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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1997

Page

2

Deaths and funeral notices from Virginia and West Virginia

Obituaries for Bill Joe Goodman Lera Madge Altizer Short Everette W. Leedy Frederick Thomas Edmunds Hester Payne Spicer Jack Junior Fitzwater Nannie Pauline Lowe list death dates and announce forthcoming funeral arrangements by local funeral homes across Virginia with locations including Bluefield Rural Retreat Narrows Grundy Richlands and surrounding areas.

Obituaries Bulletins From New Orleans and Virginia

Obituary notices for Bill Joe Goodman of New Orleans formerly Abbs Valley Va died December 28 1997. Survived by mother Rixie Kate Goodman sisters Rita Powers Kathy Davidson and spouses. services in New Orleans. Additional notices for Lera Altizer Short Frederick Edmunds Hester Spicer Jack Fitzwater and others, detailing deaths December 29 1997 and December 28 1997 and funeral arrangements in Claypool Hill Narrows Vansant Pounding Mill Bluefield and surrounding towns, with survivors and funeral homes.

Bill Joe Goodman New Orleans Abbs Valley Rodriguez Funeral Home Pocahontas Lera Madge Altizer Short Claypool Hill Roanoke Singleton Funeral Service Cedar Bluff Everette W. Leedy Shenandoah Ave Bluefield Lindsey Funeral Home Rural Retreat Frederick Thomas Edmunds M.D Lexington Harrison Funeral Home Hester Payne Spicer Narrows Carilton Giles Memorial Hospital Pearisburg Riffe Jack Junior Fitzwater Leemaster Vansant Grundy Nannie Pauline Lowe Gaines Goodman Leroy Goodman Rixie Kate Goodman Rita Sue Powers Alex Kathy Davidson Rick Aurora Cole Elysian Fields Ave Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home Tazewell County Rufus Brittan Della Pearl Day Altizer Elmer Dewey Short Daugh Charleston Hampden Sydney College U.S. Army University of Maryland Medical School Johns Hopkins Hospital Union Memorial Hospital Lutheran Hospital Baltimore Virginia Beach Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk Grace Presbyterian Church Caroline Price Edmunds Giles County Lum Mageline Bradley Payne Bonnie E. Stables Claude C. Spicer Rosie M. Lauver Suffolk Patricia Sexton Sandra Melanson Debra Spicer Virginia P. Hale Ed Atkins Fairview

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Funerals Scheduled Today For Multiple Local Residents

Funeral services set for TM Carl David Humes at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield 11 a.m. with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Green Valley. Balford Hess at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands Va 2 p.m. burial in Green Hills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Va. Maynard Evans at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch 1 p.m. burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens near Princeton. Alma West Sayre at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Grundy Va 1 p.m. burial Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock Va. Eben Justus Smith Hall at Blackey Baptist Hurley Va 1 p.m. burial Levi Lester Cemetery Pound ing Mill near Hurley. Burns Mullins service moved to 2 p.m. at Riffe's Funeral Service Chapel Narrows Va with graveside rites by V F W Post 6000 Narrows and American Legion Posts 68 311 Narrows Pembroke. Princeton boil water advisory issued for Windmill Gap Kellys Tank Hiawatha Water Assn Hickory Ridge Water System Cornbread Ridge Rd Gardner boil water by rolling boil at least one minute.

Bluefield Carl David Humes Hemlock Hill Wheeling Ralph Humes Anna Metzler Humes Trinity United Methodist Church Bluefield- Mercer Masonic Lodge Superior Sterling Kenneth Humes Ralph Ivan Humes Kathleen Taylor Humes Kathleen Kay) Taylor Humes Timothy David Humes Cheryl Charlotte N.C Nicholas Alexander Humes Sandy Oberle Bellaire Ohio Ralph Humes, Jr Jack Jean) Wokaty North Royalton Mercer College Ave Mercer Funeral Home Monte Vista Park Green Valley Balford Hess Hurst-Scott Richlands Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Maynard “Cotton” Evans Fanning Funeral Home Welch Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Alma L. West Sayre Grundy Funeral Home Grundy Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock Eben Justus Smith Blackey Baptist Church Hurley Levi Lester Pounding Mill Burns Calvin Mullins Riffe Narrows Sunrise Memorial Gardens Rich Creek V.F.W. Post American Legion Pembroke

Hong Kong Starts Chickens Slaughter Amid Bird Flu Outbreak

Hong Kong deploys 1200 government workers to slaughter 1.3 million chickens and other poultry to curb the H5N1 bird flu spread. By evening 770,000 had been killed as markets emptied. Monks planned prayers. officials paused live imports from China and expanded bans to all countries.

Hong Kong Stephen Ip China

Boys uncover Civil War era shell in Virginia yard blast

Two boys using a metal detector found a live Civil War shell near a soccer field in Inche ster Virginia. Police and state troopers evacuated the area as experts determined the shell should be exploded on site. Local historian says it likely dates to the Battle of First Kernstown.

Inchester First Kernstown James Robinson Frederick County Robinson Michael Zimmerman Andrew Zimmerman Michael Robinson Cedar Creek Middletown Sheriff's Office Virginia State Police Allan Tischler Tischler

Indian mystery Forest Owlet photographed after 113 years

Researchers Pamela Rasmussen Ben King and David Abbott photographed the Forest Owlet Blewitt's Owl near Shahada India, the bird unseen for 113 years since prior records in the 19th century. The group debunked fake sightings including a 1914 claim by Col Meinertzhagen, confirming the species persists.

Washington Pamela C. Rasmussen National Museum of Natural History Shahada India Bombay Rasmussen Col Richard Meinertzhagen Meinertzhagen British Museum Ben King American Museum of Natural History New York David Abbott Ashburne, Va

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