Obituary notices from Bluefield area recount multiple deaths
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph obituary column lists Archer Leonard Graves Jr 68 of St. Petersburg Fla former Montcalm resident and retired radio observatory employee among several deaths. Also noted are Taulbee B Smith 90 of Cleveland Va Price Isom 82 of Bronx N Y Arthur Lee Surratt 84 of Roanoke Va and multiple survivors, services, and burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer Leonard Graves Jr
St. Petersburg
Fla
Montcalm
Radio Observatory
Greenbank
St Petersburg
Sandra L.) Coleman
Fort Lauderdale Fla
Ann) Flora
Columbus
Ohio
A. Leonard Graves III
Sugar Grove
Frances Graves Thorner
Floyd Mason Graves
Baltimore Md
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Roy Knight
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Price Isom
East 178 St
Bronx
N.Y
Gary
U.S. Steel Corp
Luther Katherine Martin Sr
Bluefield
Lugo
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Address Details
Local notice listing subscription rates by mail and home delivery, and postal address details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Includes West Virginia zone pricing and contact points for address changes and advertising representation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W Va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Landon Associates
Funeral Services for Thurman Kent Pearson in Berwind
Thurman Kent Pearson 41 of Post Texas formerly of the War area dies. Today at 11 a.m. Berwind Revival Center Rev Bobby Stanley officiates. Burial in Grassy Spur Cemetery Bishop.
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Pearson, Thurman Kent
Post
Texas
War
Berwind
Bobby Stanley
Grassy Spur
Bishop, Va
McDowell Miner Killed In Capels Roof Fall
Willard Lee Green 36 of Hemphill died after a roof fall at A T Massey Shannon Pocahontas Mine Capels. He worked as a roof bolter, member of UMWA Local 6023, survived by wife Trudy Sue, mother Goldie Green, four brothers and two sisters, funeral Thursday 11 a.m. at Fanning Welch with Rev. Morgan Belcher. Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Pallbearers listed. Funeral home hours 5 to 9.
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John Hopkins
John W. Hopkins
Ellis Street
Bluefield
Graham Tazewell County
Mercer County
Bluefield State College
Pennsylvania Railroad
Madison Square Garden
Yankee
Shea
New York City
Scott Street Baptist Church
Dorothy Hopkins
John Hopkins Jr
Princeton
George Taxley
Charles Taxley
Columbus
Ohio
Sidney Taxley
East Orange
N.J
Alma H. Wooten
Floristine H. Holland
Frances H. Watkins
Lula E. Slade
Joanna Howard
George R. Bolden
Samuel A. Marrs
James E. Davis
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
H.T. Alexander
Arthur Cheatham
Willie Freeman Jr
Jesse Haynes
Silas Johnson
Felix Martin
Floyd Ray
Thomas Young
Richardson Funeral Home
George Estes Weiss
Ballard
Burton
Celanese Corporation
Ballard Baptist Church
Phillip G
Estel L. Weiss
Peterstown
Lacy D. Weiss
Narrows
Tracy J. Weiss
Richard
Doc) Weiss
Staffordsville
Clarence Miller
Randall Pack
Jim Helvey
R.G. Bostic
Pat Broyles
Ronnie Mann
Richard Mann
Capels
McDowell County
A.T Massey
Shannon- Pocahontas
Willard Lee Green
Hemphill
Welch Hospital
Mohegan
Goldie Lane Green
Virgil Green
A.T. Massey Shannon
Welch-Pineville
Don
Donna) Baker
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Morgan Belcher
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Frank Rushbrook
Billy Green
Kenny Ball
Russell Robinette
Robert Robinette
Judd Surface
Lewis Pierce
Hit And Run Kills Junior Poca Man
John Kitchen 69 of Junior Poca near Welch was pronounced dead on arrival after a hit-and-run incident. State Police say no suspects yet. investigation ongoing. Survivors include brother Arthur Kitchen and sister Ruth Huffman. funeral services planned with pallbearers.
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John Kitchen
Junior Poca
Welch
West Virginia State Police
Arthur Kitchen
Chillicothe
Ohio
Ruth Huffman
Hot Springs
Ark
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Virgil Akers
Lee Family
Johnnycake
Funeral Home
Armco Signs $200 Million Coal Contract With Portugal
Armco Inc. agrees to a five year 200 million dollar deal to supply Electricidade de Portugal with 3.5 million tons of low sulfur coal. The contract includes a possible five year renewal and shipments from West Virginia mines through a Newport News port facility under construction.
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Middletown, Ohio
Armco Inc
Portugal
Electricidade de Portugal
Armco
West Virginia
Newport News
Welch Robbery Attempt Fails at Deskins Supermarket
An armed man attempted to rob Deskins Supermarket in Welch Tuesday afternoon but was struck by a store employee and fled on foot. No injuries reported as police withheld details. employee reportedly remained unharmed.
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Eabetyia
Deskin
James Deskins
Deskins
Welch City
Bluefield Man Hurt In Wreck
A Bluefield man, Jackie Louis Persiani of Raleigh Street, was treated and released after a two vehicle crash at Blufield Avenue and Mercer Street. Persiani’s 1979 Pinto had to be towed. James R. Hill’s 1978 Chevy C-10 suffered about $600 in damage.
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Bluefield
Blufield Avenue
Mercer Street
Bluefield Community Hospital
Jackie Louis Persiani
Raleigh St
the City
James R. Hill
Harrison St
Princeton
Extradition Under Way For Convicted Murders Williams
Extradition proceedings have begun in Marshall County Circuit Court for Ronald T. Williams who is wanted for first degree murder in Arizona. Williams, 39, appeared under heavy guard as authorities seek to return him to face possible death penalty charges for the elder Maricopa County man’s shooting. He already serves life for the 1975 Beckley police officer killing and received life with mercy for a 1979 mass penitentiary breakout that left Trooper Philip Kesner dead.
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Moundsville
W.va
Marshall County
Ronald T. Williams
Arizona
Williams
Beckley
Philip Kesner
Maricopa County
Jerry Lewis Has Emergency Open Heart Surgery
Comedian Jerry Lewis underwent emergency open heart surgery in Las Vegas after tests showed a blockage in his arteries. Doctors reported he is in good condition and should be able to resume his career. He suffered severe cardiac arrhythmias on Monday night, though he had no prior heart problems.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Jerry Lewis
Lewis
Reagan Signs Compromise Money Bill After Turbulent Session
President Reagan signed a broad spending bill after a lame duck session, noting overall spending levels were met while excluding public works jobs programs and funds for early MX missile production. He criticized Pershing II funding and Legal Services cuts, while praising veterans benefits restorations.
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Congress
Reagan
Larry Speakes
White House
Legal Services Corporation
Session At A Glance: 32 Week Lame-Duck Actions
The 32 week lame duck session approved a high level nuclear waste policy with an underground site targeted for late 1990s and rejected Reagan’s MX missile base in Wyoming while funding continued development at 2.5 billion. The House set contempt for EPA chief Anne Gorsuch over subpoenaed documents, a 9,138 pay raise for members, and four of 13 appropriations bills to keep government running.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
Wyoming
Reagan Administration
House
Environmental Protection Agency
Anne M. Gorsuch
Departments of Agriculture, Transportation and Interior
District of Columbia
Interior
James G. Watt
California
Silvestri Convicted in Abscam Bribery Case
Real estate developer Joseph Silvestri of Keyport New Jersey was convicted of conspiring to bring congressmen to undercover FBI agents offering bribes in the Abscam probe. Jurors deliberated six hours. sentencing set for January 21 with a possible 15 year term.
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New York
Joseph Silvestri
FBI
Abscam
Silvestri
U.S
Jack B. Weinstein
Keyport
N.J
Alfred J. de Collis
de Collis
Livestock auction totals at Alderson Market on Friday
Alderson Livestock Market sold 220 head on Friday December 17. Total receipts were 61448 dollars and 60 cents. Prices ranged for stockers and feeders across steers bull calves hogs cows sheep and goats with varied grades and weights.
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Alderson Market
Alderson Livestock Market
Judge to rule on Reagan year of the Bible declaration
A federal judge said he would decide by Thursday whether to block President Reagan from designating 1983 as the Year of the Bible. Anne Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation sought an injunction, arguing the move could harm her group.
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Madison
Wis
Reagan
Congress
Anne Gaylor
Freedom From Religion Foundation
U.S
James E. Doyle
New Telephone Company In Works
AT&T will form a regional corporation in Philadelphia to serve six states and Washington, D.C., per court orders. Mayor Green and Gov Thornburgh welcomed the decision. Bell of Pennsylvania's William L Mobraaten is promoted to board chairman of six regional companies nationwide.
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Philadelphia
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
Washington, D.C
At&t
William Green
Pennsylvania
Richard Thornburgh
William L. Mobraaten
Bell of Pennsylvania
Diamond State
Delaware
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Archer Graves Jr
Taulbee Smith
Taulbee B. Smith
Cleveland
Andrew B
Nannie Hart Smith
Russell County
Ellis Hargis
Honaker
Nash’s Ford Baptist Church
Castina B. Smith
Bristol, Tenn
Trula S. Young
Betty S. Arrington
Frances S. Flenner
Blountville
Tenn
Harold B. Smith
Lennie S. Compton
Council
Russell County Funeral Home
Lawrence Harrison
Bill Boggs
Mountain View
Bristol
Price
Isom
Arthur Surratt
Arthur Lee Surratt
Plantation Road
Roanoke
Oakvale
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Mrs
Alice Ratcliff
Alice Robinson Ratcliff
Woodbridge
Castlewood
Holiness Church of God
Robert W. Ratcliff
Robert Ratcliff
Charles Ratcliff
Jacksonville
James Lee Ratcliff
Havana
Gladys Luttrell
Mary Alice Ratcliff
Alexandria
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Deward Frazier
Saeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Earl Sprinkle
Earl E. Sprinkle
Lewis and Clark
James Christian
James Keyser
Margaret) Christian
Route 1
Bandy
Tazewell
Bobby Lee Christian
James K. Christian Jr
Thomas J. Christian
Walter H. Christian
Dana Bandy
Peeryville
Shirley Utke
San Jose
Joyce Christian
North Tazewell
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel
Ted Anders
Kenneth Fields
Maplewood Cemetery
Charlie Wingo
David Taylor
Dean Fields
David Pruitt
Clarence Pruitt
John Smith
Jess Crouse
Omar Glover
George Weiss
David Cantrell
David W. Cantrell
Knoxville, Tenn
Paynesville
Knoxville
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Edward Alston
Edward S. Alston
Page Funeral Home
Play IT Safe
Broyles
Preston Taylor
Mayreese Queener
Marion
Caretta Methodist Church
William Holmes
Grandview Memory Gardens
McDowell
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Industrial Gas & Supply
Your Welding
East Bluefield
Mercer Mall
Yogesh Chand
ST. Lukes
HigHway 460
Southview Dr
New Telephone Company
Roller Floral Co
Princeton & Beckley
Liberty Baptist Church
Princeton, Wva
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