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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1997
Page
1
A list of death notices for Sonny Dotson Jr Peters town Randall Belcher and others from Conyers Peters town Bluefield Princeton Grundy Roanoke and Pearlsburg. The notices state ages dates and that arrangements will be announced by respective local funeral homes.
Gladys Virginia Croy 79 of Davidson North Carolina died December 12 1997 from injuries in a house fire born January 16 1918 in Bluefield a Bluefield High School graduate and longtime Davidson resident survived by three sons two daughters and many relatives funeral services held in Princeton with burial at Rose lawn Memorial Gardens. Also Willard Massie 84 of Bluefield died December 14 1997 retired Appalachian Power employee inventor and church deacon survived by wife Viola and three daughters funeral set at Maple View Church of Christ with graveside service at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Peterstown Paul L. Jones 73 died December 13 1997 World War II veteran and former Celanese employee survived by wife Lois Underwood Jones one son and three daughters with graveside services at Peterstown Cemetery. Warren Dotson Jr 46 of Conyers Georgia died December 14 1997 in hospital. survived by wife Rita and two sons and daughter. Samuel Timberlake 75 of Pearisburg died December 13 1997 veteran and businessman survived by wife Dorothy and three daughters and one son. Mary C. Harvey 93 Princeton died December 13 1997 survived by husband Ballard Harvey and several siblings. Robert Hall 79 Hurley died December 12 1997 coal miner veteran survived by wife Millie and one daughter and one son with services in Hurley and military rites.
Funeral notices list service times and locations for Cecil Edward Bird Robert C Ruble Arch Thomas Mullins Priscilla Cochrane Opal Maxine Girygiel Bessie Davis Rowe Ralph E Walker N Curtis Bailey John Henry Lessee Judy Fogleman and others with services at Burns Wornal Chapel Singleton Funeral Chapel Broyles Shrewsbury Funeral Home Ridge Baptist Church Roselawn Memorial Gardens Greenhills Memory Gardens Oakwood Park Cemetery Greenwood Memorial Gardens and related cemeteries in Princeton Peterstown Richmond and nearby towns.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines corrections and clarifications to avoid inaccuracies. It states errors should be reported to editors and that corrections are published promptly, usually on the first pages of sections A or B.
Elton John will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth next month under his real name Reginald Kenneth Dwight. The New York Post reports the honor cites his charity fund raising and places him among Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
A 100-year-old man was hospitalized after a small fire in a bathroom at Cumberland Care Nursing Home in Bluefield. Fire officials said a ceiling exhaust fan ignited, smoking three rooms and a hallway. Residents were relocated. the patient was transported to Bluefield Regional Medical Center. The cause was contained after a fan switch was pulled and the smoke cleared. The Bluefield Fire Department remained on scene about 90 minutes with no other injuries reported.
The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, 71, remained hospitalized after a minor heart attack. His son, Rev. Robert A. Schuller, led thousands in thanks at Crystal Cathedral as doctors said the elder Schuller was in excellent spirits and slated for discharge Tuesday. He underwent angioplasty at UC Irvine to clear a left ventricle blockage. It was unclear if he would preach on Christmas Eve, a tradition since 1955.
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