Obituaries: Local Deaths Include Cardwell Dever Hood Kendrick Muncy
Obituaries list Ray Jake Cardwell 87 of Princeton died December 23 2008 at the V A Medical Center Beckley funeral arrangements incomplete at Seaver Funeral Home Princeton Bessie Dodrill Dever 83 Princeton died December 23 2008 at home Mercer Springs Road arrangements incomplete Memorial Funeral Directory Cremation Center Athens Road Princeton Rev James Madison Hood 87 Lerona former Princeton resident died December 22 2008 funeral at Seaver Funeral Home Princeton Dwayne Scott Kendrick 38 Vansant Virginia died December 23 2008 after Crohn disease funeral at Buchanan Funeral Service Keen Mountain Phyllis Sue Muncy 60 Bluefield died December 23 2008 Princeton Health Care Center arrangements by Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell Richard Adrian Nesselrodt 69 Catawba Virginia formerly Culpeper died December 21 2008 at Catawba Hospital Peery St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell Virginia in charge Roger Lee Vandyke 61 Grundy died December 23 2008 in Bristol Tennessee funeral arrangements by Shortridge Ramey Grundy Myrtle Vilacha 85 North Tazewell died December 22 2008 Tazewell Community Hospital funeral at Peery St Clair Tazewell Virginia.
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Ray “Jake” Cardwell
South Ave
Princeton
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Beckley
Seaver Funeral Home
Bessie M. Dodrill Dever
Mercer Springs Road
Memorial
Athens Road
James Madison Hood
Lerona
Pearis St
Dwayne “Scott” Kendrick
Vansant
Crohn
Buchanan
Keen Mountain
Virginia
Phyllis Sue Muncy
Sunrise Drive
Bluefield
Princeton Health Care Center
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Richard Adrian Nesselrodt
Catawba
Culpeper
Catawba Hospital
Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Roger Lee Vandyke
Grundy
Bristol
Tazewell, Va
Obituary: Frank R. Franchell Jr. Bluefield WV veteran dies
Frank R. Franchell Jr., 89, of Route 5 Box 383 B Bluefield West Virginia, died December 20 2008 at Maples Nursing Home. A World War II US Army sergeant and retired school janitor, he is survived by two sons two sisters 11 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Cremation is planned with no public services Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell. Online condolences at legacy.com.
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Frank R. Franchell Jr
Bluefield
Frank R. Franchell, Jr
W.va
Maples Nursing Home
New York
Frank R. Franchell
Mary Franchell
Jimmy Doran
Pennsylvania
Ron Doran
New Jersey
Mary Scarberry
Judy Millon
Illinois
Buddy Franchell
Franchell
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Legacy.com
Funerals Scheduled for Mae Akers and Ras Fletcher
Funerals today include Mae Luella Akers at 11 a.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel Princeton with burial at Mt. Horeb Cemetery. James A Ras Fletcher has a 1 p.m. service at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel followed by burial at Mountain Valley Memorial Park in Big Rock Virginia.
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Mae Luella Akers
George W. Seaver
Seaver Funeral Home
Princeton
Mt. Horeb
James A
Ras” Fletcher
Grundy Funeral Home Chapel
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
West Virginia mine disaster spurs safety law reforms
Case details two mining tragedies at Sago Mine in northern West Virginia owned by International Coal Group. The incidents prompted broad federal and state mine safety law revisions. Bragg and Hatfield widows attended the announcement with their lawyer Bruce Stanley, who said penalties must show miners’ lives matter over money. Massey Energy of Richmond, Virginia, settled a wrongful death suit last month.
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Sago
West Virginia
International Coal Group
Bragg
Hatfield
Bruce Stanley
Richmond
Massey Energy
Bush pardons man who helped Israel during wartime
President George W. Bush granted a posthumous pardon to Charles Winters, a Miami businessman who helped Israel in 1948 by exporting and flying two converted B-17 bombers to aid the new state. Winters, who died in 1984, was honored by Israeli supporters and cited by lawmakers as key to Israel’s survival amid regional threats.
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Bush
Israel
Washington
George W. Bush
Charles Winters
Miami
Camp David
Winters
Jim
Jim Winters
Miami Herald
Boston
Czechoslovakia
New York
Carolyn Maloney
Gary Ackerman
Jose Serrano
Brian Higgins
Charlie Winters
Middle East
Obama to use Lincoln Bible for inauguration at Lincoln Memorial
President-elect Barack Obama will swear in using the Lincoln Bible from the Library of Congress, the first since Lincoln to use that Bible. The burgundy velvet Bible, inscribed by Supreme Court clerk William Thomas Carroll, will be displayed in an exhibition from Feb 12 to May 9 and then travel to Sacramento Chicago Indianapolis Atlanta and Omaha for the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial.
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Jashington
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
Obama
Lincoln
Library of Congress
Emmett Beliveau
Lincoln Memorial
William Thomas Carroll
Supreme Court
Sacramento
Calif
Chicago
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Omaha
Neb
Community Christmas Tree distributes joy across Bluefield area
Volunteers coordinate gift bag distribution for Bluefield High School families as community members donate toys fruit and cookies. Eighteen year old Scott Ferris and other student volunteers ensure bags are in order while BHS coaches and Rotary members reinforce a tradition that brings Christmas cheer to local children. Donations bring the fund to thirty two thousand one hundred fifty three dollars with additional gifts continuing.
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Gillespie
Edgemont Baptist Church
Delores French
French
Army
Bluefield High School
BHS
Scott Ferris
Jimmie
Anna Lilly
Rev
W.D
Bluefield
Don Rice
Rice
Virginia Tech
Allyson Scruggs
Sydney Pelts
Scruggs
Buster Large
David Hubbard
Hubbard
Tom Colley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Colley
Rebecca Cole
Princeton
Jazmine
Melinda O’narrah
Montcalm
O'Narrah
Cole
Community
Deepening US recession as GDP plunges and job losses mount
The economy faces a sharp fourth quarter GDP drop potentially the largest since 1982, with forecasts for smaller declines next year. Home sales fall anew, prices plunge, and consumer spending slides at record paces while unemployment hits 6.7 percent. Obama and Congress push broad stimulus as banks struggle to resume lending.
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Bush
Tony Fratto
White House
Commerce Department
National Association of Realtors
Sung Won Sohn
California State University
Standard & Poor
Barack Obama
Obama
Congress
National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER
Federal Reserve
U.S
Peoria
Ill
Caterpillar
Memphis
Publisher notice on corrections policy at Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines its policy to avoid inaccuracies and publish corrections promptly. It lists executive editors and advertising and finance directors and provides a contact to report errors via any editor.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Chris S. Dorton
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