Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
Several obituaries from Bluefield and surrounding towns detail long illnesses and deaths. Ada Lou Honaker Sparks 80 of Cedar Bluff Va died in Richlands hospital. James O Cook 64 of Jaeger died at Welch hospital. Cora Ethel Viars 76 of Rowe Va. Gladys Little Gibson 62 of Bluefield. John Newton Lambert 69 of Tazewell Va. Elwood Weaver 54 of Princeton Va. Funeral details list churches, burial sites, and survivors. Local services set through Mullins, Buchanan, Fanning, and Davis chapels with multiple survivors.
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Ada Lou Honaker Sparks
Ada Lou Honaker Spraks
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Russell County
John and
Kate Honaker Simms
Holiness
John L. Sparks
Mra
Hazel Salmon
London
Ohio
Thelma Bickel
Columbus
Jamie Bailey
Mechanicksburg
Elizabeth Clopper
Cincinnati
Betty Reed
Edgewood
Gladys Holland
Excelsior
Edith Whitt
Arthur Honaker
Statesville
N. C
Wile’ Honaker
Dublin
Honaker
Clearwater
Fla
Howard Honaker
Alba, Tex
David Honaker
Edward Honaker
Baltimore
Circleville
Robert Monk
Gallion Ohio
Zola Mae Hess
Salem
Florence Crabtree
Centerville
Tenn
Jessie Sims
Foster Sims
Berwind
Lighthouse Tabernacle
Baptist Valley
Paul E. Adams
Gree Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Cora Ethel Viars
Rowe
Arnold Stanley
Dickenson County
Hettie Edwards
Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Birchleaf
Andrew Stanley
Noah Viars
Kelsie Stanley
Florida
Coy Stanley
Santie Calif
Bill Counts
Teddy Ball
Frank Viars
Arrington
Clincheo
Buchanan County
Keen Mountain
John Newton Lambert
Tazewell
Tazewell County
William Lambert
Amelia Richardson Lambert
Delphie Bentley Lambert
Carl
John D. Lambert
George Lambert
Atlanta
Perry-St. Clair Funeral Home
John Elwood Weaver
Princeton
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Elmer
Myrtle Weaver
Oakvale
John M. Weaver
U. 5
Air Force
Minot
N. D
Irene Knaper
Cleveland
Davis Funeral Chapel
Meridth Ball
N. W. Looney
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Funerals for Mary Yates Spangler Roy Hurst and Daniel Whitlock
Obituaries from Abbs Valley Lashmeet and Charleston report Mary Yates Spangler 73 of Abbs Valley Va dies with service today at 2 p.m. at Abbs Valley Church of God burial at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery. Roy Hurst 79 of Lashmeet dies with service today 1 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton burial Roselawn Cemetery. Daniel Thomas Whitlock Jr 58 of Charleston formerly Bluefield dies with service today at 11 a.m. Bartlett Burdette Funeral Home with Masonic graveside rites at Monte Vista Park. survivors note Grace Whitlock step-mother of Bluefield.
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Spangler
Mary Yates
Abbs Valley
Abbs Valley Church of God
Marvin Porter
William Myers
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Bluefield
Slusher Hardy
Walter Harmon
Asbury
Donald Looney
Freeman Spence
Jul Howell
Norman Cullop
Paul Street
Leonard Lawson
A. H. Duvall
Renick Cox
Oswald Ratcliffe
Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Whitlock
Daniel Thomas, Jr
Charleston
Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home
Tennessee Avenue
Conrad Crowe
Raymond £. Oliver
Monte Vista Park
Grace Whitlock
George Weaver Tr Shields Dies at 81 in Bluefield Hospital
George Weaver Tr Shields, 81, of Ceres Hollow near Princeton, died Monday morning in Bluefield Hospital following an incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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George Weaver
Tr Shields
Ceres Hollow
Princeton
Bluefield Hospital
Memorial
Livestock Sale At Bluegrass Market Inc Sets Total
Saturday sale at Bluegrass Market Inc totaled 38784.17 with 278 head sold to buyers. Cattle prices ranged widely from cows 24.50 to 34 per hundredweight, veal calves 40 to 48, steers and calves 45 to 51.50, bulls 25 to 39.50, hogs 39.50 to 48, and sows 28. Pigs shoats and other minor lots listed with varied per-head figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluegrass Market, Inc
Farm Course Offered At New River College Dublin Va
A winter quarter course in farm business management to be offered by the Office of Continuing Education at New River Community College in Dublin Virginia covers farm management, budgeting, costs, production planning, and the link between size efficiency and income. The class begins January 6 and runs five consecutive Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. The student cost is
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Office of Continuing Education
New River Community College
Dublin
Five Lowe Siblings Gather for Raven Assembly Service
Five Lowe brothers and five sisters from Virginia and Ohio were listed as survivors in a Raven service notice. The funeral for Mrs. Lucille Segner of Cleveland and others was conducted Thursday at Raven Assembly of God with Rev. Dale Holmes officiating, burial at Greenhills. Call hours were after the service with details incomplete.
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Richlands
Lucille Segner
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruth Farrar
Bere
Eva Wilson
Raven Va
Leola Puckett
Pounding Mill
Lowe
Cedar Bluff
Con Lowe Jr
Jim Lowe
Raven
James
Jack Lowe
Raven Assembly of God Church
Dale Holmes
Greenhills
Memory Gardens
Claypool
Princeton Woman Dies Of Exposure
Virginia State Police and Princeton Community Hospital determined Monday night that exposure caused the death of an elderly Princeton woman found in a chair in her unheated Mercer County home. Mrs. Mary Coles, in her late 70s of Route 2 Box 137, Princeton, was dead about 12 hours when neighbors found her at 4:30 p.m. Officials ruled out foul play. Paramedics from Appalachian Regional Ambulance Service transported the body to the hospital for exam. the funeral home in Bluefield handled arrangements.
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Wear
Virginia State Police
Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton
Mercer County
D. B. Meadows
Mary Coles
Rt. 2
Box 137
Boyle Faces Murder Charges Tied to Yablonski Case
Washington D C prosecutors press for extradition as Boyle, former president of UMW District 19, is indicted on murder charges linked to the 1969 killing of W A Yablonski. Evidence cited includes testimonies about a plot to kill Yablonski to prevent testimony and to influence union leadership.
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Boyle
Burgh
Waulton
D. C
Costa
Union
Elmer Shifko
Shifko
Meee
Turnblazer
UMW
Tennessee
Kentucky
Yablonski
Ablazer 33
District 19
Albert Pass
Washington, D.C
Pass
Clarksville
Arnold Miller
New Hope Church plans cantata Sunday
The New Hope United Methodist Church presents The Chorus in the Skies, a Christmas cantata by Fred B. Haleit, performed Sunday December 23. Direction by Mrs Clemaon and church members, with youth fellowship and men of the church taking part.
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New Hope United Methodist Church
Fred B. Haleit
Role Ae
Clemaon
A. J. Youn
No One Killed Jumbo Jet Crash Lands At Logan
An Iberia Airlines jumbo jet with 167 aboard crash landed in fog and rain at Logan International Airport. There were no deaths. twelve taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and others treated for injuries. The Madrid to Boston Flight 931 skidded about 200 yards, stopped 50 yards from the runway after bouncing twice. The NTSB will send a team led by Isabel A Burgess to Logan.
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Boston
Iberia Airlines
Logan International Airport
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Port Authority
Drainage Plans Approved For Princeton Recreation Project
Princeton city council approved the Recreation Land Drainage RC and D Measure Plan and continued funding steps for the airport property and Pine Street Caperton Avenue playground project. The plan, prepared with the USDA Soil Conservation Service, hinges on funding and will precede tennis court construction funded by $31,000 revenue sharing.
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Carol Fowler
Princeton
Airport
Pine Street
Caperton Avenue
United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Appalachian Power Company
Princeton Community Hospital
Richard Ellis
Michie City Publication Company
Princeton Public Library
Ellis
Library Board
West Virginna
Jerry Flanagan
Mercer County
Pan Am Boeing 707 hijacked on Rome to Beirut flight
Guerrillas stormed Rome’s airport terminal killing and wounding. A Pan Am crew and passengers suffered many deaths as four identified victims, plus a missing stewardess, raised the toll. Lufthansa jet hostages and chaos followed as hijackers fled to Athens.
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Fiumicino
Ian
Msmiten Perepee
Pan Am
Morde“alae Gad Potas
Boe Ees
Memar
Lufthanea
Ethiopian Airlines
Vic
Lauthansa
Frankfurt
Rome
Ervillas
Allan
Pereilas
Lufthansa
Frank Manion
Long Island
N.Y
Keeeny
Andrew Erveck
Las Vegas
Jane
el Arid Shafik
Khantouran Palaal
Jorfor
Athens
Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
Anak
Hiveckin
PLO
Exp
Climen Walington
Bramwell Parade Planned for Saturday Afternoon
The town of Bramwell schedules a parade this Saturday starting at 2 pm from the fire station and ending at 3 pm with a Santa visit. The event is sponsored by the mayor and town council.
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Bramwell
Santa Us
Signs Placed At Sporting Spots
The West Virginia Department of Highways has placed 500 signs at 29 public hunting and fishing areas with trailblazer markers at highway intersections. Wildlife Resources Chief Dan E Cantner notes many areas are remote, but knowing the highway number helps visitors locate the approach road quickly.
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West Virginia Department of Highways
Department of Natural Resources
U. S
West Virginia
Wildlife Resources
Dan E. Cantner
Tech Programs Being Offered at Dublin College
Three technology programs at Dublin Virginia College modify the fall-winter-spring schedule. New students may enroll immediately and begin January 7 in drafting and design, machine technology, electrical instrumentation, electronics, and related technology programs. Applications and registration can be completed before winter registration on January 2 and 3. More information is at the admissions office. Nuggets of moon matter found in Southeast Asia, Australia, Ivory Coast, Czechoslovakia, and the United States.
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New River Community College
Dublin
Southeast Asia
Australia
Ivory Coast
Czechoslovakia
The
United Fen
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Miles Smith
Brown Street
Mullins
Gladys Little
Gladys Little Gibson
Cravens-Shires
Bluewel
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blind Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Utw
Howe
Mall
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews
Shannon & Cullen
Telepay
James C
Chap
Cook James O. Cook
Taeger
Welch Hospital
North Spring
Wyoming County
Bilton
Dixie Harless Cook
Freewill Baptist Church
S Fork
UMWA
Welch
Cook
Mossie
Misa Carol Cook
Ben Elzach Bailey
Jaeger
Plewlt Cook
Kyle Cook
Don Cook
Hanover
Raymond Cook
Jack Cook
James Cook
Roy Cook
Berchle Cook
Tom Cook
Theodore Cook
Newport News
Lewis Cook
Beckley
Epple Riffe
Pearl Cline
Isaban
Ike’s Fork
Don Ellis
Roscoe Morgan
Edgar Riffe
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Sars Asunders
Lacy
Oaybeury
Sinkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Ney
West Cumberland AQ
W.va
the Beacon
Deaton
Cumberland
RCA
Hharfield
Jcpenney
Beaton Harbor
Federal Aviation Administration
Ronald Brinn
Port Authority
National Transportation Safety Board
Logan
Isabel A. Burgess
Nee Hays
Washingt, Seavenger
Hays
Princeton Recreation
Ward Ashford
Soil ‘Conservation Service
Council
Foi
Leckle
Flanigan
Ramia
Ater
Flanagan
George Stanton
Peasion
Richard Kephart
Alao
G. K. White
Ilice
Warrenizing
Ages Cleaners
Marcer
Associa
Albany
Amaritta Albuque
Anchorage
Athewiitt
de Wield
Thedy
Bedwnayitte
Charlenton
Charidtte
Tibet
Phay
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honotaly
Houston
Dureau
Kansas City
Little Rock
Little Rock 70 3E « Edy Ale Los Angelean OY
Toy
Milweuken
New Orleans
New York
Cir City Sa
Cay
Okla
Mana
Rland Sv
Philad
Piltspureh
Richmond
Br Louis
Salt Lake
San Fran
Seattle
Washington
Edmontn
Montreal
Winnipeg
Ryan
Darkins
College Ave
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