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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
3
Obituaries report Herbert Lee Sharp 57 of Swords Creek dies after illness in Richlands hospital. Other notices include Lucy Lee Buckland 58 of Zelienople, Carrie Cregar 76 of Tazewell, Roy Miller 71 of Athens, and many funeral details across Grundy, Bluefield, Welch, and War.
Funeral services for Eugene A Bryson of New York City formerly of Kyle proceed today at 2 p.m. at Mercy Seat Baptist Church Powhatan with Rev. P. D. Edwards and Rev. T. Blackwell in charge. Survived by parents Ralph and Elenore Bryson wife Mrs B Bryson two sons Eugene Bryson Jr and Daniel Bryson of New York City sisters Claudine Elizabeth Leona Bryson Kyle brothers Ralph Jr Sgt Bryson Ellis Bryson Vincent Bryson of New York City. Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield arranging.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893 and publishing details. It notes Associated Press news service rights and advertising representation by The Kats Agency Inc with a Bluefield address and phone number.
Richard A. Fitzgerald 64 of Jenkinjones will be laid to rest Saturday at 1 p.m. at New Morning Star Baptist Church with Rev. H E Price Rev. H E Saunders and Rev. Thornton officiating. Burial follows at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Survivors include son Richard A. Fitzgerald Jr. Anawalt. daughters Florence Hastings Anawalt Polly Willis Jenkin Jones and John Brown Bluefield. 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Friends may call Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield tonight 6 to 10 p.m.
Mrs. Edd Mahaffey 56 of Premier dies in a Welch hospital after a short illness. Born Avice Burkes in Rockford Alabama she was the daughter of Ira A. and Elizabeth Kelley Burkes. She leaves husband Edd Mahaffey four sons Vance Hayes Welch Jerome Hayes Coalwood Jerry and Tim Hayes Jacksonville Florida. 13 grandchildren. Services at Pentecostal Holiness Church Premier at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev H B Grose and Rev Tony Brescia. Burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Burial to follow viewing at Douglas Mortuary Chapel today 5 to 9 p.m.
Mrs Minnie Florence Pennington of Glenwood Park died early Thursday in a Princeton hospital from an apparent heart attack. She was the wife of Roscie Pennington and requested interment at George W Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton.
Lucian H. Cox, 68, formerly of Filbert, died Wednesday in a Bridgeton New Jersey hospital. Arrangements were incomplete. Forming Fold Bow ft Welch.
Pat Tracy Honaker 67 of 1800 Main Street Princeton died at Glenwood Park Methodist Home. He was a retired farmer and World War II U S Army veteran born in Princeton. Survivors include sisters Faye Cunningham Mae Honaker and Ray Peters. Services Saturday at 10 a m at George W Seaver Chapel with Rev Paul Carter. burial in Oakwood Cemetery Princeton. Visitation today 4 to 9 p m.
Mrs Della Meadows of Yukon died Thursday evening in a Welch hospital. Funeral arrangements are in complete at the O J Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
Norman Thomas, veteran Socialist Party figure and pacifist, died at 84 in a Long Island nursing home. He ran six times for president from 1928 to 1948 and twice for New York mayor, never winning, but shaping dissent and calls for a peaceful political realignment.
In Napa California a mill worker Charles Coatney Bray 40 killed his six children aged 7 to 16 in their sleep then shot himself after setting a house fire. His wife Sylvia 37 was not home and a neighbor found Bray dying on the front lawn beside a .22 rifle and a gas can. Firefighters contained the blaze as investigators note Bray left a note for his wife and authorities withheld further details.
West Virginia University Hospital reports the first recorded Siamese twins in the state have died from pneumonia at age three weeks. The conjoined girls, born Nov. 29 to a 16 year old in Welch, weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces at birth and 6 pounds 15 ounces at death. The twins were joined from breastbone to navel. The birth occurred in Welch and the twins died Wednesday evening. The odds of such a birth are about 1 in 50 000.
President elect Nixon's staff lawyers, led by White House counsel John D. Ehrlichman, review financial holdings of 12 Cabinet nominees and aides. They examine confidential statements on employment, stocks, creditors, and real estate to flag conflicts and propose acceptable solutions.
Eastern Air Lines flight 47 carrying 143 passengers and eight crew diverted over the Atlantic and landed near Varadero Cuba after a pilot reported the need to go to Cuba. U S authorities relocated travelers to guarded rooms before bus transport. Since November 18 six hijackings have sent 374 people to Havana, marking the largest unscheduled arrivals since the 1959 wave.
The Mercer County Republican Club will meet at 7 30 p m to elect officers for 1969 and hear a report from an aide to Governor elect Arch Moore. Jack Stafford, club president, will speak after a nominating committee report from last month. The group meets monthly at the Mercer County Health Center.
At the annual meeting in Princeton, Phyllis Conner was named president and Jim Caffee as vice president. Ruth Richmond is secretary and Cris Barton treasurer. New three year directors include James Kee Howard Jarrett Keith Thompson and Richard McLaughlin Sr. plus other named directors.
Apollo 8’s crew slowed activity before launch, spent Thursday in a flight simulator, and met with flight officials. They live in semi isolation with limited contact as doctors and officials vaccinate about 1,200 people in their area and 400 in Houston to guard against the Hong Kong flu. Lovell's wife Marilyn and their four children are the only astronaut family members at Cape Kennedy and will be on hand for the event.
A 20-year-old mountaineer charged with four murders led authorities to a fifth victim, James Johnson, 20, found in a shallow grave near Frakes Kentucky. Troy Reeves admitted five slayings including Bell County prosecutor Tribell and guided police to a hidden shotgun used in the crimes.
Bluefield Kiwanis Club hears Bluefield College vice president George L. Euting. He argues that no absolute freedom exists and cites freedom from want and fear as drivers behind the U.S. Constitution. Club president B. B. Slemp presents prizes to Wesley Yost and Earl Perry. Rev. French Taylor offers the invocation.
Del W Marion Shifler of Union Monroe County was chosen as Majority Leader for the 63-Democrat West Virginia House. Incoming Speaker Ivor F Boiarsky also named Del J E Ned Watson to continue as judiciary chairman and Charles E Lohr to head the Education Committee.
Police continued the pursuit of leads after a ransom attempt failed in the Barbara Jane kidnapping in Atlanta. Detectives described two suspects, one stocky about 40 with dark hair and another slim fair handsome man about 25. Barbara Jane, a coed at Emory University, was seized from an Atlanta motel room by shotgun armed men who tied Barbara's mother and used chloroform on her.
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