Obituary Notice Highlights Hicks and Local Residents
Walter Edward Hicks 55 of Saeger died after a short illness in Bluefield hospital. Survivors include wife Effie Jane Hicks, two sons Jerry Lee Hicks and Randall Edward Hicks, daughter Geraldine Kennedy, siblings, and five grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 11 a.m. at Jaeger Fanning Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Christian wake at 7 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Edward Hicks
Saeger
Bluefield
Caretta
Arthur
Elsie Puckett Hicks
Jaeger
McDowell County Board of Education
Effie Jane Hicks
Jerry Lee Hicks
Paynesville
Randall Edward Hicks
Danny
Geraldine) Kennedy
Danie
Ernest
Carl Hicks
Laeger
Calvin
Katherine) Kennedy
Estil
Jo Ann) Anvil
William
Christine) Powell
Kay) Osborne
Alton
Freda) Blankenship
Chicago, Ill
Wilson
Sylvia) Flanagan
Welch
Donald
Theodosia) Stocks
Norfolk
Fanning
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publisher and address note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its publication, mailing address, and advertising representative. The notice lists editorials and Associated Press affiliation and WV circulation information. It states subscription rates, delivery options, and change of address procedures.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W Va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Funeral Notices for Four Local Residents
Oscar Thurman Cline 73 of Saeger. Services today at 11 a.m. in Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Saeger with Rev Alton Richardson. Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Samuel Frazier Osborne 74 of Bluefield 2649 Cliffmont Ave. Service today 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with Rev Joe Fritz. Entombment Woodlawn Memorial Mausoleum Bluewell. Donald Lee Williams 55 formerly of Bramwell. Graveside today 11 a.m. Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell with Dr C H Patterson. Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield in charge. Madge Elma Mutter 58 Belfast Route 2 Cedar Bluff Va. Service today 2 p.m. Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Leslie Adams. Burial Mutter Family Cemetery Belfast.
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Cline
Oscar Thurman
Saeger
Fanning Funeral Home
Alton Richardson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Osborne
Samuel Frazier
Cliffmont Ave
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Joe Fritz
Woodlawn Memorial
Mutter
Aaron
Madge Elma
Belfast
Cedar Bluff
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Leslie Adams
Rites Planned For Wilkinson
Funeral services for John F. Wilkinson 45 of Bluefield are set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Hal Lindsey and Rev. Roger Gulick will attend. burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Wilkinson led W & H Contracting Co and Asphalt Industries and served as a director of the Commercial Bank of Bluefield and McQuail's store. He supported Union Mission United Jewish Appeal Bluefield Community Hospital Chamber of Commerce and more. He is survived by wife Nancy Haynes Wilkinson two sons John C. and Marc H. Wilkinson two daughters Karen Poole and Lisa Richardson two brothers James D. and Gary W. Wilkinson four grandchildren and other relatives. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call Mercer Funeral Home today 5 to 9 p.m. Memorials to United Jewish Appeal or Bluefield Bible and Schools Fund care of the Commercial Bank.
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Sterling
Mary Gagnell) Burgess
Rt. 4
Box
Bluefield
Coopers
Brushfork United
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Michael Evans
Woodlawn Memorial Park
John Norton
Bill Norton
Ray Scott
Gene Lineberry
Joe Williams
Robert Schneider
Cecil Edward Compton
Box 83
Falls Mills
Ralph Kidd
Laura Alice Compton
John F. Wilkinson
Scenic Drive
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Hal Lindsey
Roger Gulick
Monte Vista Park
Vera Linkenhoker Wilkinson
Augusta St
John C. Wilkinson
W & H Contracting Co
Asphalt Industries
Commercial Bank of
McQuail’s
Union Mission
United Jewish Appeal
Bluefield Bible and Schools Fund
Commercial Bank
Russell County Man Slain in Apparent Argument Shooting
A 26 year old Russell County man James B. Taylor of Dante was shot dead, apparently after an argument. Suspect Lowell Max Brown Sr., 45, also of Dante, charged with first degree murder and use of a firearm during a felony. arraignment set for Dec. 17. Investigation by Russell County Sheriff’s Dept. Sgt. Bill Salyers and Investigator Max Kestner. A separate note recalls the 1942 Coconut Grove fire in Boston with nearly 500 deaths.
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Dante
Russell County
Russell County Sheriff's Department
James B. Taylor
Lowell Max Brown Sr
Brown
Sawmill Hollow
Taylor
Bill Salyers
Max Kestner
McDowell Schools face dispute over $70,000 funds loss
State Senator Lacy Wright Jr alleges McDowell County Board of Education misapplied Title I funds, claiming $70,158.37 may have been shifted from line items to salaries. He cites letters and audits, while officials deny improper handling and note audits found no illegalities to date.
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Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Board of Education
Lacy Wright, Jr
Bradshaw
State Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Regional Inspector General of Audits
Roy Truby
State
Truby
Hugh M. Monaghan
Gional
Wright
Drosick
Church
Alma Cline
Business Office
Panther
Goosens
UNICEF Proposes Help For Children In 1980s Fight
Paris AP UNICEF director James P. Grant says forty thousand children die daily from starvation and disease and half could be saved with simple, inexpensive techniques. He warns the 1982 recession makes this the darkest year for children and several million more may die in the 1980s unless action is taken. Even full adoption of UNICEF steps can only go so far against malnutrition and food shortages.
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Paris
Unicef
James P. Grant
U.N
Grant
Byrd Amendment Expands Coal Mine Reclamation Funding
A House Senate Conference Committee approved U S Sen Robert C Byrd s amendment to provide an additional 53 million for abandoned mines reclamation projects in the 1983 Interior Appropriations bill. Byrd said the funds will create jobs for unemployed West Virginians and coal workers, bringing total 1983 reclamation funding to 151 million before final approval and White House action.
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Washington
House
Senate
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Department For the Interior
Appropriations Committee
West
Conference Committee
West Virginia
Copter Down In Randolph County
Rescue crews search rugged Randolph County terrain for a missing Medivac helicopter carrying a critically ill patient after radio contact was lost minutes after takeoff from Elkins. The crew faced icing and high altitude conditions as ground teams scour Left Hand of Files Creek seven miles south of Elkins.
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Elkins
W.va
Randolph County
Medivac
W.F. Donahoe
Donahoe
Files Creek
Acme President Mumon Refuses Comment on Store Closure
Acme President Mumon, of Acme Supermarkets in Tazewell, refused to confirm or deny rumors that the Princeton Acme Store will close before year’s end. He said changes are underway and a press release will be issued on December 23, noting store personnel are represented by a union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cauthen
Acme
Tazewell
Princeton Acme
Cauthen
Raleigh Man Charged After Escape Leads to Kidnapping
Raleigh County man William George Trial Jr., 26, escaped Beckley work release on a 10 hour pass and fled. He allegedly struck a 16 year old boy and kidnapped a 15 year old girl during a Woods encounter, with police recapturing him about 3:45 p.m. after a 22 hour search.
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Beckley
W.va
Raleigh
E.M. Carter
Raleigh County
Trail
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