Obituaries: Four locals pass away in late December 2015
Sue Ann Lester, 69, of Hanover, died December 25, 2015. Mounts Funeral Home of Gilbert handles arrangements. Marea Mullins Owens, 84, of Jolo, died December 28, 2015. Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia, handles arrangements. Gary Rife, 51, of Lexington, North Carolina, died December 28, 2015 at Forsyth Hospital. Virginia Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia handles arrangements. Sandra Sue Toler, 67, of Wharncliffe, died December 27, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Charleston. Mounts Funeral Home of Gilbert handles arrangements.
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Sue Ann Lester
Hanover
Mounts
Gilbert
Marea Mullins Owens
Jolo
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home
Grundy
Gary Rife
Lexington
N. C
Forsyth Hospital
Winston Salem
N.C
Virginia
Sandra Sue Toler
Wharncliffe
Charleston
Mounts Funeral Home
Obituary for Claude Vaughn Adkins of Bluefield WV
Claude Vaughn Adkins 77 of Bluefield WV passed peacefully December 27 2015. Born June 15 1938 in Ada WV son of the late James Winford Adkins and Maggie Bowling Adkins. Survived by wife Cora Lee Lambert Adkins five children 12 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements Mercer Funeral Home with services December 31 2015 at 11 00 a.m. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton.
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Ada
James Winford Adkins
Maggie Bowling Adkins
Freewill Baptist Church
Paul
James
Brownie
Elbert
Lewis Adkins
Hazel Dillon
Keith Honaker
Cora Lee Lambert Adkins
Freddy V. Adkins
Carolyn
Teddy Adkins
Melva
Claudette
Lotts
Susan
Susan Honaker
Mercer Funeral Home
Tony Reed
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Drew Honaker
Zach Sayers
Sammy Adkins
Brian Adkins
Claude Wesley Adkins
Derek Jt
Josiah Sayers
Landon Sayers
Anne C. Calo
Tazewell
North Tazewell
Velmont Bristol
Bristol
Tazewell County
Russell and
Ethel Simpson Crockett
Lincoln Memorial Univ
Concord College
Jeffersonville Hospital
Tazewell Community Hospital
E.D. Plagata
Joseph Cale, Jr
Joseph Cale
Robin Conner Calo
Tazewell, VA
Vaughn Crockett Moss
Patsy Crockett Thompson
Columbia, SC
Jake Crockett
Konnarock
Frank Crockett
Wytheville
Nathan Matthew Conner
Molly Anne Catherine Cale
Peerystclairfuneralhome
Sonny
Donnie Lucas
Tammy Lucas
Shane McCoy
Robert
Robbie” Lucas
Crystal
Joshua McCoy
Zachary Smith
Paul Driscoll
Tyler Walls
Laken Lucas
Avalyn Gullion
Abigail McCoy
Keith Lucas
Gracie McCoy
Makaylee Lucas
Sandra Barrett
Mark
Jacksonville
Florida
Brenda Helton
Patricia “Cook” Thomas
Ted “Teedy
Debbie
Rodney
Hot Rod” Lucas
Lashmeet
Burns Wornal
Memorial
Athens Road
Gene Pennington
Resthaven Memorial Park
Katherine
Kitty” Knight Williams
Randall Steven Williams
Bluefield
Philip Lee Illiams
Dawn
Exington
Lynn Williams
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Shawn Bragg
Jeremy Williams
Jon Rich
Russell Mitchem
Connor Mitchem
Ronnie Shinault
Gene Shinault
Steve Williams
Atwell WV resident Clifford Barnett dies at 88
Clifford V Barnett of Atwell WV died December 23 2015 in Welch WV at 88. A WW II US Army veteran he was a coal miner with Island Creek and UMWA member. Survived by wife Oma and many relatives. Funeral held December 31 2015 with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Memorials suggested to health charities.
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Clifford V. Barnett Atwell
Clifford W. Barnett
Atwell, WV
Welch Commone
Welch
Bartley
Homer and
Ardath Spears Barnett
Austria
France
Germany
Clifford
Atwell Church of God
Island Creek
UMWA
Golden Harvest
Welch, WV
Funerals scheduled across Virginia and West Virginia
Funeral services are listed for Viola Graham Asbury at 2 p.m. at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell Virginia with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield Virginia. Jerry Wayne Gibson holds a 7 p.m. service at A West and Sons Funeral Home in White Gate Virginia with a Wednesday graveside at 10 a.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery in Bastian Virginia. Blanche Lari English Haden has an 11 a.m. memorial service at John Stewart United Methodist Church in Bluefield. Mary Ellen Roman attends a noon service at Widener Funeral Home Chapel in Northfork followed by burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bluewell.
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Viola Graham Asbury
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield
Jerry Wayne Gibson
A. West & Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bastian
Blanche Lari English Haden
John Stewart United Methodist Church
Mary Ellen Roman
Widener Funeral Home
Northfork
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Editor Note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph imprint lists staff and addresses. Publisher Editor Randy Mooney and Samantha Perry for Norman O Sinclair are named. Publication details show Vol 122 No 256, postal address 928 Bluefield Avenue WV 24701. The paper is a WV Associated Press member with audit bureau affiliations and copyright 2015.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Daily Telegraph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
WV Press Assn
Wildfire Halts, Contained. Landslide Fears Rise in Ventura
Firefighters wrapped a wind whipped blaze north of Ventura covering about 1,230 acres. Containment was 75 percent with full containment expected Tuesday as authorities warned heavy rain could trigger a landslide threatening U.S. 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway and nearby rail lines. Evacuation orders for Solimar Beach residents were lifted.
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Entura
Calif
California
U.S. 101
Pacific Coast Highway
Ventura County
Mike Lindberg
Ventura
Solimar Beach
Taylor Energy to hold Louisiana forum on Gulf leak
Taylor Energy Co will host a daylong public meeting January 20 on LSU campus in Baton Rouge to disclose efforts to stop chronic Gulf slicks. The event follows a September court settlement with environmental groups over withholding leak details.
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Baton Rouge
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Taylor Energy Co
Ivan
Taylor Energy
Associated Press
The
Coast Guard
Waterkeeper Alliance
Ae Eecey
Com
Gulf
Louisiana State University
William Peeue
Patrick Taylor
Federal
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Claude Vaughn Adkins
Bluefield, WV
Bdtonline
MercerFuneralHome.com
Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory
Mercerfunera
Oma Honaker Barnett
Judith Carol Jones
Ree
Clifford V. Barnett, II
William Barnett
Norma
Peggy
Clifford V. Barnett, Jr
Michele
Sherrill
Ford, NC
James D. Barnett
Layla
Atwell
Nancy Altizer
Max Huffman
Joyce Thomas
Virginia National Guard
Gate City
American Lung Association
American Diabetes Foundation
Peerystclairfuneralhome.com
Speerystelair Funeral
Charlotte L. Chambers
Nassau Court
Fredeking Funeral Service
Princeton Oakvale Road
Eva Jean Lucas
Boissevain
Lord
Bob
Ona Taylor
Abb's Valley
Jerry Lucas
Taylor
Sevain
Boisser
Victor Phillips
Mary
Full Gospel
Robert Taylor
John Shupe
Robbie Brown
Dustin Brown
Jerry Heffinger
Terry Hylton
Matthew Kennedy
Richard Bright
Funeral Home
RodriguezFuneral.com
Rodriguez Funeral Home
Randall
Randy
Race Branch Road
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Robert Junior Lucas
Violet Geneva Kanede Lucas
Boxley Concrete Products
James Franklin Williams
Bramwell Road
Crumpler
James Fred
Dinah Ethel White Williams
US Air Force
Cumberland Heights
Cravens
Shires
Cravens-Shires.com
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Finance Oir
West Virginia
Randy Mooney
Samantha Perry
Norman O Sinclair
Business Office
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