Local Area Death Notices from Richlands and Surrounding
Notices report the deaths of Mrs Lucy Phipps Childers 70 of Richlands Va and Mrs Rosa Wallington 67 Switchback, plus several other regional obituaries across multiple towns. Included are funeral details with church and burial locations, service times, pallbearers and survivors list. The notices reference families from Richlands Switchback Welch Raven and nearby communities with extended survivor rosters and calling hours.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Ad Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery including West Virginia zones. Advertising and circulation contacts are listed with bureau and representative information.
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Bluefield
Funeral services for Eallie G Rosser of Bluefield
Funeral services for Eallie G Rosser 60 of Bluefield will be held Monday at 1 p m at the Church of God in Christ Bluefield with Elder George Walker and Bishop L B Dabney officiating Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell Rosser a World War II veteran and former Hot Spot Restaurant owner lived in Bluefield 25 years Survivors include three sisters and two brothers Friends may call at Lugo s Funeral Service Bluefield 5 to 10 p m today
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Lucy Phipps Childers
Richlands
Pike County
America Bentley Phipps
Draffin
Andrew Jackson Phipps
Silver Spring Regular
Russell
Cecil L. Childers
Andrew Jackson Childers
Wabash
Ind
Paul R. Childers
Jewell Ridge
Harold G. Childers
Romeo, Mich
Harry Lambert
Tuscon, Ariz
Thelma Bartley
Hellier
Marie Huffman
Addie Fields
Florida
Kansas Stanley
Ash Camp
Hazel Phipps
Hurst - Scott Funeral Chapel
Silver Spring
Charles Stevenson
Tommy Keen Jr
Jessie
Lacy Boyd
William
Rosa) Wallington
Switchback
Welch Hospital
Memorial Baptist Church
Robert Bell
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Mount Zion Church of Christ
Hava
Emory Walker
Lashmeet
Princeton
Matoaka
Charles W
Ardela Taylor Walker
Hattie Walker
J. C
Louis Walker
Deloris Hicks
Odenton
Alma Blankenship
Kegley
Oma Walker
Tola
Sylvia Walker
Otto Walker
McComas
Ward Walker
Memorial
Earl Lovill
Millard Crotty
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Jonas McKinley Baldwin
Raven, Va
Assembly of God Church
Road Ridge
Walter Wyatt
Earl Hess
Cordle
Tazewell County
George W
Rachel Sparks Baldwin
Free Pentecostal Church of God of Raven
Order of the Red Men Oniska Tribe No. 61
Laura Cordill Baldwin
Jack Miller
Raven
Lee
Lindy Baldwin
Elbert Baldwin
Terre Haute
Donald Baldwin
Coaldan
Andrew Baldwin
Rocky Mountain
Luke Shelton
Doran
George E. Baldwin
James Baldwin
Red Ash
Leck Baldwin
Cliffield
Andy Short
Alvie Newberry
David Richardson
Grat Lawson
Clyde Sparks
James Saylers
Order of the Red Men
Oniska Tribe No. 61
James L. Cockill
Elkhorn St
Welch
Bluefield
Leavelyn
William and
Loretta Wilcox Cockill
Cole Laking Company
U. S. Navy
American Legion Post 8
40 & 8 Society
Myra Louis Cockill
Betsy Ross Stinnett
Roanoke
J. Gordon Cockill
Due West
S. C
Harry Cockill
Keystone
Alma Carnell
Houston
Texas
Welch First Presbyterian Church
Lawton Posey
Elmer S. Wilson
William E. Gilliam
Talbert St
Oakvale
Martha Elizabeth Shumate
Henry and
Rhoda Burton Shumate
E. R. Gilliam
Robert M. Gilliam
Jason Shumate
Athens
William Shumate
Carson Shumate
Portsmouth
Graham Funeral Home Chapel
French Taylor
Maple Hill
Eallie G. Rosser
Church of God In Christ
George Walker
L. B. Dabney
Log Island
George and
Ora Lee Brown Rosser
Bluefield State College
Lois Slayton
Boston
Mass
Katherine Witcher
Long Island
Gladys McGraw
Dorchester
Walter Rosser
Lynchburg
Osborne Rosser
South Boston
Lugo
Elmer C. Biggs
Preston Sullivan
Jamestown
John L. Sullivan
Manor
Thomas and
Clarence Sullivan
Fries, Va
John Martin
Jettersville
George Beasley
Red Sulphur Springs
Robert Dillon
Peterstown
Myrtle Mann
Vernon Biggs
Rich Creek
Broyles Funeral Home
W. M. Harvey
Red Sulphur Church
Serling Nicholls
Pittsburgh
Sidney
Amelia Nicholls
Foremost
Dairy Company
Aminta Ferranti Nicholls
Harry Nemmo
Amile Nicholls
Largo
Fla
Adele Pitzer
St. Petersburg
O. J. Douglas Chapel
Raymond Radzieta
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Mrs. Gracia Shandor of Bronxville Dies in New York
Mrs Gracia Shandor previously of Coalwood New York died Thursday in a Bronxville hospital. She is survived by her husband. Services were held at St Teresa's Catholic Church in Tazewell Virginia with a rosary at Greever Funeral Home. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell.
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Steve
Gracia) Shandor
Bronxville
N. Y
Coalwood
St. Teresa's Catholic Church
Tazewell
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Greever Funeral Home
Welch man dies on arrival. two Bluefield deaths noted
Serling Nicholls sixty of Welch died on arrival at a local hospital. He was office manager at Foremost Dairy in Welch and a World War II veteran. Also listed are the death notices for Fannie Elizabeth Linkous fifty seven of Bluefield, a Nazarene Church member and former National Electric Coils employee, with details of survivors and burial plans.
Mrs. R. Q. Owen of Bedford Dies After Illness
Mrs. R Q Owen of Bedford Va died Saturday in a Bedford County hospital after a short illness. She is survived by two sons Jack and Carlton Owen of Washington DC, two sisters E P Rairden of Roanoke and Mary S Thomas of Altavista, and four brothers H M and L H Saunders of Bluefield and M A and J J Saunders of Bedford. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at Carder Funeral Home in Bedford.
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Columbus Franklin
Goldie Dalton) Sutphin
Allisonia
Roanoke
Clara Ellen Sutphin
Russell Lemons
Bluefield
Raymond Wilkinson
Richmond
Lonny C. Sutphin
Tacoma
Wash
Marvin T. Sutphin
Christiansburg
Donald Eugene Sutphin
Willis
Thomas F. Dalton
Dugspur
Walters Sutphin
James L. Goad
Strickler’s Funeral Home
Pulaski
Arthur H. Brubaker
Highland Memory Gardens
Dublin
Bertha May Burton
Route 1
North Tazewell
Eva B. Moorehead
John R. Carder
A. L. Burton
Wytheville
Thomas G. Burton
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Fannie Elizabeth Linkous
Bramwell Road
Simmons
Fannie Vincent
John and
Media Shrader Vincent
Nazarene Church
National Electric Coils Company
Willie R. Linkous Jr
James S. Linkous
Vacasville
Calif
Harold L. Linkous
Portsmouth
Freda Carver
Raymond Crigger
Ed K. Shupe
William T. Vincent
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
R. Q. Owen
Bedford
Bedford County
Jack
Carlton Owen
Washington, D. C
E. P. Rairden
Mary S. Thomas
Altavista
H. M
L. H. Saunders
M. A
J. J. Saunders
Carder Funeral Home
Tabor Funeral Service Held in Bluefield
Mrs. Robert Tabor, 75, of Yards Va., funeral today at 2 p.m. in Graham Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Rev. John Bowles officiating. Burial in Shrader Cemetery Yards. Pallbearers: Henry Tabor Raymond Compton C. T. Bishop Otis Smith Fred Bowman Walter Lawson.
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Tabor
Robert
Yards
Graham Funeral Chapel
Bluefield
John Bowles
Shrader
Henry Tabor
Raymond Compton
C. T. Bishop
Otis Smith
Fred Bowman
Walter Lawson
Viet Cong demand equal footing in talks with Saigon and U S
The report notes Viet Cong seeks parity with South Vietnam and the United States in negotiations. The meeting site would fly an NLF flag and U S delegates must come unarmed. Three U S prisoners named are Spec 4 James W Brigham of Ocala Florida, Spec 4 Thomas N Jones of Lynnville Indiana, and Pfc Donald G Smith of Akron Pennsylvania, all 21.
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James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Thomas N
Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Donald G. Smith
Akron
No Date Set To Resume Talks In Vietnam Negotiations
U S Ambassador Cyrus Vance reported Washington’s views on ending the Vietnam war to Saigon’s Pham Dang Lam but gave no date for a new meeting with the Hanoi Liberation Front. Saigon urged mutual movement on table shapes while North Vietnam stuck to seating terms. President Johnson aims for a truce and substantial progress toward peace.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
South Vietnam
Vance
Johnson
Nixon
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
America
Vietnam
United States
Wheeling College Tops California (Pa) in GV Tournament Consolation
Joe OConnell scored 27 points to lift Wheeling College to a 79-74 win over California (Pa) State in the Golden Valley Tournament consolation game. West Liberty and the Quantico Marines then met in the later championship contest.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Joe O'Connell
Wheeling College
California
State
West Liberty
Quantico Marines
Apollo 9 flight set for February 28 earth orbit test
Space officials in Houston outlined a plan from Apollo 9 to fly February 28 in Earth orbit testing the lunar module with the command and service module as a team. They predicted up to three lunar landings in 1969, culminating with Apollo 11 a lunar landing possibly in July or August.
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California
Houston
Air Force
Samuel Phillips
Nixon Asks For Foreign Policy Agenda In Bahamas Meeting
President elect Nixon outlined foreign policy aims during a Bahamas trip to Grand Cay with his son in law David Eisenhower and top advisers. The talks covered Vietnam, Middle East tensions, nuclear treaty talks, antiballistic missile defenses, White House planning, and Security Council structure. Nixon plans to involve Robert Murphy with the National Security Council early in the administration and spoke after returning from a holiday at Key Biscayne.
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Grand Cay
Bahamas
David Eisenhower
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Defense Department
Vietnam
Middle East
White House
Security Council
Robert D. Murphy
State Department
National Security Council
Key Biscayne
Open letter cites Pueblo capture and North Korea claim
North Korea issued an open letter to President Johnson alleging Pueblo intrusion in five points over ten days before its capture. U.S. sources say terror tactics began after Pueblo was seized and crew released only after the United States repudiated the signed statement.
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U.S
Bucher
Johnson
United States
Princeton Man Dies Of Injuries In Fall
Daniel Smithers of Bell Street Princeton died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital where he was treated for injuries from a fall on December 25. The body was taken to Lugos Funeral Service of Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Daniel Smithers
Bell Street
Princeton
Bluefield
Lugo
Specialists press radio contact as plane crash blamed on radar gaps
The stricken craft received ground control radio contact but reportedly did not use radar in its approach. Rep. Pucinski criticized the FAA for making precision approach radar optional at O’Hare. He argued PAR could have warned of deviation and aided landing. North Central Airlines serves 11 Midwestern states and had no prior fatalities in 3.1 billion passenger miles.
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Roman C. Pucinski
Dill
Pucinski
O’hara
Federal Aviation Agency
O'Hare
North Central
GOP Delegate Hansen to resign Chesterfield seat
Republican Del. John S. Hansen, representing Chesterfield County and Colonial Heights since 1966, will resign effective Jan. 3 to join Hercules Inc. in Wilmington as a sales official starting Jan. 6. He told Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. and party leaders he must return to work, prompting a special election.
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Richmond
John S. Hansen
Chesterfield County
Colonial Heights
General Assembly
Hansen
Hercules Inc
Hercules Sales
Wilmington
Del
Hercules
David E. Satterfield III
GOP
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Slaying Victim Identified in Mansfield Pennsylvania
Police tentatively identify William Ellis Jr. a 29 year old from Warrenton Virginia as the slain man found with a gunshot wound. Illinois teen Mark Hainds 19 is being questioned after an auto crash linked to the case. A blood-stained pillow and mattress were found near a truck stop. body possibly dumped at the cemetery.
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Mansfield
Virginia
Illinois
William Ellis Jr
Warrenton
Mark Hainds
Springfield
Ill
Ellis
Hainds
Perry County
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
New England
Wisconsin
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Mrs
Lucy Childers
William Wallington
Elizabeth Wallington
Brooklyn
Louise Wright
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary F. Perkins
Havaco
Compton
Bobby Wallington
Columbus
Burl Watkins
Upland
Ludig Brymn
Sherman Faudrell
Stoneville
N.C
Raleigh
Otis M. Richards
Salem
John M. Oakey
Pete Richards
Detroit, Mich
Albert, Leonard
Houston Richards
Will Richards
Etta Mathena
Ingleside
Jonas Baldwin
Mrs. Columbus Sutphin
William Gillam
Miss Berta Burton
Lorena Hayton
Lorena
Rene) Hayton
Ceres
Sharon Lutheran Church
Dale Johnson
Grubb Funeral Home
Frank Wilkinson
Frank W. Wilkinson
Narrows
Helen Fillinger
Amos Blankenship
Oliver E. Hampton
Mackie Fillinger
Jim Fillinger
Clifton Whittaker
Riffe
T. O. Willis
Fairview Cemetery
Charles G. Sage
Pocahontas, Va
Beckley Hospital
Pocahontas
Eallie Rosser
Beckley
Fries
Lucresia Sullivan
Dennis and
The
Baptist Church
Jimmy
Bobby Dillon
Reggie Bales
Bud Renolds
Howard Bishop
Eddie Hodock
David Wayne Hicks
Irvin Hicks
Route 4
Clayton Jones
Lafayette Terry
Hiawatha
Johnston Funeral Home
Steve Shandor
Sterling Nicholls
Mrs. Fannie Linkous
Bluefield Elk Lodge
Raleigh Sr
Bluefield, W. V
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