Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and surrounding counties
Clarence G Brown 44 of Maybeury died after a brief illness in Bluefield hospital. Survivors include wife Betty Fowler Brown two sons Bill and Jimmy two daughters Debra and Judy two brothers Albert and Clyde two sisters Hazel and Audrey. Funeral Tuesday at Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell. William Davis 85 of Hales Gap died at home. Survived by two sons Hubert and Buford four daughters Hilda Helen Myrtle Ruth three sisters Nora Phillips and Phillip. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton. Everett Marion Taylor 65 of Bluefield area died after long illness. Retired coal miner US Navy veteran. Survived by wife Lilly Mabry Taylor three daughters Freda Marian Clara two sons Rev Myron Jackson Taylor eight grandchildren. Funeral Pine Grove Church of Christ Lorton Lick Road. Arthur L Brown 84 of Rock Camp died in Hinton hospital. Retired farmer. Survived by two sisters Josie Wilson Bertha Raines. Burial Ellison Cemetery near Rock Camp. Emaline Melissa Anderson 84 of Baileysville died after long illness. Survived by four daughters Bee Dales Dolly Stone Hermie Thomas Gladys Rasnick two sons Cecil and Johnny. Funeral Dry Fork Cemetery Deskins VA. Mrs William Lester 82 of Bandy died at Richlands hospital after brief illness. Survived by three sons Arthur Earl Eldon Hale and others. 22 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence G. Brown
Maybeury
Bluefield
Coaldale
Charles Brown
Coopers
Sarah Crouse Brown
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
McDowell County
Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church
UMWA
Jenkin Jones
Betty Fowler Brown
Bill
Jimmy Brown
Debra
Judy Brown
Albert Brown
Clyde Brown
Hazel Shupe
Hillsville
Audrey Dunavan
Alabama
Ronald Baldwin
William Davis
Hales Gap
Memorial Funeral Home
Ival Printz
Kenion Coleman
Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery
Princeton
Glen Lyn
William L
Elizabeth Chatting Davis
Appalachian Power Company
Laura Belle Davis
Hubert Davis
Buford Davis
Hilda Davis
Helen Hale
Myrtle Harvey
Ruth Heatherly
Beckley
Nora Smith
Phillip Davis
Kellysville
Ison
Kyle
Donald Davis
Frank
Cody Heatherly
Don Wilder
Stephen Harvey
Patricia Dell
Connie Wilder
Laura Harvey
Linda
Joean Heatherly
Thelma Jackson
Jean Ferguson
Grace
Eula Hobbs
Fran Davis
Everett Marion Taylor
Rt. 3
American Coal Company
Pine Grove
Lilly Mabry Taylor
Freda Butt
Parkersburg
Marian Fields
Tazewell
Clara Williams
Athens
Myron Jackson Taylor
Atlanta
Glen Murphy
Mount Airy
N. C
Wade Taylor
Florida
Walter Taylor
Bramwell
Chester Foy
Albert Mitchell
Harry Gillespie
Elliott Garrett
Robert Honaker
Roy Wright
Jack Johnson
Luther Rich
Arthur L. Brown
Rock Camp
Hinton
Monroe County
Anderson Clark
Mary Miller Brown
Valley Baptist Church
Zenith
Ida McMahon Brown
Josie Wilson
Lindside
Bertha Raines
Union
Rock Camp Baptist Church
R. H. Crawford
Don Lewis
Carl Edwards
Ellison Cemetery
Broyles Funeral Home
Richard Tess
Mark Harvey
J. H. Hazelwood
Howard Winfrey
Emaline Melissa Anderson
Baileysville
Deskins
Dolly Stone
Bee Dales
Hermie Thomas
Defiance
Ohio
Gladys Rasnick
Fincastle
Cecil Anderson
Leemaster
Johnny Anderson
Marion
Ill
Stella Keene
Vansant
Jenny Linkous
Williamson
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
J. N. Howard
Dry Fork
William Lester
Bandy
Richlands
Davenport
Maudie Hale
Dave
Angie Ray Keen
Earlene Hale
Eura Richey
Manassas
Arthur Hale
Great Falls
Earl and
Eldon Hale
Council, Va
Agnes Lambert
Junior Lester
Rosedale
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Dr Edward Gibson 66 dies in Florida hospital
Dr Edward Gibson 66 of Lighthouse Point Fla died Sunday in a Florida hospital of an apparent heart attack. Former Jaeger general practitioner for 22 years he lived in Florida four years. Survived by wife Imajean a son Dr Edward Gibson Jr and daughter Betsy Brautigan five sisters and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Akard Funeral Home Bristol Va with services Tuesday at 2 p m.
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Edward Gibson
Lighthouse Point
Fla
Florida
Jaeger
Gibson
University of Louisville Medical College
American Medical Association
McDowell County Medical Society
York Rite
Beni Kedem
Charleston
Oddfellows and Moose Lodges
Trinity Methodist Church
Imajean C. Gibson
Edward Gibson, Jr
Lakeland
Betsy Brautigan
Pomono Beach
Lois Palmer
Salem
George Stringer
Edward Jacobson
Los Angeles
Calif
Dale Carson
Ore
Akard Funeral Home
Bristol
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Office and Circulation Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists publication source details including address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia Associated Press affiliation and telephone number 3274171 with notices about carrier delivery and bureau listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Pay Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Bee Soda
Vegas
Doniner ‘Audit Bureau of Circulshavering
Kats’ Agency
Lic
Two Obituaries Remember Princeton and North Tazewell Residents
Mrs Clyde Shrewsbury 73 of Princeton died at home after a long illness. Born Lula Mann in Hans Creek she was a Princeton Baptist Church member and widow of Clyde Shrewsbury. Survived by two sons Bertha Mills Maude Shrewsbury Kate Meadows and 12 grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. at Princeton with Rev John Sutphin. burial Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today. Charles L Murray 70 of North Tazewell died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Former U S Steel mine superintendent at Gary and a Mason with Lodge 62 Tazewell. Survived by wife Muriel DeWitt Murray brother R L Murray sisters Harv y Barton and Thomas Petty. Funeral by Perry and St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell with Rev Kenneth Brown. burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Nephews pallbearers. Masons from Lodge 62 to conduct grave services. viewing after 3:30 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Shrewsbury
Fourth St
Princeton
Hans Creek
Lula Mae Mann
Jarrett
Virginia Akers Mann
Princeton Baptist Church
Carson Shrewsbury
Prince
Bertha Mills
Egeria
Maude Shrewsbury
Kegley
Kate Meadows
Staten
John H. Sutphin
Resthaven Memorial
Charles L. Murray
North Tazewell
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Thomas Murray
Margaret M. Murray
The
Baptist Church
U. S. Steel
Gary
Tazewell
Muriel DeWitt Murray
R. L. Murray
Harvey Barton
Thomas Petty
Squire
Perry and St. Clair Funeral Home
Kenneth Brown
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Mrs Josie Dunn, 64, of Bozoo, Dies at Home
Mrs Josie Kathrine Dunn, 64, of Bozoo, formerly Josie Kathrine Dunn, died at her home Sunday. The body is at Broyles Funeral Chapel in Peterstown where arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Dunn
Bozoo
Josie Katherine Dunn
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Funerals Listed for PATE MEADE PENNINGTON SMITH
Multiple funeral notices from Princeton Bluefield and Stacy detail services for Mrs. Minnie Jane Pate 81 at Pentecostal Holiness Church burial Oak Wood Cemetery. Benjamin E Meade 64 First Methodist Bluefield burial Roselawn and Peyton Lodge AF & AM officiation. Mrs Minnie Pennington 73 Carr Memorial Methodist Church Glenwood Park burial Resthaven Park. William Alvie Smith 4 Stacy Old Baptist Church burial Smith Cemetery. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington
Roscoe
Minnie
Glenwood Park
Carr Memorial Methodist Church
Dewey Nelson
Resthaven Park
Princeton
Smith
William Alvie
Stacy
Old Baptist Church
Leland
Smith Branch
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Bond Defeated in Jackson County School Proposal
Jackson County voters rejected a 1.5 million dollar school bond on Saturday, signaling potential double sessions and the use of church facilities for classes next fall. Local officials warned the defeat could force significant scheduling and space challenges for Ripley schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
W. Va
Jackson County
Christmas reunion for Pueblo crewmen signals hope
Families across the United States received news that Pueblo sailors would be reunited for Christmas. Wives and relatives expressed cautious joy as Navy officials confirmed the survival and impending return of the 82 crewmen captured by North Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ben Ellis
Culver City
Calif
Stephen Pilis
San Diego
Lloyd M. Bucher
PO J.C
Don E. Bailey
Chester Bailey
Ridgeville
Ind
Edward S. Russell
Glendale
Russell
Seaman Edward S. Russell Jr
University of Southern California
Navy
Nampa
Idaho
Grant Bouden
Ralph Bouden
North Korea
Roy Rigby
Centerville
Utah
Dale Rigby
Richard Rogala
Chicago
Niles
Ill
Dorothy Rogala
Fugitive Krist Captured After Florida Boating Flight
Federal and local agents tracked the escapee Krist across Florida. A boat and car linked to aliases were found as the suspect was cornered by Maj. Richard McLeod on Hog Island, Florida. The pursuit involved Coast Guard aircraft and helicopters, ending with Krist’s surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Richard McLeod
Charlotte County Sheriff's Department
Krist
Hog Island
McLeod
Barbara
FBI
Miami Springs
George Deacon
West Palm Beach
Arthur Horowitz
Horowitz
St. Lucie
Caloosahatchee
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
J. Edgar Hoover
Coast Guard
Gulf
Fort Myers
Charlotte Harbor
Bluefield Man Hurt In Mishap
A Bluefield man Wiley Moses was injured in a rear end collision on Rt 460 near Thurston's Drive In at 1 am. He drove a 1965 Dodge van into a 1962 tractor-trailer operated by Peter Henry Rivers Jr of Hampton SC. Moses was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium with leg injuries and facial lacerations. his condition was undetermined but not serious. Police estimated about 1200 dollars in property damage and filed no charges yet as troopers continued investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Rt. 460
Thurston's Drive In
Wiley Moses
Peter Henry Rivers, Jr
Hampton
S.C
Moses
R. A. Perry
J. F. Strater
Little Snow is Forecast for West Virginia Christmas Day
West Virginia weather forecaster Joe Richter says snow flurries may reach the higher mountains and northern Panhandle on Christmas Day with a broader storm expected Monday. A second system could arrive Thursday, leaving a white Christmas unlikely in the Eastern Panhandle and southwest regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Bing Crosby
West
West Virginia
Panhandle
Apollo 7 Crew Reports Good Health During TV Telecast
Astronauts Borman Lovell and Mattingly described their condition as good after a troubling illness earlier in the mission. They observed ice streaks from a vent nozzle while preparing lunch, noted being 60 miles from the moon, and joked about a floating toothbrush caught on camera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borman
Mattingly
Jim
Lovell
Bill
Anders
Liquor Trucks Stolen From Private Garage
Two tractor trailers with 1500 cases of liquor valued at about 120000 were stolen from the Commercial Carriers warehouse last weekend. Police state troopers and FBI tracked the theft to a likely two thieves who cut trailer locks with a torch. The liquor was destined for State ABC stores in the Wheeling area and alarms were issued to surrounding states. The chain on the garage door was found cut as proof, and investigators note the thieves could have crossed three states by early Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
A’e
FBI
State Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Wheeling
Donald Isner
Scott Depot
Harvey Summerfield
Christmas Service at Scott Street Baptist Church
The Scott Street Baptist Church plans a Christmas service Tuesday at midnight with music from the church choirs. Rev. J Matthew Coleman will deliver the Christmas sermon and a fellowship hour will follow in McGhee Hall hosted by Rev and Mrs Coleman and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Street Baptist Church
J. Matthew Coleman
Pueblo Crew Is Freed
The last Pueblo crewman crossed into South Korea at 10 03 p m EST and will be debriefed for weeks. The ship remains a North Korean intelligence prize and was not released. Negotiations at Panmunjom followed the seizure with U S and North Korea disputes over espionage and territorial waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
South Korea
United States
State Department
Panmunjom
North Korea
Pucbo
U.S
Apollo 8 Crew Illness Does Not End Moon Mission
Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders reported nausea vomiting headaches and fever after launch but ground crews said the illness would not cancel or delay the planned lunar orbit. Diarrhea control pills were given and sleep difficulties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Borman
Anders
Lovell
Berry
Hong Kong
Santa Claus
Bob Hope Remarks Stir Crowds With Jokes At Event
The comedian joked about traffic, GI Bill schooling, and the Onassis Kennedy marriage drawing mixed cheers and boos from the audience. Hope quipped about a Greek winning the Irish sweepstakes and noted women’s lengths to get a boat for their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hope
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
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Flurrias
Lesa
Atlantic
New England
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Appalachians
Mrs, Emaline Anderson
Everett M. Taylor
Mrs. Clyde Shrewsbury
Charles Murray
Pate
Clarence
Minnie Jane
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Marvin Richardson
Oak Wood
Bond
Pilal
Robert F. Mackle
Associat
ED Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Gene
Raleigh St
Pueblo
Woodward
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Nixon
Robert D. Murphy
Apollo
Charles Berry
Bobe Hope
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