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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
2
Several local burial notices from Falls Mills and surrounding towns list Mrs. Charles W. Mallory and Mrs. Sam Breeding among the deceased, with services scheduled at Falls Mills United Methodist Church and Bradshaw Methodist Church. Additional obituaries include Mrs. Eligha L. Munsey and Mrs. Dewey Matney, detailing survivors and funeral plans.
Robert McClaugherty Campbell 63 of Union died Monday in a Ronceverte hospital after a short illness. He was born at Red Sulphur Springs, a farmer, and a member of Union Presbyterian Church. He leaves two brothers Lewis Campbell Frederick and Maxwell Campbell Cincinnati, one sister Mrs Forrest Roles Union, and sister-in-law Mrs Mary Hinkle Union and Mrs Julia Compton Clifton Forge Va. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Union Presbyterian Church with Rev A B Shiftler and Rev Carl Burrows officiating. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery Union. Friends may call Broyles Funeral Home Union 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers were Morgan Clark, Bill McClary, Ray Van Stavern, Bill Ellison and Charlie Walker.
Funeral services for Daniel A. Smithers 47 of Princeton will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Church of God in Severn with Rev. T. M. Stevens officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery at Lovern. He died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital from a Christmas Day fall. Survivors include two brothers Calvin and Sidney and two sisters Ruby and Helen Bluefield.
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Kimberly Dawn Davis 2 month old daughter of John and Brenda Webb Davis of Raven Virginia died Monday morning in a Richlands hospital after a brief illness. Survived by sister Vennen Kay Davis, paternal grandmother Grace Davis of Grimsleyville, and maternal grandparents Shannon and Brenda Webb. Services conducted Wednesday at 11 am from the couple’s home with Rev. Carl Robinson officiating at Memory Gardens in Clay.
Mount Hope resident Earl A Woods died Sunday night at his home. He was a brother of Vannie Woods of 1521 Wayne St Bluefield. The body is at Sinkford-Richardson.
Mrs. Paul A. Croy of 2115 Avondale Ave Roanoke Va formerly of Bluefield died Sunday morning of an apparent heart attack at her home. Survivors include a niece Mrs. Jack Sutton of Cliffmont Ave Bluefield. Services today at 2 30 p m at Oakey s Funeral Chapel Roanoke with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Roanoke.
Several funeral notices list the deceased and service details across Grundy Richlands Bandy Cliffield Bluefield and Princeton. Includes Watkins Katie Witten Harmon Henry Carson McGlothlin Dan Earls Sylvia Aily Jones Richard P Lawyers Sallie Marie with service times, churches and cemeteries.
Former Hewlett Packard executive Thomas S. Packard will join the Reagan administration as deputy secretary of defense. He disclosed substantial personal income from HP stock and profits, plus a $125,000 salary and $135,000 in profit sharing. Packard will sever ties with General Dynamics, maker of the controversial Fili TFX, after serving as a director following the contract award. Laird cited precedent from Texas Governor Price Daniel on stock trusts during public service.
A 53 year old Richmond man died in a local hospital after suffering second and third degree burns when fire swept three condemned houses slated for demolition. Jose Johnson was rescued by firemen Sunday during the blaze in an improvement program district.
Senator Edward M Kennedy of Massachusetts announces his candidacy for the Senate post of assistant Democratic leader currently held by Senator Russell B Long of Louisiana. He seeks support from Vice President Humphrey and other Democrats, setting up a possible liberal conservative clash within the party.
Bluefield police search for two white male suspects about 200 pounds each after a midnight Saturday assault on Princeton Avenue. Alfred Hopkins, 33, Bluewell, reported being beaten and robbed of 33 dollars near the Municipal Parking Lot as a red five man car struck his van and fled. Hopkins was treated for a broken cheekbone and a cut lip at the Bluefield Sanitarium.
A 27 year old North Carolina man, David Greer of Newland, North Carolina, was treated for minor injuries after a late model auto ran off a Virginia secondary road about four miles west of Rocky Gap in Bland County. State Police continued an investigation Monday night.
Frank Edward Simmerman 69 longtime superintendent for National Electric Coil Division of Mc Graw-Edison in Bluefield died Monday He lived at 1304 Whitethorn Street and came to Bluefield in 1928 He leaves wife Lucile two daughters Elizabeth and Mrs Rich ard Skaff a son Frank Simmerman Jr two sisters and two brothers Funeral services were held at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with graveside rites at East End Cemetery Wytheville.
The Bond Buyer chief questions Congress power to force presidential tax reform proposals. House Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills doubts action is likely, saying Johnson’s program may be moot after 1968. Mills would push reform early in 1969 if Nixon crafts a viable plan, despite the 1968 surtax act deadline.
Moon photos from lunar orbit reveal nearly the entire Atlantic Ocean with Africa and South America visible. Apollo 8 crew describe lunar color as not true, likening surface to dirty beach sand. Images captured by two Hasselblad cameras and a Maurer 16mm movie camera. Officials say detailed analysis will take weeks.
Rives R. Jones a longtime Bluefield bakery executive died at his home after a brief illness. He was 86 and had led Betsy Ross Bakers Bluefield plant and later served as sales manager. He is survived by wife Rosa Amanda Feuchtenberger Jones and six grandchildren along with several relatives. Funeral services were set for Thursday at College Avenue Baptist Church with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Mercer Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
State Police in Welch reported two hatchet wounds to the head and knife wounds to the left forearm of Kelsie Harmon a 20 year old from Northfork. She remained in critical condition after transfer to Bluefield hospital. The assault occurred behind a Northfork hotel following a dispute with Peter Hickman of Keystone who was being treated at Doctor's Memorial Hospital with date wounds.
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