Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists multiple obituaries including Mrs. Elbert Charles Culbertson of Bristol Virginia Tennessee, Mrs. Ellen Stiltner of Clyde Ohio, L.C. Franklin of Abbs Valley Virginia, Mrs. Eva Gladys Smith Sr. of Princeton, and others. Services span Cedar Bluff, Grundy, Northfork, Princeton, and surrounding towns with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Mountain Valley Memorial Park, and Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Charles
Lydia Belle) Culbertson
Bristol
Richlands
Tazewell County
Ellen Cook
Nora Price
Louise Fletcher
Doran
Vertie van Dyke
Betty McCoy
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
van Dyke
Rockbridge Ave
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Funerals for Burnett and Creasy Scheduled in Virginia and West Virginia
Stella Burnett, 82, of Crab Orchard formerly Princeton, to have a graveside service at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Green Valley at 11 a.m. Rev. Paul Hall officiating. Elwood Creasy, 72, of Bluefield Virginia, to be buried at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield after a 10 a.m. service in Graham Christian Church led by Dr. Herbert Hicks. Survivors include Sara Metcalfe and Jeffrey Metcalfe. Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Stiltner
Mary Enoch
Ellen) Stiltner
Clyde
Ohio
Buchanan County
Silas
Didema Clevinger
Melba Harman
Mabel Hurley
Wetha Young
Sue Lockhart
Maxie
Jack
Jim Stiltner
Grundy Funeral Home
H.K. Lawrence
Hortense King Lawrence
Edgewood St
Roanoke
Bluefield
Salem
Albert Milton Lawrence
Barbara Elaine Alderson
N.F. King
John M. Oakey and Son Funeral Home
Joseph E. Hardy
East Hill
Creasy
Elwood
Alta Sprinkle
Graham Christian Church
Herbert Hicks
Maple Hill
Tom
Sara) Metcalfe
Sara Anne Metcalfe
Jeffrey Metcalfe
Dudley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Fees and circulation notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 183 published by the Day Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 is a member of the Associated Press and exclusive rights to published news dispatches and local news. It lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery and provides post office and advertising information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
W Va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulaton
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Former Bland Teacher Slain in McLean Virginia
A Fairfax County man and former Bland County teacher Harry Arnold Tuell 55 was found dead in his McLean apartment Tuesday in what police call a homicide. Tuell spent 30 years teaching in Bland Wythe and Fairfax Counties and is survived by a son Buck Tuell brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held Saturday at Newberry Funeral Chapel Bland with burial at Old Bethel Cemetery Bland. Friends could pay respects Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.C. Franklin
Rt. 1
Box
Abbs Valley
Bluefield
Boissevain
U.S. Steel
Gary
Sandra Johnston Franklin
Kevin Franklin
Burkes Garden
Roger
Dreama) Lowry
Larry
Darla) Groseclose
Jimmy
Sandy) Groseclose
Tazewell
Rick
Tammy) Lambert
Princeton
Regina) Murphy
Elmer B. Franklin
Melvin E. Franklin
Claymont
Del
Clayton
Virgie) Abbott
Penns Grove
N.J
Bernard
Carol) Goodman
Wilmington
Church of God
Northfork
Bill Quesenberry
William Wheeler
William L. Wheeler
Summerton
S.C
Narrows
Mary Magalene Darnell Wheeler
Barbara Kelly
Katherine Louise Stiltner
Worthington
Penn
Elizabeth Cook
Robert R. Wheeler
Tiffon
Ohio
William L. Wheeler Jr
Jimmy Wheeler
Cecil Wheeler
Raven, Va
Burlin Wheeler
Grundy
Grundy Funeral Home
Michael Trent
Fairview
Manis Mullins
Route 1
Haysi
Dickenson
Old Regular Baptist Church
Mahala Mullins
J.B
Tivis Mullins
Bessie Duggins Mullins
Dianna Deel
Frank Newsome
Dallas Ramsey
James O’quinn
Frank O'Quinn
Perrigan
Clinchco
Fairfax County
Bland County
McClean
Harry Arnold Tuell
Arlinton
Chilhowie
Wythe County
Donna Jo Lindamood Tuell
Terry Arnold Tuell
Jacksonville
Fla
Buck Tuell
George Coe
Glenn Musser
Adkins
Lewis Peak
Smyrna
Tenn
Newberry Funeral Chapel
Bland
Bob Thornton
Dave Olinger
Burnl
Old Bethel Cemetery
Miners Recalled as UMW Reports West Virginia Boost
United Mine Workers officials say 525 miners will be recalled in West Virginia next week. W P Coal plans 400 recalls for Boone County operations starting Monday, Bethlehem Mines 125 at Van. Perry calls the recalls a boost to miners facing high unemployment. Newport News sees 130+ laid off at Chessie System coal yard due to slower imports. about 15 workers kept on until ships return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Jack Perry
UMW District 17
W P Coal Co
Boone County
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Van
Perry
Newport News, Va
Chessie System
Chessie
Flood Waters Rise Across Louisiana and Mississippi
Flooding from a Christmas snowstorm stretches across Louisiana and Mississippi as rivers crest and thousands remain displaced in what officials call a 100 year flood. Rising Delta waters cover about 1 000 square miles with 1 000 homes flooded while the Tombigbee nears eight feet above flood stage.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rockies
Upper
Midwest
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Minneapolis
New England
Donald Saint-Pierre
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Tombigbee
Columbus
Miss
John Davis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Martial Law Suspended In Poland After Year Of Strife
Warsaw reports confirm Poland suspends martial law at midnight, lifting a regime imposed to quell labor unrest. Gov officials warn of ongoing battles over socialism as Lech Walesa faces government attacks. streets show little reaction with no celebratory ceremonies. The PAP agency notes the timing ahead of expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Independent Labor Movement
Lech Walesa
Walesa
PAP
Council of State
Communications Ministry
Solidarity
Soviet Bloc
Murder Charge Filed in Blacksburg Bludgeoning Case
Blacksburg police arrest 21 year old David Hammond Cook a Virginia Tech dining hall pantry worker on a murder charge in the June 2 death of 27 year old Steven E. Fain whose body was found in the Jefferson National Forest. Autopsy shows skull fracture. The seven month probe is Blacksburg PD’s longest in 15 years.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Steven E. Fain
Jefferson National Forest
Roger Duncan
David Hammond Cook
Cook
Tech
Duncan
Fain
Virginia 621
Montgomery County
Craig County
Slander suit seeks $400,000 from Kennedy and Clinchfield
McGrady’s attorney Frank Kilgore of St. Paul calls labeling someone a Communist the worst accusation. Kilgore says the suit targets Kennedy and Clinchfield, Virginia’s large coal firm, for $200,000 each due to alleged defamation and harms to family and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrady
Frank Kilgore
St. Paul
First test-tube baby Elizabeth Carr marked healthy at one
Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first test-tube baby born in the United States, was pronounced a healthy one-year-old after her annual checkup at a Norfolk hospital. Dr. Fred Wirth said she is developing normally and has a bright future, with the examination underscoring the safety of the procedure. She appeared with her parents Roger and Judith Carr at Westminster, Massachusetts upon the checkup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Elizabeth Jordan Carr
Fred Wirth
Norfolk General Hospital
Westminster
Mass
1983 Tax Changes Bring Mixed Breaks and New Surcharges
Washington AP reports that the 1983 federal tax revisions cut overall income tax rates for most Americans while raising taxes on smokers telephone users and high earners. Two earner couples gain more under the larger salary brackets, but many who deduct medical expenses face tighter rules. most 1983 changes apply to 1982 tax payments due before April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Reagan frees urban funds amid deficit push
President Reagan agrees to release 221 million dollars in urban aid to ease state and city budget strains, while plans to withhold 244 million for the most distressed areas remain. He had sought to freeze 465 million in unspent 1982 aid to lower 1984 authorizations, a partial concession amid widespread local complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
California
Congress
Climber Yasuo Kato Missing After Everest Ascent
Veteran Japanese climber Yasuo Kato and partner Toshiyuki Kobayashi are believed frozen to death after failing to radio base from near the summit. Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism says they vanished Monday or Tuesday near Everest top, with sherpas unable to locate them and Japanese search efforts failing.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Yasuo Kato
Mount
Everest
Kato
Ministry of Tourism
Toshiyuki Kobayashi
Concessions Approved in Wheeling-Pittsburgh Contract
United Steelworkers members vote 4 to 1 to approve concessions sought for company survival. District 23 President Paul Rosen cites 6 575 to 1 921 tally among 10 600 eligible workers as putting Wheeling-Pittsburgh in "damn good" shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling, W.va
United Steelworkers Union
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
USW District 23
Paul Rosen
Change Of Venue In Davis Murder Case Sought
Beckley West Virginia lawyer Herbert Lantz asked to move Bruce A. Davis trial from Randolph County Illinois. Davis, 34, already serving two murder sentences, is accused of killing prison guard Joe Cushman during an escape and has confessed to 28 homicides across California New York Florida Kentucky Virginia and Nevada. Two psychiatrists have evaluated him with a third possible.
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Beckley
W.va
West Virginia
Illinois
Herbert Lantz
Bruce A. Davis
Randolph County
Ill
Lantz
Davis
Joe Cushman
Smithers
California
New York
Florida
Kentucky
Virginia
Nevada
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
E.C. Culbertson
Mrs
Stanley Smith
Stanley D
Eva Gladys) Smith Sr
Center St
Monroe County
Clayton Baptist Church
James Edward Smith
Stanley D. Smith Jr
H. Wayne Smith
Richmond, Va
Robert H. Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Calvin W. Smith
Edith Wright
Oxon Hill
Hazel Houchins
Hubert H. Mann
Sandstone
Richard A. Mann
Shady Springs
George W. Seaver
Orville Harvey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Walter Powell
Cletus Fink
H.S. Fink
Charles Waddell
Jack Jones
Douglas Howell
Dewey Dunford
Dewey Lee Dunford
Bartley
UMWA
Pearl Dunford
Carl
Jewel) Horn
Paynesville
Lou Charles
Troutville
Fanny Hughes
War
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Saeger
Truman Keene
Ridgedale Cemetery
Chatham Hill
William Prince
William
Nellie) Prince
Arlington
Herndon
Piedmont Community
Widemouth
Richard Mutterback
Luke Hatfield
Burton Cemetery
Milford Foley
Matoaka
Phillip Donnally
Arlington, Va
Leon Shrewsbury
Bumpass, Va
Bailey Funeral Home
Arthur Sayers
Arthur
Lucy) Sayers
North Tazewell
Christian Church
Roy
Ruth) Witt
Jean Slade
Harry
Wilma) Brooks
Portsmouth
Luther
Jo) Lowe
Kate Harrison
Willett Maxwell
Cliffield
Harmon Beavers
Charles Beavers
Peery and
St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel
Lowell Wright
Maplewood
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Shop” Industrial Gas & Supply
Your Welding Supermarket
East Bluefield WY
Mercer Mall
Newberry Funeral Home
Danforth Insurance Agency
Bluewell
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Rosen
Wheeling-Pitt
Dennis J. Carney
Ken Maxcy
Carney
United Steelworkers of America
Hollister
Cherry St
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