Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Obituaries
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists multiple notices. Minnie Hatfield Lambert 66 of Jewell Ridge died in Welch after a long illness. Funeral at Community Holiness Church near Penpatrich with burial at Rife Family Cemetery. Also listed are mourners for Cleo Brookman 72 of Bland and other regional obituaries with services in White Gate, Saeger, Tazewell, and Bluefield areas.
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Minnie Lambert
Minnie Hatfield Lambert
Rt. 1
Jewell Ridge
Jolo
Welch Hospital
Funerals Planned for Several Local Residents
Funeral notices for VIPPERMAN Ruby Estep 50, Elizabeth Katherine Cochran 61, Jessie Lee Hall 73, and Amy Lynn Murray infant detail services in Tazewell Bluewell and Bluefield with times today and Monday. Pallbearers listed. burial in family cemeteries and memorial parks. callings and officiants noted.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher and Rates Notice
Public notice from Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines mailing and home delivery rates for West Virginia and other zones. Includes publishing details, post office box, and billing information for subscribers and postal changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
Maefield
W.V
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Bird
Landon Associates
Deaths of Mrs Bennett and Ernest Owen in Welch and Beckley
Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Bennett, 89, of Davy, died in Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in Tazewell County, she was a daughter of Bill and Emily Sparks, widow of Andrew Bennett, mother of four sons, 23 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren, and eight great great grandchildren. Funeral at Fanning Chapel with burial in Justice Cemetery Asco. viewing 5 to 9 p.m. pallbearers grandsons. Ernest S Owen, 88, of Beckley, died in a Beckley hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements pending at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Bird
Hubert A. Bird
Luther St
Bluefield
Hoge Bird
Amanda Ruble Bird
Ward Bird
Parkersburg
Marie A. Pennington
Huntington
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Charles Wilson
Walnut Grove
Andrew Bennett
Andrew
Margaret Elizabeth) Bennett
Davy
Welch Hospital
Tazewell County
Bill
Emily Woosley Sparks
Morris Bennett
Margaret Vaulght
Wilmington
Del
Bill Justice
Claypool Hill
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Neal Dent
Justice
Asco
Ernest Owen
Ernest S. Owen
Beckley
Mr. Owen
Mercer Funeral Home
Chemical Spill Cleaned Up Near Rocky Gap Virginia
Cleanup crews finished removing 55 gallon barrels of Styrene Monomer from a wreck site near Rocky Gap Virginia. A Virginia State Police spokesman said the material could have posed a serious health hazard if temperatures rose. Cold winter weather caused the chemical to gel, preventing injuries as the truck driven by Roger Charles Price of Springfield Missouri lost brakes and dumped the load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Gap
Here
Virginia
Roger Charles Price
Springfield
East River Mountain
Price
Reputed Mafia Leader Dies at 58 in California
Angelo Marino renowned as Northern California Mafia chieftain and founder of the California Cheese Co. near San Jose died of a heart attack at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. He faced a retrial in a gangland murder case, with 442 weeks left in proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rancho Mirage
Calif
California
Angelo Marino
the California Cheese Co
San Jose
San Francisco
Eisenhower Medical
London Murder Plot Thickens As Bones Found
London police say charred human bones were found in a Cricklewood yard as a former army chef, Dennis Nilsen, 37, was arraigned for murdering 20 year old Stephen N Sinclair amid a spree that officials describe as one of Britain's largest mass murder cases. Detectives report additional remains in Nilsen's rooms and in a north London house, with investigators hinting at a long trail of victims and bones possibly dating back about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dennis Nilsen
Queen's Royal Guard
Army Catering Corps
Stephen N. Sinclair
Sinclair
North London
Nilsen
Press Association
Britain
Norman Briers
Briers
Cricklewood
Dent to lead Lifelong Police Department amid funding strain
Dent, 41, appointed chief candidate, outlines plan to deploy more patrolmen on streets while noting funding limits hinder community programs. He cites Marine Corps service, FBI and police academy training, and an associate degree. Family details include three children. Also reports New Jersey state police rescuing 348 stranded on Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City casino operators reporting sharp business drops amid heavy snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Prater
Paulette Huna
Dent
Marine Corps
Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
San Diego Police Academy
New Jersey State Police
National Guard
Garden State Parkway
East Orange
John Hargadon
Fair Lawn
Atlantic City
James Dew
Sands Hotel & Casino
Charles Malamut
Bally’s Park Place
Red Cross
Frederick County
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
Catholic Masses Set at Sacred Heart Bluefield Today
Religious services including prayer and communion will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bluefield at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. today. John Hoffman will officiate due to the pastor’s inability to leave the Washington area because of snow.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bluefield
John Hoffman
Washington, D.C
Recall Announced for 350 Olga Coal Miners in West Virginia
COALWOOD Olga Coal announced the recall of 350 miners laid off since September in McDowell County. The recalls take effect March 1 at Coalwood and Caretta mines. A Jones and Laughlin Steel spokesman cited rising coal demand. 280 Olga workers will remain laid off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalwood
Olga Coal
McDowell County
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Caretta
Olga
Fatal Wound Believed To Be Personal Safety Related
AMONATE Va Richard Lester 18 formerly of Paynesville died Friday evening in Tazewell County after an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. Police said a single shot from a behind him on the bed shotgun caused the death as he was at a friend’s home. Born in Buchanan County he was survived by his mother five sisters and two brothers with services held at Mary Lou Regular Baptist Church. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy in charge. A Chinese legend says the Stone Forest in Yunang Province was created when an immortal fractured a mountain to give privacy to lovers.
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Cleo Brookman
Bland
Dublin
Bland County
Robert
Emma Patton Brookman
Burlington Industries
Bland Masonic Lodge No
Mechanicsburg Christian Church
Albert C. Brookman
Paul Brookman
Narrows
Joey Crockett
A. West & Sons
White Gate
Harold Underwood
Mechanicsburg
Grant Blevins
Grant H
Sarah Ann) Blevins
Price St
Bluefield
Landgraff
Princeton
Eckman
John and
Joanna Lovell Nance Keesee
Oliver Avenue
Walter
Mildred) England
Kimball
Thelma Martin
Nell Hodges
Kelley Nance
Hillsville
Memorial
Athens Road
Frank Meadows
Mary Akers
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
James Harrison
Pat Tabor
Mike Gianato
James R. Blevins
Charles W. Blevins
Ted Milam
Amonate
Richard Lester
Paynesville
Tazewell County
Sargeant
Michael Whitt
Buchanan County
Trula McClanahan Lester
Homer Lester
Adison
Josephine) Mullins
Charles
Belva) Christian
Walford
William
Geraldine) Davis
Stacy, Va
Darlene Estep
Hurley
Irene Lester
Tazewell
Herman Lester
Bobby Lester
Frank Lester
Mary Lou Regular Baptist Church
George Baker
Hurshell Hurley
Delbert Justus
Mullins
Friends
Mary Lou Regular Baptist
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
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The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Willard and
Pearlie Mae Sweeney Hatfield
Samuel Joseph Lambert
Mildred van Dyke
Shirley Baker
Ethel Mae Lambert
Joe
Gladys) Rife
Paul
Pearl) Mitchell
Willard C. Lambert
Joe Lambert
Ethel Laxton
Nettie Mullins
Mary Payne
Eva Hagerman
Lena Dobbs
Sadie Mounts
Fort Piero Fi
Betty Wimmer
Thedosia Mullins
Buster Hatfield
Bastian
Ray Hatfield
Otis Hatfield
Elza Hatfield
Grover Hatfield
Atwell
Walter Hatfield
Okeechobee
Fla
Community Holiness Church
White Mountain
Penpatrich
McGinnis Rife
Billy Hicks
Rife
Peapatch
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Mae Holbrook
Mae Laura Holbrook
Douglas Funeral Home
Larry McReynolds
Larry W. McReynolds
East River Ave
McReynolds
Daily Telegraph
Ralph W
Helen Meade McReynolds
Citizens Insurance Company
Graham High School
McLeans Business College
Bluefield College
Virginia Polytechnical Institute
Pat Cumbow McReynolds
Christopher M. McReynolds
Michael McReynolds
Delbarton
Wilma Jean Shaw
Matamoras
Penn
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Homer D. Stewart
Greenhills Memorial Gardens
Alvin Lester
Clarence Cocharan
Dan Davis
Roy Shamblin
Bob Honaker
Lewis Basabary
Earnest Robinette Sr
Earnest
Buck) Robinette
Long Bottom
Saeger
Winston-Salem, N.C
Tom M
Nancy Blankenship Robinette
UMWA
Church of the Living God
Mary Jane Robinette
Richard
Retha) Handley
Barbara Sue Zandle
Chicago
Donald
Earnestine) Owens
Herbert
Butch) Robinette
Ernest
Buck) Robinette Jr
Virgil Robinette
John E. Robinette
John L
Vicle) Church
Albert
Bowen Sheets Jr
Crockett Bowen Sheets, Jr
Severna Park
Peery & St. Clair
George Balcoe
Thorpe
Douglas Mortuary
Mrs
Roberta Viers
Abingdon
Bristol
Agnes Viers Conaway
Doran
Ray Viers
Altavista
Alta Viers
Prater
Farris
Roy Owens
Green Hills Memory Gardens
Milton Doughty
Milton Guy Doughty
Vansant
William B. Doughty
Mary R. Ferguson Doughty
Grundy Funeral Home
Charles Bentley
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
William Pyne
William Webster Pyne
Cleveland
Ohio
Zenith
Monroe County
Broyles
Peterstown
J. Bundy
J. Ed (Bertha) Suttle Bundy
Tazewell Hospital
Tazewell Baptist Church
Catherine Bundy
J. Ed Bundy Jr
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
David L. Bailey Sr
Maplewood Cemetery
Walter R. Howery
James H. Durham
William H. van Dyke
W.D. Bundy Jr
A.D. Torrence
Harry Fugate
James R. Huff
George A. Bundy, Jr
Robert Arnold
Robert L. Arnold
Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western Railway
Myrtle May Arnold
Nancy E.) Bone
James Street
Betty
Suffolk
Robert Arnold Jr
James O. Arnold
George Jack Arnold
Mimosa Rd
Vipperman
Lloyd
Ruby Estep
Thompson Valley
Charles Crane
Jerry H. Peery
Perry D. Brown
Barry Harman
Bill Burchett
Randy Deskins
Robie Bailey
Tony Pais
Larry Davidson
Murray
Amy Lynn
Gary Dean
Beverly Gail Phillips Murray
Bramwell
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
George Stamper
Michael Murray
Howard Dunford
Johnny Phillips
George Swims
William Bennett
Danforth Insurance Agency
Emo
Dick Lock Blades
the Boss
Pearl
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Bluefield VA
Bluefield Monument
Roderfield
Union
Fairlea
Yunang Province
China
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
W. Va
Hearing Aid Service
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