Deaths and funerals in the region 1998
Obituaries list Melvin C Chapman Sr of Lindside and many residents in Bluefield and Bishop among those dying December 10 to 13 1998. Funeral arrangements are pending or announced by local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin C
Brownie” Chapman, Sr
Lindside
Princeton
Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Peterstown
Kelly Jane Pitzer
Union St
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefia
Patricia Ann Claytor
Ohio St
Pauline “Polly” Elizabeth Matney
Bishop
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Tazewell
Wanda A. Wiley
N. College Ave
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Phyllis Nadine Street
Morganton
N.C
White Sulphur Springs
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Lucy Jackson Mercer
Highway 88
Blythe
Memorial
Athens Road
Robert Arnold
James” Billings
Kegley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Diana DeLong Perry
Anne Drive
Blacksburg
Hale Ave
Seaver Funeral Home
Melvin C. Chapman
Montgomery County
Henry and
Bessie Chapman Smith
Alexander “Tom” Earl
Faye Teany Chapman
Dickason Chapel
West Virginia Department of Highways
Shirley Burger
William Earl Chapman
Betty D. Chapman
Melvin C. “Beaver” Chapman, Jr
Marjorie Lynn Chapman
Winston-Salem
James
June) Chapman
Christiansburg
Margie Lomax
Annapolis
Lucy Jackson Mercer Blythe
Garnet E. Mercer
Andrew J. Mercer
Augusta
Sandra K. Mercer
Garnett Mercer Durkee
David
Evans, Ga
Mary E. Tunnell
Donald
Renee Phillips
Brian Sloan
Kevin Sloan
Aaron
Blake Sloan
Iris Ann Lloyd
Donnette Gustafson
Bethlehem Advent Christian Church
Central Ave
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff and Contact Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its staff including Publisher Steve Smith Executive Editor Tom Colley and editors across departments. It provides contact numbers and addresses for circulation, subscriptions, and business office, plus a note on corrections and postal information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Terri Hale
Bobby English
Rhonda Wade Watson
Henry Meade News Department
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Gilmore to push 20 percent tuition cut at Virginia schools
Gov. Jim Gilmore will propose a 20 percent tuition cut at Virginia public universities and community colleges, saving in-state undergraduates hundreds yearly and costing about 75 million dollars a year. The plan targets tuition and fees for 163,000 resident undergrads, not room and board, and excludes graduate or out-of-state students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Jim Gilmore
Virginia
Gilmore
George Mason University
Fairfax
General Assembly
Ronald L Tillet
University of Virginia
L. Douglas Wilder
Gratton 31 prisoners enjoy holiday program at Gratton Unit
EWELL VA Karl and Gloria Miller led a Christmas program at the Gratton Unit 31 Prison near Tazewell on December 8. Rev Howard Wilson served as master of ceremonies with Gideon ministry members, local poets, musicians, and inmates performing songs and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewell
Karl
Gloria Miller
Gratton Unit
Tazewell
Millers
Howard Wilson
Mervyn Anderson
Cutty
Gideon
Cuzzie Mathena
Marie Anderson
Richard Underwood
Mildred Compton
Jesus
Mallie Higginbotham
Bobby Smith
Legislature nears reform of 1995 workers camp
Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin and House Speaker Bob Kiss were nominated to lead for two years. Charles Trump and Vic Sprouse named as House and Senate Republican leaders, with Sprouse facing opposition. Leaders will be elected Jan 13. The debate on workers compensation reform remains unsettled as an actuary report shows the deficit shrinking but argues effects of the 1995 law are still unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest R. Belcher
Burke MT
Keystone
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bluefield
Joseph Harold and
Lovella Stanley Belcher
Eckman Church of God
Eastern Associated Coal
United Mine Workers of America
Roger Belcher
Joe Belcher
Timothy Belcher
Maudie McPeak Belcher
Earnest
Ernie” Belcher, Jr
Frances “Fran
Landgraff
Pepper Church
Jerry
Brandi) Haynes
McDowell
Amanda Belcher
Anthony Church
Jaxson Haynes
David Belcher
Wanda
Theodore Belcher
Elizabeth
Northfork
Douglas Belcher
Christine
Phillip Belcher
Richmond
Perry
Betty) Phelps
Carol Jones
Dale
Margaret) Robertson
Rising Son
Joyce White
Rocky Mt
Bennett-Widener Funeral Home
Patrick Browning
Belcher
Gary Scott
Larry Scott
Johnny Scott
Butch Johnson
Kerry Johnson
Wayne Musick
Charles Lane
Ray Martin
Charleston
Senate
Earl Ray Tomblin
House
Bob Kiss
Charles Trump
R-Morgan
Senate Republicans
Vic Sprouse
R-Kanawha
Sprouse
Tomblin
Kiss
House of Delegates
Logan Tomblin
Underwood
Steve Roberts
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Endeavour Detaches From First International Space Station
The Endeavour astronauts undocked Sunday from the seven story international space station after outfitting two initial pieces. Commander Robert Cabana said they wished to stay longer as they backed away under Houston and Moscow control, with a spring return planned for the next construction crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Sturchow
Houston
Moscow
Mir
Auto Club Meeting Set Today in Leatherwood Lane
The Antique Auto Club Blue Stone Region schedules an 7 p.m. gathering at Acme Supermarket on Leatherwood Lane. AARP Chapter No. 2147 planning a 11:45 a.m. pot luck lunch Tuesday at the VFW. The Cardinal States Pioneer Chapter of Telephone Pioneers meets noon Tuesday in Ryan's back room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Club
Antique Auto Club
Bluestone
Acme
Leatherwood Lane
AARP
Graham-Tazewell County Aarp
VFW
Cardinal States Pioneer Chapter of Telephone Pioneers
Ryan's
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Pauline Elizabeth Matney
Pauline
Polly” Elizabeth Matney
Whittaker Ridge
Frank
Nancy Barnett Dunford
Tazewell County
Ezra Matney
Ella Gay Fields
Martha Baldwin
Becky Dunford
Bill
Mose
George
Burle Dunford
John Howard Fields
Eugene Matney
Lawrence Matney
Thelma
Adria
Lonnie Matney
Thompson Valley
Juanita Asbury
Ray
Syliva Farmer
Diana Matney
Bertha Thompson
Richlands
John Wilburn Dunford
Mundytown
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Curtis Shrader
Grandview Memory Gardens
Gene Matney
Mark Matney
Keith Farmer
Brandon Farmer
Abraham Pickett
James Altizer
Bill Totten
Robert Arnold Billings
Leon
James Arthur
Ella Mae Green Billings
Westmoreland Coal Company
Ostego
Primitive Baptist Church
Slab Fork
Ruth Morgan
Charlene Flora Vanhoy Billings
Robert Dwayne Billings
Gina
Doug Billings
Carolyn
Bremen
Byron Ross Billings
Graysville
Pamela Hull
Jack Benny
Brenda Dent
Danny
Bastian
Belinda Akers
Otis
Vance
Ala
Virginia Cook
Kopperston
Martha Cline
Man
Juanita Morgan
Maben
Anna Ashley
Amigo
Carol Sizemore
Cool Ridge
Ethel
Sylvia
John Billings
Warsaw
Ward Billings
Hiawatha
Oliver Billings
Maben, T.D
Thomas” Billings
Mullens
Teddy Billing
Wilkie Billings
Billings
Lige Tatone
Pensacola
Fla
Memorial Funeral Directory
Keith Farley
David Bailey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Courthouse Road
Phyllis Nadine
Pike County
Linkous
Virgie Blankenship Street
Buchanan County
James W. Street
Pam Biffle
High Point
Donna Walton
Valdese
Debbie Brooks
Covington
Bobby Turner
Rowe
Wanda A Wiley
Mary Scott Amburgy
North Tazewell
Lacy Amburgy
First Church of God
Allen Wiley
Pam Wiley
Chester
Stephanie W. Roberts
Misty D. Wiley
Ann Peery
Jean Davidson
Lacy Gillespie
Alex Welch
Cassidy Roberts
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Roy L. Tincher
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Appalachian Teen Challenge
P.O
Athens
Robert Waschler
Dale White
Stan Odham
Jason Herald
Charles Lewis
Lenny White
Inza Walker Akers
Beckley
N. Kanawha St
Egeria
Christian Walker
Nyanza Walker Walker
Basil E. Akers
Kathy Akers
Dora Auer
Dallas Walker
Edith Reed
Corda
Ella Mae
Billy Milam
Cyphers St
Wilson Trapp
Hamlar-Curtis Chapel
Roanoke
Restlawn
Larry “Butch” Raines
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
James D
Jim” Ratliff
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Sadie L. Brown
James K. Catron
First Presbyterian Church
Welch
Iris Coleen Lusk
Wildwood Mausoleum Chapel
Morris Udall
Washington
Morris K. Udall
Udall
U.S. Veterans Medical Center
Chris Helms
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Bluefield Avenue
P.O. Box
West Virginia
Jim Terry
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perry
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press, WV Press Assn
Ver-Evid Business Office
Princeton News Bureau
Gratton
George Dickerson
Nancy Armentrout
Jeff Beckett
Dwayne Davis
Sturchow
Endeavour
Bluefield, Va
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