury reviewed the matter but took no action. The Legislature's Commission on Special Investigations also dropped its inquiry. Sheri O'Dell of the National Organization for Women filed the ethics complaint against Neely, who has 30 days to respond.

Kanawha County Grand Jury Commission On Special Investigations Neely Sheri O'Dell National Organization For Women

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