Deaths and Funerals Lee Farley
Lee Farley 59 of O Toole died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. A West Virginia native, he was a WWII veteran and retired miner, survived by wife Lola Anders Farley daughter Sylvia Bixby two sisters and three brothers. Funeral 11 am Tuesday Longpoint Baptist Church Spencer's Curve Anawalt. Burial Grandview Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named. Friends may call after 4 today at the church. Fanning Funeral Home Welch in charge.
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Lee Farley
O'Toole
Welch
West Virginia
John
Cindy Brown Farley
Lola Anders Farley
William
Sylvia) Bixby
Roanoke
Eilis Anders
Leckie
Frank Farley
Longpoint Baptist Church
Spencer's Curve
Anawalt
Wiley Davis
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Luther Ellis
Shay Stamper
Alfred Day
Howard Kress
Chester Burks
Fred Presley
Fanning Funeral Home
Funeral notices from Bluefield area reflect several obituaries
Multiple funeral notices and deaths are announced including George Blackwell age 82 of Princeton with service at Bailey Funeral Chapel and burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Daniel Thomas Whitlock Jr. of Charleston died at McGuire VA Hospital. infant Joseph Skeens of Vansant died in Grundy hospital. Douglas Edward Dietrich Sr. of Roanoke died after a long illness with services at Oakey's North Chapel. Mary Yates Spangler of Abbs Valley died after long illness with service at Abbs Valley Church of God and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. memorials to American Cancer Society requested. Survivors and details across notices include family members and local churches.
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D.T. Whitlock, JR
Daniel Thomas Whitlock, Jr
50Th Street
Charleston
Bluefield
McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital
Richmond
Daniel Thomas
Chartie Motley Whitlock
Whitlock
Firestone Stores
Elk Refining Co
Maisie Mattox Whitlock
Daniel Thomas Whitlock TH
Frank Oliver
Marcella D. Whittock
Bartlett-Bardette Funeral Home
Tennessee Avenue
Skeens
Joseph Soloman Skeens
Jerry Dean
Patricia Fair Skeens
Vansant
Grundy, Va
Donald Eichler
Ruth Fair
Curtis Fall
Warren, Mich
Douglas Edward Dietrich
Douglas Edward Dietrich, Sr
Fenwick Drive
Roanoke
McDowell County
Raymond &. Dietrich
Piedmont Airlines
Frances Havens Dietrich
Douglas E. Dietrich
Raymond E. Dietrich Sr
Troutville
Charles D. Dietrich
Oakey's Funeral Home
North Chapel
Peters Creek Road
Robert J. Callis, Jr
Marshall Anderson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
American Cancer Society
Mary Yates Spangler
Abbs Valley
Boissevain
George
Lydia Smith Yates
Minnie Belle Kitts funeral in Bluefield at 2 p.m.
Minnie Belle Kitts 78 of Bluefield dies. Service at Cumberland Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Alton W. Jesse and Rev. Gary Smith today at 2 p.m. Burial at Grandview Memory. Pallbearers listed. flowers by church ladies class. Mercer Funeral Home arranging.
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Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publishing Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 in Bluefield West Virginia notes its address Bland Street and publishing company. It lists Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates by mail and motor route with annual and monthly figures. The notice mentions advertising representatives and circulation audit Bureau details and a phone contact.
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Pally Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannan & Cullen
Joint Rites Set For McDowell Fire Victims Tuesday
Funeral services are planned for Lyndon Jerome Bonds 16 and Taryn Seresa Bonds 14 who died in an Indian Ridge home fire in McDowell County. Surviving family includes their parents Frankie Wesley and unnamed Bonds, four brothers Michae Dean Larry all of Norristown Pa and Marlon in the Army at Fort Knox Ky, three sisters Glenda Bethea Dianne Manley Melva, Almyra Dudley of Norristown. Lyndon attended Northfork High School and Taryn Elkhorn Junior High. Service Tuesday at Galilee Baptist Church Arlington with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers named by classmates. visitation at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home Keystone after 5 today.
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McDowell County
Indian Ridge
Lyndon Jerome Bonds
Taryn Seresa Bonds
Worth
Frankie Wesley Bonds
Michae Bonds
Dean Bonds
Larry Bonds
Norristown
Marlon Bonds
U.S. Army
Fort Knox
Glenda Bethea
Dianne Manley
Melva Bonds
Almyra Dudley
Lyndon
Northfork High School
Taryn
Elkhorn
Galilee Baptist Church
Arlington
West Virginia
Samuel T. Cannady
McKinley Raymore
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Missionary Society of the Church
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Vandals Damage Four Airplanes at Mountain Empire Airport
Virginia State Police in Marion began an investigation Sunday into the break in at Mountain Empire Airport hangar. Four airplanes were severely damaged and several navigational aids and radios on the aircraft were stolen. Wytheville State Police could not estimate damage or value stolen. FBI to complete inquiry due to federal sabotage statutes.
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Virginia
Marion
Mountain Empire
Wytheville
F.B.I
Sun energy plan urged as federal effort criticized
Simon urged a development program to tap solar energy and called current federal solar energy efforts inadequate. Rep. Les Aspin noted that over half of the National Petroleum Council members gave more than 1.2 million dollars to Nixon's re election. Rep. Wright Patman said the US can end the energy shortage by the early 1980s if the government leads resource development.
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Les Aspin
D-Wis
National Petroeum Council
Nixon
Wright Patmuan
Dtex
Joint Economic Committee
United States
Courthouse Petition Mixes Politics with Personal Wishes
A quirky petition from Mercer County officials shows a mix of personal requests and political aims. Judges seek remodeled offices. Knight desires carpeting and staff. others ask for a helicopter, a diplomat’s skills, a ouija board, and more. The note ends with holiday goodwill from the Courthouse Gang.
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Santa Claus
Howard Jarrett
Jerome Katz
David Knight
K Knight
Judgent
Wilson Harvey
Mary Margaret Carper
Jane Richmond
Dick Wesley
Jack Scott
Shorty Simons
Thieves Steal 44000 In Garments From The Stag Shop
Princeton police investigate a breaking and entering at The Stag Men’s Shop in Princeton. Thieves escaped with over 44000 in merchandise including 545 suits 96 sport jackets and 5 leather jackets from a rear door entry. Garments bore The Stag labels and store owner Tom Carter found the loss Sunday morning. A similar prior theft at Kendricks Men's Store is noted and two men were nabbed last week tied to a Bondurant Oldsmobile break-in. No arrests in the dealership case as of Sunday night.
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Princeton
Tom Carter
Merchantile Establishment
Kendricks Men's
Bondurant Oldsmobile
Snow Advisories Hit Western Pennsylvan ia and Surrounding States
Severe weather prompts snow advisories across Western Pennsylvania Eastern Kentucky and much of Virginia and West Virginia with four to eight inch accumulations in mountainous areas. Police radios nationwide report on road conditions while Bluefield traffic lights flash in caution. Police arrange snow chains for rural routes as schools plan bus runs under the storm.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield
James Bailey
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