Deaths and Funerals Times in Bluefield Area
Leonard G Griffith 70 of Swords Creek Va died Thursday in a Kingsport Tenn hospital after a long illness. Survivors include wife Hattie Brown Griffith two sons Raymond Griffith and Donald Griffith four sisters and two brothers. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. John Sterrett Lt Col John D Sterrett 62 US Army retired of Raleigh NC died in Raleigh hospital. Funeral arrangements at First Baptist Church Raleigh and Monterey Cemetery. Harold Eugene Trump 49 of McGraws died Wednesday in Mullens hospital after a long illness. Survived by sister Georgia Owens and four brothers. Vernita McFadden 26 of Route 2 Haysi Va died Wednesday in Grundy Va clinic after long illness. Funeral at Pilgrim Home Church Prater Va with burial in McFadden Cemetery Wise Va. Several more notices listed with funerals at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield and other area homes. Commissioner entries include Emil Hill, Jess McKinley, Andrew Frazier, Mrs Aubrey Matherly, Mrs Bill Austin, Mrs Henry Clay McCary, Joe Buzzo, Mrs Ernest Canterbury, Mrs Johnnie Owens, Forest Cox, Hubert Lambert Tyler, Charlie Scott with various service details and guardianship notes.
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Leonard Griffith
Leonard G. Griffith
Swords Creek
Kingsport
Tenn
Marion and
Georgia Ray Griffith
Freewill Baptist Church
Meadows Coal Company
Hattie Brown Griffith
Raymond Griffith
Baltimore
Elbert Brown
Dick Brown
Lewis Griffith
MacArthur Miller
Danny Brown
Ralph Ward
John Sterrett
John D. Sterrett
U.S. Army
Raleigh
N.C
Apex High School
Apex
Caroline Sanders Sterrett
Hartley Sanders
Mercer County
William Sanders
Princeton
Sarah S. Warthen
Scarsdale
N.Y
Martha S. Tempest
Houston
Texas
Robert Sterrett
Bridgewater
First Baptist Church
Monterey Cemetery
Monterey
Brown-Wynne Funeral Home
St. Marys Street
Harold Trump
Harold Eugene Trump
McGraws
Mullens Hospital
Ravencliff Church of God
Georgia Owens
Ted
Ernie
Thomas
Jerry Trump
Carl Bower
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Longanacre Funeral Home
Mullens
Vernita McFadden
Route 2
Haysi
Grundy
Billy McFadden
Pilgrim Home Church
Prater
Evans Bailey
Dexter Church
Freddie Ramey
McFadden
Wise
Uncles
Haysi Funeral Home
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
John Bush
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Duane Davis
Jerry Farley
Jim Layton
Charles Howell
Cam Farquharson
Jack Armbrister
Scott Smith
Clifford Sykes
Joe Buzzo
Cleveland
Ohio
Nick
Mary Buzzo
Nick Buzzo
Johnny
Dominick Buzzo
Tony Buzzo
Mary Williams
Morgantown
Williams Funeral Home
Ernest Canterbury
Ernest S
Julia Thompson) Canterbury
Bozoo
Ronceverte
Monroe County
Charlie
Louise Underwood Thompson
Nila Farley
Cashmere Baptist Church
Minnie Cameron
John Poff
Hubert Canterbury
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Howard Spencer
Orchard
Ballard
Friends
Alvin Carter
Gerald Richardson
Doc Canterbury
Finley Canterbury
Bob Francis
Sam Goodall
Fire damages police auto at NAPA lot in Princeton area
Bluefield police squad car sustained extensive wiring damage after catching fire Thursday afternoon while parked at the NAPA Parts lot at Princeton Avenue and Monroe Street. Lt. M B Bailey said the 1979 Ford was damaged in the 6 p.m. blaze.
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Bluefield
NAPA
Princeton Avenue
Monroe Street
M.B. Bailey
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893, published every morning by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701. It is a member of the Associated Press and carries home delivery and mail rates. Postmaster address and advertising representatives are listed.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O
Couple Killed In Interstate Crash Near Bland Virginia
A 63 year old Pennsylvania man George F W Bristow and his wife Margaret C Bristow, 62, died when their 1980 Mercedes Benz rear collided with a parked tractor trailer on I-77 near Bland at mile post 51. State police said Bristow likely fell asleep at the wheel. The incident occurred about 8 15 a m and was investigated by Trooper T J Roseberry.
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Bland
Pennsylvania
Mile Post 51
Here
George F.W. Bristow
Guyasuta Road
Pittsburgh
Margaret C. Bristow
Wytheville
C.W. White
Bristow
Kenworth
White
Virginia
T.J. Roseberry
Dodson Funeral Rites Saturday
Former Bluefield police chief Andrew Lee Dodson 63 of 115 Genoa Ave Bluefield dies after brief illness. Funeral at Scott Street Baptist Church Saturday 11 a.m. with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Burial details include service by Rev. Bolden and Rev. Martin. honors by police and church groups. Public viewing at Richardson Funeral Home tonight 6-9 p.m. and one hour before services at the church.
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Bluefield
Andrew Lee Dodson
Genoa Ave
Scott Street Baptist Church
George R. Bolden
James E. Martin
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Northfork
Obediah
Maurice Smith Dodson
Bluefield State College
U.S. Army
Board of
Helping Hand Circle
Rotary Club
Governor’s Committee On
Bluefield State College Advisory Board
Marinda Johnson
Sam Payne
Will Mathena
Bernard Bailey
Jim Dent
Jim Bailey
Joe Pullano
Cody Reed
John Steele
Hiawatha Harding
Ted Hatfield
George Dishner
J.L. Walters
C.L. Honaker
Tom Helton
General Missionary Society
Richardson Funeral Home
Reagan urges compromise over Poland clampdown at news conference
President Reagan condemned the Polish martial law and mass arrests of Solidarity members urging constructive negotiation and human rights respect. He criticized coercion and said U S aid to Poland is unlikely while martial law persists. He praised Poland’s Solidarity as a beacon of freedom amid repression. He noted the Helsinki pact’s human rights violations and declined comment on Israel Golan Heights.
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Reagan
Poland
Solidarity Union
United States
Solidarity
Soviet Union
Helsinki
Israel
Golan Heights
Syria
White House
Larry Speakes
Congress
Glemp
Vatican Radio
Walesa
British Broadcasting Corp
Warsaw
Viktor Kulikov
Eara Sara Ars SA Ten
Ex-Business President Dies in Bluefield Home
Walter Bass Perkins 79 retired president of the Georgia Lumber Co in Bluefield was found dead at his home Thursday morning police say no foul play suspected Born in Bluefield he was a WWII veteran and held leadership roles with the Bluefield Lions Club and American Legion He is survived by two sons a daughter and a grandson burial and visitation details released by Mercer Funeral Home
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Walter Bass Perkins
Old Georgia Lumber Company
Bluefield
Perkins
College Ave
The
Georgia Lumber Co
Bluefield Avenue
Walter and
Mary Lee Bass Perkins
Bluefield High School
Virginia Polytechnic
Mercer County School Audits Prompt Difficult Corrective Task
Princeton daily reports Mercer County Board of Education faces challenges in fixing items from 1978-79 and 1979-80 audits. Superintendent John Hughes cites lingering non compliance in contracts, annual financial statements, lunch funds, and payroll controls, while outlining remedial steps and a new coaching supplements policy.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Board of Education
John Hughes
Hughes
Waldo Bauserman
David Knight
Knight
West Virginia
Allen Lackey
U N Security Council censures Israel over Golan Heights Annexation
United States joins a unanimous 15 to 0 U N Security Council resolution declaring Israel s Golan Heights annexation null and void The resolution calls on Israel to rescind its decision reaffirms commitment to a negotiated settlement and asks the secretary general to report back within two weeks with potential measures if Israel does not comply.
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United Nations
United States
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Golan Heights
Council
U.S
Charles M. Lichenstein
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Middle East
Security Council
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Matherly
Aubrey
Mary Lee
Speedway
Burns Wornal
Athens Road
Okie Harless
Mount Horeb
Old Ingleside Road
Donnie
Arnold Pennington
Hobie Keaton
Frankie Hill
Jerry Carr
Red Lee
McCary
Henry Clay
Mamie Johnston
Hale Ave
George W. Seaver
John Mendez
Bill Wilson
Resthaven Park
Glenwood Park
Johnnie Owens
Johnnie
Willie Mae) Owens
Saeger
Logan
Fanning Funeral Home
Cox Forest
Lincoln Cox
Ceres
Newberry Funeral Home
Hubert Lambert Tyler
Hubert Lambert
North Tazewell
Roanoke
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Charlie Scott
Hemphill
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Landon
Frankie
LA Salute
Yehuda Z. Blum
U.N. Secretary-General
Jaruzelski
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Grace Presbyterian
Lashmeet
Joe Rowland
State Trooper
Rowland H. Bailey
Danforth
Insurance Agency
Bluewell
Cosmetic
Cherry Street
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