Obituaries from Bland Bluefield and Grundy areas dated December 2007
Obituaries list six residents with ages and death dates including Joseph Chester Bohara 87 Bland VA December 17 2007 arranged by Highland Bland Funeral Chapel. Kenneth E Gilpin 69 Bluefield VA December 17 2007 with arrangements by Cravens Shires Funeral Home. Macarthur Mac McCoy 65 Wirtz VA formerly Hurley VA died December 15 2007 with Virginia Funeral Home Grundy VA in charge. Betty Mae Smith 83 Matoaka died December 18 2007 arrangements incomplete at Bailey Kirk Funeral Home Princeton. Leon Stiltner Spahr 81 Poplar Creek Grundy died December 18 2007 at Buchanan General Hospital with Grundy Funeral Home in charge.
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Joseph Chester Bohara
Bland
Highland Bland
Kenneth E. Gilpin
Graham Ave
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Macarthur “Mac” McCoy
Wirtz
Hurley
Rocky Mount
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Betty Mae Smith
Matoaka
Bailey-Kirk Funeral
Princeton
Leon Stiltner Spahr
Poplar Creek
Buchanan General Hospital
Grundy Funeral Home
Obituary notices from Bluefield area December 18 2007
Multiple obituaries list Lance Tubby Hall 86 of Bluefield died December 18 2007 at Princeton Health Care. Other notices include Betty Joyce Hosmer Edna Longworth Lelia Newman Billy Roark and Fridley etc with funeral details and survivors. services set at Mercer Cravens Shires Dudley Memorial and local churches. Survivors feature spouses children siblings and grandchildren with burial at Roselawn Maple Hill Woodlawn and local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance “Tubby” Hall
National Coil
Mr. Hall
John Skerko
David Skerko
Arnalene Austin Hall
Arnold L. Hall
Joyce Lynn Skerko
Bluefield
Janet Sawyers
Don
Mary Sue Anderson
John
Galena
Ohio
Elizabeth Lowman
Jonathan Sawyers
Kenneth Skerko
Mercer Funeral Home
Clinton M. Goad
Rose
MercerFuneralHome
Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory of
Lance Hall
Coaldale
Robert Sheffy Little
Sarah Mills Little
First Baptist Church
Bluewell
Willard Newman
Margaret Elizabeth Hash
Aliie Little
Ruby Runion
Beulah Little
Donald Hash
Pat
Waynesboro
Willa
Pete” Gabris
Sarah
Jamie Rodgers
Donnie Ray
Cathy
Chris Jones
Morgan
Mollie Rodgers
Nicole
Austin McKinna Hash
Colin
Chase Jones
Harriet
Skip
Kevin Brown
Duane
Wendy
Hannah Caleb
Sarah Brown
Julie
Robert
Jessica
Madison Shanklin
Juanita White
Ann
Mike
Bristol
Bob
Mary Evelyn Gabris
Salem
Dave
Patty Gabris
Vinton
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
James Milam
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bob Gabris
David Gabris
Skip Brown
Robert Shanklin
Duane Brown
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Newman
Legacy.com
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Corrections Policy Update
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines corrections and clarifications to prevent inaccuracies. It notes prompt publication of corrections usually on the first pages of sections A or B and provides editor contact for reporting errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Turkish army strikes into northern Iraq in limited cross border raid
Turkish forces crossed about a few miles into northern Iraq in a limited operation targeting PKK bases, withdrawing after 15 hours. Iraqi Kurd officials confirmed the raid and said the troops returned to Turkey. The move raises U S mediation pressures and follows air strikes two days earlier.
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Baghdad
Turkey
Iraq
Washington
U.N. High Commissioner For
Kurdistan
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Kirkuk
Peshmerga
Kurdistan People’s Paraty
PKK
Jabar Yawar
Feds seek 634525 from 2004 West Virginia settlement
Federal officials threaten to withhold Medicaid funds over West Virginia handling of a 2004 settlement. The dispute centers on Dey Inc. billing for an asthma inhalant and how the $850,000 payout was allocated among Medicaid and other programs. The state plans to appeal CMS findings.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Darrell McGraw
U.S. Centers For Medtcare
Medicaid Services
Barbara Allen
Dey Inc
McGraw
Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Public Employees Insurance Agency
Workers Compensation System
CMS
Ted Gallagher
State Bureau of Medical Services
Gallagher
Purdue Pharma
Police Blotter Reports Accidental School Alarm
December blotter notes an accidental alarm at Bluefield Middle School investigated by Ptim H.E Naumann. A December crash at Stadium Drive generated a complaint report by Ptim J.W. Murray Jr. and a five car collision on Washington Street investigated by Ptim R.D. Davis and Ptim A.G. Calder. A threat report from a man at the Upperclassman on Cumberland Road led Ptim A.G. Calder to advise options.
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Bluefield Middle School
Ptim
H.E Naumann
Stadium Drive
J.W. Murray, Jr
Washington Street
R.D. Davis
A.G. Calder
Cumberland Road
Lashmeet disaster fund set up for Scruggs family
A disaster fund is established at MCNB Banks in Princeton for Daniel and Donnetta Scruggs who lost their Lashmeet home on December 16 when a tree crushed the structure. The family, not injured, saw the home seriously damaged and contributions are invited to Donnetta Scruggs Fund MCNB Banks PO Box 750 Princeton WV 24740.
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Lashmeet
Princeton
Daniel
Donnetta Scruggs
Lashmeet Road
Idena Mitchell
McNb Banks
Betty Lamb
Donnetta Scruggs Fund
MCNB
Community Christmas Tree Aid Reaches 90th Year in Bluefield
The Bluefield Daily Telegraphs Community Christmas Tree marks its 90th year as volunteers prepare to serve about 800 children with gift bags including toys books gloves toboggans socks and candy. The fundraising goal is $27 500 with a party at Bluefield Auditorium where Santa arrives at 12 30 p.m. Donations are asked by mail to The Community Christmas Tree PO Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 or in person at 928 Bluefield Ave.
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Brian Collie
Virginias
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tom Colley
Daily Telegraph
Jimmie
Bluefield
Colley
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Olga Z. Beaman Johnston
Princeton High School
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Dean Hosmer
Imogene Estep
Zell Sparks
Robert B. Johnston
Grafton
Welch Beaman Johnston
Lois June Thomas
Arlington
Nina Alvis
Penninsula
Ann Barnes
Creswell
N.C
Martha Perdue
Maritn Murphy
Arvijean Barrett
Tazewell
Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum
D.W. Perdue
Hosmer
Edna Bess Longworth
Berkshire Health Care Center
Chicago
Robert Lee Longworth
Edna B. MacFarlane Longworth
Edna
Bluefield College
U.S. Navy
Navy
George Washington University Hospital
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Virginia
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Robert Longworth Jr
Jack Herbert Longworth
William A. Longworth
Ruth Mae Barnett
Janice Beard Longworth
Roanoke
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Logan St
Legacy
Lelia B. Little
Newman Bluewell
Lelia B. Little Newman
Kings Daughters Rehab Center
Staunton, Va
Billy E. Roark
Irene Pruitt Roark
West Virginia Army Honor Guard
Roark
Margaret Ann Wallace
Ackermann
Dudley Memorial
Maple Hill
Maurel Kermit
Bud’ Bragg
Grace and Truth Ministries
Coal City
Layland
Gary Neil Gonderman
Farris
Abingdon
William A
Buck” Lusk
Alpaca Methodist
Regular Baptist
Alpeca
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Clara Elizabeth Neal
Wesley’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Tannersville
Neal Cemetery
Margie Shrewsbury
Rowland H. Bailey
Henderson-Shrewsbury Family
Wenonah Mountain
Quentin Michael Slaughter
Bland Funeral Home
Musick Family
Bastian
Martha Juanita Wimmer
Burns Wornal
Athens Road
Resthaven Memorial Park
Marta
William ‘S
Luefield Avenue
Bluefield, West No. 113
Ceaser
Nda
Watsonry Meade
S. Dorton
Genea
Oca
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Princeton News Bureau
P.O. Box
Jinia
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield Ave
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
WV Press Assn
The
Feds
W.va
Bluefield Police
A-1
Tom and
Joan Adkins
Sgt
Louis Romano
BHS
Charles Cardwell
David Johnson
Jewel Johnson
Ralph Evans
Janet Thompson
Jerry, Melody and Griffin
Sesie Aih Me
Pansy White
David R. White
Eou Ece
C.R. Cruise Sr
Richard and
Jane
Sandra Stanley
Coal News Inc
Allen
Elaine Powonos
Casas Dss
Abigail
Jackson
Tom
Rita Hopkins
Ernest
Margaret Linkous
Sherwood Apartments
Betty O'Bryan
Jack
Beverly Bonnie
Barry
Belinda
Eric
Chris-Tenna Perkins
Bob Duvall
Leila Seeley-Hufford
Bot Hufford
Carl and
Sherry Chapman
Anonymous
Anita Moody
Mark Pullins
Allison Pullins
Luke Simplicio
Sis
Bhasker
Alice Pujari
Leo Portis
Hiawatha Harding Jr
Larry and
Charlotte Stallard
James and Flora Stone
Bonnie McKay
Matthew Orner
Frittata
Cnrictmaes
Laura A. Walls
Father
Rosemary
James C
Robert An
Donald
Lavella Pettrey
Kathy Pettrey
Carolyn Harshbarger
Chester
Patty Pettrey
Panghe
Frederick Street
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