Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area
Multiple notices list the deaths of Mrs. Ollie Thompson 86 of Glen Lyn Mrs Henry Johnson 76 of Bartley Heather Dawn Farmer 6 weeks Lashmeet and others including William W King 61 Northglenn Colo Calvin C Shook 62 Orbit Acres Serena and more. Funeral arrangements span Glen Lyn Church of Christ Short Ridge Cemetery Pipestein Hicks Cemetery and Roselawn Memorial Gardens with callers at local funeral homes.
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Ollie Thompson
Ollie
Jane Swim) Thompson
Glen Lyn
Augusta
Mercer County
Mode
Caroline Evans
Glen Lyn Church of Christ
James Edward Thompson
Robert W. Thompson
Clyde Raymond Thompson
Rich Creek
Mary T. McClain
Jackson SC
Mary Goodman
Sophia
James S. Mullins
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
Riffe
Narrows
Henry Johnson
Henry
Dacy) Johnson
Bartley
Welch Hospital
Raysal
King
Lcrilda Moore Estep
Church of God At
Atwell
Mary Terry
Rosia M. McLaughlin
William
June) Hoy
Pearl Judith Ann Caliccot
Linda
William W. King
William W
Bill) King
Northglenn
Colo
Denver
Chicago
Ill
Bluefield
Opal Mims King
Jerry Allen King
Danny Wescott
Stephen Timothy King
Danna Carter
Calvin Shook
Calvin C Shook
Orbit Acres Addition
Serena
Princeton
Wise County
John and
Martha Williams Shook
Consolidation Coal Co
Cooks Chapel Baptist Church
Pipestein
U.S. Army Airforce
Six Americans among 11 killed in Fiji plane crash
An island commuter plane crashed near Nadi International Airport killing 11 people, including six Americans, with three injured two critically. The four engine De Havilland Heron may have had unknown aboard and cause is undetermined. Witnesses say it plunged near the runway as it landed. Betty Crocker figure Marjorie Child Husted dies at 94 in Minneapolis after a long career with Washburn Crosby and General Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadi
Fiji
South Pacific
Betty Crocker
Cies Minneapolis
Marjorie Child Husted
Husted
Washburn-Crosby Co
General Mills
Funerals for Five Adults Held Today in West Virginia and Virginia
Five obituaries note funeral services across Bluefield Bluewell Martinsville Jolo and Paynesville. Sanford Bishop 78 of Columbus will be buried at Tom Sparks Cemetery Paynesville with Jesus Church rites. Fannie Reed 64 Jolo buried Rowe Cemetery after Mt Olive Primitive services. Herman Blankenship 62 Jolo to be interred Noah Stewart Cemetery Bradshaw Mountain. Donald Rigney 64 Bluefield entombment at White Cemetery Bluewell. Hazel White 71 Martinsville formerly Montcalm to burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell.
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Steve A. Worrell
Speedway
Princeton
Gardner
John William
N. Dove Worrell
Bethel United Methodist Church
Susan Helen Worrell
Melvin Worrell
Columbus
Ind
David Worrell
Steve A. Worrell, Jr
Hampton, Va
Juanita Neal
Nashville
Madeline Gore
Judy Reynolds
Salisbury
Mary Lee Goode
Bud
Lawrence Worrell
Oceana
Clarence Worrell
Leonard Worrell
Charles Wilson
Paul Hall
Hicks Cemetery
Athens Road
Charlie D. Fraley
Charley D. Fraley
Lawrenceburg
Frankfurt
U.S. Steel Co
Gary
Donna J. Al-Hakin
Centerlane
Mich
Doris Hayes
Warren
James C. Fraley
Robert R. Fraley
Elizabethtown
Johnnie Fraley
Angola
Georgie Fraley
Franklin Furnace
Ohio
Lane-Stucky Funeral Home
Donald Nunnery
Fraley Cemetery
Flora Jane Hager
South St
Bluefield
Daniel and
Naomi Purdue Jackson
Calvary Baptist Church
VFW
Mountain Laurel Council
Harvey B. Hager
Eugene Hager
Billy
Judy) Gibson
Emory
Louise) Davis
Portsmouth
Elmer Jackson
Roy
Irene) Witt
Ernest
Pauline) Stephens
New Richmond
Mercer Funeral Home
Michael Brackett
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mary E. Bolton
Mary E
Bessie) Bolton
Box
Old
Pennsylvania
Thomas L
Charlotte Donachy Asel
Kee Street
Thomas Bolton
Joseph Shreve
Ruby Wellman
Hico
Verda Tredway
Fayetteville
David A. Sneed
Mt. Vista Park Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Frances Eastep
Frances Everlyn Eastep
Powhatan
Radford
Crumpler
William and
Martha Arrington Bradner
Upland-Powhatan
Sanford Columbus
Bradshaw
Jesus Church
Charlie Kennedy
Pete Woods
Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville
Reed
Fannie E
Jolo
Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church
Harold Thornsbury
Anice Davis
Rowe Cemetery
Rigney
Donald
Craven-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Carl Burrows
Barry Wright
Woodlawn Memorial Park
White
Hazel R
Clearview Dr
Martinsville
Montcalm
Craven Shires Funeral Home
Michael Hartwell
Policy Rifts Over Iran Arms Sales Leave Government Uncertain
Policy stemming from Iran hostage arms deals drew criticism as disclosures reveal an official stance opposed to ransom payments. Aides said such actions strained policy making, with Senate and House probes planned next month. Robert B. Oakley led a State Department meeting where Iran experts questioned the arms for hostages approach.
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Iran
Carlucci
Senate
House
Robert B. Oakley
National Security Council
State Department
Middle East
Winterplace ski area grows amid snowless season
Everhart notes Winterplace in southern West Virginia has 75 acres of slopes with a 603 foot vertical drop and a longest run of 1.75 miles. With 20 trails fully open, seven day operations and nightly skiing, the resort markets itself as a growing regional attraction despite minimal Christmas snowfall.
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Everhart
West Virginia
West
New England
Virginia coal shifts to longwall mines spark regional changes
Virginia officials note a rise in longwall mining with 12th and planned 13th mines, cutting miner totals to about 10,000. Officials cite higher quality coal and demand for low-sulphur coal, while many smaller firms exit. Production data show regional gains in Virginia eastern Kentucky and West Virginia, with Wyoming and Montana production declining.
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Lay
Walter Hibbard
Virginia Center For Coal and Energy Research
Virginia
Hibbard
Childress
Energy Information Administration
Kentucky
West Virginia
Wyoming
Montana
John Cogan
National Energy Information Center
Karaganis
Mississippi River
U.S. plans new radars amid ABM treaty debate
Washington faces a clash over two planned large radars in Greenland and Britain despite a Soviet offer to decommission a Siberian radar. Officials cite treaty legality while critics warn the ABM accord may bar the move, affecting U.S. relations with Britain and strategic arms talks.
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Washington
United States
Greenland
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Abalakovo
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Britain
Reagan Administration
Kenneth L. Adelman
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U.S
Administration
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Heather Farmer
Heather Dawn Farmer
Lashmeet
Wiliam P. Cox
Drema Farmer
Rosanne Marie Farmer
Cozzettie Ann Farmer
Randall Cox
James Cox
Lonnie Cox
Eric Cox
Matoaka
Jeannie Ann Cordle
Johnny
Jennie Harman
Cozzettie Cox
James
Eve Lilly
Baily Funeral Home
Earl Jenkins
Johnston Cemetery
Black Oaks Mountain
Bailey Funeral Home
Ramona R. Rutledge Shook
James Shook
Jackie Ray
Carol) Northcutt
Falls Mills
Mark
Kathy) Phillips
Tommy
Karen) Ward
Justin Rutledge
Velva DePriest
Jenkins, Ky
Lois Rowan
Dora Roberts
Grand Rapids
Columbus Shook
Crescent City
Fla
John D. Shook
Johnny Atkinson
John DePriest
Pipestein Christian Academy
Laura N. Baines
College Ave
Dempsey
A.J
Rhoda Epperley Nugen
Shaeffer Maytag Co
A.M. Baines
Margaret L. Thompson
Groveland Dr
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
Princeton Bureau
Edwin M. Freakley
Thomas A. Colley
Jim Terry
Linda M. Osborne
Lewis B. Spence
Patsy P. Malamisura
Mike Blanton
Carl H. Meade, Jr
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
National Advertising Rep
London Associates
Sundé
D&s
Licable
Joe Hartzog
Lincoln Jnational Life Insurance Company
Beckley
A-1
N.Y. Times News Service
S. Jay Levy
Levy Economic Forecasters
Chappaqua
N.Y
Levy
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Arthur
Nichols
Ellen
Bluefield Monument Company
Wy. Royal
Melrose
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