Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area prompt notices
Julia Rose, 94, of Pageton dies at Welch hospital of natural causes. Surviving Rose family includes two sons, daughter in law, granddaughter, numerous descendants. Services Saturday at 1 p.m. at Church of Jesus Christ in Skygusty with several ministers officiating. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Fanning Funeral Home arranging. Mae R. Hunter, 86, former Athens English professor, dies in Detroit after long illness. Estil Young, 73, Lerona resident and WWII veteran, dies in Salem hospital. Burial at Pipestem Rocky Mount Cemetery. Funeral details given for each, with visitations and arrangements.
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Julia Rose
Pageton
Welch Hospital
Gary No. 5
McDowell County
Alexander Rose
Drewry Rose
George Rose
Beckley
Viola Rose
William Pauline Bros
Vernon Rose
Alec Rose
Kenny Hunley
Bo Davis
Rick Hurt
Church of Jesus Christ
Fanning
Mae R. Hunter
Pontiac
Mich
Athens
Detroit
Ripley
Concord College
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
West Virginia University
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority
Kappa Delta Thi
Alders Gate
Joan Gwinn
Janet Lawrence
Jean Osborne
Tampa
Fla
Sue Dingess
Silver Springs
James Newman
Roanoke
Estil Young
Lerona
Salem
Pipestem
Carl Barton
Spanishburg
Amy Harless
Zed Young
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Princeton
James D. Bailey
Rocky Mount Cemetery
Pipestemn
Conley Blankenship
Conley J. Blankenship
Bluefield
Blankenship Grocery
Stella Church Blankenship
James H
Pat) Harrill
Paris
David Oliver Blankenship
Toccoa
Bertha Lawson
Saeger
Pearl Fuller
New Castle
Anderson Blankenship
Randolph J. Blankenship
Charleston
Elias Blankenship
Pullman
Wash
Fanning Funeral Home
Laeger
Alvin Cline
Four Pole
Mohawk
Peterstown area obituaries and services in brief
Mourners remember Heather Mooney 11 of Peterstown who died after a surgery complication. Funeral held at Peterstown United Methodist Church with Rev. Kelly Sparks officiating. burial at Peters town cemetery. Also listed are notices for Mrs. Ena Virginia Ellis, Mrs. Roxie Virginia Walls, Roosevelt Peery, and Conley J. Blankenship with service details and family survivors.
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Heather Chantelle Mooney
Marvin E
Rita Harry Mooney
Peterstown
Bluefield
Pearlsburg
Thomas Francis
Bill Bailey
Freddie Ferguson
Steve Miller
Jim Wentz
Gary White
Glenn
Ena Virginia) Ellis
Bradenton
Fla
Ellis
Speedway
Richard Crockett
Norfolk, Va
Pat Harris
Anaheim
Calif
Karen Christian
Fairmont
Alyce Caffee
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Griffith-Cline Funeral Home
Funerals Set For Local Residents Across Bluefield Area
Funeral services are planned for Ernest Ray Shrewsbury 66 of Bethel Community Princeton at Burns-Wornal Chapel Princeton with two ministers officiating. Betty Hughes 60 of Keystone Clyde Burke Mountain dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital with Bennett-Northfork handling arrangements. Lena Mae Wolfe Brooks 86 of Bluefield Va dies. service 11am Ebenezer United Methodist Bluefield Va with Grandview Memory Gardens. Robert W Hall 52 of Thompson Valley Va service 2pm Peery St Clair Funeral Home Chapel Tazewell Va. J A Macie L Wallace 84 of Sprinville Va service 2pm Dudley Memorial Funeral Chapel Bluefield Va burial Maple Hill Cemetery. Frances Cook Newberry 55 of Springs Road Princeton service Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity with Rev Meade.
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Frank
Roxie Virginia) Walls
Welch
Welch Hospital
Carroll County
Luther
Margie) Moody
Alma Thobois
Morgantown
Anna M. Lane
Chicago, Il
Ray Walls
Wytheville
Jessie King
Draper, Va
Dora Dalton
Draper
Roberta Smith
Pulaski
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Jack Barker
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Edna P. Smith
Bluefield
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Larry Rye
Ivan Smith
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
American Heart Association
Shrewsbury
Ernest Ray
Bethel Community
Memorial
Athens Road
Richard Gibson
R. Hill
Oscar Prichett
John Thomas
John Dunigan
Dan Croy
Wes Hamrick
Freddie Cox
Betty Hughes
Betty ‘‘Petie’’ Hughes
Keystone
Burke Mountain
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Hall
Robert W
Bob
Thompson Valley
Eddie Nash
Wallace
J.A
Macie L
Sprinville
Dudley Memorial Funeral
Charles Sublett
Jack Tolbert
Maple Hill
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Data Card
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment in 1893, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and subscription rates 66 dollars yearly 5.50 dollars monthly for home delivery. It notes Associated Press membership and mailing information.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Memorial service for Handy Jr. held after tavern incident
A private memorial service is set for Harry Hugh Handy Jr. 31, of Princeton, who died from a personal safety related gunshot wound after briefly taking nine people hostage at Old Towne Pub on Thorn Street Monday night. Handy, a Vietnam veteran and Joy Manufacturing welder, left a wife and two children. Memorial directory on Athens Road in Princeton is handling arrangements with a local kidney fund.
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Princeton
Harry Hugh Handy Jr
Village Green Trailer Park
Princeton Hospital
Old Towne
Thorn Street
Newport News, Va
Elizabeth Stevenson Shaffer
Harry H. Handy Sr
Joy Manufacturing Company
Bluefield
Athens Road
Pinceton
Virginia Considers Mine Rescue And Safety Reforms
Virginia lawmakers debate a good samaritan style exemption for volunteer mine rescue teams and a conflict of interest rule barring mine inspectors from owning stock. They study creating a state mine rescue capability with funding needs noted. Robb seeks a $500,000 boost to the Division of Mines budget in 1984, while user fees face opposition.
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Assembly
Division of Mines
Change Stolen From Beauty Shop Probe Begins
PRINCETON Mercer County deputies investigate after $2 in change vanished from a Brushfork beauty shop cash box at Hair Play in Brushfork Tuesday night. Entrance appears gained by prying a roof section on the A frame building, with roof damage estimated at $100.
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Princeton
Brushfork
Mercer County
Gap-dwelling residents face aid gaps in Grundy County
In Grundy and Buchanan counties residents describe limited government support for long term housing and fuel needs. Hilton, a Grady-area man reliant on occasional food and fuel aid, says he is happy with what he has though he worries most about food and fuel. Local officials acknowledge gaps in ongoing maintenance programs and advocate empathy for those in between aid categories. Meanwhile Grundy County officials outline swearing in of new county board members and constitutional officers, with several new faces and incumbents taking oaths at 9 a.m. in the county courthouse.
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Jean Montgomery
New River Community Action
Giles County
Hilton
Linda Boggs
County Social Services Department
Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Circuit Court
N.E. Person
Clifford K. Helton
Garden District
Verner M. Blankenship
Knox
Omalene Deel
Prater
William P. Harris
Hurricane
Max Lewis
North Grundy
Gary Rose
South Grundy
Paul Elswick
Rock Lick
Wayne T. Horne
Commonwealth
Paul A. Crouse
Russell Presley
Victor V. Breeding
J.H
Jim) Childress
Bombs and battles rock Lebanon amid Beirut chaos
Civil defense workers face gunfire as security forces push back crowds around rescue sites. A voice claims responsibility for bombings as French and Israeli actions escalate. Israeli jets raid Baalbek amid cross border clashes while PLO fighters flee to Iraq with thousands of loyalists.
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Voice of Lebanon Radio
Black Hand
Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa
Baalbek
Sheik Abdullah
Israel
Jerusalem
Moshe Arens
Syria
Souk el-Gharb
Final Arguments Held In Apco Fuel Review
Final arguments were heard in Charleston as the Public Service Commission reviews Appalachian Power coal costs. PSC critics allege improper pricing raised West Virginia customer charges by about 23.9 million from December 1982 to May 1983, with proposals to change the price calculation.
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Apco Fuel Review
Charleston
W.va
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power
PSC
Apco
Otis Casto
Darrell W. Preece
Commission
American Electric Power
Preece
AEP
West Virginia
McDowell Commission Approves Mortgage Revenue Bonds
McDowell County Commission approved issuing 18.3 million dollars in single family mortgage revenue bonds in a joint venture with 24 counties and Wheeling to finance residential property for families with lower downpayments and interest costs. Underwriters Baker Watts and E F Hutton will assist with structuring. Bruce Cline of Goodwin & Goodwin said funds will be available in January and accessible via local banks until depleted.
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Mary Davis
Daily Telegraph
Wesler Welch
McDowell County Commission
Goodwin & Goodwin
Baker, Watts
E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc
Wheeling
Sid Bell
Milda Taylor
Commission
Bruce Cline
Freezing Rain Slams Virginia Causing Dozens Of Crashes
Freezing rain turned Virginia roads into ice across northern central and western regions. Arlington police reported at least 50 traffic accidents, many serious, with bridges frozen and U S 50 access closed. Four accidents near Memorial Bridge and George Washington Parkway. I 95 and Virginia 3 in Fredericksburg hit by ongoing crashes. Weather expected to shift to rain overnight. Blue Ridge Parkway closed south to North Carolina border.
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Associatea
Virginia
Arlington County
U.S. 50
Cindy Wesen
U.S. Park
Memorial Bridge
George Washington Parkway
Arlington
Fredericksburg
Interstate 95
Virginia 3
Shenandoah Valley
Roanoke
National Weather Service
Charlottesville
West Virginia
Blue Ridge Parkway
Otter
North Carolina
Salem
Wytheville
Draper Mountain
Pulaski County
Central bank openness on policy amid inflation fears
Analysts warn that the central bank may tighten money supply controls to curb inflation and slow growth. Policy makers finished private meetings with a public decision anticipated in about six weeks. Corporate profits rose 13.3 percent in Q3 to a $144.1 billion annual rate, while average weekly earnings fell 0.6 percent in November after inflation adjustment. In Bluefield, town crews will shift trash collection to Tuesdays after Christmas and New Year holidays, with double pickups on those Tuesdays.
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eThe Commerce Department
eThe Labor Department
U.S
Bluefield
Art Mead
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mae Hunter
Athens United Methodist Church
Roy Knight
Trail Cemetery
Clintonville
Smathers
Rainell
Heather Mooney
Mrs
Glenn Ellis
Frank Walls
Roosevelt Peery
Tazewell County
Wilbur Memorial United Methodist Church
Angela Newland Handy
Jonathan Handy
Amber Handy
The
Home
Timothy
Kathy) Wimmer
John H. Stevens
Gladys Handy
Prescott, Mich
S.K. Jain, M.D
Federal St. Bluefield, W.va
Mones Steel
Danforth Insurance Agency
Bluewell
Buchanan
Norman Kilpatrick
Consumer Protection Division
Kilpatrick
Sue
U.S. Rt
Andy Clark
Greentree
McDowell Commission
Americas Family Drug Store
Airport Square Shopping Center
Sbrushfork, W.va
Stafford Plaza
Stafford Drive
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