Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and surrounds
Julia Rose 94 of Pageton dies of natural causes. Surviving Rose family includes sons Drewry and George, daughter in law Viola, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Church of Jesus Christ Skygusty with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Mae R. Hunter 86, former Concord College English professor, dies in Detroit after long illness. Estil Young 73 of Lerona dies after long illness, WWII veteran. Heather Chantelle Mooney 11 of Peterstown dies after surgery complications. Multiple other obituary notices note services, calls, and pallbearers across Welch Athens Peterstown and surrounding towns.
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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
Funerals Set for Regional Residents in Virginia and West Virginia
Funeral services are announced for Ernest Ray Shrewsbury 66 of Bethel Community Princeton at 2 p.m. at Burns-Wornal Chapel Athens Road Princeton with Rev. Gibson and Rev. Hill. Lena Mae Wolfe Brooks 86 of Bluefield Va. to be laid to rest at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Bluefield Road with Rev. Ray Amos at Grandview Memory Gardens. Robert W Hall 52 of Thompson Valley Va. to be honored at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel Tazewell with Rev. Eddie Nash. J A Macie L Wallace 84 of Sprinville Va. services at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with burial Maple Hill Cemetery. Frances Cook Newberry 55 of Springs Road Princeton to be interred at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity with Rev. Donald Meade.
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Athens United Methodist Church
Roy Knight
Trail Cemetery
Clintonville
Smathers
Rainell
Glenn
Ena Virginia) Ellis
Bradenton
Fla
Bluefield
Ellis
Speedway
Richard Crockett
Norfolk, Va
Pat Harris
Anaheim
Calif
Karen Christian
Fairmont
Alyce Caffee
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Griffith-Cline Funeral Home
Frank
Roxie Virginia) Walls
Welch
Welch Hospital
Carroll County
Luther
Margie) Moody
Alma Thobois
Morgantown
Anna M. Lane
Chicago, Ill
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
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
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 Publisher and rates notice
Local notice details the Bluefield Daily Telegraph profile including establishment year, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, subscription rates 66 dollars per year and home delivery five dollars fifty per calendar month, and postal and advertising information. It notes Associated Press news rights and Circulation Bureau membership.
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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 set for Handy in Princeton
A private memorial will be held Friday for Harry Hugh Handy Jr. 31 of Princeton who died from a gunshot wound after briefly holding nine people hostage Monday night at the Old Towne Pub on Thorn Street. He was a Joy Manufacturing welder, Vietnam veteran, and U.S. Army alumnus. He is survived by Angela Newland Handy, Jonathan and Amber Handy, a sister Kathy Wimmer, and grandparents. Memorial Funeral Directory on Athens Road handles arrangements.
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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
Angela Newland Handy
Jonathan Handy
Amber Handy
The
Home
Timothy
Kathy) Wimmer
John H. Stevens
Gladys Handy
Prescott, Mich
Athens Road
Pinceton
Virginia Mine Safety Proposals Face Budget Hurdles
A Virginia committee weighs liability exemptions for volunteer mine rescue teams and tighter conflict of interest rules for the chief mine inspector and aides. Feasibility study on a state mine rescue capability is considered, with Ms. Diener noting funding needs while opposing user fees. Robb plans a $500,000 budget increase request for 1984.
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Assembly
Division of Mines
Change Stolen From Beauty Shop
PRINCETON Deputies investigate theft of 2 in change from Hair Play beauty shop in Brushfork Mercer County Sheriff’s Department says entry was gained by prying a roof section on the A frame building. Roof damage estimated at 100.
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Princeton
Brushfork
Mercer County
State of Grace: Man Lives in Bare Giles County Cabin
Hilton, a frail veteran, survives on food stamps and fuel aid while living in a small cabin in Giles County. Social services and community action workers describe the gap between aid programs and his needs, noting he rarely asks for help and stays content with what he has.
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Jean Montgomery
New River Community Action
Giles County
Hilton
Linda Boggs
County Social Services Department
Buchanan Officials To Be Sworn In
GRUNDY The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors and five county constitutional officers elected in the November general election will be sworn in today at 9 a.m. in the chambers of Circuit Court Judge N.E. Person at the county courthouse. New board members include Clifford K. Helton Democrat Verner M. Blankenship Republican and Omalene Deel Democrat. Incumbents are William P. Harris Max Lewis Gary Rose and Paul Elswick. New constitutional officers include Wayne T. Horne as commonwealths attorney and Paul A. Crouse as sheriff. Incumbents are Russell Presley Victor V. Breeding and J.H. Childress.
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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
Beirut bombings and Israeli strikes escalate Lebanon crisis
Gunfire and blasts as Lebanese soldiers and militiamen clash with crowds while rescue workers search for victims. A civil defense worker was killed and two wounded. An anonymous caller claimed responsibility for two bombings on behalf of the black hand. Eight Israeli jets raided the Bekaa Valley, hitting a base linked to Iranian and Lebanese Shiite militants. Syria and Jordan marker conflict. PLO loyalists evacuated to Iraq with thousands of followers from Tripoli and Cyprus.
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Voice of Lebanon Radio
Black Hand
Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa
Baalbek
Sheik Abdullah
Israel
Jerusalem
Moshe Arens
Syria
Souk el-Gharb
Kharrounb
Awali River
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Iraq
Larnaca
Cyprus
Tripoli
Arafat
Final Arguments Held In Apco Fuel Review
Final arguments were presented in the Public Service Commission fuel cost review of Appalachian Power. PSC officials say the hearing is more than routine as examiners challenge Apco coal buying practices. The commission plans a Jan 1 ruling and probes changes to coal pricing.
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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 OKs Mortgage Revenue Bonds
The McDowell County Commission approved issuing 18.3 million dollars in single family mortgage revenue bonds in a joint venture with 24 other counties and Wheeling. Underwriters Baker Watts and E F Hutton will assist in structuring the deal and funds will be available in January through local banks for qualified buyers.
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Mary Davis
Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County Commission
Goodwin & Goodwin
Baker, Watts
E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc
Wheeling
Sid Bell
Milda Taylor
Commission
Bruce Cline
Freezing Rain Hits Virginia
Freezing rain across northern central and western Virginia caused numerous traffic accidents. Arlington police closed U.S. 50 after many crashes. At least 50 accidents reported, with several serious. Bridges frozen and icy scenes on I 95 and Virginia 3. Weather forecast urged cautious travel.
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Associated Press
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 Considers Money Supply Tightening Agenda
Analysts warn of possible higher interest rates as the Federal Reserve contemplates tighter money controls after private two day meetings. Decisions to be disclosed in six weeks. Commerce reports corporate after tax up 13.3 percent in Q3 with profits at $144.1 billion annual rate. Labor says average weekly earnings fell 0.6 percent in November after inflation adjustment.
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Commerce Department
eThe Labor Department
U.S
Trash Pickup Schedule In Bluefield After Holidays
Town employees will be off the Monday after Christmas and the Monday after New Year’s Day and will collect trash on the following Tuesdays. When back at work, Tuesday pickups will include both Monday and Tuesday trash. Citizens should place any uncollected Monday trash out for Tuesday collection.
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Bluefield
Art Mead
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mae Hunter
Estil Young
Lerona
Pipestem
Carl Barton
Spanishburg
Amy Harless
Zed Young
Memorial Funeral Directory
James D. Bailey
Rocky Mount Cemetery
Pipestein
Heather Chantelle Mooney
Marvin E
Rita Harry Mooney
Peterstown
Pearlsburg
Thomas Francis
Bill Bailey
Freddie Ferguson
Steve Miller
Jim Wentz
Gary White
Mrs
Glenn Ellis
Frank Walls
Betty Hughes
Betty ‘‘Petie’’ Hughes
Keystone
Burke Mountain
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Roosevelt Peery
Tazewell County
Wilbur Memorial United Methodist Church
Conley Blankenship
Conley J. Blankenship
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
Elias Blankenship
Pullman
Wash
Fanning Funeral Home
Alvin Cline
Four Pole
Mohawk
Heather Mooney
Danforth Insurance Agency
Bluewell
Eam
S.K. Jain, M.D
Federal St. Bluefield, W.va
Buchanan
Apco Fuel Review
Norman Kilpatrick
Consumer Protection Division
Kilpatrick
Greentree
McDowell Commission
Americas Family Drug Store
Airport Square
Stafford Plaza
Stafford Drive
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