Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Frank Kellison 57 Narrows died en route to Giles Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at home. Survivors include wife Deanna and 3 sons 4 daughters and 16 grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Cedar Grove Christian Church with burial there. Ben Meade 74 Eckman died in Williamson hospital after illness. Multiple relatives listed. Elliott Patterson 80 Vals Creek died in Jeffersonville Hospital. Details include four daughters and two grandchildren. Lewis Grassitto 63 Keystone died of heart attack while walking home. Burial at Roselawn Princeton. William L White 92 Mercer County resident dies after long illness. Memorial at Princeton church. Various relatives listed. William Roy Crowell 67 Bluefield Ave funeral today at Hawk-Pat Home. Alec Witt 80 Claypool Hill dies after long illness. James Foreman Keystone death noted. funeral Saturday. John Andrew Terry 67 Oakvale dies in Bluefield. Mrs Mary Rosa Keene dies War. services Saturday. Gabe Rife Mitchem 79 Matoaka dies after long illness. burial at Grose Cemetery. Laura Belle Phillips Princeton dies Memorial Hospital. arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Kellison
Narrows
Giles Memorial Hospital
Virginian Railway Power Plant
Pocahontas County
Celia Alderman Kellison
Richmond
Stafford
Deanna W. Kellison
Jackie L
Robert G
Frank M. Kellison, Jr
Arm Mortis
Pearisburg
Evelyn Baker
Salem
Kathleen Lambert
Flint
Mich
Carrie Kellison
Delwood
Jesse Kellison
Rachel Farris
Covington
Emory Green
Ben H. Meade
Eckman
Williamson
Hansomville
Presley Meade
Ada Frances Lastley Meade
Lebeur
Sherry King
California
Albert Grill
Phil
Lewis Grassitto
Keystone
Italy
United States
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Eastern Gas and Fuel Co
Angela Grassitto
Johnny Grassitto
Joan Cowan
Ashland
Joe
Angelo Grassitto
Tony Grassitto
Canada
James Ryan
Roselawn
Princeton
Steve Kuffner
Tony Kuffner
Earl Boyd
Paul Bartello
Carl Fasel
Ugo Zanalle
Bennett Funneral
Northfork
W. L. White
William L. White
Mercer County
Memorial Hospital
Oakvale
Ballard P
Mary Woolwine White
First Christian Church
Clarence
Carl
Conley White
L. C. Chambers
E. R. Jackson
L. J. Elmore
Clarence C. Elmore
Bee White
Nancy Epling
Bluefield
Essie White
The
Road
Huett E. White
Oakvale Road
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Norman Crawford
Jim Jones
White Cemetery
Florenc Cantrill
Donnie Nester
Bernie
Dale Elmore
John McKinney
Cecil Croy
Tate Lohr
Frank Gibson
Treavor White
John Thornton
Harry Hutchinson
T. F. Herndon
Monte Vista
Switchback
Robert N
Frances M. Crowell
Grace Methodist Church
J. W. Whittaker
Elizabeth Ascue
Cedar Bluff
Clarence Crowell
James E
Joe Crowell
R. B. Farmer
Billy Ascue
Leland Carter
Paul Whittaker
Ted Johnson
Wallace Lewey
Alec Witt
Claypool Hill
Tazewell County
Ryburn
Elizabeth S. Witt
Steels Church
Erin E. Witt
Ava Taylor
Broadford
John Witt
Washington, C
James Foreman
Welch Hospital
Union Hall
B. A. Taylor
Oak Funeral Home
Missionary Society of the Mount
Anna Grimes
Turner Foreman
Pratt City
Ala
Estella Foreman
Camneller Foreman
Lovada Boles
Detroit
John Foreman
Willie J. Foreman
Birmingham
Robert Taylor
J. A. Terry John Andrew Terry
Norfolk and Western Railway
Lula Virginia Terry
Jimmy
Wayne
Tommy Terry
J. D. Terry
Kirby Terry
Joyce Brinkley
Juanita Harry
Penny Terry
Edna Terry
E. L
Mary Rosa Keene
War
Sam Keene
Wallace Honaker
Berlin Keene
Roger Lee Keene
Worley Keen
Alexandria
Earnest Keene
Frank Keene
Lucille Graham
Pauline Delth
Elkins
Madeline Keene
Imogene Keene
Margaret Keene
Robert Honaker
Newhall
Millard Honaker
Martha Logan
Ohio
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Burl Mitchell
Big Creek Cemetery
Gabe Rife Mitchem
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Church of God At
Hiawatha
Tracy Billings
Grose Cemetery
McDowell County
Samuel Mitchem
Tommy Mitchem
Alice Grose
Katie O'Dell
Bailey Funeral Home
Obituary Notice for Whitten Pauley of Pocahontas County
Whitten Pauley 83 of Pocahontas Va died Thursday morning in Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by four daughters Mrs Jack Hicks Route 1 Bluefield Va Mrs Dallas Langdon Cleveland Oh Mrs Calvin Lail and Pansy Pauley Pocahontas one son Hampton Pauley Kissimmee Fla 26 grandchildren 15 great. Funeral 1 p m Saturday Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Rev Ted R Cook burial Woodlawn Cemetery body at funeral home pallbearers listed. Robert Harris 65 of Tazewell Va died at home early. body at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitten Pauley
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Jack Hicks
Route 1
Bluefield
Dallas Langon
Cleveland
Calvin Lail
Pansy Pauley
Hampton Pauley
Kissimmee
Fila
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Ted R. Cook
Woodlawn
Paul Fern
Eddie Abshire
Clyde Dangerfield
Thomas Luke
James Harold
Bob White
Henry Lester
Nathaniel Dillon
Robert Harris
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead and note
The brief reads as a newspaper masthead from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph noting its establishment in 1893 and a decorative imprint referencing a publication schedule or office at Strest Blustiad, W. Vas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Gonath Bland
Strest, Blustiad
W. Vas
Local Infant and Adults Die in Welch and Roanoke Areas
Deidre Faye Green seven months old of Keystone dies after short illness at Welch hospital born May 4 1963 in Welch funeral at her home 2 p.m. Saturday Rev Tony Bratis burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Benjamin Franklin McClahanan two months old Stacy Virginia dies parish service at home with burial in McClanahan Cemetery. John David Saunders at 1202 Patterson Ave Roanoke formerly Princeton dies in Roanoke hospital survived by nieces and nephews. Funeral services held at Oakey's Roanoke with burial in Dublin Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deidre Faye Green
Lonnie Green
Keystone
Welch Hospital
Welch
Loretta
Phyllis
Patricia
Joyanne
Janet Green
Ronald
Don
Roger
Randy
Davis Green
McKinley Mullens
McDowell
Woodlawn
Tony Bratis
Bennett Funeral Chapel of
Northfork
J. D. Saunders
John David Saunders
Patterson Ave
Roanoke
Princeton
Oakey’s Funeral Home
Dublin
TACKETT Ida funeral service in Bluefield
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Tackett 88 of Bluefield are set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hawkins Memorial Church with burial to follow. Friends may call at Barnett Funeral Home in Marion Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tackett
Ida
Bluefield
Hawkins
Moore
Anna Coffey
Marion
Marion Baptist Church
Roselawn
Barnett Funeral Home
Christmas Carol Performed by Trinity Church Youth
Trinity Methodist Church youth group presents A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in Belcher Hall at 7:30 p.m. Cast includes Tom Cooper Jimmy Getgood and Debby Watts among 50 participants with Eugene Jones Jr Roy Henderson directing. A junior show The Elf Who Stayed Behind follows on Sunday at 6 p.m. concluding with Christmas for the Very Young Nativity play directed by Mrs. Everett Byrd and Mrs. Jack Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Trinity Methodist Church
College Avenue
Charles Dickens
Belcher Hall
Dickens
Tom Cooper
Jimmy Getgood
Deedy Hill
Jimmy Moore
Josh Jones
Debby Watts
Vickie Howard
Barbara Getgood
Arthur Shrader
George Vick
Carolers
Angels
Spir
Eugene Jones Jr
Roy Henderson
Stanley Bailey
Everett Byrd
Jack Howard
Claire Upshur
Stanley Martin
Robert French
Roderfield Miner Injured By Battery Incident
Albert M. Short, 32, of Roderfield in McDowell, was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after a mine accident at Premier. He and his brother operate the mine. Short was admitted at 10:15 p.m. suffering acid in both eyes from a battery explosion blasting corrosive spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Short
Roderfield
McDowell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Short
Drakes Branch Physician Killed in Suspected Gunshot
An elderly Drakes Branch physician Dr. Watkins was killed in his yard as he returned from a house call. Autopsy confirmed a close range gunshot to the left chest. A 2 person search team failed to find the weapon. his wallet with $100 was missing. Funeral set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Drakes Branch Protestant Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drakes Branch
Thomas Watkins
Charlotte County
Watkins
Richmond
G. T. Mann
Mann
John Locke
Dr. Watkins
Mary Bailey Watkins
Virginia 47
Arizona
Virginia
Hampden-Sydney College
Medical College of Virginia
Tucker C. Watkins Jr
Halifax
State Highway Commission
Drakes Branch Protestant Episcopal Church
Boston
Oak Ridge
Chalkley Named Head of Red Barn Food Department
Ed Chalkley former Bluefield Country Club manager will head the food department at the Red Barn Supper Club on the outskirts of Bluefield. He will oversee purchase inventory preparation and serving of all club food as announced by operator Andy Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Chalkley
Bluefield Country Club
Red Barn
Bluefield
Andy Anderson
Netherlands reports thalidomide linked birth defects
The Netherlands confirms to Parliament that twenty five babies were born deformed after mothers used a thalidomide containing drug during pregnancy. Health ministers provided the figures to lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Netherlands
Ministers of Health
Student Held For Threats and Kennedy Connection
McLarry testifies he was on duty at the time of Kennedy’s assassination and admits threats. Bond set at 2500 he cannot meet. He lists machinist laborer as occupation in the book depository. Oswald killed by Jack Ruby with trial set for Feb. 3 in Dallas. McLarry, Oswald, and Ruby all lived in Oak Cliff across the Trinity River. His case to go before the federal grand jury in Amarillo on January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLarry
Atkins
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Ruby
Oak Cliff
Trinity River
Federal Grand Jury
Amarillo
Tex
Bill Hughes
U.S
Ee Ae
Ual
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The forecast calls for a few snow flurries in the Virginia mountains with sunny but windy and very cold conditions elsewhere. Highs in the 20s east of the mountains and 5 to 12 in the mountains, then continuing very cold Saturday with fair skies. West Virginia sees partly cloudy, windy, very cold conditions with a few snow flurries possible Friday, and partly cloudy, very cold Saturday with possibly more flurries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
Robbins Talks To Graham Kiwanians
Wayne Robbins dean of men at Bluefield College spoke to Graham Kiwanis at the Masonic Hall Bluefield. He read Gift of the Magi. The club plans an inter club meeting with South Bluefield Kiwanis at Pinnacle Restaurant and a Ladies Night to install officers January 2 at Palmer Hall First Methodist Church. Guests included Bill Simpkins Joe Tate Mrs Wayne Robbins and John Newton and Ricky Calloway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Robbins
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Graham Kiwanis Club
Masonic Hall
Walter Neil
Ben Bates
South Bluefeld Kiwanis Club
Pinnacle
Federal Street
Palmer Hall
First Methodist Church
Bill Simpkins
Green Valley-Glenwood
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Prom
U.S. Weather Bartau
Orecas I
Lakes
Tennessee
Central Plains
Appalachians
Central
Gulf States
North Pacific Coast
North
Central Rockies
F. M. Kellison
T. E. Patterson
Taylor Elliott Patterson
Vals Creek
Jeffersonville Hospital
Claude Patterson
Frankfurt
Clyde
Orvin Patterson
N. J
Okey
Valls Creek
Calvin Patterson
Squire
Gladys Patterson
St. Petersburg
Frazier Lowe
Tom Hess
Phillip Beavers
Wall Creek
E. B. Smith
E. Blaine Smith
Grundy
Henry Smith
Fort Hood
Sergeant Prentice Smith
Germany
Darine Smith
James Meenwright
Suanen
Barbara Ratliff
T 0Ckland
Lois Smith
Jeanette Petiit
New York City
Olga Lambert
Charleston
Margaret Princeton
Marcus C Smith
Earl Smith
Charles W. Booth
Laura T. Booth
Cliffield
Betty Cantwell
Saltville
Jon
Doak Booth
Funeral
Rathlona
C. D. Monk
S. O. Frye
Maplewood Cemetery
W. R. Crowell
William Roy Crowell
Bluefield Ave
Hawk- Pat
Blue
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
W. E. Mustard
G. R. Mitchem
Laura Phillips
Laura Belle Phillips
Christie Ave
Deibre Faye Green
Benjamin McClanahan
Benjamin Franklin McClanahan
S. F. McClanahan
Stacy
Margaret Ann McClanahan
Orville Thacker
McClanahan
Trinity Church
Chalkley
Club
Timex
Eastman Fista
Old Spice
Yardley
Max Factor
Grabow
Yello Sole
Frank Medico
Whitman
Pepermint
Eastman Film
Taylor's Drug Store
Princeton Ave
Kennedy
Trail
Albany
Atlanta
Boise
Buffalo
Chicago
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Helena
Fort Worth
Teveres
Honolulu
Robbins
Graham Kiwanians
Bond
W. VA
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