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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1981

Page

12

Funeral Services for Mrs Rachel Perkins Jackson Held in Honaker

Mrs. Rachel Ma Perkins Jackson 91 of Honaker Va died Thursday in Bristol Tenn after a long illness. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm in Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Jackson Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters two sons and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call after 3 pm today with a song service at 7 pm.

Rachel Jackson Rachel Ma’' Perkins Jackson Honaker Bristol, Tenn Honaker Funeral Home Claude Rose Walter Statzer Jackson Cemetery Russell County James and Melissa Dye Hale Valley View Freewill Baptist Church Gertie Hess Bucyrus Ohio Iowa Miller Swords Creek Ruby Ball Bristol Mandy Wright Bluefield Vicey Rose Manassas Estil Jackson Berwind Granville Perkins Thomas Jackson Geffery Avery Perkins Akers William Frank Route 2 Wytheville Barnett Funeral Home Kenneth Abbott West End Wythe County Walter Hodge Walter Ina P.) Hodge Coalwood Welch Damascus John Douglas Alice Shuler Cook Douglas G. Stamper Chilhowie Robert L. Stamper Orlando Fla Gramhan Trula) Blevins Robert Marie) McVey Glade Springs Balma Hazel) Miller Todd N.C Coy Dean Neal Cook Winston- Salem Kent Cook Salt Lake City Utah Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Arnold G. Husk Kaeger Memorial Roderfield Dewey Gibson Joe Anello Dalton Roberts Charles Gibson Harry Gibson Lacy Bailey Ernest Robertson Ernest Howard Robertson Bland Trigg Clayton and Boyd Robertson Celanese Fiber Company Pearisburg Lodeska Robertson George B. Robertson Poplar Hill Jean Stephens Carol Speer Sue Hull Geraldine Cray Joyce West Dublin French's Chapel Pentecostal Salley Keen Salley Keen Route 22 Vansant Grundy Hospital Dickenson County Dave Lear Baker Hall Nellie Bowman Corbett Keen Homer Keen Grundy James Hall Tommy Hawk, Ky Grover Hall Haysi Harman Freewill Baptist Church Harman Willie Compton John Owens McKinley Boyd Ancil Childress Charles Cemetery Prater Virginia Funeral Home

Notable City Merchant Dies in Bluefield

Noted Bluefield businessman Jesse S. Groseclose of 1108 Heatherwood Road died Friday in a Bluefield hospital. He owned Groseclose Auto Electrical Service on Bluefield Avenue.

Agnes Ball Agnes Elsie Ball Skygusty Bluefield Jesse S. Groseclose Heatherwood Road Groseclose Auto Electrical Service Bluefield Avenue Mercer Funeral Home

Brother Ralph Smith Succumbs in bluefield and beyond

County and Western musician Ralph Smith of the Arthur Smith group died Thursday in Charlotte North Carolina after a long illness He was 57 A composer and comedian known as Brother Ralph he performed in radio and TV nearly 4 000 times over four decades He and his wife Lorre ran a restaurant in the 1950s and developed Skyleaf Condominium Projects at Sugar Mountain South Carolina He served in World War II and retired in 1980 Survivors include his wife two sons Roddy of Boone and Tim of Nashville two daughters Kathy Russell of Charlotte and Jackie Strickland of Davidson two brothers Arthur and Oscar both of Charlotte two sisters Ethel Deese of Lancaster and Ruby Bullington of Spartanburg funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 pm at Bethal Presbyterian Church Davidson Hawkins and Whittington Funeral Home Charlotte in charge

Charles Byrd Charles Arthur Byrd Pocahontas Bluefield Christ Jesus Ernest Westmoreland Swim Cemetery Peel Chestnut Mountain Marvin and Lottie Hamilton Byrd Clinch Deborah Byrd Wayne Byrd Abbs Valley Emmett Byrd Marvin Byrd, Jr Wilmington Del Cammett Byrd Statesville N.C Robert Byrd Conneaut Ohio George Wise New Castle Jane Coeburn Hester Moore Beulah Lucas Columbus Ralph Smith Arthur Smith Lorre Sugar Mountain S.C Grand Strand Myrtle Beach Roddy Smith Boone Tim Smith Nashville

Daily Telegraph front matter and mailing details

Bluefield Daily Telegraph edition metadata lists establishment in 1893 and publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. Subscriptions priced by zone. mail rate 58.80 yearly. home delivery 4.90 monthly. postmaster address provided. Contains Associated Press affiliation and circulation notes.

Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bland Street Bluefield W. Va Associated Press W.va West Virginia Audit Bureau of Circulation P.O. Box Landon Associates

Jury Expected To Get The Way Case On Monday

Final arguments and jury deliberation are all that remain before a verdict in The Way trial. On Friday the defense rested after testifying from the last defendant and seven character witnesses. The court will convene Monday at 9 30 a.m. for instructions and final arguments, with the verdict expected around noon. Defendants Bill Owens Jr. and three others face kidnapping charges over an alleged deprogramming of Douglas Wilson.

Daily Telegraph Fayetteville Bill Owens, Jr Beckley Douglas Wilson Wilson Michigan Owens

OPEC cuts prices little relief for U.S. drivers

OPEC trimmed some crude prices effective Jan. 1 in a move labeled a Christmas gift to the industrialized world. Analysts say the cuts, under $1 a barrel, will barely affect U.S. gasoline and fuel oil prices as the changes target heavier, high sulfur crudes less used by American refiners.

Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates OPEC U.S Organization of Petroleum Exporting Libya Mana al-Said Oteiba Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani Saudi Arabia United States Far East Venezuela North Sea Mexico

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