Obituaries for Walls Swanson Miller Castle and others
Obituaries list multiple deaths from December 1998 including Leon Pee Wee Walls 53 Avondale died Dec 18 with service Dec 21 at Church of God Avondale. Bazzie Swanson Miller 90 Swords Creek died Dec 19 via Lebanon hospital with arrangements by Honaker Funeral Home. Raymond P. Castle Sr. 90 Bluefield died Dec 20 with arrangements by Huff Cook Funeral Home Castlewood. Clara Booher Arnold Janet Barnes and families noted with many relatives. funeral services set at Huff Cook Chapel Castlewood with Rev Roy Tincher, burial Temple Hill Memorial Park. Friends may call Dec 22 6 to 9 p.m. Grandsons pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon “Pee Wee” Walls
Avondale
Welch
Church of God
Bazzie Swanson Miller
Swords Creek
Lebanon
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Raymond P. Castle, Sr
Bluefield
Huff Cook Funeral Home
Castlewood
Nold
Clara Booher
Gordon
Charlotte
N.C
Janet Lynn Barnes
Robert
Neta Johnson
Clara Barnett
Bristol
Temple Hill Memorial Park
Bazzie Swanson Miller dies at 90 in Swords Creek Va
Bazzie Swanson Miller 90 of Swords Creek Va died Saturday December 19 1998 in a Lebanon Va hospital Born October 15 1908 in Swords Creek he was a coal miner and long time member of the Swords Creek Block Church Survived by wife Clara Ellen Miller four daughters three sons two sisters two brothers 13 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter Funeral held Tuesday at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bazzie Swanson Miller
Swords Creek
Lebanon
Ira
Tina Perkins Miller
Clara Ellen Miller
The
Home
Darlene Meadows
Shirley Honaker
Honaker
Brenda Miller
Rosedale
Bonnie Plaster
Guy Miller
James Miller
Dwight Miller
Gladys Ray
Lizzie Dye
Garden Creek
Harley “Penny” Miller
Jey Moran
Raymond P. Castle
Bluefield
Virginia
George W. and
Nannie Burke Castle
U.S. Steel
Gary
First Church of God
B.L
Charlie
Luther
Sam Castle
Ruby Lee Castle
Josie “Jo” Hicks
Anna Blevins Castle
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Raymond P. Castle, Jr
Betty
Elbert
Robert Jerry Castle
Hickory
N.C
Georgia Joyce Coffey
Funeral services scheduled today across Bluefield Princeton areas
Multiple funeral services set for today in Bluefield Princeton region. Bvene May Tabor Sarver at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield at 2 p.m. Burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Raleigh Eugene Collins at Cravens Shires Bluewell 1 p.m. Entombment in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. Phyllis Jean Williams at Mercer Bluefield 1 p.m. Burial at Rose lawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. William Thomas Ulich Sr. at Mercer Bluefield 10 a.m. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Charlotte Marie Shrewsbury at George W Seaver Princeton 1 p.m. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Herman Tracy French at Melrose Presbyterian near Princeton 2 p.m. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery Princeton. Hubert Minton Jr. at Buchanan Keen Mountain 1 p.m. Entombment in Greenhills Mausoleum Claypool Hill. Edward R Belcher at Bennett Widener Northfork 1 p.m. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Wallace Blankenship at Honaker Honaker 11 a.m. Burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bvene May Tabor Sarver
Dudley Memorial
Bluefield
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Raleigh Eugene Collins
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Phyllis Jean Williams
Mercer Funeral Home
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
William Thomas Ulich Sr
Charlotte Marie Shrewsbury
George W. Seaver
Herman Tracy French
Melrose Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Hubert Minton, Jr
Buchanan
Keen Mountain
Greenhills Mausoleum
Claypool Hill
Edward R. Belcher
Bennett- Widener
Northfork
Wallace Blankenship
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Greenhills Memory Gardens
First octuplets bring hope as 8 babies struggle to thrive
From Houston, Ms. Chukwu and husband Ike welcomed octuplets after a long fertility battle. Doctors reported the newborns are hanging in there despite extreme conditions and bed rest since early October. The delivery involved about 25 medical staff in an assembly line process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-1
Ms. Chukwu
Ike
Houston
Kirshen
Sydney
Australia
Rosario Clavijo
Huelva
Spain
Mandy Allwood
Bobbi McCaughey
Carlisle
Iowa
Officer injured as tractor-trailer roams roadblock chase
Grundy Virginia police and Buchanan County deputies pursued a stolen 18 wheeler that fled a moving roadblock. The vehicle struck patrolman Billy Deel’s cruiser injuring him lightly. One suspect escaped while another was captured. both were not from Buchanan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Buchanan County Sheriffs Department
Sheriff's Department
Hurley
Randal Ashby
Slate Creek
Ashby
Buchanan County
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff and Contact Details
Publisher and editors listed with roles include Executive Editor Advertising Director Circulation Director and department heads for News De City Editor WV State Editor VA State Editor Sports Editor and Lifestyles Editor. Names include Steve Smith Bobby English Wade Watson Henry Meade Jim Terry Barbara Hawkins Teddy Paynter Samantha Perry Tammy Cook. Includes contact notes for corrections and standard publication details. The paper traces to 1893 and lists address, mailing, and affiliation with AP and WV Press Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Terry
Barbara Hawkins
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perrypartment
Tammy Cook
Man dies in collision with Amtrak train in Hurricane
A truck driven by Gary Womack 37 of St. Albans was struck by an Amtrak passenger train at a crossing in Hurricane Putnam County as the vehicle attempted to cross. The train, traveling about 65 mph, dragged the truck 1000 feet. investigators could not determine why the vehicle was on the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Kanawha County
Amtrak
Gary Womack
St. Albans
Hurricane
David Kelly
Hurricane Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squa
Womack
Kelly
United States vows sustained push to topple Saddam Hussein
U S officials say the next phase will be deliberate and steady as airstrikes end. They warn Iraq may still possess weapons capability and could be attacked again to destroy it. Saddam proclaims victory as U S considers long containment backed by sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Clinton
Madeleine Albright
NBC
Saddam
U.S
Sandy Berger
CNN
Defense
William Cohen
Porter Goss
R-Fla
House Intelligence Committee
Fox News
U.N
Nizar Hamdoon
United Nations
Taha Yassin Ramadan
Britain
Gulf
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Army
Henry Shelton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
CBS
Pentagon
Cohen
Clinton Uses Compassion to Bolster Support After Impeachment
After the House impeached him on two articles, President Clinton launched a public strategy to raise standing, with 72 percent approval in an NBC poll. Aides pressed for a Senate trial alternative while Clinton pressed forward, citing unity and work for the nation as he attended church with family and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
NBC
House
Senate
Tory
White House
John Podesta
CNN
Howard Baker
Reagan
ABC
Iraq
Baker
Podesta
Chelsea
Richard Kelley
Foundry
Michele Magnum
Anthony Magnum
Kellye Walters
Liza Ashley
Arkansas
Danny Thomason
Harry Thomason
Thomason
Matthew Burden
Walter Shropshire
Senators debate impeachment trial options and civility
Senators urged careful handling of Clinton impeachment with Hatch McConnell and Dodd weighing trial or censure options. Some favored witnesses in private and a swift process, while others warned a trial is essential to set precedent. Baker recalled Watergate precedent amid calls for due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Senate
Hatch
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mitch McConnell
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
William Rehnquist
United States
House
Dodd
Bluefield forecasts wary of a white Christmas in 1998
Weather forecaster Leonardi says no storm systems expected soon and mild temperatures may not hold through Christmas. Snow chances for Christmas Eve exist but likely no accumulation, with past Bluefield Christmas snowfalls in 1995 1993 and 1989 and a 1966 eight inch snow on the ground record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardi
Bluefield
West Virginia
Weather Service
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Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
P.O. Box
News de
Steve Smith
Bobby English
Wade Watson
Henry Meade
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Princeton News Bureau
Mail Daily
Albright
Leahy
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Nickles
Fox
Trent Lott
R-Tenn
Richard Nixon
Electrolux
Town OF
J. C. Higginbotham
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