Obituary notes mark long rural lives across Virginia and West Virginia
A string of death notices from Bluefield Telegraph region details Jay Albert Horne of Cedar Bluff and A M Dorton of Coal Mountain among others. Survivors include spouses, children, and extended kin. graves planned at Brown Family Cemetery and Greenhills Memory Gardens. Funeral rites, pallbearers, and calling hours outlined for multiple families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Albert Horne
Belfast
Cedar Bluff
Lebanon
Buchanan County
Gordon and
Mattie Brown Horne
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Jewell Valley
UMWA
Roy
Hallie
Earnest Horne
Irma FE. Brown Horne
Jim
Marie) Jackson
Winfred
Louis) Hess
Richlands
McClellan
Evelyn) Horne
Charlie
Maxine) DeBord
Lillie) McGraw
Samford
Fla
Chester Horne
Jewell Ridge
Roger Horne
Lewisburg
Euva McCain
Bedford
Ind
Hurst-Scott
Rev. Grat Horton
Brown Family
Brown Ridge
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Price Isom
East 178Th St
Apt
Bronx
N. Y
New York Hospital
Fries
George and
Lizzy Tolbert Isom
Gary
New York
U. S. Steel
Jones Chapel United Holy Church
Freeman
Perry Slaughter
Alvester McConnell
May Moore
Oakwood
Missionary Society of Jones Chapel
Lugo
Bobby J
Dot) Mullins
Pilgrim Knob
Ellen Deel Cole
Leck Cole
Hale Creek
Real mother reunites with found child in New Mexico
Albuquerque police said the girl Christina, believed to have lived in Riverside, California, was reunited with her mother after detectives confirmed the recognition. Mrs Serna described the moment as a strong inner feeling and noted Christina's joy and pale sleep after the surprise. Christina favors a doll and the family plans Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
David Garcia
Riverside
Calif
Mrs. Serna
Christina
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notice Text
ESTABLISHED 1893 Published every morning by the Daily Telegraph Printing Bluefield West Virginia mailing and subscription details. Local notices and postal rates indicate year and zone information, with subscription pricing and mailing channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Posmaster
Andor Amor
Mine Bulldozer Operator Killed near Inez Ky
Columbus Osborne, 42, a bulldozer operator at Mapco Inc. Pontiki No 1 mine, fell into a 30 foot hole Thursday seven miles south of Inez Kentucky. His body was found about 4 a.m. Friday in a railroad coal car at the Ohio River Terminal after 27 cars were emptied. Local coroner spokesman said Osborne died in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenova
W.va
Kentucky
Ohio River Terminal
Here
Columbus Osborne
Jay Hinkle
Martin County
Osborne
Mapco Inc
Pontiki No. 1
Inez
Pope John Paul II hails peace at Christmas Mass
Vatican City AP reports Pope John Paul II celebrated a midnight Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica drawing thousands of pilgrims and tourists. The service was televised to 38 countries but not broadcast in Poland for the second year due to martial law restrictions. Earlier he shared carols and oplatek with about 3,000 Poles at the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John Paul II
St. Peter's Basilica
Jesus
Christendom
Poland
Vatican
John Paul
Youth Gauged by Deputies After Stolen Goods Feud
In Fairview North Carolina deputies sympathized with a teen who stole guns and fishing gear to feed his family. He faces felonies for breaking and entering and larceny while a possible misdemeanor plea is discussed. A hospital offers part time work and authorities consider restitution options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
N.C
Buncombe County
Tom Morrissey
Morrissey
Clark Rides In Wheelchair After Artificial Heart
Barney Clark rode in a wheelchair for the first time since receiving his artificial heart and was moved to a larger room with a Christmas tree in Salt Lake City. Karen Shaffer said a quiet family Christmas would honor her father with Tim and Una Loy in attendance. She noted the family feared loneliness but spoke of faith and a renewed chance at life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Barney Clark
Karen Shaffer
Tim
Clark
Una Loy
They Were Surprised By Christmas Narrated By Kids
Peggy Amaral and her 15 year old daughter Angie faced a hard Christmas in Reedley California. Their school friends secretly brought in a tall Christmas tree that nearly touched the ceiling and decorated it. The gesture moved Peggy who praised the students for sharing true Christmas spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedley
Calif
Peggy Amaral
Angie
Amarals
Ms. Amaral
Magistrate denies hit and run in Welch death
Welch-McDowell County Magistrate David Hunt faced police in a probe into a fatal hit-and-run that killed 68 year old John Kitchen in Welch around 12 30 a m Monday. Authorities say Hunt was present at the scene and denies involvement while evidence from his car is being tested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
McDowell County
David Hunt
Welchman
Corp. C.N
Blizzard
Hunt
Charleston
The
Daily Telegraph
Kitchen
Christmas Eve Floods and Tornadoes Hit Several States
About 100 people were moved to a relief shelter at the Masonic Temple as Salem Illinois prepared evacuation shelters for a mobile home park. Tornadoes and high winds damaged more than 50 homes in Tulsa Wright City and Ketchum Oklahoma. A Tulsa trailer overturned sent a family to hospital with a 1 year old. This marked Oklahoma's first Christmas tornado activity in 15 years with over three dozen injuries and 11 buildings destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Salem
Ill
Town
Tulsa
Ketchum
Wright City
Okla
Oklahoma
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jay Horne
A.M. Dorton
A.M
Mack ) Dorton
Coal Mountain
Wyoming County
Beckley
Wise County
Joe
Minnie Clendenin Dorton
Georgia-Pacific Lumber Co
Church of Christ
Irene Meyers Dorton
Margaret Thacker
el Paso
Texas
Betty Joe Hamshaw
Gene Dorton
Los Angeles
Bill Dorton
Paintsville
Bob Dorton
Harold Dorton
Claremont
Kate Cole
Whitewood
Byrd Skeens
East Stone Gap
Mrs. Dexter LaFon
Dexter
Sallie Daniel) LaFon
Falls Mills
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Edward Phillips
Edward Lee
Slim) Phillips
Luther St
Switchback
Foster Phillips
Bluefield Hardware Co
Lois Doss Phillips
Dorothy Barrett
Gail Taylor
Rocky Gap
Edward Lee Phillips Jr
Daniel M. Phillips
John Wayne Phillips
Kenneth Dale Phillips
Elizabeth Shupe
Mountain City
Tenn
Grover Phillips
Rovgnore
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Clifford Compton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mike Hamm
James Hamm
Jimmy Hamm
Chris Evans
Terry Proffitt
Don Stamper
Price
Isom
Nannie Shufflebarger
Nannie Lula Shufflebarger
Village Green
Moble
Princeton
George W. Seaver Funeral Home
Kenneth Perdue
Kenneth (Rack) Perdue
Oakvale
Riley and
Zara Perdue
Norfolk and Western Railway
Chrysler Corporation
Kimberly Tile Company
Mona Stump
Mary Fields
Sarah Jane Maynard
Columbus
Ohio
Charlie Perdue
Mavisdale
Jack E. Perdue
Bessie Radford
Boyd Perdue
Davis Funeral Chapel
Thomas McClanahan
Mrs
Bobby Mullins
Martin Lester
Martin E. Lester
Hobart
Pocahontas
National Steel Co
Portage Moose Lodge
Indiana Sheriffs Assn
Eula V. Lucas Lester
Jessie Lester
Danny Lester
Marion
Wanda Denney
Delores Lester
Clarence
Billy Lester
Robert Lester
Pageton
Eltonie Haga
Laura Boulings
Nathalie
Rees Funeral Home
Mrs. Ellsworth Downard
Ellsworth F
Tressia Ella) Downard
Shadow Wood Valley Park
Jackson
James and
Tressia Stickler Leach
Donald E. Downard
Roland Gene Downard
San Jose
Roger Lee Downard
Hinton
Jerry Allen Downard
Judith Marlene Carlson
Stillwater
Patricia Anne Mabes
Branton
Florence Vance
Lancaster
Marvale Gilliland
Alice Hall
Audrey Channel
Henry Leach
Athens
Russell Leach
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Paul Stone
Jolo
Roanoke, Va
Bartley
Lillie W. Mounts
Cromwell, Conn
Ed Mounts
Martha Baker Mounts
Chester
Clayton Mounts
Portland, Conn
Agnes
Joyce Mounts
Portland
Jiggs Edgell
Mack
Andrew Riffe
Michael Vestal
Eddie
Glenda) Arrington
Ray
Wanda) Bishop
Bradshaw
Pearl Beavers
Ruth Mary Faltz
Lexie Zimmerman
Florence, Ky
Ethel Reagan
Birtie Sweeney
Cromwell
Wayne Mounts
Ernest Mounts
Tex
Chester Mounts
Florida
United Church of God
Atwell Mountain
Roger Lee Hale
Crockett Hagerman
Lacy Griffith
Atwell Cemetery
James Roberts
Leonard Yates
Johnny Beavers
Mack Riffe Jr
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Sammy Sampson
Sammy Hart Sampson
Russell County Medical Center
Russell County
Frank and
Francis Cook Hart
Finney Baptist Church
Larry H. Sykes
Willard
Lorene) Ball
Fred
Gladys) Owens
Honaker
W. W
Jean) Barrett
Russell County Funeral Home
H. G. Musick Jr
W. L. Odum
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Velma Nipper
Velma Jean Nipper
Kegley
Memorial
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Spring ST
Bluefield VA
Roller Floral CO
Princeton & Beckley
Pope
Magistrate
Pennsylvania Station
New York City
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Bluewell
Industrial Gas
East Bluefield
Mercer Mall
Satan
Devil
Memorial Church of Christ
Christaan
New Hope Road
Penn
Glenn A. Tabor Jr
Merry Christmas
Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
Honaker Ave
Princeton, WV
National and
West Virginia Funeral Directors Associations
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