Obituaries and Funeral Notices Local to Princeton and Bluefield Area
Multiple deaths announced with funeral arrangements pending or incomplete. Persons include Ennis Akers 82 Lashmeet Princeton area. Pauline Beckett 91 Bluefield resident. Mary Ellen Blankenship 74 Landgraft. Dessie Chrisley 94 Nemours. Wesley Dent 65 Glen Lyn. James Franklin 63 Squire. Charles Goodwin 66 Bluefield formerly Athens. Winnie Hester 78 Kegley. Garland Hogston 55 Tazewell area. Estil Justus 49 Lexington NC. William Thompson 62 Welch. Virtie Walters 63 Gap Mills. Funeral homes listed or noted as announcing arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis R. Akers
Glenwood
Princeton
Lashmeet
Bluefield
Mary Ellen Blankenship
Landgraft
Bennett-Widener
Northfork
Dessie J. Chrisley
Nemours
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Wesley Newton Dent
Glen Lyn
Davis Funeral
Oakvale
James C. Franklin
Squire
Tazewell
Peery and St. Clair
Charles Edward Goodwin
Cumberland Road
Athens
George W. Seaver
Winnie Ellen Hester
P.O. Box
Bluestone Road
Kegley
Princeton Community Hospital
Memorial Funeral
Garland Ronald Hogston
Dogwood Estates
Bandy
Singleton Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Estil Kilgore Justus
Lexington
N.C
Buchanan County
Grundy Funeral Home
William Ray Thompson
Welch
Morris Funeral Home
Merriman Avenue
Virtie Cardwell Walters
Gap Mills
Groves Funeral Home
Union
Obituaries from December 1998 in Bluefield area
Notices honor Dessie J. Chrisley and several area residents including Ennis Akers Raymond Castle Virtie Walters Garland Hogston Wesley Dent and others. The items list birthdates death dates ages birthplaces surviving relatives and funeral arrangements across Bluefield Princeton and surrounding communities.
Funeral services scheduled for five
Funeral services are set today for TM Paul Nixon Forrest at Bennett- Widener Funeral Home Chapel North fork at 11 a.m. Burial at Rose lawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Bazzie Swanson Miller at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel Honaker Va 2 p.m. Burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Va. Stanley Mounts at North Springs Old Regular Baptist Church 1 p.m. Burial at Harlan Blankenship Cemetery Walford Va. Grundy Funeral Home in charge. William Ray Thompson memorial service at Saint Eugene's Catholic Church 2 p.m. Morris Funeral Home on Merriman Avenue in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nixon Forrest
Bennett- Widener Funeral Home
Northfork
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Bazzie Swanson Miller
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Stanley Mounts
North Springs Old Regular Baptist Church
Harlan Blankenship
Walford
Virginia
Grundy
William Ray Thompson
Saint Eugene's Catholic Church
Morris Funeral
Merriman Avenue
Senators Comment Silence on Impeachment Trial Duty
Senators discuss their Constitutional duty as the impeachment trial of President Clinton approaches. Warner vows impartial justice, while Byrd remains noncommittal. Rockefeller criticizes partisan rancor, urges focus on state and national issues amid the looming Senate trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Robb
Senate
John Warner
Warner
U.S
House
Clinton
Byrd
Tom Gavin
West Virginia
Gavin
Rockefeller
Washington
Daily Telegraph Staff Roster and Contact Details
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists staff and departments including Publisher Tom Colley Executive Editor Steve Smith Advertising Director Terri Hale Circulation Director Bobby English and Production Director Rhonda Wade Watson with additional personnel such as Henry Meade and Barbara Hawkins. The notice provides contact phones and the newspaper’s address and history since 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri Hale
Bobby English
Rhonda Wade Watson
Henry
Holiday shopping rush continues into December
Sandy Walker of Bluefield and Ernest Kidd of Yards, Virginia describe extended shopping, with Walker noting a month to finish and Kidd saying his family began in summer. Both mention finding gifts like a Talking Truck for a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-1
Sandy Walker
Bluefield
Walker
Chuck
Ernest Kidd
Yards
Burks Conflicts on Death of Corey Mullins in Welch Case
Statements attributed to Burks describe moving a boy’s body in a white blanket and burying him after an alleged collapse or murder. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide by manual suffocation, noting a head bruise but no facial bone damage. Judge Kendrick King recused himself, transferring magistrate duties to Judge Booker T. Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-1
Welch
Vanmeter
Burks
Corey Mullins
Charleston
Havens
Circuit Court
Kendrick King
King
Magistrate Court
Booker T. Stephens
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Draper Valley
William Lee
Elizabeth Reynolds Taylor
Lyle Chrisley
Rebecca Hope Myers
Robert
Lois) Myers
Bill
Marie) Myers
Eugene
Elizabeth
Nash
Falls Mills
Clarence
Leta) Byrd
Princeton - Ennis
R. Akers
Widemouth
Willis Boyd
Cordie Moye Akers
Raymond P. Castle
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
Raymond P. Castle, Jr
Betty
Elbert
Robert Jerry Castle
Hickory
Georgia Joyce Coffey
Arnold
Clara Booker
Gordon
Charlotte
Janet Lynn Barnes
Virginia Lee Moore
Jim
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Neta Johnson
Castlewood
Clara Barnett
Bristol
Temple Hill
Virtie Cardwell
Walters Gap Mills
Elizabeth Elmore
Sally
Ilene Cardwell
James Weldon Walters
Charles Dwight Walter
Randall Dale Walters
Allen Russell Walters
Mamie Marie Cole
Ray
Ben Cardwell
James Cardwell
North Carolina
Vergie Mae Crabtree
Wilmington
Del
Francis Lewis
Holly Ridgeway
Links Grove
Melinda
Joey
Cora Walters
Anna Weikle
Peterstown
Lindsey
Laura Cole
Ivan Brown
Amigo
Dakota James Ridgeway
Brittany Dawn Brown
Pineville
Alan Grace
Carmel
Dogwood
Tazewell County
Daniel Clayburne
Lola Vandyke Houston
Whitaker Ridge
Assembly of God Church
Kenneth Hogston
Joseph Hogston
Arlie Hogston
Silver Springs
Willard Hogston
Hayattsville
Assembly of God
Elston Young
Sparks Family
Bandy Assembly of God Church
Singleton Funeral Service
Elgood
Dexter and
Laura Thompson Dent
Ruby Carr Dent
Avery Dent
William Dent
Harry Dent
Louisa
Herman Dent
Rich Creek
Eva Lusk
Christiansburg
Lelia Morgan
Margaret Williams
Pearisburg
Joyce Wolbert
Martinsburg
Davis Funeral Home Chapel
James Yopp
Thompson
Friends
Davis Funeral Home
Asheville
Henry Allen Thompson
Audrey Gant Thompson
West Virginia University
American Dental Association
Marcia A. Harris Thompson
Annemarie Thompson
San Francisco
Calif
Carl William Thompson
Phoenix
Ariz
Ronald H. Thompson
Charlottesville
Saint Eugene’s Catholic Church
Frank T. Cancro
Winnie Ellen Hester Kegley
P.O. Box 7
Tenn
Alec and
Gertrude Thompson Smith
Mercer County Board of Education
Melrose
Landgraff
Glenn and
Hattie B. Liddle Vaughan
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Telephone Company
Wytheville
Ethan Blankenshp
John
Betty) Hamilton
Libby Delice
Bennett-Widener Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Advertisin
Jim Terry
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Samantha Perrypartment
Tammy Cook
Bdtonline
Ne.com
Daily Telegraph
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Press, WV Press Assn
Sc Be
Princeton News Bureau
Ston
Oncces
Tates
Mail Daily
Bluefield Area Foundation
Bluefield Area Foundation, Inc
P.O
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
Freetronet
Fem
Adoto
Malia
Nae
Aye Dameren
Communion Bank
WS First Community Bank
Pine Plaza
Green Valley
Mercer Mall
Matoaka
FDIC
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