Deaths and Funerals in Mercer and nearby counties
Newton S. Duty 78 a retired Saeger lawyer died at home after a long illness. Survived by wife Pearl Stacy Duty four sons six daughters and several grandchildren. Walter James Carty 57 of Clintwood died Sunday in Wise Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Gertrude and two daughters. Antal Tony Hajash 76 of Beckley died Sunday in Pine Lodge Nursing Home. Funeral Tuesday. M M Hancock 62 of Kyle died Sunday night in Bluefield Sanitarium. Burial Monte Vista Cemetery. Rosa Robertson Carr 84 of Mullens died Sunday at home. Five sons and two daughters survive. J F Robinette 87 of Big Stone Gap died Saturday in Bristol nursing home. Funeral Tuesday. Numerous other local deaths listed with survivors and funeral details.
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Newton S. Duty
Saeger
Virginia
John
Hannah Sutherland Duty
Pearl Stacy Duty
Johnny Duty
Chicago
Ill
Charles Duty
George Duty
Bee
Ray Duty
Detroit
Mich
Grace Horn
Maryland
Agnes Duty
U. S. Air Force
New Jersey
Bertha
June
Mary
Ina Breeding
Davenport
R. E
Evans
Bee Va
W. S
Haysi
Johnson City
Primative Baptist Church
Sandlick
Henry Viers
Frank Viers
Martin Edwards
Ratcliff
Walter James Carty
Clintwood
Wise Memorial Hospital
Robert Lee Carty
Gertrude Carty
Pauline Adams
Knoxville
Tenn
Linda Carty
Henry
Claude
Clarence
Tobby Carty
Grace Yates
Clinchco
Nett Sutherland
Della Rose
Ruby Puckett
Eda Clay
Mary Yates
Puether Chapel
Claude Reedy
Paul Fields
Clintwood Colle
Antal
Tony Hajash
Beckley
Pine Lodge
Hungary
Joe
Barbara Molar Halash
St. Frances de Sales Catholic Church
William Penn Fraternal Association
United Steel Corp
Gary
Julia Stoll Hajash
Grace Hajash
Delmer
Helen) Billings
Welch
John Hajash
Andrew Hajash
Cleveland
James Hajash
St. Frances de Sales
Sylvester Staud
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry
Joe Bolla
Steve Halash
Steve Alaki, Jr
Mike Marcinki
John Bero
Mixe Kuhn
M. M. Hancock
M. M. Hancock, Sr
Kyle
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lynchburg
Earnest Woodson
Bessie Booze O'Bryan
M. M. Hancock, Jr
Bluefield
Thelma Loving
Rosa Robertson Carr
Mullens
Wolf Creek
Annie French Robertson
Elmer Woodyard
Minneapolis, Minn
Walter Woodyard
Robert C. Carr, Jr
Walter Carr
Herbert H. Carr
Pittsburgh
Hazel McIinturss
Maxine Anderson
Sam Foglesong
J. F. Robinette
Big Stone Gap
Bristol, Va
Gilbert Robinette
Ray Robinette
Euell Robinette
Hancock, Md
A. F. DeBusk
Lillie Bradley
Dayton
C and D Railroad
Ae Legion
Lakeland
Fla
Keystone Vfw Post
Henrietta Lodge
I.W.F. Montgomery
Methodist Church
Summersville
Margaret A. Herold
Clarence A. Herold
Bradington
John D. Kirby
Keystone
Glenn Herold
Henry Herold
Opal Bell
Ruth Partley
Edith Anderson
Columbus
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Ed Thomas
Roselawn Cemetery
Martha McDaniel
Narrows
Mercer County
John A. McDaniel
Frank McDaniel
Round Hill
Fleet
Mark McDaniel
Fred McDaniel
Dunns
Roy McDaniel
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Howard Spencer
Karnes Cemetery
Eugene Booth
Perry Lafon
Roy Evans
Pat Reese
Mason
James Crozier
Hugh M. Conner
Bluewell
Mercer Funeral Home
Woodlawn
D and S Coal Co
Bishop
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel R
Rosa B. Conner
Mildred S. Conner
Lela Catherine
Kate) McMann
Gap Mills
Cleve Wallace
James A
Mary Dickerson McCaleb
McCaleb
Dickson
Paul Cruise
Lou Kidd
Lloyd Perkins
Blanche McAllister
Covington
Wallace
Herbert and
Claude Wickline
Herbert Mann
Roscoe Rowan
Wade Neel
Porter J. Patton
E.la Virginia Houchins
Ohio St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tazewell County
Thomas
Charlotte White
John M. Houchins
James B. Houchins
J. R. Troxel
Anna Goins
Lexington
William L. Hinkle
Union
Union Presbyterian Church
Martin
Ella Hinkle
Gladys G. Hinkle
Glendon McCune
Richwood
J. E. Hinkle
Links Grove
Broyles Funeral Home
Emmerson Johnson
Billie Mick
D. C. Craft
Green Hill Cemetery
O'Dell McCraw
Robert McCoy
Glen Betler
Ray Vanstavern
Joe Kostic
Forrest Roles
Creola
Herbert Hawkins
Allen Junction
Wyoming General Hospital
Ricky
Herbert Hawkins, Jr
Gloria
Teresa
Rina
Rometta
Smanee Wright
Lilton, N. C
Greenwood Cemetery
Robert Huffman
Pearisburg
Giles Memorial Hospital
Doris Miller Huffman
Marion Huffman
Newport
Newport Methodist Church
Birch Lawn
Givens Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1893 notice
Publication front matter describes daily and Sunday delivery by carrier and mail rates for West Virginia readers. Includes subscription pricing and service details from the Associated Press and Kaw Agency.
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The
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Eld
Associated
West Virginia
Audit Bureau
Kaw
Susie McLaughlin Dies at 88 in Falls Church Visit
Mrs Susie Caroline McLaughlin 88 of Pocahontas Virginia died Sunday afternoon at the home of her son A R McLaughlin in Falls Church Virginia The body lies at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home.
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Susie Caroline McLaughlin
Pocahontas
A. R. McLaughlin
Falls Church
Pocahontas Union
Genoa Junior High Honor Roll Third Six Weeks Named
Genoa Junior High announces the third six weeks honor roll with lists for seventh ninth grades. Seventh graders include Baumgardner Bell Miller Bennett Choates Coleman Griffin Harvey Holley Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Jordan Lewis Morton Penn Scott Townes Whittaker Wilson and Tynes. Ninth graders include Anderson Anthony Banks Baumgardner Brook Carey Coleman English Howard Johnson Miller Morris Owens Person Phillips Smith Thompson Walker Francisco.
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Genoa Junior High School
William Baumgardner
Rudolph Bell
Sherman Miller
Thomasine Bennett
Doris Choates
John Coleman
Cecelia Griffin
Donna Harvey
Rhonda Holley
Annette Johnson
Annie Johnson
Calvin Johnson
Jefferson Jordan
Clara Lewis
Thomasyne Lewis
William Morton
Dwight Penn
Cheryl Scott
Breda Smith
Gloria Thompson
Cathy Townes
David Whittaker
Me Wilson
Thomas Jr
Charles Alexander
Alexis Allen
Robert Alexander
Sylvia Choates
Lawanda Cox
Aretha Dillard
Gail Harris
Patricia Hayes
Elaine Heller
Sandra Montgomery
Edward Moon
Cecil Morrison
Daryl Pritchett
Joan Reed
Patricia Ross
Brenda Trigg
Rebecca Trigg
Donald Thomas
Kenneth Thompson
Marion Tynes
Acquanetta Anderson
Jewel Anthony
Mary Banks
Cynthia Baumgardner
Brenda Brook
Patricia Carey
Dunbar School Announces Third Six Weeks Honor List
Dunbar School in Princeton releases the third six weeks period results with B average students by grade. First grade selections include Peggy Clark Georgia Moore William Marsh Bernard Gist Shelby Kinz er Nina Smathers Cynthia Smith Wanda Muse Rose Marie Harmon Wardell Wilburn Lawrence Gillard.
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Dunbar School
Princeton
Peggy Clark
Georgia Moore
William Marshall
Bernard Gist
Shelby Kinzer
Nina Smathers
Cynthia Smith
Wanda Muse
Rose Marie Harmon
Wardell Wilburn
Lawrence Gillard
Sharon Scott
Lydia Smith
Pamela Watson
Berman Gist
Kathy Swanson
Lera Parnell
Donna Kinzer
Anthony Kinzer
Shelia Lawson
Rollard Gore
Patricia Mathews
Ann Arnold
Warren Shovler
Deborah O'Neal
Youlanda Williams
Dwane Harmon
Betty L. Agee
Sharon Kinzer
Beverly Scott
Peggy Shelton
Gail Kinzer
Mona Kinzer
Sharon Claytor
Gwendolyn Mathews
Sandra Milliner
Judy Strain
Larry Hairston
Johnny Page
Michael Saunders
Brenda Jamison
Phyliss Scott
Helen Mathews
Steve Gardner
Roy Watson
Reginald Milliner
Robert Ferguson
Havelin St. John
Robert Shelton
Earl Muse
Velma Baldwin
Rosalin Wanza Lawson
Deborah Hairston
Miller earns Air Force Academy alternate appointment
Johnny Miller, senior at Feds Creek High School in Kentucky, received an alternate appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Counselor Thomas F. Smith announced Miller, a top student, is the son of the Lawson Millers of Feds Creek and will take the final entrance exams in March.
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Johnny Miller
Feds Creek High School
Feds Creek
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Thomas F. Smith
Young Miller
Lawson Millers
Witness on sixth floor recalls Oswald firing from window
A janitor held in protective custody since November 22 testifies Oswald stood at the sixth floor window with a rifle, firing at the motorcade. He fled near the stairway crates, then Oswald ran past him and escaped before police jailed the janitor on a vagrancy charge. The janitor awaits transfer to Washington for Warren Commission questioning.
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Washington
Warren Commission
Oswald
Dallas
Rotarians To Hear Commerce Official At Bluefield Meeting
Bluefield Rotary will host Kodar Collison acting commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Commerce for a noon talk at the West Virginian Hotel. The meeting will cover plans for local delegates to the District Rotary Conference at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs March 16 17. A nominating committee is formed to prepare officers for the 1964 65 year ahead of the March 3 club election.
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Bluefield
Kodar Collison
West Virginia
Coin Club Meeting Scheduled Tuesday
The King Koal Coin Club will meet at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in the Appalachian Power Co auditorium. All collectors, juvenile and adult, male and female are invited. Leland Megredy, president, said the club is proud of the many juvenile members and welcomes them to monthly meetings. Refreshments will be served.
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King Koal Coin Club
Appalachian Power Co
Leland Megredy
Megvedy
Local Men Head Civic League Meet
Two Bluefield residents will headline the Civic League meeting at 8 PM in the Appalachian Building on Bland Street. Jesse F. Ball Sr will give a reading and Thomas Shawver will lead the musical portion as Mrs. Joan Crickmer presides.
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Bluefield
Douglas-Home Flies to U S for Policy Talks
Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home left London for talks with President Johnson in Washington and Ottawa with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Foreign Secretary R A Butler accompanied him. He said Britain will seek to harmonize policies with the U S and Cyprus will be on the Washington agenda.
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London
Alec Douglas-Home
Johnson
U.S
Alec
Washington
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Douglas-Home
R. A. Butler
Britain
Cyprus
Schedule Listed By Agent In McDowell
Ida E Holcomb McDowell County Extension Agent releases a weekly timetable for local clubs and meetings. Monday the McDowell Home and Garden Club meets with Mrs Harvey Johnson in McDowell at 4 p m. Tuesday the Thrifty Homemakers of Wilcoe meet with Mrs Charles Graves at 6 30 p m. Wednesday the Saeger Home and Garden Club meets with Mrs John Johnson at 11 a m and at 6 30 p m the Willing Workers Homemakers Club of Welch meets with Mrs David Belle. Thursday 10 30 a m the Better Home and Garden Club of Wallscreek meets with Mrs Ralph Bentons. Thursday at 1 3 p m the Faraday Home and Garden Club meets with Mrs Nathaniel Burger.
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Ida E. Holcomb
McDowell County
McDowell Home and Garden Club
Harvey Johnson
McDowell
David Belle
Better Home and Garden Club
Wallscreek
Ralph Bentons
Faraday Home and Garden Club
Nathaniel Burger
Body Found In Makeshift Grave Near Virginia Beach Resort
In Virginia Beach on February 9 a badly decomposed, unidentified man was found buried a foot and a half deep near the downtown resort area by two boys. Police say the grave held the body for about six months. fingerprints will be compared after an autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office set for Monday.
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Virginia Beach
W. W. Davis
Weather Outlook Virginia West Virginia
The Associated Press reports variable cloudiness in Virginia with snow flurries in the mountains and highs from the 30s to upper 40s. In West Virginia expect mostly cloudy skies in the highlands and southern areas with cold conditions and snow flurries, highs 32 to 40.
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Associated Press
Virginia
West Virgina
Highlands
Mother and children killed in Ball community crash
A Missouri Pacific passenger train struck a car near Ball community six miles northeast of Alexandria Louisiana. The driver Mrs James A Cole 30 and three children Jimmie 4 Wanda 11 Jackie 5 and friend Phyllis Cooley 9 died. Two children Eugene 2 and Lawanda 8 survived. Eugene hospitalized Lawanda critical.
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Alexandria
Here
Missouri- Pacific
Ball Community
James A. Cole
Jimmie Cole
Wanda Cole
Jackie
Phyllis Cooley
Ball
Cole
Eugene
Lawanda
Three Men Executed by Firing Squad in Cuba
In Havana three men were executed by firing squad for the murder of a crew aboard a fishing boat they attempted to seize to flee Cuba. The executions followed their capture after the boat was seized in a failed escape plot.
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Havana
Cuba
Driver Killed In Road Wreck Near Washington Pa
A tractor-trailer tanker crashed through a guard rail and plunged down an embankment early Sunday, killing the driver Elmer Altman 34 of Chester. A passenger, George Nassis 22 of Wheeling WV, was treated at Washington Hospital with forehead cuts and possible back injury. Police said the truck swerved off US 40 about a half mile east of West Alexander.
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Washington, Pa
Elmer Altman
Chester
Washington Hospital
Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh
George Nassis
Sycamore St
Wheeling
W.va
West Alexander
BSC Professor To Serve On NSF Panel
Bluefield State College mathematics professor Richard A. Brown accepts NSF invitation to join a panel evaluating Undergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment Program proposals. The program funds matching grants to colleges and similar institutions to improve science instruction. Brown previously participated in an Academic Year Institute at Ohio State University funded by NSF.
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Richard A. Brown
Bluefield State College
National Science Foundation
Foundation
U. S
Brown
Ohio State University
Reading Faster for Pleasure and Profit
A Chicago publisher touts a rapid reading method that promises to double reading speed with improved comprehension. The article invites readers to request a free book titled Adventures in Reading Improvement, mailed to anyone who asks, with no obligation.
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Chicago
Reading
Diversey Parkway
Dept
Illinois
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Northwest Pacific States
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Rosa Carr
Minor-Hagy Funeral Home
Norton
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Powell Valley
Alonzo D. Herold
Veterans Hospital
H. M. Conner
Lela McMann
Ella Houchins
W. L. Hinkle
Bobby Lambert
Richard L. Lambert
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Muncy Milliors
Hubert Lambert
Lambert Cemetery
Riffe
Central Pharmacy Center
Federal and Commerce Bluefield
Susie McLaughlin
Genoa Junior High
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