Funeral services set for Arlington man Thomas Via
Funeral services for Thomas Edward Via of Arlington, McDowell County, who died Wednesday after a long illness, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Galilee Baptist Church Arlington. Rev. Samuel Cannady to officiate with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Survivors include wife Rebecca Rhinehart Via, daughter Elizabeth Tisdale, son Major Via, two stepsons and several siblings. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fidward Via
Arlington
Mell County
Welch Hospital
Gailee Baptist Church
Samuel Cannady
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Floyd County
German
Jeanett Cansady
McDowell County
United Mine Workers of America
Jenkin Jones
Galilee Baptist Church
Rebecca Rhinehart Via
Elizabeth Tisdale
Elkhorn
Major Via
Stormville
N. Y
Robert L. Rhinehart
Worth
William Rhinehart
New York N. Y
Rosa Smith
Laura Gibson
Rocky Mount
Mary Jeffries
Reading
George M. Vin
Grover Via
Widow Virginia R Taylor Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Virginia R Taylor 43 of Pocahontas Virginia died at Bluefield Sanitarium Wednesday morning after a short illness She was born in Marion Virginia daughter of Mrs Nancy Groseclose and the late W E B Groseclose She was preceded in death by a daughter Susan Taylor Survived by husband Daniel Taylor Pocahontas a brother Robert Wolfe Bluefield and a sister Mrs William Eller Marion Burial in Groseclose Cemetery Boissevain Pallbearers Burton Harmon Nick Collins Ralph Widner Bill Hall James E Reynolds Sam Boone Dean Taylor Funeral arrangements incomplete today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia R. Taylor
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Marion
Nancy Groseclose
W. E. B. Groseclose
Susan Taylor
Daniel Taylor
Robert Wolfe
Bluefield
William Eller
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Ted Cook
Groseclose
Boissevain
Burton Harmon
Nick Collins
Ralph Widner
Bill Hall
James E. Reynolds
Sam Boone
Dean Taylor
Mrs Ida Hedericks, 87, Richmond resident, dies
Mrs Ida Hedericks, 87, of Richmond Virginia formerly of Tazewell Virginia died Wednesday night at her home. Survivors include two sons Charlie and Cam Willis and one sister Mrs Lucie Barber all of Richmond. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Ida Hedericks
Richmond
Tazewell
Charlie
Cam Willis
Lucie Barber
Greever Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Circulation Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield West Virginia, announces its publication details and rates. The notice lists address at 412 Bland Street and telephone number 227 6171 with rate information for local and other zones. It notes association membership and an Audit Bureau of Circulation reference.
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Daily Telegraph Printing
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated
Eves
Audit Bureau of Circular
Kats
George W. Graham 75 of Horsepen dies after long illness
George W. Graham 75 of Horsepen Virginia died in Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran and survived by his wife Pauline Mason Graham a son Samuel A. Graham of Elverta California another son George W. Graham Jr of Bluefield and Larry R. Graham of Bluefield four sisters five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell officiated by Robert Flannery H C Brown and Thomas Chappel with burial in Grandview Cemetery Bluefield. Pallbearers were Carl Surface Bobby Lambert Jack Porter Henry Smith Preston Warden Berlin Farmer.
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George Washington Graham
Horsepen
Bluefield Sanitarium
Samuel A
Virginia E. Day Graham
Pauline Mason South Graham
Samuel A. Graham
Elverta
Calif
George W. Graham, Jr
Bluefield
Larry R. Graham
Gracie South
Union
Sadie Stevenson
Eckman
Fannie Whitt
Elizabeth Brown
War
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Robert Flannery
H. C. Brown
Thomas Chappel
Grandview
Carl Surface
Bobby Lambert
Jack Porter
Henry Smith
Preston Warden
Berlin Farmer
Funeral rites set for Mrs Maggie Matilda Toler
Funeral services for Maggie Matilda Toler 61 of 103 Allen Street Bluefield will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at John Steward Methodist Church Bluefield with Rev Harry Coleman officiating burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Suspects include two daughters Elizabeth Miles and Shirley Toler a sister Zelma Adams a brother Melvin Evans and two grandchildren Friends may call Lugo's Funeral Service Friday 5 to 10 p.m. and pallbearers will be stewards of the church with the Women’s Society of Christian Service bearing flowers
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Lenords Person
Washington, D. C
Bluefield
Scott Street Baptist Church
Matthew Coleman
Clarence W. Tiffany
Noy
J Dickerson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Roda
Robert Person
Joyce Person
Edwin Hooper
Cleveland
Ohio
Julia Wade
Dayton
Mary Tolliver
Miami
Fla
Robert L. Person
Providence
R. I
Walter Person
Clarence Person
Hampton
Willie Person
Kansas, City
Kans
Gene Person
Columbus
George Person
U. S
Parris Island
S. C
Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Carl F. Lewis
James B. Evans
Festus T. Bratton
John D. Mincy
H. T. Alexander
Clarence 0. Baumgardner
Queen Esther Circle
The
Missionary Society
Maggie Matilda Toler
Allen St
John Steward Methodist Church
Harry A. Coleman
Henry
Etta Howard Evans
Blue
Funeral rites for Nick Bucchi 59
Funeral services for Nick Bucchi 59 of McComas who died Wednesday in Bluefield San itarium follow a long illness. The 2 p.m. Saturday service will be at Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell with Rev. Donald Linkous officiating and burial in Roselawn Cemetery Princeton. He was born in Italy, son of Fiore and Julia Bucchi, lifelong Mercer County resident. Survived by wife Fannie Mae and six brothers and three sisters. pallbearers listed.
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Mack McBride Ashbrook
Princeton
N. J
Russell County
Thursby
New Jersey
International Brotherhood of Electricians
Birchfield Masonic Lodge
Cleveland
Ethel Combs Ashbrook
W. E. Brown
Houston
Tex
Jack Ashbrook
Baltimore
Lou Holbrook
Huntington
Trula Owen
Florence
S. C
Lebanon, Va
Funeral Home Chapel
Fred Harcum
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Nick Bucchi
McComas
Bluefield
Cravens
Bluewell
Donald Linkous
Roselawn
Italy
Fiore
Julia Bucchi
Mercer County
Fannie Mae Bucchi
Tony Bucchi
Dothan
Ala
Johnny Bucchi
Montcalm
Richard Bucchi
Fred Bucchi
Covington
Albert Bucchi
Chattanooga
Ray Gills
Albert Fowler
Harold DeHaven
Troy Scott
Elliot West
Carlo Fuga
Albert Hedrick
Earnest Shoemaker
Emile Veneri
Death of John W. Rose in Virginia nursing home
John W. Rose of North College Avenue Bluefield Virginia died Thursday night in an Abingdon nursing home after a long illness. The body will be taken to Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Virginia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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John W. Rose
North College Avenue
Bluefield
Abingdon
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Death notice for Ralph Heldreth of Huntington
Ralph Heldreth fifty of Huntington died Wednesday night at the Veterans Hospital after a brief illness. He was a World War II veteran and son of Mrs. Terrell Rutherford Heldreth of South Point Ohio and the late Joseph H. Heldreth. Survived by Mrs. Mildred Shawver Heldreth of the home two sons Ralph Jr and Carl Richard Heldreth five brothers J Clarence Joe Brown Trubie and Charles Pete Heldreth all of Tazewell Virginia Claude Richard Heldreth of San Diego California three sisters Mrs Orville Houston Covington Kentucky Mrs Howard Hamm Huntington and Mrs Herman White South Point. Body to arrive at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell this afternoon and friends may call after 7 pm. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Ralph Heldreth
Huntington
Veterans Hospital
Terrell Rutherford Heldreth
South Point
Joseph H. Heldreth
Mildred Shawver Heldreth
Ralph Jr
Carl Richard Heldreth
J. Clarence
Joe Brown
Trubie
Charles
Pete) Heldreth
Tazewell
Claude Richard Heldreth
San Diego
Calif
Orville Houston
Covington
Howard Hamm
Herman White
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Foy Brown and Mary Hurd
Foy E Brown 63 of Panther died at home after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner, member of UMW Local 165, and lived in Panther 42 years. Survived by wife Corby Lee, two daughters Kathleen Dangerfield and Cleo Shaffer, two sons Kyle and Paul, two brothers Ray and Wiley, and nine grandchildren. Body to Freewill Baptist Church Panther for funeral Saturday. Burial Lambert Cemetery Panther. Mary Hurd of Fairlea died Wednesday in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness. She was mother of Mrs Pete Pelts of Bluefield and wife of E N Hurd, with Hallie Hurd and Herman Hurd among others. Body taken to Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Lewisburg.
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Foy E. Brown
Panther
Smyth County
J. S
Mattie Gillespie Brown
UMW
Corby Lee Brown
Kathleen Dangerfield
Norfolk
Cleo Shaffer
Richardson Park
Del
Kyle Brown
Saeger
Paul Brown
Collinsville
Ray Brown
Litwar
Wiley Brown
Roseann
Fanning Funeral Home
Freewill Baptist Church
Greenbrier
Elbert Justice
Lambert
Mary Hurd
Fairlea
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
Pete Pelts
Bluefield
E. N. Hurd
Hallie Hurd
Herman Hurd
Williamsburg
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Tor rance man dies of brain hemorrhage at 51
Corbin G. Clark, 51, of Torrance California, died Tuesday night from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Cleveland Virginia, son of the late Walter W. and Margaret T. Musick Clark. Body arrival is pending.
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Corbin G. Clark
Torrance
Calif
Cleveland
Walter W
Margaret T. Musick Clark
Local Obituaries Highlight Stewart and Hale Deaths
Mrs Josephine Stewart of Jenkin Jones died after a long illness in a Welch hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete as her body goes to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone. Thornton Hale of 38 North Powell Street Bluefield died at home after retirement from the Norfolk and Western Railway. He is survived by wife Mrs Georgia Hale. His body is at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield with arrangements incomplete.
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Josephine Stewart
Jenkin Jones
Welch Hospital
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Thornton Hale
North Powell St
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Georgia Hale
Lugo
Funeral for Floyd Rose Held at Home in Haysi
Funeral services for Floyd Rose 59 of Route 1 Haysi Va are set for today at 11 a.m. at his residence with Rev Albert Barton officiating. Burial will take place in Willis Cemetery Haysi. The body was moved from Haysi Funeral Home to the residence.
Hurley Man Sought In Felonious Assault
A 40 year old Hurley Virginia man Roy St Clair is sought in connection with a shooting that wounded Donald Ray Justus a 19 year old Chicago resident. Justus was treated for arm and chest wounds at Grundy Hospital and is not in serious condition. A felonious assault warrant has been issued. Sheriff Burl Rife and state officials lead the investigation.
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Buchanan County
Hurley
Roy St. Clair
Chicago, Ill
Donald Ray Justus
Chicago
Acy Chambers
Guesses Fork
Grundy
St. Clair
Burl Rife
New Year Cost Up Six Billion For Social Security
Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball announced that 22 million Americans receive monthly checks and benefits will rise by six billion dollars to twenty five billion next year. He noted 220000 people were on the rolls at 1940 year end and supported Johnson's plan for broader coverage and at least ten percent average benefit increases.
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Washington
Robert M. Ball
Ball
Johnson
Tax Forms In The Mail Across West Virginia
IRS announces tax form mailout and taxpayer assistance in 16 WV cities. Offices open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no lunch break and will operate Friday in Charleston and Wheeling and weekdays in Parkersburg and Huntington. Additional sites in Williamson Logan Bluefield Beckley Ronceverte Welch Clarksburg Fairmont Morgantown Elkins Keyser and Martinsburg. Final filing day coverage varies by location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Internal Revenue Service
West Virginia
IRS
Hugh D. Jones
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Huntington
Williamson
Logan
Bluefield
Beckley
Ronceverte
Welch
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Morgantown
Elkins
Keyser
Martinsburg
Harry Golden Still Critical
CHARLOTTE N C AP Harry Golden author of Only in America remained near death Thursday after gall bladder surgery. The 64 year old editor was listed in critical condition at Memorial Hospital as respiratory failure and heart issues complicate his illness. A tracheotomy was performed after the operation and a ventilator was no longer needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte, N.C
Harry Golden
America
Charlotte's Memorial Hospital
Golden
Richard Goldhurst
Golda
Hawthorne's Term Upheld On Appeal
The U S Court of Appeals upholds the sentencing of James Russell Hawthorne 50 for violation of federal anti gambling laws. He was sentenced to two years in prison last May by Federal Judge John Field Jr of Charleston West Virginia. A federal jury found him guilty in 1964 of transmitting gambling proceeds from Indiana to Greenbrier County West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
U.S. Court of Appeals
James Russell Hawthorne
Hawthorne
John Field Jr
Charleston
W.va
Indiana
Greenbrier County
Three Planes Searched In Bomb Threats
Three airliners Eastern Lake Central and United were halted and searched in Greenville Morgantown and Pittsburgh after a woman phoned Charlotte and Pittsburgh authorities claiming a bomb on the next plane out of Pittsburgh. No bombs were found.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Eastern
Lake Central
United Airlines
Greenville
S.C
Morgantown
W. Va
Charlotte
N.C
Pittsburg
Charleston lawyer named to Richmond Fed board
Robert W. Lawson Jr., a Charleston West Virginia lawyer, was named to a three year term on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Announcement came this past Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Robert W. Lawson Jr
Charleston
W. Va
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Abursday
University Student Guilty in Charleston Auto Deaths
Robert B. Albright a 22 year old University of Richmond student from Charleston was sentenced to three months in jail and a 250 dollar fine for two counts of negligent homicide in a Dec 22 crash that killed Richard E. Brison and Caroll Sue Kingston. He posted a 500 dollar appeal bond. The driver of a tractor trailer testified the light turned green and Albright sped into the intersection after drinking at a motel party.
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Charleston
University of Richmond
Robert B. Albright
W.va
John Charnock Jr
Albright
Richard E. Brison
Caroll Sue Kingston
John J. Sodaro
71 Year Old Woman Convicted Of Murder In Pair Fight
In Manassas a 71 year old woman was convicted of second degree murder for the fatal stabbing of her husband, John D. Wright, 61, after an all night quarrel at their apartment. She waived a jury trial and received a five year prison sentence from Judge Arthur W. Sinclair in Prince William County Circuit Court.
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Manassas
Mary Martha Wright
Arthur W. Sinclair
Prince William County
John D. Wright
Jones Named to State Commerce Post
Curtis C. Jones of Huntington was appointed director of the State Commerce Department travel development division by Commerce Commissioner Angus F. E. Jones. The 44 year old former acting director replaces Robert C. Bowers who resigned to lead the West Virginia Petroleum Association. He previously worked as a television radio time salesman and public relations representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Curtis C. Jones
Huntington
State Commerce Department
Commerce
Angus FE. Jones
Robert C. Bowers
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Jones
Wayne Man Charged with Murder in Brooks Shooting
Police charge 20yearold Kyle Mabry Jr. of Cove Gap with murder in the fatal shotgun assault on Ollie Brooks 55 of Kinksville in Wayne West Virginia. Mabry waived preliminary hearing and awaits grand jury action.
Pettigrew Named U S Commissioner in Charleston
Charleston attorney B J Pettigrew Jr was named U S commissioner by Judge John A Field Jr succeeding George W Wood who resigned after election to Kanawha County Intermediate Court. U S commissioners conduct preliminary hearings for federal offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
B. J. Pettigrew Jr
U. S
John A. Field Jr
Pettigrew
George W. Wood
Kanawha County
Martin Morgan Take JC Title in Pineville
Jack Martin and Dick Morgan named Outstanding Jaycees of the Year by the Pineville Club. Martin, a charter member and past president, works for Appalachian Power Co. and attends First Methodist. Morgan, awards chairman, works for the State Road Commission and also attends First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Jack Martin
Dick Morgan
Pineville Club
Martin
The
Jaycees
First Methodist Church
Appalachian Power Co
Evelyn Hickman
Morgan
Ruth Elkins
State ’Road Commission
Three Land Transfers Recorded In Mercer County
Three property transfers were recorded Thursday at the Mercer County Clerk's Office in Princeton. T. B. and Ruby J. Cook to Sherman and Lucille Young, tract in Plymouth District, $1,650. Mary P. and H. F. Porterfield to Tom and Flora Blanton, tract on Third Street, City of Beufield, $6,900. Lora Jane Bailey et al to Weyman and Wanda B. Williams tract near Goodwill, $500.
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Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Princeton
T. B
Ruby J. Cook
Sherman
Lucille Young
Plymouth
Mary P
H. F. Porterfield
Tom and Flora Blanton
Third Street
City of
Buefield
Lora Jane Bailey
Weyman
Wanda B. Williams
Goodwill
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Theodore Phillips
James Bond
Alfred Smith
Nearon John Joyce
Willie Chatman
Robert Armstead
Senior Missionary Society of the Church
Lenoris
Denny Nestor
Denny H. Nestor
West St
Hillsville
Poge
Aldora Duncan Nestor
Southern States
Princeton Co-Op
Rich Creek Baptist Church
Spanishburg
Princeton Old Guard
Athens Masonic Lodge
Nell Massie Nestor
Jack Sizemore
Fort Lauderdale
Eugene Akers
Jack Nestor
Buddy L. Nestor
Hialeah
Tia Peale
Yakima
Wash
Hubert Nestor
Pearisburg
Burns-Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Beverly Stephens
Marie Hamlin
Marie Lane Walker Hamlin
Burton St
Bethel A. M. E
W. H. Harris
Caleb Lilly
Garfield
Dick Clements Walker
Bethel A. M. E. Church
T. B. Hamlin
Barbara Hamlin
Janet Wilson
Shirley Blake
James Anthony Walker
Jerome
Theodore B
Edward P. Hamlin
Gladys Hicks
Helen Banks
John Walker
Clarence Walker
Wichita
Mack Ashbrook
Miller Mitchell
Ada Mitchell
Lillie Powers
Robert
Roy
Walter Mitchell
Manssas
Peery Mitchell
Black's Chapel
W. F. Wadsworth
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Mrs
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
George W. Graham
Maggie Toler
John Rose
Jennie Repass
Lashmeet
Warfield
Mary White Perry
John Repass
William Nathan Repass
Grace Presbyterian Church
Paul Buzzard
Woodlawn
Bailey Funeral Home
Hugh Sigman
Vaunia Day
Trigg Graham
Matthew Burnett
Waddie Fuda
Junior Goad
Una Belcher
Haysi
Grundy, Va
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Jo Ann Reed
Gladelia Eddey
Green Cove Springs
Clynard Belcher
Minnie Lucas
Wise, Va
Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church
Lewis Hill
Clyde Reedy
Mack Mullins
Haysi Funeral Home
FRB
Clark M
Bub) Brown
Graham High School
Graham Kiwanis Club
Masonic Hall
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C. B. Woolwine
Third District
Earl Peery
J. Murray Pope
Julian Hodges
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