Deaths and Funerals Local obituaries span multiple towns
James Tuckett 90 of Maxwell Virginia died in a Tazewell hospital after a long illness. Survived by daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, and grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with burial at Green Hill Memory Gardens. Many other local obituaries follow with names, ages, towns, and funeral details.
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James Tuckett
James Walker Tuckett
Maxwell
Tazewell
Tazewell County
U.S. Army
VFW
Barnes-Beavers
American Legion
Sidney Coulling
Catherine Harmon Tuckett
Earl H
John E
Evelyn) Davidson
Arville E
Frances) Whitt
Pounding Mill
Brady E
Davie) Lankford
Princeton
Fred W. Tuckett
Springville
Eugene Tuckett
Sam
Lucy) Semones
North Tazewell
Margaret McGuire
Jacksonville
Fla
Sherman Tuckett
Wheelright
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Max Linkous
Green Hill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
James Claude Harrison
Raven Nest Branch
Cedar Bluff
Bandy
Dora Naomi Lewis Harrison
Katherine Altizer Baldwin
Charlotte
N.C
Charles
David Harrison
Roy Meadows
Bentley Steele
Zed W. Lawrence
Serena
N&w
Elmore Yard
Brotherhood of Railways
Amateur Radio Association
Ruth Hall Lawrence
Rebecca Ann Vogt
Speedway
Caroline M. Mahoney
Ryan Lawrence Sr
Rock
O.H. Lawrence
Hampton
Robert Leslie Lawrence
Kegley
Grace Miller
Oak Hill
Hazel Martin
Columbus
Ohio
William Charles Vogt III
Ruth Anna Mahoney
George W. Seaver
Jack L. Lawrence
Brown’s Chapel
Lick Creek
Pauline Martin
Pauline Bauquess Martin
New Hope Road
Elgood
Mercer County
Teachers Association of
National Association
Richard T
Laura Faulkner Bauquess
Besse Halsey
Bellevue
Richard Flowers
Elgood Cemetery
Bennie Bauguess
Ernie Bragg
Carl Caldwell
Charles Caldwell
Bill Sherwood
Henry D. Leonard
Warren Gray
Warren Levi Gray
Bluefield
Oakvale High School
Bluefield State College
University of Tennesse
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Thompson Memorial Missionary Baptist Church
Warren
Madge Sims Gray
Richard Lee Gray
Samuel Gray
Pearisburg
Henry Lamarr
T.M. Stevens
Fred Carpenter Jr
Lugo
Elmer
Venia) Stacy
Star Route
Hurley
Buchanan County
Little Dove Regular Baptist Church
Coy
Carl
Alfred Clarence Stacy
Jerry Ray Stacy
South Gate
Mich
Ruby Gollihue
Graceson
Bertha Bailey
Kizzie Stacy
Martha McCoy
Wolford
Brizzie Rat
John Mason Leftwich
Wharton St
Narrows
Lodge No. 269
Maggie Heldreth Leftwich
Jack Tressler
New Rochester
Weismer
Dallas
Tex
Howard Leftwich
Appomattox
Annie Mae Gillispie
Beatrice Scruggs
Frances Scruggs
Eunice Olinger
Charleston
Riffe
Donald Stansell
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Funerals A roundup of local obituaries and services
Multiple funeral notices and memorials from Bluefield Princeton and surrounding areas list Ezra N. Watson Alonzo Rice Eva Elizabeth White Charles William Owens Melvin Finley Paris Boyd Gibson George H Snider Shelby Caldwell Herman Boyd Jr and others. Services set at Cravens Shires Bennett Fanning Seaver Honaker funeral homes with burial at Woodlawn Restlawn Roselawn and local cemeteries. survivors named include Marie Memmo Barbara Ratcliff.
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Ezra N. Watson
North
St. Petersburg
Fla
Kimball
Cravens-Shires Funeral
Bluewell
Carl Burrows
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Marie Memmo
Barbara Ratcliff
Winchester
Rice, Alonzo Jr
Lincoln Street
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Lonnie Street
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
White
Eva Elizabeth
Pensacola
Tazewell
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Chapel
Charles Sexton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Owens
Charles William
Bill
Ashland
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Ralph Malcomb
Bluefield Daily Paper Publication Details
Bluefield Baily Telegraph USPS 059060 est 1893 published every morning at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 by Worrell Newspapers Inc. Member of The Associated Press local news news dispatches credited to the paper subscription rates 66 dollars year home delivery 5 50 per calendar month postmaster address changes P O Box 1599 Bluefield 24701 advertising representative Landon Associates
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Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Worrell Newspapers, Inc
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Equalization Board Hears Man Protest in Princeton
The Mercer County Commission acting as the Board of Equalization heard James F. Williams protest his Beckley Road property value. Judges Blankenship and Six continued the matter for legal advice from Prosecuting Attorney Knight. Next meeting is Tuesday at 9 30 a.m.
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Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Board of Equalization
James F. Williams
Beckley Road
Claude Blankenship
Ray Bragg
Clarence Six
David Knight
Fred Parker
Bill Blankenship
Ray Brown
Vietnamese attack drives on Khmer Rouge camp forces
Vietnamese troops pressed into a border zone in Thailand after a major assault that sent about 10,000 guerrillas against 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers sweeping through jungle with tanks and artillery. Maj. Gen Salya Sriphen said elements of several Vietnamese divisions converged on Khmer Rouge bases from south and east, completing a long evolving pincer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phum Thuei
Salya Sriphen
Thailand
Walesa Summoned For Questioning In Polish Crackdown
Seven Solidarity activists were charged after a police raid in Gdansk on a plan to stage a 15 minute nationwide strike on February 28 over food price rises. Lech Walesa was summoned for questioning on the same charge inciting public unrest. Three of the seven were arrested.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Gdansk
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Walese
Jacek Kuron
KOR
Northfork High School to be closed and consolidated
A Northfork committee seeks an injunction and may pursue impeachment against board members tied to the January 8 vote to close and consolidate four schools. They plan fund-raisers for attorney fees and may solicit alumni donations for road stops bake sales and dinners while awaiting an external legal opinion from Jacobs.
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Jacobs
Ted Osborne
Northfork High School
Robert Goosens
Virginia Panel Okays Drinking Age Measure
A Virginia Senate committee approved a bill linking a uniform 21 year drinking age to Congress action on bases, a move that may be settled by a House Senate conference or postponed to 1986. The measure faces possible delay to avoid federal highway funds penalties and hinges on congressional progress.
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Richmond
Senate
Virginia
Congress
U.S
Senate Rehabilitation & Social Services Committee
House
Assembly
February Temperature Extremes Report
Local temperature summary notes yesterday was Saturday with a record high low pair and historical marks. February 16 recorded a high of 26 and a low of 17 degrees, while the year 1976 logged 64 and 1963 0 as temperature references.
Statewide Temperatures See Varied Highs and Lows
The report lists daily high and low temperatures across the state with readings ranging from a high of 34 degrees to a low of 16 degrees. Regional variations show several areas at or near freezing with a mix of cool mornings and brisk afternoons.
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National Weather Service
West Virginia Ski Report From Friday
The National Weather Service reports Snowshoe with 61 to 73 inches base and seven lifts, 28 slopes open at 7 am with fresh snow. Winter Place shows 36 to 42 inches base and four lifts, 19 slopes open at 7 am with mixed surfaces. Canaan Valley lists 32 to 57 inches base with two lifts and 21 slopes open at 7 am. Silver Creek reports 43 to 51 inches base and three lifts, 10 slopes open at 7 am with powder and packed powder.
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Reno
Boise
Richmond
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Brownsville
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Buffalo
St Pete
Tampa
Burlington, Vt
Salt Lake City
Casper
San Antonio
San Diego
Charleston
S.C
W.V
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Charlotte
N.C
San Juan
P R
Dir St Ste Marie
Cheyenne
Chicago
Seattle
Cincinnati
Shreveport
Sioux Falls
Cleveland
Columbia
Spokane
Columbus
Syracuse
Concord
Topeka
Dallas Ft Worth
Tucson
Elr
Tulsa
Dayton
Washington
Denver
Des Moines
Wichita
Detroit
Wilkes Sarre
Duluth
Wilmington
el Paso
Evansville
Fairbanks
Fargo
Flagstaff
Grand Rapids
Great Falls
Greensboro
Hartford
Helena
St Paul
Nashville
New Orleans
Associated Press
West Virginia
National Weather Service
Canaan Valley
Silver Creek
U S Urges Moscow on Israel Recognition and Jews Rights
The Reagan administration plans to tell the Soviet Union in Vienna that recognition of Israel and improved treatment of Soviet Jews could open the path to Moscow joining future Middle East peace talks. Washington backs steps showing sincerity, including resuming diplomatic ties with Israel and limiting arms to Lebanon and Iran.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Vienna
Moscow
Israel
Middle East
State Department
Richard W. Murphy
United States
Reagan
U.S
Lebanon
Iran
Syria
Tazewell Man Is Acquitted In 1984 Fatal Crash
A Tazewell County man, Danny Lynn Kegley, was acquitted of negligent homicide in Monroe County Circuit Court. The case stemmed from a May 16 1984 head-on crash on U S Route 219 that killed 20 year old Victor Joseph Muncy of Bluefield, who was riding as a passenger in Kegley’s tractor trailer.
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UNION
Tazewell County
Monroe County
Danny Lynn Kegley
Rt. 2
North Tazewell
Victor Joseph Muncy
Bluefield
Muncy
U.S. Rt. 219
Kegley
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Zed Lawrence
Steven Hess
Steven Clay Hess
Florida Hospital
G. Leon Hess
Social Security Office
Dassa D. Hess
Carson Hess
Conaway
Fairchild-Baldwin Funeral Home
Mrs
Elmer Stacy
Leroy Stennett
Leroy B. Stennett Sr
Box 280
Old
Bluefield Road
Memorial
Athens Road
John Leftwich
Fortunato Grego Fortunato
Foots
Grego
Walton, Ave
Buefield
Roanoke
Cravens-Shires
Melvin Finley
Powell St
Richardson Funeral Home
Paris Gibson
Paris Boyd
Edna) Gibson
Ridgemont
Summers County
Mercer Funeral Home
George Snider
George H. Snider
Highland Ave
Beckley
Shelby Caldwell
Shelby Gean Caldwell
Switchback
Roanoke, Va
James “Buddy” Caldwell
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Herman Boyd Jr
Herman
Boyd Jr
Alexandria, Va
Oakwood
Tuscon, Ariz
Honaker
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
W.ya
Equalization Board
Vietnam
Danforth Insurance
RT. 52
Bluewell Auto License Service
Mobile Home Insurance
W.va
N. Walker St
Elkins
Huntington
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Ski Report
Black Lung
Dept. of Labor
Ulm
Hickman
East Princeton
Princeton-Athens
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