Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area 1983
Obituary notices list Kelly Crigger 83 of Kingsport Tennessee, long illness. Woodrow Nunn 62 of Bluefield, florist, survivors including two daughters and a son. William McCall 65 of Mohegan, retired miner, UMWA member, multiple survivors. Ebert Bishop 61 Capels, retired miner and WWII veteran. King Ball 80 Cedar Bluff, farmer, multiple children and grandchildren. Dollie Welch 84 Swords Creek, sister and brother survivors. multiple other listings including Tyree, Wyatt, Farley with funeral details and survivors noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCall
William Edward McCall
Mohegan
Welch
UMWA
Twin Branch
Jim
Tilla Worthington McCall
Fannie Johnston McCall
Richard McCall
Flat Woods
Oliver McCall
Bellsville
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Bluewell
Robert Hudler
Fanning Funeral Home
Jackie McCall
Neil McCall
Tommy McCall
Johnny McCall
Dale Smith
Jack Straugh
Mark Green
Dollie Welch
Dollie Marie Welch
Rt. 1
Swords Creek
Richlands
Charles and
Selina Short Welch
Russell County
Freewill Baptist Church
Pine Creek
Della Welch
John R. Welch
Castlewood
Hurst-Scott
Jeff Callahan
Harley G. Dye
Greenhills
Mercer County Board of Education Meeting Scheduled
The Mercer County Board of Education will convene Monday at 4 p.m. on Honaker Street in Princeton to discuss property personnel and budget matters. Attorney Hatfield of Princeton notes a Daily Telegraph story omitted facts in the Buckland case, where Dave Buckland, a Welch Hospital work crew supervisor, was found not guilty of grand larceny after a McDowell County jury deliberated under 10 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
Honaker Street
Princeton
McGinnis Hatfield
Daily Telegraph
Dave Buckland
Buckland
Welch Emergency Hospital
Hatfield
McDowell County
Rudolph Marensky
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces standard publication details and subscription rates including addresses, zones, and delivery costs. The notice lists press association membership, post office duties, and advertising contact information.
Former Daily Telegraph foreman dies at 74
Robert Walter Yost 74 of 206 Montvale Double Gates Bluefield Virginia died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. A Bluefield native he was a retired composing room foreman for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co and a World War II veteran who retired from the Air Force Reserve as a lieutenant colonel. He attended George Washington University Law School and Fincastle Presbyterian Church. He leaves son Robert W. Yost II brothers James B. Yost and Willam H. Yost and two wives. Funeral services set for Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Visitation tonight from 6 to 9 at Mercer Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Nunn
Woodrow W
Willie Mae) Nunn
Bluefield
Itmann
Anna Lou Wise Wagner
Stacy William Wagner
Graham Floral Company
Vernie
Shirley) Stamper
Charlie Wagner
Phoenixville
Pauline Barnett
Grovetown
Louvina Maxie
Grand Prix
Texas
Dorothy Shultzer
Wellton
Ohio
Ellen Bailey
Joyce Palmer
Sypha
Calif
Barbara French
Coopers
Elizabeth Boggs
Graham Funeral Home Chapel
Ray Amos
Roselawn Memorial Park
Princeton
Robert Walter Yost
Montvale
Double Gates
Robert E
Mary McNeil Yost
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
U.S. Air Force Reserve
George Washington University School of Law
Fincastle Presbyterian Church
Alice C. Yost
Louise Simmons Yost
Robert W. Yost II
James B. Yost
Willam H. Yost
Greenville
N.C
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Ron Skidmore
Monte Vista Park
Mercer Funeral Home
Autopsy Planned for Bluefield Man's Death
An autopsy will determine the cause of death of 26 year old Kenneth Michael Estes of Bluefield. He was found dead Saturday at the home of Reginald Sigman and pronounced dead on arrival at Princeton Community Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home. Trooper L J McCarty leads the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Kenneth Michael Estes
Rt. 1
Box
Littlesburg Road
Reginald Sigman
Rt. 4
Estes
Princeton Community Hospital
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
L.J. McCarty
Three Killed in I-81 Wreck Near Chilhowie Va
A Friday crash on Interstate 81 near Chilhowie Virginia left three men dead and a northern Virginia teen, Sandra Rahilly, 17, in critical condition with multiple trauma. The 1983 Oldsmobile failed to stay on the road, crossed the median, and was hit by a southbound tractor-trailer. John Mark Cato 20 and David Matthew Cato 18 of Manassas died at the scene, Sean Kevin Davis 18 of Dale City died at Smyth County hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilhowie
Northern Virginia
Sandra Rahilly
Gainesville
Bristol
R.H. Campbell
Campbell
John Mark Cato
Manassas
David Matthew Cato
C.M. White
Sean Kevin Davis
Dale City
Smyth County Hospital
Fire at Amsterdam club kills 13 in blaze
Firefighters fought flames at Club 26 an Amsterdam sex and gambling venue as police arrested a 36 year old Israeli immigrant for arson after 13 bodies were recovered from the 17th century canal house. At least 25 injured police fear more victims in rubble with two friends also detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Canal House
Club
Duivendrecht
Haarlem
Abduction in Woods Ends With Discovery and Escape
Tomlinson recounts being abducted with a trainee then forced to remove shoes and endure cold in a remote wooded area. They found a house one mile away and alerted authorities after contacting Gibson’s relatives. Police search for suspects and the abduction vehicle continues as Gibson leaves his job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson
Gibson
Tom
Atomic Veterans Win Ruling
Washington based debate centers on whether a National Academy of Sciences study underestimates bone marrow cancer among U.S. veterans exposed to radiation in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and 235 atmospheric tests. The Office of Technology Assessment challenges the study, while the National Association of Atomic Veterans alleges broader cancer and related diseases among about 220,000 involved servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Academy of Sciences
U.S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Congress
Office of Technology Assessment
Academy
OTA
Defense Department
Japan
Eldon
Mondale Opens Campaign With Rich Fundraising Night
Walter Mondale raised about 1.5 million dollars in a single evening of private-house parties linked by a five minute TV ad, a haul likely matched by federal funds and expected to yield 60 000 new donors for 1984 campaigns, signaling a strong early war chest and a targeted media push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
AIDS A Global Health Threat Weighs On World Officials
London AP reports AIDS has killed over 1,000 in the United States and appeared in 32 other countries, now posing a global health threat. Western Europe accounts for about 10 percent of cases, with numbers doubling this year, WHO says. Over 3,000 cases worldwide, with evidence of wider spread in central and western Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Europe
North America
World Health Organization
Africa
Jean-Baptist Brunet
French Health Ministry
Associated Press
Foster Innocent Found in Front Royal Slaying Case
Kenneth Allen Foster was found innocent by a Warren County Circuit Court jury after a 24 hour deliberation on charges of first degree murder and use of a firearm in a felony in the Sept. 20 slaying of Front Royal police Sgt. Dennis Smedley. Foster testified relations between the two men had been bad and sometimes violent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Kenneth Allen Foster
Dennis Smedley
Warren County Circuit Court
Foster
Torney
Guy Farley
Commonwealth
David Crump
Wright brothers flight anniversary remembered at Kill Devil Hills
On the eighty year mark since Orville and Wilbur Wright's first powered takeoff, Ken Kellett piloted a replica Kitty Hawk Flyer to lift about 6 feet and travel nearly 100 feet in the annual tribute near the Wright Brothers Memorial. Astronaut William Thornton urged solving social problems to unlock space exploration potential as three A-6 jets and Coast Guard aircraft roared overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kill Devil Hills
N.C
Ken Kellett
Orville
Wilbur Wright
North Carolina
William Thornton
Kellett
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Boulder
Colo
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur
Wright Brothers Memorial
Thornton
Faison
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Coast Guard
Charleston Air Force Base
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The
Kelly Crigger
Kelly Richard Crigger
Greenwood Lane
Kingsport
Tenn
Max Meadows
Walter
Emma Morris Crigger
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Richlands Lodge
O'Keeffe
Tazewell
Muddy Creek
Blountville
Ruie Hickman Crigger
Samuel K
Gertrude) Shell
Fredericksburg
Ralph
Margaret) Johnson
J.L. Annie) Cooper
Roanoke
Laura Crigger
Baltimore, Md
Roy (Dott) Frazier
Bertie Penick
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Howard Hess
George Hess
Bill Hess
Harry Hess
Joe Sluss
Herman Whitt
Richlands Lodge No. 318
Ebert Jasper Bishop
Capels
Welch Hospital
Shannon Branch
John and
Mary Jane Mitchem Bishop
U.S. Army
Alta Branson Bishop
Albert Bishop
Premier
Freddy Bishop
Edmore Village
Donald
Ona) Roberts
Spurlockville
James
Anna) Rose
Patton
Mary Jane) Tackett
Carswell
Amos Bishop
Junior Poca
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
King Ball
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Johnson City
Reynolds Cemetery
Kents Ridge
Michael Boyd
Coy Sword
Gary Chambers
Steve Lester
Kenny Lester
Bill Hagg
Tazewell County
Tyree
Robert
Rt. 3
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Wyatt, Leck K
Newport, Mich
Paynesville
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Laeger
Earnest Gardner
Kelly Mullins
Farley
David G
Lake Bottom
Crotty
Lashmeet
Timothy S. Lusk
Steven Mills
Russell Harvey
Teddy Mills
Dwight Ross
Brad Elliott
Timmy Roberts
Ernie Mills
Allen Phillips
Bland Street
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Henry Hudson
Island of
Manhattan
Gillard
Horace Gilliard
Leavers Funeral Home
Gilliard
Rent Rinsenvac
Penn
Rinsenvac
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Atomic Veterans
Foster Innocent
Bluefield Monument Company
Virginia
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
W. Va
Hearing Aid Service
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