Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Obituaries list Hassie Vandyke Jackson and Clifford Puckett among others, detailing ages, births, spouses, children, church memberships, and burial plans in Buchanan County, Russell and Mercer counties. Funeral services and pallbearers are listed with dates, locations, and involved churches.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes each morning from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press and the Audit Bureau of Circulation with home delivery and mail subscription rates and address change instructions.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Mishap Claims Grundy Woman
A Grundy Virginia woman Inez Dotson and her 18 year old son Christopher Dotson were killed when their car was struck on Interstate 81 by a southbound Oldsmobile driven by Michael White after White lost control on an icy bridge. The Dotsons were parked off the shoulder repairing a flat tire on a 1978 Mercury when struck. Christopher Dotson was treated for an elbow contusion and minor injuries at Morristown Hamblen Hospital. Mrs Dotson was pronounced dead on arrival. Trooper Bill Green investigated. no charges filed. Mrs Dotson was a member of Word Evangelistic Outreach in Hurley Virginia. Burial will follow at Blankenship Cemetery.
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Greenville
Virginia Funeral Home
Dotsons
Dotson
Morristown- Hamblen
Morristown
Tennesee Highway Patrol
Bill Green
Ryan
Buchanan County
the Word Evangelistic Outreach
Hurley
Raymond Dotson
Pamela Diana Dotson
The
Home
Steven Dewayne Dotson
Christopher Joel Dotson
Keith Andrew Dotson
Clyde Bailey
Walter Bailey
Zeldon Bailey
Cleveland
Ohio
Edith Blair
Millie Marcum
Meador
Jonathan Dotson
Word Evangelistic Outreach
Darrell Davis
Blankenship
Grundy
Actress Jodie Foster Charged With Cocaine Possession
In Boston area papers, actress Jodie Foster faced a misdemeanor charge for possession of a small amount of cocaine at Logan International Airport. State police filed the complaint after she was stopped December 19 and admitted the substance. She paid a $100 fine with federal authorities declining prosecution.
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Boston
Jodie Foster
Logan International
California
David Rodman
Suffolk County
Newman Flanagan
Rodman
U.S
Confessed (Continued From Page One) Sowers Testimony Described
Defense called Mercer County Jail Chaplain Robert Bingham who testified that Sowers, after transfer to Tazewell County Jail, wrote for a chaplain visit and accepted Christ. Bingham said Sowers became a new person and completed Bible study and a discipleship course.
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Harry F. Rosen Jr
Mercer County
Robert Bingham
Sowers
Bingham
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Christ
Joint Services For Fire Victims In Landgraff Area
Funeral services are set for Takeisha Craighead seven and Stacey Craighead five, daughters of Cora Craighead, who died in a fire that destroyed their Landgraff home. Rev. J A Palmer and Rev. Mrs. Georgia Ferguson will lead at Richardson Funeral Home Chapel Keystone with burial at Restlawn Memorial Gardens Littlesburg Road. Both attended Wingfield Missionary Baptist Church. Takeisha was born in Welch and was a Kimball Elementary second grader. Stacey a Welch-born kindergarten student. Pallbearers include George Martin John Martin Antonia Price Tony Ware James Millner Jr Sean Harris. flowerbearers are friends. Visitation today 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Takeisha Craighead
Stacey Craighead
Cora Craighead
Landgraff
Richardson Funeral Home Chapel
Keystone
J.A. Palmer
Georgia Ferguson
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Wingfield Missionary Baptist Church
Takeisha
Ambushes in Lebanon Kill Soldier and Injure Civilians
Armed clash south of Kfar Houn leaves one Israeli soldier dead and two wounded as six bombs hit Sidon and six explode in downtown Beirut. Nine Lebanese civilians are injured, with fires, destruction of shops, and rescues reported around Smith's Market and nearby areas.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
Tel Aviv
Kfar Houn
Military commission rebukes Beirut security failures
The commission, including four retired officers and a former Navy official, urges the White House to assess military options and pursue tougher diplomacy in Lebanon. It stops short of an end to U.S. involvement, notes security lapses at Beirut, and faults the Europe command down to the battalion landing team commander for the Oct. 23 losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lebanon
White House
Weinberger
Europe
Beirut
Man Apparent Suicide Death in Virginia Died at Home
Thurman Miller 41 of Yards Va was found dead at his home from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. Virginia State Police investigated. Born in Bland County he was son of Edith Tumblin and the late Robert Miller. Survived by daughter Ella Jane Miller one brother Quinlan Tumblin and four sisters. Service at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with Rev Harold Underwood officiating. Burial at Grandview Memorial. Pallbearers listed. Funeral home awaiting today 7 to ?
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Hassie Jackson
Hassie Vandyke Jackson
Oakwood
Richlands
Buchanan County
Garden Creek
Naomi Deel
Patterson
Rosa Lee Matney
Mooresville
N.C
Mary Sheehy
Frazier
Mich
Alvie Vandyke
C.B. Vandyke
Honaker
Bill Vandyke
F.P. Vandyke
Bascom Vandyke
Don Vandyke
Alll
Charlie Vandyke
Waverly
Ohio
Hurley Vandyke
Manassas
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keene Mountain
Willard Bill Boyd
Roger Hart
Vandyke
Jerry Vandyke
Larry Vandyke
Mike Vandyke
Jack Vandyke
Danny Vandyke
Hassell Vandyke
Virgil Vandyke
Garnett Brown
Kellysville
Bluefield
Oakvale
Mercer County
Appalachian Power Co
Glyn Lyn
East River Ruritan Club
New Zion Regular Baptist Church
Ollie Brown
Geraldine Brown
Irene Pendleton
Rebecca McGuire
Princeton
Carlos Brown
Ripplemead
Bennett Brown
Rt. 3
Harold Brown
Dixie Brown
Rt. 4
Fred Kinser
New Zion
Davis Funeral Home
James Boyd
James H. Boyd
Haysi
Bristol, Tenn
Shirley Boyd
James K. Boyd
Maxie, Va
Steve Boyd
Mabel Hagg
Allanell Boardwine
Leemaster
Fannie Pruitt
Harmon
Lucy Thomas
Bradshaw
Josephine Hibbitts
Grundy
Mattie Boyd
Rebecca Boyd
Walde Coleman
Margie Belcher
Zethia Woods
Prater
Carrie Branham
Green Cove Spring
Fla
Marcus Boyd
Palatka
Glen Boyd
Bill Boyd
Cedar Bluff
Fred Boyd
Lawrence Boyd
Roland Boyd
Haysi Funeral Home
James O’quinn
Andy Deel
Frank Newsome
Boyd Cemetery
Stanley Salva
Stanley James Salva
Welch Hospital
Pennsylvania
Consolidation Coal Co
Bishop
Odd Fellows Lodge
William J. Salva
Edward Salva
Elsie Kopich
Victoria Kielstl
Helen Kaczmar
Michigan
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
War
Alex Hagerman
Grandview Memory Gardens
Thurman Miller
Yards
Virginia State Police
Bland County
Edith Caldwell Tumblin
Laurens
S.C
Robert T. Miller
Double Cola Bottling Co
Ella Jane Miller
Paul Tumblin
Quinlan Tumblin
Enoree
Mary Ann Blankenship
Jennie Dillon
Spartanburg
Sally Tumblin
Alice Claytor
Gray Court
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Harold Underwood
Grandview Memora Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Robert Dillon
Alfred Blankenship
Emmett Robertson
Carl Dalton
Jimmy Robertson
Robert Robertson
Herb Wright
J.R. Brewster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Clifford Puckett
Rt. 2
Johnson City
Ruby Rhea Puckett
William
Nyoka) Luttrell Jr
James Kenneth Puckett
Easley
Edwin Wayne Puckett
George W. Robinson
Abingdon
Russell County Funeral Home Chapel
L.A. Williamson
Walter Schwitterlett
Jim Hill
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Harry Sugge
Harry
Annie Miller) Sugge
Buffalo
N.Y
Elkhorn
William R. Miller
Herman Miller
Wilmington
Del
Areliaus Miller
Alice Moran
Roanoke
Susie Glass
Japan
Buffalo Memorial Chapel
E. Utica St
Buffalo, N.Y
Cardelia Burgess
Cardelia Brooks Burgess
Canton
Tashona
Tenn
Bethel A.M.E
C.M.E. Methodist Church
Daisy Simmons
Laura Gatewood
Fannie Williams Mayhan
Helen Jones
St. Matthew United Holy Church
Wayne Street
Louise Staples
Lawrence Beale
Robert Rhinhart
Alvester McDonell
Missionary Society of the
Mt. Zion United Holy Church
Pageton
St. Matthew Missionary Society
Friends
Lugo Funeral Service
Herbert Broyles
Herbert
Minnie) Broyles
Lindside
Wikel
Pentecostal Church of Christ
Dewey H. Broyles
Ruth Gillenwater
Davy
United Methodist Church of
Keystone-Northfork Women’s Club
Retired Teacher's Association
Pete’’ Gillenwater
Brenda Lou Gillenwater
Stella Harris
Nelle Hughes
Springfield
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Borden Brady
West View
Radford
Raymond Ingram
Raymond Marshall Ingram
Pearisburg
Ferrum
Arlington
Pearisburg Baptist Church
Lee Ellison
Dowell McGrady
Birchlawn Abbey
Givens Funeral Home
Arthur Polk
Arthur Leonard Polk
Rover St
Richardson
Virginia Mitchell
Virginia Elizabeth Mitchell
Dayton
Paynesville
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
William Lester
William Anderson
Willie) Lester
North Tazewell
Bee Branch Regular Baptist Church
Stacy
Ed Blankenship
Delbert Justice
George Baker
Phillip Estep
Lester
Leonard Justice Leonard Justice
Star Route
A Man
Danny Walker
Grand Junction
Colo
Lashmeet
Bailey Funeral Home
Ivory Hanchock
Ivory Pearl Hanchock
Pinkers Creek Rd
Valley View
Anawalt
Garfield, Ohio
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Jimmy Finley
Marvin Finley
Donald Finley
Marty Finley
Samuel Crouch
James Mustard
Jones
Eli Noah
Havace
Fanning Funeral Home
H.A. Lane
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Willard Poole
Ted Poole
Earl Daughtery
Jackie Lockhart
Ray Gravely
James Gilkerson
Lowell Riffe
Ray Farmer
Danforth Insurance Agency
Sith
S.K. Jain, M.D
Federal St. Bluefield, W.va
Jane Bailey
Rosen
Jim Dudley
Virginia
Bowen
Parole Board
Powell
New Orleans
Kenner
Ruth Barnett
Smith's Market
Pentagon
Cash & Carry
Pang
Philco TV
Admiral Appliances
Bluestone
Bedding Corp
Tower Street
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