West Virginia House Moves Civil Service Plan Forward
Judiciary Committee sends floor bill establishing a state civil service system with merit-based exams while excluding police, liquor store workers, and some road crews from coverage. The substitute extends the reinstatement window to five years and allows local coverage options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
House
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Steering Committee
Senate
House Judiciary
Road Commission
Civil Service Commission
House Finance Committee
del. Chilton
D-Kanawha
West Virginia
Weather Forecast for West Virginia Virginia and PA
Weather report notes occasional rain in West Virginia and Virginia with warmer afternoons and highs in the 40s. Western Pennsylvania expected mild with snow turning to rain and highs around 35 to 40. Also, Thursday looks cloudy with continued warmth and rain chances. Washington forecast covers 24 hours to 7 p.m. and includes temperature and rainfall data.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Thurson
Pennsylvania
Washington
Weather Bureau
Technical Aid For Moroco Under Study
Four members of the U S International Cooperation Administration arrived in Rabat Morocco to begin a two month survey of the possibilities of American technical aid for Morocco.
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Rabat
Morocco
U. S. International Cooperation
Funeral Notices Sweep Tazewell Area Obituaries
A long list of funeral notices and interments from Tazewell and surrounding towns details names, ages, and survivor relations. Rovie R. Levitt 53 of Chatham Hill Va and Jesse Carl Vance 28 of Tazewell are among the mourned, with services set across Ridge dale Church of God Litz Presbyterian Church and several cemeteries.
Walter Whitt burial obituary in Tazewell
Walter Maxwell Whitt 31 loading machine operator of Tazewell Va died this morning at 11 from the Church of Christ in Baptist Valley. The Rev M E B Lindsay will officiate. Interment Maplewood Cemetery at Tazewell. He was survived by his wife Lela Bailey Whitt six children Brenda Roger Steve Kenny Danny and Rita, his parents Mr and Mrs John E Whitt of North Tazewell several siblings and four brothers.
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Jesse Carl Vance
Tazewell
Stpper
Jesse A. Vance
North Tazewell
Arthur Little
Pontiac
Mich
Paul Smith
Elkton
D. H. Williams
Bluefield
Litz Presbyterian Church
Adria
Paul Force
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery and St.Clair Funeral Home
Edward Lee Watkins
Boissevain
Lewis Blevins
Beatrice Rudy
Washington County
Wanda Gail
Charles Edward
Jackie Lee
Wilma Delores
Arthur Watkins
Troutdale
Hunter
Washington
Carl
Big Island
Robert
Marion
Bruce
Roy Montgomery
Saltville
Ralph Johnson
Mate Blevins
Claude Rutherford
Roanoke
Trudy Dillman
Jewell Aay Va
Sameet Hickory II
Pocahontas
Walter Maxwell Whitt
Lela Bailey Whitt
Brenda
Roger
Steve
Kenny
Danny
Rita
John E. Whitt
William Funai
Edward Morefield
Richmond
Rose Whitt
John Charles
Veirs Rites Held for Hansel W Viers in Cleveland Va
Hansel W Viers 33 of Tazewell Va shuttle car operator died. service at Methodist Church Cleveland Va at 2 pm with Rev Kenneth Brown and Rev L M Buchanan officiating. Interment Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Va. Body moved from Finney Easterly Funeral Home to the home of his father in law J H Buchanan Cleveland Va.
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Mae Carter
Sanders
Ike
Springville
J. C. Clark
Maple Hills
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial
Hansel W. Viers
Tazewell
Lillian Buchanan Viers
Eugene
Herbert
David
Larker Viers
Marion
Ohio
Ray
Lockhart .Viers
Damascus
Carson Viers
Charles Davis
Austinville
Elise Owens
Geraldine Owens
Porter
Methodist
Cleveland
Kenneth Brown
North Tazewell
L. M. Buchanan
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
J. H. Buchanan
Wallace J. Chafin Jr. dies at 28 in Bishop Virginia
Wallace Jennings Chafin Jr. 28 of Bishop Virginia dies at home with four children and wife present. He is survived by his parents Wallace J. Chafin of Caretta four brothers Everett Eu gene and Parl Chafin all of various cities and five sisters. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Church of God at War with burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield following services from Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell VA.
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Cylde Wright
Oakwood
Colley Wright
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Lillian McCoy Wright
Curtis
Jean
Sue
Roy
Sharon
Sheilah
Stevie
Shirley Harman
Keen Mountain
Milton
Raymond Owensby
Bishop, Va
Bishop Methodist Church
Knoxville
Tenn
Ola Laney Owensby
Pvt
James
Fort Benning
Wanda Faye
Nella Mae
Charles Raymond
Bishop
Joel Owensby
St. Louis
Geneva Geraldine Laney
Gatlinsburg
Ralph McKinley Altizer
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Tazewell
Maplewood Cemetery
Belva Winebarger Altizer
Pe Combs
Cincinnati
Ohio
Altizer
New Market
Marie
Thomas and
Claude Sex
Gordon Joshua Keene
Paynesville
Buchanan County
Gilbert
Rosy Keene
Margaret Click
Karen Sue
Christine Gale
Linda Darlene
Stephen Eugene
John L. Lewis
Frank
Fed’s Creek
Thomas
Whitewood
Cecil
Bradshaw
Verlin
Jolo
Katherin Daniels
Chicago, Il
Julia Matney
Stacey
Agnes Stacy
Creely Hom
Maude Collins
Linda Hom
Josephine Keene
Willard Stacy
Richard Kennedy
John ‘Blankenship
A. J. Woolford
Noah Stewart
Kern Delayne Coleman
Henry County
Posey Kern
Mattie Hollandsworth Coleman
Gary No
Michael
Daniel
Judith
Clyde
Greensboro
N. C
Kenneth
Johnny
Randall
Eddie
Gary
Jake Weems
Martha Coleman
Pennelope Coleman
Jesse Ray Smith JR
Nickelsville
Jesse R
Bonnie Farmer Smith
Nancy Mutterth
Jesse Franklin
Aps
Nancy Delores
Glen
Roderfield
Fort Lee
Everett
Norton
Joe Dugan
Falmouth
Mass
I@e Stallard
Rex Stevenson
Rinda Smith
Adria
Clifford Reese
Walter Reedy
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Norton, Va
Sylvia Freeman Myers
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Ruth Cruey
Robert
Noah Delrose
War
Roy Christian
Welch
Fred Prentice
Orville Moore
Newhall
Charles Green
Battle Creek
Mich
Jack Johnson
Naples
Italy
John Myers
San Francisco
Calif
Edward Rufus Shell
Oakwood Presbyterian Church
Clinch Valley Memorial
Bertha Jones Shell
Margaret Ann Jones
Ocie Moore
Lou Belcher
Leona Dorton
Della Ratliff
Hurley
Hobart
Dillon
Jesse
Big Rock
Charles
Akron
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Paul Farrrington
Assembly of God
Stony Ridge
Maplewood
S Kathryn Baldwin Farrington
Paul Jr
James Allen
Ruth Dunford
Coalwood
Maiss Mildred Farrington
Huntington
Bower
Claude
Wallace J. Chafin
Wallace Jennings Chafin, Jr
Lora White Chafin
Margaret Ann
Gerald
Glenn
David
Wallace J
Caretta
Parl Chafin
Eugene Chafin
Baltimore
Paul Chafin
Paul Collins
Kansas City
J. L. Compton
Vernon Barnett
Hopewell
Jimmy Blankenship
Pensfield
N. A
Commodore Cyphers
Church of God At War
Saeger
Clarence E. McGraw
Clarence Ernest
McGraw
Grat Horton
Henrietta Reish
Shirley Lambert
Columbus
Billy
U. S. Air Force
Washington, D. C
Jimmy
Sandy
Curtis Johnson
Herbert Cox
Hobart Minton Jr
Rubin Wilson
Ernest Sargent
Edd Pratt
Walter Pat Carter obituary notice
Walter Pat Carter, 41, of Springville Va born May 23. Survivors include his widow and his parents Walter A. and Snow Thompson Carter.
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Walter Pat Carter
Springville
Walter A. and
Snow Thompson Carter
County, Va
Dillon and Bailey Jr. services set for Virginia residents
Last rites for Kenneth Bobby Dillon 28 of Cedar Bluff will be held at 2 PM in Hoops Chapel Baptist Valley with interment in Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Edith Hampton Dillon and three children Bobby Elaine Newton at home. Funeral service for William Harvey Bailey Jr. 38 of Bishop will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the home of his sister Patsy Kennedy in Bradshaw.
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Blaine Rowe, Jr
Bradshaw
Old Regular Baptist Church
Blaine
Cindy Rowe
Janice Kennedy Rowe
Chris
Casey
Cliff
Bobby Wright
Helen Hughes
Edith Hopkins
Saeger
Irene Rowe
Frank Wright
Fanning Funeral Home
Kenneth Bobby Dillon
Cedar Bluff
Stpper
Hoops Chapel
Baptist Valley
Maplewood
Tazewell
Edith Hampton Dillon
Bobby
Elaine
Newton
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
William Harvey Bailey JR
Bishop
Patsy Kennedy
Funeral services for Lowell Crockett in Adria Virginia
Funeral services for Lowell Wilmer Crockett 41 of Adria Virginia will be conducted today at 12 30 PM. He died recently and the service is held at the local church with relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Crockett
Lowell Wilmert Crockett
Adria
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Nearby Towns
Obituaries note rites for Mary Lou James of Elk Ridge at Ebenezer Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Also listed are services for Edna McCloud of Honaker and Clarence McGraw of Richlands, plus Mary Van Dyke of Roanoke and Elizabeth Ewald of Wytheville.
Funeral notices and arrangements for multiple local residents
Funeral services set for Manuel H. Sencion 55 Lashmeet at House of Prayer with Rev. Wiley Lyle. interment Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Other obituaries list Pallbearers for late Bishop Va and Bluefield area workers. services pending for James E. Thompson 45 Squire and Fred Sensabaugh Jr. 32 Bishop. deaths announced from Lugo and Douglas Mortuaries with several dependents noted.
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Manuel H. Sencion
Lashmeet
House of Prayer
Wiley Lyle
Monte Vista Park
Seaver
Lugo
Bluefield
James FE. Thompson
Squire, Bratticeman
Fred B. Sensabaugh Jr
Bishop, Va
Frederick Crockett 72 Dies in Maryland Home
Frederick Eugene Crockett formerly of Wythe County Virginia died Monday at his home in Fredrick Maryland. The body will be transported to Wytheville Virginia this morning for funeral arrangements at the Porterfield Minnick Funeral Home.
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Frederick Eugene Crockett
Wythe County
Fredrick
Wytheville
Porterfield- Minnick
Rites Held For Michele Calarco Of Winston-Salem
Funeral services for Michele Calarco 38 of Winston-Salem North Carolina were held at 10 a m at Bratton Memorial Chapel Mercer Funeral Home with Father George J Burke officiating. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers named Joe Romona Pat Romona Americo Mariotti Loray Mariotti Toney Momone Theodore Britts.
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Michele Calarco
Winston-Salem
N. C
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer Funeral Home
George J. Burke
Woodlawn
Joe Romona
Pat Romona
Americo Mariotti
Loray Mariotti
Toney Momone
Theodore Britts
Obituaries for Rogers Roy R and Keen David
Roy R. Rogers of Seffner Alabama dies with services at 3 p.m. today and interment in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. David Keen, 73, of Whitewood Virginia dies with 11 a.m. services at his daughter's home in Lynn Camp Virginia and interment in Riffe Cemetery Keen Mountain.
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Rogers
Roy R
Seffner, Ala
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Keen
David
Whitewood
George Wimmer
Lynn Camp
Riffe Cemetery
Keen Mountain
Well Baby Clinic Today At Carolina Community Home
The League For Service hosts a free Well Baby Clinic from 1 to 4 pm at the Carolina Community Home on Bland Street for pre school children and mothers not yet served. Dr P R Higg in both am and Mrs Carl Rollins RN oversee. The Interdenominational Minister's Wives Alliance meets Thursday at 11 am at the Rev P D Edwards home on Norfolk Street.
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League For Service
Carolina
Bland Street
P. R. Higginbotham
Carl Rollins R. N
Mothers March Nets $1,795 in Mercer County
Bluefield mothers collected 1795.98 during polio fund drive with PTA groups from Fairview Bluewell Preston Ramsey Jones St Whitethorn Memorial Brushfork Wade East End Cumberland Heights Ceres Stinson. Chairmen Mrs. Robert Brooks and David Barnett praised helpers and reported 1621.22 from school dime cards adding to the Mothers March total and Fairview Elementary’s 430.50 contribution.
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Bluefield
PTA
Fairview
Bluewell Preston
Ramsey
Jones St. Whitethorn
Memorial
Brushfork
Wade
Harry
East End
Cumberland Heights
Ceres
Stinson
Robert Brooks
PTA Council
Mercer County
Bluefield Area
David Barnett
Barnett
Plans Completed For Y M C A Annual Meeting
Plans were finalized at the Board of Directors meeting for the fifth annual Y M C A meeting to be held February 12 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Rhesa M. Allen announced the upcoming membership drive while J M B Lewis Jr urged strong Y support at the Pinnacle Restaurant gathering presided by President William Baker.
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Y.M.C.A
Commercial Bank
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rhesa M. Allen
Bluefield
M.C.A
J. M.B. Lewis, Jr
Y’s Men’s Club
Pinnacle
der. William Baker
Arthur Carroll
In loving memory of our dear Mother four years today
In loving memory of our dear Mother who passed away February 6 1953. We miss you dearly and cherish your devoted motherhood and sweet smile. Signed by her children Mrs Mabel Hairston Mrs Bertia Matthews Mrs Theodore Bond Mr Vernon Bond.
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Mabel Hairston
Bertia Matthews
Theodore Bond
Vernon Bond
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William Henry
Kermit E. Levitt
Mattie L. Moore
Bessie A. Moore
Inez Anderson
W. C., Levitt
Kermit Levitt
Jesse C. Vance
Clyde Wright
Frank B. Collins
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Chaffin
Cahill Cemetery
Pansy Profitt Collins
Charlotte Ann
Judith Louise
Douglas L
Thomas Day
Gold Bond
Reba Shepherd
Pearisburg
Jess J
Flint, Mich
Williams Funeral Home
Pembroke
Ruby J. Payne Bailey
Carolyn
Patsy
Deborah
Pinkey Blankenship
John Frazier
Ed Hawkins
Baileysville
George W. and
Yules E. Bailey
Dallas
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Henry
Lonnie
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Church of Jesus Christ
Burton Harman
Brewsterdale Cemetery
Blaine Rowe JR
Mack B. Wright
Mack Blaine Wright
Clinchburg
Myrtle Grace Wright
Freda
Lois
Dennis
Cora Wright
J. F. Sexton
Grassy
Wright
Henderson Funeral Home
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Jack Dewey Kern
Squire
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Paul Quick
P. C. Foote
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
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Robin
Patrica
Curtis Kern
Jackson
Oscar
Greenbackville
U.S
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Clemon Grindstaff
Joseph &™Inski
Palm City
M “Oger Brown
Jennie Kern
Portsmouth
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Richands
James Short
Muriel Barrett
Louise
Elsie
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Walter
Noah Short
Jewell Ridge
John
Pilgrim Knob
Paul Short
U. S. Army
Fort Hood
Tex
Richslands
Paul Farrington
Kelly Hicks
Tazewell Baptist Church
O. E. Bradshaw
Soctes
Walter M. Whitt
Iva
James Craig
Lynn
John Smith
Arleen Whelan
Olonial
Mary Lou James
William G James
Elk Ridge
Ebnezer Church
Algoma
J. W. Coger
Oak Grove Cemetery
William G. James Jr
Johnny Jones Jr
Edna McCloud
Honaker
Russell County
Louise Ball Stump
Ant McCloud
Alice Herndon
Minnie Stump
Florence Stump
Honakett
Mary Susan van Dyke
Hawkins Funeral Home
Herman H. Mauch
Harry Alben
Walnut Grove
Hattie Markgraf
Bonnieville
Wash
Cora Mills
Salem
Ore
Millis Murray
White Salmon
Edna Markgraf
Stephens, Wash
D. W. Hylton
A. D. Hylton
Oregon
Elmer H. Coleman
Rose St
Elizabeth Ewald
Abingdon Va
Lola Ewald
G. E. Newland
Fred
Raymond
Lexington, Ky
Ben
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Willie Norton
Davy
Church of God
W. N. Whittaker
Hensley
Anne Norton
Madeline Clay
Wilco
Georgia Johnson
Norfolk
Helen Bishop
Asco
Jane Bale
Delaware
Audery Bishop
Anita Hughes
Wanda
Jane
Detroit
Jagads
Linda England
Iva Jenks
Big Sandy
Fred Stapleton
Sinkford
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Robert Lee Dudley
Clarence Gravely
Douglas Douglas
Stanley Lionel Couch
Sam Garrant
Bratticeman
Joseph Wargo Jr
James L. Parnell
Leckie
Heart Chairman
John C. Shott
Frank McKenzie
Mercer County Heart Association
West Virginian Hotel
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