Obituaries in Welch Hurley and Bluefield areas death notices
Multiple death notices from Welch Hurley Bluefield and surrounding areas list Audrey Bishop Homer Coleman Roger Comer Sr Edward Eaton Sylvester Keller Charlotte Leedy Billy McCall Betty Toler Charles Wagoner and others. Funeral homes Fanning Virginia Givens Widener Rodriguez Mounts Rodriguez Hurst Scott Singleton and Greenhills Memory Gardens are named with arrangements or pending plans.
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Audrey Bishop
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Homer Clifford Coleman
Hurley
Pikeville Medical Center
Pikeville
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Roger Dale Comer Sr
Maybeury
Widener Funeral Home
Northfork
Edward Johnston
Pete) Eaton
Pearisburg
Givens Funeral Home
Sylvester Keller
Berwind
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Bristol
Tenn
Gregory-Page Funeral Home
Charlotte Rhea Leedy
Bluefield
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Roanoke
Rodriguez Bluefield
George W
Billy” McCall Jr
Cedar Bluff
Rodriguez Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Funerals Scheduled Today in West Virginia Towns
Funeral services planned for Calvin Ray Dingus at 3 p.m. in Peterstown with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. George Russell Faulk to be buried after a 2 p.m. service at Burns Wornal Chapel in Princeton. Virginia McClaugherty to be laid to rest at 11 a.m. in Peterstown with Sunset View Cemetery Bozoo. Anetta Pickett to be entombed following 11 a.m. service at Sacred Heart Bluefield and Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell. Beulah Shrewsbury to be buried after 11 a.m. service at Princeton Roselawn.
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Calvin Ray Dingus
Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Peterstown
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
George Russell Faulk
Burns Wornal
Athens Road
Virginia Martin McClaugherty
British forces deploy to Helmand as Taliban push continues
British military officials say a small number of U K personnel are sent to Helmand Province in an advisory role as fighting rages in Sangin district. The move follows a deadly Taliban attack on U S troops near a major base and signals worsening security across Afghanistan after the end of the international combat mission.
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Afghan
Kabul
Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani
Helmand
U.S
Ministry of Defense
U.K
NATO
Taliban
Sangin
Omar Zwagq
Qari Yousaf
Rudolphs glowing nose may tie to blue winter eyes
Dartmouth anthropology professor Nathaniel Dominy argues reindeer eye biology may explain Rudolphs red nose. He notes UV vision and a blue reflective tissue in winter could affect light use and heat loss, with fog posing a challenge for red light guiding Santa.
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Concord
N.H
Rudolph
Dartmouth College
Nathaniel Dominy
Dominy
Great Britain
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco
Hanover
Arctic
Santa’s Village
New Hampshire
Jim Miller
Miller
Frontiers For Young Minds
Dartmouth
Robert L. May
Montgomery Ward
May
Johnny Marks
Gene Autry
Iraqi Yazidi family seeks safety in Germany after perilous escape
In Heidelberg a Yazidi family from Sinjar recounts a dangerous trek through Turkey and the Aegean to reach Germany. Samir and Bessi Qasim protect their children Delphine Dunia Dilshad and Dildar as they endure trauma, medical needs, and hopeful new beginnings in a refugee system.
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Germany
Heidelberg
Qasas
Europe
Bessi Qasim
Iraq
Miliants
Sinjar
As IS
Bessi
Samir
Delphine
Dunia
Dilshad
Dildar
Samir Qasu
Lesbos
Aegean
Qasu
Associated Press
Qasus
Balkans
Athens
Greece
Macedonia
Balkan
U.S. Army
Turkey
Jan
China rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang freed after suspended sentence
Pu Zhiqiang, once jailed in a case over online comments critical of the Communist Party, left a detention center after a suspended prison term. He faces residential surveillance and a three year disqualification from practicing law, while supporters call the verdict unjust and politically motivated.
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Beijing
China
Communist Party
Pu Zhiqiang On
Inn
Oene
Associated Press
Meng Qun
United States
Xi Jinping
Tiananmen Square
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Bdtonline
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
West Virginia
Samantha Perry
Rhonda Watson
Norman O. Sinclair
Bluefield Ave
Audit Bureau of Circulations
WV Press Assn
Istanbul
Sweden
Salzburg
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