Obituaries and funerals in Bluefield area 1982
Walter Edward Hicks 55 of Jaeger died in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Survivors include wife Effie Jane Hicks, two sons Jerry Lee Hicks and Randall Edward Hicks, daughter Geraldine Kennedy, and several siblings. Funeral at Jaeger’s Fanning Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Jessie C. Baldwin 72 of Cedar Bluff died at home after a heart attack. Survived by wife Thelma Combs Baldwin, three daughters, three sons, sisters, brothers, and many grandchildren. Services conducted at Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. Mrs. Virginia Bell Rogers 80 of McComas died at a Bluefield hospital. funeral arrangements incomplete. Mrs. Matt P. Ball 94 of Princeton died in Princeton hospital after a long illness. services at Burns Wornal Chapel, burial at Roselawn Memorial Garden. Rev. Newtie Thomas McBride 75 of Serena died in Bluefield hospital. service at Burns Wornal Chapel, burial at Roselawn Memorial Mausoleum. McBride was a retired coal miner and Pentecostal pastor with family noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Edward Hicks
Laeger
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
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
Jessie C. Baldwin
Middle Creek
Cedar Bluff
Buchanan County
Red Ash
Tazewell County
Virginia Rogers
Virginia Bell Rogers
McComas
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Matt P
Bessie P.) Ball
Thornton Ave
Princeton
Memorial
Quinton Hughett
Roselawn Memorial Gardner
Princeton Road
Newtie McBride
Newtie Thomas McBride
Serena
Lick Creek
Wynoak Coke and Coal Co
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Virginias
UMWA
Princeton Old Guard Chapter 2
Virginia Conference For Pentecostal Holiness Churches
Walter T. McBride
Obituaries and funeral notices from Bluefield area
Oscar Thurman Cline 73 of Saeger died. Services 11 a.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Saeger with Rev. Alton Richardson officiating. Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Samuel Frazier Osborne 74 Bluefield burial Woodlawn Memorial Bluewell. Donald Lee Williams 55 formerly Bramwell, graveside 11 a.m. Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield in charge. Madge Elma Mutter 58 Belfast Route 2 Cedar Bluff Va. funeral 2 p.m. Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial Mutter Cemetery Belfast. Mrs Sterling Burgess 68 Bluefield died. survived by sister Fannie Williams Bluefield. services 2 p.m. Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell. burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell. pallbearers named. Cecil Edward Compton 77 Falls Mills Va. found dead. funeral 11 a.m. Cravens-Shires Bluewell. burial to be announced. survivors include step daughter Dale Phelps. Baby Yates unnamed infant son of Leonard Lois Price Yates Bradshaw died. graveside service in Price Family Cemetery Bandy with Rev. Roger Hale officiating. Fanning Funeral Home Saeger in charge. Rev Nathaniel Toler 87 Bluefield died. arrangements incomplete at Cooke Minnis Funeral Home Altavista Va.
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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
Sterling Burgess
Sterling
Mary Gagnell) Burgess
Rt. 4
Box
Coopers
Brushfork United
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Michael Evans
John Norton
Bill Norton
Ray Scott
Gene Lineberry
Joe Williams
Robert Schneider
Cecil Edward Compton
Box 83
Falls Mills
Cravens-Shires
Ralph Kidd
Laura Alice Compton
Baby Yates
Leonard
Lois Price Yates
Bradshaw
Welch Hospital
Peggy Yates
Charlie
Leonard Jr
Curtis Ray Yates
Ethel Yates
Dewey and
Nancy Price
Belle Price
Bandy
Price Family
Roger Hale
Nathaniel Toler
North Mercer St
Beckley Hospital
Sue Mitchell
Cooke and Minnis
Altavista
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Basic Publishing Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph standard publication info lists establishment in 1893 and routine postal and circulation details. It notes offices at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and a mailing address Box 208 Bluefield WV 24701 with Associated Press affiliation and advertising representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W.V
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Welch man Dan Begal dies after long illness at 80
Dan Begal 80 of Welch died Wednesday in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. Born in Russia he was a retired coal miner. He is survived by a god daughter Irene Price of Melvindale Michigan. Funeral held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch with Rev Curtis Cowell officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Begal
Welch
Huntington
Russia
Irene Price
Melvindale
Mich
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Curtis Cowell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Rites Planned For Wilkinson
Funeral services for John F. Wilkinson 45 of Bluefield will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Hal Lindsey and Rev. Roger Gulick present. He died Wednesday night after an apparent heart attack. He chaired W H Contracting Co and Asphalt Inds, 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 others. He is survived by his wife Nancy. two sons John C. and Marc H.. two daughters Karen Poole and Lisa Richardson. brothers James D. and Gary W. Wilkinson. four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call at Mercer Funeral Home today 5 to 9 p.m. Memorials to United Jewish Appeal or Bluefield Bible and Schools Fund care of Commercial Bank.
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John F. Wilkinson
Scenic Drive
Bluefield
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 Is Slain in Virginia Shooting
James B. Taylor, 26, of Dante, was shot in the chest after an argument at a Sawmill Hollow residence. Lowell Max Brown Sr., 45, also of Dante, was charged with first degree murder and use of a firearm. arraignment set for Dec. 17. Brown posted a $55,000 bond. Authorities: Sgt. Bill Salyers and Investigator Max Kestner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Lose Funds Says Lawmaker Mismanagement
McDowell County Senator Lacy Wright Jr claims the McDowell Board of Education misused Title I funds, totaling 70,158.37 dollars, costing seven jobs. He cites letters to the state and federal education departments and notes audits have not yet covered the current fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
UNICEF director cites preventable child deaths worldwide
Paris UNICEF executive director James P. Grant says forty thousand children die daily from starvation and disease. He warns that economic recession worsens malnutrition and that several million more children may die in the 1980s unless governments adopt inexpensive techniques and implement UNICEF recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Unicef
James P. Grant
U.N
Grant
Mine Reclamation Measure Advances Again
Washington House Senate Conference Committee approved Sen Byrd's amendment to add 53 million for abandoned mines reclamation. The measure, part of the 1983 interior appropriations, aims to hire unemployed West Virginia coal miners and construction workers, bringing total reclamation funding to 151 million for fiscal 1983. After final approval, the bill goes to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Department For the Interior
Appropriations Committee
West
Conference Committee
West Virginia
White House
Acme President Mumon Declines Comment on Store Closure
Charles Cauthen of Acme Supermarkets in Tazewell refused to confirm or deny rumors that the Princeton Acme Store will close this year. He said changes are being made and a press release will be issued on Dec 23. Cauthen noted store personnel are represented by a union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cauthen
Acme
Tazewell
Princeton Acme
Cauthen
Man charged after escape leads to teen kidnapping case
Beckley authorities say William Trial Jr., 26, of Cool Ridge left a Raleigh County work release on a 10 hour pass, encountered a 15 year old girl and 16 year old boy building a bonfire, assaulted the boy and abducted the girl. He was recaptured about 3:45 p.m. after a 22 hour search. He was jailed for grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W.va
Raleigh
E.M. Carter
Raleigh County
Trail
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The
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Jessie Baldwin
Matt Ball
Long Ball
Hurley Sam Ball
Dorsett
Ohio
Earl Ball
Council
Howard Ball
Pierpoint
Eva Porterfield
Greensboro
N.C
Stella Belcher
Bardie Lambert
Ayers Perkins
Whitt Perkins
H.L. Rogers
Roselawn Memorial Mausoleum
Gather Keaton McBride
Jerry
Maryland
Cecil Compton
Industrial Gas
East Bluefield
Mercer Mall
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Rites
Wilkinson
John Wilkinson
Boston
Coconut Grove
Roller Floral Co
Princeton & Beckley
McDowell
Goosens
Frankie
LA Salute
Trumka
Williams
UMW
Testa
Merrin
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
IEB
Jones & Laughlin
Combs
Michael MacKinnon
Office of
International Union
UMW Health and Retirement Funds
Labor Department
Copter
Randolph
Elkins
Randolph County
Medivac
W.F. Donahoe
Donahoe
Files Creek
Dep. T.J. Amos
Mumon
Pharmacy
Cherry Street
W. VA
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