Death notices fill Bluefield papers with family remembrances
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph obituary pages list Paul Chafin 59 of War Cove died on arrival at Welch hospital from natural causes. Survivors include wife Deirdra and many children in multiple states. Services Thursday at Douglas Funeral Home War. burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Also listed are Joseph Allen 84 of Bull Creek and James E. Brown 76 of Beckley with details of survivors, funeral arrangements, and burial plans. Additional notices cover Raymond Hoops 46 of Bland Virginia, Clinton Shepard 58 of Bishop, Alta Creasy 72 of Bluefield, and Leona Peery 86 among others with service times, locations, and pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Chafin
War Cove
Welch Hospital
Warfield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Establishment and circulation note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 published by Daly Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia carries Associated Press news and local reports Second class mail Bluefield WV subscription and home delivery rates listed Postmaster address and advertising rep details included
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Cweulaton
W Va
Andon Associates
Three Killed In Alexandria Car Tragedy
Alexandria police report three people found dead in a car at 17 West Caton Ave. A adult male, a juvenile female and a juvenile male were discovered in a garage after a call at about 4 50 p m. Police described the scene as a double homicide death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
West Caton Ave
City Board Awards Dodge Cruisers In Final 1982 Session
Bluefield Board selects Andy Clark Chrysler Plymouth Dodge as low bidder for three police cruisers at 9 450 each, totaling 28 350 funded from revenue sharing. Board also allocates 15 000 Gateway Regional Transit Authority contribution from revenue sharing. New Year’s office closures announced with Monday garbage collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Board of Directors
Andy Clark
Chrysler
Plymouth
Dodge
Paul Cole
Fred Burton
Bill Looney
John Feuchtenberger
Bruce Gerwig
Paul Oliver
Dan Boroff
Burton
Law
Joe Walker
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Walker
Ben Paine
Transit Authority
Oliver
Death Notice of Ted Allen Lowe
Ted Allen Lowe 36 of Homosassa Springs Fla formerly Short Gap Va died Saturday at his home of an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound He was born in Richlands Va son of Nannie Belle Chambers Lowe Osborne and the late Robert Lowe He resided in Richlands area most of life moved to Florida recently and was a self employed carpet installer Survivors include wife Dorothy Hood Lowe two sisters Doris Smith and Jean Bunch both of Cleveland Oh three brothers Oscar Lowe Martinsville Va Ellis Lowe Short Gap and Buster Lowe Cleveland Funeral held at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Rev Earl Cole Osborne Family Cemetery on Osborne Mountain near Short Gap Friends and neighbors will funeral today after 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ward
Monte Vista Park
Fort Knox
Bluefield
Irene McGlothlin Hoops
Robert Hoops
U.S. Army
Disabled American Veterans
Order of the Purple Heart
Moose Lodge
Janet Louise Adkins Hoops
Ferrell Adkins
Virgil Adkins
U.S. Navy
Long Beach
Calif
Annette Adkins
U.S. Air Force
Shepherd Air Force Base
Texas
Boyd
Quinn Adkins
Joe
Terry
Maria Tanagopoulos
Chris Evans
Sherry Boyles
Delores Gibson
Princeton
James Robert
William
Billy’’ Hoops
Clinton D. Shepard
Bishop
Tazewell
Peery and St
Jim Shepard
Ethel McCall Shepard
Curtis W. Shepard
Newton
N.C
Rodney D. Shepard
Colorado Springs
Danny K. Shepard
N. Tazewell, Va
Richy D. Shepard
High Point
Ernie D. Shepard
Bishop, Va
Terry S
John Spencer Mayo
Nemours
Palmyra
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bishop Mine
Midway United Methodist Church
Yards
Ella Dillon Mayo
Carol Sue Mayo
Betty Gillespie Mayo
Michael Mayo
Bramwell
Steven
Charles Mayo
Samuel Mayo
Greenville
Hamm Mayo
Lena Melton
Georgia Mayo
Richmond
Martha Prentice
Vecaetuyt
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Ralph Kidd
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Clyde Little
Milton Parrish
Mike Truman
Grady Caldwell
Ellis Sarver
A.G. Shutt
Frank Lawson
Winnis Anderson
Robert C. Asbury
Rt. 2
N. Tazewell
Richlands
Tazewell County
Lillie Elizabeth Kinder Asbury
Ervin Asbury
Cleveland
Victor Asbury
Chicago
Ill
Flora Vermillion
Georgia Harless
Springville
Dosha Hicks
Radford
Greever Funeral Home
Max Linkous
Clarence Jessie
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell, Va
Junior Melvin
Melvin Fuller
Martin Carter
John Vermillion
Orin Cox
Robert Hill
Ted Allen Lowe
Homosassa Springs
Fla
Short Gap
Nannie Belle Chambers Lowe Osborne
Robert Lowe
Florida
Dorothy Hood Lowe
Doris Smith
Jean Bunch
Ohio
Oscar Lowe
Martinsville
Ellis Lowe
Buster Lowe
Hurst-Scott
Earl Cole
Osborne Family
Osborne Mountain
Railroads under pressure over coal rates and competition
Virginia leaders warn rate cuts by Norfolk Southern could hurt N and W coal shipments. Conrail stands to gain about 4.8 million annually if a $12 per ton contract with New England Electric proceeds. Utilities and state officials say high rail rates threaten West Virginia and central Appalachian coal competitiveness against foreign buyers and export markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry Roberts
The
Virginians For Competitive Coal Transportation
Richmond
Conrail
N&w
Reishman
West Virginia
Central Appalachian
Coal Development Authority
Bates
Woman Killed In Auto Mishap On U S 19
In Summersville West Virginia a 62 year old woman Elenor Zelmis of Charleroi Pennsylvania was killed when her car slammed into an oncoming vehicle while attempting to pass another car on U S 19 on Piles Mountain Nicholas County. Carl Anderson of Ashtabula Ohio was uninjured and his wife Magdaline was hospitalized in guarded condition. Walter Zelmis the husband of the deceased was listed in stable condition. The accident remains under investigation by county authorities.
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Summersville
W.va
U.S. 19
Piles Mountain
Nicholas County
Eugene Smith
Elenor Zelmis
Charleroi
Carl Anderson
Ashtabula
Ohio
Smith
Anderson
Summersville Memorial Hospital
Don Smith
Magdaline
Raleigh General Hospital
Snowbound all along I-70 as blizzard hits intercity corridor
Thousands formed a rescue convoy to aid 30 bus passengers stranded by a snowstorm. Between 600 and 700 travelers shelter in Colby Kansas locations including an armory church and tavern while 500 stay at the Interstate Holiday Inn in Grand Island Nebraska. In Lexington about 300 spend the night at an armory with guardsmen baking rolls and local restaurants serving meals as two churches shelter refugees.
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Colby
Kan
Salina
Colorado
Interstate Holiday Inn
Grand Island, Neb
National Guard
Lexington
Neb
National Guardsmen
West Virginia Jobless Rate Rises to 11.9 Percent in November
Gov. Rockefeller announced West Virginia's unemployment rate climbed to 11.9 percent in November with 87,600 unemployed. Manufacturing jobs fell 900 to 95,400 and coal mining dropped 400 to 45,500, while retail added 900 hires for the Christmas season. Total employed statewide reached 650,500, down 2,000 from October.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Employment Department
Jay Rockefeller
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rockefeller
Illinois opens second death row in springfield facility
The state opened a second death row to handle rising executions. Three Cook County killers were moved from Menard in Chester to the new Pontiac state prison unit, announced Corrections Director Michael Lane.
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Springfield, Ill
State of Illinois
Cook County
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
State Prison
Pontiac
Michael Lane
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Deirdra Fiese Chafin
Penny
Michelle Chafin
Mary Ellen
Debra Chafin
Baltimore
Paul Chafin Jr
Paul Edward
Danny
Douglas
David Chafin
Earl Chafin
Coalwood
Everett Chafin
Judson City
Junior
Lena) Compton
Vernon
Reva) Burnette
Hopewell
Jack
Delores) Collins
Stanhope
N.J
Commodore
Louise) Cyphers
James
Gail) Blankenship
Martin
Douglas Funeral Home
George Lake
William Holmes
Joseph Allen
Joseph
Joe) Allen
Bull Creek
Mohawk
Cora Dotson Allen
Ray Allen
Welch
Joe Allen Jr
Kimball
James Allen
Moorehead
Virgil
Bailey Jr
Allen Family
Allen
Fanning
James Brown
James E. Brown
Garden Terrace
Beckley
Mercer County
E.A
Martha Early Brown
Methodist Church
Matoaka
Ruth Holmes Brown
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Phillip Leftwich
Sunset Memorial Park
Raymond
Jack’’ Hoops
Bland
Mercer Funeral Home
Clinton Shepard
Mrs. Elwood Creasy
Elwood E
Alta Sprinkle) Creasy
Rivermont Drive
Dudley Memorial
Graham Christian Church
Helen Odham
David M
Helen) Barber Odham
Capels
Davy
Forrest
Mabel Cummings Rhodes
McDowell County
Richard
Charlotte) Marushia
Twin Branch
Jenny Davas
Geoffery
Vivian) Allen
John Bailes
Richard Marushin
Michael Steele
Richard Wheeler
Mrs. Leona Peery
Leona Hayes Peery
Whitethorn St
Mercer Funeral
Walter J. Vierling
Samuel Thomas
Caroline Peery Hayes
Emanuel Lutheran Church of
James Hayes Peery
Virginia Beach
Herbert
Carrie) Humphreys
Ruth) Squires
Brandon
Earl
Lois) Damewood
Alifair) Sluss
North Tazewell
Pallbenehrs
Jim Granger
Otha Pfau
Don Cooper
Glynn Carlock
John Spracker
Rick Saunders
Lelia Riner
Lelia Charlton Riner
Lindside
Los Angeles
Montgomery County
Chester B
Kate Weaver Charlton
Monroe County
Lindside Christian Church
H. Letcher Riner
Thurman H
Mary) Comer
Hugh
Nora Lee) Miller
Titusville
Myron
Sarah Jean) Taylor
Broyles
Peterstown
Charles Sublett
Dennis Trail
Orchard Cemetery
Ballard
Jimmy Bishop
William Henry Mutter
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell County Funeral Home
John Mayo
Robert Asbury
Mrs
Rosa Booth
Nellie Prince
Arlington
Bailey Funeral Home
Raymond Hoops
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Andy Clark Dodge
Boroff
James A
Tony) Bivens
SHOP
Industrial Gas & Supply
Your Welding Supermarket
East Bluefield
Wva
Mercer Mall
N&aw
Danforth Insurance Agency Auto License Service
Primitivo Delgado, M.S
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