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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1982
Page
2
Obituary notices list Mrs. Nannie Lula Shufflebarger of Princeton and Mrs. Sallie Daniel Lafon of Falls Mills among others, with funeral services, burial plans, and calling hours. Also noted are death notices for Mrs. Velma Nipper, Mrs. Louisa Blankenship, Mrs. Lelia Riner, and John Trechock, detailing family survivors, church affiliations, and impending services or arrangements.
Funeral notices for ISOM and Price, plus multiple Bluefield area deaths, list services at Jones Chapel Freeman, Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands, Mercer Funeral Home Chapel, and Peery & St. Clair in Tazewell. Names include Jay Albert Horne, Edward Lee Slim Phillips, Mrs. Robert Landers, Roy Earl Landers, William Lee Jarrell, Thomas Earl Meade, Edward F. Alston, and Margaret Thelma Rose. Interments follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Brown Family Cemetery, Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Grandview Memory Gardens, Maplewood Cemetery, and Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Services span today through Monday with pallbearers named for several, and calls from 5 to 9 p.m. at funeral homes.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph establishment details published as a local newspaper. Includes address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and subscription rates, postal information, Associated Press status, and advertising contacts.
A Bluefield woman, Carolyn Sue Bowman, was arrested for burglary after she allegedly entered a neighbor's home around midnight Saturday. Police reported items including jewelry, a fur coat, china figurines, and a rocking chair found at Bowman's residence, tied to the Heller residence burglary. Bowman claimed she was visiting Dr. Charles Richardson in Pearlsburg, Virginia, and did not know the origins of the items.
Police report Bluefield resident Alvie Thompson aged 21 escaped injury when a 1974 Datsun veered on Bramwell Road Friday night. A slick spot caused the car to go airborne into a tree before striking a power pole in a yard and stopping. Officer Paulette Huna investigated.
A young sheik linked by marriage to Saudi royalty, Sheik Allal al-Fassi, 21, was freed on a $25,000 bond Saturday in the District of Columbia Superior Court. He was ordered to remain in Washington after involvement in the theft of a $1.2 million emerald and diamond ring.
A 50 year old Princeton woman, Miss Aline Georgia Laxton, was shot to death at her mother’s Princeton home on Christmas morning. Frank Joseph McKinney, 75, of Weyanoke near Matoaka, a former life prisoner for a 1975 murder overturned on appeal, was arrested and charged with Laxton’s murder after authorities say he claimed a knife confrontation occurred. A .38 revolver is believed to be the murder weapon. Laxton’s body was pronounced dead on arrival at Princeton Community Hospital after the 5:30 a.m. shooting. McKinney had previously owned a tavern in Matapaka, Frank's Place, which burned down about a year ago. The investigation continues with local authorities and prosecutors.
Religious notices say Rose of Sharon will not meet today but will resume regular services Tuesday. YPHA gathers at 5 30 p m with choir rehearsal at 6 30 p m and prayer service at 7 30 p m at Apt 210 1 D Crescentview Apartments. Pastor Rev Mrs Idella Jones presides.
A Bluefield man was summonsed on shoplifting charges after attempting to leave K Mart wearing a pair of Texas steer boots. Mary Jo Shrader reported the incident. Police official John Hicks, 21, was cited after the attempted theft Friday at 4 46 p m according to investigator W T Jones.
A 26 year old Tazewell County man Freeman Deskins of North Tazewell Va was killed Christmas Day in an auto accident. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a Welch hospital. McDowell County Sheriff's Department investigated the crash with no information available at press time.
LAS VEGAS AP says Jerry Lewis walked for the first time since double bypass surgery last week and was on a real high. His manager Joe Stabile reported excellent progress and a possible release as soon as next Friday.
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