Obituaries and funeral notices from Mercer and surrounding counties
Deaths reported in Mercer and neighboring counties include Mrs Mary Elizabeth Hurt 84 of Lake Bottom Princeton and Linda Carol McGuire 48 of Pembroke. Also Lawrence Avery Joyce Cedar Bluff Randy Mabry Welch Ibera Easter Princeton Gaynell Raines Vansant and others listed with survivors funeral details and burial plans. Local services set at Burns Wornal Chapel Kendall Funeral Home Singleton Funeral Service Bennett-Widener and Shortridge-Ramey with dates December 8 9 or 10 1995. Memorial contributions urged to Houston Methodist or local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Hurt
Princeton
Lake Bottom
Shopview Avenue
Princeton Hospital
Mercer County
Norman David
Mollie Saunders Reed
First Baptist Church
Millard Allen Hurt
Robert Hurt
Idell Pennington
Peterstown
Thomas
Alice) Martin
Ralph
Nellie) Keffer
Coy
Minnie) Farmer
Geraldine Farmer
Mary Jo Hart
Oakvale
Nellie Richardson
Kegley
Eva Mae Farmer
Virginia
Beulah Raines
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral
Athens Road
David Dockery
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Courthouse Road
Pembroke
Linda Carol McGuire
Blacksburg
Mary Helen Mays Hilton
Pearisburg
Raymond Hilton
Pembroke Christian Church
WPI & SU
Cleaven McGuire
Raymond Edward McGuire
Clinton Hilton
Chicago
Ill
James Hilton
Lawrence Avery Joyce
Cedar Bluff
Indian Creek Road
Richlands
Tazewell County
Mufford Joyce
Lydia Whitt Joyce
Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church
Virginia Gullion Joyce
James
Brenda Lee
Joyce Goodman
Paint Lick
Toby
Theresa Ann
Joyce Taber
Timothy Lawrence Joyce
Key West
Fla
Hufford Randolph Joyce
San Diego
Calif
Delbert Joyce
Wardell
Hufford
Walter Joyce
Howard Joyce
Tommy Joyce
Kenneth Joyce
Bobby Allen Goodman
Jamison Bryce Taber
Funeral notices from Princeton and surrounding areas
Obituaries list funeral times and burial sites for Grace L King Thurman James Looney Michael Lewis Bernice Poole Richards Laura Lane Dewey G Pennington Athleen Cline Rosella A Michael William Jay Wright Ronald Patton Snow Nell Newman Buckland Clarcy Deel James H Strauis Wendell Ray Webb detailing service locations Morrison year unknown.
Coal leader Gilbert Meem dies at 81 in Bluefield
Gilbert Simrall Meem 81 of 1400 Lebanon Street Bluefield died Saturday December 9 1995 at a Bluefield hospital He led Meem Haskins Coal Co later selling to Consolidation Coal Co and retired in 1980 A Washington and Lee University Class of 1938 alumnus he held Southern Conference swimming records and was inducted into the university Hall of Fame in 1993 Surviving wife Ruth Anne Brammer Meem two sons Langhorne H Meem II and Gilbert S Meem Jr two sisters a brother and four grandchildren Memorial services will be held at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel at 1 pm with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Bluewell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upland
John R. Pickett
John Rayburn
Alma Virginia Williams Pickett
U.S. Steel No. 50
Pineville
U.S. Army
American Legion Post
Welch
United Mine Workers of America
Lilly Beatrice Smith Pickett
Brady Lee Pickett
Fayetteville
William “Bill” Pickett
Northfork
Paul
Margaret) Frazier
Jack
Imajean) Ingle
Bristol
Ted
Rachael) Cook
Brunswick
Ohio
Albert Mary Adams
Randal James
Randy” Mabry
Welch Hospital
Connie
Dorothy
Dot” Murphy Mabry
Houston Methodist Church
Kimball
Welch High School
James Cooley Mabry
Hillsville
Princeton
Louise Kopack
Vero Beach
Fla
Leafy Conrad
New Town
Conn
Rennis Easter
Bridgport
Davis Funeral Chapel
Archie Bowling
Ronald Shupe
Elgood Cemetery
Gaynell Stewart Looney Raines
Vansant
Buchanan County
Kentucky
Beach
Barbara Mcteek Stewart
George Clinton Looney
David Ferrer Raines
Charles E. Looney
Valpariso
Jessie C. Looney
George C. Looney
Grundy
Darrell R. Looney
Harman
David L. Looney
Tazewell
Marty D. Looney
Johnson City
Tenn
Randall N. Looney
Kingsport
Terry W. Looney
Vans
Williamson
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel
Dean Powers
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Bluefield
Gilbert Simrall Meem
Lebanon St
Meem-Haskins Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Meem
Stephen Halsey
Edna Hutter Meem
Christ Episcopal Church
Rotary Club
Bluefield Country Club
Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee Hall of Fame
Peter Botts Meem
Stephen H. Meem
Ruth Anne Brammer Meem
Gilbert S. Meem Jr
New York City
Langhorne Hutter Meem II
Richmond
John
Rebecca) Randolph
William
Risque) Lay
Blacksburg
Langhorne H. Meem
Mercer Funeral Home
William J. Morgan
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Bluewell
Token clerk dies after fiery botched robbery
New York AP reports token clerk Harry Kaufman died after a two week fight from severe burns suffered when two men attacked his token booth with flammable liquid and set it ablaze. No arrests have been made. the incident echoed a film scene from Money Train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Kaufman
Transit Authority
Termaine Garden
Myrna Manners
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Kaufman
Wesley Snipes
Woody Harrelson
Virginia weighs I-73 funding decisions and routes
The Commonwealth Transportation Board must decide when to construct Virginia s portion of Interstate 73 after a national highway bill. Virginia gets 150 million dollars yearly from federal funds and must add 30 million. the board plans six year projects, including I-73 preliminary engineering and widening I-81 from Buchanan to Christiansburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Congress
Commonwealth Transportation Board
Virginia
Michigan
Charleston
S.C
Bluefield
U.S. 460
Blacksburg
Roanoke
U.S
Martinsville
North Carolina
Buchanan
Christiansburg
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Phyllis Lucas
Ripplemead
Kendall Funeral Home
Barry Franklin
Eddie Kendall
Birchlawn
First United Methodist Church
American Cancer Society
Camp Winaca
Ibera Edwards Easter
Vance B. Waddle
Bland
Route 1
Newberry Funeral Home
Sally V. Lester
Pocahontas
Box 313
Cravens-Shires Fuenral
James R. Kinder
Henry
Rocky Mount
Delicia Renay
Delcia Renay Alley
Richmond Hospital
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Robert ‘Hay’ Gray
Pat Ann Pickett
Andrew
Patsy Pickett
King
Grace L
Bluefield Ave
Resthaven Memorial Park
Looney, Thurman James
Stadium Drive
Lewis
Michael
Ellis St
Scott Street Baptist Church
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Lane
Laura
Anawalt
Bennett- Widener Funeral Home
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Pennington
Dewey G
Browns Ridge Road
Lerena
Pennington-White
Speedway
Michael, Rosella A
Fincastle Lane
Monte Vista Cemetery
Green Valley
Wright
William Jay
Narrows
Riffe
Fairview Cemetery
Tipton
Ronald Patton
Pleasant Hill
First Christian Christ
Birchlawn Burial Park
Buckland
Nell Newman
Hinton
Ronald Meadows
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Deel
Clarcy
Russell Prater
Blankenship
Strauis
James H
Pipestein
Restwood Memorial Gardens
Webb
Wendell Ray
Pageton
First Church of the Nazarene
Gilbert Meem
Thomas A. Colley
Melody Kinser
Teddy Paynter
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Upperry
Samantha Perry
Lifestyles
Barbara Hawkins
W.va
Terri Hale
Tammy Richardson
Rhonda Wade Watson
Bobby English
Steve Smith
Mastercard
Visa
Daily Telegraph
Mail Daily Sui
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
National Advertising Rep
Cresmer
Yee Loving
James R
Jim) Thomason
Country Power” Equipment & Buckstove
Mercer St
Princeton, WV
Whitfield
Orono Te
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