Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield W V Area
Obituary notices detail multiple deaths and funeral arrangements across Bluefield and surrounding towns. Charles Horner Roaten 78 of Spencer and others are listed with service times, burial sites, survivors, pallbearers, and funeral-home contacts.
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Charles Horner Roaten
Spencer
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Funeral
K.B. Arnold
Maple Hill
Mary Ellen Jones Roaten
William Roaten
Charles Roaten
Bedford
Betty Roaten
Eulice
Bessie) Fields
Marvin
Ollie) Dillon
Margaret Proffitt
Joe
Barbara) Angles
Hillsdale
Ill
Rudy
Peggy) Hecker
Kotzebue
Alas
Leonard Boaten
Pisgah
Bertha Bowling
Edgewood
Randall Kirby
Larry Kirby
Mike Brown
Aaron Beckner
Glen Hager
Danny Lambert
Aaron
Madge Elma) Mutter
Belfast
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Carl James Mutter
Pauline Lankford
Ruby White
Indiana
Bessie Cox
Garman Cox
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Leslie Adams
Mutter
Johnny Mutter
Sammy Ballenberger
Dan Cox
James Perkins
David Cox
Buford Cox
Noah Franklin
Bertha Lou) Stiltner
Grundy
Kentucky
Grundy Funeral Home
Paul McClanahan
Frank Newsome
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Ann C. Bailey
Princeton
C.F
Mary) Holden
Wheaton
Walter
Helen) Swankoski
Freeland
John Bailey
David
Sandy) Groves
Bowling Green
Ohio
Bonin
Hazelton
St. Mary's Cemetery
Samuel Frazier Osborne
Cliffmont Ave
Beckley
Mercer Funeral Home
Junior Johnson
Harold Sargent
Mike Ray
Cecil Hess
Harold Steffey
R.C. Roberts
Gladys Smith
Jenkin Jones
Welch
Page Funeral Home
Tickles
Charlie, Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Chapl
Johnny Grinstead
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Gilbert
Leroy
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Mercer County
Bailey Funeral Home
Odin Lockhart
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Jim Gilbert
Willis Dye
Walter Burnopp Jr
Albert Lambert
Donnie Gilbert
Pete Dye
Crabtree
Lewis
Clarissa
Panther
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Edgar Riffe
Lockhart Cemetery
Greenbrier
Brumback
Ethel Creed
Chantilly
Elkhorn
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
James Sutphin
Frank Arista
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information Note
Publication data for Bluefield Daily Telegraph includes address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 established 1893 and subscription rates by mail and delivery zones plus Bureau of Circulation membership and advertising contact details.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Va
Associated Press
W.V
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Landon Associates
Hickman Re Sentenced to Life for Killing Officers
Charleston Kanawha County Circuit Judge John Hey re sentenced Antoine B. Hickman to life in prison for killing two Charleston police officers. The ruling grants Hickman’s attorney 12 more months to appeal his Dec 17, 1981 conviction by a Mercer County jury, while awaiting a trial transcript from the state Supreme Court roving reporter. The initial appeal window was near expiration.
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Charleston Kanawha
John Hey
Antoine B. Hickman
Charleston
Hickman
John R. Mitchell
Mercer County
Mitchell
State Supreme Court
Williams Lawyers To Seek New Trial In Atlanta
Williams and his defense team plan to request a new trial Wednesday in Superior Court. The 24-year-old freelance photographer was convicted of two of 29 murders of young Black men in Atlanta, including Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, stemming from a 22 month investigation that ended with Cater’s death on May 22, 1981.
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Atlanta
Wayne Williams
Cater
Court Won't Hear Appeal in West Virginia Murder Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court declined 5-0 to hear Curtis J. Manns appeal transferring his case from juvenile to adult court for a murder charge in Mecher County. Manns, 19, was 17 at the time of the February 1981 Wolfe County shooting during a robbery attempt. The court also agreed to review Joey Hall’s Wyoming County first degree murder conviction, with Hall claiming defense witnesses placed him in Tampa, Florida, at the time. Hall faces a life sentence with possible parole after 10 years.
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Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Curtis J. Manns
Bluefield
Manns
Adult Criminal Court
Elmer M. Hutchens
Wolfe
Hutchens
Supreme Court
Joey Hall
Wyoming County
Hall
James B. Laxton
Tampa
Fla
Mercy
Soldier Pleads Guilty In Howitzer Joyride
Porter Eugene Diggs III, 20, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to drunken driving and related charges after driving a stolen Fort Sill howitzer through Lawton. The 26 ton tracked vehicle damaged curbs, lawns, a light pole and several signs and mail boxes while a crowd watched before officers subdued the driver. The incident drew a quarter mile of military and civilian officers and the man shouted Russians are coming as he was dragged from the hatch.
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Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Eugene Diggs III
St. Louis
Power restoration after heavy snow outage continues in region
Officials say heavy snow damaged power lines and bent poles in Tazewell and McDowell counties. Crews worked around the clock from Saturday night, with 1,500 to 2,000 customers affected in Tazewell and most service restored by Sunday in rugged McDowell terrain. Some workers logged up to 30 hours without a break.
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Harris
Apco
Tazewell County
McDowell County
Belchee
Sentry Robbery Probe Continues
In New York a two-man crew robbed an armored car warehouse in the Bronx, fleeing with about 8 million dollars. Inside-job hints emerged as robbers breached the roof, disabled alarms, handcuffed a guard, and pried into a vault. Investigators review former employees and use FBI NYPD task force to probe inside information.
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New York
Bronx
FBI
New York Police
Pope Says KGB Behind Papal Assassination Attempt
Pope John Paul II told George Shultz the KGB likely planned the last year’s assassination attempt. CNN and White House sources cited the pope’s remark and ongoing Bulgarian connection probes tied to Andropov’s era. A White House official said no corroboration of the pope’s statement.
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Washington
John Paul II
George P. Shultz
KGB
Yuri Andropov
White House
Shultz
Reagan
Emilio Colomba
CNN
Reagan Administration
Andropov
Bob Sims
National Security Council
Walesa Calls for Peaceful Union Upheaval in Poland
In his first speech since martial law began the destruction of Solidarity, Lech Walesa urged 10 million Solidarity members to form new independent unions and seek peaceful goals. He said the movement is not aimed at overthrowing Communist rule and called for labor a voice in Poland’s crisis economy.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Labor Federation
Independent Labor Movement
Independent
Walesa
Gdansk
Lenin
New Trade Strategy Announced by Shultz and Cheysson
Paris report says Secretary of State George P. Shultz and French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson announced a study to build a Western trade strategy with the Soviet Union. The plan aims to uphold Western goods while considering Soviet military strength.
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Paris
George P. Shultz
Claude Cheysson
Shultz
Reds to Use Incentive Pay to Boost Rail Service
Moscow says the Soviet leadership will employ incentive pay to raise efficiency in transport. Skilled workers can receive bonuses up to 12 percent of base pay, engineers and technicians 30 percent, and technology experts and designers up to 50 percent. The plan marks a shift toward stronger rewards for white-collar staff amid a long trend of narrowing wage gaps.
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Moscow
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Aaron
James Mitchem
Pocahontas
Anawalt
Lawrence E. Mitchem
Garnett C. Mitchem
Rt. 3
Dudley Memorial Funeral Chapel
Jim Hill
Larry Mitchem
Herman Thornsbury
Leon Crockett
David Crockett
Emmett Mitchem
Ray Blevins
Walter Evans
Betty E.) Evans
Broadway St
Randolph County
Advent Christian Church of
Doctor's Hospital
St. Petersburg
Eldon Evans
Dorothy Cox
Beatrice Evans
Memorial Funeral Directory
Orville Harvey
Billy Meadows
Timmy Meadows
Brian Meadows
Michael Shiflett
Fred Peery
Harold Okes
Mrs. Wayne Prater
Wayne
Pauline) Prater
Star Route
Hurley
Buchanan County
Jessie
Hulda Church Helton
Callie Tester
Retha Lester
Janie Williamson
May Davis
Inez Stiltner
Lakie Estep
Fay Owens
Cleveland
George
Robert
Cecil Helton
Big Rock Pentecostal Church
Arville Collins
Big Rock
Friends
Virginia Funeral Home
Noah Stiltner
John Homa
John
Anna) Homa
Shepton
Brenda Mae Harrison
Brenda Mae George Harrison
Box
Keystone
Eckman
Jessie L. Brown George
Roscoe L. George
Northfork High School
Little French Beauty Academy
Howard
Nick) Harrison
Melissa Jane Harrison
Bobby) George
Rolfe
Jerry
Margaret) Hope Snyder
Rural Retreat
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Yoel Altizer
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Billy Belcher
Sonny Belcher Jr
Roger Johnson
Billy Hamilton
Eddie Wiggins
Kenneth Wiggins
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Mrs
Junior Echols
Junior
Bertha A.) Echols
Laeger
Welch Hospital
Lager
First Baptist Church
Roger Ackley
Richard Ackley
Madison
Ronnie Ackley
Gaithersburg
Audrey Hagey
Crooked Creek
Georgia Pope
Charlotte
N.C
Naomi Rice
Trumbel
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Larry Mullin
Larry Keith Mullin
Rt. 4
Nemours
Margaret Shrader Mullin Fleshman
Javin Luther Mullin
AB Wholesale Co
Ethel Akers Mullin
Brian Keith Mullin
Anna Marie
Kathy Mullin
Newt Fleshman
Calvin Tabor
Frank Blevins
Ronald Derry
Ernie Hale
Kenneth Miller
Terry Poynter
John Hawkins
Bob McGhee
Preston Ruble
Doug Beaten
Samuel Osborne
James Shelton
James
Bessie) Shelton
Davy
Freewill Baptist Church
Big Jenny
Dan Akers
Virgil Akers
Hensley
Ruth Hill
Cecil
Dorothy) Peyett
Mohegan
Thelma Marcus
Coalwood
Ray
Hazel) Sizemore
Wanda Bishop
Lee
Shirley) Worthington
Sal
Minnie) Bongoma
Florida
Tex
Mary Jane) Mills
Chicago
Henry Shelton
Brooklyn
N.Y
Earl Shelton
Milt Fannin
Charley Fannin
Henry Green
Thomas Green
Tommy Sizemore
Junior Sizemore
Michael Marcus
Earl Wayne Shelton
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
James Cook
James L. Cook
Claude Oliver
Neal Dent
Matewan
Wavy
UMWA
Nina) Bell
Bucyrus
Edith) Large
Bellbrook
Carl
Ruth) Urps
Charles
Doris) Burkes
Norman
Kathy) Sparks
Kingsport
Tenn
Raymond Earl Cook
Donald Leslie Cook
Joseph Hicks
Columbus
Roy Wingler
Richard Morgan
David Hall
Homer Richardson
Jackie Cantrell
Charles Meade
Roy White Jr
Roy T
Bessie) White, Jr
Kents Ridge Road
Russell County
Florrie Carriger
Jess
Lola) Saddler
Bristol
Richard
Hattie) Robinette
Jack Honaker
Norton
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
J.C. Johnson
Claypool Hill, Va
Oscar Cline
Oscar Thurman Cline
Spoloric
Tony
College Ave
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Leon Alexander
Mary Mariotti Spoloric
Baker
Linnie Francey
Warriormine
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Alex Hagerman
Hartwell Cemetery
Hartwell
Williams
Mercer County Republican Club
Jerry Smith
E. Stafford
Edith Johnson
Mike Stafford
Sue Hammond
Jewell White
Graig Hammond
Jack Scott
Bill Aker
Pope
Reds
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Shop Industrial Gas & Supply
East Bluefield
Wva
Mercer Mall
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